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  1. Young Turk Revolution 3 July 1908
  2. Italo-Turkish War 29 September 1911 – 1912
  3. Balkan Wars 8 October 1912 – 1913
  4. Ottoman entry into World War I 29 October 1914
  5. Armenian genocide 24 April 1915 – 1917
  6. Gallipoli campaign 19 February 1915 – 1916
  7. McMahon–Hussein correspondence 1915–1916
  8. Sykes–Picot Agreement 16 May 1916
  9. Arab Revolt 10 June 1916 – 1918
  10. Balfour Declaration 2 November 1917
  11. Capture of Baghdad (1917) 1917
  12. Battle of Jerusalem 17 November 1917 (ended 1917)
  13. Armistice of Mudros 30 October 1918
  14. San Remo conference 19 April 1920 (ended 1920)
  15. Iraqi Revolt 1920
  16. Treaty of Sèvres 10 August 1920
  17. Franco-Syrian War 8 March 1920 (ended 1920)
  18. Turkish War of Independence 19 May 1919 – 1923
  19. Emirate of Transjordan 11 April 1921
  20. Treaty of Lausanne 24 July 1923
  21. Abolition of the Caliphate 3 March 1924
  22. Great Syrian Revolt 1925–1927
  23. 1929 Palestine riots 23 August 1929 (ended 1929)
  24. Formation of Saudi Arabia 1932
  25. Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 1932
  26. 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine 19 April 1936 – 1939
  27. Peel Commission 1936–1937
  28. White Paper of 1939 1939
  29. Anglo-Iraqi War 2 May 1941 (ended 1941)
  30. Syria–Lebanon campaign 8 June 1941 (ended 1941)
  31. National Pact 1943
  32. United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine 29 November 1947
  33. 1948 Palestine war 30 November 1947 – 1949
  34. Israeli Declaration of Independence 14 May 1948
  35. Nakba 1948–1949
  36. 1949 Armistice Agreements 1949
  37. Jewish exodus from the Muslim world 1948–1972
  38. Egyptian revolution of 1952 23 July 1952
  39. 1953 Iranian coup d'état 15 August 1953 (ended 1953)
  40. Suez Crisis 29 October 1956 (ended 1956)
  41. 14 July Revolution 14 July 1958
  42. North Yemen civil war 26 September 1962 – 1970
  43. 1966 Syrian coup d'état 23 February 1966
  44. Six-Day War 5 June 1967 (ended 1967)
  45. Khartoum Resolution 1967
  46. War of Attrition 1 July 1967 – 1970
  47. Battle of Karameh 21 March 1968
  48. 17 July Revolution 17 July 1968
  49. Black September 6 September 1970 – 1971
  50. Yom Kippur War 6 October 1973 (ended 1973)
  51. 1973 oil crisis 1973–1974
  52. Lebanese Civil War 13 April 1975 – 1990
  53. Camp David Accords 17 September 1978
  54. Iranian Revolution 1978–1979
  55. Egypt–Israel peace treaty 26 March 1979
  56. Grand Mosque seizure 20 November 1979 (ended 1979)
  57. Iran hostage crisis 4 November 1979 – 1981
  58. Iran–Iraq War 22 September 1980 – 1988
  59. 1982 Lebanon War 6 June 1982 (ended 1982)
  60. Sabra and Shatila massacre 16 September 1982 (ended 1982)
  61. 1983 Beirut barracks bombings 23 October 1983
  62. First Intifada 8 December 1987 – 1993
  63. Al-Anfal campaign 1986–1989
  64. Gulf War 2 August 1990 – 1991
  65. Madrid Conference of 1991 30 October 1991 (ended 1991)
  66. Oslo Accords 13 September 1993
  67. Israel–Jordan peace treaty 26 October 1994
  68. Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin 4 November 1995
  69. Second Intifada 28 September 2000 – 2005
  70. South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) 16 February 1985 – 2000
  71. 2003 invasion of Iraq 20 March 2003 (ended 2003)
  72. Capture of Saddam Hussein 13 December 2003
  73. Cedar Revolution 14 February 2005 (ended 2005)
  74. Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip 2005
  75. Execution of Saddam Hussein 30 December 2006
  76. 2006 Lebanon War 12 July 2006 (ended 2006)
  77. Battle of Gaza (2007) 10 June 2007 (ended 2007)
  78. Gaza War (2008–2009) 27 December 2008 – 2009
  79. Iranian Green Movement 2009–2010
  80. Arab Spring 18 December 2010 – 2012
  81. 2011 Egyptian revolution 25 January 2011 (ended 2011)
  82. Syrian civil war 15 March 2011
  83. Yemeni revolution 27 January 2011 – 2012
  84. Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) 2012–2014
  85. Yemeni civil war (2014–present) 16 September 2014
  86. Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war 26 March 2015
  87. Iran nuclear deal 14 July 2015
  88. Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) 19 July 2012 – 2016
  89. Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) 16 October 2016 – 2017
  90. Qatar diplomatic crisis 5 June 2017 – 2021
  91. United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel 6 December 2017
  92. United States withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal 8 May 2018
  93. Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi 2 October 2018
  94. Abraham Accords 15 September 2020
  95. 2020 Beirut explosion 4 August 2020
  96. Assassination of Qasem Soleimani 3 January 2020
  97. 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis 6 May 2021 (ended 2021)
  98. Mahsa Amini protests 16 September 2022 – 2023
  99. Gaza war 7 October 2023
  100. Fall of the Assad regime 8 December 2024
  101. Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present) 8 October 2023 – 2024
  102. Twelve-Day War 13 June 2025 (ended 2025)
  103. Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery 3 November 1901 (ended 1901)
  104. Adana massacre April 1909
  105. Battle of Kunfuda Bay 7 January 1912 (ended 1912)
  106. Battle of Beirut (1912) 24 February 1912
  107. Battle of Lule Burgas 28 October 1912 (ended 1912)
