List of wars involving Algeria
This is a list of wars involving the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and its predecessor states.
- Algerian defeat
- Algerian victory
- Another result (e.g: Treaty, status quo ante bellum, indecisive/stalemate/withdrawal etc... or indecisive)
Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen (1235–1556)
| Conflict | Belligerents | Result for Algeria and its Allies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | ||
Zayyanid–Almohad wars (1236–1248)
|
 Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
 Almohad Caliphate
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Zayyanid Capture of Sijilmasa (1264) |
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
 Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory |
| Siege of Tlemcen (1272) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Battle of Tafna (1281) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Marinid Victory
|
| Siege of Tlemcen (1290) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Siege of Nedroma (1296) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Siege of Tlemcen (1299–1307) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Siege of Oujda (1314) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Siege of Béjaïa (1326–1329)
Location: Algeria |
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
 Hafsid dynasty
|
Zayyanid Partial Victory
|
| Capture of Tunis (1329) Location:Tunis, Tunisia |
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Hafsid dynasty
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Siege of Béjaïa (1331–1332) [fr] Location: Algeria |
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Hafsid dynasty
|
Hafsid-Marinid Victory
|
| Siege of Tlemcen (1335–1337) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Marinid Victory
|
| Capture of Tlemcen (1352) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Marinid Decisive Victory
|
| Battle of Kairouan (1348) [fr] (April 1348) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid-Hafsid Victory
|
| Siege of Oran (1348) [fr] (October 1348) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Inconclusive
|
| Siege of Oran (1349) [fr] (27 July– August 1349) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Battle of Oujda (1359) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory |
| Campagne of Tlemcen (1360) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Siege of Oran (1360–1361) [fr] (1360–1361) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Capture of Tlemcen (1370) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Marinid Decisive Victory
|
| Capture of Tlemcen (1383) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Marinid Victory
|
| Capture of Tlemcen (1389) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Marinid Victory
|
Barbary Crusade (July 1 – October 1, 1390)
Location: Mahdia, Tunisia |
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
 Kingdom of France
|
Zayyanid-Hafsid Victory |
| Capture of Tlemcen (1393) [fr] | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Marinid Victory
|
| Zayyanid conquest of Fez (1423) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Marinid Sultanate
|
Zayyanid victory
|
| Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (1497) [fr]
Location: Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria |
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
 Spanish Empire
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501)
|
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
 Portuguese Empire
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Capture of Mers-el-Kébir (1505)
|
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Spanish Empire
|
Spanish Victory
|
| Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1507)
|
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
 Spanish Empire
|
Zayyanid Victory |
| Spanish conquest of Oran (1509)
Location: Oran, Algeria  |
Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Spanish Empire
|
Spanish victory
|
| Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (June – July 1535) | Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Spanish Empire
|
Zayyanid Victory
|
| Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (27 January – 8 March 1543) |  Kingdom of Tlemcen
|
Spanish Empire Supporters of Abu Abdallah VI
|
Spanish victory
|
Regency of Algiers (1515-1830)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algiers Expedition (1516) Location:Algiers |
 Barbarossa Kingdom of Kuku
|
Spanish Empire
|
Algerian victory
|
| Algiers Expedition (1519) Location:Algiers |
 Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Spanish Empire
|
Algerian victory
|
| Fall of Tlemcen (1519) Location:Tlemcen, Algeria |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Spanish Empire
|
Spanish victory |
| Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529) Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars, and the establishment of the Regency of Algiers Location:Algiers  |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Spanish Empire
|
Beylerbeylikal victory
|
| Campaign of Cherchell (1531) Location:Cherchell |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
