List of wars and battles involving al-Qaeda

The following is a list of conflicts involving the militant group known as Al-Qaeda throughout its various incarnations. The group is headquartered/based in either Afghanistan or Iran and currently controls portions of territory in Somalia and Yemen. It has taken part in many battles and wars.

Wars

Ongoing

• War on terror
• War in the Sahel
• Mali War
• JNIM-ISGS war
• Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
• Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
• Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
• Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
• US intervention in Syria
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
• Somali Civil War
• Somali Civil War (2009–present)

Ended

• Second Sudanese Civil War
• Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
• Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
• Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
• Tajikistani Civil War
• Iraq War
• Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)
• Iraq War troop surge of 2007
• Syrian civil war
• Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
• Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
• Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014)
• Libyan civil war (2014–2020)
• 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict <small>(allegedly)</small>

Battles

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also

• List of wars and battles involving ISIL

References

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