| Battle | Allies | Opponents | Outcome |
Battle of Kabul (1992–96)
(April 30, 1992 – September 27, 1996) |  Al-Qaeda
 Taliban |  Islamic State of Afghanistan  Hezb-i Islami
| Partial Victory |
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
(3–4 October 1993) | Al-Qaeda
(Only strategist help by supreme strategist of Al-Qaeda Saif al-Adel)
 Somali National Alliance (SNA) |  UNOSOM II | Victory |
Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif (1997–98)
(25 May 25, 1997 – 14 August 1998) | Al-Qaeda
Taliban |  Junbishi Forces
Forces loyal to Ismail Khan[citation needed] | Victory |
Siege of Kunduz
(11 November 2001 – 23 November 2001) | Taliban
 Al-Qaeda
IMU | Northern Alliance
 United States | Defeat |
Battle of Kandahar (2001)
(7 October 2001) | Taliban
Al-Qaeda | Gul Sharzai-led militia
Eastern Alliance
United States
 Australia | Partial Defeat |
Fall of Kandahar
(22 November – 7 December 2001) | Taliban
Al-Qaeda | Gul Sharzai-led militia
Eastern Alliance
United States
Australia | Defeat |
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
(25 November 2001 – 1 December 2001) | Taliban
Al-Qaeda
IMU | Northern Alliance
United States
 United Kingdom | Defeat |
Battle of Tora Bora
(December 6, 2001 – December 17, 2001) | Taliban
Al-Qaeda | United States
United Kingdom
 Germany
Northern Alliance | Partial Defeat |
Operation Anaconda
(March 1–18, 2002) | Taliban insurgents
Al-Qaeda
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan | Coalition:
 United States
Australia
 Afghan Army
United Kingdom
 Canada
Germany
 France
 Norway
 Denmark
 Turkey
 New Zealand | Defeat |
Battle of Takur Ghar
(4–5 March 2002) | Taliban
Al-Qaeda | United States
Australia
Afghanistan
United Kingdom | Defeat |
Operation Harpoon (2002)
(March 13–19, 2002) | Taliban
Al-Qaeda | United States
Canada | Defeat |
Operation Jacana
(April, 2002–July, 2002) | Taliban
Al-Qaeda | United Kingdom,
United States,
Australia,
Norway | Defeat |
Battle of Wana
(March 16–23, 2004) | al-Qaeda
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan |  State of Pakistan | Defeat |
First Battle of Fallujah
(4 April – 1 May 2004) | al-Qaeda  Ba'athists
Other Sunni insurgents
| United States
 Poland (GROM)
Blackwater | Victory |
2004 Iraq KBR convoy ambush
(April 9, 2004) | al-Qaeda Badr Organization
 Mahdi Army | United States | Victory |
Houthi insurgency in Yemen
(18 June 2004 – 6 February 2015) | al-Qaeda |  Houthis
 Yemen | Victory |
Battle of Samarra (2004)
(October 1–3, 2004) | al-Qaeda | United States
 Iraq | Defeat |
Second Battle of Fallujah
(7 November – 23 December 2004) | al-Qaeda Islamic Army of Iraq
Ansar al-Sunna
1920 Revolution Brigade
Army of Mohammed
Army of the Mujahedeen
Secret Islamic Army of Iraq
Other insurgents | United States
 Republic of Iraq
United Kingdom | Defeat |
Battle of Mosul (2004)
(November 8–16, 2004) | al-Qaeda
Ansar ul-Islam
| United States
Republic of Iraq | Defeat |
Battle of Abu Ghraib
(2 April 2005) | al-Qaeda | United States | Defeat |
Battle of Al Qaim
(8 May 2005 – 19 May 2005) | al-Qaeda | United States | Defeat |
Operation Sayeed
(July 2005–22 December 2005) | al-Qaeda  Ba'ath Party Loyalists
| United States
Republic of Iraq | Defeat |
Operation Steel Curtain
(5–22 November 2005) | al-Qaeda | United States
Republic of Iraq | Defeat |
Operation Swarmer
(16 March 2006 – 22 March 2006) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi insurgents | United States
Republic of Iraq | Indecisive |
Operation Scorpion
(24 March 2006 – 25 March 2006) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi insurgents | United States
Republic of Iraq | Indecisive |
Operation Larchwood 4
(16 April 2006) | al-Qaeda | United Kingdom
United States
 Iraq | Defeat |
Operation Mountain Thrust
(15 May 2006 – 31 July 2006) | Al-Qaeda
Taliban | United States
Canada
Afghan National Army
United Kingdom
Australia
 Romania
 Netherlands
 Czech Republic | Partial Defeat |
Operation Together Forward
(14 June 2006 – 24 October 2006) | al-Qaeda al-Mahdi Army | United States
Republic of Iraq | Victory |
Battle of Ramadi (2006)
(17 June 206 – 15 November 2006) | al-Qaeda | United States
Republic of Iraq | Indecisive |
Islamic Army–al-Qaeda conflict
(Summer 2006 – 6 June 2007) | al-Qaeda | Islamic Army of Iraq
1920 Revolution Brigade
Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna
Hamas of Iraq | Indecisive |
Operation Mountain Fury
(16 September 2006 – 15 January 2007) | al-Qaeda
Taliban | Afghan National Army
