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List of wars involving Saudi Arabia

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This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its predecessor states.

Emirate of Diriyah (1744–1818)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Monarch
Ottoman-Saudi War
(1811–1818)
Diriyah Ottoman Empire Defeat

Emirate of Riyadh (1902–1913)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Monarch
First Saudi–Rashidi War
(1903–1907)
Riyadh Jabal Shammar
Ottoman Empire
Victory
  • Saudi takeover of central and northern Arabia
Conquest of al-Hasa
(1913)
Riyadh Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Incorporation of al-Hasa into Saudi Arabia

Emirate of Nejd and Hasa (1913–1921)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Monarch
Second Saud-Rashidi War Najd and Hasa Jabal Shammar Inconclusive, Saudi offensive halted
Kuwait–Najd War
(1919–1920)
Najd and Hasa Sheikhdom of Kuwait Defeat
  • Ikhwan retreat from Kuwait

Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1926)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Monarch
Saudi Conquest of Hejaz
(1924–1925)
Najd Hejaz Victory
  • Incorporation of Hejaz.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1932–present)

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Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Monarch
Saudi–Yemeni War
(1934)
Saudi Arabia Yemen Victory
First Arab–Israeli War
(1948–1949)
Egypt Egypt
 Iraq
Jordan Transjordan
Syria Syria
 Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
HWA
Arab League ALA
 Israel Defeat
North Yemen Civil War
(1962–1965)
Kingdom of Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
Yemen Arab Republic

 United Arab Republic

Defeat
Al-Wadiah War
(1969)
 Saudi Arabia  South Yemen Victory
  • al-Wadiah reoccupied by Saudi forces[1]
Yom Kippur War
(1973)
 Egypt
 Syria
Iraq Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
Morocco Morocco
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
 Cuba
 Israel Defeat[2]
Lebanese Civil War
(1976–1979)
Arab League ADF LF
FLA
Victory[4]
  • ADF mission goals achieved[4]
  • ADF becomes an all-Syrian force in 1979
Gulf War
(1990–1991)
 Kuwait
United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Canada
 Egypt
 Syria
 Oman
 United Arab Emirates
 Qatar
 Italy
 Australia
Iraq Victory
Iraqi No-Fly Zone Enforcement Operations
(1991–2003)
 United States
 United Kingdom
 France
 Australia
 Belgium
 Netherlands
 Saudi Arabia
 Turkey
 Italy
Iraq Victory
  • Various bombings of Iraqi forces both aerial and naval
  • Mass numbers of Iraqi targets killed or destroyed
  • Reduction in Iraqi air defense
  • Beginning of the Iraq War
First Intervention in the Somali Civil War
(1992–1995)
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Spain
 Saudi Arabia
 Malaysia
 Pakistan
 Italy
 India
 Greece
 Germany
 France
 Canada
 Botswana
 Belgium
 Australia
 New Zealand
Somalia Somali National Alliance Defeat
Operation Ocean Shield
(2009–2016)
 NATO
 Malaysia
 South Korea
 India
 Saudi Arabia
Somalia Somali pirates Victory
  • Number of pirate attacks have decreased dramatically since the start of such operations, however attacks still occur near the coast waters of Oman, Yemen, Kenya, and Somalia
  • Piracy drops 90%[5]
Sixth Sa'dah War
(2009–2010)
 Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
 Jordan
 Morocco
Houthis Stalemate[6]
  • Houthis consolidate control over Sa'dah
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war

(2014–present)

CJTF-OIR present
War on ISIS
(2014–)
 Iraq
 Iraqi Kurdistan
Free Syrian Army
Rojava
United States
 United Kingdom
 Jordan
 Turkey
 Saudi Arabia
 Bahrain
 Qatar
 United Arab Emirates
 Morocco
 Australia
 Belgium
 Canada
 France
 Germany
 Denmark
 Norway
 Russia
 Iran
Islamic State Islamic State
al-Nusra Front
Khorasan
Ongoing
  • Multinational intervention against Syrian Islamists
Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen
(2015–)
Yemen Hadi government
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Senegal
 Sudan
 Qatar
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Egypt
 France
Yemen Houthi government
Islamic State Ansar al-Sharia
Islamic State Islamic State
Ongoing

References

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  1. ^ Bidwell, Robin (1998). Dictionary Of Modern Arab History. Routledge. p. 437. ISBN 9780710305053.
  2. ^ References:
  3. ^ Loyola, Mario (7 October 2013). "How We Used to Do It — American diplomacy in the". National Review. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b SM Saseen, The Taif Accord and Lebanon's Struggle to Regain its Sovereignty, p. 63.
  5. ^ "Somali piracy is down 90 per cent from last year". The Journal. 15 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  6. ^ Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.

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