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|image=[[Image:Greekfire-madridskylitzes1.jpg|center|300px]]
|caption=[[Greek fire]], first used by the [[Byzantine Navy]] during the Byzantine-Arab Wars.
|conflict=Byzantine-Arab Wars
|partof=the [[Muslim conquests]]
|date=629-1180
|place= Levant, Syria, Egypt, North Africa, Anatolia, Crete, Sicily, Southern Italy
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[[Image:The seizure of Edessa in Syria by the Byzantine army and the Arabic counterattack from the Chronicle of John Skylitzes.jpg|thumb|left|320px|The Byzantine seizure of Edessa.
   The Byzantines were able to campaign far into Syria and subject some rulers as vassals, a clear sign of Byzantine resurgence.]]
After putting an end to the internal strife, [[Basil II]] launched a campaign against the Arabs in 995. The Byzantine civil wars had weakened the Empire's position in the east, and the gains of [[Nikephoros II Phokas]] and [[John I Tzimiskes]] came close to being lost, with [[Aleppo]] besieged and Antioch under threat. Basil won several battles in [[Syria]], relieving Aleppo,(contracted; show full)
During the [[Second Crusade]], [[Baldwin III of Jerusalem|Baldwin III]] [[Siege of Ascalon|seized Ascalon]] in 1153, and the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] was able to advance into Egypt and briefly occupy [[Cairo]] in the 1160s. The Emperor Manuel married [[Maria of Antioch]], cousin of the [[Crusade]]r King [[Amalric I of Jerusalem]], while Amalric married Manuel's grand
-niece [[Maria Komnene, Queen consort of Jerusalem|Maria Komnene]]. In 1168 a formal alliance was negotiated by future Archbishop [[William of Tyre]], and in 1169 Manuel launched a joint expedition with Amalric to Egypt. Manuel's ambitious campaign was a dramatic demonstration of how powerful the Empire had become, involving a fleet of over 200 ships equipped with [[siege engine|siege weapons]] and Greek fire; William of Tyre was particularly impressed by the large transport ships used to transport the (contracted; show full)[[Category:Battles involving the Umayyad Caliphate]]

[[ar:حروب العرب والبيزنطيين]]
[[cs:Byzantsko-arabské války]]
[[fr:Guerres entre Arabes et empire byzantin]]
[[it:Guerre arabo-bizantine (780-1180)]]
[[nl:Byzantijns-Arabische oorlogen]]
[[ru:Арабо-византийские войны]]