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• Zubayr ibn al-Awam, grammar clean up and some broken link fix will be appreciated Ahendra (talk) 07:52, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Scytho-Cimmerian invasions of Caucasus and the Ancient Near East • Legion of the Orient • Lebanese First Sharp Shooters Unit • Lebanese Third Sharp Shooters Regiment • First Battle of Ai • Second Battle of Ai • Battle of Gibeon • Hittite-Egyptian Conflict • Khamis Mishait • South Yemen War of Independence • Hod Hahanit • Operation Biglift • Taourint • Thirty Committee • Battle of Ain al Jurr • Lebanese Airborne Regiment • Moukafaha • Kouwa el-Dareba • Jounieh Naval Base • Elias Abou Sleiman military base • Ghassan Ramman military base • Shikri Ghanem military base • Henry Chehab military base • Lebanese Army Special Forces School • Battle of al-Malkiyya (1948) (or Battle of Malkieh (1948)) • Battle of Souk el-Gharb (August 13, 1989) • LAF-GS-ER2 • LAF-GS-ER3 • Shawqi Al Masri • Ahmad Arab • Antranik Tatoussian • Victor Charles • Lebanese Air Force Museum • IAF Attack on the Lebanese Independent Construction Regiment during War 2006 • Lebanese Army Day • Damascus Military Academy • Antony's Armenian campaign • 1992 Taşdelen attack • Battle of Kulp • Free Raqqa Brigade • October 2008 Aktütün attack • Badia Hawks Brigade • Free Arima Battalion • Banyan al-Marsous operations room • 2016 Diyarbakir campaign • Siege of Varto • Sadr uprising (1980) (currently redirect) • Battle of Jaar and al-Husn (2011) • Battle of Shuqra • Battle of Azzan • Battle of al-Rawdah • Battle of Hawta • March 2012 Lahij attack • 2014 Shabwah offensive • December 2009 Shabwah airstrike (draft) • Battle of Huta (2010) • Killing of British tourists in Yemen • Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen • Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad • Jund al Islam • Iran–United States proxy conflict • Foreign volunteers in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Expansion needed

Battle of Nineveh (612 BC) • Battle of Carchemish • Kuwaiti oil fires • Iraqi Republican Guard • Battle of the Nobles • Lebanese Commando Regiment • Republican Guard Brigade (Lebanon) • Lebanese Air Force • Lebanese Navy • Lebanese Special Operations Command • Lebanese Army Military Academy • Beirut Naval Base • Rene Mouawad Air Base • History section on Lebanese Armed Forces • Arz missile • Homs Military Academy • Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade • Tal Afar offensive (2017) • Fall of Baiji • 2008 Kufra conflict • Euphrates Liberation Brigade • Al-Tanf offensive (2016) • Al Sulayyil ballistic missile base • Al-Watah ballistic missile base • Operation Muslim ibn Aqil

Images needed

ASN-209

Merging needed

Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya with Antarah ibn Shaddad(discuss in talk page if needed)

Citations needed

United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 • Arab Liberation Army

Translation needed

Hurqus ibn Zuhayr as-Sa'di

Did you know

• 03 Apr 2024 – World Central Kitchen drone strikes (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Makeandtoss (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 02 Apr 2024 – Pashtunistan conflict (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Noorullah21 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 05 Apr 2024 – Category:Stances and opinions regarding the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by XTheBedrockX (t · c) was closed; see discussion

A-Class review

• undated – Henry Macandrew (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
• undated – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

• 07 Dec 2023 – Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Amir Ghandi (t · c); start discussion
• 22 Nov 2023 – Mohammed Deif (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Moazfargal (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2023 – Jenin refugee camp (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Moazfargal (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 07 Apr 2024 – Siege of Khan Yunis (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by WeatherWriter (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 07 Apr 2024 – Blockade of the Gaza Strip (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip by Makeandtoss (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Apr 2024 – Engineer's Building strike and massacre (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Engineer's Building airstrike by मल्ल (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Apr 2024 – World Central Kitchen drone strikes (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to World Central Kitchen massacre by KlayCax (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Apr 2024 – Use of human shields by Hamas (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Hamas Human shields accusations by Stephan rostie (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Apr 2024 – 2024 Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2024 Iranian consulate airstrike in Damascus by Classicwiki (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Mar 2024 – Omar Suleiman (politician) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Omar Suleiman by Yabroq (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Mar 2024 – 2018–2019 Gaza border protests (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Great March of Return by Selfstudier (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Apr 2024 – Template:Campaignbox Yemeni Crisis (talk · edit · hist) move request to Campaignbox Yemeni crisis by GnocchiFan (t · c) was moved to Template:Campaignbox Yemeni crisis (talk · edit · hist) by SafariScribe (t · c) on 06 Apr 2024; see discussion
• 28 Mar 2024 – Turkish occupation of northern Syria (talk · edit · hist) move request to Turkish intervention in the Syrian civil war by Seisachtheia (t · c) was not moved; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 13 Feb 2024 – 12 February 2024 Rafah strikes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Rafah offensive by ForsythiaJo (t · c); see discussion
• 04 Feb 2024 – Transatlantic Civil Servants' Statement on Gaza (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war by Kashmiri (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Jan 2024 – 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Insurgency in Balochistan by Deerove (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Jan 2024 – Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2024 Iran-Pakistan skirmishes by ARandomName123 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Jan 2024 – 2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes by TheDoodbly (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Jan 2024 – Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to July 2022 Damascus airstrikes by Sakiv (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Jan 2024 – July 2022 Damascus airstrikes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war by Sakiv (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jan 2024 – Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Maersk Hangzhou by GoldenBootWizard276 (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Jan 2024 – Anbar Salvation Council (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sons of Iraq by Lolekek (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Jan 2024 – Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Saleh al-Arouri by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 07 Feb 2022 – Foreign fighters in the Syrian Civil War and War in Iraq (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 07 Apr 2024 – Draft:Tal Dilian (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Thepottato (t · c)
• undated – Draft:Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC was declined by Jeromeenriquez (t · c) on 05 Apr 2024

• Frères d’Armes 255 dossier : Liban
• http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/English
• http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/rocket.jsp

• Fisk, Robert. Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon.

• WikiProject Israel (noticeboard)
• WikiProject Palestine (noticeboard)
• WikiProject Lebanon

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