List of wars involving Australia

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Australia, including its predecessor colonies – New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania, Victoria, Swan River, Western Australia, South Australia, and Queensland – has been involved in several wars, armed conflicts, rebellions and militarised interstate disputes.

For a list of wars that have been fought on the Australian mainland and in Australian waters, see the list of conflicts in Australia.

Dates indicate the years in which Australia was involved in the war.

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Colonial Australia (1788–1901)

Colonial Australia was the Commonwealth of Australia's predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (1788–1901), Van Diemen's Land (1825–1856), Tasmania (1856–1901), Victoria (1851–1901), Swan River (1829–1833), Western Australia (1833–1901), South Australia (1836–1901), Queensland (1859–1901) and there territories and islands.

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List of wars involving Colonial Australia
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Australia and/or its allies	Australian losses (Killed or missing)		Notable battles
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Australia and/or its allies	Military	Civilians	Notable battles
Sydney Cove War^[1] (1790–1800) part of Australian frontier wars	Kingdom of Great Britain (1790–1800) New South Wales Corps (1790–1800) Colony of New South Wales United Kingdom (1801–1802) New South Wales Corps (1801–1802) Colony of New South Wales	Aboriginal Australians	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans	26^[1]
Pemulwuy's War (1790–1802) part of Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars and Australian frontier wars	Kingdom of Great Britain (1790–1800) New South Wales Corps (1790–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1802) New South Wales Corps (1801–1802) Colony of New South Wales Burraberongal Tribe (1795–1802)	Indigenous peoples: Dharug Nation Bidjigal clan	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Death of Pemulwuy	44	3^[2]^[3]	Battle of Parramatta – 1797
Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars (1794–1816) part of Australian frontier wars	Kingdom of Great Britain (1795–1800) New South Wales Corps (1795–1800) United Kingdom (1801–16) New South Wales Corps (1801–10) New South Wales Burraberongal Tribe	Indigenous peoples: Dharug Nation Wangal clan Kurrajong clan Boorooberongal clan Cattai clan Bidjigal clan Gommerigal clan Mulgoa clan Cannemegal clan Bool-bain-ora clan Cabrigal clan Muringong clan Dural clan Eora Nation Tharawal Nation Gandangara Nation Irish-convict sympathisers	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Legal disputes until 1992 Mabo decision	80–380+	unknown	Battle of Richmond Hill – 1795 Battle of Parramatta – 1797 Battle of Bond's Farm – 1809 Appin Massacre – 1816
Black Wars^[1]^[4]^[5] (1799–1805) part of Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars and Australian frontier wars	Kingdom of Great Britain (1799–1800) New South Wales Corps (1799–1800) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1805) New South Wales Corps Colony of New South Wales Burraberongal Tribe (1799–1802)	Indigenous clans: Dharug Nation Wangal clan Kurrajong clan Boorooberongal clan Cattai clan Bidjigal clan Gommerigal clan Mulgoa clan Cannemegal clan Bool-bain-ora clan Cabrigal clan Muringong clan Dural clan Eora Nation Tharawal Nation Gandangara Nation Irish-convict sympathisers	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans	unknown	unknown
Tedbury's War (1802–1810) part of Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars and Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Indigenous clans: Dharug Nation Wangal clan Kurrajong clan Boorooberongal clan Cattai clan Bidjigal clan Gommerigal clan Mulgoa clan Cannemegal clan Bool-bain-ora clan Cabrigal clan Muringong clan Dural clan Eora Nation	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Death of Tedbury	unknown	3+	Battle of Bond's Farm – 1809
Bathurst War (1824) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom Colony of New South Wales	Wiradjuri nation	Victory Dispossession of land from the Wiradjuri nation and possession of Bathurst county	~20^[6]	0^[6]	Battle of Bathurst – 1824
Hawkesbury Nepean War (1814–1816) part of Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars and Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Indigenous clans: Dharug Nation Wangal clan Kurrajong clan Boorooberongal clan Cattai clan Bidjigal clan Gommerigal clan Mulgoa clan Cannemegal clan Bool-bain-ora clan Cabrigal clan Muringong clan Dural clan Eora Nation Tharawal Nation Gandangara Nation Irish-convict sympathisers	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans	unknown	9+ ^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]	Appin Massacre – 1816 Battle of the Nepean – 1816 Nepean Campaign – 1816
