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This is a list of modern conflicts in the Middle East ensuing in the geographic and political region known as the
Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
. The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the
Fertile Crescent The Fertile Crescent ( ar, الهلال الخصيب) is a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East, spanning modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan, together with the northern region of Kuwait, southeastern region of ...
(
Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the ...
),
Levant The Levant () is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is ...
, and
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
and neighboring areas of
Arabia The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Pl ...
,
Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
and
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. It currently encompasses the area from
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
,
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
and
Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...
in the west to
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
and the
Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bo ...
in the east, and from Turkey and Iran in the north, to
Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...
and
Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...
in the south. * Conflicts are separate incidents with at least 100 casualties, and are listed by total deaths, including sub-conflicts. * The term "modern" refers to the
First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
and later period, in other words, since 1914.


List of conflicts


Casualties breakdown

Unification of Saudi Arabia The Unification of Saudi Arabia was a military and political campaign in which the various tribes, sheikhdoms, city-states, emirates, and kingdoms of most of the Arabian Peninsula were conquered by the House of Saud, or ''Al Saud''. Unifica ...
(combined casualties 7,989–8,989+) :
Battle of Riyadh (1902) The Battle of Riyadh was a minor battle of the Unification War between Rashidi and Saudi forces. It occurred on 13 January 1902, in Masmak Fort in Riyadh, the capital of present-day Saudi Arabia. In late 1901, following the end of the Secon ...
– 37 killed. :
Battle of Dilam Battle of Dilam was a major battle of the Unification War between Rashidi and Saudi rebels. It occurred on 27 January 1903, in the town of Dilam south of Riyadh, the capital of the present day Saudi Arabia. A year after the Battle of Riyadh, ...
(1903) – 410 killed. : Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907) – 2,300+ killed. :Annexation of Al-Hasa and Qatif (1913) – unknown. :
Battle of Jarrab The Battle of Jarrab was a territorial battle between the Al Saud and their traditional enemies, the Al Rashid on 24 January 1915. It was a proxy battle of World War I between the British-supported Saudis and the Ottoman-supported Rashidis. R ...
(1915) – unknown. :Battle of Kanzaan (1915) – unknown. : First Nejd–Hejaz War, 1918–1919 – 8,392+ killed :
Kuwait–Najd War The Kuwait–Najd War erupted in the aftermath of World War I. The war occurred because Ibn Saud of Najd wanted to annex Kuwait. The sharpened conflict between Kuwait and Najd led to the death of hundreds of Kuwaitis. The war resulted in sporadic ...
(1921) – 200Political Science. ''Middle East/North Africa/Persian Gulf Region''. University of Central Arkansas. Retrieved 2011

