List of wars involving Morocco

List of wars involving Morocco and the former entities that ruled the current Morocco.

Marinid Sultanate (1244–1465)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses
Battle of Salé

(1260)

Marinid Sultanate Kingdom of Castile Victory Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq Several killed
3,000 captured and taken as slaves in Seville[1]
Battle of Écija

(1275)

Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Kingdom of Castile Victory Unknown
Battle of Martos

(1275)

Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Kingdom of Castile Victory Unknown
Battle of Algeciras

(1278)

Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Kingdom of Castile
Order of Santa María de España
Victory Unknown
Siege of Algeciras

(1278-1279)

Marinid Sultanate Kingdom of Castile Victory Unknown
Siege of Tlemcen

(1299-1307)

Marinid Sultanate Zayyanid Kingdom Defeat Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr Unknown
Third siege of Gibraltar

(1333-1333)

Marinid Sultanate Kingdom of Castile Victory Unknown
Fourth siege of Gibraltar

(1333-1333)

Marinid Sultanate Kingdom of Castile Victory Unknown
Siege of Tlemcen

(1335-1337)

Marinid Sultanate Zayyanid Kingdom Victory Unknown
Battle of Vega de Pagana

(1339)

Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Crown of Castile Defeat Unknown
Battle of Río Salado

(1340)

Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Crown of Castile
Kingdom of Portugal
Defeat Unknown
Battle of Estepona

(1342)

Marinid Sultanate Crown of Aragon Defeat 4 galleys captured
2 ships destroyed
Siege of Algeciras

(1342-1344)

Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Crown of Castile
Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Navarre
 Republic of Genoa
Kingdom of Portugal
Crusaders
Defeat Unknown
Fifth siege of Gibraltar

(1349-1350)

Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Kingdom of Castile Victory Abu Inan Faris Unknown
Sixth siege of Gibraltar

(1411)

Marinid Sultanate Emirate of Granada Defeat Abu Said Uthman III Unknown
Conquest of Ceuta

(1415)

Marinid Sultanate Kingdom of Portugal Defeat Several thousands killed or taken prisoners

1 cannon captured[2]

Siege of Ceuta

(1419)

Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Portuguese Empire Defeat Unknown
Battle of Tangier

(1437)

Marinid Sultanate Portuguese Empire Victory Abd al-Haqq II Unknown


Wattasid Sultanate (1472–1554)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses
Conquest of Asilah

(1471)

Wattasid Sultanate Portuguese Empire Defeat Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sheikh 2,000 killed
5,000 captured
Conquest of Melilla

(1497)

Wattasid Sultanate Castile–Aragon Union Defeat Unknown
Battle of Azemmour

(1513)

Wattasid Sultanate Portuguese Empire Defeat Muhammad al-Burtuqali 1,500 infantry killed
1000 cavalry killed
7 ships destroyed

Saadi Sultanate (1510–1659)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses
Fall of Agadir

(1541)

Saadi Sultanate Portuguese Empire Victory Mohammed al-Shaykh Unknown
Campaign of Tlemcen

(1551)

Saadi Sultanate
Spanish Empire
Ottoman Empire

Kingdom of Aït Abbas
Zayyanid Kingdom

Defeat Unknown
Capture of Fez

(1554)

Saadi Sultanate Ottoman Empire

Kingdom of Kuku
Wattasid Sultanate
Principality of Debdou

Defeat Unknown
Battle of Tadla

(1554)

Saadi Sultanate Wattasid Sultanate Victory Unknown
Campaign of Tlemcen

(1557)

Saadi Sultanate Beylerbeylik of Algiers
Kingdom of Aït Abbas
Inconclusive Unknown
Battle of Wadi al-Laban

(1558)

Saadi Sultanate Beylerbeylik of Algiers Victory Abdallah al-Ghalib Unknown
Rebellion of the Alpujarras

(1568–1571)

Muslims of Granada
Support:
Saadi Sultanate
Beylerbeylik of Algiers
Spanish Empire Defeat Unknown
Capture of Fez

(1576)

Saadi Sultanate Saadi Sultanate

Ottoman Empire

Defeat Abdallah Mohammed Unknown
Battle of Alcácer Quibir

(1578)

Saadi Sultanate Portuguese Empire Victory Abd al-Malik I 7,000 dead (Portuguese source)

1,500 dead

(Spanish source)

Battle of Tondibi

(1591)

