List of wars involving Jordan

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

Emirate of Transjordan (19211946)

Conflict Jordan
and allies
Opponents Result Monarch Jordanian
losses
Kura Rebellion
(1921, 1923)
Transjordan
 United Kingdom
Sheikh Kulaib's militia Victory
  • Rebellions defeated.
Abdullah I
+15
Adwan Rebellion
(1923)
Transjordan
 United Kingdom
Sultan Adwan's forces Victory
  • Sultan Adwan's defeat and exile.
~100
Ikhwan raids on Transjordan
(1922, 1924)
Transjordan
 United Kingdom
Ikhwan Victory
  • Raids repelled.
~200
Anglo-Iraqi War
(1941)
 United Kingdom
'Abd al-Ilah loyalists
Transjordan
 Australia
 New Zealand
Iraq
 Germany
 Italy
Victory
  • Re-installation of Hashemite dynasty in Iraq.
Unknown
Syria–Lebanon Campaign
(1941)
 United Kingdom
Transjordan
 Australia
 Free France
Czechoslovakia
 Vichy France Victory
  • Syria and Lebanon goes under the control of the Free French forces.
Unknown

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1946present)

Conflict Jordan
and allies
Opponents Result Monarch Jordanian
losses
First Arab–Israeli War
(19481949)
Egypt
 Iraq
Transjordan
Syria
 Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
 Yemen
Holy War Army
ALA
 Israel Partial victory[1] (overall Arab defeat)
Abdullah I
~1,000 dead
Six-Day War
(1967)
 Egypt
 Syria
 Jordan
Iraq
 Lebanon
 Israel Defeat
Hussein
~700
War of Attrition
(19671970)
 Jordan
PLO
 Israel Both sides claim victory
  • Karameh camp destroyed, Israeli raid repelled
40-84 dead
Black September
(19701971)
 Jordan PLO
 Syria
Victory
  • PLO driven out to Lebanon, Syrian raid repelled
537 dead
October War
(1973)
 Egypt
 Syria
Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
Morocco
 Saudi Arabia
 Cuba
 North Korea
 Israel Defeat[2] (limited involvement)
23 dead
Tajikistani Civil War
(19921997)
 Tajikistan
 Russia
 Uzbekistan
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan[3]
 Turkmenistan
 China
 India
UNMOT
United Tajik Opposition

Islamic State of Afghanistan
Taliban factions2[5]
Supported by:
al-Qaeda[6]

Victory
  • Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed
  • Rahmon wins the 1999 Tajik presidential election
  • The UTO is promised 30% of the ministerial positions.[7]
Unknown
Sa'dah War
(2009–2010)
 Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
 Jordan
 Morocco
Houthis Stalemate[8]
  • Houthis consolidate control over Sa'dah
Abdullah II
None
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
NTC
 NATO

 Jordan
 Qatar
 Sweden
 United Arab Emirates

Libya Victory
None
Intervention against ISIS
(2014)
 Iraq
 Iraqi Kurdistan
Free Syrian Army
Syrian Kurdistan
United States
 United Kingdom
 Jordan
 Turkey
 Morocco
 Australia
 Belgium
 Canada
 Denmark
 France
 Bahrain
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
Islamic State
al-Qaeda
Ongoing
  • Unilateral US-Arab intervention against Syrian Islamists
1 dead
Intervention in Yemen
(2015)
Hadi government
Southern Movement
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Sudan
 Egypt
 Senegal
Houthi government Ongoing
  • Houthis dissolve Yemeni government
  • Houthis take control of northern Yemen
None

References

  1. Anita Shapira, L'imaginaire d'Israël : histoire d'une culture politique (2005), Latroun : la mémoire de la bataille, Chap. III. 1 l'événement p. 91–96
  2. References:
    • Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
    • Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Double Day and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450
    • Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983
    • Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498
    • Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2 ISBN 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War
    • Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177
    • Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.
  3. Political Construction Sites: Nation-building in Russia and the Post-Soviet States, page 77
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-06-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Jonson, Lena (25 August 2006). Tajikistan in the New Central Asia. ISBN 9781845112936. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  6. Inside Al Qaeda: global network of terror, by Rohan Gunaratna, pg. 169
  7. Central Asia's Security: Issues and Implications for U.S. Interests Archived 2006-09-08 at the Wayback Machine CRS Report for Congress
  8. Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.
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