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This is a list of wars involving Somalia in which Somali armed forces participated in after Somalia's independence on the 1st of July 1960.

  Somalia defeat
  Somalia victory
  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, result unknown or indecisive)
  Ongoing conflict
Date Conflict Allies Enemies Result
1964 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War Somalia Somalia
Supported by:
Syria Egypt[1] 		Ethiopian Empire Ethiopia
Supported by:
United States United States[2] 		Cease-fire
  • Return to status quo ante bellum
1977–1978 Ogaden War Somalia Somalia
List of wars involving Somalia WSLF
Supported by:
Egypt Egypt[3]
List of wars involving Somalia Saudi Arabia[4][5]
Iraq Iraq[5][6] 		List of wars involving Somalia Ethiopia
List of wars involving Somalia Cuba
List of wars involving Somalia Soviet Union
List of wars involving Somalia South Yemen[7]
Supported by:
List of wars involving Somalia Israel[8][9]
List of wars involving Somalia East Germany
List of wars involving Somalia North Korea[10] 		Defeat[11][12]
  • Somalia breaks all ties with the Soviet Bloc (except China and Romania).[13]
  • Beginning of the Somali Rebellion
1982 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War List of wars involving Somalia Somalia
Supported by:
United States United States 		List of wars involving Somalia Ethiopia Stalemate
  • Ethiopian invasion halted[14][15]
  • Ethiopia occupies the border towns of Galdogob and Balanbale until 1988[16]
  • The United States delivers emergency military and economic aid to Somalia[14][17]
1981/1988/1991 (disputed) – present Somali Civil War List of wars involving Somalia Somalia
List of wars involving Somalia United States [18][19]
Supported by:
List of wars involving Somalia Italy[20]
List of wars involving Somalia Turkey[21]
List of wars involving Somalia United Kingdom[22] 		List of wars involving Somalia Al-Qaeda
  • List of wars involving Somalia Al-Shabaab

List of wars involving Somalia Islamic State (from 2015)[23][24]

  • Wilayat al Somal
 Ongoing
  • De facto independence of Somaliland
  • New Government formed in 2012
  1. ^ Mekonnen, Teferi (2018). "The Nile issue and the Somali-Ethiopian wars (1960s–78)". Annales d'Éthiopie. 32: 271–291. doi:10.3406/ethio.2018.1657.
  2. ^ Lefebvre, Jeffrey (1998). "The United States, Ethiopia and the 1963 Somali-Soviet Arms Deal: Containment and the Balance of Power Dilemma in the Horn of Africa". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 36 (4): 611–643. doi:10.1017/S0022278X98002870. JSTOR 161927. S2CID 154644957.
  3. ^ Mekonnen, Teferi (2018). "The Nile issue and the Somali-Ethiopian wars (1960s–78)". Annales d'Éthiopie. 32: 271–291. doi:10.3406/ethio.2018.1657.
  4. ^ Tareke 2000, p. 656.
  5. ^ a b Fitzgerald, Nina J. (2002). Somalia; Issues, History, and Bibliography. Nova Publishers. p. 64. ISBN 9781590332658.
  6. ^ Malovany, Pesach (21 July 2017). Wars of Modern Babylon. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813169453.
  7. ^ "Ogaden Area recaptured by Ethiopian Forces with Soviet and Cuban Support -International Ramifications of Ethiopian-Somali Conflict – Incipient Soviet and Cuban Involvement in Ethiopian Warfare against Eritrean Secessionists -Political Assassinations inside Ethiopia". Keesing's Record of World Events (formerly Keesing's Contemporary Archives). 1 May 1978.
  8. ^ Lefebvre, Jeffrey Alan. Arms for the horn : U.S. Security Policy in Ethiopia and Somalia. University of Pitsburg Press. p. 188.
  9. ^ "Arms and Rumors From East, West Sweep Ethiopia". Washington Postt. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  10. ^ "North Korea's Military Partners in the Horn". The Diplomat. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  11. ^ Lapidoth, Ruth (1982). The Read Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 9024725011.
  12. ^ Szajkowski, Bogdan (18 June 1981). Marxist Governments_ A World Survey_ Mozambique-Yugoslavia. Springer. p. 656. ISBN 9781349043323.
  13. ^ Gorman 1981, p. 208
  14. ^ a b Cowell, Alan (8 October 1982). "Ethiopian Drive Against Somalia Bogs Down". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Ethiopian and Somali Forces Withdrawn Under Agreement". The New York Times. 26 April 1988.
  16. ^ "The History Guy: Ethiopia-Somalia Wars and Conflicts". Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Somalia: Status of the Armed Forces" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. March 1982. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Al-Shabaab leader's fate unclear after suspected U.S. drone strike". CNN. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  19. ^ "U.S. drone strike in Somalia targets al-Shabab leader". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  20. ^ "US special forces base, Italian army convoy attacked in Somalia". Al Jazeera. 30 September 2019.
  21. ^ Liddon, Paul (13 July 2019). "The significance of Turkey's overseas military bases". AhvalNews. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  22. ^ "First British troops arrive in Somalia as part of UN mission". The Guardian. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  23. ^ "ISIL's First East African Affiliate Conducts Attacks in Somalia, Kenya". DefenseNews. December 29, 2015.
  24. ^ "Somalia: Pro-ISIL militants, Al Shabaab clash in deadly Puntland infighting". Garowe Online. December 24, 2015. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2016.

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