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This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its predecessor states.

Emirate of Diriyah (1744–1818)

Main article: Emirate of Diriyah

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Monarch	Saudi losses
Battle of Riyadh (1746)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Riyadh	Victory Debellation of Riyadh	Muhammad bin Saud	~1,700
Battle of Al-Hayer (1764)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Bani Khalid Emirate	Defeat Saudi Defeat	Abdulaziz bin Muhammad	~500
Battle of Ghrimeel (1789)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Bani Khalid Emirate	Victory Debellation of Al-Ahsa		?
Saudi–Mamluk War (1790–1811)	Diriyah	Mamluk Iraq Al-Muntafiq Emirate	Defeat Saudi defeat.		+15,00
Al-Ahsa Rebellion (1792)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Bani Khalid Emirate	Defeat Saudi Retreat from Al-Ahsa		?
Invasion of Al-Ahsa (1793)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Bani Khalid Emirate	Victory Dissolution of the Bani Khalid Emirate in Al-Ahsa Incorporation of Al-Ahsa into Emirate of Diriyah		?
Invasion of Kuwait (1793)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Sheikhdom of Kuwait Great Britain	Defeat Saudi retreat from Kuwait		?
Invasion of Qatar (1793–1798)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Qatar Bahrain Oman Ottoman Empire	Victory Incorporation of Qatar into First Saudi State		?
Battle of Jamaniyah (1795)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Sharifate of Makkah	Victory Saudi expansion to Hejaz		100
Invasion of Karbala (1802)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Ottoman Empire Ottoman Iraq	Victory Saudi sack of Karbala		None
Invasion of Basra (1803)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Al-Muntafiq Emirate	Defeat Withdrawal of the Saudi army from Iraq		?
Conquest of Jeddah (1803)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Sharifate of Makkah	Victory 600 soldiers of the Sharifate killed		?
Battle of Khakeekera (1811)^{[citation needed]}	Diriyah	Bahrain Kuwait	Defeat Invasion of Bahrain repelled	Saud bin Abdul-Aziz	~300
Ottoman-Saudi War (1811–1818)	Diriyah	Ottoman Empire Egypt Eyalet	Defeat End of the First Saudi State	Saud bin Abdul-Aziz	~11,000

Emirate of Nejd (1824–1891)

Main article: Emirate of Nejd

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Monarch	Saudi losses
Najd Rebellion (1821–1824)	Najd	Egypt Eyalet	Victory Beginning of the Second Saudi State	Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad	?
First Saudi Civil War (1834)^{[citation needed]}	Supporters of Faisal	Supporters of Mishari	Victory to Faisal's forces Execution of Mishari ibn Abdul-Rahman	Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud	?
Egyptian invasion of Najd (1838–1843)^{[citation needed]}	Najd	Egypt Eyalet	Victory Egyptian retreat, Khalid ibn Saud toppled	Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud	?
Second Saudi Civil War (1865–1875)^{[citation needed]}	Supporters of Rahman	Supporters of Saud	Victory to Saud's forces Exile of Rahman, Saud becomes Emir	Saud bin Faisal bin Turki	?
Al-Hasa Expedition^[1]^[2]^{[failed verification]} (1870–1871)	Najd	Ottoman Empire Kuwait	Defeat Ottoman conquest of Najd Sanjak^[3]		?
Battle of Arwa (1883)^{[citation needed]}	Najd	Jabal Shammar	Defeat Saudi defeat		?
Battle of Mulayda (1891)^{[citation needed]}	Najd	Jabal Shammar	Defeat End of the Second Saudi State	Abdul Rahman bin Faisal	~1000

Emirate of Riyadh (1902–1913)

Main article: Emirate of Riyadh

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Monarch	Saudi losses
Battle of Riyadh (1902)^{[citation needed]}	Riyadh	Jabal Shammar	Victory Beginning of the Third Saudi State	Ibn Saud	1,200 dead^[4]
Battle of Dilam (1903)^{[citation needed]}	Riyadh	Jabal Shammar	Victory Saudi takeover of southern Najd		160
First Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907)	Riyadh	Jabal Shammar Ottoman Empire	Victory Saudi takeover of central and northern Arabia		2,600+
Battle of Hadia [ar] (1910)^{[citation needed]}	Riyadh Sheikhdom of Kuwait	Al-Muntafiq Emirate	Victory Defeat of the Al Muntafiq Tribe		?
Conquest of al-Hasa (1913)^{[citation needed]}	Riyadh Ikhwan	Ottoman Empire	Victory Incorporation of al-Hasa into Saudi Arabia		?