Saadi Sultanate Songhai Empire Victory Ahmad al-Mansur Unknown
Battle of Jenné

(1599)

Saadi Sultanate Mali Empire Victory Unknown
Succession War

(1603–1627)

Saadi Sultanate Saadi Sultanate Marrakesh Forces Victory Abd al-Malik II Unknown

Alaouite Sultanate (1668–1912)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses
Battle of Tangier

(1664)

Alaouite Sultanate Kingdom of England Victory Unknown
Siege of Larache

(1689)

Alaouite Sultanate Spanish Empire Victory Unknown
Battle of Moulouya

(1692)

Alaouite Sultanate Deylik of Algiers Defeat 5,000 killed
Siege of Oran

(1693)

Alaouite Sultanate Spanish Empire
Deylik of Algiers
Defeat Unknown
Sieges of Ceuta

(1694-1727)

Alaouite Sultanate
Support:
Kingdom of England (Until 1707)
Great Britain (From 1707)
Spanish Empire Defeat Unknown
Maghrebi War

(1699-1702)

Beylik of Tunis
Alaouite Sultanate
Pashalik of Tripoli (Until 1700)
Deylik of Algiers
Pashalik of Tripoli (From 1700)
Stalemate 3,050 killed (Battle of Chelif)
Laghouat Expedition

(1708-1713)

Alaouite Sultanate Laghouat
Aïn Madhi
Aïn Séfra
Boussemghoun
Victory Unknown
Larache Expedition

(1765)

Alaouite Sultanate Kingdom of France Victory
  • Rout of the French fleet.
  • Signing of a truce and a treaty in 1767.
Mohammed III 30 killed
Siege of Melilla

(1774-1775)

Alaouite Sultanate
Support:
Great Britain
Kingdom of Spain Defeat 600 dead or wounded
Capture of the Rif

(1792)

Alaouite Sultanate Deylik of Algiers Defeat Slimane ben Mohammed Unknown
First Barbary War

(1802–1804)

Karamanli Tripolitania
Alaouite Sultanate
United States
Sweden (1802)
Sicily
Inconclusive None
Austrian expedition against Morocco (1829)

(1829–1830)

Alaouite Sultanate Austrian Empire Defeat
  • Morocco delivers Veloce back to Austria and pays compensations.
  • Renewal of the treaties of 1783 and 1805.
Abd al-Rahman ben Hisham 150 total casualties
French conquest of Algeria

(1830-1844)

Deylik of Algiers
Emirate of Mascara
Support:
Alaouite Sultanate
France Defeat Unknown
Franco-Moroccan War

(1844)

Alaouite Sultanate
Emirate of Mascara
France Defeat 870 killed
28 cannons lost
Bombardment of Salé

(1851)

Alaouite Sultanate France Inconclusive 24 killed
47 injured
Battle of Tres Forcas

(1856)

Alaouite Sultanate Prussia Victory Unknown
Hispano-Moroccan War

(1859–1860)

Alaouite Sultanate Spain Defeat Mohammed IV 6,000 killed
Margallo War

(1893-1894)

Alaouite Sultanate Spain Defeat Hassan I Unknown
Bou Hmara Rebellion

(1902–1909)

Alaouite Sultanate Bou Hmara's Domains Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed.
  • Execution of Bou Hmara.
Abd al-Aziz ben Hassan Unknown
Invasion of Oujda

(1907)

Alaouite Sultanate France Defeat Unknown
Bombardment of Casablanca

(1907)

Alaouite Sultanate France Defeat Unknown
Hafidiya

(1907-1908)

Alaouite Sultanate Alaouite Sultanate Abd al-Hafid Forces Victory Unknown
French conquest of Morocco

(1911–1934)

Alaouite Sultanate (Until 1912, Treaty of Fes)
Resistance Forces
France Defeat Abd al-Hafid ben Hassan Unknown

Kingdom of Morocco (1956–present)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses
Ifni War

(1957–1958)

 Morocco Spain

France

Victory
  • No longer tied down in conflicts with the French, committed a significant portion of its resources and manpower to gain independence from Spain.
  • Treaty of Angra de Cintra
Mohammed V 1,000 killed[13]
Rif revolt

(1958–1959)

 Morocco Riffian insurgents Victory
  • Defeat of the Riffian insurgents
~1,000 killed[14]
Tuareg Rebellion

