List Of Conflicts In The Middle East
- Conflicts are separate incidents with at least 100 casualties, and are listed by total deaths, including sub-conflicts.
- The term "modern" refers to the First World War and later period, in other words, since 1914.
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 – 8,392+ killed
- Kuwait–Najd War (1921) – 200–800 killed.
- 1921 Ikhwan raid on Iraq – 700 killed.
- Conquest of Ha'il – unknown.
- Ikhwan raids on Transjordan 1922–1924 – 500-1,500 killed.
- Second Nejd–Hejaz War (1924–1925) – 450 killed.
- Ikhwan Revolt (1927–1930) – 2,000 killed.
[p].^ Middle Eastern theatre of World War I (combined casualty figure 2,825,000–5,000,000) of:
- Caucasus campaign
- Persian campaign
- Gallipoli campaign
- Mesopotamian campaign
- Sinai and Palestine campaign
- Arab Revolt
- South Arabia
- Armenian genocide – c 1.5 million dead
- Assyrian genocide – 150,000–300,000 dead
- Great Famine of Mount Lebanon – 200,000 dead
[b].^ Turkish War of Independence (combined figure 170,500–873,000+):
- Greco-Turkish War – 70,000–400,000 casualties
- Franco-Turkish War – 40,000 casualties.
- Turkish–Armenian War – 60,000–432,500 casualties.
- 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 Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) – 75,000–105,000 killed.
- Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) – 9,000 killed.
600,000 displaced - 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) – 3,000–5,000 killed.
- 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq – several hundred killed (≈300) on the Kurdish front, at least 24 Peshmerga soldiers killed.
[d].^ Middle Eastern theatre of World War II (combined casualty figure 12,338–14,898+) of:
- Anglo-Iraqi War – at least 560 killed.
- Farhud 175–780 killed.
- Syria–Lebanon Campaign 10,404–12,964 killed.
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 100 – 1,062 killed.
- Bombing of Palestine in World War II 137 deaths.
- 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.
- Republic of Mahabad crisis – ≈1,000 killed.
- Civil interregnum – 500 killed.
[f].^ Arab–Israeli conflict (combined casualty figure 76,338–87,338+):
- Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) – 14,400 casualties.
- Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency and Retribution operations (1950s) – 3,456 casualties
- Suez War (1956) – 3,203 killed.
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict (1965–present) – 24,000 killed
- Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon – 2,600–20,000 killed
- Operation Litani
- 1982 Lebanon War
- First Palestinian Intifada – 2,000 killed
- Al-Aqsa Intifada – 7,000 killed
- Gaza–Israel conflict – 3,500+ killed
- Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon – 2,600–20,000 killed
- Six-Day War (1967) – 13,976 killed.
- War of Attrition (1967–1970) – 6,403 killed.
- Yom Kippur War (1973) 10,000–21,000.
[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.
- 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 – 30,000 executed
[k].^ Iraq War 2003–2011 (combined casualty figure of 192,361–226,056+):
- 2003 U.S. 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
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) – 54,000+ killed
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) – 53,361–72,056 killed
[l].^ Sectarian conflict in Mandatory Palestine (combined casualties 7,813)
- 1921 Jaffa riots – 95 killed
- 1929 Palestine riots – 251 killed.
- 1933 Palestine riots – 20 killed.
- Arab Revolt in Palestine – 5,000 killed.
- Jewish insurgency in Palestine (1944–47) – 338 British and around 100 Palestinian Jews killed.
- 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine – 2,009 killed by 1 April 1948.
[m].^ Egyptian Crisis (combined casualties 5,000+)
- Egyptian Revolution of 2011 – 846 killed
- Sinai insurgency – 2,800+ killed
[n].^ Syrian Civil War (combined casualties 503,064–613,407)
- Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War –
- Early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War –
- 2012–13 escalation of the Syrian Civil War –
- Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War – 5,641–6,991 killed
- ISIL expansion
- Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Aleppo and Operation Euphrates Shield
- Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017)
- Idlib demilitarization (2018–present)
- Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019) and 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
[o].^ Iran–Israel proxy conflict (combined casualties ≈2,000)
- 2006 Lebanon War – 1,641 killed
- Iran–Israel proxy conflict during the Syrian Civil War – several dozen killed
See also
- Lists of wars in World (by date, region, type of conflict)
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- Ongoing conflicts in World :