List of wars involving Kuwait

This is a list of wars involving the State of Kuwait.

Conflict	Kuwait and allies	Opponents	Results	Kuwaiti losses		Head of State
				Military	Civilians
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	~?		Abdullah I Al-Sabah
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	Iraqi Arabs 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.	~?		Jaber I Al-Sabah
Siege of Basra[3] (1831)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Iraqi Arabs 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 Iraqi Arabs 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 Al-Muntafiq	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]	~?		Abdullah II Al-Sabah
Kuwaiti–Rashidi War (1900-1901)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait House of Saud Arab tribes Al-Muntafiq Mutayr Otaibah Al-Dhafeer Ajman tribe Al-Hawajir Al Murrah Bani Khalid Subay' Suhool	Jabal Shammar	Defeat Kuwaiti Invasion of Najd repelled. Establishment of British Protectorate over Kuwait based on Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899.	~1,200	~	Mubarak Al-Sabah
Battle of Jo-Laban[10][11] (1903)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Arab tribes Al-Muntafiq Ajman tribe Al Murrah Subay' Suhool Al-Hawajir Bani Khalid Al-Awazem	Jabal Shammar Mutayr	Victory Five thousand camels captured as booty. Beginning of Saudi-Rashidi War.	~?
Battle of Hadia[12] (1910)	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Emirate of Nejd and Hasa	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 United Kingdom 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	Victory Saudi retreat from Kuwait.	~200		Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
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 Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Abdul Karim Qasim's crisis (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		Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Six-Day War (1967)	Egypt  Syria  Jordan Iraq Algeria  Kuwait Libya Morocco Pakistan PLO Saudi Arabia Sudan Tunisia	Israel	Defeat Israel captured the Gaza Strip, Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights.	~18,510-23,510 (Arab forces combined)	~	Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
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-Sanita border post under Saudi pressure.[18]	~2	~
October War (1973)	Egypt  Syria Iraq  Jordan  Algeria  Cuba  Morocco  Tunisia Libya PLO  Kuwait Saudi Arabia Pakistan North Korea	Israel	Defeat[19] Syrian invasion of Israel repelled; UN ceasefire. Geneva Conference and the Sinai II Agreement. Strategic political gains for Egypt and Israel – especially Egypt Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty	42	~
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait  United States  United Kingdom  Saudi Arabia  France  Canada  Egypt  Syria  Oman  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain  Qatar Other Allies	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored. Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure.	~200	~1,000	Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Yemeni Civil War (2015–)	Hadi government Southern Movement  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain  Kuwait  Qatar  Jordan  Morocco  Sudan  Egypt  Senegal	Houthi government Houthis Saleh loyalists Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Islamic State Wilayah al-Yemen	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government. Houthis take control of northern Yemen.	~None		Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

References

1. ar:معركة الرقة
2. ar:معركة خكيكرة
3. Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Siege of Basra (1831)." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 79. Print.
4. Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "Kuwait and Al-Zubair." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 76-78. Print.
5. Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "Invasion of Muhammara (1837)." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 80. Print.
6. ar:عبد الله الثاني الصباح#cite note-2
7. Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Expedition Route, Midhat Pasha in Al-Hasa, Kuwait's Role in the Ottoman Expedition 1871–1873, Abd Allah's Direct Role in the War." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 85-89. Print.
8. Albaharna, Husain M (1968). The Legal Status of the Arabian Gulf States. ISBN 9780719003325. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
9. Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Effects of Al-Hasa Expedition on Kuwait." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 89-90. Print.
10. "( 1903 ) -". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
11. "معركة جو لبن". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
12. ar:معركة هدية
13. Slot 2005, p. 406
14. Slot 2005, p. 407
15. Slot 2005, p. 409
16. Slot 2005 406"
17. "1928 -". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
18. Iraq–Kuwait relations
19. • Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
    • Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450
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    • Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498
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    • Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177
    • Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.

Bibliography

• Slot, B.J. (2005). Mubarak Al-Sabah : Founder of Modern Kuwait 1896-1915. London: Arabian Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9544792-4-4.