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Middle East conflict

Middle East
Contemporary Middle East
Countries (2013) Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, North Cyprus*, Oman, Palestine*, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria (Rojava), Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

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, and from Turkey and Iran in the north, to Yemen and Oman in the south.

[a].^ Unification of Saudi Arabia (combined casualties 7,989–8,989+)

[b].^ Turkish War of Independence (combined figure 170,500–873,000+):

[c].^ Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (combined casualty figure 138,800-320,100) of:

[d].^ World War II (combined casualty figure 12,338-14,898+) of:

[e].^ Iran crisis of 1946 (combined casualty figure 1,921+):

[f].^ Arab–Israeli conflict (combined casualty figure 76,338–87,338+):

[g].^ North Yemen Civil War (combined 100,000–200,000 casualties):


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