–800 killed. :1921 Ikhwan raid on Iraq – 700 killed. : Conquest of Ha'il – unknown. :
Ikhwan raids on Transjordan Ikhwan raids on Transjordan were a series of attacks by the Ikhwan, irregular Arab tribesmen of Najd, on Transjordan between 1922 and 1924. The repeated Wahhabi incursions from Najd into southern parts of his territory were the most serious thre ...
1922–1924 – 500-1,500 killed. : Second Nejd–Hejaz War (1924–1925) – 450 killed. : Ikhwan Revolt (1927–1930) – 2,000 killed. Middle Eastern theatre of World War I (combined casualty figure 2,825,000–5,000,000) of: *
Caucasus campaign The Caucasus campaign comprised armed conflicts between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, later including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, the German Empire, the Central Caspian Dict ...
* Persian campaign * Gallipoli campaign *
Mesopotamian campaign The Mesopotamian campaign was a campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I fought between the Allies represented by the British Empire, troops from Britain, Australia and the vast majority from British India, against the Central Po ...
* Sinai and Palestine campaign *
Arab Revolt The Arab Revolt ( ar, الثورة العربية, ) or the Great Arab Revolt ( ar, الثورة العربية الكبرى, ) was a military uprising of Arab forces against the Ottoman Empire in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. On ...
*
South Arabia South Arabia () is a historical region that consists of the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia, mainly centered in what is now the Republic of Yemen, yet it has also historically included Najran, Jizan, Al-Bahah, and 'As ...
*
Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through t ...
– c 1.5 million dead *
Assyrian genocide The Sayfo or the Seyfo (; see below), also known as the Assyrian genocide, was the mass slaughter and deportation of Assyrian / Syriac Christians in southeastern Anatolia and Persia's Azerbaijan province by Ottoman forces and some Kurdish ...
– 150,000–300,000 dead * Great Famine of Mount Lebanon – 200,000 dead
Turkish War of Independence The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...
(combined figure 170,500–873,000+): :Greco-Turkish War – 70,000–400,000 casualties :Franco-Turkish War – 40,000 casualties. :Turkish–Armenian War – 60,000–432,500 casualties. :Koçkiri Rebellion – 500 killed. : Revolt of Ahmet Anzavur – unknown. :
Kuva-i Inzibatiye The Kuvâ-i İnzibâtiyye ( ota, قوای انضباطيّه, lit=Forces of Order; tr, Hilafet Ordusu, lit=Caliphate Army) was an army established on 18 April 1920 by the imperial government of the Ottoman Empire in order to fight against the ...
revolt – unknown. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (combined casualty figure 138,800–320,100) of: :
Mahmud Barzanji revolts Mahmud Barzanji revolts were a series of armed uprisings by Kurdish Sheykh Mahmud Barzanji against the Iraqi authority in newly conquered British Mesopotamia and later the British Mandate in Iraq. Following his first insurrection in May 1919, S ...
– unknown. :Ahmad Barzanji revolt (1931) – unknown. :1943 Iraqi Kurdish revolt (1943) – unknown. : First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) – 75,000–105,000 killed. : Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) – 9,000 killed.
600,000 displaced : PUK insurgency (1976–1978) – 800 killed. : Iraqi Kurdish uprising (1982–1988) – 50,000–198,000 killed. : 1991 Uprising in As Sulaymaniyah – 700–2,000 killed. : Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1994–1997) – 3,000–5,000 killed. :
2003 invasion of Iraq The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including ...
– several hundred killed (≈300) on the Kurdish front, at least 24 Peshmerga killed. Middle Eastern theatre of World War II (combined casualty figure 12,338–14,898+) of: : Anglo-Iraqi War – at least 560 killed.Wavell, p. 3438 : Farhud 175–780 killed. : Syria–Lebanon Campaign 10,404–12,964 killed. : Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 100 – 1,062 killed. : Bombing of Palestine in World War II 137 deaths. :
Bombing of Bahrain in World War II The bombing of Bahrain in World War II was part of an effort by the Italian Royal Air Force ('' Regia Aeronautica'') to strike at the British interests wherever possible in the Middle East. While the mission caused little damage, it was succe ...
– unknown. Iran crisis of 1946 (combined casualty figure 1,921+): :
Azerbaijan People's Republic The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic), or simply as Azerbaijan in Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920,''Bulletin d'Information de l'Azerbaidjan'', No. I, September 1, 1919, pp. 6–7''125 H.C.Debs.'', 58., February 24, 1920, p. 1467. Caucasian Az ...
crisis – 421 killed. :
Republic of Mahabad The Republic of Mahabad or the Republic of Kurdistan ( ku, کۆماری کوردستان / Komara Kurdistanê; fa, جمهوری مهاباد) was a short-lived Kurdish self-governing unrecognized state in present-day Iran, from 22 January to ...
crisis – ≈1,000 killed. :Civil interregnum – 500 killed.
Arab–Israeli conflict The Arab–Israeli conflict is an ongoing intercommunal phenomenon involving political tension, military conflicts, and other disputes between Arab countries and Israel, which escalated during the 20th century, but had mostly faded out by th ...
(combined casualty figure 76,338–87,338+): :Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) – 14,400 casualties. : Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency and
Retribution operations Reprisal operations ( he, פעולות התגמול, ') were raids carried out by the Israel Defense Forces in the 1950s and 1960s in response to frequent fedayeen attacks during which armed Arab militants infiltrated Israel from Syria, Egyp ...
(1950s) – 3,456 casualties :
Suez War The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...
