List of wars involving Saudi Arabia
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
|
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
|
|
Conquest of al-Hasa (1913) |
Riyadh | Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
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
|
Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1926)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Monarch |
---|---|---|---|---|
Saudi Conquest of Hejaz (1924–1925) |
Najd | Hejaz | Victory
|
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1932–present)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Monarch |
---|---|---|---|---|
Saudi–Yemeni War (1934) |
Saudi Arabia | Yemen
|
Victory
|
|
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) |
Israel | Defeat
| ||
North Yemen Civil War (1962–1965) |
Yemen Arab Republic | Defeat
|
||
Al-Wadiah War (1969) |
Saudi Arabia | South Yemen | Victory
|
|
Yom Kippur War (1973) |
Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba |
Israel | Defeat[2]
| |
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1979) |
ADF | LF FLA |
Victory[4]
|
|
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
| |
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 |
Somali National Alliance | Defeat
| |
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) |
NATO Malaysia South Korea India Saudi Arabia |
Somali pirates | Victory | |
Sixth Sa'dah War (2009–2010) |
Yemen Saudi Arabia Jordan Morocco |
Houthis
|
Stalemate[6]
| |
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
(2014–present) |
CJTF-OIR | present | ||
War on ISIS (2014–) |
Khorasan
|
Ongoing
| ||
Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen (2015–) |
Houthi government
Ansar al-Sharia Islamic State
|
Ongoing
|
References
- ISBN 9780710305053.
- ^ References:
- Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
- Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday (publisher), 1974, p. 450
- Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983
- Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. p. 498
- Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pp. 1–2 ISBN 0313313024
- Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. p. 177
- Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society[permanent dead link] Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. p. 411.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b SM Saseen, The Taif Accord and Lebanon's Struggle to Regain its Sovereignty, p. 63.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.
Further information
- Bowen, Wayne H. (2008). The History of Saudi Arabia. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press. p. 153. OCLC 166388162.
- "Wars involving Saudi Arabia". BBC.
External links
- CBC Digital Archives – The 1991 Gulf War
- Master Index of Desert Storm Oral History Interviews Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine by the United States Army Center of Military History
- Bibliography of the Desert Shield and Desert Storm compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
- Persian Gulf War
- 20th Anniversary of Desert Storm in Photos