List of wars involving Morocco

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List of wars involving Morocco and the former entities that ruled the current Morocco.

Marinid Sultanate (1244–1465)[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses
Battle of Salé

(1260)

Marinid Sultanate Kingdom of Castile Victory Abu Yusuf Yaqub
  • Several killed
  • 3,000 captured and taken as slaves in Seville[1]
Siege of Tlemcen

(1299-1307)

Marinid Sultanate Zayyanid Emirate Defeat
  • Zayyanid victory
  • Marinids retreat
Abu Yaqub an-Nasr 
Unknown
Gibraltar campaigns

(1333-1334)

Marinid Sultanate Kingdom of Castile

Other Christian kingdoms

Victory Abu al-Hasan Ali
Unknown
Siege of Tlemcen

(1335-1337)

Marinid Sultanate Zayyanid Emirate Victory
  • Central Maghreb (Algeria) temporarily occupied
Unknown
Andalusian campaigns

(1340-1350)

Marinid Sultanate Kingdom of Castile

Other christian kingdoms

Defeat
  • Marinid grip over Andalusia weakened
Unknown

(1347)

Marinid Sultanate Hafsid Kingdom Victory
  • Eastern Maghreb (Tunisia) temporarily occupied
Unknown
Conquest of Ceuta

(1415)

Marinid Sultanate PortugueseFlag1385.svg Kingdom of Portugal Defeat
  • Conquest of Ceuta by Portugal
Abu Said Uthman III Several thousands killed or taken prisoners

1 cannon captured[2]

Battle of Tangier

(1437)

Marinid Sultanate Portuguese Empire Victory Abu Zakariya Yahya
Unknown

Wattasid Sultanate (1472–1554)[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses
Conquest of Melilla

(1497)

Wattasid Sultanate Spanish Empire Defeat
Unknown

Saadi Sultanate (1510–1659)[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses
Fall of Agadir

(1541)

Saadi Sultanate Portuguese Empire Victory Muhammad al-Shaykh
Unknown

(1550)

Saadi Sultanate Ottoman Empire Beylerbeylik of Algiers Victory
Unknown
Campaign of Tlemcen (1551) Saadi Sultanate Ottoman Empire Beylerbeylik of Algiers Defeat
  • Algerian victory
  • Ottoman Algeria recaptures Tlemcen
Unknown
Capture of Fez

(1554)

Saadi Sultanate

Ottoman Empire Beylerbeylik of Algiers

Kingdom of Kuku

Defeat
Unknown
Battle of Tadla

(1554)

Saadi Sultanate Wattasid Sultanate Victory
Unknown
Battle of Tlemcen

(1557)

Saadi Sultanate Ottoman Empire Beylerbeylik of Algiers Defeat
  • Algerian victory
  • End of the Tlemcen campaign
Unknown
Battle of Wadi al-Laban

(1558)

Saadi Sultanate Ottoman Empire Beylerbeylik of Algiers Inconclusive Abdallah al-Ghalib
Unknown
Capture of Fes

(1576)

Saadi Sultanate Saadi Sultanate

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

Defeat Muhammad Abu Abdallah
Unknown
Battle of Alcácer Quibir

(1578)

Saadi Sultanate Portuguese Empire Victory Abu Marwan I
7,000 dead (Portuguese source)

1,500 dead

(Spanish source)

Battle of Tondibi

(1591)

Saadi Sultanate Songhai Empire Victory Ahmad al-Mansur
Unknown
Battle of Jenné

(1599)

Saadi Sultanate Mali Empire Victory
Unknown
Succession War

(1603–1627)

Saadi Sultanate
  • Marrakesh Forces
Saadi Sultanate Marrakesh Forces victory Abu Marwan II
Unknown

Alaouite Sultanate (1668–1912)[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses

(1641)

Alaouite Sultanate Ottoman Empire Pashalik of Algiers Victory Mohammed I Ibn Sharif
Unknown

(1659–1668)

Alaouite Sultanate Zaouia of Dila

Khadir Ghailan Domains



Republic of Sale
Victory
Unknown

(1680–1684)

Alaouite Sultanate Kingdom of England Victory Ismail Ibn Sharif
Unknown

(1681)

Alaouite Sultanate Spanish Empire Victory
Unknown
Siege of Larache

(1689)

Alaouite Sultanate Spanish Empire Victory
Unknown
Battle of Moulouya

(1692)

Alaouite Sultanate Flag of Ottoman Algiers.svg Deylik of Algiers Defeat
5,000 killed
Siege of Oran (1693) Alaouite Sultanate Flag of Ottoman Algiers.svg Deylik of Algiers

Spanish Empire

Defeat
  • Algerian-Spanish victory
  • Rout of Morrocan troops[17]
Unknown
Maghrebi war

