The protests reflect widespread frustration among a very young, highly-unemployed population with dwindling faith in long-serving leaders.
in the 1980s; an unsuccessful invasion of Kuwait in the 1990s and subsequent international sanctions; a devastating U.S. invasion; and the following years of insurgency that ultimately gave rise to the Islamic State militant group in the 21st century. When this powerful jihadi group was ousted from the country's second city of Mosul and ultimately declared defeated in 2017, many hoped for a new start.
A masked Lebanese protester flashes the V-sign for victory as another carries a burning tire during a demonstration in Lebanon's capital Beirut, September 29. Protesters took to the streets in response to increasingly difficult living conditions, amid fears of a dollar shortage and possible price hikes.Lebanon also suffered from the lingering effects of sectarian conflict.
Government paralysis has had a number of side effects on civil society, including the pileup of trash and a failing power sector. Another major symptom has been an inability to address a snowballing debt crisis, dollar shortage and fears of a currency devaluation, and the latest protests emerged in Beirut and other major cities—targeting all three top leaders of the confessional system that balances power.
Since his 2013 election, former military commander Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has consolidated his authority and again bestowed wide-ranging powers upon the country's armed forces. Amid Egypt's socioeconomic troubles and struggles against ISIS militants that occupy stretches of the Sinai Peninsula and occasionally conduct deadly bombings in major cities, Sissi has struggled to deliver on promised reforms.
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