  108. Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913) 3 November 1912 – 1913
  109. First Battle of Çatalca 17 November 1912 (ended 1912)
  110. Battle of Elli 16 December 1912
  111. Battle of Bulair 26 January 1913
  112. Fao Landing 6 November 1914
  113. Battle of Basra (1914) 11 November 1914 (ended 1914)
  114. Battle of Qurna 3 December 1914 (ended 1914)
  115. Battle of Sarikamish 22 December 1914 – 1915
  116. Battle of Ardahan 25 December 1914 – 1915
  117. Battle of Manzikert (1915) 1915
  118. Battle of Kara Killisse (1915) 1915
  119. Defense of Van (1915) 19 April 1915 (ended 1915)
  120. Landing at Anzac Cove 25 April 1915 (ended 1915)
  121. Musa Dagh Resistance July 1915 (ended 1915)
  122. Battle of Bitlis July 1915 – 1916
  123. Urfa resistance 29 September 1915 (ended 1915)
  124. Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) 22 November 1915 (ended 1915)
  125. Siege of Kut 7 December 1915 – 1916
  126. Erzurum offensive 10 January 1916 (ended 1916)
  127. Battle of Wadi (1916) 13 January 1916
  128. Trebizond Campaign 5 February 1916 (ended 1916)
  129. Siege of Medina 10 June 1916 – 1919
  130. Battle of Erzincan (1916) 2 July 1916 (ended 1916)
  131. Battle of Romani 3 August 1916 (ended 1916)
  132. Battle of Magdhaba 23 December 1916
  133. Battles of Ramadi (1917) 1917
  134. Battle of Rafa 9 January 1917
  135. First Battle of Gaza 26 March 1917
  136. Second Battle of Gaza 17 April 1917 (ended 1917)
  137. Battle of Beersheba (1917) 31 October 1917
  138. Third Battle of Gaza 1 November 1917 (ended 1917)
  139. Battle of Megiddo (1918) 1918
  140. Battle of Imbros 20 January 1918
  141. Battle of Haifa (1918) 23 September 1918
  142. Capture of Damascus (1918) 26 September 1918 (ended 1918)
  143. Greek landing at Smyrna 15 May 1919
  144. Battle of Oltu 1920
  145. Battle of Marash 21 January 1920 (ended 1920)
  146. Battle of Maysalun 24 July 1920
  147. Armistice of Mudanya 11 October 1922
  148. Capture of Mecca (1924) 1924
  149. Zilan massacre 12 July 1930
  150. Simele massacre August 1933 (ended 1933)
  151. Operation Compass 9 December 1940 – 1941
  152. Operation Brevity 16 May 1941
  153. Operation Skorpion 27 May 1941
  154. Battle of Palmyra (1941) 1 July 1941
  155. Operation Crusader 18 November 1941 (ended 1941)
  156. Raid on Alexandria (1941) 19 December 1941
  157. Battle of Mersa Matruh 29 June 1942
  158. First Battle of El Alamein 1 July 1942 (ended 1942)
  159. Battle of Alam el Halfa 30 August 1942 (ended 1942)
  160. Second Battle of El Alamein 23 October 1942 (ended 1942)
  161. King David Hotel bombing 22 July 1946
  162. Haifa Oil Refinery massacre 30 December 1947
  163. Balad al-Shaykh massacre 31 December 1947
  164. Semiramis Hotel bombing 5 January 1948 (ended 1948)
  165. Hadassah medical convoy massacre 13 April 1948
  166. Battle of Haifa (1948) 21 April 1948 (ended 1948)
  167. Kfar Etzion massacre 13 May 1948
  168. Battles of Latrun (1948) 24 May 1948 (ended 1948)
  169. Operation Pleshet 29 May 1948 (ended 1948)
  170. Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle July 1948
  171. Al-Dawayima massacre 29 October 1948
  172. Eilabun massacre 30 October 1948
  173. Hula massacre 1 November 1948
  174. Qibya massacre 15 October 1953
  175. Kafr Qasim massacre 29 October 1956
  176. Khan Yunis massacre 3 November 1956
  177. 1958 Lebanon crisis 15 July 1958 (ended 1958)
  178. 1966 attack on Samu 13 November 1966
  179. Battle of Ammunition Hill 6 June 1967
  180. Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing 8 April 1970
  181. Avivim school bus bombing 22 May 1970
  182. Dawson's Field hijackings 6 September 1970
  183. Ramsar Convention 2 February 1971
  184. Sabena Flight 571 8 May 1972
  185. Lod Airport massacre 30 May 1972
  186. 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon 1973
  187. Battle of the Chinese Farm 1973
  188. Ofira Air Battle 6 October 1973
  189. Battle of Latakia 7 October 1973
  190. Battle of Baltim 9 October 1973
  191. Valley of Tears 9 October 1973
  192. Kiryat Shmona massacre 11 April 1974
  193. Ma'alot massacre 15 May 1974
  194. Karantina massacre 18 January 1976
  195. Damour massacre 20 January 1976
  196. Coastal road massacre 11 March 1978
  197. Cinema Rex fire 19 August 1978
  198. Operation Eagle Claw 24 April 1980 (ended 1980)
  199. Battle of Khorramshahr (1980) 22 September 1980 (ended 1980)
  200. Siege of Abadan 6 November 1980 – 1981
  201. Operation Nasr 1981
  202. H-3 airstrike 4 April 1981
  203. Assassination of Anwar Sadat 6 October 1981
  204. 1982 Hama massacre 1982
  205. Battle of Khorramshahr (1982) 24 April 1982 (ended 1982)
  206. Siege of Beirut 14 June 1982 (ended 1982)
  207. Dujail massacre 8 July 1982
  208. Ankara Esenboğa Airport attack 7 August 1982
  209. 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut 18 April 1983
  210. Gulf Air Flight 771 23 September 1983
  211. Operation Moses 21 November 1984 – 1985
  212. First Battle of al-Faw 11 February 1986
  213. Siege of Basra 26 February 1987
  214. Halabja massacre 16 March 1988
  215. Palestinian Declaration of Independence 15 November 1988
  216. Battle of Dasman Palace 2 August 1990
  217. Battle of Khafji 29 January 1991 (ended 1991)
  218. Amiriyah shelter bombing 13 February 1991
  219. Battle of 73 Easting 26 February 1991 (ended 1991)
