List of Conflicts by Country

Month	Year	Country	Description
7	2001	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Start operation Enduring Freedom
10	2001	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	British armed forces deployed
11	2001	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Germany, Italy, Netherlands and france join
12	2001	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Fall of Kandahar (Taliban Stronghold)
6	2002	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Hamid Karzai verkozen tot president voor twee jaar
10	2004	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	First direct democratic election
2	2007	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Call for more troops (50.000 US and NATO already)
2	2009	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	17.000 more troops
8	2009	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Second election
10	2009	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Karzai elected president
12	2009	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	30.000 additional US troops
5	2011	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Osama bin Laden killed
6	2011	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	33.000 US forces will return home
9	2011	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Taliban suicide bomber Wardak province with 104 casualties
2	2012	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	US defense secretary anounces end of combat mission in 2013
2	2012	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	Violent protests after burned Qurans at US military base
6	2012	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	France withdraws troops
12	2014	Afghanistan (Enduring freedom)	End of combat mission in Afghanistan
9	2001	Afghanistan	Ahmad Shah Masood, leader of the main opposition to the Taliban - the Northern Alliance - is assassinated.
10	2001	Afghanistan	US-led bombing of Afghanistan begins following the September 11 attacks on the United States. Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul shortly afterwards.
12	2001	Afghanistan	Afghan groups agree deal in Bonn, Germany for interim government. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Loya Jirga delegates adopted a new constitution in 2004
12	2001	Afghanistan	Hamid Karzai is sworn in as head of an interim power-sharing government.
1	2002	Afghanistan	Deployment of first contingent of foreign peacekeepers - the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) - marking the start of a protracted fight against the Taliban.
4	2002	Afghanistan	Former king Zahir Shah returns, but makes no claim to the throne and dies in 2007.
6	2002	Afghanistan	Loya Jirga, or grand council, elects Hamid Karzai as interim head of state. Karzai picks members of his administration which is to serve until 2004.
8	2003	Afghanistan	Nato takes control of security in Kabul, its first-ever operational commitment outside Europe.
1	2004	Afghanistan	Loya Jirga adopts new constitution which provides for strong presidency.
10	2004	Afghanistan	Presidential elections. Hamid Karzai is declared winner.
9	2005	Afghanistan	Afghans vote in first parliamentary elections in more than 30 years.
12	2005	Afghanistan	Parliament opens with warlords and strongmen in most of the seats
10	2006	Afghanistan	Nato assumes responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan, taking command in the east from a US-led coalition force.
8	2007	Afghanistan	Opium production has soared to a record high, the UN reports.
6	2008	Afghanistan	President Karzai warns that Afghanistan will send troops into Pakistan to fight militants if Islamabad fails to take action against them.
7	2008	Afghanistan	Suicide bomb attack on Indian embassy in Kabul kills more than 50.
9	2008	Afghanistan	US President George Bush sends an extra 4,500 US troops to Afghanistan, in a move he described as a "quiet surge".
1	2009	Afghanistan	US Defence Secretary Robert Gates tells Congress that Afghanistan is new US administration's "greatest test".
2	2009	Afghanistan	Nato countries pledge to increase military and other commitments in Afghanistan after US announces dispatch of 17,000 extra troops.
3	2009	Afghanistan	US President Barack Obama unveils new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. An extra 4,000 US personnel will train and bolster the Afghan army and police and there will be support for civilian development.
8	2009	Afghanistan	Presidential and provincial elections are marred by widespread Taliban attacks, patchy turnout and claims of serious fraud.
10	2009	Afghanistan	Mr Karzai declared winner of August presidential election, after second-placed opponent Abdullah Abdullah pulls out before the second round.
12	2009	Afghanistan	US President Obama decides to boost US troop numbers in Afghanistan by 30,000, bringing total to 100,000. He says US will begin withdrawing its forces by 2011.
12	2009	Afghanistan	An Al-Qaeda double agent kills seven CIA agents in a suicide attack on a US base in Khost.
2	2010	Afghanistan	Nato-led forces launch major offensive, Operation Moshtarak, in bid to secure government control of southern Helmand province.
7	2010	Afghanistan	Whistleblowing website Wikileaks publishes thousands of classified US military documents relating to Afghanistan.
7	2010	Afghanistan	General David Petraeus takes command of US, ISAF forces.
8	2010	Afghanistan	Dutch troops quit.
8	2010	Afghanistan	Karzai says private security firms - accused of operating with impunity - must cease operations. He subsequently waters down the decree.
9	2010	Afghanistan	Parliamentary polls marred by Taliban violence, widespread fraud and a long delay in announcing results.
11	2010	Afghanistan	Nato - at summit in Lisbon - agrees plan to hand control of security to Afghan forces by end of 2014.
1	2011	Afghanistan	President Karzai makes first official state visit to Russia by an Afghan leader since the end of the Soviet invasion in 1989.
2	2011	Afghanistan	Number of civilians killed since the 2001 invasion hit record levels in 2010, Afghanistan Rights Monitor reports.
4	2011	Afghanistan	Burning of Koran by a US pastor prompts country-wide protests in which foreign UN workers and several Afghans are killed.
4	2011	Afghanistan	Some 500 mostly Taliban prisoners break out of prison in Kandahar.
7	2011	Afghanistan	President's half-brother and Kandahar governor Ahmad Wali Karzai is killed in Taliban campaign against prominent figures.
9	2011	Afghanistan	Ex-president Burhanuddin Rabbani - a go-between in talks with the Taliban - is assassinated.
10	2011	Afghanistan	As relations with Pakistan worsen after a series of attacks, Afghanistan and India sign a strategic partnership to expand co-operation in security and development.
