Middle East 557
MID#2821
Dispute Number: 2821
Date(s): September 3, 1987 to September 4, 1987
Participants: 630 Iran/325 Italy
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Iran attacked an Italian-flagged ship as part of the Tanker War during the
Iran-Iraq War.
Coding changes: End Date changed from September 15, 1987.
325 ITALY/640 TURKEY
MID#141
Started in June 1880. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/640 Turkey dyad
dispute list.
MID#56
Started in March 1897. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/350 Greece dyad
dispute list.
MID#391
Started in September 1898. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/640 Turkey
dyad dispute list.
MID#128
Started in November 1905. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/640 Turkey
dyad dispute list.
MID#311
Dispute Number: 311
Date(s): April 2, 1908 to April 20, 1908
Participants: 325 Italy/640 Turkey
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Tensions were mounting between Italy and Turkey for some years regard-
ing Libya. Libya was under heavy Ottoman influence at the time while Italy vied to
turn it into a colony. In March 1908, an Italian missionary was murdered in Derna.
Popular opinion in Italy favored some kind of show of force as a response and, on
April 2, the Italian government responded by sending the warship Varese to Tripolitan