List of wars involving Jordan

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

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Kura Rebellion
(1921, 1923)  |  Transjordan
United Kingdom | Sheikh Kulaib's militia  | Victory

* Rebellions defeated.

Abdullah I

+15 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured

Adwan Rebellion
(1923)  |  Transjordan
United Kingdom | Sultan Adwan's forces  | Victory

* Sultan Adwan's defeat and exile.

~100 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured

Ikhwan raids on Transjordan
(1922, 1924)  |  Transjordan
United Kingdom |  Ikhwan | Victory

* Raids repelled.

~200 military dead

Unknown wounded Unknown captured

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.

~250 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured

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.

~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

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First Arab–Israeli War
(1948-1949)  |  Egypt
Iraq
Transjordan
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Yemen
Holy War Army
ALA |  Israel | Partial victory[1] (overall Arab defeat)

* Tactical and strategic Arab failure
* 1949 Armistice Agreements
* Jordanian annexation of the West Bank

Abdullah I

~1,000 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured

Six-Day War
(1967)  |  Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq
Lebanon |  Israel | Defeat

* Israel captured the Gaza Strip, Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights

Hussein

~700 dead

~2500 wounded

-533 captured

War of Attrition
(1967-1970)  |  Jordan
PLO |  Israel | Both sides claim victory

* Karameh camp destroyed, Israeli raid repelled

~300 dead

~250 wounded

-4 captured

Black September
(1970-1971)  |  Jordan |  PLO
Syria | Victory

* PLO driven out to Lebanon, Syrian raid repelled

537 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured

Yom Kippur War
(1973)  |  Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq
Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

Morocco

Cuba

Israel

Defeat (limited involvement)

* Arab invasion of Israel repelled, political gains for Egypt and Israel

23 dead

77 wounded

None captured

Sa'dah War
(2009–2010)  |  Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Morocco |  Houthis | Stalemate[2]

* Houthis consolidate control over Sa'dah

None

Libyan Civil War
(2011)  |  NTC
NATO

* France
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Belgium
* Canada
* Denmark
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Spain
* Turkey

Jordan
Qatar
Sweden
United Arab Emirates

|  Libya | Victory

* Overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya
* Death of Muammar Gaddafi
* Dissolution of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Abdullah II

| 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
Netherlands
Bahrain
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates |  Islamic State

* * *

al-Qaeda

* al-Nusra Front
* Khorasan

| 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

* Houthis
* Saleh loyalists

| Ongoing

* Houthis dissolve Yemeni government
* Houthis take control of northern Yemen

| None or 1 killed

## References

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1. ^ Anita Shapira, L'imaginaire d'Israël : histoire d'une culture politique (2005)[broken anchor], Latroun : la mémoire de la bataille, Chap. III. 1 l'événement p. 91–96
2. ^ Zimmerman, Katherine L. Yemen's Pivotal Moment. Critical Threats Project of the American Enterprise Institute, 2014.

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