The middle

The Middle East Today

  • State of Israel declared; Israeli-Arab war

    State of Israel declared; Israeli-Arab war
    Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1947–49 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British
  • Egypt takes control of Suez Canal

    Egypt takes control of Suez Canal
    The Suez Crisis begins when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser ... That month, Egypt took control of the canal and reopened it to commercial shipping.
  • OPEC is formed

    OPEC is formed
    The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an intergovernmental organization of 13 nations, founded on 14 September 1960
  • OPEC is formed

    OPEC is formed
    The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an intergovernmental organization of 13 nations, founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad
  • Six-Day War

    Six-Day War
    Guerra de los Seis Días. Parte del Conflicto árabe-israelí, en el marco de la Guerra Fría
  • Six-Day War

    Six-Day War
    Guerra de los Seis Días. Parte del Conflicto árabe-israelí, en el marco de la Guerra Fría
  • Yom Kippur War

    Yom Kippur War
    fue un conflicto bélico librado por la coalición de países árabes liderados por Egipto y Siria contra Israel
  • Anwar Sadat visits Israel

    Anwar Sadat visits Israel
    Ir a Peace with Israel, Sadat and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, signed a peace treaty in cooperation with United States President
  • Anwar Sadat visits Israel

    Anwar Sadat visits Israel
    Ir a Peace with Israel, Sadat and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, signed a peace treaty in cooperation with United States President
  • Egypt-Israel peace treaty signed; Khomeini takes power in Iran; United States embassy in Teheran captured and hostages taken

    Egypt-Israel peace treaty signed; Khomeini takes power in Iran; United States embassy in Teheran captured and hostages taken
    The Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, was signed in Washington, D.C., United States on 26 March 1979, following the 1978 Camp David Accords.
  • Iraq-Iran war begins

    Iraq-Iran war begins
    The Iran–Iraq War when Iraq invaded Iran, and it ended on 20 August 1988, when Iran accepted the UN-brokered ceasefire.
  • Iraq-Iran war begins

    Iraq-Iran war begins
    began on 22 September 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, and it ended on 20 August 1988, when Iran accepted the UN-brokered ceasefire.
  • Cease fire declared in Iran-Iraq war

    Cease fire declared in Iran-Iraq war
    After almost eight years of a war that has claimed an estimated one million lives, a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq was reported holding tonight.
  • Israel invades Lebanon

    Israel invades Lebanon
    Israeli forces under direction of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon launched a three-pronged invasion of southern Lebanon in "Operation Peace for Galilee"