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10 years ago, the Arab world changed forever. Here’s a look back at the first year of the Arab Spring as it unfolded - one tweet at a time - on Al Jazeera's Twitter accounts aje.io/bm24s

We first tweeted about Tunisia's uprising in December 2010 after Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire and triggered protests and calls for the end of Ben Ali's authoritarian rule.

Here's how Tunisia's revolution unfolded on our Twitter accounts: aje.io/v8864

Following the events in Tunisia, Egyptians began protesting against Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

Using social media, they were able to broadcast their struggle to the world and challenge the government's narrative. Egypt's 18-day revolution in tweets: aje.io/v8864

On February 14, 2011, people in Bahrain demanded constitutional and political reform and socioeconomic justice.

Ultimately, the months-long anti-gov't protests were suppressed by the monarchy. Here's how the first month of Bahrain's revolution unfolded: aje.io/v8864

Libya's uprising turned into civil war as French, British and American forces intervened against Gaddafi, who was later killed by rebels in October, 2011.

In conflict since then, here's a look back at how the first week of Libya's revolution unfolded: aje.io/v8864

Despite a year of protests and the stepping down of President Saleh, Yemen's conflict created the world's largest humanitarian crisis & killed at least 100,000 people.

Here's how the first 6 months of Yemen's revolution unfolded on our Twitter accounts: aje.io/v8864

On March 15, 2011, major unrest erupted across the streets of Syria. The response was violent repression by the gov't, turning the revolt into a civil war. After 10 years, and 380,000 people dead, al-Assad remains in power.

Syria's revolution in tweets: aje.io/v8864

A lot has happened since the momentous events of the Arab Spring a decade ago.

Al Jazeera has sent out 49,407 tweets for the six countries over the last 10 years. Each tweet captures a moment in history. Read more:👇 aje.io/v8864