Arab Spring Revolutions of 2011 (87 images)

A car drives under a Libyan flag as people gather at Martyr Square, formerly known as Green Square, for Eid Al-Fitr prayer on August 31, 2011 in Tripoli, Libya. Libyans gathered to celebrate their first Eid Al-Fitr in 42 years under a new regime. UPI/Tarek Elframawy

Women celebrate the revolution against Moammar Gadhafi's regime and ask for more women's rights in Tripoli, Libya, Sept. 2, 2011. Rebel forces are advancing toward Moammar Gadhafi's hometown Sirte despite the extension of a deadline for the town's surrender, rebel officials said Friday. UPI/Tarek Elframawy..

Women celebrate the revolution against Moammar Gadhafi's regime and ask for more women's rights in Tripoli, Libya, Sept. 2, 2011. Rebel forces are advancing toward Moammar Gadhafi's hometown Sirte despite the extension of a deadline for the town's surrender, rebel officials said Friday. UPI/Tarek Elframawy..

Libyan fighters loyal to the new regime in the desert before heading to the frontline in the nearby city of Sirte in eastern Libya, on September 23, 2011 , one of the last hold-outs of the the ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi's forces. Desperate residents fled Moamer Kadhafi's hometown Sirte on Friday, as fighters of Libya's interim government probed the city's eastern outskirts in anticipation of a final assault on one of the fallen leader's two remaining bastions. UPI/ Amru Taha