List of wars involving Algeria

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This is a list of wars involving the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and its predecessor states.

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Regency of Algiers (1515-1830)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result for Algeria and its Allies
Algiers Expedition (1516)


Location:Algiers
BarbarosSancagi.svg Barbarossa
F1 yellow flag.svg Kingdom of Kuku
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Algerian victory
  • Spanish attack repulsed
Algiers Expedition (1519)


Location:Algiers
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Algerian victory
  • Spanish attack repulsed
Fall of Tlemcen
(1519)

Location:Tlemcen, Algeria
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Spanish victory
Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)


Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars, and the establishment of the Regency of Algiers

Location:Algiers
Penon de Velez before destruction.jpg
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Beylerbeylikal victory
Campaign of Cherchell (1531)


Location:Cherchell
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Charles V Arms-personal.svg Empire of Charles V:

Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France

Algerian victory
Ottoman–Venetian War
(1537–1540)

Part of the Ottoman–Venetian wars

Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars

Location: Mediterranean Sea
Battle of Preveza (1538).jpg

Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers
Fantasy arms Austrian-Czech Empire.svg Holy League :
Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire

Flag of Genoa.svg Republic of Genoa
Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808).svg Papal States
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Knights of Malta

Ottoman victory
  • A treaty or "Capitulation" was signed between Venice and the Ottoman Empire to end the war on 2 October 1540.
  • In the period between the start of the Second Ottoman–Venetian War in 1499 and the end of this war in 1540, the Ottoman Empire made significant advances in the Dalmatian hinterland – it didn't occupy the Venetian cities, but it took the Kingdom of Hungary's Croatian possessions between Skradin and Karin, eliminating them as a buffer zone between the Ottoman and Venetian territory. [1] The economy of the Venetian cities in Dalmatia, severely impacted by the Turkish occupation of the hinterland in the previous war, recovered and held steady even throughout this war. [2]
Algiers expedition
(1541)

Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars

Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars

Location: Algiers
Siege of Algiers in 1541. Engraving of 1555. Siege of Algiers 1541.jpg
Siege of Algiers in 1541. Engraving of 1555.
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Fantasy arms Austrian-Czech Empire.svg Holy Roman Empire


Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire


Coat of arms of Republic of Genoa.svg Republic of Genoa
Flag of Republic of Venice (1659-1675).svg Republic of Venice
Flag of Savoie.svg Duchy of Savoy
Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808).svg Papal States

Algerine victory
Charles V was the leader of the Holy League for the conquest of Algiers Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, seated (1500-1558), formerly attributed to Titian (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).jpg
Charles V was the leader of the Holy League for the conquest of Algiers

Italian War of 1542–1546


Part of the Anglo-French Wars & Italian Wars

Part of the Algero-Spanish War

Location: Western Europe
The siege of Nice by a Franco-Ottoman fleet in 1543 (drawing by Toselli, after an engraving by Aeneas Vico) Siege de la flotte turc.jpg
The siege of Nice by a Franco-Ottoman fleet in 1543 (drawing by Toselli, after an engraving by Aeneas Vico)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France
Ottoman flag.svg Ottoman Empire

Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers

Fantasy arms Austrian-Czech Empire.svg Holy Roman Empire


Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire
Royal Standard of England (1406-1603).svg Kingdom of England

Inconclusive
Expedition to Mostaganem (1543)


Location:Mostaganem
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Algerian victory
  • Spanish attack repulsed
Expedition to Mostaganem (1547)


Location:Mostaganem
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Algerian victory
  • Spanish attack repulsed
Campaign of Tlemcen (1551)

Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars

Location: Tlemcen
The troops of the regency of Algiers allied to the kingdom of Beni Abbes marching towards Oranie (19th century engraving) Algiers Army.jpg
The troops of the regency of Algiers allied to the kingdom of Beni Abbes marching towards Oranie (19th century engraving)
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers
Kingdom of Ait Abbas
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire
Saadi sultanate
Algerian victory
  • The Moulouya river is set as the border
Campaign of Tlemcen (1552)

Location: Tlemcen
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Saadi sultanate Algerian victory
The Moulouya river imposed as the border [3]
Capture of Fez (1554)