  220. Battle of Medina Ridge 27 February 1991
  221. Sivas massacre 2 July 1993
  222. Qana massacre 18 April 1996
  223. Khobar Towers bombing 25 June 1996
  224. Luxor massacre 17 November 1997
  225. Indian Airlines Flight 814 24 December 1999 (ended 1999)
  226. USS Cole bombing 12 October 2000
  227. Battle of Jenin (2002) 2002
  228. Siege of the Church of the Nativity 2 April 2002 (ended 2002)
  229. Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) 2003–2011
  230. Battle of Baghdad (2003) 2003
  231. Operation Viking Hammer 2003
  232. Battle of Al Faw (2003) 20 March 2003 (ended 2003)
  233. Battle of Basra (2003) 21 March 2003 (ended 2003)
  234. Battle of Umm Qasr 21 March 2003 (ended 2003)
  235. Battle of Nasiriyah 23 March 2003 (ended 2003)
  236. Battle of Najaf (2003) 24 March 2003 (ended 2003)
  237. Canal Hotel bombing 19 August 2003
  238. Battle of Najaf (2004) 2004
  239. Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse April 2004
  240. First Battle of Fallujah 4 April 2004 (ended 2004)
  241. 2004 Israeli operation in Rafah 12 May 2004 (ended 2004)
  242. 2004 Israeli operation in the northern Gaza Strip 29 September 2004 (ended 2004)
  243. 2004 Sinai bombings 7 October 2004
  244. Second Battle of Fallujah 23 December 2004
  245. Assassination of Rafic Hariri 14 February 2005
  246. 2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings 23 July 2005
  247. 2005 Amman bombings 9 November 2005
  248. Haditha massacre 19 November 2005
  249. Mahmudiyah rape and murders 12 March 2006
  250. 2006 Israeli operation in Beit Hanoun 8 November 2006
  251. Assassination of Hrant Dink 19 January 2007
  252. Qahtaniyah bombings 14 August 2007
  253. Nisour Square massacre 16 September 2007
  254. Battle of Basra (2008) 25 March 2008 (ended 2008)
  255. 2009 Khan el-Khalili bombing 22 February 2009
  256. 2010 Baghdad church siege 31 October 2010
  257. 2011 Alexandria bombing 1 January 2011
  258. Sinai insurgency 5 February 2011
  259. 2011 Bahraini uprising 14 February 2011
  260. Siege of Daraa 25 April 2011 (ended 2011)
  261. Siege of Homs 6 May 2011 – 2017
  262. Istanbul Convention 11 May 2011
  263. Siege of Talkalakh (May 2011) 14 May 2011 (ended 2011)
  264. June 2011 Jisr ash-Shughur clashes 4 June 2011 (ended 2011)
  265. Siege of Hama (2011) July 2011 (ended 2011)
  266. 2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks 18 August 2011
  267. 2012 Homs offensive 14 April 2012
  268. Houla massacre 25 May 2012
  269. Battle of Damascus (2012) 15 July 2012 (ended 2012)
  270. 2012 Gaza War 14 November 2012 (ended 2012)
  271. Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–13) 17 December 2012
  272. Battle of Raqqa (2013) 2 March 2013 (ended 2013)
  273. 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings 11 May 2013
  274. 2013 Egyptian coup d'état 3 July 2013
  275. Rabaa massacre 14 August 2013
  276. Ghouta chemical attack 21 August 2013
  277. Fall of Fallujah 30 December 2013 – 2014
  278. Fall of Mosul 4 June 2014 (ended 2014)
  279. Camp Speicher massacre 12 June 2014
  280. 2014 kidnapping and murders of Israeli teenagers 12 June 2014
  281. Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) 14 July 2014 – 2017
  282. Sinjar massacre August 2014
  283. Battle of Zumar 1 August 2014 (ended 2014)
  284. Siege of Kobanî 15 September 2014 – 2015
  285. 2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack 18 November 2014
  286. Battle of Ramadi (2014–2015) 21 November 2014
  287. Houthi insurgency June 2004
  288. March 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings 20 March 2015
  289. Battle of Idlib (2015) 28 March 2015
  290. 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing 26 June 2015
  291. Suruç bombing 20 July 2015
  292. 2015 Ankara bombings 10 October 2015
  293. Metrojet Flight 9268 31 October 2015
  294. 2015 Beirut bombings 12 November 2015
  295. January 2016 Istanbul bombing 12 January 2016
  296. February 2016 Ankara bombing 17 February 2016
  297. Palmyra offensive (March 2016) 9 March 2016 (ended 2016)
  298. March 2016 Ankara bombing 13 March 2016
  299. March 2016 Istanbul bombing 19 March 2016
  300. Iskandariya suicide bombing 25 March 2016
  301. June 2016 Istanbul bombing 7 June 2016
  302. June 2016 Tel Aviv shooting 8 June 2016
  303. 2016 Atatürk Airport attack 28 June 2016
  304. 2016 Karrada bombing 3 July 2016
  305. August 2016 Gaziantep bombing 20 August 2016
  306. Operation Euphrates Shield 24 August 2016 – 2017
  307. Battle of al-Bab 6 November 2016 – 2017
  308. Palmyra offensive (December 2016) 8 December 2016 (ended 2016)
  309. 2016 Beşiktaş bombings 10 December 2016
  310. Botroseya Church bombing 11 December 2016
  311. Assassination of Andrei Karlov 19 December 2016
  312. Istanbul nightclub shooting 1 January 2017
  313. 2017 Jerusalem truck attack 8 January 2017
  314. Palm Sunday church bombings 9 April 2017
  315. 2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing 15 April 2017
  316. 2017 Minya bus attack 26 May 2017
  317. 2017 Tehran attacks 7 June 2017
  318. Battle of Kirkuk (2017) 15 October 2017 (ended 2017)
  319. Battle of Raqqa (2017) 17 October 2017
  320. 2017 Sinai mosque attack 24 November 2017
  321. Ahvaz military parade attack 21 September 2018
  322. Battle of Baghuz Fawqani 9 February 2019 (ended 2019)
  323. Operation Olive Branch 20 January 2018 (ended 2018)
