Which two regions saw most of the fighting in the Yom Kippur War?

Which two regions saw most of the fighting in the Yom Kippur War? Sinai and the Golan Heights.

The Yom Kippur War was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973, chiefly between Israel, Egypt, and Syria. Egypt attacked across the Suez Canal into the Sinai Peninsula, while Syria launched its main offensive across the ceasefire line into the Golan Heights. These two fronts accounted for most of the war’s fighting.

The Sinai had been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War, as had the Golan Heights. Egyptian forces initially established bridgeheads east of the canal, while Syrian forces made early gains in the Golan. Israel later pushed back on both fronts, crossing west of the Suez Canal and advancing into Syrian territory.

Beirut, Damascus, Gaza, and the West Bank are tempting choices because the wider Arab-Israeli conflict involved those places, and Israeli forces eventually shelled areas near Damascus. However, they were not the two principal battle regions of the 1973 war. The conflict ended with ceasefires, followed by negotiations that eventually led to Israel’s withdrawal from Sinai.