(1956) – 3,203 killed. :Israeli–Palestinian conflict (1965–present) – 24,000 killed ::
Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon The Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon was a conflict initiated by Palestinian militants based in South Lebanon upon Israel from 1968 and upon Christian Lebanese factions from the mid-1970s, which evolved into the wider Lebanese Civil War ...
– 2,600–20,000 killed :::Operation Litani :::1982 Lebanon War ::First Palestinian Intifada – 2,000 killed ::Al-Aqsa Intifada – 7,000 killed ::Gaza–Israel conflict – 3,500+ killed :
Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 ...
(1967) – 13,976 killed. :War of Attrition (1967–1970) – 6,403 killed. :
Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by E ...
(1973) 10,000–21,000. North Yemen Civil War (combined 100,000–200,000 casualties): : 1962 Coup d'état : Ramadan offensive : Haradh offensive : 1965 Royalist offensive : Siege of Sana'a (1967)
Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...
(combined 39,132–43,970+ mortal casualties): : Bus massacre – 27 killed. : Hundred Days' War – 160 killed. :
Karantina massacre The Karantina massacre (Arabic: مجزرة الكرنتينا, French language, French: Massacre de La Quarantaine/Karantina) took place on January 18, 1976, early in the Lebanese Civil War. Karantina, La Quarantaine, known in Arabic as Karantin ...
– 1,000–1,500 killed. :
Damour massacre The Damour massacre took place on January 21, 1976, during the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War. Damour, a Maronite Christian town on the main highway south of Beirut, was attacked by the left-wing militants of the Palestine Liberation Organisa ...
– 684 killed. : Battle of the Hotels – 700 killed. : Black Saturday (Lebanon) – 200–600 killed. : Tel al-Zaatar massacre – 1,778–3,278 killed. :
1982 Lebanon War The 1982 Lebanon War, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee ( he, מבצע שלום הגליל, or מבצע של"ג ''Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil'' or ''Mivtsa Sheleg'') by the Israeli government, later known in Israel as the Lebanon War or the First L ...
– 28,280 killed. :
Sabra and Shatila massacre The Sabra and Shatila massacre (also known as the Sabra and Chatila massacre) was the killing of between 460 and 3,500 civilians, mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shiites, by the militia of the Lebanese Forces, a Maronite Christian Lebanese ...
– 762–3,500 killed. : War of the Camps (1986–1987) – 3,781 killed. : Mountain War – 1,600 killed. :
War of Liberation Wars of national liberation or national liberation revolutions are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence. The term is used in conjunction with wars against foreign powers (or at least those perceived as foreign) to establish separa ...
(1989–1990) – unknown. : October 13 massacre – 500–700 killed, 260 civilians massacred.
Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution The consolidation of the Iranian Revolution refers to a turbulent process of Islamic Republic stabilization, following the completion of the Islamic revolution. After the Shah of Iran and his regime were overthrown by Islamic revolutionaries in ...
(combined fatalities count 12,000): : 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran – 10,171+ killed and executed.David McDowall. ''A Modern History of the Kurds'' (1996) :
1979 Khuzestan uprising The 1979 Khuzestan uprising was one of the nationwide uprisings in Iran, which erupted in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution. The unrest was fed by Arab demands for autonomy. The uprising was effectively quelled by Iranian security forces, ...
– 112+ killed. :1979 Khorasan uprising – unknown. :1979 Azeri uprising – unknown. :1979 Baluchistan uprising – 50 killed. :
Iran hostage crisis On November 4, 1979, 52 United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over ...
– 9 killed. :1979–1980 Tehran clashes – unknown.
Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Counci ...
(combined death count 645,000–823,000+): : Iraqi invasion 1980 : Mujahedin al-Halq uprising 1981–1982 : Liberation of Khorramshahr 1982 – 17,000 killed : Operation Undeniable Victory 1982 – 50,000 mortal casualties : Operation Ramadan 1982 – 80,000 killed : Kurdish Rebellion 1983–1988 (including the
Al-Anfal Campaign The Anfal campaign; ku, شاڵاوی ئەنفال or the Kurdish genocide was a counterinsurgency operation which was carried out by Ba'athist Iraq from February to September 1988, at the end of the Iran–Iraq War. The campaign targeted rur ...
) 50,000–198,000 killed :
Operation Before the Dawn Operation Before the Dawn was the first of the three costly human-wave attacks of 1983 in the Amarah area 200 kilometers southeast of Baghdad. It was launched by Iran. Prelude The Iranians originally planned the offensive to mark the fourth an ...
1983 – 6,000+ killed :
Operation Dawn 3 Operation Dawn 3 or Operation Valfajr-3 (Persian: عملیات والفجر-۳) was an operation during Iran–Iraq War which was commenced on 3 August 1983 at 23 o'clock with the operation code of "Ya Allah" (Persian/Arabic: یاالله). Thi ...
– 162,000 killed : Operation Dawn 5 1984 – 50,000 killed : Operation Dawn 6 1984 – unknown : Operation Khaibar 1984 – 49,000 killed :
Tanker War The Tanker War was a protracted series of armed skirmishes between Iran and Iraq against merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz from 1984 to 1988. The conflict was a part of the larger Iran–Iraq War. Background Prior to ...
1984 : Operation Badr (1985) – 30,000–32,000 : War of the Cities 1985–1987 :
Operation Dawn-8 The First Battle of al-Faw was a battle of the Iran–Iraq War, fought on the al-Faw peninsula between 10 February and 10 March 1986. The Iranian operation is considered to be one of Iran's greatest achievements in the Iran–Iraq War. The Ir ...
1986 – unknown :
