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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. Abo Yemen (talk · contribs) (Yemeni and South Arabian topics)
2. Al Ameer son (talk · contribs)
3. Alain08 (talk · contribs) (Lebanese Armed Forces topics)
4. Ammar shaker (talk · contribs) (Ottoman Empire & Middle Easten States)
5. Cplakidas (talk · contribs) (Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, early Islamic and Ottoman periods)
6. CsikosLo (talk · contribs) (Byzantine Empire, modern Arab armies)
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.
13. Bakulisko pei (talk · contribs)

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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 Ibn al-Ash'ath Abu Nidal Acra (fortress) Al-Adid Ahmose I Alexander II Zabinas Anbar campaign (2003–2011) Antiochus XII Dionysus Antiochus XI Epiphanes Yasser Arafat Balfour Declaration Battle of Azaz (1030) 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident The Boys from Baghdad High Byzantine navy The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah Demetrius III Eucaerus Antiochus X Eusebes Fakhr al-Din II Fatimid conquest of Egypt Greece runestones Al-Hafiz International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide Battle of Khafji Hasan al-Kharrat Henry Macandrew Marcian Marwan I Mu'awiya I Al-Mu'tadid Al-Mu'tasim Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid Mukhtar al-Thaqafi Battle of Musa Qala Al-Muti' Nizar ibn al-Mustansir Parthian Empire Philip I Philadelphus Raymond III, Count of Tripoli Russian occupations of Beirut Salih ibn Mirdas Sayf al-Dawla Second Crusade Second Fitna Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik Tiberius III Unas Al-Walid I Yazid I Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi A-Class articles Ahmad ibn Tulun Arab–Byzantine wars Arrow (missile family) Auxilia Battle of Artemisium Battle of Kapetron Battle of Andrassos Battle of Fakhkh Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Camp Chapman attack Tim Cross Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915) Battle of Ismailia Junayd of Aydın Battles of the Kinarot Valley Egyptian–Libyan War M22 Locust Battle of Marathon Operation Mole Cricket 19 North Yemen civil war Operation Pleshet Roman–Persian wars Safavid occupation of Basra Al-Wathiq Good articles Second Persian invasion of Greece 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) Abbas II of Persia Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Abdullah II of Jordan Abu Abdallah al-Baridi Abu Firas al-Hamdani Shadia Abu Ghazaleh Ali Abu Nuwar Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi Abu Taghlib 'Adud al-Dawla Ahi Ayna Ahmad ibn Tulun Aimery of Cyprus Regency of Algiers Ali-Qoli Khan Qajar Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani Ali of Dulkadir Alid revolt of 762–763 Amenhotep I Amir al-ʿarab Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah Amr ibn al-As Ariarathes I of Cappadocia Arrow (missile family) Arsaces I of Parthia Artabanus I of Parthia Ottoman ironclad Asar-i Şevket Asar-i Şevket-class ironclad Ashurbanipal Assaf dynasty Assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment Ottoman ironclad Avnillah Avnillah-class ironclad Battle of Ayn al-Warda Ayyubid dynasty Ottoman ironclad Aziziye Babylonian revolts (484 BC) Operation Badr (1973) Bahram Mirza Safavi Nasib al-Bakri Banu Kalb Banu Munqidh Battle of Artemisium Battle of Kapetron Battle of Karameh Battle of Plataea Battle of Alexandretta Battle of Andrassos Battle of Apamea Battle of Fakhkh Battle of Hama Battle of Khazir Battle of Marj Rahit (684) Battle of Maskin Battle of Tawahin Battle of Thermopylae Battle of al-Mada'in Battle of the Indus Battle of Beersheba (1917) Battle of Beirut (1912) Operation Bertram Bethlehem Al-Birwa Black September Bloody Thursday (Bahrain) Bohemond