The Arab spring turned out not to be a spring at all, you know that right?
Anyway it all started in Tunesia, Libya and Egypt anyway, not Iraq or even Syria.
US Invasion of Iraq made it more difficult for Iraq to maintain order, which led to the rise of Daesh and the civil war.
Neither did the Spring time of Nations aka the revolutions of 1848, which is IMO the most apt comparison. Neither of which turned out to be a spring.The Arab spring turned out not to be a spring at all, you know that right?