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yeah what you ref is greater middleeast but the article is called middle east see the difference only from iran to morroco to turkey to yemen Mughalnz ( talk) 23:00, 15 April 2010 (UTC)thanks man
Hw bout expanding Israeli conflict and Israeli Palestinian conflict.or creting subheadings if you know what i mean03:53, 17 April 2010 (UTC)thanks
This is a valid question. It is astonishing to see so only one Israeli flag in a list of Middle East conflicts. Each major event needs to be in the main text, not just in the references. Coldfusion11 Sept 12 2016 Coldfusion11 ( talk) 02:32, 12 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coldfusion11 ( talk • contribs) 02:27, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
wasn't egypt in yemen in the early 60's and so on?
what about all of the wars of Israel with the arab nations? i.e. (to name just a few):
- the six-day war of 1967 - the Yom-Kippur war of 1973 - The 1st lebanon war - is the civil war in lebanon suppose to cover that? - operation cast-lead (Israel-gaza war of 2008) - isn't the sabra & shatila massacre suppose to be here?
(please don't erase this and answer here, I don't have a Wikipedia user-name, I'll come back in a few days to check out the response and if there's need - I'll help update in anyway I can). b.t.w My name is Alon - thnks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.111.72.161 ( talk) 13:50, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
OK so if I understand you correctly it's: the six-day war of 1967, the Yom-Kippur war of 1973 both go to Israeli-Arab conflict. operation cast-lead goes to Israeli-Palestinian, and the Sabra massacre goes to the Lebanese Civil War?
thnx - Alon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.111.72.161 ( talk) 14:13, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
ya basically a messed up article? ... it makes it look like lebanon is a violent country (the 2006 -> 2008 conflicts are part of the Cedar Revolution) why no war on gaza? this is such an outdated article. -- Smkaram ( talk) 18:19, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
ditto headline
The death toll of 51,000 is correct for 1950-2007, thus not including the 1948 Palestine War (about 16 thousand casualties from both sides) and the 2008 Gaza offensive (about 1300 casualties), yet including the 2nd Lebanese war of 2006 (about 2000 casualties). I propose we fix by referring to another source with casualty numbers beginning with 1948. In addition the Arab-Israeli conflict involving Arab League ended with the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt in 1978 (also Israel-Jordan in 1993). Later those are 2 separate conflicts: Israeli-Palestinian conflict 1987-present, and Israeli-Lebanese conflict (involving Syria) 1978-2006. Greyshark09 ( talk) 06:20, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
There are 2 Middle East modern definitions, one classical and one modern. Greater middle east is usually used today (G8 definition). The Greater Middle East includes the Fertile Crescent, Turkey, Cyprus, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan. If we describe Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts, one should also describe Algeria and Sudan. Or else we should remove those too Greyshark09 ( talk) 06:20, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
There might be a difficulty to list all modern conflicts, because of multiplicity of such (i've added dozens in the past few days). Would it be better to focus on significant ones, beginning with at least 100 casualties (applies to all listed conflicts at present page), or even 1,000 casualties? Greyshark09 ( talk) 14:52, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Something changed in an edit that disrupted the sortable ability but I can't figure it out Grey.
This is the last edit where you can cycle through the casualty data correctly.