Emirate of Nejd and Hasa (1913–1921)

Main article: Emirate of Nejd and Hasa

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Monarch	Saudi losses
Battle of Jarrab (1915)^{[citation needed]}	Najd and Hasa	Jabal Shammar	Defeat Death of William Shakespear Change of course of the Arab Revolt	Ibn Saud	?
Second Saud-Rashidi War	Najd and Hasa	Jabal Shammar	Unclear		?
Battle of Kanzan (1915)^{[citation needed]}	Najd and Hasa	Ajman Tribe	Victory Death of Sa'ad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud^[5]		?
Al-Khurma Dispute (1918–1919)^{[citation needed]}	Najd and Hasa Ikhwan	Hejaz	Victory Hashemite land cessions		+7,000 soldiers and +1,392 civilians killed^[6]
Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920)	Najd and Hasa Ikhwan	Sheikhdom of Kuwait	Defeat Ikhwan retreat from Kuwait		?
Conquest of Ha'il (1921)^{[citation needed]}	Najd and Hasa	Jabal Shammar	Victory Debellation of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar		?

Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1926)

Main article: Sultanate of Nejd

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Monarch	Saudi losses
Ikhwan raids on Transjordan (1922–1924)^{[citation needed]}	Najd Ikhwan	Transjordan	Victory Uqair Protocol	Ibn Saud	500+^[7]
Saudi Conquest of Hejaz (1924–1925)	Najd Ikhwan	Hejaz	Victory Incorporation of Hejaz.	Ibn Saud	?

Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (1926–1932)

Main article: Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Monarch	Saudi losses
Ikhwan Revolt (1927–1930)^{[citation needed]}	Hejaz & Najd Kuwait United Kingdom	Ikhwan	* Ikhwan defeat.	Ibn Saud	At least 700
Saudi–Yemeni Border Skirmish (1931)^{[citation needed]}	Hejaz & Najd	Yemen	Unclear		?
Najran conflict (1931–1932)^{[citation needed]}	Hejaz & Najd	Yemen	Victory		?
Idrisid Emirate Rebellion [ar] (1931–1933)^{[citation needed]}	Before 1932: Hejaz & Najd After 1932: Saudi Arabia	Emirate of Asir Supported by: Yemen	Victory Rebellion suppressed Beginning of the Saudi–Yemeni War		?

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1932–present)