  324. Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement 15 September 2020
  325. Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement 15 September 2020
  326. 2020 Aden airport attack 30 December 2020
  327. 2022 Al-Aqsa clashes 15 April 2022
  328. 2022 Shah Cheragh attack 26 October 2022
  329. 2022 Istanbul bombing 13 November 2022
  330. 2023 Neve Yaakov shooting 27 January 2023
  331. July 2023 Jenin incursion 3 July 2023 (ended 2023)
  332. October 7 attacks 7 October 2023 (ended 2023)
  333. Zikim attack 7 October 2023
  334. Nova music festival massacre 7 October 2023
  335. Kfar Aza massacre 7 October 2023
  336. Be'eri massacre 7 October 2023
  337. Netiv HaAsara massacre 7 October 2023
  338. Nir Oz attack 7 October 2023
  339. Nahal Oz attack 7 October 2023
  340. Alumim massacre 7 October 2023
  341. Nirim attack 7 October 2023
  342. Kissufim massacre 7 October 2023
  343. Holit attack 7 October 2023
  344. Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike 19 October 2023
  345. Al-Shifa Hospital siege November 2023 – 2024
  346. Battle of Aleppo (2024) 2024
  347. Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri 2 January 2024
  348. 2024 Kerman bombings 3 January 2024
  349. Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar 18 January 2024
  350. Killing of Hind Rajab 29 January 2024
  351. Flour Massacre 29 February 2024
  352. Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus 1 April 2024
  353. World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack 1 April 2024
  354. Tel al-Sultan attack 26 May 2024
  355. July 2024 Houthi–Israel attacks 20 July 2024
  356. Majdal Shams attack 27 July 2024
  357. Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh 31 July 2024
  358. 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike 27 September 2024
  359. Killing of Yahya Sinwar 16 October 2024
  360. Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack 23 October 2024
  361. Fall of Damascus (2024) 7 December 2024 (ended 2024)
  362. Rafah paramedic massacre 23 March 2025
  363. Mar Elias Church attack 22 June 2025
  364. Israeli attack on Doha 9 September 2025
  365. Assassination of Ali Khamenei 28 February 2026
  366. 2026 Minab school attack 28 February 2026
  367. Assassination of Ali Larijani 17 March 2026
  368. Battle of Riyadh 13 January 1902
  369. First Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907) 1903–1907
  370. Constitutionalization attempts in Iran 1905–1911
  371. Attempted assassination of Abdul Hamid II 21 June 1905
  372. 31 March incident 13 April 1909 (ended 1909)
  373. 1912 Ottoman coup d'état 17 July 1912
  374. Treaty of Constantinople (1913) 29 September 1913
  375. World War I 1914–1918
  376. German–Ottoman alliance 2 August 1914
  377. Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign 19 February 1915 (ended 1915)
  378. 20 Hunchakian gallows 15 June 1915
  379. Jungle Movement of Gilan October 1915 – 1920
  380. Treaty of Darin 26 December 1915
  381. Battle of Mecca (1916) 10 June 1916 (ended 1916)
  382. Menemen massacre 1916
  383. Battle of Aqaba 6 July 1917
  384. Armistice of Erzincan 18 December 1917
  385. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict 1918–2003
  386. Trebizond Peace Conference 12 March 1918 (ended 1918)
  387. Franco-Turkish War December 1918 – 1921
  388. 1919 Egyptian revolution 1919
  389. Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) 15 May 1919 – 1922
  390. Operation Nemesis 1920–1922
  391. Yalova Peninsula massacres 1920–1921
  392. Battle of Tel Hai 1 March 1920
  393. 1920 capture of Damascus 24 July 1920
  394. 1921 Persian coup d'état 21 February 1921
  395. Kurdish–Turkish conflict 6 March 1921
  396. Second Battle of İnönü 1921
  397. Battle of the Sakarya 23 August 1921 (ended 1921)
  398. Treaty of Ankara (1921) 20 October 1921
  399. Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence 28 February 1922
  400. Battle of Dumlupınar 26 August 1922 (ended 1922)
  401. Turkish capture of Smyrna 9 September 1922
  402. Uqair Protocol of 1922 2 December 1922
  403. Sheikh Said rebellion 13 February 1925 (ended 1925)
  404. Treaty of Jeddah (1927) 1927
  405. Ararat rebellion 1927–1931
  406. Saudi–Yemeni war (1934) March 1934 (ended 1934)
  407. Goharshad Mosque rebellion August 1935
  408. Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits 1936
  409. Dersim massacre 1 May 1937 – 1938
  410. Treaty of Saadabad 8 July 1937
  411. World War II 1 September 1939 – 1945
  412. Battle for Jerusalem December 1947 – 1948
  413. 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight 1948
  414. Operation Dani 1948
  415. Operation Nachshon 5 April 1948 (ended 1948)
  416. 1948 Arab–Israeli War 1948–1949
  417. Operation Yoav 15 October 1948 (ended 1948)
  418. Operation Hiram 29 October 1948 (ended 1948)
  419. Operation Horev 22 December 1948 – 1949
  420. Operation Uvda 5 March 1949 (ended 1949)
  421. March 1949 Syrian coup d'état 29 March 1949 (ended 1949)
  422. Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen) June 1949 – 1950
  423. Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany 10 September 1952
  424. Balkan Pact (1953) 28 February 1953
  425. Operation Musketeer (1956) November 1956
  426. 1959 Mosul uprising 1959
  427. 1960 Turkish coup d'état 27 May 1960
  428. White Revolution 1963–1979
  429. 1963 Syrian coup d'état 8 March 1963