11	2011	Afghanistan	President Karzai wins the endorsement of tribal elders to negotiate a 10-year military partnership with the US at a loya jirga traditional assembly. The proposed pact will see US troops remain after 2014, when foreign troops are due to leave the country.
12	2011	Afghanistan	At least 58 people are killed in twin attacks at a Shia shrine in Kabul and a Shia mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif.
12	2011	Afghanistan	Pakistan and the Taleban boycott the scheduled Bonn Conference on Afghanistan. Pakistan refuses to attend after a Nato air strike killed Pakistani soldiers on the Afghan border.
1	2012	Afghanistan	Taliban agree to open office in Dubai as a move towards peace talks with the US and the Afghan government.
2	2012	Afghanistan	At least 30 people are killed in protests about the burning of copies of the Koran at the US Bagram airbase. US officials believed Taliban prisoners were using the books to pass messages, and that they were extremist texts not Korans. Two soldiers are also killed in reprisal attacks.
3	2012	Afghanistan	US Army Sgt Robert Bales is accused of killing 16 civilians in an armed rampage in the Panjwai district of Kandahar.
4	2012	Afghanistan	Taliban announce "spring offensive" with audacious attack on the diplomatic quarter of Kabul. The government blamed the Haqqani Network. Security forces kill 38 militants.
5	2012	Afghanistan	Nato summit endorses the plan to withdraw foreign combat troops by the end of 2014.
5	2012	Afghanistan	New French President Francois Hollande says France will withdraw its combat mission by the end of 2012 - a year earlier than planned.
5	2012	Afghanistan	Arsala Rahmani of the High Peace Council is shot dead in Kabul. A former Taliban minister, he was crucial in reaching out to rebel commanders. The Taliban deny responsibility.
7	2012	Afghanistan	Tokyo donor conference pledges $16bn in civilian aid to Afghanistan up to 2016, with US, Japan, Germany and UK supplying bulk of funds. Afghanistan agrees to new conditions to counter corruption.
8	2012	Afghanistan	The US military discipline six soldiers for accidentally burning copies of the Koran and other religious texts in Afghanistan. They will not face criminal prosecution. Three US Marines are also disciplined for a video in which the bodies of dead Taliban fighters were urinated on.
9	2012	Afghanistan	US hands over Bagram high-security jail to the Afghan government, although it retains control over some foreign prisoners until March 2013.
9	2012	Afghanistan	The US also suspends training new police recruits in order to carry out checks on possible ties to Taliban following series of attacks on foreign troops by apparent police and Afghan soldiers.
2	2013	Afghanistan	President Karzai and Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari agree to work for an Afghan peace deal within six months after talks hosted by Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron. They back the opening of an Afghan office in Doha and urge the Taliban to do the same for talks to take place.
3	2013	Afghanistan	Two former Kabul Bank chiefs, Sherkhan Farnood and Khalilullah Ferozi, are jailed for the multi-million dollar fraud that almost led to its collapse and that of the entire Afghan banking system in 2010.
6	2013	Afghanistan	Afghan army takes command of all military and security operations from Nato forces.
6	2013	Afghanistan	President Karzai suspends security talks with the US after Washington announces it plans to hold direct talks with the Taliban. Afghanistan insists on conducting the talks with the Taliban in Qatar itself.
1	2014	Afghanistan	Taliban suicide squad hits a restaurant in Kabul's diplomatic quarter, the worst attack on foreign civilians since 2001. The 13 foreign victims include IMF country head.
4	2014	Afghanistan	The presidential election produces an inconclusive result and goes on to a second round between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani.
6	2014	Afghanistan	Second round of presidential election is held, with more than 50 reported killed in various incidents during the vote.
7	2014	Afghanistan	Election officials begin recount of all votes cast in June's presidential run-off, as part of a US-mediated deal to end dispute between candidates over widespread claims of fraud.
9	2014	Afghanistan	The two rivals for the Afghan presidency, Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, sign a power-sharing agreement, following a two-month audit of disputed election results. Ashraf Ghani is sworn in as president.
10	2014	Afghanistan	The US and Britain end their combat operations in Afghanistan.
10	2014	Afghanistan	Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reaches an all-time high, according to a US report
12	2014	Afghanistan	NATO formally ends its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan, handing over to Afghan forces. Despite the official end to Isaf's combat role, violence persists across much of the country, with 2014 said to be the bloodiest year in Afghanistan since 2001.
1	2015	Afghanistan	NATO-led follow-on mission "Resolute Support" gets underway, with some 12,000 personnel to provide further training and support for Afghan security forces.
1	2015	Afghanistan	Islamic State (IS) group emerges in eastern Afghanistan and within a few months captures a large swathe of Taliban-controlled areas in Nangarhar province.
3	2015	Afghanistan	US President Barack Obama announces that his country will delay its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, following a request from President Ashraf Ghani.
3	2015	Afghanistan	The lynching of a woman wrongly accused of burning a Koran in Kabul provokes widespread revulsion and criticism of hard-line clerics. Police face accusations of doing too little to save her. The incident leads to widespread protests against the treatment of women. Four men are later convicted of murder.
5	2015	Afghanistan	Taliban representatives and Afghan officials hold informal peace talks in Qatar. Both sides agree to continue the talks at a later date, though the Taliban insist they will not stop fighting until all foreign troops leave the country.
7	2015	Afghanistan	Taliban admits that reclusive founder, Mullah Omar, died a few years ago, and appoints Mullah Akhter Mansour as his replacement.
9	2015	Afghanistan	Taliban briefly capture major northern city of Kunduz in their most significant advance since being forced from power in 2001.
10	2015	Afghanistan	Powerful earthquake kills more than 80 people in northeast of country.
10	2015	Afghanistan	US President Barack Obama announces that 9,800 US troops will remain in Afghanistan until the end of 2016, backtracking on an earlier pledge to pull all but 1,000 troops from the country.
