List of conflicts in the Arab League

This is a list of post-colonial military conflicts within the Arab League region.

Date Conflict Location Notes
1921—present Jordan-Syria tensions  Jordan
 Syria
1946 Egyptian Student Riots Kingdom of Egypt
1947–1948 Yahya clan coup Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
1947—present Arab-Israeli conflict  Israel
 Palestine
 Lebanon
 Egypt
Includes:
1948 Al-Wathbah uprising  Kingdom of Iraq
1952 Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Egypt
1955—1972 First Sudanese Civil War  Sudan *Sudan joined the Arab League in 1956
1961 Bizerte crisis  Tunisia *Tunisia joined the Arab League in 1958
1962—1975 Dhofar Rebellion  Oman *Oman joined the Arab League in 1971
1962—1970 North Yemen Civil War  Yemen
1963 Morocco-Algeria conflict  Morocco
1970—1971 Black September  Jordan
1975—1990 Lebanese civil war  Lebanon
1975—present Western Sahara conflict  Morocco, SADR,  Algeria,  Mauritania
1977 Libya-Egypt conflict  Libya
 Egypt
1977 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots  Egypt
1978—1987 Libya-Chad conflict[1]  Chad
1980—1988 Iran–Iraq War  Iran
 Iraq
1983—2005 Second Sudanese Civil War  Sudan
1986—present Somali Civil War  Somalia *Somali joined the Arab League in 1974
1990—present Iraq-Kuwait clashes  Iraq
 Kuwait
Includes:
  • April 1967 Iraq-Kuwait conflict in Al-Ratqa, Kuwait
  • March 1973 Iraq-Kuwait conflict in Al-Sameta, Kuwait
  • 1976 Iraq-Kuwait conflict in Al-Sameta, Kuwait
  • The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq (Gulf War)
1990—1991 Gulf War  Iraq
 Kuwait
 Saudi Arabia
Includes: Operation Desert Strike; Operation Desert Fox
1994 1994 civil war in Yemen  Yemen
1995—present Islamic insurgency in Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia
2002 Morocco-Spain conflict  Spain
 Morocco
[2]
2003—2009/10 War in Darfur  Sudan
2003—present Iraq War  Iraq
2004—present Sa'dah conflict  Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
2007 2007 Lebanon conflict  Lebanon

References

  1. ^ Libya and the West: from independence to Lockerbie By Geoffrey Leslie Simons, Centre for Libyan Studies (Oxford, England). Pg. 57-58
  2. ^ Alexis Arieff. "Morocco: Current Issues". Congressional Research Service (June 30, 2011).

See also