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"Modern" is defined as post-Ottoman period.

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"Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent and near surroundings from Egypt and Anatolia in the West to Iran at the East.

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"Conflict" is defined as a separate 100+ casualty incident.

Date of Conflict

Conflict

1914– 1918

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I [1]

1919

Egyptian Revolution of 1919[2]

Kingdom of Egypt

1919– 1921

Franco-Syrian War [3]

Syrian Hashemite Kingdom

1919– 1923

Turkish War of Independence(Asia Minor Catastrophe)[citation needed]

Turkey

1920

Iraqi revolt against the British[4]

British Mandate of Mesopotamia

1920– 1938

Kurdish rebellions [5][6]

1924– 1927

Syrian Revolution (Druze War) [7]

1929

Palestine riots of 1929 [8][9]

Ottoman Empire Arabia

1933

Simele massacre

1934

Saudi-Yemeni War[11]

1936– 1939

Arab Revolt in Palestine[12][13][14][15]

Transcaucasia

Dersim

Turkey

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Hashemite

800 5,000

Syria French Mandate

Armenia

Assyria

400,000

Soviet Union

9,000

British Mandate of Mesopotamia

240,000290,000

Kingdom of Kurdistan

Dersim

Lebanese French Mandate Damascus

Syria French Mandate

Jabal Druze

State of

Saudi Arabia

12,000 251

British Mandate for Palestine Kingdom of Iraq

5,000,000

Assyria

Greece

Republic of Ararat

[10]

Casualties

Location

1,000-3,000

Assyria

2,100

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen

[16]

British Mandate for Palestine

3,422-5,562

1938– 1948

British-Zionist conflict [16]

British Mandate for Palestine

1,000

1939– 1945

Middle East Theatre of World War Kingdom of Iraq Imperial State of Iran II [17] Greater Lebanon British Mandate for Palestine

1946

Egyptian Student Riots[18][19] [verification needed]

Kingdom of Egypt Syrian Republic

Iran crisis of 1946 [20][21][22]

1947-

Israeli-Palestinian conflict[3][23]

British Mandate for Palestine

1947– 1948

Yahya clan coup [22]

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen

1948

Al-Wathbahuprising[citation needed]

Kingdom of Iraq

46,000 100-300

Kingdom of Egypt

1946– 1947

State of

Imperial State of Iran Republic of Mahabad Government Soviet Union Israel

Azerbaijan People's

Palestinian territories

500-2,000 13,00018,900 5,000 300-400

1948-

Kingdom of Egypt

Arab-Israeli conflict [23][24]

Republic 1952 1953

Nasser coup

[22]

Syria

Egypt Jordan

Kingdom of Egypt

1953 Iranian coup d'état

[22]

United Arab Republic Lebanon

Syrian

Israel

51,00065,000 1,000

Egypt

Imperial State of Iran

800

1955– 1959

Makarios crisis

1956– 1960

Yemeni-Adenese clans violence [22]

Aden

1958

1958 Lebanon Crisis [10][22]

Lebanon

1958– 1959

14 July Revolution[22]

Arab Federation

1959

Mosul uprising 1959[25]

Iraq

500 100,000105,000

[10][16]

400-600

Cyprus protectorate

1,000 1,300-2,000 4,000

Iraq

1961– 1970

Kurdish-Iraqi War [3][5][23]

Iraq

1962– 1970

North Yemen Civil War [3][23]

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen

1962– 1975

Dhofar Rebellion[citation needed]

1963

White Revolution (Iran)[26][verification

Oman of Oman

Iraq

Imperial State of Iran

needed]

Imperial State of Iran

1963– 1967

Aden Emergency [27]

Federation of South Arabia

1964

1964 Hama riot [28][29]

Syria

1970– 1971

Jordan-Palestinian Civil War (Black September) [10]

Jordan

Lebanon

1974

Turkey-Cyprus war [3][11]

Turkey

Greece

1974– 1975

Second Kurdish-Iraqi War [3]

Iraq

1975– 1990

Lebanese Civil War [3][5]

Lebanon

1976– 1982

Muslim Brotherhood-Syria conflict [30]

Federation of Arab Republics

1977

Libyan–Egyptian War[citation needed]

Egypt

1977

1977 Egyptian Bread Riots[31][32]

Egypt

[30]

Yemen

100,000150,000

Saudi Arabia

Jordan

Popular Front for the Liberation

2,524 380 2,096

South Yemen

70-100 3,400-10,000 Cyprus

965-2,000

North Cyprus

5,000 Federation of Arab Republics

Syria

150,000170,000

Israel

40,000

Syria

500

Libya

70-800

1977-

Turkey-Kurdistan conflict

1978-

Persecution of Egyptian Copts[citation needed]

Egypt

1978– 1979

Iranian Revolution [3][24]

Imperial State of Iran

1978– 1979

Maraş Massacre [33]

Turkey

1978– 1980

Kurdish Rebellion in Iran [34]

Imperial State of Iran

1979– 1983

Eastern Province Shia unrest[35]

Saudi Arabia

182-219

1979

Grand Mosque Seizure [36]

Saudi Arabia

307

1980– 1988

Iran-Iraq war [37][11]

Iran

1986

South Yemen Civil War [38]

South Yemen

Turkey

Iraq

Federation of Arab Republics

Syria

Iraqi Kurdistan

50,000 1,000

Iran

Kuwait

7,500-80,000 117-3,000

Iraq

Iran

Kuwait

10,000

1,000,0001,250,000 5,000

1986– 1989

Al-Anfal Campaign [39][40]

Iraq

1986

1986 Egyptian Conscription Riot [41]

Egypt

107

1987

Shia unrest in Mecca (Mecca massacre) [42]

Saudi Arabia

402

1990– 1991

Gulf War [3][5]

Iraq

Kuwait

1991

1991 uprisings in Iraq[citation needed]

Iraq

Iraqi Kurdistan

1992– 2000

Muslim Brotherhood terror campaign (Egypt)[43][page needed]

Egypt

1994– 1997

Iraqi Kurdish Civil War

Iraqi Kurdistan

1994

1994 civil war in Yemen [3]

Yemen

1995-

Islamic Insurgency in Saudi Arabia[citation needed]

Saudi Arabia

1998

Operation Desert Fox [10][16]

Iraq

2003– 2010

Iraq War [44][45][46][47][48][49]

Iraq

2003-

Baluchi insurgency[citation needed]

Iran

2004– 2010

Sa'dah insurgency[50][51][52][53]

Saudi Arabia

2004-

Iran-PJAK conflict[citation needed]

Iran

2006

Second Lebanon War

Lebanon [54][55]

2006-

Fatah–Hamas conflict

2007

Nahr al-Bared fighting

2008

2008 Lebanon conflict [56]

50,000182,000

Saudi Arabia

40,00057,000 60,000100,000 1,300-2,000 5,000 7,000-10,000 300 600-2,000

Iraq

Iraqi Kurdistan

109,032150,726 2,000

Yemen

Iraqi Kurdistan

10,46011,660 300

Israel

1,900

Palestinian territories

600-700

Lebanon

470-532

Lebanon

105

Yemen

100 150

2009-

South Yemen Insurgency

2009– 2010

2009–2010 Iranian election protests [57]

Iran

2010-

Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown[58][59]

Yemen

200-300

2011

2011 Egyptian protests[60][61]

Egypt

102-300

[edit]Wars

ranked by total deaths

1.

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

2.

Iran-Iraq war

3.

Al-Anfal Campaign

4.

Iraq War

5.

North Yemen Civil War

6.

Lebanese Civil War

7.

Turkish War of Independence

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