Before 9/11

1917

The Balfour Declaration +

Treaty of Sèvres Middle East by L'histoire.fr is licensed by CC BY - SA 4.0

1918

Map of mandates set up in the Middle East +

1919

The Big Four +

1926

Logo of the Muslim Brotherhood +

1931

Adolf Hitler +

1947

Partition plan for Palestine in 1947 +

1947

Jewish immigrants arriving in Israel +

1948

Palestinian refugees in 1948 +

1973

Ramadan War +

1979

Afghan prisoners +

1983

Beirut bombing +

1990

Iraqi invasion of Kuwait +

1991

Operation Desert Storm +

1998

Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania +

1998

Osama bin Laden +

1999

Map of the Middle East +