# List of wars involving Algeria

This is a list of wars involving the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and its predecessor states.
    Algerian defeat
    Algerian victory
    Another result (e.g: Treaty, status quo ante bellum, indecisive/stalemate/withdrawal etc... or indecisive)

## Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen (1235–1556)

| Conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
| Zayyanid–Almohad wars (1236–1248) Battle of Oujda Location: Algeria and eastern Morocco | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Almohad Caliphate Marinid Sultanate Hafsid dynasty | Zayyanid Victory Independence of the Zayyanid emirate secured |
| Zayyanid Capture of Sijilmasa (1264) Location:Sijilmasa, Morocco | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory Sijilmasa stays under Tlemcen control for 11 years |
| Siege of Tlemcen (1272) Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory The Marinids lift the siege of the city |
| Battle of Tafna (1281) [fr] Location: Tafna, Algeria and Morocco | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Marinid Victory Zayyanid withdrawal |
| Siege of Tlemcen (1290) [fr] Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory The Marinids lift the siege of the city |
| Siege of Nedroma (1296) Location: Nedroma, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory The Marinids lift the siege of the city |
| Siege of Tlemcen (1299–1307) Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory The Marinids lift the siege of the city |
| Siege of Oujda (1314) [fr] Location: Oujda, Morocco | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory The Marinids lift the siege of the city |
| Siege of Béjaïa (1326–1329) Battle of Temzezdekt Battle of er-Rias Location: Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Hafsid dynasty | Zayyanid Partial Victory The Hafsids defeated in Temzezdekt and er-Rias The Zayyanids lift the siege of the city |
| Capture of Tunis (1329) Location:Tunis, Tunisia | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Hafsid dynasty | Zayyanid Victory The Hafsids briefly become vassal to the Zayyanids |
| Siege of Béjaïa (1331–1332) [fr] Location: Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Hafsid dynasty Marinid Sultanate | Hafsid-Marinid Victory The Zayyanids lift the siege of the city |
| Siege of Tlemcen (1335–1337) Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Marinid Victory Beginning of the first Marinid Occupation (1337–1348) |
| Capture of Tlemcen (1352) [fr] Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Marinid Decisive Victory Full annexation of the Zayyanid kingdom |
| Battle of Kairouan (1348) [fr] (April 1348) Location: Kairouan, Tunisia | Kingdom of Tlemcen Hafsid dynasty Banu Sulaym Banu Hilal | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid-Hafsid Victory Independence of Tlemcen |
| Siege of Oran (1348) [fr] (October 1348) Location: Oran, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen Banu Rashid | Marinid Sultanate | Inconclusive The Zayyanids lift the siege of the city Death of the governor of Marinid Oran Obbou ben Saïd ben Adjana |
| Siege of Oran (1349) [fr] (27 July– August 1349) Location: Oran, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory Oran is annexed by the Zayyanids |
| Battle of Oujda (1359) [fr] Location: Oujda, Morocco | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory The city of Oujda serve as border between the two Dynasties |
| Campagne of Tlemcen (1360) [fr] Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory End of the second Marinid Occupation (1352–1359) |
| Siege of Oran (1360–1361) [fr] (1360–1361) Location: Oran, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid Victory Oran is re annexed by the Zayyanids |
| Capture of Tlemcen (1370) [fr] Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Marinid Decisive Victory Brief occupation of the Zayyanid Kingdom |
| Capture of Tlemcen (1383) [fr] Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Marinid Victory Tlemcen briefly occupied |
| Capture of Tlemcen (1389) [fr] Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Marinid Victory Marinid client briefly placed on the throne |
| Barbary Crusade (July 1 – October 1, 1390) Location: Mahdia, TunisiaThe crusaders fleet on its way to Mahdia | Kingdom of Tlemcen Hafsid dynasty Hafsid of Bejaia | Kingdom of France Republic of Genoa | Zayyanid-Hafsid Victory Status quo ante bellum |
| Capture of Tlemcen (1393) [fr] Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Marinid Victory The Zayyanids recognize Marinid suzerainty until 1411 |
| Zayyanid conquest of Fez (1423) Location: Fez, Morocco | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Marinid Sultanate | Zayyanid victory Zayyanid client briefly installed on the Marinid throne |
| Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (1497) [fr] Location: Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Spanish Empire | Zayyanid Victory Spanish expedition Failure The Zayyanid navy continues to evacuate the Andalusians residents in Spain |
| Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501) Location: Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Portuguese Empire | Zayyanid Victory Mers el Kébir defended from Portuguese invasion |
| Capture of Mers-el-Kébir (1505) Location: Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Spanish Empire | Spanish Victory Mers-el-Kébir captured by Spain |
| Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1507) Location: Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Spanish Empire | Zayyanid Victory 2,000 Killed and 400 Captured on the Spanish side |
| Spanish conquest of Oran (1509) Location: Oran, AlgeriaCardinal Cisneros dismbarking at Oran after the successful capture of the city | Kingdom of Tlemcen | Spanish Empire | Spanish victory Founding of Spanish Oran |
| Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (June – July 1535) Location: Tlemcen, Algeria | Kingdom of Tlemcen Banu Rashid | Spanish Empire | Zayyanid Victory Spanish Failure to establish a vassal in Tlemcen |
| Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (27 January – 8 March 1543) | Kingdom of Tlemcen Banu Rashid Wattasid sultanate Minor support: Regency of Algiers | Spanish Empire Supporters of Abu Abdallah VI | Spanish victory Abu Abdallah VI restored to the Zayyanid throne as a Spanish vassal |

## Regency of Algiers (1515-1830)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
| Algiers Expedition (1516) Location:Algiers | Barbarossa Kingdom of Kuku | Spanish Empire | Algerian victory Spanish attack repulsed |
| Algiers Expedition (1519) Location:Algiers | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire | Algerian victory Spanish attack repulsed |
| Fall of Tlemcen (1519) Location:Tlemcen, Algeria | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire Zayyanid Sultanate | Spanish victory |
| Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529) Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars, and the establishment of the Regency of Algiers Location:Algiers | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire | Beylerbeylikal victory Algiers secured by Barbarossa |
| Campaign of Cherchell (1531) Location:Cherchell | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Empire of Charles V: Spanish Empire  Genoa Republic of Genoa Kingdom of France | Algerian victory |
| Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540) Part of the Ottoman–Venetian wars Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Holy League: Republic of Venice Spanish Empire  Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily  Republic of Genoa Papal States Knights of Malta | Ottoman victory A treaty or "Capitulation" was signed between Venice and the Ottoman Empire to end the war on 2 October 1540. In the period between the start of the Second Ottoman–Venetian War in 1499 and the end of this war in 1540, the Ottoman Empire made significant advances in the Dalmatian hinterland – it didn't occupy the Venetian cities, but it took the Kingdom of Hungary's Croatian possessions between Skradin and Karin, eliminating them as a buffer zone between the Ottoman and Venetian territory. The economy of the Venetian cities in Dalmatia, severely impacted by the Turkish occupation of the hinterland in the previous war, recovered and held steady even throughout this war. |
| Algiers expedition (1541) Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Algiers Siege of Algiers in 1541. Engraving of 1555. | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Holy Roman Empire Milan Spanish Empire Naples Sicily Republic of Genoa Republic of Venice Duchy of Savoy Papal States | Algerine victory Charles V's retreat to the port of Bougie Charles V was the leader of the Holy League for the conquest of Algiers |
| Italian War of 1542–1546 Part of the Anglo-French Wars & Italian Wars Part of the Algero-Spanish War Location: Western Europe The siege of Nice by a Franco-Ottoman fleet in 1543 (drawing by Toselli, after an engraving by Aeneas Vico) | Kingdom of France Ottoman Empire Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Holy Roman Empire Brandenburg Saxony Spanish Empire Kingdom of England | Inconclusive Treaty of Crépy Treaty of Ardres |
| Expedition to Mostaganem (1543) Location:Mostaganem | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire | Algerian victory Spanish attack repulsed |