Black War (1828–32) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom New South Wales Van Diemen's Land	Aboriginal Tasmanians	Victory Indigenous Tasmanians dispossessed, population declines and culture disrupted Survivors surrender and are relocated to Wybalenna Aboriginal Mission	201^[12]	18^[12]
Port Phillip District Wars (1830–1850) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom New South Wales	Aboriginal Australians Gunditjmara People Dja Dja Wurrung Taungurung Gunai Kurnai people	Victory European occupation of the district Deaths of up to more than 1,000 Aboriginals	0	7–11	Battle of Pinjarra – 1834 Mount Cottrell massacre – 1836 Battle of Broken River – 1838 Campaspe Plains massacre – 1839 Blood Hole massacre – 1839 or 1840
The Eumeralla Wars (1834–1849 or 1860s) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom New South Wales Victoria	Aboriginal Australians Gunditjmara People	Victory British occupation of the district	~80
Moreton Bay conflict (1832–1833) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom New South Wales	Quandamooka people (Nunukul, Ngugi, and Gorenpul clans)	Indeterminate Stalemate; British withdrawal from North Stradbroke Island Establishment of limited coexistence between settlement and Quandamooka people	5–8 killed; dozens wounded^[13]	≈30–40 killed or wounded^[14]
Wiradjuri Wars^[1] (1838–1841) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of New South Wales	Wiradjuri people	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	Unknown
Mandandanji Land War^[1] (1842–1852) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom New South Wales	Mandandanji people	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	Unknown
War of Southern Queensland (1843–1855) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom New South Wales	Aboriginal Australians United Tribes Confederation Jagera People Wakka Wakka People Kabi Kabi People Jinibara People	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land	~700 – 1000 Europeans Several thousand Indigenous		Battle of One Tree Hill – 1843
Port Augusta War^[1] (1844–1845) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Colony of South Australia	Aboriginal Australians Nukunu people	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land
Flagstaff War (1845–1846) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire United Kingdom Colony of New South Wales^[15] Colony of New Zealand Forces of Tamati Waka Nene Māori Kupapa	Ngāpuhi Iwi	Inconclusive/Ceasefire Kawiti and Heke's rebellion defeated Kawiti and Heke approached Tāmati Wāka Nene about a ceasefire British claimed a tactical victory British negotiate peace with Kawiti in 1846 British negotiate peace with Heke in 1848.			Battle of Puketutu – 1845 Raid on Waikare – 1845 Battle of Te Ahuahu – 1845 Battle of Ōhaeawai – 1845 Battle of Ruapekapeka – 1845–1846
Hutt Valley Campaign(1846) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire United Kingdom Colony of New South Wales^[15] Colony of New Zealand British Settlers Te Āti Awa Māori Kupapa	Ngāti Toa Iwi Ngāti Rangatahi Ngāti Hāuaterangi	Victory
Eureka Rebellion (1851–1854)	Colony of Victoria British Army Victoria Police	Anti-Gold Licence Association (Red Ribbon Rebellion) Stockade rebels	Victory Miners rebellion defeated by the Victorian authorities	2 Government Troops 22-60 Rebels	unknown	Battle of the Eureka Stockade - 1854
First Taranaki War (1860–1861) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania Colony of New Zealand	Taranaki Māori Kīngitanga	Ceasefire Truce agreed to after the surrender of the Te Ārei pā Waikato Invasion plans made^[16] Māori remained in possession of the European-owned Tātaraimaka	20 approximately^[17]^[18]	0	Battle at Te Kohia – 1860 Battle of Waireka – 1860 Battle of Puketakauere – 1860
Waikato Wars (1863–1864) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania Colony of New Zealand	Kīngitanga North Island allies Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Pou Ngāi Tūhoe Ngāti Raukawa	Victory Kingite power crushed^[19] Waikato Māori expelled south of the Waikato River.^[16]^[20] Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land^[21]
Second Taranaki War (1863–1866) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania Colony of New Zealand	Taranaki Māori	Inconclusive Tribes either surrendered or withdrew towards the mountain.
