List of wars involving Kuwait

• Bushehr

• Naval attack by the Bushehri navy on Zubarah in 1782 fails.
• Civil war starts in Bahrain after the attack on Zubarah.
• Jidhafs win the civil war, however, by this time the Zubarans had just entered the country.
• Zubarah gains control of Bahrain in 1783

• Kuwaiti victory over Banu Kaab.

• British East India Company

• Saudi retreat from Kuwait.

• Dammam

• Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah's invasion of Bahrain repelled.

• Baghdad Eyalet

• Al-Muntafiq
• Banu Kaab

• Kuwaiti intervention in Basra leads to ceasefire with the Bani Kaab.
• Sheikh Humoud imprisoned by Governor of Baghdad Dawud Pasha and replaced by his nephew Sheikh Aqeel as Emir of the Muntafiq tribal confederation.

• Banu Kaab
• Al-Muntafiq

• Baghdad Eyalet

• End of several week long siege of Basra by the allies of former Baghdad governor Dawud Pasha.
• Arab demands met with the Re-installation of Aziz Agha as Mutasallim of Basra.

• Al-Muntafiq

• End of the seven-month-long siege of Zubair.
• Restoration of the Al Thaqib family as the ruling house of Zubair.
• Massacre of the House of Al Zuhair by the reinstated House of Al Thaqib; survivors find refuge in Kuwait and Ottoman Iraq.

• Baghdad Eyalet

• Capture and destruction of Muhammara (Khorramshahr) by Ali Rida Pasha, Governor of Baghdad.
• Banu Kaab pays homage to the Ottomans rather than the Persians.
• Kuwait wins alliance with the Ottoman Empire and becomes unrivaled in sharing with Basra the commercial prosperity in the northern region of the Gulf with the fall of Muhammara.

• Al Hasa is reincorporated into the Ottoman Empire and becomes known as the Najd Sanjak.
• Sheikh Abdullah bin Sabah Al Sabah the ruler of Kuwait is granted the honorific title of Kaymakam by the Ottomans for his contribution to the war effort.

• Kuwaiti Invasion of Najd repelled.
• Jabal Shammar Counter-Invasion Fails

• Mutayr

• Five thousand camels captured as booty.
• Beginning of Saudi-Rashidi War.

• Kuwaiti-Saudi initial defeat at the Battle of Hadia.
• Sheikh Mubarak sends another force which easily claims victory against the Al Muntafiq tribe.

• Australia
•  India
• New Zealand

Kuwaiti Front:

• Ottoman forces expelled from their positions in Umm Qasr, Safwan, and Bubiyan.
• British public recognition of Kuwait as a protectorate proclaiming it to be an “independent government under British protection.

British Front:

• Treaty of Sèvres

• Ikhwan

• Uqair Protocol of 1922

• RAF

• Ikhwan attack on Kuwait repelled.
• The remnants of the Ikhwan incorporated into regular Saudi units.
• The Ikhwan leadership was either slain or imprisoned.

• The crisis ended after the military coup against Abdul Karim Qasim and his execution.
• Saudi Arabia forces were sent to Kuwait consisting of 1,281 Saudi soldiers.

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• Pull back of Iraqi Armed Forces to the demarcation line set by the Arab League during Operation Vantage 1961.
• Iraqi withdrawal from Al-Samita border post under Saudi pressure.

• At the final ceasefire:
  • Egyptian forces held 1,200 km² (460 sq mi) on the eastern bank of the canal.
  • Israeli forces held 1,600 km² (620 sq mi) on the western bank of the canal.
  • Israeli forces held 500 km² (193 sq mi) of the Syrian Bashan region of the Golan Heights.

Kuwait

Iraq

• UNSC Resolution 660 condemns invasion on 2 August
• UNSC Resolution 661 imposes international sanctions against Iraq and declares Kuwait's right to self-defence on 6 August
• UNSC Resolution 662 designates Iraqi occupation/annexation of Kuwait as illegal on 9 August
• UNSC Resolution 665 authorizes naval blockade against Iraq on 25 August
• Iraq establishes the "Republic of Kuwait" on 2 August and annexes it on 28 August
  • Northern Kuwait becomes the Saddamiyat al-Mitla' District within Iraq's Basra Governorate
  • Southern Kuwait becomes Iraq's Kuwait Governorate

• State of Kuwait resumes self-governance over all Kuwaiti sovereign territory
• Establishment of a demilitarized zone and construction of a separation barrier along the Iraq–Kuwait border

•  Houthi militants
• Yemen Army
  (pro-Saleh and Houthis) (2015–17)
• Yemeni Republican Guard (2015–17)

Al-Qaeda

• AQAP

• 2026 Iranian strikes on Kuwait

October 7 attacks:
Israel

Gaza War & West Bank Incursions:
Israel
Israeli-backed groups:

• Popular Forces
• Fatah-affiliated groups

Defensive Only: Palestinian Authority

2024 Kerman Bombings:
Islamic State
Defensive during Iranian Retaliatory Strikes:
Iraq
Ba'athist Syria

 Aspides (until 2024):
European Union
Independent Patrols (Red Sea Crisis):
China
Egypt
India
Pakistan

Syrian Civil War (until 2024):
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Southern Operations Room
Free Syrian Army
Syrian National Army
From 2024:

Twelve Day War:
United States Israel

2026 Iran War:

Anti-Iranian Protestors (outside Iran)

Ba'athist Syria (until 2024)
Axis of Resistance: Hamas
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Palestinian Mujahideen Movement
Palestinian Freedom Movement
Popular Resistance Committees
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command

Hezbollah
Amal Movement
Islamic Group

Intelligence Support:

Syrian Civil War (until 2024):

Defensive during Israeli invasion of Lebanon:

Defensive stances on attacks by Israel and allies:

Pro-Iranian protestors (outside Iran)

Ongoing:

• 2026 Iran War: Ongoing
  On 28 February 2026, during the 2026 Iran war, Iran began launching a series of retaliatory strikes on American and Kuwaiti targets within Kuwait.