When  did the revolutionary wave which  Syria enjoyed an improvement in relations with several of the states in its region in the 21st century, prior to began
Arab Spring The Arab Spring, (Arabic: الربيع العربي‎ ‎ "ar-Rabīʻ al-ʻArabī") also referred to as Arab revolutions (Arabic: الثورات العربية‎ ‎ "aṯ-'awrāt al-ʻarabiyyah"), was a revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests, riots, coups and civil wars in North Africa and the Middle East that began on 17 December 2010 in Tunisia with the Tunisian Revolution.
Years of Lead (Morocco) The Years of Lead (Arabic: سنوات الرصاص‎ ‎ "Sanawāt ar-Ruṣāṣ", French: "années de plomb" ) is the term used to describe a period of the rule of King Hassan II of Morocco (mainly the 1960s through the 1980s) marked by state violence against dissidents and democracy activists.