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Welcome to the Middle Eastern military history task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers the entire military history of the broad region known as the Middle East, from the earliest civilizations in the area (e.g. the Mesopotamian and ancient Egyptian) to the present day. It includes the military histories of all Middle Eastern groups and states, as well as military activity in the Middle East by external powers. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Middle-Eastern-task-force=yes or Middle-Eastern=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Middle Eastern military history task force articles.

Participants

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1. Al Ameer son (talk · contribs)
2. Alain08 (talk · contribs) (Lebanese Armed Forces topics)
3. Ammar shaker (talk · contribs) (Ottoman Empire & Middle Easten States)
4. Cplakidas (talk · contribs) (Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, early Islamic and Ottoman periods)
5. CsikosLo (talk · contribs) (Byzantine Empire, modern Arab armies)
6. Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs)
7. Neddyseagoon (talk · contribs)
8. Nostalgia of Iran (talk · contribs) (Persian dynasties)
9. Poliocretes (talk · contribs) (Israel related subjects plus ancient history and archaeology)
10. The Gnome (talk · contribs) (The topic is about the single most significant destabilising factor of world peace today. Wikipedia can contribute, admittedly in a small capacity, towards somehow resolving the conflict by presenting the convergence of input from people interested on the subject. The task of handling it in a NPOV-way necessarily brings everyone's POV into focus. I could bring to this task a rather extensive knowledge on the history of the region and the conflict, and as much objectivity as I can. (The latter is, of course, a subjective statement.) If I could just make the time.)
11. Timeshifter (talk · contribs)
12. Iazyges (talk · contribs) Mostly Roman and Byzantine.