Now you can't. I'm comparing added and removed content but it must be something small because I don't see it. Wikifan12345 ( talk) 07:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Wikifan, we have already discussed some of this issue, but i would like to go on better defining the arab-israeli conflict. I think since the only prolonging conflicts today are Israeli-Palestinian and Israel-Hizbullah (both defined in the list), there is no point in saying Arab-Israeli conflict is still going on today, since it was over in 1973 in its original form as "Israel against the arab league" (Israel-Egypt,Jordan are in peace and all others are in cease fire) and its casualties were about 65,000, unchanged since 1973 war. In addition we should take "second Lebanese war" (Tamuz war) add it up with South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) (not included in 1st Lebanese civil war) into Israel-Hizbullah conflict spanning from 90s till today. Greyshark09 ( talk) 13:02, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
It is a sort of weird thing the order is first a list of 1945-today conflicts and later 1900-1945, so i propose to change the order for better chronology description. Greyshark09 ( talk) 17:09, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Apparently, a scholar definition of modern period is usually defined as post-Ottoman (after collapse of the Ottoman Empire - WWI). Some sources also relate to modern period as post middle ages (modern includes Ottoman and post-Ottoman periods). It seems modern as post-Ottoman is the best definition, thus i removed Ottoman period conflicts and updated the same timescale in List of conflicts in the Middle East. Greyshark09 ( talk) 18:01, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
The 2003 iraq war should include the US led coalition of the willing. Right now i feel it just implies that the conflict is only iraq and its kurd minority, this is obviously not the full picture. Megatonman ( talk) 12:34, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
846 in egypt 1,440-1,797 in syria 967-1,025 in yemen 2 in saudi arabia 2-6 in oman 18 in iran 36 in iraq 2 in jordan that's 3303-3732
the casualties should be updated -- 99.62.37.253 ( talk) 04:14, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
the caualties are the ones on the articles so if they have accurate sources they should be fine-- 99.62.35.119 ( talk) 03:10, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
This page is laugahble. I came here to find out the exact year of the war that occurred in 1972 or 1973 - it is not even listed here - neither is the Six Day War th when is a s activated baecyse it wassubmisted to say a wearter.at occurred in, what was it, 1967 or 1968? Anyway, it's not on here either so I can't find the exact year. This page is terrible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.15.227 ( talk) 08:07, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Removed the following sources to be verified: <ref name=combined>Combined Patai, 1971, p.59.</ref><ref name=levenberg>Levenberg, 1993, pp. 74–76.</ref><ref>Hughes, M. (2009) ''The banality of brutality: British armed forces and the repression of the Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936–39''. English Historical Review Vol. CXXIV No. 507, 314–354.</ref><ref name=morris160>Morris, 1999, p. 160.</ref>. Left only David Charles, which claims a specific number 5,000. Greyshark09 ( talk) 17:05, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
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I removed the killing of Iranian pilgrims from this page. I don't think single events unrelated to any wider conflict should be listed here. VR talk 07:12, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
@Skycycle, please notice that your recent edit of the fatalities column disrupted the "order" option. We cannot use "+" or "up to" in this column due to algorithm constraints. Please correct this to plain numbers or ranges "580" or "580-600" is good for example, but "500+" disrupts the function. Thank you. Greyshark09 ( talk) 09:31, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
@96T, i have mistakenly identified your edit as an unconstructive, for which i apologize. I shall not revert you. The only thing i think should be corrected is restoring Iraqi Kurdistan, because autonomies with separate governments are essentially separate entities (like PNA). Greyshark09 ( talk) 21:33, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
This article currently lists the Arab Spring as a single conflict. I don't think that's correct. The different conflicts of the Arab Spring are clearly related, in that protesters/rebels in Arab countries are inspired by each other and in that Arab regimes interfere in conflicts in other countries, but the Arab Spring is better understood as a series of similar conflict than as a sole conflict. Our article on the Arab Spring defines it as "a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests", and a revolutionary wave isn't a conflict; it's several conflicts.
According to the article conflict (process), a conflict is "the process by which parties with differing wishes each believe that the others will or is acting against them, and engage in behavior seeking to damage the other party". The Arab Spring not a single conflict because the parties differ widely from country to country. Compare with "super-conflicts" such as the Cold War or the Arab-Israeli Conflict: In these conflicts, the parties were roughly the same in each sub-conflict. A pro-American state or group vs. a pro-Soviet one in the Cold War, the State of Israel vs. Arab states or Palestinian groups in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Such generalisations can't be done with the Arab Spring. Sure, the conflict in each country can be broken down to regime vs. protesters/rebels, but the regimes of different states aren't allied, neither are the rebels. Different actors choose different policies from country to country: For example, Qatar and Saudi Arabia sided with the rebels in Libya and Syria, but with the regime in Bahrain.
Also, almost two years after the initial wave of protests, the different Arab Spring conflicts have less and less in common. Can the popular risings of Egypt and Tunisia, the short civil war in Libya, the state collapse in Syria, and the limited protests in Saudi Arabia and Oman really be considered parts of the same thing anymore?
