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This is a list of wars involving Armenia and its predecessor states. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results | Notable battles |
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War of the Armenian Succession (201-200 BC) | ![]() | ![]() Supported by | Artaxias-seleucid victory
| Fall of Yervandashat |
Campaigns of Artaxias I (189–165 BCE) | ![]() Kingdom of Sophene | Atropatene Kingdom of Cataonia Kingdom of Pontus Lesser Armenia ![]() | Victory
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Seleucid-Armenian War (168–165 BCE)[ citation needed ] | ![]() Kingdom of Sophene | Seleucid Empire | Victory
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Armenian-Iberian War (168–165 BCE) [1] [ failed verification ] [2] | ![]() | ![]() Kingdom of Alania | Compromise[ citation needed ]
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Armenia invaded by Parthian Empire (120–100 BCE?) | ![]() | Parthian Empire Atropatene | Defeat
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Military campaigns of Tigranes the Great (95–78 BCE) | ![]() | Atropatene | Victory
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Third Mithridatic War (73–66 BC)[ citation needed ] | ![]() Kingdom of Pontus | ![]() | Defeat |
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Iberian–Armenian War (50–53 AD) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 | ![]() Parthian Empire | ![]() Sophene Lesser Armenia ![]() Commagene Kingdom of Pontus | Victory
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Ardashir I invasion of Armenia (226–238)[ citation needed ] | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Shapur II's invasion of Armenia (350) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory | |
Armeno-Sassanid War (363-371) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| battle of Dzirav |
Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results | Notable battles |
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Vardan's War (449-451) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
| Battle of Avarayr |
Vahan's War (481-484 | ![]() | ![]() | Victory | Battle of Nersehapat |
Red Vardan's revolt (571-572) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Muslim conquest of Armenia (637-661) | ![]() ![]() | Rashidun Caliphate | Defeat
| Siege of Dvin (640) |
Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results | Notable battles |
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Anti-Arab rebellions (8th century) | Arminiya | ![]() | Defeat | Battle of Bagrevand, Battle of Vardanakert |
Armenian revolt (850-855) | Arminiya | ![]() | Victory
| Defense of Ktish |
Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results | Notable battles |
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Battle of Karasounk (863) | ![]() | Abbasid Caliphate | Victory | |
Sajid-Armenian Wars (899-914) | ![]() | Sajid dynasty | Defeat
| Defense of Nakhichevan |
Battle of Sevan (921) | ![]() | Sajid dynasty | Victory | |
Byzantine–Georgian wars (1014-1022) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | Battle of Shirimni and Battle of Svindax |
Battle of Ani (1042) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results | Notable battles |
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Georgian–Seljuk wars (1064-1213) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| Battle of Didgori |
Mongol invasions of Caucasus | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
| Siege of Khokhanaberd |
Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results | Notable battles |
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Syunik rebellion (1722-1730) | Melikdoms of Syunik Supported by ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
| Battle of Halidzor |
Artsakh liberation struugle (1724-1731) | ![]() Supported by Melikdoms of Syunik | ![]() ![]() | Victory
| Ottoman invasion of Varanda |
Armenian resistance during Hamidian massacres (1890-1907) | Fedayi groups | ![]() |
| Zeitun rebellion (1895-96) |
Armenian resistance during the Armenian Genocide (1914/15-1917/18) | Armenians | ![]() |
| Defense of Van |
Caucasus Campaign (1914-1918) | 1914–1917:'![]()
1917–1918: | ![]() 1918: ![]() 1918: ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
| Battle of Sarikamish |
Persian Campaign (1914-1918) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
| Battle of Dilman |
Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results | Notable battles |
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May heroic battles (1918) | ![]() | ![]() | Armistice
| Battle of Sardarapat |
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) | ![]() | ![]() | Indecisive
| Zangezur Expedition, Muslim uprisings |
Georgian–Armenian War (1918) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
| Battle of Sadakhlo |
Turkish–Armenian War/Soviet invasion of Armenia (1920) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results |
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World War II (1939–1945) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Karabakh movement (1988-1991) | Karabakh Committee (1988–1989) Pan-Armenian National Movement (1989–1991) ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Soviet troops have been in Nagorno-Karabakh for 2+1⁄2 years ... The troops support armed Azerbaijani militias who have imposed a blockade of the region ...
The war ended at Ceasefire Agreement in 1994, with the Armenians of Karabakh (supported by Armenia) taking control not only of Nagorny Karabakh itself but also occupying in whole or in part seven regions of Azerbaijan surrounding the former NKAO.
The mostly Armenian population of the disputed region now lives under the control of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a micronation that is supported by Armenia and is effectively part of that country.
Azerbaijan presents its operations of 2–5 April 2016 as a tactical victory and psychological breakthrough.
President Ilham Aliyev, for his part, posted an image on Instagram of himself wearing military fatigues with the caption, "The April War was our glorious historical victory."
....It was noted that during the military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan, the RA Armed Forces fulfilled their task. The NKR Defence Army was victorious in thwarting Azerbaijani aggression and frustrating its plans.
For the first time since the 1990s, Azerbaijani forces managed to regain control of small parts of the territory surrounding Karabakh – the first time the Line of Contact has shifted. Although these changes do not significantly alter the parties' military predicament on the ground...
Armenia has said that Turkey was directly involved in the fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, and that a Turkish F-16 fighter shot down an Armenian jet. Turkey denied those accusations.
Turkey's support for Azerbaijan has been vital, and Azerbaijan's superior weaponry and battlefield advances have reduced its incentive to reach a lasting peace deal. Ankara denies its troops are involved in fighting but Aliyev has acknowledged some Turkish F-16 fighter jets remained in Azerbaijan after a military drill this summer, and there are reports of Russian and Turkish drones being used by both sides.
Although Azerbaijan and its ally Turkey deny the use of mercenaries, researchers have amassed a considerable amount of photographic evidence, drawn from videos and photographs the fighters have posted online, which tells a different story.
According to sources within the Syrian National Army (SNA), the umbrella term for a group of opposition militias backed by Turkey, around 1,500 Syrians have so far been deployed to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the southern Caucasus ... Shortly after conflict erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Turkey sought to mobilize the SNA, sometimes called Turkey's proxy army ... The first fighters were transferred in late September to southern Turkey and then flown from Gaziantep to Ankara, before being transferred to Azerbaijan on Sept. 25.
Azerbaijan's historic win was an important geopolitical coup for Erdogan who has cemented Turkey's leading role as a powerbroker in the ex-Soviet Caucasus region.
The BBC's Orla Guerin in Baku says that, overall, the deal should be read as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia.
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