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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 Iraq War in Al Anbar Governorate Mukhtar al-Thaqafi 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 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 Roman–Persian Wars Russian occupations of Beirut Salih ibn Mirdas Second Crusade Second Fitna Unas Alexander II Zabinas A-Class articles Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath Ahmad ibn Tulun Arab–Byzantine wars Auxilia Battle of Kapetron 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 Libyan–Egyptian War M22 Locust North Yemen Civil War Operation Mole Cricket 19 Operation Pleshet 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 Alid revolt of 762–763 Amenhotep I Amir al-ʿarab Amr ibn al-As Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition Arab–Byzantine wars 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) Bahrain Bloody Thursday Nasib al-Bakri 2007 Balad aircraft crash Battle of Fort Lahtzanit Battle of Kapetron Battle of Karameh 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 al-Mada'in Battles of the Kinarot Valley Battle of Beersheba (1917) Battle of Beirut (1912) Operation Bertram Bethlehem Al-Birwa Black September 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) Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915) Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921) Fatimid navy Feth-i Bülend-class ironclad Battles of Fort Budapest Fourth Fitna Third Battle of Gaza Gökböri Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad Ottoman ironclad Hamidiye Hananu Revolt Al-Hasan al-A'sam Yasin al-Hashimi Hezbollah Homs Hugh of Fauquembergues Husayn ibn Hamdan Ibn Hawshab Ottoman ironclad Iclaliye Iran–Contra affair 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 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) Libyan–Egyptian War M22 Locust Ottoman ironclad Lüft-ü Celil Lüft-ü Celil-class ironclad Battle of Magdhaba Ottoman ironclad Mahmudiye 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 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 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 Ottoman ironclad Osmaniye Osmaniye-class ironclad Palestinian fedayeen Peasants' revolt in Palestine Phraates III 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 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 Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik Tiberius III Third Perso-Turkic War Thutmose I Capture of Tiberias (1918) First Battle of Tikrit Third Transjordan attack Vardanes I War of the Antiochene Succession World War II Battle of Yarmouk Yazdegerd II Yazid I Zahir al-Umar Ziyad ibn Abihi Gilbert de Lacy

Middle Eastern military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 33 FL 0 A 19 AL 0 GA 181     B 608 BL 8 C 1,297 CL 40 Start 2,302 List 138 Stub 1,551     Total 5,991 Total 186 Other pages Book 3 Category 703 Disambig 41 Draft 7 File 113 Portal 0 Project 1 Redirect 224 SIA 14 Template 262 User 2 Total 1,370 Unassessed 3 Statistics ω 29,083 Ω 4.708 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 • Makkedah • 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 Atropatene campaign • 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 • İskenderun attack • Siege of Varto • Operation Hawk • 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

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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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• 28 Sep 2020 – Category:Period post Second Crusade (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Fayenatic london (t · c); see discussion

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

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• 19 Oct 2020 – Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Cplakidas (t · c); start discussion

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• 10 Sep 2020 – Sectarian violence in Iraq (2006–2009) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Sectarian violence in Iraq (2006–2007) by Anthony Appleyard (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 04 Oct 2020 – 2020 Israel–Hezbollah skirmishes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Iran–Israel proxy conflict by Greyshark09 (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Sep 2020 – Grivpanvar (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Clibanarii by ZxxZxxZ (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Aug 2020 – Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kata'ib al-Imam Ali by 37.238.16.3 (t · c); see discussion
• 26 May 2020 – Muhammad Sidqi Mahmud (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Mohamed Sedky Mahmoud by הנדב הנכון (t · c); see discussion
• 13 May 2020 – Konarak vessel incident (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to IRIS Konarak by 203.185.249.147 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Mar 2020 – Timeline of ISIL-related events (2019) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Nov 2019 – List of Israeli civilian casualties in the Al-Aqsa Intifada (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Israeli civilian casualties in the Second Intifada by Huldra (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Oct 2020 – Persecution of Yazidis by Kurds (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Persecution of Yazidis by Muslims by Gomada (t · c) was closed; 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