List of wars involving the United Arab Emirates

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
Conflict	United Arab Emirates, its predecessors, and allies	Opponents	Result	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	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan	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
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)	STC United Arab Emirates	Hadi government				120 killed	None

References

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

[Saseen-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.

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