Large scale protests like this are frequently externally influenced. I really wouldn't be surprised if in 50 years time when top secret documents are released to archives we don't find that these protests are being financially supported or organised by USA/Israel/the west.
It wouldn't be the first time [1][2][3]
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_intervention_in_Libya...
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Ven...