Location: Fez, Morocco
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers
F1 yellow flag.svg Kingdom of Kuku
Saadi sultanate Algerian victory
Campaign of Tlemcen (1557)

Location: Tlemcen
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Saadi sultanate Algerian victory
Expedition to Mostaganem (1558)


Location:Mostaganem
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Algerian victory
Campaign of Tlemcen (1560)

Location: Tlemcen
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Saadi sultanate Algerian victory [4] [5]
Rebellion of the Alpujarras
(1568–1571)

Part of the Algero-Spanish War

Location: Spain
Principal centres of the Morisco Revolt Rebelion de Las Alpujarras.png
Principal centres of the Morisco Revolt
Muslims of Granada
Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Spanish victory
  • Mass expulsion of most Muslims in Granada
  • Resettlement of Granada with Catholic settlers
Franco-Algerian war (1609–1628) Flag of Algiers.jpg Beylerbeylik of Algiers Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France

Algerian victory

Tunisian–Algerian War (1628)
Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars
Location: Algeria, Tunisia
Flag of Algiers.jpg Pashalik of Algiers Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Beylik of Tunis Algerian victory
  • The border continues to be fixed further by the wadi Mellègue.
Cretan War (1645–1669)
Part of:Ottoman–Venetian wars
Location: Candia, Crete, Dalmatia and Aegean Sea
Ottoman red flag.svg Ottoman Empire Ottoman victory
Djidjelli expedition
(1664)

Location: Jijel
Combat between French and Algerian ships Theodore Gudin-Combat d'un vaisseau francais et de deux galeres barbaresques mg 5061.jpg
Combat between French and Algerian ships
Flag of Algiers.jpg Pashalik of Algiers
Kingdom of Ait Abbas
F1 yellow flag.svg Kingdom of Kuku
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Knights Hospitaller
Algerian victory
  • France abandons Djidjelli

Deylikal period (1671-1830)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result for Algeria and its Allies
French-Algerian War
(1681–1688)

Location: Algeria, Mediterranean Sea
Bombardment of Algiers by the fleet of Admiral Duquesne in 1682 Bombardement d'Alger 1682.jpg
Bombardment of Algiers by the fleet of Admiral Duquesne in 1682
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Knights Hospitaller
Algerian victory
Morean War
(1684–1699)

Part of the Ottoman–Venetian wars

Location: Peloponnese , southern Epirus , Central Greece , Aegean Sea , Montenegro
View of the fortress and harbour of Modon in 1688 Modon.jpg
View of the fortress and harbour of Modon in 1688
Ottoman red flag.svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers
Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Knights of Malta
Flag of Savoie.svg Duchy of Savoy
CoA Pontifical States 02.svg Papal States
Cross of saint stephen.svg Knights of St. Stephen
  Greek rebels
Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro.svg Montenegrin
Venetian victory
  • Morea ceded to Venice
  • Venetian gains in inland Dalmatia
Moulouya War
(1692)

Part of the Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco

Location: Moulouya River, Morocco
Battle of Moulouya in 1692 involded Algeria and Morocco. Battle of Moulouya - Bataille de la Moulouya (1691 Maroc and Algeria).jpg
Battle of Moulouya in 1692 involded Algeria and Morocco.
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Sultanate of Morocco Algerian victory [7]
  • Oujda experiences more than 100 years of rule under the Regency of Algiers [8] [9]
Siege of Oran (1693)


Part of the Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco

Location: Oran, Algeria
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire

Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers

Sultanate of Morocco Spanish-Algerian victory
Tunisian-Algerian War of 1694


Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars

Location: Tunisia
The fronts and battles during the Tunisian-Algerian war (1694) Tunis campaign (1694).png
The fronts and battles during the Tunisian-Algerian war (1694)
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers
Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Tripolitania
Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Tunisia Algerian-Tripolitanian victory
  • All of Tunisia occupied (until 1695). [10]
  • Moroccan-Tunisian alliance. [11]
Maghrebi war
(1699–1702)

Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars

Part of the Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco

Location: Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Tunisia
Sultanate of Morocco
Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Tripolitania
Algerian Victory
  • Moroccan and Tunisian forces routed
Tunisian–Algerian War of 1705

Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars
Location: Tunisia
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Beylik of Tunis Inconclusive
Oran Expedition (1707)


Part of the Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco

Location: Oran, Algeria
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Sultanate of Morocco Algerian victory
Siege of Oran (1707–1708)


Part of the Algero-Spanish War

Location: Algeria
The statue of Our Lady of Santa Cruz on the Fort of Santa Cruz in Oran Statue de notre Dame de Santa Cruz.jpg
The statue of Our Lady of Santa Cruz on the Fort of Santa Cruz in Oran
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Algerian victory
Spanish-Algerian War (1732) Location: Oran
Spanish attack on Oran 1732.jpg
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Spanish victory
Tunisian–Algerian Wars 1735


Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars

Location: Tunisia
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Beylik of Tunis Algerian victory
  • Abu l-Hasan Ali I proclaimed bey of Tunis
  • Tunisian commitment to pay an annual tribute of 50,000 piastres to Algiers
Tunisian–Algerian Wars 1756


Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars

Location: Tunisia
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers
Loyalists of Muhammad
Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Beylik of Tunis
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Knights Hospitaller
Algerian and loyalist victory
  • Muhammad I ar-Rashid proclaimed bey of Tunis
  • Bey's commitment to pay a tribute (oil to light the Algerian mosques)
Danish-Algerian War
(1769–1772)

Part of the Algeria-European War

Location: Mediterranean Sea
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway Algerian victory
Christian VII of Denmark Christianviidenmark.jpg
Christian VII of Denmark
Spanish-Algerian war (1775-1785)


Part of the Algero-Spanish War

Location: Algiers
Map of the Spanish attack on Algiers in 1775 Plano ideal de la Ciudad de Argel.jpg
Map of the Spanish attack on Algiers in 1775
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany with Great Coat of arms.svg Tuscany

Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4.svg Kingdom of Sicily
Bandera de Napoles - Trastamara.svg Kingdom of Naples
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Malta
Flag of Portugal (1750).svg Portugal
Algerian victory
American–Algerian War (1785–1795)
Location: Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Betsy Ross flag.svg United States Algerian victory
  • United States agrees to pay an annual tribute of $21,600 to Algiers
  • Establishment of the United States Navy
Russo-Turkish War
(1787–1792)

Part of the Algeria-European War

Part of the Russo-Ottoman Wars

Location: Eastern Europe
Siege of Ochakov 1788, by Polish painter January Suchodolski January Suchodolski - Ochakiv siege.jpg
Siege of Ochakov 1788, by Polish painter January Suchodolski
1783 Ottoman Flag.svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Alex K Chornomorske Kozacke Viysko-01.svg
Black Sea Cossacks
Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro

Serbian Free Corps
Russian victory
  • No major repercussions in Algiers
Reconquest of Oran and Mers el-Kébir (1790-1792)

Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars

Location: Oran and Mers-el-Kébir
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire Algerian victory
  • Spain abandons Oran and Mers-el-Kébir
Tunisian–Algerian War (1807)
Part of: Tunisian–Algerian Wars
Location: Tunisia
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Beylik of Tunis Tunisian victory
  • Algerian victory in Constantine
  • Failure to innvade tunisia
Algerian-Tunisian naval war (1811) Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers
  • Algerian flag (Barbary ensign with the an Berberian head).svg Algerian Navy
Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Beylik of Tunis Algerian victory
Tunisian–Algerian War (1813) Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Beylik of Tunis Peace Treaty
  • Tunisian Victory and the invasion repelled
  • Political instability in Tunisia after the death of Hammouda Pasha
  • Algerian Military Victory
Second Barbary war
(1815)
Location: Mediterranean Sea
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg United States American victory
  • Freedom of movement in the Mediterranean for American ships
Bombardment of Algiers
(1816)
Location: Algiers
Bombardment of Algiers 1816, George Chambers Bombardment of Algiers 1816 by Chambers.jpg
Bombardment of Algiers 1816, George Chambers
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers Flag of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg British Empire
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Empire
Anglo-Dutch victory
Sketch showing the positions of the fleet during the bombardment Bombardment Algiers 1816.jpg
Sketch showing the positions of the fleet during the bombardment
Bombardment of Algiers, painted by Martinus Schouman Het bombardement van Algiers, ter ondersteuning van het ultimatum tot vrijlating van blanke slaven, 26-27 augustus 1816 Rijksmuseum SK-A-1395.jpeg
Bombardment of Algiers, painted by Martinus Schouman
Greek War of Independence
(1821–1829)

