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  2. Middle Eastern theatre of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Middle Eastern theatre of World War I; Part of World War I: From left to right: The Ottoman Shaykh al-Islām who declared Jihad against the Entente Powers; Burning oil tanks in the port of Novorossiysk after the Ottoman Empire's strike on Russian ports; Fifth Army during the Gallipoli Campaign; Third Army on the Caucasus campaign; The heliograph team of the Ottoman army in the Sinai and ...

  3. South Arabia during World War I - Wikipedia

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    The campaign in South Arabia during World War I was a minor struggle for control of the port city of Aden, an important way station for ships on their way from Asia to the Suez Canal. The British Empire declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914, and the Ottomans responded with their own declaration on 11 November.

  4. Arab Revolt - Wikipedia

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    The Arab Revolt (Arabic: الثورة العربية al-Thawra al-'Arabiyya), also known as the Great Arab Revolt (الثورة العربية الكبرى al-Thawra al-'Arabiyya al-Kubrā), was an armed uprising by the Hashemite-led Arabs of the Hejaz [10] against the Ottoman Empire amidst the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.

  5. List of wars involving Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    Saudi Arabia Cuba Israel: Defeat [4] Arab invasion repelled; UN ceasefire; Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty [5] Israel–Syria Disengagement Agreement; Lebanese Civil War (1976–1979) ADF Syria Saudi Arabia Sudan United Arab Emirates Libya South Yemen; LF FLA: Victory [6] ADF mission goals achieved [6] ADF becomes an all-Syrian force in 1979

  6. History of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Saudi Arabia as a nation state began with the emergence of the Al Saud dynasty in central Arabia in 1727 [1] [2] and the subsequent establishment of the Emirate of Diriyah. Pre-Islamic Arabia , the territory that constitutes modern Saudi Arabia , was the site of several ancient cultures and civilizations; the prehistory of Saudi ...

  7. Kingdom of Hejaz - Wikipedia

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    The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (Arabic: المملكة الحجازية الهاشمية, Al-Mamlakah al-Ḥijāziyyah Al-Hāshimiyyah) was a state in the Hejaz region of Western Asia that included the western portion of the Arabian Peninsula that was ruled by the Hashemite dynasty.

  8. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

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    2.7 South Arabia (1914–1919) 2.8 Second Saudi-Rashidi War ... French conquest of Morocco (1914–1918 (as part of WW1)) (Co-belligerent conflict)

  9. Battle of Jarrab - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Jarrab; Part of the Unification of Saudi Arabia and the Second Saudi-Rashidi War (1915–1918): A picture of King Abdulaziz with Sheikh Faisal bin Sultan Al-Dawish next to him, taken by the English officer Shakespeare the day before the Battle of Jerab where Shakespeare was killed.