This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
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Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt | Upper Egypt | Lower Egypt | Upper Egypt victory | Narmer | ? |
Egypto-Nubian conflict (c. 3100 - 3000 BC) | First Dynasty of Egypt | A-Group culture (Nubia) | Victory
| Djer or Djet[2] | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
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Egyptian Campaign in Lower Nubia (c. 1953 BC)[6] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various peoples in Lower Nubia. | Victory
| Senusret I | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Nubia (c. 1870–1859 BC)[7] | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Various Nubian peoples | Victory
| Senusret III | ? |
Egyptian Campaign in Canaan (Between c. 1880 and c. 1840 BC) | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | Shechem Retjenu | Victory
| Senusret III | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses |
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Egyptian Campaign in the Levant (1458 - 1457 BC) | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Canaanites Kadesh Megiddo Kingdom of Mitanni Hurrians | Victory
| Thutmose III | 4,000 at the Battle of Megiddo |
Cyprus | Victory
| ? | |||
Egyptian-Hittite conflict | Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt | Hittites | inconclusive[11]
| Seti I, Ramses II | ? |
Sea Peoples' invasion of Egypt | Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt | Sea Peoples | Victory | Ramses III | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses | |
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Egyptian campaign against the Kingdom of Judah | Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Kingdom of Judah | Victory | Necho II | Undetermined, but low | |
Egyptian Babylonian war | Neo-Babylonian EmpirePersiansScythiansMedes | Victory
| ? | |||
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Cyprus | Victory
| Amasis II | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses | |
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First Syrian War (274 - 271 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire | Victory | Ptolemy II Philadelphus | ? | |
Chremonidean War (267 - 261 BC) | Athens Sparta Ptolemaic Kingdom | Macedonia | Defeat
| Ptolemy II Philadelphus | ? | |
Second Syrian War (274 - 271 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire Macedonia | Stalemate
| Ptolemy II Philadelphus | ? | |
Third Syrian War (246 - 241 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire | Stalemate
| Ptolemy III Euergetes | ? | |
Fourth Syrian War (219 - 217 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire | Victory
| Ptolemy IV Philopator | 2,200 at the Battle of Raphia | |
Fifth Syrian War (202 - 195 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | Seleucid Empire Macedonia | Defeat
| Ptolemy V Epiphanes | ? | |
Sixth Syrian War (170 - 168 BC) | Ptolemaic Kingdom Roman Republic (168 BC) | Seleucid Empire | Victory
| Ptolemy VIII Physcon | ? | |
War of Actium (32 - 30 BC) | Rome supporting Mark Antony Ptolemaic Kingdom | Rome supporting Octavian | Defeat
| Cleopatra VII | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Monarch | Egyptian losses | |
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Ikhshidid-Makurian conflict | Ikhshidid Emirate | 22px|border Makuria | Ikhshidid Victory
| Kafur al-Ikhshidi | ? | |
Ikhshidid dynasty | Fatimid Caliphate | Defeat
| Emir Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali Ja'far ibn al-Furat Nihrir al-Shuwayzan | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Sultan | Egyptian losses | |
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Third Crusade(1189 - 1192) | Ayyubid Sultanate Sultanate of Rum | Angevin Empire Kingdom of France | Stalemate
| Saladin | ? | |
Crusade of 1197(1197 - 1198) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire | Defeat
| Al-Aziz Uthman | ? | |
Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Sicily | Victory
| Al-Kamil | ? | |
Sixth Crusade(1228–1229) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Holy Roman Empire Teutonic Order | StalemateDiplomatic Crusader victory
| Al-Kamil | ? | |
Baron's Crusade (1239–1241) | Ayyubid Sultanate | Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Templar | Defeat
| As-Salih Ayyub | ? |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Egyptian losses |
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World War I (1914 - 1918) |
| German Empire
| Victory
| Hussein Kamel | 14,763+ |
Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition (1916) | Sultanate of Darfur | Victory
| 5 | ||
Egyptian Revolution (1919) | British Empire | Diplomatic Revolutionary Victory
| Fuad I | 800 | |
Conflict | Egypt and allies | Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense | Egyptian losses | |
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Military | Civilians | ||||||
North Yemen Civil War (1962 - 1967) | United Arab Republic | | Stalemate
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | Abdel Wahab el-Beshry | 26,000 dead[28] | None |
Sand War (1963) | United Arab Republic | Stalemate
| Unknown | None | |||
Six-Day War (1967) | United Arab Republic Jordan Iraq | Defeat
| Shams Badran | 9,800–15,000 killed or missing[29] [30] | Unknown | ||
War of Attrition (1967 - 1970) | United Arab Republic Soviet Union PLO Jordan | Both sides claimed victory
| Mohamed Fawzi | 2,882[31] –10,000[32] | |||
Nigerian Civil War (1967 - 1970) | United Arab Republic | Victory (Limited Involvement) | Unknown | None | |||
Conflict | Egypt and allies | Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense | Egyptian losses | ||
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Military | Civilians | |||||||
Yom Kippur War (1973) | Federation of Arab Republics | -- Egypt, Syria, and Libya all had the same flag in 1972, see Flag of Syria (historical section) and and the current flag was introduced in 1980 --> | Defeat[35] (Strategic Political Gains)[36]
| Anwar Sadat | Ahmad Ismail Ali | 5,000[38] –15,000[39] dead | Unknown | |
Shaba I (1977) | Egypt | FNLC | Victory
| Mohamed el-Gamasy | None | None | ||
Egyptian–Libyan War (1977) | Egypt | Libya | Ceasefire
| ~100 | Unknown | |||
Egyptian conscripts riot (1986) | Egyptian Army | Central Security Forces | Egyptian Army Victory
| Hosni Mubarak | Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala | 107[40] | None | |
Gulf War (1990 - 1991) | United States | Iraq | Victory
| Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb | 11[41] [42] | None | ||
War on terror (2001 - present) | ------------(note: most contributing nations are included in the international operations) | Afghan Taliban (until 2021) Pakistani Taliban---- | Ongoing
| Mohamed Tantawi | ? | ? | ||
2011 Egyptian revolution (2011) | Pro-Government: | Opposition Groups: | Pro-Government Victory
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Sinai Insurgency (2011 - 2023) | United Arab Emirates | Islamic State | Ongoing
| Mohamed Tantawi | 3,277 killed (2013-2022) 12,280 Injured (2013–2022)[56] | 1,539+ Egyptian,[57] [58] 219 Russians, 4 Ukrainians, 1 Belarusian,[59] 3 South Koreans,[60] 3 Vietnamese, 2 Germans,[61] 1 Croatian[62] | ||
2013 Egyptian coup d'état (2013) | Egyptian Government Muslim Brotherhood ---- Pro-Morsi protesters----Supported by: | Supreme Council of the Armed Forces | Supreme Council of the Armed Forces VictoryPresident Mohamed Morsi deposed by the Egyptian army
| Mohamed Morsi | Abdel Fattah al-Sisi | 1,150+[64] [65] | ||
Second Libyan Civil War (2015 - 2020) | GNC Shura Council Islamic State | Victory (limited involvement) | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Sedki Sobhi | None | 21 | ||
Intervention In Yemen (2015 -) | Hadi government Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Jordan Morocco Egypt France | Revolutionary Council | Ongoing
| None | None |