11	2015	Afghanistan	A new Taliban splinter group, headed by Mullah Rasool, announces its presence in southern Afghanistan. However, the group is totally crushed by the mainstream Taliban by spring 2016.
12	2015	Afghanistan	Taliban make bid to capture Sangin, a town and district in Helmand Province. US warplanes deploy in support of Afghan security forces' attempt to repel insurgents.
12	2015	Afghanistan	NATO extends its "Resolute Support" follow-on mission by 12 months to the end of 2016.
1	2016	Afghanistan	Over one million Afghans are on the go during the year, either due to internal displacement because of the war, or are forced to repatriate by Pakistan, Iran and the European Union, according to the United Nations.
1	2016	Afghanistan	Heavy US air strikes reverse Islamic State's gains in the east, and the group is cornered in a few districts in Nangarhar.
5	2016	Afghanistan	New Taliban leader Mullah Mansour is killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's Baluchestan province.
7	2016	Afghanistan	US President Barack Obama says 8,400 US troops will remain in Afghanistan into 2017 in light of the "precarious security situation". NATO also agrees to maintain troop numbers and reiterates a funding pledge for local security forces until 2020.
8	2016	Afghanistan	Taliban advance to the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand, and to the northern city of Kunduz. The group has brought much of the two provinces under its control since the bulk of NATO forces withdrew by end of 2014.
9	2016	Afghanistan	The Afghan government signs a peace agreement with the militant group Hezb-e-Islami and grants immunity to the group's leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
1	2017	Afghanistan	A bomb attack in Kandahar kills six UAE diplomats.
2	2017	Afghanistan	Rise in Islamic State activities reported in a number of northern and southern provinces.
3	2017	Afghanistan	Thirty people are killed and more than 50 wounded in an attack by so-called Islamic State on a military hospital in Kabul.
6	2017	Afghanistan	slamic State militants capture the mountainous region of Tora Bora in Nangarhar province, which was formerly used as a base by the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
8	2017	Afghanistan	US President Donald Trump says he's sending more troops to fight a resurgent Taliban.

Month	Year	Country	Description
7	2012	Iran	European Union boycott of Iranian oil exports comes into effect.
1	2013	Iran	Iran tells IAEA it plans to upgrade uranium enrichment centrifuges at its Natanz plant, allowing it to refine uranium at a faster rate.
1	2013	Iran	Iran arrests 11 journalists accused of co-operating with foreign Persian-language media organisations as part of a clampdown against the BBC and Voice of America in particular.
4	2013	Iran	Iran says it has begun operations at two uranium mines and a uranium ore-processing plant, furthering its capacity to produce nuclear material.
6	2013	Iran	Reformist-backed cleric Hassan Rouhani wins presidential election, gaining just over 50% of the vote.
9	2013	Iran	President Rouhani tells US broadcaster NBC that Iran will never build nuclear weapons, and repeats offer of "time-bound and results-oriented" talks on the nuclear question in his address to the UN General Assembly.
11	2013	Iran	Iran agrees to curb uranium enrichment above 5% and give UN inspectors better access in return for about $7bn in sanctions relief at talks with the P5+1 group - US, Britain, Russia, China, France and Germany - in Geneva.
1	2014	Iran	World powers and Iran begin implementing a deal on Iran's nuclear programme following intense talks in Geneva.
4	2014	Iran	The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has neutralised half of its higher-enriched uranium stockpile, as per a deal agreed earlier in the year.
4	2014	Iran	The US refuses to issue a visa to Hamid Aboutalebi, Iran's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, over his involvement in the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.
6	2014	Iran	President Rouhani says Iran is ready to assist the Iraqi government in its battle against extremist Sunni insurgents, amid reports that Iranian Revolutionary Guards are in Iraq providing military training and advice.
6	2014	Iran	The UK says it plans to re-open the British embassy in Tehran. Full diplomatic relations with Iran were suspended after attacks on the embassy in 2011.
7	2014	Iran	The sixth and final round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group begin in Vienna.
8	2014	Iran	Iran says it has shot down an Israeli drone near the Natanz uranium enrichment site.
8	2014	Iran	Parliament dismisses pro-reform Science Minister Reza Faraji-Dana for allegedly supporting students and lecturers involved in the 2009-2010 election protests.
11	2014	Iran	Russia agrees to build up to eight nuclear reactors in Iran, in move that might ease Iranian demands to have own uranium enrichment.
11	2014	Iran	Vienna negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme fail to finalise preliminary deal signed in Geneva in November 2013. The two sides express confidence that remaining sticking points can be resolved, and agree a seven-month extension to the talks.
7	2015	Iran	After years of negotiations, world powers reach deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for lifting of international economic sanctions. The deal reportedly gives UN nuclear inspectors extensive but not automatic access to Iranian sites.
1	2016	Iran	Serious rift in relations after Saudi Arabia executes leading Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Crowd sets Saudi embassy alight.
1	2016	Iran	International economic sanctions on Iran lifted after UN says satisfied with progress on fulfilling nuclear agreement. President Rouhani embarks on the first European state visit of an Iranian president for 16 years.
2	2016	Iran	Reformists perform well in elections to parliament and Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the Supreme Leader.
12	2016	Iran	The US Senate approves a ten-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, which penalises American companies for doing business with Tehran.
5	2018	Iran	President Trump announces the US withdrawal from the 2015 international deal on Iran's nuclear programme. Iran in turn warns that it will begin increasing its uranium enrichment capacity if the deal collapses as a result of the US move.

Month	Year	Country	Description
12	2011	Iraq	US completes troop pull-out.
3	2012	Iraq	Tight security for Arab League summit in Baghdad. It is the first major summit to be held in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. A wave of pre-summit attacks kills scores of people.
