The demands of the Syrian people were political reforms, a reinstatement of civil rights and an end to the state of emergency, which had been in place since 1963. April By Anup Kaphle Jan. 20, 2014 . It has been five years since the series of uprisings and protests spread across the Arab World in 2011. A timeline of the major events of the Arab Spring on the 5th anniversary of the movement. On March 6, Syrian rebels captured Ar-Raqqah, the first major city to be under rebel control in the Syrian civil war. These successive revolutions fueled by anger and opposition to years of oppression are results of a fire that was burning deep inside the people. On 16 & 17 June, the Egyptian people voted in the 2nd round of a presidential run-off election, in which Starting on 27 July, government forces and rebels began fighting a battle to capture Syria's largest city, Mohamed Morsi is deposed as President of Egypt in a The situation deteriorates over the coming months and Tripoli airport is largely destroyed by conflict. Within months, most of the demonstrations are violently broken up by government forces. On 12 February 2013, the United Nations stated that the death toll of the Syrian civil war had exceeded 70,000. See the major events in the country's tumultuous uprising. Syria is one of the most unstable regions in the world. (04) Syria - Forces kill at least 100 protesters in two days of bloodshed. Syria since the ‘Arab Spring’: 8 key facts. Democracy & Governance Islamic State attacks Kobane and seizes part of the city of Hassakeh, while Kurdish forces take Ain Issa and the northern border town of Tal Abyad.In Libya, a Tripoli court sentences Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam and eight other former officials to death for crimes carried out during the 2011 uprising against his father.The Syrian army allows rebels to evacuate the remaining area of Homs, allowing the Syrian city to return to government control for the first time since 2011.ISIS militants carry out attacks in Jakarta, Indonesia, leaving eight dead and at least 20 injured.The UN states violence suffered by civilians in Iraq "remains staggering", with at least 18,800 killed between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2015.This article was first published 6. Two years after the first anti-government protests, conflict in Syria rages on. Dynamic MapReport. The United Nations report that more than 200,000 Syrian refugees have fled the country since fighting broke out.In Tunisia, former president Ben Ali is given a life sentence for the killing of protesters.On 11 September, Islamic militants kill the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, in a bombing in Benghazi, Libya.