The War of Attrition was caused by Egyptian attempts to reverse the gains made by Israel in the Six-Day War without attacking in a forceful-enough-way to merit an Israeli military response.
Thousands of wars have happened in the Middle East. There is no singular Middle East War.
war of attrition
It was a war of attrition.
There is not one Middle East War but hundreds. Please specify which war you are asking about and resubmit the question.
War of Attrition - album - was created on 2007-03-06.
A war of attrition, in general, is a war with high casualities but little territorial gain. The most famous war of attrition is the conflict on the Western Front in France during World War I.
WWI was fought to gain ground, thus the trenches; designed to hold taken ground. The high losses of troops caused attrition. Vietnam was NOT fought to gain ground, and is thusly termed a war of attrition.
There have been innumerable wars in the Middle East. Please resubmit the question specifying the war in question.
There have been several wars fought in the Middle East. To the best of my knowledge, none have named - either formally or colloquially - the "Middle East War". You'll have to be a bit more specific about which war you had in mind.
There have been thousands of wars in the Middle East. Please resubmit with the name of a specific war or a general timeframe.
It was in the middle east
It was attritional or a 'War of Attrition' .