4	2012	Iraq	Oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan halted amid row with central government over contracts with foreign firms.
11	2012	Iraq	Iraq cancels a $4.2bn deal to buy arms from Russia because of concerns about alleged corruption within the Iraqi government.
11	2012	Iraq	The purchase, signed in October, would have made Russia the country's second-largest arms supplier after the US. Moscow was the main arms supplier of to Saddam Hussein.
12	2012	Iraq	President Jalal Talabani suffers a stroke. He undergoes treatment in Germany.
4	2013	Iraq	Sunni insurgency intensifies, with levels of violence matching those of 2008. By July the country is described as being yet again in a state of full-blown sectarian war.
9	2013	Iraq	Series of bombings hits Kurdistan capital Irbil in the first such attack since 2007. The Islamic State of Iraq group says it was responding to alleged Iraqi Kurdish support for Kurds fighting jihadists in Syria.
10	2013	Iraq	Government says October is deadliest month since April 2008, with 900 killed. By the year-end the UN estimates the 2013 death toll of civilians as 7,157 - a dramatic increase in the previous year's figure of 3,238.
1	2014	Iraq	Islamist fighters infiltrate Falluja and Ramadi after months of mounting violence in mainly-Sunni Anbar province. Government forces recapture Ramadi but face entrenched rebels in Falluja.
4	2014	Iraq	Prime Minister Al-Maliki's coalition wins a plurality at first parliamentary election since 2011 withdrawal of US troops, but falls short of a majority.
6	2014	Iraq	Sunni rebels led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant surge out of Anbar Province to seize Iraq's second city of Mosul and other key towns. Tens of thousands flee amid atrocities. Kurdish forces, US and Iran assist government in repelling attacks.
9	2014	Iraq	Shia politician Haider al-Abad forms a broad-based government including Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Kurdish leadership agrees to put independence referendum on hold.
9	2014	Iraq	US announces new forward strategy against Islamic State, carries out air raids in support of Iraqi Army near Baghdad. International conference in Paris, including ten Sunni Arab states but excluding Iran and Syria, agrees to support strategy.
12	2014	Iraq	The Iraqi government and the leadership of the Kurdish Region sign a deal on sharing Iraq's oil wealth and military resources, amid hopes that the agreement will help to reunite the country in the face of the common threat represented by Islamic State.
3	2015	Iraq	Islamic State destroys Assyrian archaeological sites of Nimrud and Hatra.
1	2015	Iraq	Government and Islamic State forces fight for control of Tikrit and Anbar Province.
4	2016	Iraq	Supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr storm parliament building demanding new government to fight corruption and end allocation of government posts along sectarian lines.
11	2016	Iraq	Parliament recognises the Shia Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) militia as part of the armed forces with full legal status.

Month	Year	Country	Description
2	2009	Yemen	Government announces release of 176 al-Qaeda suspects on condition of good behaviour.
8	2009	Yemen	The Yemeni army launches a fresh offensive against Shia rebels in the northern Saada province. Tens of thousands of people are displaced by the fighting.
11	2009	Yemen	Saudi Arabia says it has regained control of territory seized by Yemeni rebels in a cross-border incursion.
12	2009	Yemen	Yemen-based branch of al-Qaeda claims it was behind failed attack on US airliner. The government calls on the West for more support to help it combat the al-Qaeda threat.
2	2010	Yemen	Government signs ceasefire with Houthi northern rebels, which breaks down in December.
9	2010	Yemen	Thousands flee government offensive against separatists in southern Shabwa province.
10	2010	Yemen	Global terror alert after packages containing explosives originating in Yemen are intercepted on cargo planes bound for the US.
1	2011	Yemen	Tunisian street protests encourage similar demonstrations in other countries, including Yemen. President Saleh pledges not to extend his presidency in 2013 or to hand over to his son.
6	2011	Yemen	After months of mounting protests, President Saleh is injured in rocket attack and flown to Saudi Arabia, returning home in September.
9	2011	Yemen	US-born al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki is assassinated by US forces.
11	2011	Yemen	President Saleh agrees to hand over power to his deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. Unity government including prime minister from opposition formed.
2	2012	Yemen	Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi inaugurated as president after uncontested elections.
9	2012	Yemen	Defence Minister Muhammad Nasir Ahmad survives car bomb attack in Sanaa that kills 11 people, a day after local al-Qaeda deputy head Said al-Shihri is reportedly dead in the south.
11	2012	Yemen	A Saudi diplomat and his bodyguard are shot dead in Sanaa. Security officials say the assailants, who opened fire on the diplomat's convoy, were dressed in police uniforms.
1	2014	Yemen	National Dialogue Conference winds up after ten months of deliberation, agreeing a document on which the new constitution will be based.
2	2014	Yemen	Presidential panel gives approval for Yemen to become a federation of six regions as part of its political transition.
7	2014	Yemen	Tribesmen blow up the country's largest oil pipeline, disrupting supplies from the interior to a Red Sea export terminal.
8	2014	Yemen	President Hadi sacks his cabinet and overturns a controversial fuel price rise following two weeks of anti-government protests in which Houthi rebels are heavily involved.
9	2014	Yemen	Houthi rebels take control of the most of capital Sanaa.
1	2015	Yemen	Houthis reject draft constitution proposed by government.
2	2015	Yemen	Houthis appoint presidential council to replace President Hadi, who flees to Aden southern stronghold.
3	2015	Yemen	Islamic State carries out its first major attacks in Yemen - two suicide bombings targeting Shia mosques in Sanaa in which 137 people are killed.
3	2015	Yemen	Houthi rebels start to advance towards southern Yemen. President Hadi flees Aden.
