Category: Lebanon

Europe 1832

First Egyptian-Ottoman War

In return for assisting the Ottoman Empire in...

Europe 1840

Oriental Crisis

The Egyptian rejection of the 1840 London...

Southern Asia 1918

Capture of Damascus

The long stand-off between the Allies and the...

Southern Asia 1925

Great Syrian Revolt

The French rule in Syria which followed the...

Europe 1941

Eve of Barbarossa

British forces successfully ended German...

Southern Asia 1941

Syria-Lebanon Campaign

The Vichy French in Syria and Lebanon not only...

Southern Asia 1949

First Arab-Israeli War

When Israel declared independence in 1948, the...

Europe 1977

Cold War Rivalry in the Middle East

In 1967, Israel conquered large swathes of...

Europe 2008

South Ossetia War

The collapse of Russian power in 1989-91 had...

Northern Eurasia 2014

Crimean Crisis

In 2010 Ukraine elected a pro-Russian...

Europe 2014

Crimean Crisis

The Eurozone crisis had only partially...

Europe 2015

Syrian Civil War

Although the US and its allies moved to...