Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi After Egypt and Tunisia, multiply the protests in many other Islamic nations. From Libya to Yemen, from Algeria to Iran, the squares are filled with opponents of the regimes. Meanwhile, are becoming more insistent talk of the death of former President of Tunisia. A number of unverified sources that circulate on the internet report that Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali would have died at a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and would be negotiating for burial in Tunisia.