Operation Karbala-4 Operation Karbala-4 was an Iranian offensive in the Iran–Iraq War on the southern front. The operation was launched after the failure of Operation Karbala-2 and Operation Karbala-3 to move the Iraqi lines in an effort to capture Iraqi terri ...
1986 – 15,000 killed : Operation Karbala-5 – 85,000 killed : Operation Nasr 4 – unknown : Operation Karbala-10 – unknown :
Operation Mersad Operation Forough Javidan ( fa, عملیات فروغ جاویدان, ''Operation Eternal Light'', MeK's codename) and Operation Mersad ( fa, عملیات مرصاد, ''Operation Ambush'', Iranian codename) were among the last major militar ...
1987 – 4,900 killed :
1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners The 1988 executions of prisoners were a series of mass executions of political prisoners across Iran. The order for the executions was given by Ayatollah Khomeini and it was carried out by Iranian officials; starting on 19 July 1988 and conti ...
2,000 – 30,000 executed
Iraq War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Iraq War {{Nobold, {{lang, ar, حرب العراق (Arabic) {{Nobold, {{lang, ku, شەڕی عێراق (Kurdish languages, Kurdish) , partof = the Iraq conflict (2003–present), I ...
2003–2011 (combined casualty figure of 192,361–226,056+): :
2003 invasion of Iraq The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including ...
– 35,000 killed : Iraqi insurgency (2003–06) – 15,000 killed : Civil war in Iraq 2006–2008 – 30,000–40,000 killed : Iraqi insurgency (2008–2011) – 5,000–10,000 killed :: Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq – ≈1,000 killed :
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) Iraqi insurgency may refer to: * Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011), part of the Iraq War ** Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006), 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency ** Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), multi-sided civil war in Iraq * Iraqi insurgency (2 ...
– 54,000+ killed : Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) – 53,361–72,056 killed
Sectarian conflict in Mandatory Palestine The intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine was the civil, political and armed struggle between Palestinian Arabs and Jewish Yishuv during the British rule in Mandatory Palestine, beginning from the violent spillover of the Franco-Syrian ...
(combined casualties 7,813) : 1921 Jaffa riots – 95 killed :
1929 Palestine riots The 1929 Palestine riots, Buraq Uprising ( ar, ثورة البراق, ) or the Events of 1929 ( he, מאורעות תרפ"ט, , ''lit.'' Events of 5689 Anno Mundi), was a series of demonstrations and riots in late August 1929 in which a longst ...
– 251 killed. : 1933 Palestine riots – 20 killed. : Arab Revolt in Palestine – 5,000 killed. : Jewish insurgency in Palestine (1944–47) – 338 BritishBenjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon: Imperial Endgame: Britain's Dirty Wars and the End of Empire, p. 100 and around 100 Palestinian Jews killed. : 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine – 2,009 killed by 1 April 1948. Yoav Gelber (2006), p.85 Egyptian Crisis (combined casualties 5,000+) :
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...
– 846 killed :
Sinai insurgency The Sinai insurgency is an ongoing insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, that was commenced by Islamist militants against Egyptian security forces, which have also included attacks on civilians. The insurgency began during the Egyptia ...
– 2,800+ killed Syrian Civil War (combined casualties 270,000–450,000) * Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War – * Early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War – * 2012–13 escalation of the Syrian Civil War – * Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War – 5,641–6,991 killed * ISIL expansion * Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War ** US-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War ** Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War * Battle of Aleppo and Operation Euphrates Shield * Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017) * Idlib demilitarization (2018–present) *
Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019) The 2019 northwestern Syria offensive, codenamed "Dawn of Idlib" (), was a military operation launched on 30 April 2019 by the Syrian Armed Forces and its allies against rebel groups in northwestern Syria during the Syrian civil war in a regio ...
and
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria The 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, code-named Operation Peace Spring ( tr, Barış Pınarı Harekâtı) by Turkey, was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the Syrian National Arm ...
Iran–Israel proxy conflict The Iran–Israel proxy conflict, also known as the Iran–Israel proxy war or Iran–Israel Cold War, is an ongoing proxy war between Iran and Israel. The conflict involves threats and hostility by Iran's leaders against Israel, and their de ...
(combined casualties ≈2,000) *
2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War ( ar, حرب تموز, ''Ḥarb Tammūz'') and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War ( he, מלחמת לבנון השנייה, ''Milhemet Leva ...
– 1,641 killed * Iran–Israel proxy conflict during the Syrian Civil War – several dozen killed


See also

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Arab Spring The Arab Spring ( ar, الربيع العربي) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in Tunisia in response to corruption and econo ...
* British foreign policy in the Middle East *
List of Middle East peace proposals This is a reversed chronological list of peace proposals in the Middle East, often abbreviated under the Mideast peace concept. Egyptian Crisis reconciliation *Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2012 *Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2014 ...


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