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Netherlands
 Italy
 Estonia | Defeat |
2006 Ramadan Offensive
(23 September 2006 – 22 October 2006) | al-Qaeda | United States | Victory |
Battle of Turki
(15 November 2006 - 16 November 2006) | al-Qaeda | United States | Defeat |
Diyala campaign
(25 December 2006 – 1 October 2007) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi Insurgents | United States
New Iraqi Army
 Peshmerga | Defeat |
Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara
(17 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) | al-Qaeda |  Morocco
 Mauritania
 Tunisia
 Burkina Faso
 Chad
 Mali
 Niger
 Nigeria
United States
Canada | Ongoing |
Operation Murfreesboro
(18 February 2007 – 2 March 2007) | al-Qaeda | United States
Iraq | Defeat |
Operation Shurta Nasir
(15 February 2007) | al-Qaeda | United States
New Iraqi Army | Defeat |
Battle of Ras Kamboni
(5 January 2007 – 12 January 2007) | Islamic Courts Union
Pro-Islamist militias
Foreign fighters
al-Qaeda | Transitional Federal Government (TFG)
 Ethiopia
United States | Defeat |
Battle of Baqubah
(10 March – 19 August 2007) | al-Qaeda | United States
New Iraqi Army | Defeat |
Operation Alljah
(16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi Insurgents | United States
New Iraqi Army | Defeat |
Operation Phantom Thunder
(16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi Insurgents |  United States
Iraqi Army
Revolution Brigade
Peshmerga | Defeat |
Operation Commando Eagle
(21 June 2007 – 14 August 2007) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi Insurgents | United States
New Iraqi Army | Defeat |
Operation Bull Run
(24 June 2007 – 26 June 2007) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi Insurgents | United States
New Iraqi Army | Defeat |
Battle of Donkey Island
(30 June 2007 – 1 July 2007) | al-Qaeda | United States | Defeat |
Operation Phantom Strike
(15 August 2007 – January 2008) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi Insurgents | United States | Defeat |
Operation Phantom Phoenix
(8 January 2008, – 28 July 2008) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi Insurgents | United States
 Iraq
 Georgia
United Kingdom | Partial Defeat |
Ninawa campaign
(23 January 2008 – 28 July 2008) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi Insurgents | United States
Iraq | Indecisive |
2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq
(15 April 2008 - 19 May 2008) | al-Qaeda | United States
Iraq | Indecisive |
Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem
(28 June 2008 - 9 July 2008) |  Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
Al Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Islam
| State of Pakistan | Defeat |
Battle of Mogadishu (2009)
(7 May 2009 – 1 October 2009) |  Al-Shabaab
Hizbul Islam
Foreign Mujahideen
Al-Qaeda | Somalia: ARS-D-TFG coalition
AMISOM | Partial victory |
Operation Augurs of Prosperity
(29 July 2008 – 11 August 2008) | al-Qaeda Other Iraqi Insurgents | United States
Iraq | Defeat |
Battle of Wanat
(July 13, 2008) | al-Qaeda
Taliban | United States
State of Pakistan | Defeat |
Operation Rah-e-Nijat
(19 June 2009 – 12 December 2009) | Tehrik-i-Taliban
 Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami (IMU splinter faction)
Al Qaeda
Foreign Mujahideen | State of Pakistan | Defeat |
Battle of Bajaur
(7 August 2008 – 28 February 2009) | al-Qaeda
TTP
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi | State of Pakistan | Defeat |
Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan
(April 2009 – December 2014) | al-Qaeda
Taliban | United States
Germany
Afghanistan
 Belgium
 Sweden | Defeat |
Second Battle of Swat
(16 May 2009 – 15 July 2009) | al-Qaeda
TTP
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
Lashkar-e-Islam | State of Pakistan | Defeat |
Operation Blow to the Head
(13 January 2010 – 12 February 2010) | al-Qaeda | Yemen
Houthis | Indecisive |
Operation Moshtarak
(13 February 2010 – 7 December 2010) | al-Qaeda
Taliban | United States
United Kingdom
France
Canada Afghanistan | Defeat |
Battle of Mogadishu (2010–11)
(23 August 2010 – 6 August 2011) | Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen
Hizbul Islam*
Foreign mujahideen
al-Qaeda | Republic of Somalia: - ARS-D-TFG coalition
- AMISOM
 Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a[2]
limited involvement
United States[citation needed]
 European Union[citation needed] | Defeat |
