Middle East Timeline By Timetoaster1 Period: Jan 1, 1917 to Mar 9, 2012 Middle East Nov 2, 1917 Balfour Declaration Jan 1, 1923 LoN gave Britain mandate over Palestine Mar 1, 1938 500K Jews migrated to Palestine Jan 1, 1945 Arab League is formed Jan 1, 1947 Britain Turns over the Palestine problem to the UN Jan 1, 1948 Israel proclaims independence Jan 1, 1960 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is formed Jan 1, 1967 Six-Day War Egypt, Syria, and Jordan attack Israel on opposite fronts Period: Jan 1, 1975 to Jan 1, 1990 Lebanon Civil War Mar 28, 1976 Syria intervenes in the civil war Mar 28, 1982 Israel's full scale invasion of Lebanon Mar 28, 1985 Israel withdraws from Lebanon Mar 28, 1989 Lebanon approves a new constitution Mar 28, 1990 End of Lebanese Civil War Aug 28, 1990 First Gulf War starts with Iraqi invasion of Kuwait Feb 27, 1991 End of Persian Gulf War