Tauranga Campaign (1864) Part of the New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania Colony of New Zealand British Settlers Māori Kupapa	Taranaki Māori Ngāi Te Rangi Ngāti Koheriki Ngāti Pikiao Ngāti Porou Ngāti Pukenga	Victory			Battle of Gate Pā – 1864 Battle of Te Ranga – 1864
East Cape War (1865–1866) Part of New Zealand Wars	British Empire Colony of New South Wales Colony of Queensland Colony of Victoria Colony of Tasmania Colony of New Zealand British Settlers Māori Kupapa Arawa Ngāti Porou Ngāti Kahungunu	Hau-Hauist Māori Whakatohea Māori Urewera Māori Ngai Tama Māori	Victory Dispossession of land of the indigenous Māori Occupation and settlement of European colonists on conquered land 2013 Crown apology^[22]			Siege of Waerenga-a-Hika – 1865
Kalkadoon Wars (1870–1890) part of Australian frontier wars	United Kingdom Queensland	Kalkadoon people	Victory	100(est.)	5	Battle of Battle Mountain – 1884
Mahdist War (1885)	British Empire Khedivate of Egypt India Colony of New South Wales New South Wales Contingent Canada Ethiopia Italy^[23] Eritrea Congo Free State	Mahdist Sudan	Victory Sudan becomes Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the British Empire and Khedivate of Egypt	9 (from sickness on the return home)	3	Suakin Expedition
Jandamarra Guerrilla War (1894–97) part of Australian frontier wars	British Empire Western Australia	Jandamarra Bunuba people	Victory Death of Jandamarra	2+	unknown

Commonwealth of Australia (1901–present)

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List of wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Australia and/or its allies	Australian losses (Killed or missing)		Notable battles
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result for Australia and/or its allies	Military	Civilians	Notable battles
Second Boer War (1899–1902) Part of the Boer Wars during the Scramble for Africa	United Kingdom Cape Colony Natal Colony Basutoland Bechuanaland Rhodesia India Ceylon Canada New Zealand Australia^[a]	Orange Free State South African Republic	Victory Treaty of Vereeniging	606^[24]	None^[24]
Boxer Rebellion (1900–1901)	British Empire United Kingdom Australia^[a] New Zealand India Japan Russian Empire France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy	Yihetuan Qing China	Victory Rebellion suppressed Signing of the Boxer Protocol Provisions for foreign troops stationed in Beijing	6^[25]	None^[25]
World War I (1914-1918)	Allied Powers France British Empire United Kingdom Newfoundland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Russia United States Italy Belgium Japan Hejaz and others	Central Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires New countries formed in Europe and the Middle East Establishment of the League of Nations Australia obtains mandates in New Guinea and Nauru	62,149^[26]	None^[26]
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1920)	Allied Powers White Movement France United Kingdom United States China Italy Japan Australia India South Africa Serbia Romania Greece Czechoslovakia Poland Estonia	Bolsheviks Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic Ukrainian SSR	Defeat Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army The Soviet Union becomes the new Russian power	10^[27]	Unknown
Egyptian Revolution of 1919 (1918–1919)	United Kingdom Sultanate of Egypt Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Australia^[28] New Zealand	Wafd Party	Victory British recognition of Egyptian independence Implementation of a new constitution Establishment of the Kingdom of Egypt Continued British presence in Egypt and Sudan	1^[29]	unknown
1927 Malaita Punitive Expedition (1927)	British Empire British Solomon Islands Protectorate Australia	Kwaio warriors	Victory Stabilisation of Malaita 198 Kwaio arrested and detained^[30]	None^[31]	None^[31]
World War II (1939–1945) An Australian light machine gun team in action during the Aitape–Wewak campaign, June 1945.	United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway Czechoslovakia Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Philippines Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Mongolia	Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Finland Iraq Thailand	Victory Collapse of the German Reich and the Empire of Japan Creation of the United Nations Australian New Guinea and Nauru become UN trust territories Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War	39,366^[32]	735^[32]	Battle of the Coral Sea – 1942
Anglo-Iraqi War (1941) Part of the Second World War	Allied powers: United Kingdom India Palestine^[33] Assyrian Levies Transjordan 'Abd al-Ilah loyalists Air and naval support: Australia^[b] New Zealand^[c] Greece^[d]	Axis powers : Kingdom of Iraq Military support : Germany^[37] Italy^[38] Vichy France^[39]	Victory Downfall of Rashid Gaylani government Re-occupation of Iraq by the British The return to power of the Regent of Iraq, Prince 'Abd al-Ilah	None	None
