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List of wars involving Qatar

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

Conflict Qatar
and allies
Opponents Result
Saudi invasion of Qatar
(1793–1798)
Qatar
Bahrain
Oman[1]
Ottoman Empire[2]
First Saudi State Defeat
  • Incorporation of Qatar into First Saudi State
Battle of Khakeekera (1811) Bahrain

Sheikhdom of Kuwait

Diriyah Victory
  • Kuwaiti-Bahraini victory
Qatari War of Independence
(1867–1868)
House of Thani House of Khalifa
Abu Dhabi
Victory
  • Bahrain renounced claims on Qatar
Qatari–Abu Dhabi War
(1881–1893)
Qatar Abu Dhabi Inconclusive
  • No territorial changes
  • British-mediated peace agreement in 1893
Battle of Al Wajbah[3]
(1893)
House of Thani Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Return of Qatari captives
Gulf War
(1990–1991)
 Kuwait
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Canada
 Egypt
 Syria
 Oman
 United Arab Emirates
 Qatar
Other Allies
 Iraq Victory
Libyan Civil War[4]
(2011)
Libya NTC
 Qatar
 NATO

 Jordan
 Sweden
 United Arab Emirates

 Libya Victory
Intervention against ISIL
(2014–present)
 Iraq
 Iraqi Kurdistan
Free Syrian Army
Syrian Kurdistan
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Jordan
 Turkey
 Morocco
 Australia
 Belgium
 Canada
 Denmark
 France
 Bahrain
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
Islamic State Islamic State
Al-Qaeda
Ahrar ash-Sham
Ongoing
  • Unilateral US-Arab intervention against Syrian Islamists
Intervention in Yemen
(2015–2017)
Yemen Hadi government
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Sudan
 Egypt
 Senegal
Yemen Houthi government Withdrawal[5]

References

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  1. ^ Casey, Michael S. (2007). The History of Kuwait (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations). Greenwood. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-0313340734.
  2. ^ "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [843] (998/1782)". qdl.qa. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ Fromherz, Allen (13 April 2012). Qatar: A Modern History. Georgetown University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-58901-910-2.
  4. ^ "NTC asks NATO to extend Libya presence". Al Jazeera. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Arab coalition suspends Qatar's participation in Yemen". Alarabiya.net. 5 June 2017.
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