List of wars and battles involving al-Qaeda
The following is a list of conflicts involving the militant group known as al-Qaeda throughout its various incarnations. The group currently controls portions of territory in Pakistan, Syria, Somalia and Yemen and has taken part in many battles and wars.
Wars
- War on Terror
- Soviet–Afghan War (from 1988)
- Afghan Civil War (1989–92)
- Afghan Civil War (1992–96)
- Bosnian War
- Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
- War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- Tajikistani Civil War
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
- Maghreb insurgency
- Northern Mali conflict
- Iraq War
- Iraqi insurgency
- War in North-West Pakistan
- First Somali Islamist War
- Second Somali Islamist War
- Factional violence in Libya (2011–14)
- Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
- Syrian Civil War
- Military intervention against ISIL
- American-led intervention in Syria
Battles
Battle | Allies | Opponents | Outcome |
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Battle of Kabul (1992–96) (April 30, 1992 – September 27, 1996) |
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Partial Victory | |
Battle of Mogadishu (1993) (3–4 October 1993) | (Only strategist help by supreme strategist of Al-Qaeda Saif al-Adel) |
Defeat | |
Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif (1997–98) (25 May 25, 1997 – 14 August 1998) | Forces loyal to Ismail Khan |
Victory | |
Siege of Kunduz (11 November 2001 – 23 November 2001) | Defeat | ||
Battle of Kandahar (2001) (7 October 2001) | Partial Defeat | ||
Fall of Kandahar (22 November – 7 December 2001) | Defeat | ||
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi (25 November 2001 – 1 December 2001) | Defeat | ||
Battle of Tora Bora (December 6, 2001 – December 17, 2001) | Partial Defeat | ||
Operation Anaconda (March 1–18, 2002) | Coalition: | Defeat | |
Battle of Takur Ghar (4–5 March 2002) | Defeat | ||
Operation Harpoon (2002) (March 13–19, 2002) | Defeat | ||
Operation Jacana (April, 2002–July, 2002) | Defeat | ||
Battle of Wana (March 16–23, 2004) | Defeat | ||
First Battle of Fallujah (4 April – 1 May 2004) |
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Blackwater |
Victory |
2004 Iraq KBR convoy ambush (April 9, 2004) |
Badr Organization |
Victory | |
Houthi insurgency in Yemen (18 June 2004 – 6 February 2015) |
Victory | ||
Battle of Samarra (2004) (October 1–3, 2004) |
Defeat | ||
Second Battle of Fallujah (7 November – 23 December 2004) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Mosul (2004) (November 8–16, 2004) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Abu Ghraib (2 April 2005) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Al Qaim (8 May 2005 – 19 May 2005) |
|
Defeat | |
Operation Sayeed (July 2005–22 December 2005) |
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Defeat | |
Operation Steel Curtain (5–22 November 2005) |
|
Defeat | |
Operation Swarmer (16 March 2006 – 22 March 2006) |
Other Iraqi insurgents |
Indecisive | |
Operation Scorpion (24 March 2006 – 25 March 2006) |
Other Iraqi insurgents |
Indecisive | |
Operation Larchwood 4 (16 April 2006) |
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Defeat | |
Operation Mountain Thrust (15 May 2006 – 31 July 2006) | Partial Defeat | ||
Operation Together Forward (14 June 2006 – 24 October 2006) |
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Victory | |
Battle of Ramadi (2006) (17 June 206 – 15 November 2006) |
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Indecisive | |
Islamic Army–al-Qaeda conflict (Summer 2006 – 6 June 2007) |
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Islamic Army of Iraq 1920 Revolution Brigade Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna Hamas of Iraq |
Indecisive |
Operation Mountain Fury (16 September 2006 – 15 January 2007) |
Defeat | ||
2006 Ramadan Offensive (23 September 2006 – 22 October 2006) |
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Victory | |
Battle of Turki (15 November 2006 - 16 November 2006) |
Defeat | ||
Diyala campaign (25 December 2006 – 1 October 2007) |
Other Iraqi Insurgents |
Defeat | |
Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (13 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) |
Ongoing | ||
Operation Murfreesboro (18 February 2007 – 2 March 2007) |
Defeat | ||
Operation Shurta Nasir (15 February 2007) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Ras Kamboni (5 January 2007 – 12 January 2007) |
Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Foreign fighters |
Defeat | |
Battle of Baqubah (10 March – 19 August 2007) |
Defeat | ||
Operation Alljah (16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007) |
Other Iraqi Insurgents |
Defeat | |
Operation Phantom Thunder (16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007) |
Other Iraqi Insurgents |
Defeat | |
Operation Commando Eagle (21 June 2007 – 14 August 2007) |
Other Iraqi Insurgents |
Defeat | |
Operation Bull Run (24 June 2007 – 26 June 2007) |
Other Iraqi Insurgents |
Defeat | |
Battle of Donkey Island (30 June 2007 – 1 July 2007) |
Defeat | ||
Operation Phantom Strike (15 August 2007 – January 2008) |
Other Iraqi Insurgents |
Defeat | |
Operation Phantom Phoenix (8 January 2008, – 28 July 2008) |
Other Iraqi Insurgents |
Partial Defeat | |
Ninawa campaign (23 January 2008 – 28 July 2008) |
Other Iraqi Insurgents |
