List of wars involving the United Arab Emirates

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This is a list of wars involving the United Arab Emirates and its predecessor states

Conflict	United Arab Emirates, its predecessors, and allies	Opponents	Result	Emirati leaders		Emirati losses
				Prime Minister	President	Military	Civilian
Gulf Campaign (1809)	Al Qawasim	United Kingdom East India	Defeat Fleets of Ras Al Khaimah destroyed	Hassan bin Ali al-Anezi		?	?
Gulf Campaign (1819)	Al Qawasim	United Kingdom East India Support: Oman	Defeat Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr al-Qasimi restored	Hassan bin Rahma al-Qasimi		?	?
Qatari–Bahraini War (1867)	House of Khalifa Abu Dhabi	House of Thani	Ceasefire Bahrain renounced claims on Qatar British recognition of Al Thani in Qatar	Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan		?	?
Qatari–Abu Dhabi War (1881–1893)	Abu Dhabi	Qatar	Ceasefire No territorial changes British-mediated agreement in 1893	Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan		?	500+ killed
Buraimi War (1952–1955)	Trucial Emirates Emirate of Abu Dhabi British Empire Supported by Sultanate of Muscat and Oman Aden Protectorate	Saudi Arabia Al-Bu Shamis Tribe Al-Naim Tribe	Victory Saudi Arabia withdraws from al-Buraimi	Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan		?	?
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1979)	ADF   Syria   Saudi Arabia   Sudan   United Arab Emirates   Libya   South Yemen	LF FLA	Victory [1] ADF mission goals achieved [1] ADF becomes an all-Syrian force in 1979	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan	3 killed, 8 injured [2]	None
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait United States   United Kingdom   Saudi Arabia   France   Canada   Egypt   Syria   Oman   United Arab Emirates   Qatar	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored			6 killed	None
First Libyan Civil War (2011)	NTC   NATO   France   United Kingdom United States   Belgium   Canada   Denmark   Netherlands   Norway   Spain   Turkey   Jordan   Qatar   Sweden   United Arab Emirates	Libya	Victory Muammar Gaddafi was killed The NTC assumed control of Libya Post-civil war violence in Libya	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan	None	None
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020)	Libyan Government   Egypt   United Arab Emirates United States	GNC Shura Council (Benghazi) Shura Council (Derna) Islamic State	Ceasefire Ceasefire ratified on 23 October 2020 Egyptian military intervention			None	None
War on ISIS (2014–present)	Iraq   Iraqi Kurdistan Free Syrian Army Rojava United States   United Kingdom   Jordan   Turkey   Saudi Arabia   Bahrain   Qatar   United Arab Emirates   Morocco   Australia   Belgium   Canada   France   Germany   Denmark   Norway	Islamic State al-Nusra Front Khorasan	Ongoing Unilateral US-Arab intervention against Syrian Islamists			None	None
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)	Hadi government Southern Movement   Saudi Arabia   United Arab Emirates   Sudan   Senegal   Bahrain   Kuwait   Qatar   Egypt   Morocco   Jordan	Houthi government Houthis Saleh loyalists al-Qaeda Islamic State	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen War between the Hadi government and the STC			120 killed	None
	STC   United Arab Emirates	Hadi government

References

1. SM Saseen, The Taif Accord and Lebanon's Struggle to Regain its Sovereignty, p. 63.
2. Yates, Athol (2020). The Evolution of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates. Helion & Company. p. 329. ISBN   978-1-912866-00-7.