Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
1948 Arab–Israeli War
First Sudanese Civil War
First Iraqi–Kurdish War
Dhofar Rebellion
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Six-Day War
1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran

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Can't say I've heard of that one, thank you for contibuting something useful.

Looks like I'll have to try a different tactic. Name a war that has taken place in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar or Bahrain since 1946.

Julius, firstly revolts don't count, secondly, I wouldn't count Pakistan as part of the central Middle East.

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Xypapy, this isn't really going your way isn't it? XD

revolts do count, they are civil wars. Also Pakistan is pretty integral in Middle eastern politics so what happens there is important.

Yeah, I didn't know North Yemen had a civil war, and I think it might be much to say that the entire Middle East was at peace for a decade or more, so go ahead. Let's talk about those 4 countries. They have been peaceful.

Pakistan is on the Indian continent, it is integral with the politics of India and it's neighbours; the former British Raj. Pakistan doesn't even do much with Iran, it's not integral to the central Middle East at all.

Civil wars are civil wars. Revolts are revolts.

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The Gulf war

It did not take place inside any of those 4 countries.

because they have had governments that care for the people.

Saudi Arabia was part of the Coalation
It also took place there if that's what you meant

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Yeah...sure. Absolute monarchies that care for the people.

Also, it didn't really take place there. 2 days out of a 6 month war, Iraq held a fort in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Yemeni war

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Post 1945, obviously.

PS You had this much trouble thinking of a war Saudi Arabia was in pre-1945?

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The first Arab Israeli war

No... I just forgot this one was in 1935

Didn't take place in Saudi Arabia (nor the other 3).

The Saudis have been pretty peaceful

Was the Iran-Iraq war, not sure but what a year, for the oil it broke out, was not really religious wars before in the Middle East, that most of the world was occupied by Europe, they had no real money until they discovered oil, and terrorist organizations was not much power in the beginning to countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Persian Gulf states, began to send them money

Yes, that's the point I'm trying to make. Saudi Arabia and it's Eastern neighbours have generally been peaceful, just sponsoring some terrorism against the US.

Dude, the UAE and Bahrain are too small to do shit, and if Yemen invades them, they would be completly unprepared

Saudi Arabia today does not really fighting, is not really fought, they Only got rich because of oil and they have to support their, jihadist groups and help the Muslim world, and to fight against the Western world, but through funding to not think enemies, and will not be really proof blame them.