Arab Winter
violence and instability after the 2010–12 Arab Spring / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the Arab Winter[1][2][3][4][5] there was a resurgence of authoritarianism, absolute monarchies and Islamic extremism.[6]
The Arab Winter started in 2014 and happened four years after[7][8] the Arab Spring.[9] It includes civil wars, mounting regional instability,[10] economic and demographic decline of Arab countries,[11] and ethno-religious wars.[12]
By the summer of 2014, the Arab Winter had resulted in nearly a quarter of a million deaths and millions of refugees.[13] Perhaps the most significant event was the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from 2014[14] to the present.