3	2015	Yemen	Saudi-led coalition of Gulf Arab states launches air strikes against Houthi targets and imposes naval blockade.
6	2015	Yemen	Leader of Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, killed in US drone strike in Yemen.
9	2015	Yemen	President Hadi returns to Aden after Saudi-backed government forces recapture the port city from Houthi forces and launch advance on Aden.
4	2016	Yemen	Start of UN-sponsored talks between the government on one side and Houthis and former President Saleh's General People's Congress (GPC) on the other.
5	2016	Yemen	Islamic State group claims responsibility for a number of attacks, including a suicide car bombing that killed at least 40 army recruits in Aden.
10	2016	Yemen	Airstrike by Saudi-led coalition hits a crowded funeral in Sanaa, killing 140 mourners and injuring 500.
10	2016	Yemen	Both sides of the conflict allegedly break a UN-sponsored 72-hour ceasefire declared amid ongoing peace talks.
1	2017	Yemen	A US raid kills several suspected Al-Qaeda militants and civilians in America's first military action in Yemen under President Donald Trump.
5	2017	Yemen	Houthis continue firing missiles into Saudi Arabia, claiming to have fired one at the capital Riyadh.
6	2017	Yemen	Outbreak of cholera kills 2,100 and affects almost 900,000 others, medical agencies say.
12	2017	Yemen	Former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is killed after fierce fighting in the capital Sanaa.

Month	Year	Country	Description
3	2011	Syria	Security forces shoot dead protestors in southern city of Deraa demanding release of political prisoners, triggering violent unrest that steadily spread nationwide over the following months.
3	2011	Syria	President Assad announces conciliatory measures, releasing dozens of political prisoners, dismissing government, lifting 48-year-old state of emergency.
5	2011	Syria	Army tanks enter Deraa, Banyas, Homs and suburbs of Damascus in an effort to crush anti-regime protests. US and European Union tighten sanctions.
6	2011	Syria	The IAEA nuclear watchdog decides to report Syria to the UN Security Council over its alleged covert nuclear programme reactor programme. The structure housing the alleged reactor was destroyed in an Israeli air raid in 2007.
7	2011	Syria	President Assad sacks the governor of the northern province of Hama after mass demonstration there, eventually sending in troops to restore order at the cost of scores of lives.
10	2011	Syria	New Syrian National Council says it has forged a common front of internal and exiled opposition activists.
11	2011	Syria	Arab League votes to suspend Syria, accusing it of failing to implement an Arab peace plan, and imposes sanctions.
2	2012	Syria	Government steps up the bombardment of Homs and other cities.
3	2012	Syria	UN Security Council endorses non-binding peace plan drafted by UN envoy Kofi Annan. China and Russia agree to support the plan after an earlier, tougher draft is modified.
6	2012	Syria	Turkey changes rules of engagement after Syria shoots down a Turkish plane, declaring that if Syrian troops approach Turkey's borders they will be seen as a military threat.
7	2012	Syria	Free Syria Army blows up three security chiefs in Damascus and seizes Aleppo in the north.
8	2012	Syria	Prime Minister Riad Hijab defects, US President Obama warns that use of chemical weapons would tilt the US towards intervention.
10	2012	Syria	Fire in Aleppo destroys much of the historic market as fighting and bomb attacks continue in various cities.
11	2012	Syria	National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces formed in Qatar, excludes Islamist militias. Arab League stops short of full recognition.
12	2012	Syria	US, Britain, France, Turkey and Gulf states formally recognise opposition National Coalition as "legitimate representative" of Syrian people.
1	2013	Syria	Syria accuses Israel of bombing military base near Damascus, where Hezbollah was suspected of assembling a convoy of anti-aircraft missiles bound for Lebanon.
9	2013	Syria	UN weapons inspectors conclude that chemical weapons were used in an attack on the Ghouta area of Damascus in August that killed about 300 people, but do not allocate responsibility. Government allows UN to destroy chemical weapons stocks, process complete by June 2014.
12	2013	Syria	US and Britain suspend "non-lethal" support for rebels in northern Syria after reports that Islamist rebels seized bases of Western-backed Free Syrian Army.
1	2014	Syria	UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva fail, largely because Syrian authorities refuse to discuss a transitional government.
3	2014	Syria	Syrian Army and Hezbollah forces recapture Yabroud, the last rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border.
6	2014	Syria	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants declare "caliphate" in territory from Aleppo to eastern Iraqi province of Diyala.
9	2014	Syria	US and five Arab countries launch air strikes against Islamic State around Aleppo and Raqqa.
1	2015	Syria	Kurdish forces push Islamic State out of Kobane on Turkish border after four months of fighting.
5	2015	Syria	Islamic State fighters seize the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria and proceed to destroy many monuments at pre-Islamic World Heritage site.
5	2015	Syria	Jaish al-Fatah (Army of Conquest) Islamist rebel alliance takes control of Idlib Province, putting pressure on government's coastal stronghold of Latakia.
9	2015	Syria	Russia carries out its first air strikes in Syria, saying they target the Islamic State group, but the West and Syrian opposition say it overwhelmingly targets anti-Assad rebels.
12	2015	Syria	Syrian Army allows rebels to evacuate remaining area of Homs, returning Syria's third-largest city to government control after four years.
3	2016	Syria	Syrian government forces retake Palmyra from Islamic State with Russian air assistance, only to be driven out again in December.
8	2016	Syria	Turkish troops cross into Syria to help rebel groups push back so-called Islamic State militants and Kurdish-led rebels from a section of the two countries' border.
12	2016	Syria	Government troops, backed by Russian air power and Iranian-sponsored militias, recapture Aleppo, the country's largest city, depriving the rebels of their last major urban stronghold.
