List of wars involving Somalia

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This is a list of wars involving Somalia in which Somali armed forces participated in after Somalia's independence on the 1st of July 1960.

  Somalia defeat
  Somalia victory
  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, result unknown or indecisive)
  Ongoing conflict
DateConflictAlliesEnemiesResult
1964 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
Supported by:
Flag of Syria.svg Egypt [1]
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia
Supported by:
Flag of the United States.svg United States [2]
Cease-fire
  • Return to status quo ante bellum
1977–1978 Ogaden War Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
Flag of the Western Somali Liberation Front.svg WSLF
Supported by:
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt [3]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia [4] [5]
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg Iraq [5] [6]
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of South Yemen.svg  South Yemen [7]
Supported by:
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel [8] [9]
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea [10]
Defeat [11] [12]
1982 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Supported by:
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Stalemate
  • Ethiopian invasion halted [14] [15]
  • Ethiopia occupies the border towns of Galdogob and Balanbale until 1988 [16]
  • The United States delivers emergency military and economic aid to Somalia [14] [17]
1981/1988/1991 (disputed) – present Somali Civil War Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Flag of the United States.svg  United States [18] [19]
Supported by:
Flag of Italy.svg Italy [20]
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey [21]
Flag of United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [22]
Flag of Jihad.svg Al-Qaeda

AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Islamic State (from 2015) [23] [24]

Ongoing

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