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)

Conflict	Jordan and allies	Opponents	Result	Monarch	Jordanian losses
Kura Rebellion (1921-1923)	Emir Abdullah's forces British RAF	Sheikh Kulaib's militia	Transjordanian government victory	Abdullah I	+15 dead Unknown wounded Unknown captured
Adwan Rebellion (1923)	United Kingdom Abdullah I's forces Pro-Hashemite tribesmen	Sultan Adwan's forces	Transjordanian government victory Sultan Adwan's defeat and exile		~100 dead Unknown wounded Unknown captured
Ikhwan raids on Transjordan (1922–1924)	Transjordan Adwan Bani Sakher Ajarma Abbad Bani Hasan Bani Hamaida Hadid Support: United Kingdom   Royal Air Force	Ikhwan 'Utaybah Mutayr	Partial Transjordanian-British victory Uqair Protocol of 1922		~200 dead Unknown wounded Unknown captured
Anglo-Iraqi War (1941) [nb 1]	United Kingdom   India Assyrian levies Mandatory Palestine   Transjordan Iraq (Abd Al-Ilah loyalists)Air and naval support:   Australia [nb 2]   New Zealand [nb 3] Greece [nb 4]	Iraq (Golden Square) Military support:   Germany   Italy   Vichy France [4]	Allied victory Rebellion suppressed		~250 dead Unknown wounded Unknown captured
Syria–Lebanon Campaign (1941)	United Kingdom India Assyrian levies Mandatory Palestine Palmach Transjordan Australia Free France Czechoslovakia	Vichy France Syria Lebanon Supported by: Germany	Allied victory Syria and Lebanon taken over by Free France		~250 dead Unknown wounded Unknown captured

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1946–present)