| Expedition to Mostaganem (1547) Location:Mostaganem | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire | Algerian victory Spanish attack repulsed |
| Campaign of Tlemcen (1551) Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Tlemcen The troops of the regency of Algiers allied to the kingdom of Beni Abbes marching towards Oranie (19th century engraving) | Beylerbeylik of Algiers Kingdom of Ait Abbas | Spanish Empire Saadi sultanate | Algerian victory The Moulouya river is set as the border |
| Campaign of Tlemcen (1552) Location: Tlemcen | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Saadi sultanate | Algerian victory The Moulouya river imposed as the border |
| Capture of Fez (1554) Location: Fez, Morocco | Beylerbeylik of Algiers Kingdom of Kuku | Saadi sultanate | Algerian victory |
| Campaign of Tlemcen (1557) Location: Tlemcen | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Saadi sultanate | Algerian victory |
| Expedition to Mostaganem (1558) Location:Mostaganem | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire | Algerian victory |
| Campaign of Tlemcen (1560) Location: Tlemcen | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Saadi sultanate | Algerian victory |
| Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–1571) Part of the Algero-Spanish War Location: Spain Principal centres of the Morisco Revolt | Muslims of Granada Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire | Spanish victory Mass expulsion of most Muslims in Granada Resettlement of Granada with Catholic settlers |
| Franco-Algerian war (1609–1628) | Beylerbeylik of Algiers | Kingdom of France | Algerian victory |
| Tunisian–Algerian War (1628) Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars Location: Algeria, Tunisia | Pashalik of Algiers | Beylik of Tunis | Algerian victory The border continues to be fixed further by the wadi Mellègue. |
| Cretan War (1645–1669) Part of:Ottoman–Venetian wars Location: Candia, Crete, Dalmatia and Aegean Sea | Ottoman Empire Regency of Algiers Ottoman Tripolitania Ottoman Tunis | Republic of Venice Knights of Malta  Papal States  France Greek revolutionaries Maniots | Ottoman victory |
| Djidjelli expedition (1664) Location: Jijel Combat between French and Algerian ships | Pashalik of Algiers Kingdom of Ait Abbas Kingdom of Kuku | Kingdom of France Knights Hospitaller | Algerian victory France abandons Djidjelli |

## Deylikal period (1671-1830)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
| French-Algerian War (1681–1688) Location: Algeria, Mediterranean Sea Bombardment of Algiers by the fleet of Admiral Duquesne in 1682 | Deylik of Algiers | Kingdom of France Knights Hospitaller | Algerian victory |
| Morean War (1684–1699) Part of the Ottoman–Venetian wars Location: Peloponnese, southern Epirus, Central Greece, Aegean Sea, Montenegro View of the fortress and harbour of Modon in 1688 | Ottoman Empire Deylik of Algiers | Republic of Venice Holy Roman Empire Knights of Malta Duchy of Savoy Papal States Knights of St. Stephen Greek rebels Montenegrin | Venetian victory Morea ceded to Venice Venetian gains in inland Dalmatia |
| Moulouya War (1692) Part of the Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco Location: Moulouya River, Morocco Battle of Moulouya in 1692 involded Algeria and Morocco. | Deylik of Algiers | Sultanate of Morocco | Algerian victory Oujda experiences more than 100 years of rule under the Regency of Algiers |
| Siege of Oran (1693) Part of the Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco Location: Oran, Algeria | Spanish Empire Spanish Oran Deylik of Algiers | Sultanate of Morocco | Spanish-Algerian victory |
| Tunisian-Algerian War of 1694 Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars Location: Tunisia The fronts and battles during the Tunisian-Algerian war (1694) | Deylik of Algiers Tripolitania | Tunisia | Algerian-Tripolitanian victory All of Tunisia occupied (until 1695). Moroccan-Tunisian alliance. |
| Maghrebi war (1699–1702) Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars Part of the Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco Location: Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia | Deylik of Algiers | Tunisia Sultanate of Morocco Tripolitania | Algerian Victory Moroccan and Tunisian forces routed |
| Tunisian–Algerian War of 1705 Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars Location: Tunisia | Deylik of Algiers | Beylik of Tunis | Inconclusive Founding of the Husseinite Dynasty in Tunisia by Al-Husayn I ibn Ali Algerian retreat |
| Oran Expedition (1707) Part of the Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco Location: Oran, Algeria | Deylik of Algiers | Sultanate of Morocco | Algerian victory |