(1962-1964)

 Mali
Support:
 Morocco
 Algeria
Tuareg Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Hassan II Unknown
Sand War
(1963)
 Morocco
Support:
France
 Algeria
 Cuba[15]
Support:
United Arab Republic
Stalemate 39 killed, 57 captured

or

200 killed[16]

October War
(1973)
Federation of Arab Republics

Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
Morocco
 Saudi Arabia
 Cuba
 North Korea[17][18]

 Israel Defeat[19] (Strategic Political Gains)[20] 6 captured
Green March

(1975)

 Morocco Spain Victory Unknown
Western Sahara War
(1975–1991)
Morocco
Mauritania(1975–1979)
Support:
France (1975–1979)
Saudi Arabia
United States
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Algeria(Amgala Battle From 1976)[22]
Support:
Libya (Until 1984)
North Korea (From 1978)

Stalemate
  • Spanish withdrawal under the Madrid Accords (1976)
  • Mauritanian retreat and withdrawal of territorial claims
  • Military Stalemate
  • Ceasefire agreed on between the Polisario Front and Morocco (1991)
  • Morocco controls 75% of the Western Sahara, the Polisario Front controls 25%
Unknown

2,155–
2,300 captured

Shaba I
(1977)
 Zaire
 Morocco
Egypt
FNLC Victory
  • FNLC expelled from Katanga
  • The FNLC withdrew to Angola and possibly to Zambia
8 killed
Chadian–Libyan conflict
(1978–1987)
 Morocco
FAT
 France
 Zaire
Libya
FROLINAT
GUNT
Victory None
Shaba II
(1978)
 Zaire
 France
 Belgium
 Morocco
FNLC Victory 1 paratrooper killed
Gulf War
(19901991)
 Kuwait
United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Canada
 Egypt
 Syria
 Morocco
 Oman
 Qatar
 Australia
Iraq Victory
  • Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored
  • Kuwaiti independence restored
  • Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure
Unknown
Operation Restore Hope
(1992–1993)
UNITAF
 Morocco
France
 Germany
 Greece
 Belgium
 Saudi Arabia
 Canada
 Egypt
 Germany
 Italy
 United Kingdom
United Somali Congress UN success None
Perejil Island crisis
(2002)
 Spain  Morocco Defeat
  • Moroccan soldiers removed by Spanish military
  • Island remains disputed
Mohammed VI 6 soldiers captured and released on the same day[23]
Insurgency in the Maghreb

(2002–)

 Morocco
 Algeria
 Tunisia
 Libya
 Mauritania
 Mali
 Niger
 Chad
 France
Support:
United States
 United Kingdom
Al-Qaeda Ongoing Unknown
Sixth Sa'dah War
(2009–2010)
 Morocco
 Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
 Jordan
Houthis Stalemate
  • Houthis consolidate control over Sa'dah[24]
  • Ceasefire after rebels accepted the government's truce conditions.
None
Central African Republic Civil War
(2012–)
 Central African Republic
 Morocco
MINUSCA (since 2014)
MISCA (2013–2014)
MICOPAX (2013)
 France (2013–16)
 South Africa (2012–13)
EUFOR RCA (2014–15)
FPRC
UPC
MPC
Ongoing
  • As of July 2021 government controls more territory than at any point since the war began in 2012[25]
None
War in Iraq
(2013–2017)
 Iraq
Peshmerga
Sinjar Alliance
CJTF–OIR
ISIL
Ansar al-Islam
SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
Mujahideen Army
Morocco-allied Coalition and Iraqi victory[26] None
Intervention In Iraq
(2014-2021)
 Iraq United States

CJTF-OIR Members:

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
White Flags
Morocco-allied Coalition and Iraqi victory
  • Iraqi government forces regain control of all parts of Iraq previously controlled by ISIL.[30]
  • Heavy damage dealt to ISIL forces; military defeat in Iraq[31][32]
  • Iraq declares military victory against ISIL on 9 December 2017
Unknown
Intervention In Yemen
(2015)
Hadi Government
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Senegal
 Sudan
 Qatar
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Egypt
 France
Revolutionary Council Ongoing
  • Houthis dissolve Yemeni government.
  • Houthis take control of northern Yemen.
10 killed

1 F-16 shot down

Western Saharan clashes

(2020–)

 Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Ongoing At least 2 soldiers killed[33][34]


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