 In August 2007, police clashed with some 200 Bedouins who were blocking the main highway between Amman and the port of Aqaba.Livestock herders were protesting the government's lack of support in the face of the steeply rising cost of animal feed and expressed resentment about government assistance to refugees.Arab Spring events in 2011 led to demonstrations in Jordan, and Bedouins took part in them.