| Siege of Oran (1707–1708) Part of the Algero-Spanish War Location: Algeria The statue of Our Lady of Santa Cruz on the Fort of Santa Cruz in Oran | Deylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire | Algerian victory Spanish Oran Seized by Algiers |
| Spanish-Algerian War (1732) Location: Oran | Deylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire | Spanish victory Spanish Oran re-established |
| Tunisian–Algerian Wars 1735 Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars Location: Tunisia | Deylik of Algiers | Beylik of Tunis | Algerian victory Abu l-Hasan Ali I proclaimed bey of Tunis Tunisian commitment to pay an annual tribute of 50,000 piastres to Algiers |
| Tunisian–Algerian Wars 1756 Part of the Tunisian–Algerian Wars Location: Tunisia | Deylik of Algiers Loyalists of Muhammad | Beylik of Tunis Knights Hospitaller | Algerian and loyalist victory Muhammad I ar-Rashid proclaimed bey of Tunis Bey's commitment to pay a tribute (oil to light the Algerian mosques) |
| Danish-Algerian War (1769–1772) Part of the Algeria-European War Location: Mediterranean Sea | Deylik of Algiers | Denmark–Norway | Algerian victory Christian VII of Denmark |
| Spanish-Algerian war (1775-1785) Part of the Algero-Spanish War Location: Algiers Map of the Spanish attack on Algiers in 1775 | Deylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire Tuscany Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Naples Malta Portugal | Algerian victory |
| American–Algerian War (1785–1795) Location: Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean | Deylik of Algiers | United States | Algerian victory United States agrees to pay an annual tribute of $21,600 to Algiers Establishment of the United States Navy |
| Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Part of the Algeria-European War Part of the Russo-Ottoman Wars Location: Eastern Europe Siege of Ochakov 1788, by Polish painter January Suchodolski | Ottoman Empire Deylik of Algiers | Russian Empire Black Sea Cossacks Montenegro Serbian Free Corps | Russian victory No major repercussions in Algiers |
| Reconquest of Oran and Mers el-Kébir (1790-1792) Part of the Algero-Spanish Wars Location: Oran and Mers-el-Kébir | Deylik of Algiers | Spanish Empire | Algerian victory Spain abandons Oran and Mers-el-Kébir |
| Tunisian–Algerian War (1807) Part of: Tunisian–Algerian Wars Location: Tunisia | Deylik of Algiers Beylik of Constantine | Beylik of Tunis | Tunisian victory Algerian victory in Constantine Failure to innvade tunisia |
| Algerian-Tunsian naval war (1811) | Deylik of Algiers Algerian Navy | Beylik of Tunis | Algerian victory |
| Tunisian–Algerian War (1813) | Deylik of Algiers | Beylik of Tunis | Peace Treaty Tunisian Victory and the invasion repelled Political instability in Tunisia after the death of Hammouda Pasha Algerian Military Victory |
| Second Barbary war (1815) Location: Mediterranean Sea | Deylik of Algiers | United States | American victory Freedom of movement in the Mediterranean for American ships |
| Bombardment of Algiers (1816) Location: Algiers Bombardment of Algiers 1816, George Chambers | Deylik of Algiers | British Empire Dutch Empire | Anglo-Dutch victory Sketch showing the positions of the fleet during the bombardment Bombardment of Algiers, painted by Martinus Schouman |
| Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) Location: Greece Clockwise: The camp of Georgios Karaiskakis at Phaliro, the burning of an Ottoman frigate by a Greek fire ship, the Battle of Navarino and Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt at the Third Siege of Missolonghi | Ottoman Deylik of Algiers Tripolitania Egypt Tunisia | 1821: Filiki Eteria Sacred Band Greek Revolutionaries After 1822: Greece Military support: Philhellenes Serbian Revolutionaries Romanian Revolutionaries Russian Empire Kingdom of France  United Kingdom Diplomatic support: Haiti | Greek independence: Establishment of the First Hellenic Republic (1822–1832) Start of the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) London Protocol Treaty of Constantinople Establishment of the Kingdom of Greece (1832) Start of the First Egyptian-Ottoman War Map showing the original territory of the Kingdom of Greece as laid down in the Treaty of 1832 (in dark blue) |

## French Algeria (1830–1962)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
| French conquest of Algeria (1830–1903) Part of the Algeria-European War Location: Algeria La prise de Constantine by Horace Vernet | Regency of Algiers Constantine Titteri Oran Emirate of Mascara Kingdom of Ait Abbas Sultanate of Tuggurt Kel Ahaggar Awlad Sidi Shaykh Support: Morocco (until 1844) | Kingdom of France (1830–1848) French Second Republic (1848–1852) Second French Empire (1852–1870) French Third Republic (1870 onward)  French Algeria Support: Morocco (1847) | French victory Pacification of Algeria Chronological map of French Algeria's evolution |