  430. Dhofar rebellion 1963–1976
  431. Ankara Agreement 12 September 1963
  432. Aden Emergency 1963–1967
  433. Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon 1968–1982
  434. Aeroflot Flight 244 15 October 1970
  435. 1970 Syrian coup d'etat 13 November 1970
  436. 1971 Turkish military memorandum 12 March 1971
  437. Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs 30 November 1971
  438. First Yemenite War 26 September 1972 (ended 1972)
  439. Operation Badr (1973) 1973
  440. Tel al-Zaatar massacre 12 August 1976
  441. Black Friday (1978) 8 September 1978
  442. Maraş massacre December 1978
  443. Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy war 1979
  444. 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum 31 March 1979
  445. 1979 Khuzestan insurgency April 1979 (ended 1979)
  446. 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum 3 December 1979
  447. 1980 Turkish coup d'état 12 September 1980
  448. Operation Kaman 99 23 September 1980
  449. Operation Morvarid 29 November 1980
  450. 1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing 1981
  451. Haft-e Tir bombing 28 June 1981
  452. Operation Tariq al-Quds 7 December 1981
  453. Operation Fath ol-Mobin 22 March 1982 (ended 1982)
  454. Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 24 May 1982
  455. Operation Mole Cricket 19 9 June 1982
  456. May 17 Agreement 17 May 1983
  457. Iran–Israel proxy conflict 16 February 1985
  458. South Yemeni crisis 13 January 1986 (ended 1986)
  459. Operation Earnest Will 24 July 1987 – 1988
  460. Operation Prime Chance August 1987 – 1989
  461. Second Battle of al-Faw 17 April 1988
  462. Operation Praying Mantis 18 April 1988
  463. Operation Mersad 26 July 1988 (ended 1988)
  464. 1989 Iranian constitutional referendum 28 July 1989
  465. British Airways Flight 149 2 August 1990
  466. 1991 Iraqi uprisings 1991
  467. Battle of Norfolk 27 February 1991
  468. Operation Provide Comfort March 1991 – 1996
  469. Operation Southern Watch 27 August 1992 – 2003
  470. Operation Accountability 25 July 1993 (ended 1993)
  471. Iraqi Kurdish Civil War May 1994 – 1997
  472. Yemeni civil war (1994) 1994
  473. 1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq 1996
  474. Operation Grapes of Wrath 27 April 1996
  475. 1998 bombing of Iraq 1998
  476. Operation Defensive Shield 29 March 2002 (ended 2002)
  477. Iraq War 20 March 2003 – 2011
  478. Iraqi conflict 20 March 2003 – 2017
  479. Battle of Karbala (2003) 23 March 2003 (ended 2003)
  480. 2003 Nasiriyah bombing 12 November 2003
  481. 2004 Ashura massacre 2 March 2004
  482. Battle of Samarra (2004) 1 October 2004 (ended 2004)
  483. Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) 22 February 2006 – 2008
  484. 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq 21 February 2008
  485. Operation Hot Winter 3 March 2008
  486. South Yemen insurgency 27 April 2009
  487. Iraqi invasion of Kuwait 2009–1990
  488. Zurich Protocols 10 October 2009
  489. 2010 Turkish constitutional referendum 12 September 2010
  490. Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013) 2011–2013
  491. Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war 2011
  492. Syrian revolution 15 March 2011 – 2012
  493. Arab Winter 2012–2018
  494. March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes 2012
  495. 2012 Syrian constitutional referendum 26 February 2012
  496. Rojava Revolution 19 July 2012
  497. 2012 Egyptian constitutional referendum 15 December 2012
  498. Anbar campaign (2013–2014) 30 December 2013 – 2014
  499. 2014 Gaza War 2014
  500. War in Iraq (2013–2017) 1 January 2014 – 2017
  501. 2014 Egyptian constitutional referendum 2014
  502. First Battle of Tikrit 26 June 2014 (ended 2014)
  503. Yazidi genocide August 2014
  504. Persecution of the Iraqi Turkmen by the Islamic State 2014–2017
  505. Opération Chammal 19 September 2014
  506. Houthi takeover of Yemen 2014–2015
  507. Operation Inherent Resolve 2014–2026
  508. 2015–2016 Latakia offensive 2015
  509. Palmyra offensive (May 2015) 13 May 2015 (ended 2015)
  510. Third Battle of Fallujah 22 May 2016 (ended 2016)
  511. 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt 16 July 2016
  512. Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016) 15 November 2016 (ended 2016)
  513. 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum 16 April 2017
  514. 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum 25 September 2017
  515. Iraqi insurgency (2017–present) 9 December 2017
  516. 2019 Turkish offensive into northeastern Syria 2019
  517. 2019 Egyptian constitutional referendum 2019
  518. Mahshahr massacre 2019
  519. Northwestern Syria offensive (2019–2020) 19 December 2019 – 2020
  520. Operation Spring Shield 27 February 2020 (ended 2020)
  521. United States–Taliban deal 29 February 2020
  522. Operation Claw-Eagle 2 10 February 2021 (ended 2021)
  523. Iran–China 25-year Cooperation Program 27 March 2021
  524. Black Sea Grain Initiative 22 July 2022
  525. 2022 Gaza–Israel clashes August 2022 (ended 2022)
  526. Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present) 2023
  527. War crimes in the Gaza war 2023
  528. May 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes May 2023 (ended 2023)
  529. Gaza war hostage crisis October 2023 – 2026
  530. Gaza Strip famine 2023–2026
