List of wars involving Jordan

This is a list of wars involving the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and its predecessor state.

Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946)

Conflict Jordan
and allies 		Opponents Result Monarch Jordanian
losses
Kura Rebellion
(1921-1923) 		Transjordan
 United Kingdom 		Sheikh Kulaib's militia Victory
Abdullah I
+15 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured
Adwan Rebellion
(1923) 		Transjordan
United Kingdom
  • Pro-Hashemite tribesmen
 Sultan Adwan's forces 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

Ikhwan
  • 'Utaybah
  • Mutayr
 Partial victory
~200 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured

Anglo-Iraqi War
(1941)[a] 		United Kingdom

Iraq (Abd Al-Ilah loyalists) Air and naval support:
 Australia[b]
 New Zealand[c]
Greece[d]

 Iraq (Golden Square)

Military support:
 Germany
 Italy
 Vichy France[4]

Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
~250 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured
Syria–Lebanon Campaign
(1941) 		United Kingdom

Australia
Free France
Czechoslovakia

Vichy France

Supported by:
Germany

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)
Partial victory[11] (overall Arab defeat)
Abdullah I
~1,000 dead

Unknown wounded

Unknown captured
Alleged Jordanian military coup attempt
(1957) 		Jordanian Government Jordanian Free Officers Alleged coup attempt failed
  • Disembodiment of Palestinian-dominated army units
  • Imposition of martial law
Hussein
None
Jordanian crises
(1958) 		Jordanian Government

Supported by:
United Kingdom
United States

Jordanian Free Officers

Supported by:
United Arab Republic

Government victory
  • Weakening of anti-Hashemite and Nasserist actors in Jordan
  • Strengthening of Hussein's rule
  • End of martial law
None
Attack on Samu
(1966) 		Jordan Israel Build up to the Six-Day War
16 dead

54 wounded

None captured
Six-Day War
(1967) 		Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq[12]
Minor involvement:
Lebanon[13] 		Israel Defeat
~700 dead

~2,500 wounded

-533 captured
War of Attrition
(1967–1970)
 Israel Inconclusive
~300 dead

~250 wounded

-4 captured
Jordanian Civil War
(1970–1971) 		Jordan PLO Syria (until November 1970)Supported by:
 Victory
537 dead

1,500 wounded

Unknown captured
Yom Kippur War
(1973)
Expeditionary forces
Saudi Arabia[19]
Algeria[20]
Jordan
Libya
Iraq
Kuwait[21]
Tunisia
Morocco[22]
Cuba
North Korea[23][24]

Israel

Inconclusive (limited involvement)

Analyses differ on the militarily outcome of the war; as an Israeli victory by some military historians, and by others, as a military stalemate.

  • 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

Hezbollah[30]

Stalemate[31]
  • Ceasefire after rebels accepted the government's truce conditions.
Abdullah II
None
Jordanian uprisings
(2011-2012)
Jordanian opposition parties

 • Muslim Brotherhood[32]
 • Leftist parties
 • Trade unions[33]

Government victory; reforms implemented
  • In February 2011, King Abdullah II dismisses Prime Minister Rifai and his cabinet[34]
  • In October 2011, Abdullah dismisses Prime Minister Bakhit and his cabinet after complaints of slow progress on promised reforms[35]
  • In April 2012, as the protests continues, Al-Khasawneh resigned, and the King appoints Fayez al-Tarawneh as the new Prime Minister of Jordan
  • In October 2012, King Abdullah dissolves the parliament for new early elections, and appoints Abdullah Ensour as the new Prime Minister of Jordan
2 dead

13 injured

None captured
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Anti-Gaddafi forces
Qatar
Other countries

Minor border clashes:
Tunisia

Supported by:
 Egypt[40][41]

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Victory None
Jordanian-Syrian border conflict (2012-2018) Jordan

Free Syrian Army
Supported by:
United States

Ahrar al-Sham
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham

Syria
Hezbollah

Supported by:
Iran
Russia

Islamic State

Victory
  • Jordan restores control over the Jordanian-Syrian border
  • Syrian government loses a majority of the borders
  • All infiltration attempts into Jordan foiled.
21 dead

Several wounded

None captured
Intervention against ISIS
(2014-present) 		In multiple regions:
In Iraq
In Syria
In Egypt
In Libya
In Afghanistan
In West Africa
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[47]
  • IS controlled around 50% of Syria by late May 2015[48][49]
  • Emergence of independently governed Kurdish regions
  • IS military defeated and lost all of its territory in Libya in December 2017[50][51]
  • Boko Haram loses territory, but its insurgency continues[52]
  • IS controlled 5.67% of Syria's land by November 2017[53] and around 3% of Iraq by October 2017[54]
  • IS loses all territory in Iraq and most territory in Syria in December 2017[55]
  • IS loses all remaining territory in Syria in March 2019[56]
 1 dead
Intervention in Yemen
(2015-present) 		Saudi Arabia[57]
The Alliance
Supported by:
In support of:
    Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council
Allies

Al-Qaeda

 Ongoing
  • ceasefire since 30 March 2022
 None
Iran War
(2026)
Part of the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
Attacked by Iran:
Defensive actions:
Ongoing None

Other armed conflicts involving Jordan

 • 1955 Madaba riot - Communal unrest in Madaba involving clashes between Muslim and Christian residents.
 • Reprisal operations (1950s–1960s)
 • 14 July Revolution (1958) - Jordan was involved through the Arab Federation with Iraq; Jordanian prime minister Ibrahim Hashem was killed in Baghdad during the revolution.
 • Dhofar rebellion (1965–1979) - (Minor involvement)
 • Island of Peace massacre (1997)
 • 2015 Amman shooting attack
 • 2016 Al-Karak attack - (Part of the Jordanian-Syrian border conflict)
 • King Faisal Air Base shooting (2016)

Notes

  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.
  5. ^ a b After 22 September 1948
  6. ^ 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]
  7. ^ soldiers not yet deployed in 2016
  8. ^ logistic support and assistance with the naval blockade of Houthi-held territories in October 2016[71][72][73]
  9. ^ training, intelligence, logistical support, weapons, and blockade up to 2017[75][76][77][78]
  10. ^ Has also undertaken defensive deployments outside of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Footnotes

  1. ^ Playfair et al. 2004, pp. 192, 332.
  2. ^ Wavell 1946, p. 4094.
  3. ^ Waters 2008, p. 24.
  4. ^ Sutherland & Canwell 2011, pp. 38–43.
  5. ^ a b c d Oren 2002, p. 5.
  6. ^ Morris 2008, p. 260.
  7. ^ Gelber, pp. 55, 200, 239
  8. ^ Morris 2008, p. 205.
  9. ^ Palestine Post, "Israel's Bedouin Warriors", Gene Dison, August 12, 1948
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  11. ^ Anita Shapira, L'imaginaire d'Israël : histoire d'une culture politique (2005), Latroun : la mémoire de la bataille, Chap. III. 1 l'événement p. 91–96
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  13. ^ Oren 2002, p. 237.
  14. ^ Arnold 2016, p. 299.
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  19. ^ O'Ballance 1978, pp. 201.
  20. ^ Shazly 2003, p. 278.
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  22. ^ Tobji 2006, p. 107.
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