https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/07/26/tunisia-erupts-in-chaos-during-covid-protests-government-teters-on-brink/

Tunisia was the first country to erupt and then collapse under the pressure of the Obama-inspired Arab Spring in 2011. Those who followed those events closely will note something very familiar in this Reuters report about the current crisis.

Watch the Video Report, and pay attention to how the protests originated: “The protests, the biggest in Tunisia for months and the biggest to target Ennahda for years, were called by social media activists. No political parties publicly backed the rallies.”

You might well remember the trigger and coordination mechanism for the 2011 “Arab Spring” was social media. Specifically the U.S. government, President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton, working with Twitter and Facebook to use those platforms as a communication network for the radical Islamists to utilize.

Tunis, and the government of Ben Ali, was the first state to fall during the Arab Spring; the flames spread throughout the region, next striking Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and eventually Libya. Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) and Muamar Kadaffi (Libya) were removed by radical elements, assisted by the United States, and replaced by the Muslim Brotherhood.

https://syrianobserver.com/news/68257/no-cut-in-bread-allocations-in-syria-trade-minister.html

The government of the regime has given up on its plan to cut bread allocations to avoid widespread unrest in Syria, according to Zaman al-Wasl

The Trade Minister in the government of Syria said the decision to cut bread allocations has been reversed amid a state of resentment that swept the regime-held areas over the past week.

State-run media reported Sunday that the said-minister, Talal al-Barazi has declared the reversal of the decision during his visit to the province of Hama. He also confirmed that the flour allocations would not be reduced in any province, in addition to an increase in bread allocations for families of eight members and above.

Two weeks ago, the regime raised the price of a bread bundle of seven loaves to 225 Syrian Pounds (0,07 dollars), an increase of 125%

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/bond-rally-in-china-gains-momentum-as-risks-show-up-everywhere-1.1632822

(Bloomberg) – Traders in China are flocking to sovereign bonds as an expanding regulatory crackdown and concern that growth is slowing pressure risk markets.

The yield on benchmark 10-year government debt fell to the lowest in a year as stock gauges in China and Hong Kong declined by over 3%. High-yield dollar bonds dropped as much as 0.5 cents on the dollar.

A sudden policy change on education companies coming on top of crackdowns on technology firms, curbs in financing for the property sector, and signs of an expanding Covid-19 outbreak are building a narrative that a wide swathe of Chinese assets are under threat. Meanwhile, some July economic indicators show signs of weakness