Modern wars · 1948 to 1949
1948 War and the Nakba
About 700,000 Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes, the Nakba. Jerusalem was divided between Israel and Jordan.
Key facts
- When
- 1948 to 1949
- Where
- Palestine
- Sides
- Israel vs Arab states and Palestinians
- Result
- Israel established; Old City held by Jordan
- Type
- Modern wars
- Chapter
- 7. The Modern Muslim World
The wider picture: Nation states and modern wars
Most Muslim lands won independence between the 1920s and the 1960s. Since then the region has seen more war than almost anywhere else: Israel's wars with its neighbours, two Afghan wars, the Iran Iraq war, American wars in Iraq, civil wars in Syria and Yemen, and in 2026 a war on Iran.
More modern wars battles
- First Kashmir War1947 to 1948
- Indo-Pakistani War of 19651965
- Six-Day War1967
- Indo-Pakistani War of 19711971
- October War (Ramadan War)1973
- Soviet War in Afghanistan1979 to 1989
- Iran-Iraq War1980 to 1988
- Gulf War1990 to 1991
All 18 modern wars in the muslim world battles · Battle explorer
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