1	2017	Syria	Russia, Iran and Turkey agree to enforce a ceasefire between the government and non-Islamist rebels, after talks between the two sides in Kazakhstan.
4	2017	Syria	US President Donald Trump orders a missile attack on an airbase from which Syrian government planes allegedly staged a chemical weapons attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun.
5	2017	Syria	US decides to arm the YPG Kurdish Popular Protection Units. These fight alongside the main opposition Syrian Democratic Forces, which captures the important Tabqa dam from Islamic State.
6	2017	Syria	US shoots down Syrian fighter jet near Raqqa after it allegedly dropped bombs near US-backed rebel Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
7	2017	Syria	The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and the Syrian army launch a military operation to dislodge jihadist groups from the Arsal area, near the Lebanese-Syrian border.
10	2017	Syria	The Islamic State group is driven from Raqqa, its de-facto capital in Syria.
11	2017	Syria	Syrian army takes full control of Deir al-Zour from Islamic State. Syrian and Iraqi forces put IS under pressure in the dwindling areas still under its control.
12	2017	Syria	Russian President Putin visits, declaring mission accomplished for his forces in the battle against Islamic State.
12	2017	Syria	Government troops, with Russian support, continue reclaiming areas from rebels in the north-western Idlib province.

Month	Year	Country	Description
9	2012	Lebanon	The Syrian conflict that began in March 2011 spills over into Lebanon in deadly clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in Tripoli and Beirut.
10	2012	Lebanon	Security chief Wissam al-Hassan is killed in car bombing. Opposition blames Syria.
12	2012	Lebanon	Several days of deadly fighting between supporters and opponents of the Syrian president in Tripoli.
12	2012	Lebanon	UN praises Lebanese families for having taken in more than a third of the 160,000 Syrian refugees who have streamed into the country.
3	2013	Lebanon	Syrian warplanes and helicopters fire rockets into northern Lebanon, days after Damascus warns Beirut to stop militants crossing the border to fight Syrian government forces.
3	2013	Lebanon	Najib Mikati's government resigns amid tensions over upcoming elections.
4	2013	Lebanon	Sunni Muslim politician Tammam Salam is tasked with forming a new government.
5	2013	Lebanon	At least 10 people die in further sectarian clashes in Tripoli between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime.
5	2013	Lebanon	Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vows victory in Syria.
5	2013	Lebanon	Parliament votes to put off elections due in June until November 2014 because of security concerns over the conflict in Syria.
6	2013	Lebanon	A number of people are killed in clashes between Hezbollah gunmen and Syrian rebels within Lebanon.
6	2013	Lebanon	At least 17 Lebanese soldiers are killed in clashes with Sunni militants in the port city of Sidon.
7	2013	Lebanon	European Union lists the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. This makes it illegal for Hezbollah sympathisers in Europe to send the group money, and enables the freezing of the group's assets there.
8	2013	Lebanon	Dozens of people are killed in bomb attacks at two mosques in Tripoli. The twin attacks, which are linked to tensions over the Syrian conflict, are the deadliest in Lebanon since the end of the civil war in 1990.
9	2013	Lebanon	The United Nations refugee agency says there are at least 700,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
11	2013	Lebanon	Double suicide bombing outside Iranian embassy in Beirut kills at least 22 people. It is one of the worst attacks in Shia southern Beirut since the conflict in Syria began.
12	2013	Lebanon	Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says the Saudi intelligence services were behind the bombings outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut.
12	2013	Lebanon	Senior Hezbollah commander Hassan Lakkis is shot dead near Beirut. Hezbollah accuses Israel of assassinating him. Israel denies any involvement.
12	2013	Lebanon	Former Lebanese minister and opposition figure Mohamad Chatah - a Sunni Muslim who was also a staunch critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - is killed by a car bomb in central Beirut.
2	2014	Lebanon	Sunni Muslim politician Tammam Salam finally assembles new power-sharing cabinet following 10 months of talks.
4	2014	Lebanon	UN announces that number of Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon has surpassed one million. The accelerating influx means that one in every four people living in Lebanon is now a refugee from the Syrian conflict.
5	2014	Lebanon	President Suleiman ends his term of office, leaving a power vacuum. Several attempts are made in parliament over subsequent months to choose a successor.
8	2014	Lebanon	Syrian rebels overrun border town of Arsal. They withdraw after being challenged by the military but take 30 soldiers and police captive.
9	2014	Lebanon	Prime Minister Salam appeals to world leaders at the UN to help Lebanon face a ''terrorist onslaught'' and the flood of refugees from Syria.
10	2014	Lebanon	Clashes in Tripoli between the army and Islamist gunmen, in a spill-over of violence from the Syrian conflict.
11	2014	Lebanon	Parliament extends own term to 2017, citing Syria-related security concerns.
1	2015	Lebanon	Israel launches air strikes on Syrian side of the Golan, killing Hezbollah fighters and an Iranian general. Several clashes ensue across Israeli-Lebanese border.
1	2015	Lebanon	New restrictions on Syrians entering Lebanon come into effect, further slowing the flow of people trying to escape the war.
6	2016	Lebanon	Suicide bombings in Al-Qaa, allegedly by Syrian nationals, aggravate already strained relations between Lebanese and more than 1 million Syrian refugees in the country.

Month	Year	Country	Description
2	2004	Pakistan	Leading nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan admits to having leaked nuclear weapons secrets, reportedly to Libya, North Korea and Iran.
6	2004	Pakistan	Pakistan mounts first military offensive against suspected Al-Qaeda militants and their supporters in tribal areas near Afghan border. US begins using drone strikes to target Al-Qaeda leaders in the area.
4	2004	Pakistan	Parliament approves creation of military-led National Security Council, institutionalising role of armed forces in civilian affairs.
5	2004	Pakistan	Pakistan readmitted to Commonwealth.