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand Turkey Philippines Thailand Ethiopia Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg	North Korea China Soviet Union	Ceasefire Ceasefire armistice Korean Demilitarized Zone established, minimal territorial change at the 38th parallel border	340^[40]	None^[40]
Malayan Emergency (1950–1960)	United Kingdom Malaya Australia New Zealand	MNLA	Victory Communist retreat from Malaya, Chin Peng exiled	39^[41]	None^[41]
Borneo Confrontation (1963–1966)	Malaysia United Kingdom Australia New Zealand	Indonesia	Victory Indonesia accepts the formation of Malaysia	23^[42]	None^[42]
Vietnam War (1965–1973) Members of 5 Platoon 7 RAR waiting for US Army helicopters in August 1967.	South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Philippines Laos Cambodia Khmer Republic	North Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge China Soviet Union North Korea	Defeat Withdrawal of American-led forces from Indochina in 1973 Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in 1975	521^[43]	None^[43]
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Italy Australia Other Allies	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored	None^[44]	None^[44]
Australian-led international intervention into the 1999 East Timorese crisis (1999–2000)	East Timor Australia New Zealand Thailand Supported by: Argentina ^[45] Austria ^[46] Bangladesh Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile ^[47] China Croatia Denmark ^[47] Egypt ^[47] Fiji France Gambia Germany Ghana Israel Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Malaysia Mexico Mozambique ^[47] Namibia Nepal Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Peru Philippines Portugal Russia Samoa Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Singapore Slovakia ^[47] Slovenia Spain South Korea Sri Lanka Sweden Tajikistan Turkey Ukraine Uruguay United Kingdom United States ^[48] Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe	Pro-Indonesian militias – 13,000^[49] Aitarak Besi Merah Putih Laksaur Mahidi Supported by: Kopassus (alleged) BIN^[50] Jakarta lobby^[51]^[52]^[53]	Victory Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia Stabilisation of East Timor East Timorese independence referendum US embargo of military sales to Indonesia from 9 September 1999 to 22 November 2005^[54]^[55]^[56] UK embargo of military sales to Indonesia from 11 September 1999 to 11 April 2012^[57] Australia embargo military sales to Indonesia September 1999^[54] European Union (EU) embargo military sales to Indonesia 16 September 1999 – 17 January 2000^[58]^[59]	2	None
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)	Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand Germany France Italy Czech Republic Netherlands Turkey Romania Georgia South Korea Poland Denmark Sweden Norway Singapore Northern Alliance	Taliban al-Qaeda Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	Defeat Fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan War in North-West Pakistan Renewed Taliban offensive in 2021 In July 2021, Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton states Australia has ended its involvement. Afghan government surrenders power to the Taliban in accordance to the Doha Peace Agreement President Ashraf Ghani flees to Tajikistan	41^[60]	None^[60]
Iraq War (2003–2009)	Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan United States United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia New Zealand Georgia Ukraine Netherlands Spain Romania Bulgaria Denmark Thailand	SCJL Naqshbandi Army Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda Ansar al-Islam Islamic Army of Iraq Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah Ba'athist Iraq	Victory Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and sectarian violence^[61] Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal leading to the rise of the ISIL^[62]	2^[44]	None^[44]
Operation Anode (2003–2013) Australian soldiers assigned to RAMSI burning guns in October 2003.	Solomon Islands Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Tonga Samoa Vanuatu Nauru Kiribati Tuvalu	Solomon Islands Nationalist Militias Isatabu Freedom Movement Malaita Eagle Force Other unorganised militias	Victory Stabilisation of Solomon Islands Australia, New Zealand, Tonga and Papua New Guinean forces withdraw forces	1^[63]^[64]	None^[63]
Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) (2006–2008) Part of the Iraq War	Iraq Iraqi security forces Iraqi Kurdistan United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Italy Other coalition forces Private Security Contractors Peshmerga Sons of Iraq^[65]	Sunni factions: Mujahideen Shura Council al-Qaeda in Iraq (until October 2006) Islamic State of Iraq Ansar al-Sunna Islamic Army in Iraq Sunni tribes Other Sunni insurgent groups Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order Shi'ite factions: Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Kata'ib Hezbollah Promised Day Brigades Badr Brigades Rogue elements among the Iraqi security forces Soldiers of Heaven Shia tribes Other militias	Victory Ethnic cleansing of Sunnis by the Mahdi Army Attempt of ethnic cleansing of Shias by Al-Qaeda in Iraq 4 million people displaced U.S. Troop Surge in January 2007 Ceasefire signed with Mahdi Army Al-Qaeda in Iraq territorially defeated Presence of British and American troops in advise and assist roles until 2011 Continued Al-Qaeda insurgency in Iraq Resurgence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which later becomes known as ISIL or ISIS following the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq in 2011	None	None^[44]
Operation Astute (2006–2013) Part of 2006 East Timorese crisis Australian soldiers supporting the Dili Fire Service in June 2006.	Australia New Zealand Malaysia Portugal East Timor	FDTL Rebels	Victory Stabilisation of East Timor	3^[66]	None^[66]
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016)	NATO United States Belgium Canada Denmark Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom Australia China Colombia India Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand Oman Pakistan Russia Saudi Arabia Seychelles Singapore Somalia South Korea Ukraine	* Somali pirates	Victory Number of pirate attacks dramatically decreased The US Office of Naval Intelligence have officially reported that in 2013, only 9 incidents of piracy were reported and that none of them were successfully hijacked^{[citation needed]} Piracy drops 90%^[67]	None	None
Iraqi Civil War (2013–2017) (2014–2017) Part of the Iraqi conflict, spillover of the Syrian civil war, international military intervention against the Islamic State and the war on terror	Iraq Allied groups: Iraqi Turkmen Front Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Iraqi Communist Party Various self-defense groups and tribal militias CJTF-OIR Members: United States United Kingdom Australia New Zealand France Italy Netherlands Jordan Kuwait Turkey (2014–2017) Canada (2014–2016) Belgium (2014–2017) Denmark (2014–2016) Morocco (2014–2016) Iran Hezbollah Syria (2014) Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga Kurdish National Council Sinjar Alliance PKK Syrian Kurdistan Further Support: Albania Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina China Croatia Czechia Estonia Finland Germany Hungary Pakistan Russia Taiwan	Islamic State Military of ISIL Other anti-government groups: GMCIR PCIR Various Ba'athist factions Naqshbandi Army Anbar tribial militias Free Iraqi Army (2014) Jihad and Reform Front Ansar al-Islam White Flags	Victory Iraqi territorial integrity preserved ISIL expelled from all strongholds by 11 November 2017 Iraq declares the defeat of ISIL on 9 December 2017 after securing the western desert with neighbouring Syria Iraqi federal government captures 20% of territory controlled by KRG after an independence referendum Continued lower-level ISIL insurgency following defeat	1^[68]	0
American-led intervention in Syrian civil war (2014–2017) Part of the Syrian civil war, international military intervention against the Islamic State and the war on terror	CJTF-OIR Members: United States Australia New Zealand Canada Belgium Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands Romania United Kingdom Lebanon Morocco Jordan Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Qatar Bahrain Supported by: Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government Revolutionary Commando Army Authenticity and Development Front Free Syrian Army Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Syrian Democratic Forces International Freedom Battalion People's Protection Units Women's Protection Units Al-Sanadid Forces Euphrates Volcano Turkey Turkish-backed rebels Israel (limited involvement; against Hezbollah and government forces only)	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria al-Qaeda linked groups: al-Nusra Front Khorasan group Tahrir al-Sham Jaysh al-Sunna Jund al-Aqsa Rouse the Believers Operations Room Guardians of Religion Organization Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Ahrar al-Sham Syria Russia Iran Supported by: Kata'ib Hezbollah	Inconclusive, conflict ongoing Australia ends airstrikes in 2017^[69] Operation Okra Over 11,200 American and allied airstrikes hit ISIS and other extremist groups within Syria Thousands of ISIS targets destroyed and thousands more militants