(1699-1702)

Tunisian flag till 1831.svg Muradid Tunis

Flag of Morocco (1666–1915).svg Alaouite Sultanat

Flag of Tripoli 18th century.svg Pashalik of Tripolitania

Flag of Ottoman Algiers.svg Deylik of Algiers Stalemate
  • Algerian ambitions halted
  • Morocco fails to expand
  • Fall of the Muradid dynasty
3,050 killed (Battle of Chelif)
Larache Expedition

(1765)

Alaouite Sultanate Kingdom of France Victory
  • The French expedition is defeated
Mohammed III Ibn Abdallah
Unknown
Siege of Melilla

(1774)

Alaouite Sultanate

Supported by:

Great Britain

Spanish Empire Defeat
600 dead or wounded

(1795)

Alaouite Sultanate Flag of Ottoman Algiers.svg Deylik of Algiers Victory Slimane Ibn Mohammed
Unknown
First Barbary War

(1801–1805)

Alaouite Sultanate (1802)

Karamanli Tripolitania

Deylik of Algiers

United States United States

Sweden Sweden (1801–1802)

Sicily

Peace treaty
None
Franco-Moroccan War

(1844)

Alaouite Sultanate

Emirate of Mascara

France Defeat Abd al-Rahman Ibn Hisham
870 killed

28 cannons lost

unknown wounded

Bombardment of Sale

(1851)

Alaouite Sultanate France Both sides claimed victory
  • French military victory[19]
  • French political failure[19]
24 killed
47 injured
Hispano-Moroccan War

(1859–1860)

Alaouite Sultanate Kingdom of Spain Defeat Mohammed IV Ibn Abd al-Rahman
6,000 dead

(1902–1909)

Alaouite Sultanate Bou Hmara's Domains Victory Abdelaziz Ibn Hassan
Unknown
French conquest of Morocco

(1907–1934)

Alaouite Sultanate (Until 1912, Treaty of Fes)
Resistance Forces
France Defeat
Unknown

Kingdom of Morocco (1956–present)[]

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of State Moroccan
losses
Military Civilians
Ifni War

(1957–1958)

 Morocco Spain

France

Defeat

No longer tied down in conflicts with the French, committed a significant portion of its resources and manpower to gain independence from Spain.

Mohammed V
1,000 killed[20]
7 killed
Sand War
(1963)
 Morocco
Support:

France France

 Algeria
 Cuba[21]
Support:

United Arab Republic United Arab Republic

Stalemate
  • The closing of the border south of Figuig
Hassan II
39 killed, 57 captured

or

200 killed[22]

Unknown
October War
(1973)
Federation of Arab Republics

Iraq Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
Morocco Morocco
 Saudi Arabia
 Cuba
 North Korea[23][24]

 Israel Defeat[25] (Strategic Political Gains)[26]
6 captured
None
Green March

(1975)

 Morocco Spain Victory
Unknown
Unknown
Western Sahara War
(1975–1991)
Morocco Morocco

Mauritania Mauritania (1975–1979)

France France (1977–1978)

Support:

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

United States United States

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Algeria Algeria (Amgala Battle[28], From 1976)

Support:

Libya Libya (Until 1984)

North Korea North Korea (From 1978)

Stalemate
  • Spanish withdrawal under the Madrid Accords (1976)
  • Mauritanian retreat and withdrawal of territorial claims
  • Military Stalemate
  • Ceasefire agreed on between the Polisario Front and Morocco (1991)
  • Morocco controls 75% of the Western Sahara, the Polisario Front controls 25%
Unknown

2,155–
2,300 captured

Unknown
Shaba I
(1977)
 Zaire
 Morocco
Egypt
State of Katanga FNLC Victory
8 killed
None
Gulf War
(1990–1991)
 Kuwait
Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Canada
 Egypt
 Syria
 Morocco
 Oman
 Qatar
 Australia
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg Iraq Victory
  • Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored
  • Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure
Unknown
None
Insurgency in the Maghreb

(2002–)

 Morocco

 Algeria

 Tunisia

 Libya

 Mauritania

 Mali

 Niger

 Chad

 France

Supported by:

Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg United States

 United Kingdom

Al-Qaeda Ongoing
Mohammed VI
Unknown
Unknown
Intervention In Yemen
(2015–)
Yemen Hadi Government
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Senegal
 Sudan
 Qatar
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Egypt
 France
Yemen Revolutionary Council Ongoing
  • Houthis dissolve Yemeni government.
  • Houthis take control of northern Yemen.
10 killed

1 F-16 shot down

None
Western Saharan clashes

(2020–)

 Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Ongoing At least 2 soldiers killed[29][30] Unknown

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  2. ^ Chase, p. 109
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