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Acra (fortress) Ahmose I Anbar campaign (2003–2011) Mukhtar al-Thaqafi Alexander II Zabinas Antiochus XII Dionysus Balfour Declaration Battle of Azaz (1030) 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident The Boys from Baghdad High Byzantine navy Antiochus XI Epiphanes Demetrius III Eucaerus Antiochus X Eusebes 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash Fatimid conquest of Egypt Al-Hafiz International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide Battle of Khafji Hasan al-Kharrat Marcian Marwan I Al-Mu'tadid Al-Mu'tasim Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid Battle of Musa Qala Parthian Empire Philip I Philadelphus Russian occupations of Beirut Salih ibn Mirdas Second Crusade Second Fitna Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik Unas Yazid I A-Class articles Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath Ahmad ibn Tulun Arab–Byzantine wars Auxilia Battle of Artemisium Battle of Kapetron Battle of Marathon Battle of Andrassos Battle of Fakhkh Battles of the Kinarot Valley Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Tim Cross Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915) Battle of Ismailia Junayd of Aydın Egyptian–Libyan War M22 Locust North Yemen Civil War Operation Mole Cricket 19 Operation Pleshet Roman–Persian Wars Safavid occupation of Basra Good articles 6th Airborne Division in Palestine 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade 69 Squadron (Israel) 1585 Ottoman expedition against the Druze 1963 Syrian coup d'état 1966 Syrian coup d'état 1982 kidnapping of Iranian diplomats Aaron (son of Ivan Vladislav) Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath Abdullah II of Jordan Abu Abdallah al-Baridi Ali Abu Nuwar Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi Abu Taghlib Ahmad ibn Tulun AIL Storm Aimery of Cyprus Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani Alid revolt of 762–763 Amenhotep I Amir al-ʿarab Amr ibn al-As Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition Arab–Byzantine wars Ariarathes I of Cappadocia Arsaces I of Parthia Artabanus I of Parthia Artaxerxes III Ottoman ironclad Asar-i Şevket Asar-i Şevket-class ironclad Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment Ottoman ironclad Avnillah Avnillah-class ironclad Battle of Ayn al-Warda Ottoman ironclad Aziziye Babylonian revolts (484 BC) Nasib al-Bakri 2007 Balad aircraft crash Battle of Artemisium Battle of Fort Lahtzanit Battle of Kapetron Battle of Karameh Battle of Marathon Battle of Plataea Battle of the Chinese Farm Battle of Alexandretta Battle of Andrassos Battle of Apamea Battle of Badr Battle of Fakhkh Battle of Hama Battle of Khazir Battle of Marj Rahit (684) Battle of Maskin Battle of Nahrawan Battle of Tawahin Battle of Thermopylae Battle of al-Mada'in Battles of the Kinarot Valley Battle of Beersheba (1917) Battle of Beirut (1912) Operation Bertram Bethlehem Al-Birwa Black September Bloody Thursday (Bahrain) Busr ibn Abi Artat Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty Citadel of Erbil Citadel of Damascus Bill Clinton Constantine V Tim Cross Constantine Dalassenos (duke of Antioch) Demolition of al-Baqi John Doukas (sebastokrator) James Dutton (Royal Marines officer) Operation Eastern Exit EL/M-2080 Green Pine Siege of Erivan (1804) Fakhr al-Din II Fakhr al-Mulk Ridwan Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915) Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921) Fatimid navy Feth-i Bülend-class ironclad First Persian invasion of Greece Battles of Fort Budapest Fourth Fitna Third Battle of Gaza Gökböri Greco-Persian Wars Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad Ottoman ironclad Hamidiye Hananu Revolt Al-Hasan al-A'sam Yasin al-Hashimi Hejaz Air Force Hezbollah Homs Hormizd I Hormizd IV Hugh of Fauquembergues Husayn ibn Hamdan Ibn Hawshab Ottoman ironclad Iclaliye Iran–Contra affair Irtash Isa ibn Muhanna Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani Isaac I Komnenos Ishaq ibn Kundaj Battle of Ismailia Iyad ibn Ghanm Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah Jovian (emperor) Junayd of Aydın Kandahar massacre Kavad I Khanjar Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun Khurshid of Tabaristan Battle of Kırkdilim Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I) Krak des Chevaliers Battles of Latrun (1948) Egyptian–Libyan War M22 Locust Ottoman ironclad Lüft-ü Celil Lüft-ü Celil-class ironclad Battle of Magdhaba Ottoman ironclad Mahmudiye Mushegh I Mamikonian Chelsea Manning Mansur ibn Lu'lu' Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik Maurice (emperor) Battle of Maysalun Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate Mithridates I of Parthia Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq Ustajlu Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai Mu'awiya I Mufarrij ibn Daghfal ibn al-Jarrah Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra Muhanna ibn Isa Ottoman ironclad Muin-i Zafer Ottoman ironclad Mukaddeme-i Hayir Al-Muktafi Mulhim Ma'n Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr Nasir al-Dawla Nasr ibn Sayyar Gamal Abdel Nasser NATO Ottoman ironclad Necm-i Şevket Abu Ali Iyad North Yemen Civil War Numayrid dynasty Operation Badr (1973) Operation Dada Idi Operation Mole Cricket 19 Operation Pleshet Ottoman ironclad Orhaniye Orodes I of Parthia Orodes II Ottoman ironclad Osmaniye Osmaniye-class ironclad Palestinian fedayeen Peasants' revolt in Palestine Peroz I Phraates III Phraates IV Pons, Count of Tripoli Ptolemy I Soter Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Qutayba ibn Muslim Al-Rahba Raymond II, Count of Tripoli Raymond III, Count of Tripoli Ridwan ibn Walakhshi Roman Empire Battle of Romani Sa'd al-Dawla Sack of Shamakhi Safavid Georgia Safavid occupation of Basra Samson Sargon II Sayf al-Dawla Schneller Orphanage Second Persian invasion of Greece Tanyus Shahin Shahrbaraz Siege of Shaizar Battle of Sharon Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) Siege of Mecca (683) Siege of Mecca (692) Siege of Nicaea (727) Siege of Tyana Simele massacre Sin-shumu-lishir Special Air Service Regiment State communications in the Neo-Assyrian Empire Tiberius III Third Perso-Turkic War Thutmose I Capture of Tiberias (1918) First Battle of Tikrit Third Transjordan attack Vardanes I Varsken War of the Antiochene Succession World War II Battle of the Yarmuk Yazdegerd II Zahir al-Umar Ziyad ibn Abihi Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi Gilbert de Lacy

Middle Eastern military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 36 FL 0 A 22 AL 0 GA 203     B 645 BL 8 C 1,639 CL 47 Start 2,699 List 165 Stub 1,284     Total 6,528 Total 220 Other pages Category 818 Disambig 52 Draft 6 File 126 Portal 0 Project 2 Redirect 233 SIA 16 Template 292 User 2 Total 1,547 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 31,155 Ω 4.617 category

