List of wars involving Qatar

This is a list of wars involving the State of Qatar.

List

Conflict	Qatar and allies	Opponents	Result
Saudi invasion of Qatar (1793–1798)	Qatar Bahrain Oman^[1] Ottoman Empire^[2]	First Saudi State	Defeat Incorporation of Qatar into First Saudi State
Battle of Khakeekera (1811)	Bahrain Sheikhdom of Kuwait	Diriyah	Bahraini victory
Qatari War of Independence (1867–1868)	Qatar	Bahrain Abu Dhabi (1867)	Ceasefire British intervention and signing of the Anglo-Bahraini Treaty of 1868 British recognition of Al-Thani in Qatar Independence of Qatar from Bahrain
Qatari–Abu Dhabi War (1881–1893)	Qatar Supported by: Ottoman Empire	Abu Dhabi Supported by: United Kingdom	Inconclusive No territorial changes British-mediated peace agreement in 1893
Battle of Al Wajbah (1893)	Qatar	Ottoman Empire	Qatari victory Relinquishment of Qatari captives Eventual independence of Qatar from the Ottoman Empire
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Other Allies	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure
Libyan Civil War^[3] (2011)	NTC Qatar NATO France United Kingdom United States Belgium Canada Denmark Netherlands Norway Spain Turkey Jordan Sweden United Arab Emirates	Libya	Victory Muammar Gaddafi was killed The NTC assumed interim control of Libya 102 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU diplomatically recognised the National Transitional Council as the sole governing authority for Libya
Intervention against ISIL (2014–present)	Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Free Syrian Army Syrian Kurdistan United States United Kingdom Jordan Turkey Morocco Australia Belgium Canada Denmark France Bahrain Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates	Islamic State Al-Qaeda al-Nusra Front Khorasan Ahrar ash-Sham	Ongoing Unilateral US-Arab intervention against Syrian Islamists
Intervention in Yemen (2015–2017)	Hadi government Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bahrain Kuwait Qatar Jordan Morocco Sudan Egypt Senegal	Houthi government Houthis Saleh loyalists (until 2017)	Withdrawal^[4] Qatar expelled from the coalition due to the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis
Direct Involvement in the Middle Eastern Crisis (2025-present) Operation Glad tidings of Victory^[5] Airstrikes on Doha^[6] 2026 Iranian strikes on Qatar	See Belligerents of the Middle Eastern Crisis (2023-present)		Operation Glad tidings of Victory : Diplomatic response Qatar strongly condemned Iran's violation of its sovereignty and airspace. Israeli attack on Doha : Diplomatic response Qatar described the attack as a violation of international law and sovereignty. 2026 Iran War: Ongoing

Notes

References

↑ Casey, Michael S. (2007). The History of Kuwait (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations). Greenwood. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-0313340734.
↑ "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [843] (998/1782)". qdl.qa. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
↑ "NTC asks NATO to extend Libya presence". Al Jazeera. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
↑ "Arab coalition suspends Qatar's participation in Yemen". Alarabiya.net. 5 June 2017.
↑ Part of the Twelve Day War between Israel and Iran.
↑ Israel conducted a targeted airstrike on 9th September 2025 in the Leqtaifiya/West Bay Lagoon area of Doha, targeting senior Hamas leadership (including Khalil al-Hayya) who were meeting to discuss a ceasefire deal.

External links

Gulf War Guide – Iraq, U.S., UK Operation Desert storm War site with special features on the Gulf War
Saddam Hussein & the invasion of Kuwait. Archived 2010-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
CBC Digital Archives – The 1991 Gulf War
Master Index of Desert Storm Oral History Interviews Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine by the United States Army Center of Military History

[1] Casey, Michael S. (2007). The History of Kuwait (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations). Greenwood. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-0313340734.

[qdl1-2] "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [843] (998/1782)". qdl.qa. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

[3] "NTC asks NATO to extend Libya presence". Al Jazeera. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

[4] "Arab coalition suspends Qatar's participation in Yemen". Alarabiya.net. 5 June 2017.

[5] Part of the Twelve Day War between Israel and Iran.

[6] Israel conducted a targeted airstrike on 9th September 2025 in the Leqtaifiya/West Bay Lagoon area of Doha, targeting senior Hamas leadership (including Khalil al-Hayya) who were meeting to discuss a ceasefire deal.

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