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Israeli-Lebanese Border War
The Israeli–Lebanese conflict describes a series of related military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria, as well as various non-state militias acting from within Lebanon. -
Iraqi Kurdish Revolt
After a period of relative calm, Iraqi government promises of Kurdish autonomy, or self-rule, went unfulfilled, sparking discontent and eventual rebellion among the Kurds in 1961. -
Yemeni War
A border war between Saudi-allied North Yemen and Soviet-allied South Yemen turned into a superpower confrontation as Saudi Arabia's ally -
lebanese civil war
The Lebanese civil war is a civil war that lastest for 15 years, a war that occurred in more recent times yet many have not understood or paid attention to the consequences of this internal conflict. -
Iraq Shia Unrest in Karbala
Suppressed by the Saddam regime. Under Saddam Hussein, the Shiites (Shia) were a persecuted religious group. -
The First Intifada
The First Intifada or First Palestinian Intifada (also known as simply as "the intifada" or "intifadah" was a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories, -
First persian Gulf War
The Gulf War codenamed Operation Desert Storm was a war waged by coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
Second Persian Gulf War
The Security Council passes Resolution 687, allowing Saddam to stay in power but demanding he destroy all weapons of mass destruction. Until he does, economic sanctions are to remain in place. Iraqi officials begin hiding weapons and data. -
Bin Ladens War.
Bin Laden was the founder of a terroist group called al-Qaida. Bin Laden and his group where envolved in many attacks but his amous one was on september 11,2001. Bin Laden Sent men from his group to hijack planes and for them to crash into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.The U.S. then retaliates by launching the War on Terror, beginning with the invasion of Afghanistan -
Yemeni Civil War
Waged between the armed forces of the former Northern and Southern Yemeni states and their supporters. The war resulted in the defeat of the southern armed forces and the flight into exile of many Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) leaders and other southern secessionists. -
Egyptian-Libyan Border War
The Libyan–Egyptian War was a short border war between Libya and Egypt in July 1977. -
Saudi-Yemen Border Conflict
Following a bloody war which ended in 1932, the new kingdom of Saudi Arabia made a peace treaty with it's southern neighbor, Yemen. This agreement, called the Taif Treaty, delineated their common border, though disputes have flared up over the years. Apparently, the official reasons for this current round of border fighting relates to disputes over who owns certain islands in the Red Sea. -
The Second Intifada
The Second Intifada, also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada was the second Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation – a period of intensified Palestinian–Israeli violence. -
Current War in Iraq
The Iraq War was an armed conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. The first was an invasion of Iraq starting on March 20,2003 by an invasion force led by the United States.It was followed by a longer phase of fighting, in which an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the newly formed Iraqi government.The U.S. completed its withdrawal of military personnel in December 2011 However, the insurgency is ongoing and continues to cause thousands of fatalities. -
Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is both simple to understand, yet deeply complex. At the heart of this conflict is a basic idea that both sides believe: The Israelis believe that they are entitled to the land now known as Israel, while the Palestinians believe that they are entitled to the land they call Palestine.