4	2005	Pakistan	Bus services, the first in 60 years, operate between Muzaffarabad in Pakistani-administered Kashmir and Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
8	2005	Pakistan	Pakistan tests its first nuclear-capable cruise missile.
10	2005	Pakistan	Earthquake kills tens of thousands of people in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
9	2006	Pakistan	Government signs peace accord to end fighting with pro-Al-Qaeda militants in Waziristan tribal areas near Afghan border.
2	2007	Pakistan	Sixty-eight passengers are killed by bomb blasts and a blaze on a train travelling between the Indian capital New Delhi and the Pakistani city of Lahore.
2	2007	Pakistan	Pakistan and India sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war.
3	2007	Pakistan	President Musharraf suspends Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, triggering a wave of protests across the country.
7	2007	Pakistan	Security forces storm the militant-occupied Red Mosque complex in Islamabad following a week-long siege.
7	2007	Pakistan	Supreme Court reinstates Chief Justice Chaudhry.
10	2007	Pakistan	Ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto returns from exile. Dozens of people die in a suicide bomb targeting her homecoming parade in Karachi.
10	2007	Pakistan	Army launches offensive against militants in North Waziristan. Nearly 200 people die in the fighting.
10	2007	Pakistan	Musharraf wins presidential election but is challenged by Supreme Court. He declares emergency rule, dismisses Chief Justice Chaudhry and appoints new Supreme Court, which confirms his re-election.
11	2007	Pakistan	Former PM Nawaz Sharif returns from exile.
12	2007	Pakistan	State of emergency lifted.
12	2007	Pakistan	Benazir Bhutto assassinated at political rally at election campaign rally in Rawalpindi.
2	2008	Pakistan	Pakistan People's Party (PPP) nominee Yusuf Raza Gilani becomes PM at head of coalition with Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League party following parliamentary elections in February.
8	2008	Pakistan	President Musharraf resigns after the two main governing parties agree to launch impeachment proceedings against him.
8	2008	Pakistan	Nawaz Sharif pulls his PML-N out of the coalition, accusing the PPP of breaking its promise to reinstate all judges sacked by Mr Musharraf.
9	2008	Pakistan	MPs elect Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari - the widower of assassinated former PM Benazir Bhutto – president.
9	2008	Pakistan	Suicide bombing on Marriott Hotel in Islamabad kills 53 people. Soon after, government launches major offensive in Bajaur tribal area, killing more than 1,000 militants.
11	2008	Pakistan	The government borrows billions of dollars from the International Monetary Fund to overcome its spiralling debt crisis.
12	2008	Pakistan	India blames Mumbai attacks in November on Pakistani-based militants and demands Pakistan take action. Islamabad denies involvement but promises to co-operate with the Indian investigation.
2	2009	Pakistan	Government agrees to implement Sharia law in north-western Swat valley in effort to persuade Islamist militants there to agree to permanent ceasefire.
3	2009	Pakistan	After days of protests, government yields to demands for reinstatement of judges dismissed by former President Musharraf.
4	2009	Pakistan	Swat agreement breaks down after Taliban-linked militants seek to extend their control. Government launches offensive to wrest control of Swat from militants.
8	2009	Pakistan	The leader of Pakistan's Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, is killed in US drone attack in South Waziristan. He is succeeded by Hakimullah Mehsud.
8	2009	Pakistan	Suicide bombing in northwestern city of Peshawar kills 120 people.
4	2010	Pakistan	Parliament approves package of wide-ranging constitutional reforms. Measures include transferring key powers from office of president to prime minister.
8	2010	Pakistan	Worst floods in 80 years kill at least 1,600 people and affect more than 20 million. Government response widely criticised.
10	2010	Pakistan	Rise in targeted political killings, bombings in commercial hub of Karachi.
1	2011	Pakistan	A campaign to reform Pakistan's blasphemy law leads to the killing of two prominent supporters, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in January, and Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti in March.
4	2011	Pakistan	The founder of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, is killed by American special forces in Abbottabad.
11	2011	Pakistan	Pakistan shuts down Nato supply routes after a Nato attack on military outposts kills 25 Pakistani soldiers, boycotts the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan.
12	2011	Pakistan	Government comes under pressure over a leaked memo alleging senior officials sought US aid against a military coup after the killing of Osama bin Laden in April.
1	2012	Pakistan	Amid growing tension between government and military over "memogate" scandal, army chief Gen Pervez Kayani warns of "unpredictable consequences" after PM Yousuf Raza Gilani criticises army leaders and sacks top defence official.
1	2012	Pakistan	Supreme Court threatens to prosecute Prime Minister Gilani for contempt of court over government's refusal to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and other political figures.
5	2012	Pakistan	A US Senate panel cuts $33m in aid to Pakistan over the jailing of Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.
6	2012	Pakistan	Supreme Court disqualifies Prime Minister Gilani from holding office after he declines to appeal against a token sentence in President Zardari corruption row. Parliament approves Water and Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf as his successor.
7	2012	Pakistan	Pakistan agrees to reopen Nato supply routes to Afghanistan after the US apologises for killing Pakistani soldiers in November.
9	2012	Pakistan	Muslim cleric Khalid Chishti is arrested on suspicion of planting burnt pages of the Koran on a Christian girl briefly detained for blasphemy. Amid widespread condemnation of the case against the girl at home and abroad, a court dropped it November.
10	2012	Pakistan	Taliban gunmen seriously injure 14-year-old campaigner for girls' rights Malala Yousafzai, whom they accused of "promoting secularism". The shooting sparked a brief upsurge of anger in Pakistan against the militants.
11	2012	Pakistan	Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 23 people at a Shia Muslim procession in the Rawalpindi.
