List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
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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" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and the Delta of the Nile and neighboring areas of Arabia, Anatolia and Iran. It currently encompasses the area from Egypt, Turkey and Cyprus in the west to Iran and the Persian Gulf in the east,[1] and from Turkey and Iran in the north, to Yemen and Oman in the south.
- Conflicts are separate incidents with at least 100 casualties, and are listed by total deaths, including sub-conflicts.[2]
- The term "modern" refers to the post-Ottoman period, in other words, since 1918.
List of conflicts
Casualties breakdown
[a].^ Unification of Saudi Arabia (combined casualties 7,989–8,989+)
- Battle of Riyadh (1902) – 37 killed.
- Battle of Dilam (1903) – 410 killed.
- Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907) – 2,300+ killed.
- Annexation of Al-Hasa and Qatif (1913) – unknown.
- Battle of Jarrab (1915) – unknown.
- Battle of Kanzaan (1915) – unknown.
- First Nejd-Hejaz War 1918–1919 – 1,392 killed[12]
- Kuwait-Najd Border War (1921) – 200[12]–800 killed.
- 1921 Ikhwan raid on Iraq – 700 killed.
- Conquest of Ha'il – unknown.
- Ikhwan raids on Transjordan 1922–1924 – 500[74]-1,500 killed.
- Second Nejd-Hejaz War (1924–1925) – 450 killed.[12]
- Ikhwan Revolt (1927–1930) – 2,000 killed.[12]
[b].^ Turkish War of Independence (combined figure 170,500–873,000+):
- Greco-Turkish War – 70,000–400,000 casualties[36]
- Franco-Turkish War – 40,000 casualties.
- Turkish–Armenian War – 60,000–432,500 casualties.[75]
- Koçkiri Rebellion – 500 killed.
- Revolt of Ahmet Anzavur – unknown.
- Kuva-i Inzibatiye revolt – unknown.
[c].^ Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (combined casualty figure 138,800-320,100) of:
- Mahmud Barzanji revolts – unknown.
- Ahmad Barzanji revolt (1931) – unknown.
- 1943 Iraqi Kurdish revolt (1943) – unknown.
- First Kurdish-Iraqi War (1961–1970) – 75,000–105,000 killed.[28][36]
- Second Kurdish-Iraqi War (1974–1975) – 9,000 killed.[76]
- 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[77]–5,000 killed.
- 2003 invasion of Iraq – several hundred killed (~300) on the Kurdish front, at least 24 Peshmerga killed.
[d].^ World War II (combined casualty figure 12,338-14,898+) of:
- Anglo-Iraqi War – at least 560 killed.[78][79]
- Farhud 175–780 killed.
- Syria–Lebanon Campaign 10,404–12,964 killed.
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 100[12] – 1,062 killed.
- Bombing of Palestine in World War II 137 deaths.[80]
- Bombing of Bahrain in World War II – unknown.
[e].^ Iran crisis of 1946 (combined casualty figure 1,921+):
- Azerbaijan People's Republic crisis – 421 killed.[81]
- Republic of Mahabad crisis – ~1,000 killed.
- Civil interregnum – 500 killed.[82]
[f].^ Arab–Israeli conflict (combined casualty figure 76,338–87,338+):
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict (1948–present) – 23,000 killed.
- Fedayeen insurgency and Retribution Operations (1950s) – 3,456 casualties.
- Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
- First Intifada – 2,000 killed
- Second Intifada – 7,000 killed
- Gaza–Israel conflict – 3,500 killed
- Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) – 14,400 casualties.
- Suez War (1956) – 3,203 killed.
- Six-Day War (1967) – 13,976 killed.
- War of Attrition (1967–1970) – 6,403 killed.
- Yom Kippur War (1973) 10,000–21,000.[83]
- Second Lebanon War – 1,900 killed.
[g].^ North Yemen Civil War (combined 100,000–200,000 casualties):
[h].^ Lebanese Civil War (combined 39,132–43,970+ mortal casualties):
- Bus massacre – 27 killed.
- Hundred Days' War – 160 killed.
- Karantina massacre – 1,000–1,500 killed.
- Damour massacre – 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 – 28,280 killed.
- Sabra and Shatila massacre – 762–3,500 killed.
- War of the Camps (1986–1987) – 3,781 killed.
- Mountain War – 1,600 killed.
- War of Liberation (1989–1990) – unknown.
- October 13 massacre – 500–700 killed, 260 civilians massacred.
[i].^ Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution (combined fatalities count 12,000):
- 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran – 10,171+ killed and executed.[84][85]
- 1979 Khuzestan uprising – 112+ killed.
- 1979 Khorasan uprising – unknown.
- 1979 Azeri uprising – unknown.
- 1979 Baluchistan uprising – 50 killed.
- Iran hostage crisis – 9 killed.
- 1979–1980 Tehran clashes – unknown.
[j].^ Iran–Iraq War (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) 50,000–198,000 killed
- Operation Before the Dawn 1983 – 6,000+ killed
- Operation Dawn 3 – 162,000 killed
- Operation Dawn 5 1984 – 50,000 killed
- Operation Dawn 6 1984 – unknown
- Operation Khaibar 1984 – 49,000 killed
- Tanker War 1984
- Operation Badr (1985) – 30,000–32,000
- War of the Cities 1985–1987
- Operation Dawn-8 1986 – unknown
- Operation Karbala-4 1986 – 15,000 killed
- Operation Karbala-5 – 85,000 killed
- Operation Nasr 4 – unknown
- Operation Karbala-10 – unknown
- Operation Mersad 1987 – 4,900 killed
- 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners 2,000[86] – 30,000 executed
[k].^ Iraq War (combined casualty figure of 85,000–100,000):
- 2003 invasion of Iraq – 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
[l].^ Sectarian conflict in Mandatory Palestine (combined casualties 7,718)
- 1929 Palestine riots – 251 killed.[87][88]
- 1933 Palestine riots – 20 killed.[89]
- Arab Revolt in Palestine – 5,000 killed.[26]
- Jewish insurgency in Palestine (1944–47) – 338 British[90] and around 100 Palestinian Jews killed.
- 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine – 2,009 killed by 1 April 1948.[91]
See also
- List of conflicts in North America
- List of conflicts in Central America
- List of conflicts in South America
- List of conflicts in Europe
- List of conflicts in Africa
- List of modern conflicts in North Africa (the Maghreb region)
- List of conflicts in Asia
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During this coup 650,000 people were detained, prosecutors demanded the death penalty for 7,000 people, 517 were sentenced to death, and 50 were executed. A further 500 people died in prisons, some under suspicious circumstances, some during torture and others on hunger strikes. Sixteen prisoners were shot while attempting to escape. Official records say 74 others were killed during prison riots
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External links
- U.S. Involvement in Middle Eastern Conflicts from the Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archives
- Geopolitical perspective of a "new era" in the Middle East
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