Location: Greece
Clockwise: The camp of Georgios Karaiskakis at Phaliro, the burning of an Ottoman frigate by a Greek fire ship, the Battle of Navarino and Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt at the Third Siege of Missolonghi Greek revolution collage.jpg
Clockwise: The camp of Georgios Karaiskakis at Phaliro, the burning of an Ottoman frigate by a Greek fire ship, the Battle of Navarino and Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt at the Third Siege of Missolonghi
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg Ottoman
Flag of Algiers.jpg Deylik of Algiers
Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg Tripolitania
Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg Egypt
Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Tunisia
1821:

After 1822:

Military support:

Diplomatic support:

Greek independence:
Map showing the original territory of the Kingdom of Greece as laid down in the Treaty of 1832 (in dark blue) Greek history from 1832.GIF
Map showing the original territory of the Kingdom of Greece as laid down in the Treaty of 1832 (in dark blue)

French Algeria (1830–1962)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result for Algeria and its Allies
French conquest of Algeria
(1830–1903)

Part of the Algeria-European War

Location: Algeria
La prise de Constantine by Horace Vernet La prise de Constantine 1837 par Horace Vernet.jpg
La prise de Constantine by Horace Vernet
Flag of Algiers.jpg Regency of Algiers

Flag of the Emirate of Mascara.svg Emirate of Mascara
Drapeau Royaume Ait Abbas (Beni Abbes).svg Kingdom of Ait Abbas
Sultanate of Tuggurt
Kel Ahaggar
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Awlad Sidi Shaykh Support:
Flag of Morocco (1666-1915).svg Morocco (until 1844)

Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974, 2020-present).svg Kingdom of France (1830–1848)
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg French Second Republic (1848–1852)
Flag of France (1794-1815).svg Second French Empire (1852–1870)
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg French Third Republic (1870 onward)

Support:
Flag of Morocco (1666-1915).svg Morocco (1847)

French victory

Pacification of Algeria

Chronological map of French Algeria's evolution French Algeria evolution 1830-1962 map-fr.svg
Chronological map of French Algeria's evolution
Algerian War
(1954–1962)

Part of the Cold War and the decolonisation of Africa

Location: French Algeria
Collage of the French war in Algeria Algerian war collage wikipedia.jpg
Collage of the French war in Algeria

  • Flag of France.svg FAF
    (1960–61)
  • OAS Flag.svg OAS
    (1961–62)
Algerian victory

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (1962-present)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result for Algeria and its Allies
Sand War
(1963–1964)

Part of the Arab Cold War and the Cold War

Location: Algeria
Border Algeria and Morocco Frontiere Maroc-Algerie 1963.svg
Border Algeria and Morocco
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Support:
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Egypt [18]
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba [19]
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Support:
Flag of France.svg France [20]
Military stalemate
Yom Kippur War

(1973)

Flag of Israel.svg Israel

Israeli military victory
  • At the final ceasefire:
    • Egyptian forces held 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) on the eastern bank of the canal. [27]
    • Israeli forces held 1,600 km2 (620 sq mi) on the western bank of the canal. [28]
    • Israeli forces held 500 km2 (193 sq mi) of the Syrian Bashan region of the Golan Heights.
Western Sahara War
(1975–1976)

Location: Western Sahara
Map of the Western Sahara; the red line is the military berm built by Morocco Westernsaharamap.png
Map of the Western Sahara; the red line is the military berm built by Morocco
Flag of Western Sahara.svg Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania
Inconclusive
  • Spanish withdrawal under the Madrid Accords (1976)
  • Mauritanian retreat and withdrawal of territorial claims
  • Military Stalemate [29] [30] [31]
  • Ceasefire agreed on between the Polisario Front and Morocco (1991)
Algerian Civil War
(1992–2002)