My proposal is this: List the Arab Spring conflicts that have claimed over 100 lives - the Bahraini Uprising, Egyptian Revolution, Syrian Civil War, and Yemeni Revolution in this article; and the Egyptian Revolution, Libyan Civil War, and Tunisian Revolution over at List of modern conflicts in North Africa - separately, and remove the others, which are not full-blown conflicts by this article's definition. 96T ( talk) 13:38, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Middle east is an European and western word,to them China,Korea,Japan are far east,for us Asians Middle East is not suitable,instead the term West Asia is better.Basically and geographically this area is part of Asia continent,and it is situated in West part of Asia.So it should West Asia,it is better. Ovsek ( talk) 11:10, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Regarding recent edit attempt, then Turkish protests are too small to be included (below 100 casualties, and hopefully remain this way). Lebanon War of 2006 is already in the list, part of Arab-Israeli conflict. We may also relocate it to the Iran-Israel proxy conflict, but the table should include only the larger context conflict. GreyShark ( dibra) 22:19, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
I split the article into two: The 20th Century and the 21st. The reason is that, aside from the different centuries, the conflicts are somewhat different in each century. Aside from WW2, where the Arabs just stood aside while the UN and the Axis went at it, all the conflicts in the region (except in Iraq, where the British put down a pro-Nazi revolt) were either against Israel or internal conflicts.
Starting in 2000 (the Cole incident), Al Qaeda brought the US into the region, destablising the entire region. The Arab Spring changed the region irrevocably, leading to the current regional war that's upon us today. If the unnamed Arab countries that allegedly have signed on to do airstrikes in Syria and Iraq actually do so, ISIS or Syria might strike back in those countries (Jordan and Turkey?) and we're going to have to change this list yet again. Ericl ( talk) 13:28, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
The split makes sense, anyone object if I add "20th century" in brackets to the article title? I came here and was briefly confused why no conflicts post-1999 were listed, even with the note it would be more clear if the article title reflected the 20th century only status. Maxkin Talk to me 17:42, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
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I changed modern from post-Ottoman to post-WWI, because Ottomans didn't rule the entire Middle East and because Ottomans nominally lasted until 1922. World War I was global and ended in 1918, marking a very clear point of time. GreyShark ( dibra) 16:57, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
One could argue that the conflict of the Turkish Army with the Kurdish people living in Syria could be added to the Kurdish-Turkish conflict besides only Iraqi Kurds. References are e.g Operation Peace Spring -- Noabre2 ( talk) 12:30, 20 October 2019 (UTC) [1]
The Turkish government thinks that the YPG is a Syrian equivalent to the PKK, so there could possibly be an activity of PKK in Syria. If not it is related because its one of Turkey's reasons for fighting in Syria. [2] And if one still says it is unrelated, then there should be a new category for this ongoing conflict.-- Noabre2 ( talk) 00:10, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
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Please add 'See also: Casualty recording' as hat template in section below heading 'Casualties breakdown'. Tomatoesarefruit ( talk) 15:27, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
goes to the wrong one — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.59.79.146 ( talk) 02:56, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
The Iraq war had some estimates that went up to 1,033,000. Also the only around 98 died in the Iraqi insurgency and not 5000 (even if that is just the total casualties it’s not correct) IbrahimWeed ( talk) 23:36, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
5000 killed in the iraqi insurgency following 2017? Where are the sources to support that claim? IbrahimWeed ( talk) 22:12, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
Why is it locked? There are so many mistakes regarding death tolls and names of wars (“Iraqi civil war”, “civil war in Iraq (2006-08)” etc) and there are mistakes on death tolls. If I go on the Iraq war article it says 150k-1m people have died but on this article it says 150k-600k. And in another part of this article it says only 100k-200k. A lot of Wars are lacking as well Ehoah88880 ( talk) 16:10, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
The "See also" section lists List of conflicts in the Middle East, which redirects here. Should probably be removed, because it isn't helpful at all. -- 2003:C4:DF22:E8D9:A54F:5D59:1559:E9CD ( talk) 17:34, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
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Why are the 1967 Six day war and 1973 Yom Kippour war not mentioned in a wikipedia page about modern conflicts in the middle east? 62.194.44.27 ( talk) 23:01, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
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Hi dear, why Palestinians revolts are not included? Moudinho1996 ( talk) 17:06, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
6 day war 2605:8D80:1396:6241:E8F4:2EFF:EF02:43B3 ( talk) 23:29, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
The Six-Day War 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 from 5 to 10 June 1967 2605:8D80:1396:6241:E8F4:2EFF:EF02:43B3 ( talk) 23:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
open to discussion--shouldn't the Red Sea crisis be considered a war? if not, there I think it would be reasonable to have some page combining the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present), Red Sea crisis, Israel–Hamas war, Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria (2023–present), et cetera. Dark Energy9 ( talk) 14:42, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
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yeah what you ref is greater middleeast but the article is called middle east see the difference only from iran to morroco to turkey to yemen Mughalnz ( talk) 23:00, 15 April 2010 (UTC)thanks man
Hw bout expanding Israeli conflict and Israeli Palestinian conflict.or creting subheadings if you know what i mean03:53, 17 April 2010 (UTC)thanks
This is a valid question. It is astonishing to see so only one Israeli flag in a list of Middle East conflicts. Each major event needs to be in the main text, not just in the references. Coldfusion11 Sept 12 2016 Coldfusion11 ( talk) 02:32, 12 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coldfusion11 ( talk • contribs) 02:27, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
wasn't egypt in yemen in the early 60's and so on?
