middle east

4/07/1949, Beirut, Lebanon. "Early in the morning, our brave comrades of the party stormed the vast majority of government buildings, including the presidential palace, capturing the president and executing him for his treason against the Syrian people, now Lebanon is free from imperialism...

Let’s say the Syrian manage take the Golan by focusing more on taking strategic position than killing isolated group of soldiers and manage to hold it against Israeli counter attack with Syria not crumbling Egypt remain in the defensive and hold western Sinai the conflict end with a pretty clear...

As the titles say, what would happen in the case of this two possible events?

Say, in an alternate timeline that a figure analogous to Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab emerges in the Ottoman Empire sometime in the 19th century. This supposed figure focuses his rhetoric against minority sects and religions, pinning the blame on them for the failings of the Empire and he also...

For this scenario, try to keep Russia (for the most part) in Europe, Northern Middle East included. You may begin as early as 1000 Ad.

Let’s say the battle of Maysalun https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maysalun turn on a total disaster for the French with most of the army killed or captured something like the battle of Annual the Pod isn’t really important but would be something like Faisal more determined to fight...

In OTL, the UN partition plan was condemned by nearly every Arab leader, and Mandatory Palestine quickly devolved into bloodshed, with the Israeli declaration of independence being met with declarations of war Is there a way to delay either Israel's genesis or the partition plan that...

POD: November 2000: Al Gore makes one extra campaign stop in Florida and managed to convince 1,000 people to vote for him, narrowly carrying the state by 463 votes. January 20, 2001: Albert Arnold Gore Jr. is sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. September 11, 2001: 9/11...

Your challenge is to switch the fates of new independent states in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent after independence from the British Empire. For example: North India (capitalist) and South India (communist) unites like how Yemen united with its communist counterpart near the end...

With a POD after the crucifixion of Christ, come up with a scenario where Christianity has more or less the same geographic distribution as Islam does IOTL. Bonus points if you come up with a scenario where "Christendom" is roughly along the same geographic lines as OTL's Islamic World while...

During 1949, the Hashemites proposed that the Kingdom of Iraq merge with the Republic of Syria under the Fertile Crescent Plan. The People's Party, located in Northern Syria were enthusiastic about the Fertile Crescent Plan, but the army-backed National Party opposed the very idea of living...

nuclear attack by a unknown terrorist organization destroys the city of los angeles at the turn of the new millennium

One country is a Shia theocracy and "rogue state"(TM) The other has a reputation as "Central Asia's North Korea", complete with a dictator's personality cult. OTL... the two have no major friction and friendly relations. Surprisingly I've never seen any AH or technothriller works exploring a...

Good evening. As it says on the title what would the Middle East look like if the sacking of Constantinople in 1204 is avoided? For starters either the crusaders avoid Constantinople, and also avoid sacking Zara or at least stay on good terms with the Pope somehow. Regardless the don't get...

The Arab Revolt lasted from June 1916-October 1918. It was launched with the hope of forming a Pan Arab state "stretching from Aleppo, Syria to Aden, Yemen." However, the British renegated on their agreement to support this, instead carving up the Middle East into mandates alongside France...

Is it realistically possible for Christianity to become more mainstream and more common in North Africa and the Middle East again by the time of the modern era? What would have to happen for it to occur? Can a native Middle Eastern government pull it off on its own? Does this require European...

A Greater Dar al-Islam and an Ever Shrinking Dar al-Harb This timeline is partly inspired by the Muslim World: The True Faith timeline and by an in-development mod for Hearts of Iron 4 called Bayt al-Hikmah, though with my own views and interpretations on how an Islam-dominated world would...

Is it possible for a modern Arab country post-1800 to be able to take control of the entire Persian Gulf? This would include all the areas bordering it which would definitely include Persia/Iran. Is it possible for that region to be Arabized and to be permanently held? Would it require a...

This thread has quite a good discussion of the lack of full plate armor in in the Middle East (and eastern europe) compared to XV and XVI century western europe:https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/why-didnt-islamic-sultanates-adopt-full-plate-armor.453202/ . They present a good number...

So in much of the middle east of OTL, we see a a pattern of countries striking liquid gold and discovering huge oil reserves in their borders. They then use this oil wealth to become wealthy countries, and in many cases diversify their economy by investing in trade, finance and tourism. This...