This is a list of wars involving the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and its predecessor state.
Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946) Kura Rebellion(1921-1923) Transjordan Sheikh Kulaib's militia Government victory Adwan Rebellion(1923) Transjordan United Kingdom Pro-Hashemite tribesmen Sultan Adwan's forces Government victory Sultan Adwan's defeat and exile Ikhwan raids on Transjordan(1922–1924) Bani Sakher Adwan Ajarma Abbad Bani Hasan Bani Hamaida Bani Hadid Support: United Kingdom
'Utaybah Mutayr Victory Uqair Protocol of 1922 Anglo-Iraqi War(1941)
Assyrian levies
Transjordan
Air and naval support: Greece (Golden Square) Military support: Victory Rebellion suppressed Syria–Lebanon Campaign(1941)
Assyrian levies
Palmach Transjordan Czechoslovakia Syria
Supported by: Victory Syria and Lebanon taken over by Free France
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1946–present) First Arab–Israeli War(1948–1949)
All-Palestine Protectorate Holy War Army
Syria
Gelber, pp. 55, 200, 239 Irregulars: Arab Liberation Army Al-Najjada Holy War Army Before 26 May 1948: Yishuv Paramilitary groups: Haganah Palmach Hish Him Irgun Lehi Allied Bedouin tribesPalestine Post, "Israel's Bedouin Warriors", Gene Dison, August 12, 1948After 26 May 1948: Israel Defense Forces Minorities Unit Foreign volunteers: Mahal Partial victoryAnita 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 (overall Arab defeat) Tactical and strategic Arab failure 1949 Armistice Agreements Establishment of the State of Israel, Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight Beginning of the Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency Alleged Jordanian military coup attempt(1957) Jordanian Government Jordanian Free Officers Alleged coup attempt failed Disembodiment of Palestinian-dominated army units Imposition of martial law Jordanian crises(1958) Jordanian Government Supported by: Jordanian Free Officers Supported by: Government victory Weakening of anti-Hashemite and Nasserist actors in Jordan Strengthening of Hussein's rule End of martial law Attack on Samu(1966) Build up to the Six-Day War Six-Day War(1967) Iraq Defeat Israel occupies a total of of territory: The Golan Heights from Syria The West Bank including East Jerusalem from Jordan The Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt War of Attrition(1967–1970) Inconclusive Black September(1970–1971) PLO Syria Supported by: Victory Syrian invasion repelled Palestinian militants expelled to Lebanon Formation of the Black September Organization Yom Kippur War(1973) Inconclusive (limited involvement) Analyses differ on the militarily outcome of the war; as an Israeli victory by some military historians, and by others, as a military stalemate. At the final ceasefire: Egyptian forces held on the eastern bank of the canal. Israeli forces held on the western bank of the canal. Israeli forces held of the Syrian Bashan region of the Golan Heights. Sa'dah War(2009–2010) Hashed tribesmenAlleged support: HouthisAlleged support: Iran Quds Force StalemateZimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014. Ceasefire after rebels accepted the government's truce conditions. Jordanian uprisings(2011-2012) Government of Jordan Public Security Directorate General Directorate of Gendarmerie General Intelligence Department Jordanian opposition parties Muslim BrotherhoodMuslim Brotherhood vows to 'flood' Jordan's streets to press reform demands – Trend.Az . (5 September 2012). Leftist parties Trade unions Government victory; reforms implemented In February 2011, King Abdullah II dismisses Prime Minister Rifai and his cabinet In October 2011, Abdullah dismisses Prime Minister Bakhit and his cabinet after complaints of slow progress on promised reforms In April 2012, as the protests continues, Al-Khasawneh resigned, and the King appoints Fayez al-Tarawneh as the new Prime Minister of Jordan In October 2012, King Abdullah dissolves the parliament for new early elections, and appoints Abdullah Ensour as the new Prime Minister of Jordan Libyan Civil War(2011)
Minor border clashes: Tunisian Army Tunisian Police Supported by: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/egypt-arming-libya-rebels-report-idUSTRE72H29O/ Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Victory Complete overthrow and collapse of the Gaddafi regime. Killing of Muammar Gaddafi and end of his rule over Libya on 20 October 2011 Start and continuation of the Libyan Crisis Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council (NTC); remained in power until August 8, 2012 UN authorisation of NATO led military intervention Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU Factional violence in the aftermath of the war leading to another civil war between 2014 and 2020.NoneJordanian-Syrian border conflict (2012-2018) Free Syrian Army Supported by:
Ahrar al-Sham Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Syria Hezbollah Supported by:
Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Victory Jordan restores control over the Jordanian-Syrian border Syrian government loses a majority of the borders All infiltration attempts into Jordan foiled. Jordanian intervention in the Syrian civil war(2014-2018)
Jordanian Armed Forces Royal Jordanian Air Force Public Security Directorate General Intelligence Department Islamic State Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Victory 2018 Jordanian airstrikes in Syria Start of Operation Martyr Muath Death of former ISIS leaders1 dead Intervention in Yemen(2015-present) Saudi Arabia Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council Houthi militants Yemen Army(pro-Saleh and Houthis) Yemeni Republican Guard (2015–17)
Al-Qaeda AQAP OngoingNone Druze insurgency in Southern Syria
Operation Jordanian Deterrence Syrian Drug smugglers Druze insurgents Iran War(2026)Part of the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) 2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
Axis of Resistance
Islamic Resistance in Iraq
Other armed conflicts involving Jordan
1952 barrel incident
1955 Madaba riot - Anti-Christian massacre in Madaba perpetrated by Islamist and nationalist Jordanian rioters.
Operation Samaria (1956)
War over Water (Jordan River) (1964 - 1967)
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