III of Antioch Battles of Fort Budapest Busr ibn Abi Artat Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty Battle of the Chinese Farm Citadel of Erbil Citadel of Damascus Bill Clinton Constantine V Tim Cross Operation Dada Idi Constantine Dalassenos (duke of Antioch) Sack of Damietta (853) Darius the Great Ashraf Dehghani Demolition of al-Baqi John Doukas (sebastokrator) Felek al-Din Dündar Operation Eastern Exit EL/M-2080 Green Pine Siege of Erivan (1804) Esarhaddon 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 First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt 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 Ibn Hawshab Hejaz Air Force Heraclius History of the Regency of Algiers Homs Hormizd I Hormizd IV Hossein Ali Mirza Hugh of Fauquembergues Husayn ibn Hamdan Ottoman ironclad Iclaliye Indian Airlines Flight 814 Invasion of Darfur (1916) Iran–Contra affair Irghiz River skirmish 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 Jenin refugee camp Jovian (emperor) Juansher Junayd of Aydın Kandahar massacre Karabakh Khanate Kavad I Charles Keating IV Khalid ibn Barmak Khanjar Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun Khurshid of Tabaristan Battles of the Kinarot Valley Battle of Kırkdilim Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305) Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I) Krak des Chevaliers Battle of Fort Lahtzanit Siege of Lankaran Battles of Latrun (1948) T. E. Lawrence Egyptian–Libyan War M22 Locust Ottoman ironclad Lütf-ü Celil Lütf-ü Celil-class ironclad Battle of Magdhaba Ottoman ironclad Mahmudiye Mushegh I Mamikonian Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi Mansur ibn Lu'lu' Battle of Marathon Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik Maurice (emperor) Battle of Maysalun Mehmed of Dulkadir Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate Mithridates I of Parthia Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq Ustajlu Operation Mole Cricket 19 Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai Mseilha Fort 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 Usama ibn Munqidh Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr Nabopolassar Battle of Nahrawan Nasir al-Dawla Nasr ibn Sayyar Omani ship Nasr al Bahr Shibl al-Dawla Nasr Gamal Abdel Nasser NATO Nebuchadnezzar III Nebuchadnezzar IV Ottoman ironclad Necm-i Şevket Abu Ali Iyad North Yemen civil war Numayrid dynasty Operation Pleshet Ottoman ironclad Orhaniye Orodes I of Parthia Orodes II Orontes I Ottoman ironclad Osmaniye Osmaniye-class ironclad Pacorus I Palestinian fedayeen Peasants' revolt in Palestine Peroz I Perso-Turkic war of 627–629 Phraates I Phraates III Phraates IV Pons, Count of Tripoli Ptolemy I Soter Abdollah Mirza Qajar Mohammad Shah Qajar Qarmatian invasion of Iraq Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Qutayba ibn Muslim Al-Rahba Raymond II, Count of Tripoli Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar Ridwan ibn Walakhshi Battle of Romani Sa'd al-Dawla Sack of Mecca Sack of Shamakhi Safavid Georgia Safavid occupation of Basra Samson Sargon II Sargonid dynasty Schneller Orphanage Tanyus Shahin Shahrbaraz Siege of Shaizar Shalmaneser V Battle of Sharon First Muslim conquest of Jerusalem Siege of Mecca (683) Siege of Mecca (692) Siege of Nicaea (727) Siege of Tyana Sinsharishkun Soltan Hosayn Mirza Safavi Special Air Service Regiment State communications in the Neo-Assyrian Empire Suleiman I of Candar Sîn-šumu-līšir Tahmasp I Tel al-Sultan attack Theodosius I Thutmose I Capture of Tiberias (1918) Tiglath-Pileser III Third Transjordan attack Uthman ibn Abi al-As Vardanes I Varsken Vologases III of Parthia Vologases IV War of the Antiochene Succession Al-Wathiq World War II Yazdegerd I Yazdegerd II Yazid II Zahir al-Umar Zayn al-Din Qaraja Ziyad ibn Abihi Gilbert de Lacy Šamaš-šuma-ukin

