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Jordan and allies Opponents Result Monarch Jordanian losses; First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen Holy War Army ALA Israel: Partial victory [1] (overall Arab defeat) Tactical and strategic Arab failure; 1949 Armistice Agreements; Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
Black September ( Arabic: أيلول الأسود Aylūl al-ʾAswad ), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, [ 9] was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by chairman Yasser Arafat. The main phase of the fighting took place between 16 and 27 September 1970, though certain ...
Jordan, [ a] officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, [ b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian West Bank to the west. The Jordan River, flowing into the Dead Sea, is located along the country's ...
The First Transjordan attack on Amman (known to the British as the First Attack on Amman) [4] and to their enemy as the First Battle of the Jordan [5] took place between 21 March and 2 April 1918, as a consequence of the successful Battle of Tell 'Asur which occurred after the Capture of Jericho in February and the Occupation of the Jordan Valley began, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign ...
Jordanian campaign (1967) The Jordan salient. June 5–7. The Jordanian campaign of 1967 was part of the broader Six-Day War, in which Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. For Israel, it was the most significant part of the war, as it resulted in the capture of many Jewish monuments by the Israelis.
By the end of the war, Jordanian forces had control over the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. On 3 April 1949, Israel and Jordan signed an armistice agreement. The main points included: Jordanian forces remained in most positions they held in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Old City.
The occupation of the Jordan Valley by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) began in February 1918 during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. After the Capture of Jericho in February the Auckland Mounted Rifle Regiment began patrolling an area of the Jordan Valley near Jericho at the base of the road from Jerusalem.
Y. Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Categories: Wars by country involved. Military history of Jordan. Foreign relations of Jordan. Wars involving the states and peoples of Asia.