On this day

Read through the Tantura Massacre in which up to 200 Palestinians were massacred by Israeli troops

On 24 April 1877, a Russian-Ottoman war began

12 December 1098 the Crusader siege of Ma'arrat Al-Numan came to a gruesome end. A European army led by a knight named Raymond Pilet D'Ales entered the city after its surrender and a massacre ensued

What: The invasion of Egypt and the occupation of the area around the Suez Canal by a tripartite alliance of British, French and Israeli forces. Where: Suez Canal, Egypt...

Forty years ago, during the week of September 12, we were working in a Palestine Red Crescent Society facility, Gaza Hospital, in Sabra Shatila camp in West Beirut. As...

Shortly after 10pm on 15 August 2021, a small troop of Taliban fighters entered the Presidential Palace in Kabul

On 9 July 2005 171 Palestinian civil society groups adopted a call to boycott, divest and sanction Israel for its violations of international law

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...

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...

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”

The 2021 Gaza War was the fourth war that the Israeli occupation has launched on Gaza since Hamas seized control in 2007

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...

After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI Yemen was divided with the north and south forming separate countries

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...

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

The day was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1966 in a bid to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination

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...

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...

UN Resolution 181 The Partition of Palestine

Before the existence of modern-day Lebanon, a devastating famine wiped out a third of the population of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate

In one of the worst massacres in Palestinian history, Israeli border police killed forty-nine residents of Kafr Qasem, including women and children

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?...

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...

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

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...

The 2011 Libyan Revolution inspired by the Arab Spring protests across the Middle East

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...

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

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

On 29 October 1923, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk declared the birth of the Republic of Turkey and became its first president

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...

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.