  531. Gaza Strip evacuations October 2023
  532. Gaza genocide 7 October 2023
  533. Battle of Sderot 7 October 2023
  534. Battle of Re'im 7 October 2023
  535. Kidnapping and murder of the Bibas family 7 October 2023 – 2025
  536. Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacks 7 October 2023
  537. Red Sea crisis 19 October 2023
  538. 2023 Gaza war ceasefire 24 November 2023
  539. Operation Prosperity Guardian 18 December 2023 – 2025
  540. Operation Aspides 19 February 2024
  541. Nuseirat rescue and massacre 8 June 2024
  542. 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks 18 September 2024 (ended 2024)
  543. 20 September 2024 Beirut attack 20 September 2024
  544. September 2024 Israeli attacks against Lebanon 23 September 2024
  545. 2024 Lebanon war 2024
  546. 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement 27 November 2024
  547. January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire 15 January 2025 (ended 2025)
  548. 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites 6 March 2025
  549. March–May 2025 United States attacks in Yemen 15 March 2025
  550. March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip 18 March 2025
  551. May 2025 Gaza offensive 17 May 2025 (ended 2025)
  552. 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings 27 May 2025
  553. June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran June 2025
  554. Southern Syria clashes (July–September 2025) 13 July 2025 (ended 2025)
  555. August 2025 Israeli attack on Sanaa 28 August 2025
  556. Gaza peace summit 13 October 2025
  557. 2025–2026 Iranian protests 2025
  558. 2025–2026 Iran massacres 30 December 2025
  559. 2026 Iran war 2026
  560. Fall of Aden (2026) 7 January 2026
  561. Mecca Joint Defence Agreement 7 August 2026
  562. Shiraz pogrom 30 October 1910
  563. Russian occupation of Tabriz 1911–1918
  564. Caucasus campaign 29 October 1914 – 1918
  565. Middle Eastern theatre of World War I 30 October 1914 – 1918
  566. Mesopotamian campaign 6 November 1914 – 1918
  567. Raid on the Suez Canal 1915
  568. Sinai and Palestine campaign 28 January 1915 – 1918
  569. Stalemate in Southern Palestine 1917
  570. Occupation of Constantinople 13 November 1918 – 1923
  571. 1920 Nebi Musa riots 4 April 1920 (ended 1920)
  572. Jaffa riots (May 1921) 1 May 1921 (ended 1921)
  573. Chanak crisis September 1922 (ended 1922)
  574. 1929 Hebron massacre 24 August 1929
  575. 1934 Thrace pogroms 21 June 1934 (ended 1934)
  576. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II 10 June 1940 – 1945
  577. Western Desert campaign 11 June 1940 – 1943
  578. Italian invasion of Egypt 9 September 1940 (ended 1940)
  579. Bombing of Bahrain in World War II 19 October 1940
  580. Farhud 1941
  581. Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 25 August 1941 (ended 1941)
  582. Tehran Conference 28 November 1943 (ended 1943)
  583. Levant Crisis 19 May 1945 (ended 1945)
  584. Iran crisis of 1946 1946
  585. 1946 Turkish general election 21 July 1946
  586. 1947 anti-Jewish riots in Aleppo December 1947
  587. 1947 anti-Jewish riots in Aden 4 December 1947
  588. Deir Yassin massacre 9 April 1948
  589. Arab–Israeli conflict 15 May 1948
  590. Gaza–Israel conflict 15 May 1948
  591. Safsaf massacre 29 October 1948
  592. 1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election 25 January 1949
  593. 1951 Israeli legislative election 30 July 1951
  594. Cairo fire 26 January 1952
  595. Ma'ale Akrabim massacre 17 March 1954
  596. 1955 Israeli legislative election 26 July 1955
  597. Istanbul pogrom 6 September 1955 (ended 1955)
  598. 1959 Israeli legislative election 3 November 1959
  599. 1961 Israeli legislative election 15 August 1961
  600. 1964 Hama riot April 1964
  601. 1965 Israeli legislative election 2 November 1965
  602. Operation Focus 5 June 1967
  603. Israeli occupation of the West Bank 5 June 1967
  604. Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980) 1968–1980
  605. 1968 Israeli raid on Beirut Airport 28 December 1968
  606. Bloody Sunday (1969) 16 February 1969
  607. 1969 Israeli legislative election 28 October 1969
  608. 1973 Israeli legislative election 31 December 1973
  609. Syrian occupation of Lebanon 31 May 1976 – 2005
  610. 1977 Israeli legislative election 17 May 1977
  611. 1978 South Lebanon conflict 1978
  612. Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency November 1978
  613. Arab Cold War 1979–1970
  614. 1979 International Women's Day protests in Tehran 8 March 1979
  615. 1980 Iranian presidential election 25 January 1980
  616. Operation Opera 7 June 1981
  617. 1981 Israeli legislative election 30 June 1981
  618. July 1981 Iranian presidential election 24 July 1981
  619. October 1981 Iranian presidential election 2 October 1981
  620. Tanker war 1984–1988
  621. 1984 Israeli legislative election 23 July 1984
  622. Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon (1982–2000) 16 February 1985 – 2000
  623. 1985 Iranian presidential election 16 August 1985
  624. Iran Air Flight 655 3 July 1988
  625. 1988 Israeli legislative election 1 November 1988
  626. 1991 Iraqi missile attacks against Israel 17 January 1991 (ended 1991)
  627. 1992 Israeli legislative election 23 June 1992
  628. Cave of the Patriarchs massacre 25 February 1994
  629. 1996 Palestinian general election 20 January 1996
