Middle East conflict
Levantine territorial disputes
The Middle East conflict most commonly refers to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian dispute over territory, statehood, and security—a struggle rooted in competing national claims to the same land.
The term may also encompass broader regional tensions involving Israel and neighboring Arab states, or other conflicts in the region such as civil wars in Syria, Yemen, or Iraq.
The Middle East conflict dominated the evening news.
- West BankOccupied Palestinian territories
- Sykes-Picot AgreementWWI-era territorial partition pact
- SunniIslam's largest branch adherent
- IranIslamic republic in Asia
- oil reservesRecoverable underground crude accumulations
refugee camps · Hezbollah · Kurdistan · Arab Spring · Saudi Arabia · Balfour Declaration · Gaza Strip · occupied territories · Shia · Hamas · Iranian Revolution · war crimes tribunals · Strait of Hormuz · Israel · displaced populations · Houthis · proxy war · Palestine
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Middle East conflictMiddle East peace
Accord in volatile region
peace accord · reconciliation · diplomatic resolution · peaceful coexistence · détente
Middle East conflictGood Friday Agreement
1998 Irish peace accord
Camp David Accords · German reunification · European integration · Oslo Accords · two-state solution
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