captured or killed ISIL lose Mosul and Raqqa (2017), then other most of territory in Iraq and then Syria Syrian government Chemical attack in Ghouta (2013) leading to OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria American support for anti-government rebels Deployment of U.S. Marines and Special Forces Massive amounts of human rights violations and war crimes, in particular by Syrian government forces Semi-regular chemical attacks attributed to the Assad regime leads to condemnation and threats of measures to enforce the chemical weapons convention and the Geneva protocol to which Syria is a party. Chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun results in a retaliatory naval strike on the Syrian government-controlled Shayrat Airbase, Douma chemical attack results in retaliatory strikes/ Various confrontations and airstrikes ISIS detainee crisis takes hold in northern Syria^[70] Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on October 27, 2019 Approximately 900 U.S. troops remain in Syria to combat ISIS as of July 2021^[71] Death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi on February 3, 2022	None	None
War on ISIL (2014–present) Part of the Second Libyan Civil War, War in Iraq (2013–2017), Syrian civil war and spillover of the Syrian civil war, Sinai insurgency, Boko Haram insurgency, insurgency in the North Caucasus, war on terror, and Moro conflict	Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan United States United Kingdom Canada France Germany Australia Turkey Saudi Arabia Qatar Jordan Bahrain United Arab Emirates Morocco New Zealand Netherlands Belgium Denmark Norway	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Qaeda	Ongoing Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, and Afghanistan	None	None
Marawi crisis (2017) Part of the Moro conflict and the Military intervention against ISIL	Philippines Supported by: MNLF^[72] MILF^[73]^[74] United States ^[75]^[76]^[77] Australia ^[78] United Kingdom^[79] China ^[80] Israel ^[81] Russia^{[citation needed]} Singapore^[82]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State Province in East Asia Abu Sayyaf Maute group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters	Victory Failure of the militants to establish a provincial ISIL territory (wilayat)^[83] Martial law declared in Mindanao until December 31, 2017, extended throughout 2018–19^[84]^[85]^[86]^[87] Isnilon Hapilon, Abu Sayyaf leader and ISIL Emir in Southeast Asia killed by the Philippine Army All seven Maute brothers killed by the Philippine Army^[88]	None	None
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) (2017–2021) Part of the Iraqi conflict (2003–present)	Iraq Iraqi Federal Police Iraqi Armed Forces Special Operations Forces (SOF) Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Pro-Government Tribes^[89] Rojava (cross-border cooperation since May 2018) CJTF-OIR (until 2021): United States United Kingdom Australia Germany France Italy Supported by: Iran Qatar Egypt NATO Canada Turkey Kurdistan Region Peshmerga Supported by: Netherlands	Islamic State White Flags Iraqi Baath Party	Inconclusive, conflict ongoing Airstrikes on ISIL positions	None	None
2019–2022 Persian Gulf crisis (2019–2020) Part of the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict	United States CJTF–OIR IMSC: United Kingdom Saudi Arabia^[90] Australia^[91] United Arab Emirates^[92] Bahrain^[93] Albania^[94] Kuwait^[95]^[96] Qatar^[97]^[98] Brunei Darussalam Greece Ireland Thailand Turkey Supported by: Japan Israel^[99]^[100]^[101] Egypt^[102]^[103]	Iran Popular Mobilization Forces^[104]^[105] Kata'ib Hezbollah League of Revolutionaries^[106] Support: Houthis^[107] North Korea (political support)^[108] Russia (political support)^[109]^[110] PRC (political support)^[111]^[110] Syria (political support)^[112] Hezbollah (military support)	Inconclusive/Other Result Conflict still ongoing with Australian Allies Seizure of internationally flagged vessels by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz Seizure of Iranian flagged vessel by UK at Gibraltar 2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone Attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad by Iranian backed Popular Mobilization Forces Killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad International airport	None	None

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[a]
Before Federation in 1901, Australian involvement in the war consisted of forces from each of the six colonies.
[b]
HMAS Yarra, representing Australia, participated at sea.^[34]
[c]
HMNZS Leander, representing New Zealand, participated at sea.^[35]
[d]
Greek airmen undergoing training at Habbaniya flew sorties against the Iraqis.^[36]

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