List of wars involving Chad

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Chad.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Arab Cold War (1952–1991^[a])	Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Iraq (until 1958) Ba'athist Iraq (1979–1990) Jordan Morocco Kingdom of Egypt (until 1953) Arab Republic of Egypt (since 1974) Syria (before 1954, 1961–1963) Right Wing of Fatah Libya (until 1969) Federation of the Emirates of South Arabia / Federation of South Arabia (until 1967) Protectorate of South Arabia (until 1967) Kingdom of Yemen (until 1970) North Yemen (1970–1974, since 1978) Muscat and Oman (until 1970) Imamate of Oman (until 1959) Oman (since 1970) Zanzibar (until 1964) Bahrain Kuwait Qatar Somalia (since 1977) Chad Senegal Comoros Djibouti Sudan (before 1969, since 1985) Trucial States (until 1971) United Arab Emirates (from 1971) Muslim Brotherhood Arab Federation (1958) Iraq Jordan Supported by: United States United Kingdom France Republic of China^[1]^[2]^[3] People's Republic of China (from 1972; limited) Afghan mujahideen^[4] (from 1979) Canada Ethiopia (until 1974) West Germany Iran (until 1979) Israel Italy Japan South Korea Pakistan Turkey CENTO (until 1979)	Republic of Egypt (1953–1958) United Arab Republic (1958–1971) Arab Republic of Egypt (1971–1973) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Ba'athist Iraq (1968–1979, 1990−1991) Syrian Republic (1954–1958/1961) Ba'athist Syria (from 1963) Libya (after 1969) Algeria Sudan (1969–1971) South Yemen North Yemen (1962–1970, 1974–1978) Mauritania (until 1984) Somalia (1969–1977) Palestine Liberation Organization Abu Nidal Organization Polisario Front / Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Arab Nationalist Movement Ba'ath Party (until 1966) DLF^[5](1963–1968) PFLOAG^[5] (1968–1974) NDFLOAG (1969–1971) PFLO (1974–1976) Hezbollah^[6] (from 1985) Federation of Arab Republics Arab Islamic Republic United Arab States (1958–1961) United Arab Republic Kingdom of Yemen Supported by: Soviet Union (until 1989) People's Republic of China (until 1972) Afghanistan (from 1978) Bulgaria (until 1989) Cuba (since 1959) Czechoslovakia (until 1989) Ethiopia (from 1974) East Germany Hungary (until 1989) India (limited) Iran (from 1979; limited) North Korea Poland (until 1989) Romania (until 1989; limited) Yugoslavia (limited)	Inconclusive Decline of pan-Arabism and Nasserism after the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser Rise of Wahhabism, Salafi jihadism, and Islamism after the death of Nasser International propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism in several countries financed with Saudi oil exports Beginning of the 1969 Somali coup d'état, establishing the Somali Democratic Republic Creation of Gulf Cooperation Council Failed attempts of an Arab Union: Arab Federation United Arab Republic United Arab States Federation of Arab Republics United Arab Kingdom Union of Arab Republics Arab Islamic Republic Successful attempts of an Arab Union: Unity of nine Arab emirates to form UAE Yemeni unification
Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)	FROLINAT (from 1966) First Liberation Army (until 1975) Second Liberation Army (1968–76) Third Liberation Army (from 1968) Various splinter factions FLT (until 1975) Volcan Army (from 1970) FAP (from 1976) FAN (1976–78, 1979)^[7] Tribal and peasant rebels Libya (1969–72, from 1975) Supported by: Algeria^[8] Kingdom of Libya (non-combat, until 1969)^[9]	Chad Chadian Armed Forces FROLINAT's First Liberation Army (c. 1975)^[10] FAN (1978–79)^[7] France Supported by: Egypt Israel	Rebel victory Overthrow and death of François Tombalbaye in 1975 Overthrow of Félix Malloum in 1979 Signing of Lagos Accord and installation of Transitional Government of National Unity
Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987)	Anti-Libyan Chadian factions FAT (1978–1979) FAN (1978–1983) FANT (1983–1987) GUNT (1986–1987) France Inter-African Force Zaire Nigeria Senegal NFSL Supported by: DR Sudan (1978–1985)^[11] Sudan (1985–1987)^[11] Egypt (1977-1981)^[11] Israel^[12] Iraq^[13] Algeria (pre-reapproachment)^[14] United States^[15]	Libya Islamic Legion^[11] Pro-Libyan Chadian factions FROLINAT GUNT (1979–1986) Codos (1983–1986) FAP (1978–1986) Pro-Libyan Palestinian and Lebanese groups^[16] PLO (1987)^[17]^[18] Abu Nidal Organization^[16] Supported by: Algeria^[19] East Germany Soviet Union	Chadian and French victory Chad regains control of the Aouzou Strip.