Location: Algeria
Algerian military deployed in the streets of Algiers after the military coup against the Islamists, 12 January 1992 Arret du processus electoral de 1991 en Algerie.jpg
Algerian military deployed in the streets of Algiers after the military coup against the Islamists, 12 January 1992
Flag of Algeria.svg Government of Algeria
Minor involvement:
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt [32] [33]
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia [32] [33]
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France [33] [34]
Flag of Europe.svg European Union [34]
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa [35]
Flag of the Islamic Salvation Front.svg Islamic Salvation Front loyalists
Minor involvement:
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco [33] [36] [37]
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya (until 1995) [33]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (pre-war) [34]
Flag of Iran.svg Iran (alleged) [34]
Saudi private donors [34]

Armed Islamic Group (from 1993)
Minor involvement:
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (alleged) [38] [39] [40]
Flag of Iran.svg Iran (alleged) [38] [39] [40]
Egyptian Islamic Jihad (until 1995) [41]


Flag of Jihad.svg Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (from 1998)
Minor involvement:
Flag of al-Qaeda.svg Al-Qaeda [38]

Algerian government victory
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
(2002–present)

Part of the war on terror and the War against the Islamic State

Location: Maghreb, Sahara desert
Map showing Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat area of operations (pink), member states of the Pan Sahel Initiative (dark blue), and members of the Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative (dark and light blue) as of 2011. Mapa GSPC.svg
Map showing Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat area of operations (pink), member states of the Pan Sahel Initiative (dark blue), and members of the Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative (dark and light blue) as of 2011.

Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco [42]

Multi-national coalitions:

Flag of Jihad.svg Al-Qaeda and allies:

Flag of Jihad.svg GSPC (until 2007)
Flag of Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).svg Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (2012–17)
Flag of al-Qaeda.svg Salafia Jihadia [42]


Islamic State flag.svg Islamic State (from 2014)

Ongoing
War in the Sahel
(2011-present)

Part of the war on terror, spillover of the Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) and the War against the Islamic State

Location: Sahel (mainly Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger), with spillovers in Benin, Togo, Mauritania, Algeria and Ivory Coast
Map showing areas where the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara was active in 2021 The activity area of the ISGS.png
Map showing areas where the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara was active in 2021

Alliance of Sahel States

Flag of Benin.svg Benin
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo [d]
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast [e]
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria [f]
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania [g]


Supported by:
Flag of Russia.svg Africa Corps (since 2021) [62] [h]
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (since 2022) [64]
Flag of France.svg France (2013-2023) [65]
Flag of the United States.svg United States (until 2024) [66]
Flag of the United Nations.svg MINUSMA (2013-2023) [i]
Flag of the United Nations.svg AFISMA (2012-2013)
G5 Sahel (until 2023)



FLA Flag.svg Azawad Liberation Front [72]


Nigerien anti-coup movement:

Former belligerents:
Ongoing

See also

Notes

  1. 1821
  2. 1 2 3 From 1826
  3. First nation to recognize the independence of Greece.
  4. JNIM has had a small presence in northern Togo since 2021, with several attacks carried out since then. [58]
  5. Jihadist groups have little to no presence on Ivorian soil, but have occasionally launched attacks along the Burkinabe-Ivorian border since 2019. AQIM attacked Grand-Bassam in 2016 as well. [59]
  6. No jihadist groups are active on Algerian soil, although the country has been attacked several times in the early days of the Mali War by jihadist groups. Currently, diplomatic relations between the AES states and Algeria are bad due to Algeria allowing FLA rebels on their soil. [60]
  7. The Mauritanian government currently has a non-aggression pact with JNIM-aligned jihadists, and has not had an attack by jihadist groups on its soil since 2011. Small JNIM cells are present along the Malian border. [61]
  8. Previously Wagner Group, since renamed Africa Corps and absorbed by Russian government. [63]
  9. For full list of MINUSMA combatants, see here
  10. Faction affiliated with the CSP-PSD

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