Indecisive | |
2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq (15 April 2008 - 19 May 2008) |
Indecisive | ||
Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem (28 June 2008 - 9 July 2008) |
Defeat | ||
Battle of Mogadishu (2009) (7 May 2009 – 1 October 2009) |
Partial victory | ||
Operation Augurs of Prosperity (29 July 2008 – 11 August 2008) |
Other Iraqi Insurgents |
Defeat | |
Battle of Wanat (July 13, 2008) |
Defeat | ||
Operation Rah-e-Nijat (19 June 2009 – 12 December 2009) |
Defeat | ||
Battle of Bajaur (7 August 2008 – 28 February 2009) |
Defeat | ||
Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (April 2009 – December 2014) |
Defeat | ||
Second Battle of Swat (16 May 2009 – 15 July 2009) |
Defeat | ||
Operation Blow to the Head (13 January 2010 – 12 February 2010) |
Indecisive | ||
Operation Moshtarak (13 February 2010 – 7 December 2010) |
Defeat | ||
Battle of Mogadishu (2010–11) (23 August 2010 – 6 August 2011) |
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Defeat |
Battle of Gedo | Ongoing | ||
Operation Neptune Spear (2 May 2011) |
Defeat | ||
Siege of Homs (6 May 2011 – 9 May 2014) |
Defeat | ||
PNS Mehran attack (22 May 2011 – 23 May 2011) |
Defeat | ||
Battle of Zinjibar (27 May 2011 – 10 September 2011) |
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Victory | |
Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011–March 2012) (8 September 2011 – 27 March 2012) |
Partial victory | ||
Siege of Dammaj (15 October 2011 – 22 December 2011) |
Defeat | ||
Battle of Aguelhok (17 January 2012 – 25 January 2012) |
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad |
Victory | |
Battle of Tessalit (18 January 2012 – 11 March 2012) |
Victory | ||
Battle of Dofas (4 March 2012 – 5 March 2012) |
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Victory | |
Battle of Yurkud (2012) (10 March 2012) |
Defeat | ||
2012 Abyan offensive (12 May 2012 – 15 June 2012) |
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Defeat | |
Battles of Gao and Timbuktu (26 June 2012 – 27 June 2012) |
Victory | ||
Siege of Nubl and Al-Zahraa (19 July 2012 – 3 February 2016) |
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Defeat | |
Lebanese–Syrian border clashes (8 years, 3 weeks and 4 days) |
Ongoing | ||
Rojava conflict (7 years, 11 months and 1 week) |
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Ongoing |
Siege of Menagh Air Base (2 August 2012 – 6 August 2013) |
Victory | ||
Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase (23 September 2012 – 9 September 2015) |
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Victory | |
Battle of Kismayo (2012) (28 September 2012 – 1 October 2012) |
AMISOM
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Defeat | |
Battle of Maarrat al-Nu'man (8 October 2012 – 13 October 2012) |
Victory | ||
Battle of Ras al-Ayn (8 November 2012 – 17 July 2013) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Menaka (16 November 2012 – 20 November 2012) |
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Victory | |
Battle of Darayya (November 2012–March 2013) (15 November 2012 – 14 February 2013) |
Victory | ||
Battle of Konna (10–18 January 2013) |
Defeat | ||
Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt (11 January 2013) |
Victory | ||
Battle of Diabaly (14–21 January 2013) |
Partial Defeat | ||
Battle of Safira (6 February 2013 – 19 February 2013) |
Victory | ||
Battle of Safira (6 February 2013 – 19 February 2013) |
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Partial Victory | |
Battle of Ifoghas (22 February 2013) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Shadadeh (12–14 February 2013) |
Victory | ||
Akashat ambush (4 March 2013) |
Victory | ||
2013 Daraa offensive (3 March – 10 April 2013) |
Partial Victory | ||
Battle of Raqqa (3 March 2013 – 6 March 2013) |
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Victory |
Battle of Tigharghar (12 March 2013) |
Defeat | ||
Second Battle of Timbuktu (20 March 2013 - 1 April 2013) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Radda (29 March 2013 - 27 April 2013) |
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Indecisive | |
Al-Qusayr offensive (2013) (4 April 2013 – 8 June 2013) |
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Defeat | |
2013 Hawija clashes (23 April 2013 – 26 April 2013) |
Victory | ||
Battle of al-Qusayr (2013) (19 May 2013 – 5 June 2013) |
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Defeat | |
Operation al-Shabah (20 May 2013 – 14 July 2013) |
Indecisive | ||
2013 Sidon clash (23–25 June 2013) |
Defeat | ||
Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present) (6 years, 11 months, 1 week and 3 days) |
Arab tribesmen |
Ongoing | |
2013 Latakia offensive (4–19 August 2013) |
Defeat | ||
Battle of Ma'loula (4 September 2013 – 15 September 2013) |
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Defeat |
Rif Dimashq offensive (September–November 2013) (10 September 2013 – 28 November 2013) |
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Defeat |
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013) (1 October 2013 – 1 December 2013) |
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Defeat |
Battle of Sadad (21 October 2013 – 28 October 2013) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Qalamoun (2013) (15 November 2013 – 26 April 2014) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Murak (1 February – 23 October 2014) |
