Conflict | United Arab Emirates, its predecessors, and allies | Opponents | Result | Emirati leaders | Emirati losses |
Prime Minister | President | Military | Civilian |
Gulf Campaign (1809) | Al Qawasim | United Kingdom | Defeat | | ? | ? |
Gulf Campaign (1819) | Al Qawasim | United Kingdom Support: Oman | Defeat | | ? | ? |
Qatari–Bahraini War (1867) | House of Khalifa Abu Dhabi | House of Thani | Ceasefire | | ? | ? |
Buraimi War (1952–1955) | Trucial Emirates British Empire
Supported by Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Aden Protectorate | Saudi Arabia | Victory | | ? | ? |
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1979) | ADF | LF
FLA | Victory[1] - ADF mission goals achieved[1]
- ADF becomes an all-Syrian force in 1979
| | | ? | None |
Gulf War (1990–1991) | Kuwait
United States
United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
France
Canada
Egypt
Syria
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Qatar | Iraq | Victory | 6 killed | None |
First Libyan Civil War (2011) | NTC
NATO Jordan
Qatar
Sweden
United Arab Emirates | Libya | Victory | | | None | None |
Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020) | Libyan Government
Egypt
United Arab Emirates
United States | GNC
Shura Council (Benghazi)
Shura Council (Derna)
Islamic State | Ceasefire | None | None |
War on ISIS (2014–present) | Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan
Free Syrian Army
Rojava
United States
United Kingdom
Jordan
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Morocco
Australia
Belgium
Canada
France
Germany
Denmark
Norway | Islamic State
al-Nusra Front
Khorasan | Ongoing - Unilateral US-Arab intervention against Syrian Islamists
| None | None |
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) | Hadi government
Southern Movement
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Sudan
Senegal
Bahrain
Kuwait
Qatar
Egypt
Morocco
Jordan | Houthi government
al-Qaeda
Islamic State | Ongoing | 120 killed | None |
STC
United Arab Emirates | Hadi government |