Main article: Saudi Arabia

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Monarch	Saudi losses
Saudi–Yemeni War (1934)	Saudi Arabia	Yemen	Victory Treaty of Taif signed on 14 June 1934, guaranteeing 20 years of peace between Saudi Arabia and Yemen Saudi Arabia leaves and Yemen gains control of Al-Hudaydah Jizan, Asir, and Najran became the provinces of Saudi Arabia	Ibn Saud	?
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)	Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen HWA ALA	Israel	Defeat Arab League invasion of former Mandatory Palestine repelled 1949 Armistice Agreements		?
Buraimi Dispute (1949–1955)^{[citation needed]}	Saudi Arabia	British Empire Trucial States Sultanate of Muscat and Oman	Defeat Saudi Arabia withdraws and Oman regains control of Na'im and Al Bu Shamis, Buraimi and Hamasah Emirate of Abu Dhabi consolidates control of Al Ain Start of Saudi Arabia – United Arab Emirates border dispute, resolved by the Treaty of Jeddah signed in 1974.		?
North Yemen Civil War (1962–1965)	Kingdom of Yemen Saudi Arabia	Yemen Arab Republic United Arab Republic	Defeat Saudi Arabia stopped supplying the Royalists	Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	~1,000 soldiers and civilians
Al-Wadiah War (1969)	Saudi Arabia	South Yemen	Victory al-Wadiah reoccupied by Saudi forces^[8]	Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	?
Yom Kippur War (1973)	Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba	Israel	Defeat^[9] Arab invasion repelled; UN ceasefire Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty^[10] Israel–Syria Disengagement Agreement	Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	?
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1979)	ADF Syria Saudi Arabia Sudan United Arab Emirates Libya South Yemen	LF FLA	Victory^[11] ADF mission goals achieved^[11] ADF becomes an all-Syrian force in 1979	Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	?
Grand Mosque seizure (1979)^{[citation needed]}	Saudi Arabia	Ikhwan	Victory Saudi military retake Masjid al-Haram		127 soldiers^[12] 11 civilians
Qatif Uprising (1979)^{[citation needed]}	Saudi Arabia	OIR	Victory Uprising Suppressed		?
Saudi-Iranian Air Engagement (1984)^{[citation needed]}	Saudi Arabia	Iran	Victory Two Iranian planes shot down. Iranian Failure to attack Saudi oil tankers.	Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	None
Mecca Incident (1987)^{[citation needed]}	Saudi Arabia	Iranian Pilgrims	Victory		85 Security Guards
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Italy Australia	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti Infrastructure		24 soldiers 1 civilian
Iraqi No-Fly Zone Enforcement Operations (1991–2003)	United States United Kingdom France Australia Belgium Netherlands Saudi Arabia Turkey Italy	Iraq	Victory Various bombings of Iraqi forces both aerial and naval Mass numbers of Iraqi targets killed or destroyed Reduction in Iraqi air defense Beginning of the Iraq War		None
First Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1992–1995)	United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Italy India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia New Zealand	Somali National Alliance	Defeat Failure to capture SNA leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid; specific Aidid lieutenants captured Civil war is ongoing		None
Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict (2002–present)^{[citation needed]}	Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bahrain Egypt Libyan HoR Yemen Djibouti Comoros Mauritania Sudan Chad Somaliland Maldives Senegal Niger Gabon	Qatar Turkey Somalia Muslim Brotherhood Hamas Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt support Iran Pakistan	ongoing	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	none
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016)	NATO Malaysia South Korea India Saudi Arabia	Somali pirates	Victory Number of pirate attacks have decreased dramatically since the start of such operations, however attacks still occur near the coast waters of Oman, Yemen, Kenya, and Somalia Piracy drops 90%^[13]	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	None
Sixth Sa'dah War (2009–2010)	Yemen Saudi Arabia Jordan Morocco	Houthis	Stalemate^[14] Houthis consolidate control over Sa'dah		133 soldiers 4 civilians
Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain (2011)^{[citation needed]}	Bahrain Peninsula Shield Force Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Kuwait	Bahraini opposition	Victory Suppression of Bahraini opposition		1 soldiers^[15]
Battle of Aden (2018)^{[citation needed]}	Republic of Yemen Armed Forces(Cabinet of Yemen) Presidential guard Al-Islah Supported Saudi Arabia	Southern Transitional Council Southern Movement Southern resistance force security belt supported United Arab Emirates	Defeat STC gains control of most of Aden, on the reach of Al-Mashaiq Palace. STC proclaims victory.		10 killed
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war (2014–present)	CJTF-OIR United States United Kingdom France Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Italy Denmark Jordan		present		none
War on ISIS (2014–)	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 Russia Iran	Islamic State al-Nusra Front Khorasan	Ongoing Multinational intervention against Syrian Islamists		3 soldiers
Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen (2015–)	Hadi government Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Jordan Morocco Egypt France	Houthi government Houthis Saleh loyalists Ansar al-Sharia Islamic State	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government Houthis take control of northern Yemen Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	1,000 + soldiers^[16] ~500 civilians^[17]

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Bowen, Wayne H. (2008). The History of Saudi Arabia. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0313340123. OCLC 166388162.
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