Modern wars · 2011 to 2024
Syrian Civil War
Protests in 2011 became a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and drove more than ten million people from their homes.
Key facts
- When
- 2011 to 2024
- Where
- Syria
- Sides
- Assad government vs opposition groups
- Result
- Assad government fell, December 2024
- 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
- Kargil War1999
- US War in Afghanistan2001 to 2021
- Iraq War2003 to 2011
- ISIS and the Battle of Mosul2014 to 2017
- Yemen War2015 to today
- Gaza War2023 to 2025
- India-Pakistan Conflict of 20252025
- Iran War2025 to 2026
All 18 modern wars in the muslim world battles · Battle explorer
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