1	2013	Pakistan	Supreme Court orders the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf over corruption allegations dating back to his time as a minister in 2010. He denies wrongdoing.
1	2013	Pakistan	The government sacks Balochistan chief minister over bomb blasts in the provincial capital Quetta that kill at least 92 Shia Muslims. Sunni extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims responsibility.
1	2013	Pakistan	Populist cleric and anti-corruption campaigner Tahirul Qadri leads a nationwide march on Islamabad. The government responds by agreeing to dissolve parliament early and to consult Mr Qadri over the formation of a caretaker government.
2	2013	Pakistan	Bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims in Quetta kills 89 people. Police detain Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group founder Malik Ishaq after the group claims responsibility.
6	2013	Pakistan	Parliament approves Nawaz Sharif as prime minister after his Muslim League-N wins parliamentary elections in May. Taliban conduct systematic campaign of attacks and intimidation, but fail to deter largest turnout of voters since 1970.
9	2013	Pakistan	More than 80 people are killed in a double suicide bombing at a church in Peshawar. It is the deadliest attack so far against Christians in Pakistan. Taliban-linked Islamists claim responsibility.
3	2014	Pakistan	Government and Taliban representatives meet in North Waziristan for peace talks, with a cease-fire top of the agenda.
6	2014	Pakistan	A deadly assault on Karachi's international airport leaves dozens dead. Uzbek militants fighting with the Pakistani Taliban say they carried out the attack. Peace talks with the Taliban collapse and the army launches a major offensive on Islamist hideouts in north-west Pakistan.
9	2014	Pakistan	Arrests of opposition activists amid days of violent anti-government protests on the streets of Islamabad. Government and opposition figures hold talks but fail to resolve differences.
10	2014	Pakistan	Teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban but survived to become a campaigner for girls' education, becomes the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
12	2014	Pakistan	Taliban kills nearly 150 people - mostly children - in an attack on a school in Peshawar.
12	2014	Pakistan	Government responds to the massacre by lifting a moratorium on the death penalty and launching round-up of terror suspects, although critics complain major terror organisers are left alone.
1	2015	Pakistan	Taliban attack Shia mosques in Sindh and Peshawar in two incidents, killing nearly 80 people and injuring dozens more.
4	2015	Pakistan	India protests over Pakistan court release on bail of suspected mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. Human rights activist Sabeen Mehmud shot dead in Karachi.
4	2015	Pakistan	China and Pakistan sign agreements worth billions of dollars to boost infrastructure. They are designed to end Pakistan's chronic energy crisis and transform the country into a regional economic hub.
6	2015	Pakistan	Pakistan acknowledges that eight out of ten Taliban members allegedly jailed for the gun attack on teenage education activist and Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai were secretly acquitted at their trial in April.
1	2016	Pakistan	Islamist extremists attack Bacha Khan University in Charsadda in north-west Pakistan, killing 19 people and injuring 17 others before security forces killed the four suspected assailants.
3	2016	Pakistan	Taliban offshoot Jamaat-ul-Ahrar says it carried out a suicide attack at a popular park in Lahore on Easter Sunday killing 72 people, saying it had targeted Christians.
3	2016	Pakistan	Former president Pervez Musharraf leaves the country for Dubai after the Supreme Court lifts a three-year travel ban. His lawyers say he needs urgent spinal treatment and will return to face treason and murder charges against him.
9	2016	Pakistan	Pakistan's military acknowledges for the first time the presence of so-called Islamic State militants in the country, but says it has foiled attempts by the group to expand there.
9	2016	Pakistan	Taliban offshoot Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims two suicide attacks on a court and later on a mosque.
10	2016	Pakistan	Officials blame the militant anti-Shia group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, for an attack on a police college in Quetta which killed at least sixty people. Two groups, including the so-called Islamic State, have said they carried out the attack.
11	2016	Pakistan	More than 50 people killed by a bomb blast at a remote Sufi Muslim shrine, north of Karachi.
11	2016	Pakistan	Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is named as new army chief. The position is arguably the most powerful in the country.
2	2017	Pakistan	The Islamic State group takes responsibility for a suicide bombing at a major sufi shrine in Sindh which killed nearly 90 people. Pakistan closes border with Afghanistan.
3	2017	Pakistan	Parliament passes a law allowing the country's Hindu minority to register their marriages for the first time since partition from India in 1947.
7	2017	Pakistan	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says Pakistan's economic outlook had improved greatly over past the four years, a development he says has been acknowledged internationally.
8	2017	Pakistan	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is forced to resign after being disqualified by the Supreme Court over corruption charges.

Month	Year	Country	Description
3	2014	Palestine	Egypt bans Hamas activities and seizes its assets because of links to Egypt's illegal Muslim Brotherhood.
4	2014	Palistine	Fatah and Hamas agree to form unity government, which takes office in June. Fatah complains that separate Hamas cabinet continues to rule Gaza.
6	2014	Palestine	Israel responds to the kidnapping and murder of three Jewish teenagers in the West Bank by arresting numerous Hamas members. Militants respond the to arrests and the killing of a Palestinian teenager by Jewish extremists by firing rockets from Gaza.
7	2014	Palestine	Israel responds to attacks from armed groups in Gaza with a military campaign by air and land to knock out missile launching sites and attack tunnels. Clashes end in uneasy Egyptian-brokered ceasefire in August.
12	2014	Palestine	Minister Without Portfolio Ziad Abu Ein dies at clash with Israeli troops at West Bank protest.
5	2015	Palestine	The Vatican announces that it is to formally recognise Palestinian statehood.
10	2017	Palestine	Hamas lets the Ramallah-based unity government take over public institutions in Gaza as part of a reconciliation process between the two rival administrations.
12	2017	Palestine	US President Donald Trump recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, upsetting the Arab world and some Western allies.

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