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June 14, 2022
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Nasim Ahmed
What: Hamas and Fatah battle for Gaza When: June 14, 2007 Where: Gaza What happened? Hamas's surprising landslide election victory in the 2006 Palestinian legislative election was met with...
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June 13, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
On this day in 1978, Israeli military forces finally withdrew from Lebanon three months after their invasion of southern Lebanon in an effort to hunt down and eliminate the...
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June 5, 2022
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Nasim Ahmed
In 1967, Israel launched a war against its neighbours and took control of the parts of Palestine which it had failed to capture during its 1948 “War of Independence”
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May 8, 2022
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Eman Abusidu
The 2021 Gaza War was the fourth war that the Israeli occupation has launched on Gaza since Hamas seized control in 2007
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May 6, 2022
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Nasim Ahmed
On 6 May, 2021 Israel escalated its brutal crackdown on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, triggering a war with Hamas, during which the besieged Strip was bombarded for 11...
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After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI Yemen was divided with the north and south forming separate countries
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April 8, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
What: The Israeli military's siege and invasion of the Palestinian Jenin refugee camp during the Second Intifada, resulting in at least 52 Palestinians being indiscriminately massacred and over 13,000...
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April 8, 2022
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Nasim Ahmed
On 2 April, 2002, Israel imposed a military siege on the Church of the Nativity in occupied Bethlehem after some 200 Palestinians took refuge inside the church
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The day was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1966 in a bid to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination
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February 25, 2022
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Muhammad Hussein
What: The withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait, resulting in Iraq's acceptance of UN terms and resolutions following seven months of its occupation of its small Gulf neighbour. This...
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January 19, 2022
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Omar Ahmed
On this day in 1981 agreements were signed between the United States and the nascent Islamic Republic of Iran in order to bring an end to the embassy hostage...
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November 29, 2021
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Nasim Ahmed
UN Resolution 181 The Partition of Palestine
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Article
November 13, 2021
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Omar Ahmed
Before the existence of modern-day Lebanon, a devastating famine wiped out a third of the population of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
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Article
October 29, 2021
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Nasim Ahmed
In one of the worst massacres in Palestinian history, Israeli border police killed forty-nine residents of Kafr Qasem, including women and children
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October 26, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
What: The signing of a peace treaty between Jordan and Israel, which ended over four decades of conflict. When: 26 October 1994 Where: Wadi Araba, Jordan-Israel border What happened?...
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July 20, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
What: Turkey's invasion of the north of Cyprus following a military coup which aimed to annex the island to Greece When: 20 July 1974 Where: Cyprus What happened? Upon...
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March 28, 2021
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Nasim Ahmed
A Saudi-led peace initiative endorsed by the Arab League's 22 member states offered Israel a comprehensive formula for peace based on international norms
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February 21, 2021
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Lauren Lewis
In late February 1966, a faction of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party in Syria ousted the old leadership in a coup. The new leadership of young socialist Ba'athists included...
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February 15, 2021
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Elif Selin Calik
The 2011 Libyan Revolution inspired by the Arab Spring protests across the Middle East
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February 14, 2021
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Omar Ahmed
Known as the "Forgotten Uprising", the largely peaceful pro-democracy protests erupted across the tiny island Kingdom of Bahrain ten years ago, only to be faced with a brutal crackdown...
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January 14, 2021
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Jehan Alfarra
The Tunisian uprising spread like wildfire and millions in neighbouring Arab countries revolted against their long-time dictators, giving birth to what became known as the Arab Spring
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The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 194 on 11 December 1948 calling for the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes from which they were forced out in 1948
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October 29, 2020
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Usman Butt
On 29 October 1923, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk declared the birth of the Republic of Turkey and became its first president
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October 22, 2020
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Lauren Lewis
The Taif Accord was signed 31 years ago today and led to the official ending of the Lebanese Civil War a year later. The accord set out a new...
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October 18, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
On this day nine years ago, the historic prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas took place, with its long-lasting effects still impacting on the present day.
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October 2, 2020
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Jehan Alfarra
On 2 October 1187, Ayyubid Sultan Salah Al-Din (known in the West as Saladin) liberated Jerusalem from the Crusaders nearly a century after they captured the holy city from the Fatimid Caliphate
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Article
On 25 September, 1997, Israelis from the Mossad spy agency attempted to assassinate Palestinian political leader Khaled Meshaal in Amman, the capital of Jordan
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September 22, 2020
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Hassina Mechaï
Where: The town of Bentalha, about 15 kilometres south of Algiers, Algeria When: During the night of 22-23 September 1997 What happened It took one night to massacre more...
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September 2, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
In search of a better life in Europe...
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August 2, 2020
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Nasim Ahmed
What Six years ago, Israeli occupation forces targeted the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) in one of the deadliest military offensives against the two million Palestinians living within the...
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July 23, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
What: The dissolution and division of the Ottoman Empire and its former territories through the Treaty of Lausanne, leading to the establishment of the modern Republic of Turkey When:...
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July 17, 2020
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Usman Butt
Following the death of his father Hafez Al-Assad, Bashar Al-Assad official became president at only 34 years old