Can US, Middle Eastern powers unite Libya 15 years after Gaddafi overthrow?
The US government is intensifying efforts to unify the country’s two rival governments.

The US government is intensifying efforts to unify the country’s two rival governments.






![Riot police force protestors back across the Kasr Al Nile Bridge as they attempt to get into Tahrir Square on January 28, 2011 in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of police are on the streets of the capital and hundreds of arrests have been made in an attempt to quell anti-government demonstrations [Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/108473126.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


Fifteen years after revolution took hold, little remains of the hopes that ignited a region.
On December 17, 2010, Tunisian vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, triggering protests across the Arab world.
Jawhar Ben Mbarek’s sister said his health had ‘severely deteriorated’ and a ‘dangerous toxin’ was detected in his body.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International condemn Tunisia’s ‘assault on the rule of law’.
The family of jailed politician Jawhar Ben Mbarek say ‘his health is deteriorating’ after nine days without food.

Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah was reunited with his family on Tuesday following his release,
While the confrontation was inevitable, the union’s power has been weakened, analysts say.
Why has Syria’s interim leadership dissolved all military factions and the constitution?
The Arab Spring did not bring democracy to the region, but it remains a beacon of hope for struggling Arabs.
Syrian rebels have captured the strategic and symbolically significant city of Hama. This is why it matters.