| Battle of Gedo | al-Qaeda | Federal Government of Somalia Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
 Ethiopia
 Kenya Defence Forces | Ongoing |
Operation Neptune Spear
(2 May 2011) | al-Qaeda | United States | Defeat |
Siege of Homs
(6 May 2011 – 9 May 2014) | al-Qaeda |  Syria
 Hezbollah[3]
 SSNP[4] | Defeat |
PNS Mehran attack
(22 May 2011 – 23 May 2011) | TTP
Al-Qaeda | Pakistan | Defeat |
Battle of Zinjibar
(27 May 2011 – 10 September 2011) | al-Qaeda | Yemen | Victory |
Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011–March 2012)
(8 September 2011 – 27 March 2012) | al-Qaeda | Syria | Partial victory |
Siege of Dammaj
(15 October 2011 – 22 December 2011) | al-Qaeda | Houthis | Defeat |
Battle of Aguelhok
(17 January 2012 – 25 January 2012) | al-Qaeda | National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
Mali | Victory |
Battle of Tessalit
(18 January 2012 – 11 March 2012) | al-Qaeda |  Azawad | Victory |
Battle of Dofas
(4 March 2012 – 5 March 2012) | al-Qaeda | Yemen | Victory |
Battle of Yurkud (2012)
(10 March 2012) | al-Qaeda | Ethiopia | Defeat |
2012 Abyan offensive
(12 May 2012 – 15 June 2012) | al-Qaeda | Yemen | Defeat |
Battles of Gao and Timbuktu
(26 June 2012 – 27 June 2012) | al-Qaeda | Azawad | Victory |
Siege of Nubl and Al-Zahraa
(19 July 2012 – 3 February 2016) | al-Qaeda |  Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah | Defeat |
Lebanese–Syrian border clashes
(11 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) | al-Qaeda | Hezbollah
 Lebanon | Ongoing |
Rojava conflict
(11 years, 9 months and 4 days) | al-Qaeda |  Rojava[8] | Ongoing |
Siege of Menagh Air Base
(2 August 2012 – 6 August 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syria | Victory |
Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase
(23 September 2012 – 9 September 2015) | al-Qaeda  Free Syrian Army
(until late 2014)
| Syria | Victory |
Battle of Kismayo (2012)
(28 September 2012 – 1 October 2012) | al-Qaeda | AMISOM  Raskamboni movement
| Defeat |
Battle of Maarat al-Numan (2012)
(8 October 2012 – 13 October 2012) | al-Qaeda
Free Syrian Army
| Syria | Victory |
Battle of Ras al-Ayn
(8 November 2012 – 17 July 2013) | al-Qaeda
Free Syrian Army
Ghuraba al-Sham
| Syria
Rojava | Defeat |
Battle of Menaka
(16 November 2012 – 20 November 2012) | al-Qaeda | Azawad | Victory |
Battle of Darayya (November 2012–March 2013)
(15 November 2012 – 14 February 2013) | al-Qaeda  Ahrar al-Sham
Free Syrian Army
| Syria | Victory |
Battle of Konna
(10–18 January 2013) | al-Qaeda | Mali
France | Defeat |
Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt
(11 January 2013) | al-Qaeda | France | Victory |
Battle of Diabaly
(14–21 January 2013) | al-Qaeda | Mali
France | Partial Defeat |
Battle of Safira
(6 February 2013 – 19 February 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syria | Victory |
Battle of Safira
(6 February 2013 – 19 February 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syrian government  PFLP – GC
 Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas
| Partial Victory |
Battle of Ifoghas
(22 February 2013) | al-Qaeda | Chad
France | Defeat |
Battle of Shadadeh
(12–14 February 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syria | Victory |
Akashat ambush
(4 March 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syria
Iraq | Victory |
2013 Daraa offensive
(3 March – 10 April 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic | Partial Victory |
Battle of Raqqa
(3 March 2013 – 6 March 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic | Victory |
Battle of Tigharghar
(12 March 2013) | al-Qaeda | Chad | Defeat |
Second Battle of Timbuktu
(20 March 2013 - 1 April 2013) | al-Qaeda | Mali
France | Defeat |
Battle of Radda
(29 March 2013 - 27 April 2013) | al-Qaeda | Yemen | Indecisive |
Al-Qusayr offensive (2013)
(4 April 2013 – 8 June 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah
Supported by: | Defeat |
2013 Hawija clashes
(23 April 2013 – 26 April 2013) | al-Qaeda | Iraqi Government Peshmerga
Sahwa militia | Victory |
Battle of al-Qusayr (2013)
(19 May 2013 – 5 June 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah
 Far-right volunteers (Black Lily)
Supported by: | Defeat |
Operation al-Shabah
(20 May 2013 – 14 July 2013) | al-Qaeda | Iraqi Government | Indecisive |
2013 Sidon clash
(23–25 June 2013) | al-Qaeda | Lebanese Army
Hezbollah | Defeat |
Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present)
