Middle-East Detente

The Middle-East Detente (2066-ongoing) is a period of diplomatic thawing in the Middle-East, primarily with Israel and the Arab states. Alternative names for the period are "the Thaw" among Azerothians and Persians, or "انفراج (Ainfiraj)" in Arab states.

Return of Zachary Baumel
On 3rd April, 2068 His Imperial Majesty Tenno Sugihito announced that the Gunjo in coordination with the Levantine military located and recovered the remains American-Israeli soldier Zachary Baumel, missing in action since June 11, 1982 after the disastrous Battle of Sultan Yacoub. Baumel's remains was returned during His Imperial Majesty's state visit in Jerusalem on 16th April, 2018, where the soldier's jumpsuit and boots were also returned. Arab-language media claimed Gunjo found the remains with twenty others in a burial site in Yarmouk refugee camp, south of Damascus.