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Defeat | |
Daraa offensive (February–May 2014) (3 February 2014 – 27 May 2014) |
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Indecisive | |
Al-Otaiba ambush (26 February 2014) |
Defeat | ||
2014 Idlib offensive (5 March 2014 – 25 May 2014) |
Victory | ||
Battle of Hosn (20 March 2014) |
Defeat | ||
2014 Latakia offensive (21 March 2014 – 15 June 2014) |
Supported by:
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Defeat |
Battle of Markada (21–31 March 2014) |
Defeat | ||
Battle of Al-Malihah (4 April 2014 – 14 December 2014) |
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Defeat | |
Second Siege of Wadi Deif (4 April 2014 – 14 December 2014) |
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Victory |
Battle of Dayet in Maharat (16 2014 –17 April 2014) |
Defeat | ||
Operation Zarb-e-Azb (15 June 2014 – 3 April 2016) |
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Turkistan Islamic Party |
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Defeat |
Operation Inherent Resolve (6 years, 1 week and 4 days) |
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Ongoing | |
2014 Hama offensive (26 July 2014 – 19 September 2014) |
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Defeat | |
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict (8 July 2014 – 26 August 2014) |
Gazan militant groups Armament support: |
Indecisive | |
Battle of Arsal (2014) (2 August 2014 – 7 August 2014) |
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Defeat | |
Operation Indian Ocean (16 August 2014 – 2015) |
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Defeat | |
2014 Quneitra offensive (27 August 2014 – 23 September 2014) |
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Victory | |
American-led intervention in Syria (5 years, 9 months and 4 days) |
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Ongoing | |
Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict (26 October 2014 – 1 March 2015) |
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Victory | |
2014 Idlib city raid (27 October 2014) |
Defeat | ||
Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (1 November 2014 – 15 December 2014) |
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Victory |
2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen ( 26 November 2014 and 6 December 2014) |
Indecisive | ||
Daraa offensive (January 2015) (24 January 2015 – 31 January 2015) |
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Victory | |
Battle of Bosra (2015) (21 March 2015 – 24 March 2015) |
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Victory | |
Second Battle of Idlib (24 March 2015 – 28 March 2015) |
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Victory | |
2015 Idlib offensive (24 March 2015 – 5 April 2015) |
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Partial Victory | |
Siege of Al-Fu'ah-Kafriya (2015) (5 years, 3 months and 1 day) |
Ongoing | ||
Abyan campaign (March–August 2015) (26 March 2015 – 11 August 2015) |
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Partial Defeat | |
Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015) (29 March 2015 – 15 April 2015) |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Nasib Border Crossing (1 April 2015) |
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Victory | |
Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) (1 April 2015 – 20 April 2015) |
Partial Victory | ||
Battle of Mukalla (2 April 2015 – 16 April 2015) |
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Victory | |
Battle of Taiz (2015-2016) (15 April 2015 – 17 April 2016) |
Foreign intervention |
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Stalemate |
Battle of Leego (2015) (26 June 2015) |
AMISOM
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Strategical Victory | |
Aleppo offensive (July 2015) (2–7 July 2015) |
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Partial Victory |
Battle of Zabadani (2015) (3 July – 24 September 2015) |
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Ceasefire |
Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) (28 July – 28 August 2015) |
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Victory |
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (30 September 2015 – present (4 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)) |
Supported by: Levant Front[80]
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Aerial combat
Ground forces |
Ongoing |
Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015) (7 October – 10 November 2015) |
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Indecisive |
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015) (16 October – 21 December 2015) |
Support |
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Defeat |
2015 Latakia offensive (15 October 2015 – 12 March 2016) |
Support |
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Defeat |
2015 Hama offensive (28 November – 15 December 2015) |
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Defeat |
Fall of Zinjibar and Jaar (2–3 December 2015) |
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Victory | |
Southern Abyan Offensive (2016) (20 February 2016) |
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Victory | |
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