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List of wars involving Jordan

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This is a list of wars involving the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and its predecessor states.

Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946)

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Conflict Jordan
and allies 		Opponents Result Monarch Jordanian
losses
Kura Rebellion
(1921-1923) 		Jordan Emir Abdullah's forces
United Kingdom British RAF 		Sheikh Kulaib's militia Transjordanian government victory
Abdullah I
+15 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured
Adwan Rebellion
(1923) 		United Kingdom United Kingdom
Jordan Abdullah I's forces
  • Pro-Hashemite tribesmen
 Sultan Adwan's forces Transjordanian government victory
~100 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured
Ikhwan raids on Transjordan
(1922–1924) 		 Transjordan

Support:
United Kingdom United Kingdom

Ikhwan
  • 'Utaybah
  • Mutayr
 Partial Transjordanian-British victory
~200 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured

Anglo-Iraqi War
(1941)[nb 1] 		United Kingdom

Iraq (Abd Al-Ilah loyalists) Air and naval support:
 Australia[nb 2]
 New Zealand[nb 3]
Greece[nb 4]

 Iraq (Golden Square)
Military support:
 Germany
 Italy
 Vichy France[4]

 Allied victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
~250 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured
Syria–Lebanon Campaign
(1941) 		United Kingdom

Australia
Free France
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

Vichy France

Supported by:
Germany

Allied victory
  • Syria and Lebanon taken over by Free France
~250 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1946–present)

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Conflict Jordan
and allies 		Opponents Result Monarch Jordanian
losses
First Arab–Israeli War
(1948–1949)
Partial victory[11] (overall Arab defeat)
Abdullah I
~1,000 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured
Six-Day War
(1967) 		Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq[12]
Minor involvement:
Lebanon[13] 		Israel Israeli victory
Hussein
~700 dead

~2,500 wounded

-533 captured
War of Attrition
(1967–1970)
 Israel Inconclusive
~300 dead

~250 wounded

-4 captured
Black September
(1970–1971) 		Jordan PLO Syria (until November 1970)Supported by:
 Jordanian victory
537 dead

1,500 wounded

Unknown captured
Yom Kippur War
(1973)
Expeditionary forces
Saudi Arabia[19]
Algeria[20]
Jordan
Libya
Iraq
Kuwait[21]
Tunisia
Morocco[22]
Cuba
North Korea[23][24]

Israel

Defeat (limited involvement)

  • At the final ceasefire:
    • Egyptian forces held 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) on the eastern bank of the canal.[25]
    • Israeli forces held 1,600 km2 (620 sq mi) on the western bank of the canal.[26]
    • Israeli forces held 500 km2 (193 sq mi) of the Syrian Bashan region of the Golan Heights.
23 dead

77 wounded

None captured
Sa'dah War
(2009–2010) 		Yemen[27]
Hashed tribesmen[28]
Saudi Arabia
Alleged support:
Morocco[29]
Jordan[29] 		Houthis
Alleged support:
Iran

Hezbollah[30]

Stalemate[31]
  • Ceasefire after rebels accepted the government's truce conditions.
None
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces
Qatar
Other countries

Minor border clashes:
Tunisia

Supported by:
 Egypt[36][37]

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libyan opposition/NATO victory
Abdullah II
 None
Intervention against ISIS
(2014–) 		In multiple regions:
In Iraq
In Syria
In Egypt
In Libya
In Afghanistan
In West Africa
In Pakistan
Ongoing
  • IS militarily defeated in Iraq, Syria and Libya
  • Airstrikes on IS positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria and Afghanistan
  • Multinational humanitarian efforts
  • Arming and supporting local ground forces
  • Millions of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee their homes, sparking a refugee crisis
  • Terrorist attacks in Paris (Jan 2015 and Nov 2015), Brussels (Mar 2016) and many other places
  • Thousands of civilians executed by IS forces in Iraq and Syria
  • IS controlled around 40% of Iraq at its peak in mid-2014[43]
  • IS controlled around 50% of Syria by late May 2015[44][45]
  • Emergence of independently-governed Kurdish regions
  • IS military defeated and lost all of its territory in Libya in December 2017[46][47]
  • Boko Haram loses territory, but its insurgency continues[48]
  • IS controlled 5.67% of Syria's land by November 2017[49] and around 3% of Iraq by October 2017[50]
  • IS loses all territory in Iraq and most territory in Syria in December 2017[51]
  • IS loses all remaining territory in Syria in March 2019[52]
 1 dead
Intervention in Yemen
(2015–) 		Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[53]
The Alliance
Supported by:
In support of:
 Yemen   Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council
Allies

Al-Qaeda

 Ongoing None or 1 dead

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b After 22 September 1948
  2. ^ Lebanon had decided to not participate in the war and only took part in the battle of al-Malikiya on 5–6 June 1948.[6]
  3. ^ soldiers not yet deployed in 2016
  4. ^ logistic support and assistance with the naval blockade of Houthi-held territories in October 2016[67][68][69]
  5. ^ training, intelligence, logistical support, weapons, and blockade up to 2017[71][72][73][74]
  1. ^ On 30 May Rashid Ali and his supporters fled to Iran. At 4 am on 31 May, the Mayor of Baghdad signed an armistice on a bridge across the Washash Canal.[1] Mercol, Gocol, and Harcol operations against guerrillas continued into June.
  2. ^ HMAS Yarra, representing Australia, participated at sea.[2]
  3. ^ HMNZS Leander, representing New Zealand, participated at sea.[3]
  4. ^ Greek airmen undergoing training at Habbaniya flew sorties against the Iraqis.
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