Middle Eastern military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 52 FL 0 A 24 AL 0 GA 254     B 847 BL 15 C 2,560 CL 63 Start 3,916 List 231 Stub 1,159     Total 8,812 Total 309 Other pages Category 0 Disambig 0 Draft 0 File 0 Portal 0 Project 0 Redirect 0 SIA 17 Template 0 User 0 Total 17 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 41,299 Ω 4.528 category

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Cleanup needed

• Zubayr ibn al-Awam, grammar clean up and some broken link fix will be appreciated Ahendra (talk) 07:52, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Requested articles

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 • 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 • Badia Hawks Brigade • Free Arima Battalion • Banyan al-Marsous operations room • 2016 Diyarbakir campaign • Siege of Varto • Sadr uprising (1980) (currently redirect) • 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 Shabwah airstrike (draft) • Battle of Huta (2010) • Killing of British tourists in Yemen • Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen • Jund al Islam • Iran–United States proxy conflict • Foreign volunteers in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Expansion needed

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

Images needed

ASN-209

Merging needed

Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya with Antarah ibn Shaddad(discuss in talk page if needed)

Citations needed

United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 • Arab Liberation Army

Translation needed

Hurqus ibn Zuhayr as-Sa'di

Article alerts

Did you know

• 12 Jun 2025 – June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Launchballer (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 29 Jun 2025 – Timeline of the Iran–Israel war (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JBchrch (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
• 29 Jun 2025 – Siege of Al-Qarara (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by PARAKANYAA (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 26 Jun 2025 – Iran strike intel leak (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kingoflettuce (t · c) was closed as merge by 9ninety (t · c) on 28 Jun 2025; see discussion (13 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 28 Jun 2025 – Operation Breakwater (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Plantbaseddiet (t · c): Bad page structure and not suitable for Wikipedia.
• 24 Jun 2025 – Siege of Erivan (1616) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Onel5969 (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

• undated – Category:Attacks in the Gaza war (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed
• undated – Category:Impacts of the Gaza war (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed

Redirects for discussion

• 24 Jun 2025 – Iran–United States war (talk · edit · hist) →Iran–Israel war was RfDed by LIrala (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jun 2025 – Nile Canal (talk · edit · hist) →Suez Canal was RfDed by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Jun 2025 – United Sates–Iran war (talk · edit · hist) →Iran–Israel war RfDed by LIrala (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 24 Jun 2025 – Untied Sates–Iran war (talk · edit · hist) →Iran–Israel war RfDed by LIrala (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 23 Jun 2025 – War of the Burning Skies (talk · edit · hist) →Iran–Israel war RfDed by Czello (t · c) was closed; 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

• 17 Jun 2025 – Axis of Upheaval (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by OpalYosutebito (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Apr 2025 – Killing of Yahya Sinwar (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Skitash (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Apr 2025 – Cuscatlán Battalion (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PizzaKing13 (t · c); start discussion
• 19 Feb 2025 – 2002 Marib airstrike (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Hsnkn (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

• 29 Jun 2025 – Ahmed al-Sharaa (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by HurricaneEdgar (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Jun 2025 – Saddam Hussein (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Abo Yemen (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 22 Jun 2025 – Nuseirat rescue and massacre (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Nuseirat raid by Closetside (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Jun 2025 – Iran–Israel war (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Israel–Iran war by Family27390 (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Jun 2025 – Drone strikes in Yemen (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to US airstrikes on Yemen (2009–present) by Hsnkn (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Jun 2025 – Al-Najjar family massacre (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Al-Najjar family attack by Nehushtani (t · c); see discussion
• 28 May 2025 – Fahmi al-Jarjawi School Massacre (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Fahmi al-Jarjawi School attack by Closetside (t · c); see discussion
• 28 May 2025 – Israeli retaliation leak (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2024 U.S. intelligence leak by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Apr 2025 – Kissufim massacre (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Kissufim attack by Chess (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jun 2025 – United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites (talk · edit · hist) move request to US intervention in the Iran–Israel war by EmmaCoop (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
• 22 Jun 2025 – Denial of the October 7 attacks (talk · edit · hist) move request to October 7 denial by Closetside (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
• 20 Jun 2025 – Rafah aid distribution killings (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings by Linkin Prankster (t · c) was moved to 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings (talk · edit · hist) by Alpha3031 (t · c) on 30 Jun 2025; see discussion

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Articles to be merged

• 25 May 2025 – 2025 Machh bombing (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2025 by Bloxzge 025 (t · c); see discussion
• 12 May 2025 – Aerospace Industries Organization (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran) by Norlk (t · c); see discussion
• 11 May 2025 – Tal al-Sultan Ambush (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Tel al-Sultan refugee camp by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Apr 2025 – Killing of Yuval Kestelman (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2023 Givat Shaul shooting by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Mar 2025 – Lebanon–Syria border clashes (March 2025–present) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Hezbollah–Syria clashes (2024–present) by Scu ba (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Mar 2025 – 2023 Israeli–Palestinian prisoner exchange (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2023 Gaza war ceasefire by Yeshivish613 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Oct 2024 – Use of human shields by Hamas (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Human shields in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict by Ïvana (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 23 Apr 2025 – Suez Crisis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Srnec (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Dec 2024 – Syrian Army (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 94.246.147.217 (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Feb 2022 – Foreign fighters in the Syrian civil war and War in Iraq (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 30 Jun 2025 – Draft:Lions of the Ougaidat Brigade (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Farcazo (t · c)

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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