List of wars involving Kuwait

This is a list of wars involving the State of Kuwait and its predecessor states.

Conflict	Kuwait and allies	Opponents	Results	Kuwaiti losses		Head of State
				Military	Civilians
Battle of Chains (629 or 633) (part of Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia)	Rashidun Caliphate	Sasanian Empire	Rashidun Caliphate victory
Utbi Invasion of Bahrain (1782–1783)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Zubarah	Persia Bushehr	Victory Naval attack by the Bushehri navy on Zubarah in 1782 fails. Civil war starts in Bahrain after the attack on Zubarah. Jidhafs win the civil war, however, by this time the Zubarans had just entered the country. Zubarah gains control of Bahrain in 1783	~?		Abd Allah I
Battle of Al-Raqah [1] (1783)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait	Banu Kaab	Victory Kuwaiti victory over Banu Kaab.	~No Recorded Casualties
Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion (1793)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Great Britain British East India Company	Emirate of Diriyah	Victory Saudi retreat from Kuwait.	~?
Battle of Khakeekera [2] (1811)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Bahrain	Emirate of Diriyah Dammam	Victory Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah's invasion of Bahrain repelled.	~1000 (Kuwait and Bahrain)	~
Sheikh Humoud's Revolt [3] (1828)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Ottoman Empire Baghdad Eyalet	Arab tribes Al-Muntafiq Banu Kaab	Victory Kuwaiti intervention in Basra leads to ceasefire with the Bani Kaab. Sheikh Humoud imprisoned by Governor of Baghdad Dawud Pasha and replaced by his nephew Sheikh Aqeel as Emir of the Muntafiq tribal confederation.	~?		Jabir I
Siege of Basra [3] (1831)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Arab tribes Banu Kaab Al-Muntafiq	Ottoman Empire Baghdad Eyalet	Victory End of several week long siege of Basra by the allies of former Baghdad governor Dawud Pasha. Arab demands met with the Re-installation of Aziz Agha as Mutasallim of Basra.	~?
Siege of Al-Zubair [4] (1833)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait House of Al Thaqib Arab tribes Al-Muntafiq	Zubair	Victory End of the seven-month-long siege of Zubair. Restoration of the Al Thaqib family as the ruling house of Zubair. Massacre of the House of Al Zuhair by the reinstated House of Al Thaqib; survivors find refuge in Kuwait and Ottoman Iraq.	~?
Invasion of Muhammara [5] (1837)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Ottoman Empire Baghdad Eyalet	Banu Kaab	Victory Capture and destruction of Muhammara (Khorramshahr) by Ali Rida Pasha, Governor of Baghdad. Banu Kaab pays homage to the Ottomans rather than the Persians. Kuwait wins alliance with the Ottoman Empire and becomes unrivaled in sharing with Basra the commercial prosperity in the northern region of the Gulf with the fall of Muhammara.	~?
Al-Hasa Expedition [6] [7] (1870–1871)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Ottoman Empire Arab tribes	Emirate of Nejd	Victory Al Hasa is reincorporated into the Ottoman Empire and becomes known as the Najd Sanjak. Sheikh Abdullah bin Sabah Al Sabah the ruler of Kuwait is granted the honorific title [8] of Kaymakam by the Ottomans for his contribution to the war effort. [9]	~?		Abd Allah II
Kuwaiti–Rashidi War (1900-1901)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait	Jabal Shammar	Inconclusive Kuwaiti Invasion of Najd repelled. Jabal Shammar Counter-Invasion Fails	~1,200	~	Mubarak I
Battle of Jo-Laban [10] [11] (1903)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait	Jabal Shammar Mutayr	Victory Five thousand camels captured as booty. Beginning of Saudi-Rashidi War.	~?
Battle of Hadia [12] (1910)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait	Al-Muntafiq	Victory Kuwaiti-Saudi initial defeat at the Battle of Hadia. Sheikh Mubarak sends another force which easily claims victory against the Al Muntafiq tribe.	~338	~
Mesopotamian Campaign [13] [14] [15] (1914–1918)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait (1914) British Empire Australia   India New Zealand	Ottoman Empire German Empire	Victory Kuwaiti Front: Ottoman forces expelled from their positions in Umm Qasr, Safwan, and Bubiyan. British public recognition of Kuwait as a protectorate proclaiming it to be an “independent government under British protection. [16] British Front: Treaty of Sèvres	~?
Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait	Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Ikhwan	Kuwaiti Military victory, Najdi Political Victory Uqair Protocol of 1922	~200		Salim I
Ikhwan Revolt (1927–1930)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Nejd and Hejaz United Kingdom RAF	Ikhwan	Victory Ikhwan attack on Kuwait repelled. The remnants of the Ikhwan incorporated into regular Saudi units. The Ikhwan leadership was either slain or imprisoned.	~14 [17]	~	Ahmad I
Operation Vantage (1961-1963)	Kuwait United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Jordan United Arab Republic Sudan	Iraq	Mission success The crisis ended after the military coup against Abdul Karim Qasim and his execution. Saudi Arabia forces were sent to Kuwait consisting of 1,281 Saudi soldiers. .	~None		Abd Allah III
Al-Samita border skirmish (1973)	Kuwait	Iraq	Ceasefire Pull back of Iraqi Armed Forces to the demarcation line set by the Arab League during Operation Vantage 1961. Iraqi withdrawal from Al-Samita border post under Saudi pressure. [18]	~2	~	Sabah III
October War (1973) (part of the Arab–Israeli conflict and the Cold War)	Egypt Syria Expeditionary forces Saudi Arabia [19] Algeria [20] Jordan Libya Iraq Kuwait [21] Tunisia Morocco [22] Cuba North Korea [23] [24]	Israel	Defeat [25] At the final ceasefire: Egyptian forces held 1,200 km2 (460 sq mi) on the eastern bank of the canal. [26] Israeli forces held 1,600 km2 (620 sq mi) on the western bank of the canal. [27] Israeli forces held 500 km2 (193 sq mi) of the Syrian Bashan region of the Golan Heights.	42	~
Invasion of Kuwait (1990) (part of the Gulf War)	Kuwait	Iraq	Iraqi victory UNSC Resolution 660 condemns invasion on 2 August UNSC Resolution 661 imposes international sanctions against Iraq and declares Kuwait's right to self-defence on 6 August UNSC Resolution 662 designates Iraqi occupation/annexation of Kuwait as illegal on 9 August UNSC Resolution 665 authorizes naval blockade against Iraq on 25 August Iraq establishes the "Republic of Kuwait" on 2 August and annexes it on 28 August Northern Kuwait becomes the Saddamiyat al-Mitla' District within Iraq's Basra Governorate Southern Kuwait becomes Iraq's Kuwait Governorate	420 [28]	?
Gulf War (1990–1991) (part of the Arab Cold War)	United States United Kingdom France Saudi Arabia Egypt Kuwait Coalition : Afghan mujahideen [29] Argentina Australia   Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Canada Czechoslovakia Denmark Germany Greece Honduras Hungary Italy Japan Luxembourg Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Niger Norway Oman Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore South Korea Spain Sweden   Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates	Iraq	Coalition victory State of Kuwait resumes self-governance over all Kuwaiti sovereign territory Establishment of a demilitarized zone and construction of a separation barrier along the Iraq–Kuwait border	~200	~1,000	Jabir III
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) (part of the Yemeni civil war and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict)	Saudi Arabia [30] The Alliance United Arab Emirates [31] [32] [33] Sudan (2015–19) [31] Bahrain [31] Kuwait [31] [34] Qatar (2015–17) [31] Egypt [31] [35] Jordan [31] Morocco (2015–19) [31] [36] Senegal [a] [37] Academi contractors [38] (2015–16) [39] Saudi-paid Yemeni mercenaries [40] Supported by: United States [41] [42] [43]   U.S. Navy [b]   United States Army [47] (Special Forces) United Kingdom [c] France Canada South Korea National Intelligence Service [52] [53] Malaysia Australia In support of: Republic of Yemen (Presidential Leadership Council) Yemeni Armed Forces [54] 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) [55] North Korea (according to USA and South Korea) [56] [57] [58] [59] Al-Qaeda AQAP [60] [61]	Ongoing	~None		Sabah IV Nawaf I Mishal I

Notes

1. soldiers not yet deployed in 2016
2. logistic support and assistance with the naval blockade of Houthi-held territories in October 2016 ^{[44] [45] [46]}
3. training, intelligence, logistical support, weapons, and blockade up to 2017 ^{[48] [49] [50] [51]}

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Bibliography

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