 Empire of Charles V:
|
Algerian victory |
| Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540) Part of the Ottoman–Venetian wars Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea  |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
 Holy League: Republic of Venice Spanish Empire
|
Ottoman victory
|
| Algiers expedition (1541) Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Algiers  |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
Algerine victory
 |
| Italian War of 1542–1546 Part of the Anglo-French Wars & Italian Wars Part of the Algero-Spanish War Location: Western Europe  |
 Kingdom of France Ottoman Empire
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
Inconclusive |
| Expedition to Mostaganem (1543) Location:Mostaganem |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Spanish Empire
|
Algerian victory
|
| Expedition to Mostaganem (1547) Location:Mostaganem |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Spanish Empire
|
Algerian victory
|
| Campaign of Tlemcen (1551) Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Tlemcen  |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers Kingdom of Ait Abbas |
Spanish Empire Saadi sultanate
|
Algerian victory
|
| Campaign of Tlemcen (1552) Location: Tlemcen |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Saadi sultanate
|
Algerian victory The Moulouya river imposed as the border[3] |
| Capture of Fez (1554) Location: Fez, Morocco |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers Kingdom of Kuku
|
Saadi sultanate
|
Algerian victory |
| Campaign of Tlemcen (1557) Location: Tlemcen |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Saadi sultanate
|
Algerian victory |
| Expedition to Mostaganem (1558) Location:Mostaganem |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Spanish Empire
|
Algerian victory |
| Campaign of Tlemcen (1560) Location: Tlemcen |
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Saadi sultanate
|
Algerian victory[4][5] |
| Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–1571) Part of the Algero-Spanish War Location: Spain  |
Muslims of Granada Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Spanish Empire
|
Spanish victory
|
| Franco-Algerian war (1609–1628) | Beylerbeylik of Algiers
|
Kingdom of France
|
Algerian victory |
| Tunisian–Algerian War (1628) Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars Location: Algeria, Tunisia |
Pashalik of Algiers
|
 Beylik of Tunis
|
Algerian victory
|
| Cretan War (1645–1669) Part of:Ottoman–Venetian wars Location: Candia, Crete, Dalmatia and Aegean Sea |
 Ottoman Empire
|
Ottoman victory | |
| Djidjelli expedition (1664) Location: Jijel  |
Pashalik of Algiers Kingdom of Ait Abbas Kingdom of Kuku
|
Kingdom of France Knights Hospitaller
|
Algerian victory
|
Deylikal period (1671-1830)
French Algeria (1830–1962)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
|---|---|---|---|
| French conquest of Algeria (1830–1903) Part of the Algeria-European War Location: Algeria  |
Regency of Algiers
|
 Kingdom of France (1830–1848) French Second Republic (1848–1852) Second French Empire (1852–1870) French Third Republic (1870 onward)
Support: |
French victory
 |
| Algerian War (1954–1962) Part of the Cold War and the decolonisation of Africa Location: French Algeria  |
|
Algerian victory
|
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (1962-present)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand War (1963–1964) Part of the Arab Cold War and the Cold War Location: Algeria  |
 Cuba[19]
|
 MoroccoMinor involvement:  France[20]
|
Military stalemate
|
| Yom Kippur War
(1973) |
 United Arab Republic
Supported by: |
 Israel
Supported by: |
Israeli military victory
|
| Western Sahara War (1975–1976) Location: Western Sahara  |
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Algeria
|
Morocco Mauritania
|
Inconclusive
|
| Algerian Civil War (1992–2002) Location: Algeria  |
Government of Algeria Minor involvement:  Egypt[24][25] Tunisia[24][25] France[25][26] European Union[26] South Africa[27]
|
 Islamic Salvation Front loyalistsMinor involvement: Morocco [25][28][29] Libya (until 1995)[25] Saudi Arabia (pre-war)[26] Iran (alleged)[26]Saudi private donors[26] Armed Islamic Group (from 1993)
|
Algerian government victory |
| Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) (2002–present) Location: Maghreb, Sahara, Sahel  |
Algeria Mauritania Tunisia Libya Mali Niger[34] Chad[35] France[35][36][37] Morocco[38]
|
 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)[39] Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade (from 2012)[40] Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (2012–17) Salafia Jihadia[38] Boko Haram (from 2006, partially aligned with ISIL since 2015)[41][42]
|
Ongoing
|
| ISIL insurgency in Tunisia (2015–2022) Location: Tunisia |
Tunisia Algeria
|
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
|
Government victory
|
See also
- Foreign relations of Algeria
- History of Algeria
- Politics of Algeria
- Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Notes
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