what about all of the wars of Israel with the arab nations? i.e. (to name just a few):
- the six-day war of 1967 - the Yom-Kippur war of 1973 - The 1st lebanon war - is the civil war in lebanon suppose to cover that? - operation cast-lead (Israel-gaza war of 2008) - isn't the sabra & shatila massacre suppose to be here?
(please don't erase this and answer here, I don't have a Wikipedia user-name, I'll come back in a few days to check out the response and if there's need - I'll help update in anyway I can). b.t.w My name is Alon - thnks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.111.72.161 ( talk) 13:50, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
OK so if I understand you correctly it's: the six-day war of 1967, the Yom-Kippur war of 1973 both go to Israeli-Arab conflict. operation cast-lead goes to Israeli-Palestinian, and the Sabra massacre goes to the Lebanese Civil War?
thnx - Alon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.111.72.161 ( talk) 14:13, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
ya basically a messed up article? ... it makes it look like lebanon is a violent country (the 2006 -> 2008 conflicts are part of the Cedar Revolution) why no war on gaza? this is such an outdated article. -- Smkaram ( talk) 18:19, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
ditto headline
The death toll of 51,000 is correct for 1950-2007, thus not including the 1948 Palestine War (about 16 thousand casualties from both sides) and the 2008 Gaza offensive (about 1300 casualties), yet including the 2nd Lebanese war of 2006 (about 2000 casualties). I propose we fix by referring to another source with casualty numbers beginning with 1948. In addition the Arab-Israeli conflict involving Arab League ended with the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt in 1978 (also Israel-Jordan in 1993). Later those are 2 separate conflicts: Israeli-Palestinian conflict 1987-present, and Israeli-Lebanese conflict (involving Syria) 1978-2006. Greyshark09 ( talk) 06:20, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
There are 2 Middle East modern definitions, one classical and one modern. Greater middle east is usually used today (G8 definition). The Greater Middle East includes the Fertile Crescent, Turkey, Cyprus, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan. If we describe Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts, one should also describe Algeria and Sudan. Or else we should remove those too Greyshark09 ( talk) 06:20, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
There might be a difficulty to list all modern conflicts, because of multiplicity of such (i've added dozens in the past few days). Would it be better to focus on significant ones, beginning with at least 100 casualties (applies to all listed conflicts at present page), or even 1,000 casualties? Greyshark09 ( talk) 14:52, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Something changed in an edit that disrupted the sortable ability but I can't figure it out Grey.
This is the last edit where you can cycle through the casualty data correctly.
