List of wars involving Niger

This is a list of wars involving Niger.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Gulf War (1990–1991)  Kuwait
 United States
 United Kingdom
 France
 Saudi Arabia 		 Iraq Victory
Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) (1990–1995)  Niger

 Mali

Ganda Iso

 Mali:
Arab Islamic Front of Azawad (FIAA),
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MPLA),
United Movements and Fronts of Azawad (MFUA).
Niger:
Front for the Liberation of Aïr and Azaouak (FLAA),
Front for the Liberation of Tamoust, (FLT),
CRA & ORA coalitions (1994-95)
Supported By:
Libya		 1995 peace accords
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) (2002–present)  Algeria
 Mauritania
 Tunisia
 Libya
 Mali
United Nations MINUSMA[3] (from 2013)
AFISMA[4] (from 2013)
 Niger[5]
 Chad[3]
 France[3][6][7]

Limited involvement:
 Morocco[8]
 Burkina Faso[9][10]
 Ivory Coast[11]
 Senegal[10]
 Spain[12][13][14][15]
Supported by:
 United States (AFRICOM)[3][15][16]
 United Kingdom[15][17][18]
 Italy
 Egypt
 Nigeria

 GSPC (until 2007)

AQIM (from 2007)
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (from 2017)
MOJWA (2011–13)
Al-Mourabitoun (2013–17)
Ansar Dine (2012–17)
Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) (from 2011)[19]
Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade (from 2012)[20]
Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (2012-17)
Salafia Jihadia[8]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Boko Haram (from 2006, part of ISIL since 2015)[9][21]

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2014)

 Ongoing
Tuareg rebellion (2007–2009) (2007–2009)  Niger
 Mali		 In Niger:
Niger Movement for Justice
Front of Forces for Rectification (2008 split)
Niger Patriotic Front (2009 split)
In Mali:
ADC
ATMNC (2008 split)		 Victory
Boko Haram insurgency (2009–present)  Nigeria

 Chad

 Niger

 Cameroon

 Boko Haram

Ansaru

 Ongoing
  1. ↑ Miller, Judith. "Syria Plans to Double Gulf Force." The New York Times, 27 March 1991.
  2. ↑ "Den 1. Golfkrig". Forsvaret.dk. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Salomé Legrand (2013-01-14). "Qui sont les islamistes à qui la France a déclaré la guerre ?". Francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  5. ↑ "Niger army hunts for Al-Qaeda after clash". AFP. 15 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "4600 soldats français mobilisés". Ledauphine.com. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  7. ↑ "François Hollande's African adventures: The French are reorganising security in an increasingly troubled region". Economist.
  8. 1 2 "Tipping point of terror". The Guardian. 4 April 2004.
  9. 1 2
  10. 1 2 "The al Qaeda Threat from West Africa and the Maghreb: French Hostage Execution and Beyond". Critical Threats. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  11. ↑ Piet, Remi. "Ivory Coast attack: Beyond the targets". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ "Al Qaeda claims Spanish enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla in latest video - Xinhua - English.news.cn". news.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "Spanish police detain Al-Qaeda terror suspects". 23 April 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  15. 1 2 3 "US Starts Anti-Al-Qaeda Military Exercise in Sahara". BBC. 3 May 2010.
  16. ↑ AFRICOM kicks off Operation Flintlock to counter jihadism in Africa. 12 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "Britain Signals Maghreb Push with Anti-Terror Help". Reuters Africa. 18 October 2011.
  18. ↑ "War on Isis: British Special Forces ambushed by Islamic State suicide bombers in Libya". International Business Times. 1 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Exporting Jihad". The New Yorker. 28 March 2016.
  20. ↑
  21. ↑ "Niger attacked by both al-Qaeda and Boko Haram". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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