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)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Monarch
Ottoman-Saudi War
(1811–1818)
Diriyah Ottoman Empire
  • Egypt Eyalet
Defeat
Saud bin Abdul-Aziz

Emirate of Riyadh (1902–1913)

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)

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

Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1926)

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)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Monarch
Saudi–Yemeni War

(1934)
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Victory
  • Treaty of Taif signed on 14 June 1934, guaranteeing 20 years of peace between
    Yemen
  • Yemen gains control of Al-Hudaydah
  • Asir, and Najran became the provinces of Saudi Arabia
First Arab–Israeli War
(1948–1949)
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
  • Saudi Arabia stopped supplying the
    Royalists
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
 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–)
 
Khorasan
Ongoing
  • Multinational intervention against Syrian Islamists
Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen

(2015–)
Houthi government

Islamic State Ansar al-Sharia
Islamic State
Ongoing
  • Houthis dissolve Yemeni government
  • Houthis take control of northern Yemen
  • Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir

References

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  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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