List of wars involving Jordan explained

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

Emirate of Transjordan (1921 - 1946)

Kura Rebellion
(1921, 1923)
Transjordan
United Kingdom
Sheikh Kulaib's militiaVictory
  • Rebellions defeated.
Adwan Rebellion
(1923)
Transjordan
United Kingdom
Sultan Adwan's forcesVictory
  • Sultan Adwan's defeat and exile.
Ikhwan raids on Transjordan
(1922, 1924)
Transjordan
United Kingdom
IkhwanVictory
  • Raids repelled.
Anglo-Iraqi War
(1941)
United Kingdom
'Abd al-Ilah loyalists
Transjordan
Australia
New Zealand
Iraq

Victory
  • Re-installation of Hashemite dynasty in Iraq.
Syria–Lebanon Campaign
(1941)
United Kingdom
Transjordan
Australia

Czechoslovakia
Victory
  • Syria and Lebanon goes under the control of the Free French forces.

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1946 - present)

First Arab–Israeli War
(1948 - 1949)
Egypt

Transjordan
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia

Holy War Army
ALA
IsraelPartial victory[1] (overall Arab defeat)
Six-Day War
(1967)
Egypt

Jordan
Iraq
Lebanon
IsraelDefeat
War of Attrition
(1967 - 1970)
Jordan
PLO
IsraelBoth sides claim victory
  • Karameh camp destroyed, Israeli raid repelled
Black September
(1970 - 1971)
Jordan PLO
Victory
  • PLO driven out to Lebanon, Syrian raid repelled
Yom Kippur War
(1973)
Egypt

Jordan
Iraq
Lebanon Saudi Arabia

Morocco

Cuba

IsraelDefeat (limited involvement)
  • Arab invasion of Israel repelled, political gains for Egypt and Israel
Sa'dah War
(2009–2010)
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Morocco
HouthisStalemate[2]
  • Houthis consolidate control over Sa'dah
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
NTC




LibyaVictory None
Intervention against ISIS
(2014 -)


Free Syrian Army
Syrian Kurdistan
United States













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 or 1 killed

Notes and References

  1. [#shapira|Anita Shapira, ''L'imaginaire d'Israël : histoire d'une culture politique'' (2005)]
  2. Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.