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The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring areas of Arabia, Anatolia and Iran. It currently encompasses the area from Egypt , Turkey and Cyprus in the west to Iran and the Persian Gulf in the east, [ 1 ] and from Turkey and Iran in the north, to Yemen and Oman in the south.
Middle Eastern crisis Part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Israel-Lebanon conflict, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Arab–Israeli conflict, and the spillover of the Israel–Hamas war Date 7 October 2023 – present (1 year, 2 months and 2 weeks) Location Middle East Status Ongoing Belligerents Palestinian groups Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Popular Front for the Liberation ...
This is not a list of countries by intentional homicide rate, and criminal gang violence is generally not included unless there is also significant military or paramilitary involvement. Fatality figures include battle-related deaths (military and civilian) as well as civilians intentionally targeted by the parties to an armed conflict. Only ...
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian opposition groups called the Military Operations Command [42] led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups [43] [44] [45] in the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama Governorates in Syria.
United Nations Security Council countries on Wednesday called for stepped-up diplomatic efforts to avert a wider Middle East conflict after the killings of two militant leaders raised tensions.
Part of the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, and the spillover of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war Israel Hezbollah Hamas PIJ PFLP Lebanese Resistance Brigades: 2023 Ongoing 2023 American–Middle East conflict Spillover of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war United States Revolutionary Commando Army. Syrian Democratic Forces. In support of: Israel. Syria Iraqi ...
Lebanon, he says, has lurched from civil war and conflicts with Israel in the 2000s to an unprecedented financial collapse a few years ago, a vast explosion at the port of Beirut, and now this ...
Russia condemned the attacks, The Russian foreign ministry said that the US was "sowing chaos and destruction” in the Middle East. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that "It is obvious that the air strikes are deliberately designed to further inflame the conflict". [29] China condemned the attacks. Beijing's ambassador Zhang ...