  630. 1996 Israeli general election 29 May 1996
  631. 1999 Istanbul summit 1999
  632. 1999 Israeli general election 17 May 1999
  633. 1999 Iranian student protests 8 July 1999 (ended 1999)
  634. Israeli–Lebanese conflict 2000
  635. 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election 6 February 2001
  636. Dolphinarium discotheque bombing 1 June 2001
  637. 2001 Iranian presidential election 8 June 2001
  638. Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing 9 August 2001
  639. Passover massacre 2002
  640. 2002 Iraqi presidential referendum 16 October 2002
  641. 2002 Turkish general election 3 November 2002
  642. 2003 Israeli legislative election 28 January 2003
  643. Anbar campaign (2003–2011) 20 March 2003 – 2011
  644. Maxim restaurant suicide bombing 4 October 2003
  645. 2003 Istanbul bombings November 2003
  646. 2004 Qamishli riots March 2004
  647. 2004 Istanbul NATO summit 28 June 2004 (ended 2004)
  648. 2005 Palestinian presidential election 9 January 2005
  649. January 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election 30 January 2005
  650. 2005 Iranian presidential election 17 June 2005
  651. 2005 Egyptian presidential election 7 September 2005
  652. December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election 15 December 2005
  653. 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict 2006
  654. 2006 Palestinian legislative election 25 January 2006
  655. 2006 Israeli legislative election 28 March 2006
  656. 2006 Qana airstrike 30 July 2006
  657. 2007 Syrian presidential election 27 May 2007
  658. July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike 12 July 2007
  659. 2007 Turkish general election 22 July 2007
  660. 2007 Turkish presidential election 28 August 2007
  661. George W. Bush shoe-throwing incident 14 December 2008
  662. 2009 Israeli legislative election 10 February 2009
  663. 2009 Lebanese general election 7 June 2009
  664. 2009 Iranian presidential election 14 June 2009
  665. 2009 Iranian presidential election protests 11 February 2010 (ended 2010)
  666. 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election 7 March 2010
  667. 2010 Gaza flotilla raid 31 May 2010
  668. 2011 Iraqi protests 2011
  669. 2011 Lebanese protests 2011
  670. Kuwaiti protests (2011–2012) 2011
  671. 2011–2012 Iranian protests 2011–2012
  672. 2011 Turkish general election 12 June 2011
  673. Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon 17 June 2011 – 2017
  674. 2011–12 Egyptian parliamentary election 28 November 2011 – 2012
  675. 2011 British Embassy in Iran attack 29 November 2011
  676. Port Said Stadium riot 1 February 2012
  677. 2012 Syrian parliamentary election 7 May 2012
  678. 2012 Egyptian presidential election 16 June 2012 (ended 2012)
  679. 2012–2013 Egyptian protests 22 November 2012 – 2013
  680. 2013 Israeli legislative election 23 January 2013
  681. Turkey–Islamic State conflict 2013
  682. Gezi Park protests 28 May 2013
  683. Iranian intervention in the Syrian civil war 9 June 2013
  684. 2013 Iranian presidential election 14 June 2013
  685. 2014 Turkish local elections 30 March 2014
  686. 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election 30 April 2014
  687. 2014 Egyptian presidential election 28 May 2014
  688. 2014 Syrian presidential election 3 June 2014
  689. Islamic State invasion of Iraq 2014
  690. 2014 Israeli presidential election 10 June 2014
  691. War against the Islamic State 13 June 2014
  692. 2014 Turkish presidential election 10 August 2014
  693. United States intervention in Syria 22 September 2014
  694. Second Battle of Tikrit 2 March 2015 (ended 2015)
  695. 2015 Israeli legislative election 17 March 2015
  696. Houthi–Saudi conflict 2 April 2015
  697. June 2015 Turkish general election 7 June 2015
  698. 2015–2016 Lebanese protests 22 August 2015 – 2016
  699. Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war 30 September 2015 – 2024
  700. 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election 2015
  701. 2015 al-Hawl offensive 2015
  702. November 2015 Turkish general election 1 November 2015
  703. 2015 G20 Antalya summit 2015
  704. 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown 24 November 2015
  705. 2015 Saudi Arabian municipal elections 12 December 2015
  706. 2016 Iranian legislative election 25 February 2016
  707. 2016 Syrian parliamentary election 13 April 2016
  708. 2016 Saudi Arabia bombings 4 July 2016
  709. Turkish occupation of northern Syria August 2016
  710. Manbij offensive (2016) 27 August 2016
  711. 2016 Jordanian general election 20 September 2016
  712. Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) 6 November 2016
  713. 2017 Dutch–Turkish diplomatic incident March 2017
  714. Palmyra offensive (2017) 2 March 2017
  715. Khan Shaykhun chemical attack 4 April 2017
  716. 2017 Shayrat missile strike 7 April 2017
  717. 2017 Iranian presidential election 19 May 2017
  718. Battle of Tal Afar (2017) 2 September 2017
  719. Iranian protests against compulsory hijab 27 December 2017
  720. 2017–2018 Iranian protests 28 December 2017 – 2018
  721. February 2018 Israel–Syria incident 10 February 2018
  722. 2018 Egyptian presidential election 26 March 2018 (ended 2018)
  723. 2018–2019 Gaza border protests 30 March 2018
  724. Douma chemical attack 7 April 2018
  725. April 2018 missile strikes against Syria 14 April 2018