| Algerian War (1954–1962) Part of the Cold War and the decolonisation of Africa Location: French Algeria Collage of the French war in Algeria | FLN MNA PCA | French Fourth Republic (1954–1958) French Fifth Republic (1958–1962) La Main Rouge MPC ANPA FAF (1960–61) OAS (1961–62) | Algerian victory Independence of Algeria from France End of the French colonial empire Collapse of the Fourth French Republic and establishment of the Fifth French Republic |

## People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (1962-present)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result for Algeria and its Allies |
| Sand War (1963–1964) Part of the Algeria-European War Location: Algeria Border Algeria and Morocco | Algeria Egypt Cuba | Morocco Support: France | Inconclusive The closing of the border south of Figuig, Morocco/Béni Ounif, Algeria. Morocco abandoned its intentions to control Béchar and Tindouf after OAU mediation. No territorial changes were made. Demilitarized zone established |
| Yom Kippur War (1973) | United Arab Republic Expeditionary forces: Saudi Arabia Algeria Jordan Iraq Libya Kuwait Tunisia Morocco Cuba Sudan Supported by: Soviet Union East Germany North Korea Pakistan Lebanon | Israel Supported by: United States Portugal Netherlands Greece | Israeli military victory Political gains for Egypt and Israel 1978 Camp David Accords 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty |
| Western Sahara War (1975–1976) Location: Western Sahara Map of the Western Sahara; the red line is the military berm built by Morocco | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Algeria | Morocco Mauritania | Inconclusive 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) |
| Algerian Civil War (1991–2002) Location: Algeria Military deployed in the streets of Algiers, after the military coup against the Islamists, who took up arms later | Algeria Local militias DRS FLN RND (from 1997) Rally for Culture and Democracy Socialist Forces Front General Union of Algerian Workers MSI/Hamas MRI/Nahda OJAL (mid-1990s) Tunisia European Union France Egypt South Africa Belarus (from 1997) | FIS loyalists AIS (1994–99) MIA (until 1994) MEI (until 1994) FIDA (until 1996) MIPD (1996–97) LIDD (1997) Support: Libya (until 1995) Morocco (alleged) Saudi Arabia (pre-war) Iran (alleged) Saudi private donors GIA (from 1993) Afghan Arabs Takfir wal-Hijra Supported by: Sudan (alleged) Iran (alleged) Finsbury Park Mosque Brandbergen Mosque EIJ (until 1995) | Government victory FIS victory in 1991 election cancelled by military coup, formation of FIS loyalist guerrillas GIA radicals declare war on FIS in 1994 after negotiations with government Spillover to France with Air France Flight 8969 & 1995 France bombings AIS/FIS declare unilateral ceasefire in 1997 as a result of GIA's massacres of civilians Civil war subsided after government amnesty peace plan in 2000 GIA largely ceased to exist by 2002, a dissident insurgency continued |
| Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) (2002–present) Location: Maghreb, Sahara, Sahel Map showing GSPC area of operations (pink), member states of the Pan Sahel Initiative (dark blue), and members of the Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative (dark and light blue) | Algeria Mauritania Tunisia Libya Mali Niger Chad France Morocco | GSPC (until 2007) AQIM (from 2007) Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (from 2017) MOJWA (2011–13) Al-Mourabitoun (2013–17) Ansar Dine (2012–17) Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) (from 2011) Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade (from 2012) Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (2012–17) Salafia Jihadia Boko Haram (from 2006, partially aligned with ISIL since 2015) | Ongoing Insurgency in Algeria spreads through the Maghreb and Sahel US-led Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara initiated in 2007 Islamists capture northern Mali in 2012, until largely fought back by French-led Operation Serval in 2013 UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, African-led AFISMA deployed to Mali French-led Operation Barkhane across the Sahel begins 2014 Chaambi Operations and ISIL insurgency in Tunisia ISIL captures territory in Libyan Civil War, largely fought back by 2016 |
| ISIL insurgency in Tunisia (2015–2022) Location: Tunisia | Tunisia Algeria | Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Wilayat Tarabulus Wilayah al-Jazair Wilayat Tunis Ansar al-Sharia (only in March 2016) | Government victory The armed insurgency was suppressed in 2022. |