Toyota War (1986 – 1987)	Libya CDR PLO^[20]^[21]	FANT FAP France (Opération Épervier)	Decisive Chadian and French victory Ceasefire agreement Expulsion of Libyan forces from Chad
First Congo War (1996–1997)	Zaire FAZ White Legion Sudan^[22] Chad^[23] Ex-FAR/ALiR Interahamwe CNDD-FDD^[24] UNITA^[25] ADF^[26] FLNC^[27] Supported by: France^[28]^[29] Central African Republic^[29] China^[30] Israel^[30] Kuwait (denied)^[30] Mai-Mai^[b]	AFDL Rwanda Uganda^[34] Burundi^[35] Angola^[35] SPLA^[22] Eritrea^[36] Supported by: South Africa^[37] Zambia^[38] Zimbabwe^[37] Ethiopia^[39] Tanzania^[40] United States (covertly)^[41] Mai-Mai^[b]	AFDL victory Overthrow of the Mobutu regime Zaire renamed back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Installation of Laurent-Désiré Kabila as president Beginning of Second Congo War
Second Congo War (1998–2003)	Pro-government: DR Congo Angola Chad Namibia Zimbabwe Sudan (alleged) Anti-Ugandan forces: LRA ADF UNRF II FNI Anti-Rwandan militias: FDLR ALiR Interahamwe RDR Mai-Mai Other Hutu-aligned forces Anti-Burundi militias: CNDD-FDD FROLINA	Rwandan-aligned militias: RCD RCD-Goma Banyamulenge Ugandan-aligned militias: MLC Forces for Renewal UPC Other Tutsi-aligned forces Anti-Angolan forces: UNITA Foreign state actors: Uganda Rwanda Burundi Note: Rwanda and Uganda fought a short war in June 2000 over Congolese territory.	Stalemate Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila Sun City Agreement Creation of a unified, multi-party government in DR Congo, with Joseph Kabila as president Pretoria Accord; Rwandan withdrawal from DR Congo in exchange for commitment towards the disarmament of Hutu militias. The Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is established, deployment of MONUC. End of the Angolan Civil War. Continuation of the Ituri conflict. Start of the Kivu conflict.
Central African Republic Bush War (2004 – 2007)	Rebels: Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD) Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (MLCJ) ...and others Patriotic Convention for Saving the Country (CPSK) Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC) FDC GALPC FPR	Central African Republic Chad	Violence persists despite an April 2007 peace agreement Eventual outbreak of a second civil war in 2012
Chadian Civil War (2005 – 2010)	Chad France Libya NMRD^[c] JEM^[d] Supported by: Ukraine^[42] Israel^[43] Romania	Rebels: FUC^[e] UFDD^[f] RFD^[g] CNT^[h] CDR^[i] UFDP^[j] RDL^[k] UFDD-F^[l] SCUD^[m] CNR^[n] URF^[o] UFCD^[p] FSR^[q] UFR^[r] UMC^[s] FPRN^[t] UDC^[u] MPRD^[v] Janjaweed Alleged support: Sudan (until 2010)^[44]	Government victory
Boko Haram insurgency (2009 – present)	Multinational Joint Task Force Nigeria Cameroon^[45] Chad^[46] Niger^[47] Benin^[48] Turkey	Boko Haram (partially aligned with ISIL from 2015)^[w] Shekau faction^[54]^[55] Several minor factions^[49] ISWAP (originally Barnawi faction of Boko Haram; from 2016)^[56] Ansaru^[x]	Ongoing (Map of the current military situation) Expansion of conflict into neighboring Cameroon, Chad, Mali, and Niger Coalition offensive in 2015 forces Boko Haram to retreat into the Sambisa Forest Abubakar Shekau killed on 19 May 2021 amid ISWAP's capture of Sambisa Forest
Chadian intervention in northern Mali (2013 – present)	Chad Mali	AQIM MUJAO	Ongoing
Insurgency in Northern Chad (2016 – present)	Chad France JEM	FACT CCMSR UFR FNDJT	Ongoing Idriss Déby was killed in action, during the Northern Chad offensive Mahamat Déby Itno becomes his successor, along established himself as the Chairman of the Transitional Military Council and dissolves the Chadian parliament after death of Idriss Déby

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v t e Lists of wars involving African countries
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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