  726. Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018) 14 April 2018
  727. United Arab Emirates occupation of Socotra 30 April 2018
  728. 2018 Lebanese general election 6 May 2018
  729. Operation House of Cards 10 May 2018
  730. 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election 12 May 2018
  731. 2018 Turkish presidential election 24 June 2018
  732. 2018 Turkish general election 24 June 2018
  733. 2018 Turkish parliamentary election 24 June 2018
  734. 2015–2018 Iraqi protests 7 September 2018
  735. Syria missile strikes (September 2018) 17 September 2018
  736. December 2019 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria 2019
  737. 2019 Turkish local elections 31 March 2019
  738. April 2019 Israeli legislative election 9 April 2019
  739. June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election 23 June 2019
  740. Abqaiq–Khurais attack 14 September 2019
  741. September 2019 Israeli legislative election 17 September 2019
  742. 2019–2021 Iraqi protests 1 October 2019 – 2021
  743. 17 October Revolution 17 October 2019
  744. 2019–2020 Iranian protests 15 November 2019
  745. Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 8 January 2020
  746. Operation Martyr Soleimani 8 January 2020
  747. 2020 Israeli legislative election 2 March 2020
  748. 2020 Syrian parliamentary election 19 July 2020
  749. 2020 Iranian legislative election 11 September 2020
  750. 2020 G20 Riyadh summit 21 November 2020 (ended 2020)
  751. January 2021 Baghdad bombings 21 January 2021
  752. 2021 Israeli legislative election 23 March 2021
  753. Sofagate 6 April 2021
  754. 2021 Syrian presidential election 26 May 2021
  755. 2021 Iranian presidential election 18 June 2021
  756. 2021–2022 Iranian protests 15 July 2021 – 2022
  757. 2021 Qatari general election 2 October 2021
  758. 2021 Iraqi parliamentary election 10 October 2021
  759. 2021 Beirut clashes 14 October 2021
  760. 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis 5 November 2021 – 2022
  761. 2021 Afghanistan–Iran clashes 1 December 2021
  762. 2022 Abu Dhabi attack 17 January 2022
  763. Negev Summit 27 March 2022 (ended 2022)
  764. 2022 Israeli legislative election 1 November 2022
  765. 2023 Iran drone attacks 28 January 2023 (ended 2023)
  766. 2023 Israel–Palestine tensions 5 April 2023
  767. 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash May 2023
  768. 2023 Turkish presidential election 14 May 2023
  769. 2023 Turkish parliamentary election 14 May 2023
  770. 2023 Turkish general election 14 May 2023
  771. Attacks on Jabalia refugee camp (2023–present) October 2023
  772. 2023 Homs drone strike 5 October 2023
  773. Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) 7 October 2023
  774. Al-Shati refugee camp airstrikes 12 October 2023
  775. Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion 17 October 2023
  776. Attacks on US bases during the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) 18 October 2023 – 2024
  777. 2023 Egyptian presidential election 10 December 2023 (ended 2023)
  778. Killing of Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka 15 December 2023
  779. US–UK airstrikes on Yemen 12 January 2024
  780. 2024 Iranian missile strikes in Iraq and Syria 15 January 2024
  781. Tower 22 drone attack 28 January 2024
  782. 2024 Turkish local elections 31 March 2024
  783. April 2024 Iranian strikes on Israel 13 April 2024 (ended 2024)
  784. April 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran 19 April 2024
  785. 2024 Iranian presidential election 5 July 2024
  786. 2024 Syrian parliamentary election 15 July 2024
  787. October 2024 Iranian strikes on Israel 1 October 2024
  788. October 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran 26 October 2024
  789. 2024 Syrian opposition offensives 27 November 2024 (ended 2024)
  790. Southern Syria offensive (2024) 29 November 2024 (ended 2024)
  791. 2024 Hama offensive 30 November 2024 (ended 2024)
  792. 2024 Homs offensive 5 December 2024 (ended 2024)
  793. Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present) 8 December 2024
  794. 2025–2026 Turkish protests 19 March 2025
  795. 2025 United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites 22 June 2025
  796. 2025 Iranian strikes on Al Udeid Air Base 23 June 2025
  797. 2025 Nasser Hospital strikes 25 August 2025
  798. 2025 Syrian parliamentary election 5 October 2025
  799. 2025 Iraqi parliamentary election 11 November 2025
  800. 2025–2026 southern Yemen campaign 2 December 2025 – 2026
  801. 2026 northeastern Syria offensive 13 January 2026 (ended 2026)
  802. Prelude to the 2026 Iran war 13 January 2026
  803. United Arab Emirates in the 2026 Iran war 28 February 2026
  804. 2026 Lebanon war 2 March 2026
  805. Sinking of IRIS Dena 4 March 2026
  806. 2026 Iranian supreme leader election 8 March 2026
  807. 2026 Onikişubat school shooting 15 April 2026
  808. 2026 Ankara NATO summit 7 July 2026 (ended 2026)
  809. 2026 Yemen offensives 3 September 2026
  810. 2026 Israeli legislative election 27 October 2026
  811. Attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad 31 December 2019 – 2020
  812. Operation Guardian of the Walls May 2021 (ended 2021)
  813. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip 2023
  814. Ein HaShlosha massacre 7 October 2023
  815. June 2025 Iranian strikes on Israel June 2025