(10 years, 9 months and 1 week) | al-Qaeda
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
| Rojava[19] Free Syrian Army (since September 2014)[6]
 Kurdistan Workers' Party[21]
Iraqi Kurdistan[22]
Syriac Union Party Arab tribesmen | Ongoing |
2013 Latakia offensive
(4–19 August 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic
 Syrian Resistance | Defeat |
Battle of Ma'loula
(4 September 2013 – 15 September 2013) | al-Qaeda Ahrar al-Sham
Qalamoun Liberation front | Syrian Arab Republic: Hezbollah | Defeat |
Rif Dimashq offensive (September–November 2013)
(10 September 2013 – 28 November 2013) | al-Qaeda Ahrar al-Sham
Syrian Islamic Liberation Front
 Syrian Islamic Front | Syrian Arab Republic: Hezbollah[27]
Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas[28]
 Arab Nationalist Guard[29] | Defeat |
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)
(1 October 2013 – 1 December 2013) | al-Qaeda Ahrar al-Sham
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki | Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah | Defeat |
Battle of Sadad
(21 October 2013 – 28 October 2013) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic: | Defeat |
Battle of Qalamoun (2013)
(15 November 2013 – 26 April 2014) | al-Qaeda
Free Syrian Army
 Islamic Front
 Green Battalion
| Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah
Arab Nationalist Guard
Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas(Iraqi militia) | Defeat |
Battle of Murak
(1 February – 23 October 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic | Defeat |
Daraa offensive (February–May 2014)
(3 February 2014 – 27 May 2014) | al-Qaeda Islamic Front
Ahrar al-Sham | Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah
Arab Nationalist Guard | Indecisive |
Al-Otaiba ambush
(26 February 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic
Hezbollah | Defeat |
2014 Idlib offensive
(5 March 2014 – 25 May 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Resistance | Victory |
Battle of Hosn
(20 March 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic
Hezbollah | Defeat |
2014 Latakia offensive
(21 March 2014 – 15 June 2014) | al-Qaeda Islamic Front Supported by: | Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Resistance
Ba'ath Brigades[42]
 Hezbollah[35] | Defeat |
Battle of Markada
(21–31 March 2014) | al-Qaeda | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Defeat |
Battle of Al-Malihah
(4 April 2014 – 14 December 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah | Defeat |
Second siege of Wadi Deif
(4 April 2014 – 14 December 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic | Victory |
Battle of Dayet in Maharat
(16 2014 –17 April 2014) | al-Qaeda | France | Defeat |
Operation Zarb-e-Azb
(15 June 2014 – 3 April 2016) | al-Qaeda
 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Turkistan Islamic Party
Haqqani network | Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[44] | Defeat |
Operation Inherent Resolve
(9 years, 10 months, 1 week and 1 day) | al-Qaeda
Ahrar al-Sham
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | United States of America | Ongoing |
2014 Hama offensive
(26 July 2014 – 19 September 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syria | Defeat |
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
(8 July 2014 – 26 August 2014) | al-Qaeda Gazan militant groups Armament support:
 Iran |  Israel | Indecisive |
Battle of Arsal (2014)
(2 August 2014 – 7 August 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syria
Lebanon
| Defeat |
Operation Indian Ocean
(16 August 2014 – 2015) | al-Qaeda | Federal Government of Somalia  AMISOM
United States
Supported by:
EUTM Somalia
| Defeat |
2014 Quneitra offensive
(27 August 2014 – 23 September 2014) | al-Qaeda
UNDOF | Syria | Victory |
American-led intervention in Syria
(9 years, 7 months and 1 day) | al-Qaeda
Ahrar al-Sham
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
| United States of America | Ongoing |
Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict
(26 October 2014 – 1 March 2015) | al-Qaeda |  Free Syrian Army | Victory |
2014 Idlib city raid
(27 October 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Arab Republic
 National Defense Force | Defeat |
Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin
(1 November 2014 – 15 December 2014) | al-Qaeda | Syrian Armed Forces Hezbollah
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