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 Egypt Eyalet	Defeat End of the First Saudi State	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	Ibn Saud
Conquest of al-Hasa (1913)	Riyadh Ikhwan	Ottoman Empire	Victory Incorporation of al-Hasa into Saudi Arabia	Ibn Saud

Emirate of Nejd and Hasa (1913–1921)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Monarch
Second Saud-Rashidi War (1915–1918)	Najd and Hasa	Jabal Shammar	Inconclusive Saudi offensive halted	Ibn Saud
Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920)	Najd and Hasa Ikhwan	Sheikhdom of Kuwait	Defeat Ikhwan retreat from Kuwait	Ibn Saud

Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1926)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Monarch
Conquest of Ha'il (1921)	Najd	Jabal Shammar	Victory Incorporation of Jabal Shammar.	Ibn Saud
Saudi Conquest of Hejaz (1924–1925)	Najd Ikhwan	Hejaz	Victory Incorporation of Hejaz.	Ibn Saud

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 Saudi Arabia and Yemen Saudi Arabia leaves and Yemen gains control of Al-Hudaydah Jizan, Asir, and Najran became the provinces of Saudi Arabia	Ibn Saud
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)	Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen HWA ALA	Israel	Defeat Arab League invasion of former Mandatory Palestine repelled 1949 Armistice Agreements	Ibn Saud
North Yemen Civil War (1962–1965)	Kingdom of Yemen Saudi Arabia	Yemen Arab Republic United Arab Republic	Defeat Saudi Arabia stopped supplying the Royalists	Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Al-Wadiah War (1969)	Saudi Arabia Pakistan^[1]^[2]	South Yemen	Victory al-Wadiah reoccupied by Saudi forces^[3]	Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Yom Kippur War (1973)	Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba	Israel	Defeat^[4] Arab invasion repelled; UN ceasefire Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty^[5] Israel–Syria Disengagement Agreement	Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1979)	ADF Syria Saudi Arabia Sudan United Arab Emirates Libya South Yemen	LF FLA	Victory^[6] ADF mission goals achieved^[6] ADF becomes an all-Syrian force in 1979	Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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 withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti Infrastructure	Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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	Somali National Alliance	Defeat Failure to capture SNA leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid; specific Aidid lieutenants captured Civil war is ongoing
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016)	NATO Malaysia South Korea India Saudi Arabia	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%^[7]	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Sixth Sa'dah War (2009–2010)	Yemen Saudi Arabia Jordan Morocco	Houthis	Stalemate^[8] Houthis consolidate control over Sa'dah
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war (2014–2018)	CJTF-OIR United States United Kingdom France Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Italy Denmark Jordan		Forces withdrawn
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 al-Nusra Front Khorasan	Ongoing Multinational intervention against Syrian Islamists
Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen (2015–)	Hadi government Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Jordan Morocco Egypt France	Houthi government Houthis Saleh loyalists Ansar al-Sharia Islamic State	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government Houthis take control of northern Yemen Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

References

^ Group Captain (R) Husseini & Pakistan Air Force. "Wars in the Mach-2 Era (1961-1970)". PAF over the Years. Directorate of Media Affairs, Pakistan Air Force. p. 66.
^ "What Accounts for Pakistan's Troop Deployment to Saudi Arabia?". YemenWatch. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Pakistani combat pilots also flew RSAF English Electric Lightning supersonic fighter aircraft during the al-Wadiah War between Saudi Arabia and the People's Republic of South Yemen in 1969.
^ Bidwell, Robin (1998). Dictionary Of Modern Arab History. Routledge. p. 437. ISBN 9780710305053.
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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. ISBN 978-0313340123. OCLC 166388162.
"Wars involving Saudi Arabia". BBC.

External links

[1] Group Captain (R) Husseini & Pakistan Air Force. "Wars in the Mach-2 Era (1961-1970)". PAF over the Years. Directorate of Media Affairs, Pakistan Air Force. p. 66.

[2] "What Accounts for Pakistan's Troop Deployment to Saudi Arabia?". YemenWatch. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Pakistani combat pilots also flew RSAF English Electric Lightning supersonic fighter aircraft during the al-Wadiah War between Saudi Arabia and the People's Republic of South Yemen in 1969.

[Dictionary-3] Bidwell, Robin (1998). Dictionary Of Modern Arab History. Routledge. p. 437. ISBN 9780710305053.

[4] 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.

[5] Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward

[6] Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday (publisher), 1974, p. 450

[7] Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983

[8] Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. p. 498

[9] Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pp. 1–2 ISBN 0313313024

[10] Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. p. 177

[11] 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.

[5] 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.

[Saseen-6] SM Saseen, The Taif Accord and Lebanon's Struggle to Regain its Sovereignty, p. 63.

[Tspidnpfly-7] "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.

[8] Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.

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