Now you can't. I'm comparing added and removed content but it must be something small because I don't see it. Wikifan12345 ( talk) 07:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Wikifan, we have already discussed some of this issue, but i would like to go on better defining the arab-israeli conflict. I think since the only prolonging conflicts today are Israeli-Palestinian and Israel-Hizbullah (both defined in the list), there is no point in saying Arab-Israeli conflict is still going on today, since it was over in 1973 in its original form as "Israel against the arab league" (Israel-Egypt,Jordan are in peace and all others are in cease fire) and its casualties were about 65,000, unchanged since 1973 war. In addition we should take "second Lebanese war" (Tamuz war) add it up with South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) (not included in 1st Lebanese civil war) into Israel-Hizbullah conflict spanning from 90s till today. Greyshark09 ( talk) 13:02, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
It is a sort of weird thing the order is first a list of 1945-today conflicts and later 1900-1945, so i propose to change the order for better chronology description. Greyshark09 ( talk) 17:09, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Apparently, a scholar definition of modern period is usually defined as post-Ottoman (after collapse of the Ottoman Empire - WWI). Some sources also relate to modern period as post middle ages (modern includes Ottoman and post-Ottoman periods). It seems modern as post-Ottoman is the best definition, thus i removed Ottoman period conflicts and updated the same timescale in List of conflicts in the Middle East. Greyshark09 ( talk) 18:01, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
The 2003 iraq war should include the US led coalition of the willing. Right now i feel it just implies that the conflict is only iraq and its kurd minority, this is obviously not the full picture. Megatonman ( talk) 12:34, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
846 in egypt 1,440-1,797 in syria 967-1,025 in yemen 2 in saudi arabia 2-6 in oman 18 in iran 36 in iraq 2 in jordan that's 3303-3732
the casualties should be updated -- 99.62.37.253 ( talk) 04:14, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
the caualties are the ones on the articles so if they have accurate sources they should be fine-- 99.62.35.119 ( talk) 03:10, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
This page is laugahble. I came here to find out the exact year of the war that occurred in 1972 or 1973 - it is not even listed here - neither is the Six Day War th when is a s activated baecyse it wassubmisted to say a wearter.at occurred in, what was it, 1967 or 1968? Anyway, it's not on here either so I can't find the exact year. This page is terrible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.15.227 ( talk) 08:07, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Removed the following sources to be verified: <ref name=combined>Combined Patai, 1971, p.59.</ref><ref name=levenberg>Levenberg, 1993, pp. 74–76.</ref><ref>Hughes, M. (2009) ''The banality of brutality: British armed forces and the repression of the Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936–39''. English Historical Review Vol. CXXIV No. 507, 314–354.</ref><ref name=morris160>Morris, 1999, p. 160.</ref>. Left only David Charles, which claims a specific number 5,000. Greyshark09 ( talk) 17:05, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
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I removed the killing of Iranian pilgrims from this page. I don't think single events unrelated to any wider conflict should be listed here. VR talk 07:12, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
@Skycycle, please notice that your recent edit of the fatalities column disrupted the "order" option. We cannot use "+" or "up to" in this column due to algorithm constraints. Please correct this to plain numbers or ranges "580" or "580-600" is good for example, but "500+" disrupts the function. Thank you. Greyshark09 ( talk) 09:31, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
@96T, i have mistakenly identified your edit as an unconstructive, for which i apologize. I shall not revert you. The only thing i think should be corrected is restoring Iraqi Kurdistan, because autonomies with separate governments are essentially separate entities (like PNA). Greyshark09 ( talk) 21:33, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
This article currently lists the Arab Spring as a single conflict. I don't think that's correct. The different conflicts of the Arab Spring are clearly related, in that protesters/rebels in Arab countries are inspired by each other and in that Arab regimes interfere in conflicts in other countries, but the Arab Spring is better understood as a series of similar conflict than as a sole conflict. Our article on the Arab Spring defines it as "a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests", and a revolutionary wave isn't a conflict; it's several conflicts.
According to the article conflict (process), a conflict is "the process by which parties with differing wishes each believe that the others will or is acting against them, and engage in behavior seeking to damage the other party". The Arab Spring not a single conflict because the parties differ widely from country to country. Compare with "super-conflicts" such as the Cold War or the Arab-Israeli Conflict: In these conflicts, the parties were roughly the same in each sub-conflict. A pro-American state or group vs. a pro-Soviet one in the Cold War, the State of Israel vs. Arab states or Palestinian groups in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Such generalisations can't be done with the Arab Spring. Sure, the conflict in each country can be broken down to regime vs. protesters/rebels, but the regimes of different states aren't allied, neither are the rebels. Different actors choose different policies from country to country: For example, Qatar and Saudi Arabia sided with the rebels in Libya and Syria, but with the regime in Bahrain.
Also, almost two years after the initial wave of protests, the different Arab Spring conflicts have less and less in common. Can the popular risings of Egypt and Tunisia, the short civil war in Libya, the state collapse in Syria, and the limited protests in Saudi Arabia and Oman really be considered parts of the same thing anymore?
