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The Skykes Picot agreement
An agreement between George Picot and Mark Sykes to divide the arab states, Britan mostly focused on boosting the economy, and France on cultural aspects -
The Great Arab Revolt
Blood & Oil: Arab RevoltResulted to overthrow the Ottoman leaders, with the helo from the British after the Hussain Mcmahon accordance -
Balfour declaration
The Balfour Declaration (dated 2 November 1917) was a letter from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland -
The Assassination of King Abdullah 1
On July 20, 1951 King Abdullah traveled to Jerusalem for his regular Friday prayers with his young grandson, Hussein. The King was assassinated by a lone gunman on the steps of one on the Mosque, the bullet was meant for Hussein but he was saved by his medal -
Nationalizing the Suez canal
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the 14 July revolution
14th of July Iraq العراق عام 1958The 14 July Revolution was a coup which took place on 14 July 1958 in Iraq, marking the overthrow of the Hashemite monarchy established by King Faisal I in 1932 under the auspices of the British. -
the Six Day War
. After a period of high tension, and military build-up, between Israel and its neighbors, the war began on June 5 with Israel launching surprise air raids against the Egyptian air-fields. Within six days, Israel had won a decisive land war. -
Black September
It was a month when Hashemite King Hussein of Jordan moved to quash the militancy of Palestinian organizations and restore his monarchy's rule over the country. -
Lebanese Civil War
By 1975, the presence of a foreign armed force in the form of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) guerrillas, who exercised a veto on Lebanese politics, had a serious effect on Lebanon. The militarization of the Palestinian refugee population, with the arrival of the PLO guerrilla forces, sparked an arms race amongst the different Lebanese political factions.
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Iraq-Iran war
Iran-Iraq War Documentary part 1The Iran–Iraq War (also known as the First Persian Gulf War and by various other names) was an armed conflict between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran, lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, making it the longest conventional war of the 20th century
