1946-1951. When Israel was taking the Golan Heights in 1967, the IDF was able to use these trees to pinpoint where the Syrian defense positions were. A variety of versions have emerged. Syrian forces began a failed attempt to reclaim the territory in 1973. Middle East region (including Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen) The Syrian and Lebanese question. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 12:2, May 1999 'The Iraqi revolution of July 1958', Roger Louis observed, 'was a watershed in the history of the Middle East and the region's relations with the West. Guinea (1959–1967; unknown but presumable related to 1967 Arab-Israeli war) Iran (1948–1951, 1953–1979; Islamic revolution in Iran) Mali (1960–1973; pressure from neighboring countries) ISRAEL ACCUSES SYRIA IN THE U. N.; Security Council Fails to Act on Killings Charges -- Both Sides Admonished By Lindesay Parrottspecial To the New York Times. The Syrian army officer who heard this idea agreed, and acted on it. ... 1946-1951 1952-1955 1956-1958 1959-1963 1964-1965 1966-1968. Syria and Egypt went to war with Israel in 1973. In 1959, Yaser Arafat and his friends established Fatah, a Palestinian resistance group, in Kuwait, a tiny Gulf country, to resist Israeli occupation. Israeli War of Independence (1948-1949)--Upon Israel's declaration of independence, Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia join the local Palestinian militias in attacking Israel.This was in reality a continuation of years of low-level combat between the Jewish and Arab communities in British Palestine. Avi Shlaim. "Shock and Awe" airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003. This war resulted in Israeli occupation of Syria's Golan Heights region, which continues to the present.. Jan. 31, 1959 The Six-Day War (1967)--In a rapid pre-emptive attack, Israel crushed the military forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria and seized large amounts of land from each. The Six-Day War of June 1967 ended in decisive victories for Israel, which seized the Golan Heights from Syria. The facts of the case remain in dispute. Shortly after this conflict, Syria also got involved in the civil war in Lebanon, where it has maintained a military presence ever since. Between 1962 and 1965, Cohen returned to Israel to see his family only three times. Israel, the Great Powers, and the Middle East Crisis of 1958. In 1964, Arafat and other Palestinian leaders decided to join forces to create the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) to establish a unified resistance to Israel. The model for this desired outcome is the demise of French Algeria, and the departure from that country of French settlers after 1959. Iraq also participated in the fighting on the Arab side.