My proposal is this: List the Arab Spring conflicts that have claimed over 100 lives - the Bahraini Uprising, Egyptian Revolution, Syrian Civil War, and Yemeni Revolution in this article; and the Egyptian Revolution, Libyan Civil War, and Tunisian Revolution over at List of modern conflicts in North Africa - separately, and remove the others, which are not full-blown conflicts by this article's definition. 96T ( talk) 13:38, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Middle east is an European and western word,to them China,Korea,Japan are far east,for us Asians Middle East is not suitable,instead the term West Asia is better.Basically and geographically this area is part of Asia continent,and it is situated in West part of Asia.So it should West Asia,it is better. Ovsek ( talk) 11:10, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Regarding recent edit attempt, then Turkish protests are too small to be included (below 100 casualties, and hopefully remain this way). Lebanon War of 2006 is already in the list, part of Arab-Israeli conflict. We may also relocate it to the Iran-Israel proxy conflict, but the table should include only the larger context conflict. GreyShark ( dibra) 22:19, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
I split the article into two: The 20th Century and the 21st. The reason is that, aside from the different centuries, the conflicts are somewhat different in each century. Aside from WW2, where the Arabs just stood aside while the UN and the Axis went at it, all the conflicts in the region (except in Iraq, where the British put down a pro-Nazi revolt) were either against Israel or internal conflicts.
Starting in 2000 (the Cole incident), Al Qaeda brought the US into the region, destablising the entire region. The Arab Spring changed the region irrevocably, leading to the current regional war that's upon us today. If the unnamed Arab countries that allegedly have signed on to do airstrikes in Syria and Iraq actually do so, ISIS or Syria might strike back in those countries (Jordan and Turkey?) and we're going to have to change this list yet again. Ericl ( talk) 13:28, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
The split makes sense, anyone object if I add "20th century" in brackets to the article title? I came here and was briefly confused why no conflicts post-1999 were listed, even with the note it would be more clear if the article title reflected the 20th century only status. Maxkin Talk to me 17:42, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
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I changed modern from post-Ottoman to post-WWI, because Ottomans didn't rule the entire Middle East and because Ottomans nominally lasted until 1922. World War I was global and ended in 1918, marking a very clear point of time. GreyShark ( dibra) 16:57, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
One could argue that the conflict of the Turkish Army with the Kurdish people living in Syria could be added to the Kurdish-Turkish conflict besides only Iraqi Kurds. References are e.g Operation Peace Spring -- Noabre2 ( talk) 12:30, 20 October 2019 (UTC) [1]
The Turkish government thinks that the YPG is a Syrian equivalent to the PKK, so there could possibly be an activity of PKK in Syria. If not it is related because its one of Turkey's reasons for fighting in Syria. [2] And if one still says it is unrelated, then there should be a new category for this ongoing conflict.-- Noabre2 ( talk) 00:10, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
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Please add 'See also: Casualty recording' as hat template in section below heading 'Casualties breakdown'. Tomatoesarefruit ( talk) 15:27, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
goes to the wrong one — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.59.79.146 ( talk) 02:56, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
The Iraq war had some estimates that went up to 1,033,000. Also the only around 98 died in the Iraqi insurgency and not 5000 (even if that is just the total casualties it’s not correct) IbrahimWeed ( talk) 23:36, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
5000 killed in the iraqi insurgency following 2017? Where are the sources to support that claim? IbrahimWeed ( talk) 22:12, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
Why is it locked? There are so many mistakes regarding death tolls and names of wars (“Iraqi civil war”, “civil war in Iraq (2006-08)” etc) and there are mistakes on death tolls. If I go on the Iraq war article it says 150k-1m people have died but on this article it says 150k-600k. And in another part of this article it says only 100k-200k. A lot of Wars are lacking as well Ehoah88880 ( talk) 16:10, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
The "See also" section lists List of conflicts in the Middle East, which redirects here. Should probably be removed, because it isn't helpful at all. -- 2003:C4:DF22:E8D9:A54F:5D59:1559:E9CD ( talk) 17:34, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
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Why are the 1967 Six day war and 1973 Yom Kippour war not mentioned in a wikipedia page about modern conflicts in the middle east? 62.194.44.27 ( talk) 23:01, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
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Hi dear, why Palestinians revolts are not included? Moudinho1996 ( talk) 17:06, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
6 day war 2605:8D80:1396:6241:E8F4:2EFF:EF02:43B3 ( talk) 23:29, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
The Six-Day War 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 from 5 to 10 June 1967 2605:8D80:1396:6241:E8F4:2EFF:EF02:43B3 ( talk) 23:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
open to discussion--shouldn't the Red Sea crisis be considered a war? if not, there I think it would be reasonable to have some page combining the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present), Red Sea crisis, Israel–Hamas war, Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria (2023–present), et cetera. Dark Energy9 ( talk) 14:42, 22 January 2024 (UTC)