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Scytho-Cimmerian invasions of Caucasus and the Ancient Near East • Legion of the Orient • Lebanese First Sharp Shooters Unit • Lebanese Third Sharp Shooters Regiment • First Battle of Ai • Second Battle of Ai • Battle of Gibeon • Hittite-Egyptian Conflict • Khamis Mishait • South Yemen War of Independence • Hod Hahanit • Nahariya attack • Operation Biglift • Taourint • Thirty Committee • Battle of Ain al Jurr • Lebanese Airborne Regiment • Moukafaha • Kouwa el-Dareba • Jounieh Naval Base • Elias Abou Sleiman military base • Ghassan Ramman military base • Shikri Ghanem military base • Henry Chehab military base • Lebanese Army Special Forces School • Battle of al-Malkiyya (1948) (or Battle of Malkieh (1948)) • Battle of Souk el-Gharb (August 13, 1989) • LAF-GS-ER2 • LAF-GS-ER3 • Shawqi Al Masri • Ahmad Arab • Antranik Tatoussian • Victor Charles • Lebanese Air Force Museum • IAF Attack on the Lebanese Independent Construction Regiment during War 2006 • Lebanese Army Day • Damascus Military Academy • Antony's Armenian campaign • 1992 Taşdelen attack • Battle of Kulp • Free Raqqa Brigade • October 2008 Aktütün attack • Badia Hawks Brigade • Free Arima Battalion • Banyan al-Marsous operations room • 2016 Diyarbakir campaign • Siege of Varto • Sadr uprising (1980) • Battle of Jaar and al-Husn (2011) • Battle of Shuqra • Battle of Azzan • Battle of al-Rawdah • Battle of Hawta • March 2012 Lahij attack • 2014 Shabwah offensive • December 2009 Shabwa airstrike • Battle of Huta (2010) • Killing of British tourists in Yemen • Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen • Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad • Jund al Islam • Iran–United States proxy conflict • Foreign volunteers in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

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Battle of Nineveh (612 BC) • Battle of Carchemish • Kuwaiti oil fires • Iraqi Republican Guard • Battle of the Nobles • Lebanese Commando Regiment • Republican Guard Brigade (Lebanon) • Lebanese Air Force • Lebanese Navy • Lebanese Special Operations Command • Lebanese Army Military Academy • Beirut Naval Base • Rene Mouawad Air Base • History section on Lebanese Armed Forces • Arz missile • Homs Military Academy • Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade • Tal Afar offensive (2017) • Fall of Baiji • 2008 Kufra conflict • Euphrates Liberation Brigade • Al-Tanf offensive (2016) • Al Sulayyil ballistic missile base • Al-Watah ballistic missile base • Operation Muslim ibn Aqil

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 • Arab Liberation Army

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• 29 Sep 2021 – Iraqi terrorists (talk · edit · hist) →List of bombings during the Iraq War was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Sep 2021 – Terrorism in Iraq (talk · edit · hist) →List of bombings during the Iraq War was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Sep 2021 – Iraqi terrorism (talk · edit · hist) →Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Sep 2021 – Terrorism in iraq (talk · edit · hist) →Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 01 Oct 2021 – Mu'awiya I (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Al Ameer son (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

• undated – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

• 06 Oct 2021 – Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Al Ameer son (t · c); start discussion
• 04 Oct 2021 – Phraates I (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HistoryofIran (t · c); start discussion
• 02 Oct 2021 – Pacorus I (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HistoryofIran (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

• 06 Oct 2021 – Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Snooganssnoogans (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 09 Oct 2021 – Coast Guard Command (Turkey) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Coast Guard Command by Katakana546 (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 07 Oct 2021 – Thirteen revenge scenarios (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Assassination of Qasem Soleimani by Pahlevun (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Sep 2021 – The Iran Cables (2019) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ministry of Intelligence (Iran) by Pahlevun (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Aug 2021 – Assyrian independence movement (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Assyrian nationalism by Shejsisijdwjdj (t · c); see discussion
• 19 May 2021 – Ward Boston (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to USS Liberty incident by Eddie891 (t · c); see discussion

Resources

• Frères d’Armes 255 dossier : Liban
• http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/English
• http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/rocket.jsp

• Fisk, Robert. Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon.

See also

• WikiProject Israel (noticeboard)
• WikiProject Palestine (noticeboard)
• WikiProject Lebanon

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