Modern wars · 1990 to 1991
Gulf War
Iraq occupied Kuwait in August 1990. King Fahd let US troops into Saudi Arabia, and a coalition drove Iraq out in early 1991.
Key facts
- When
- 1990 to 1991
- Where
- Kuwait and Iraq
- Sides
- US-led coalition vs Iraq
- Result
- Coalition victory
- 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
- Indo-Pakistani War of 19711971
- October War (Ramadan War)1973
- Soviet War in Afghanistan1979 to 1989
- Iran-Iraq War1980 to 1988
- Kargil War1999
- US War in Afghanistan2001 to 2021
- Iraq War2003 to 2011
- Syrian Civil War2011 to 2024
All 18 modern wars in the muslim world battles · Battle explorer
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