Conflict	Jordan and allies	Opponents	Result	Monarch	Jordanian losses
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)	Arab League :   Egypt [5] All-Palestine Protectorate [a] Holy War Army [a] Transjordan [5]   Iraq [5] Syria [5] Lebanon [b] Saudi Arabia [7]   Yemen [8] Irregulars: Arab Liberation Army Al-Najjada Holy War Army	Israel Before 26 May 1948: Yishuv Paramilitary groups: Haganah Palmach Hish Him Irgun Lehi Allied Bedouin tribes [9] [10] After 26 May 1948: Israel Defense Forces Minorities Unit Foreign volunteers: Mahal	Partial victory [11] (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	Abdullah I	~1,000 dead Unknown wounded Unknown captured
Six-Day War (1967)	Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq [12] Minor involvement: Lebanon [13]	Israel	Israeli victory Israel occupies a total of 70,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi) of territory: [14] The Golan Heights from Syria The West Bank including East Jerusalem from Jordan The Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt [15] [16]	Hussein	~700 dead ~2,500 wounded -533 captured
War of Attrition (1967–1970)	Egypt   Soviet Union Kuwait [17] PLO   Jordan   Syria [18]   Cuba	Israel	Inconclusive		~300 dead ~250 wounded -4 captured
Black September (1970–1971)	Jordan Jordanian Armed Forces	PLO Fatah Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) Syria (until November 1970) Syrian Armed Forces Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) Supported by: Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG) People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK)	Jordanian victory Syrian invasion repelled Palestinian militants expelled to Lebanon Formation of the Black September Organization		537 dead 1,500 wounded Unknown captured
Yom Kippur War (1973)	Egypt Syria Expeditionary forces Saudi Arabia [19] Algeria [20] Jordan Libya Iraq Kuwait [21] Tunisia Morocco [22] Cuba North Korea [23] [24]	Israel	Defeat (limited involvement) At the final ceasefire: Egyptian forces held 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) on the eastern bank of the canal. [25] Israeli forces held 1,600 km2 (620 sq mi) on the western bank of the canal. [26] Israeli forces held 500 km2 (193 sq mi) of the Syrian Bashan region of the Golan Heights.		23 dead 77 wounded None captured
Sa'dah War (2009–2010)	Yemen [27] Hashed tribesmen [28] Saudi Arabia Alleged support: Morocco [29] Jordan [29]	Houthis Alleged support: Iran Quds Force Hezbollah [30]	Stalemate [31] Ceasefire after rebels accepted the government's truce conditions.	None
Libyan Civil War (2011)	Anti-Gaddafi forces Qatar NATO Belgium Bulgaria Canada Denmark France Greece Italy Netherlands Norway [32] Poland (only humanitarian and medical aid) [33] Romania Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States Other countries Jordan [34] Sweden United Arab Emirates [35] Minor border clashes: Tunisia Tunisian Army Tunisian Police Supported by:   Egypt [36] [37]	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Libyan opposition/NATO 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 2014-2020.	Abdullah II	None
Intervention against ISIS (2014–)	In multiple regions:   CJTF–OIR IMCTC Jordan In Iraq Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan United States Iran [38] In Syria Ba'athist Syria (2011–2024) Russia (2015 – 2024) Iran (2013 – 2024) Syrian transitional government (since 2024) Turkey [39] Syrian Salvation Government (2017–2024) Syrian Interim Government (2013–2025) Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (2015–present) United States In Egypt Egypt (See: Sinai insurgency) Israel [40] Hamas In Libya Libya Government of National Accord House of Representatives Egypt France United States In Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban, conflict since 2015) [41] [42] In West Africa   Multinational Joint Task Force In Pakistan Pakistan United States Supported by: United Kingdom	Islamic State Wilayat Libya (in Libya) Wilayat Sinai (in the Sinai peninsula) ISWAP (West Africa) IS-GS (Sahel) IS-CAP (Central Africa) Ansar al-Sunna (in Mozambique) Wilayat Khorasan (in Afghanistan and Iran) Wilayat Qavqaz (in the North Caucasus) Abu Sayyaf (in Southeast Asia) Wilayat Somalia (in Somalia) Wilayat Pakistan (in Pakistan)	Ongoing IS militarily defeated in Iraq, Syria and Libya Airstrikes on IS positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria and Afghanistan Multinational humanitarian efforts Arming and supporting local ground forces Millions of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee their homes, sparking a refugee crisis Terrorist attacks in Paris (Jan 2015 and Nov 2015), Brussels (Mar 2016) and many other places Thousands of civilians executed by IS forces in Iraq and Syria IS controlled around 40% of Iraq at its peak in mid-2014 [43] IS controlled around 50% of Syria by late May 2015 [44] [45] Emergence of independently-governed Kurdish regions IS military defeated and lost all of its territory in Libya in December 2017 [46] [47] Boko Haram loses territory, but its insurgency continues [48] IS controlled 5.67% of Syria's land by November 2017 [49] and around 3% of Iraq by October 2017 [50] IS loses all territory in Iraq and most territory in Syria in December 2017 [51] IS loses all remaining territory in Syria in March 2019 [52]		1 dead
Intervention in Yemen (2015–)	Saudi Arabia [53] The Alliance United Arab Emirates [54] [55] [56] Sudan (2015–19) [54] Bahrain [54] Kuwait [54] [57] Qatar (2015–17) [54] Egypt [54] [58] Jordan [54] Morocco (2015–19) [54] [59] Senegal [c] [60] Academi contractors [61] (2015–16) [62] Saudi-paid Yemeni mercenaries [63] Supported by: United States [64] [65] [66]   U.S. Navy [d]   United States Army [70] (Special Forces) United Kingdom [e] France Canada South Korea National Intelligence Service [75] [76] Malaysia Australia In support of: Republic of Yemen (Presidential Leadership Council) Yemeni Armed Forces [77] Yemeni Air Force Hirak Popular Resistance Committee Al-Islah Movement	Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council   Houthi militants Yemen Army (pro-Saleh and Houthis) (2015–17) Yemeni Republican Guard (2015–17) Allies Iran (alleged by USA, denied by Iran) [78] North Korea (according to USA and South Korea) [79] [80] [81] [82] Al-Qaeda AQAP [83] [84]	Ongoing		None or 1 dead

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Notes

1. After 22 September 1948
2. Lebanon had decided to not participate in the war and only took part in the battle of al-Malikiya on 5–6 June 1948. ^[6]
3. soldiers not yet deployed in 2016
4. logistic support and assistance with the naval blockade of Houthi-held territories in October 2016 ^{[67] [68] [69]}
5. training, intelligence, logistical support, weapons, and blockade up to 2017 ^{[71] [72] [73] [74]}

1. On 30 May Rashid Ali and his supporters fled to Iran. At 4 am on 31 May, the Mayor of Baghdad signed an armistice on a bridge across the Washash Canal. ^[1] Mercol , Gocol , and Harcol operations against guerrillas continued into June.
2. HMAS Yarra, representing Australia, participated at sea. ^[2]
3. HMNZS Leander, representing New Zealand, participated at sea. ^[3]
4. Greek airmen undergoing training at Habbaniya flew sorties against the Iraqis.