spark that later created a big fire that covered the whole region of the Middle East, including Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Bahrein. As a result of this revolution: • The Tunisian president Ben Ali fled his country, and his government was overthrown. • Egyptian president Mubarak resigned and was put in jail and on trial along with his two sons and six top officials of his regime. • The Libyan dictator Qaddafi was killed after a civil war with foreign military intervention, and his regime