List of wars involving Somalia

This is a list of wars involving Somalia in which Somali armed forces participated in after Somalia's independence on the 1st of July 1960.

  Somalia defeat

  Somalia victory

  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, result unknown or indecisive)

  Ongoing conflict

Date	Conflict	Allies	Enemies	Result
1963-1967	Shifta War	Northern Frontier Districts Liberation Movement Somali nationalism (In Kenya) Supported by: Somalia Soviet Union[1]	Kenya Supported by: United Kingdom Ethiopian Empire[2]	Cease-fire Ceasefire signed in 1967, and Somalia ceased support for insurgents.
1963-1970	Bale Revolt	Oromo people Somali nationalism (In Ethiopia) Supported by: Somalia Soviet Union[1]	Ethiopian Empire Supported by: United States Israel[2]	Defeat Bale revolt suppressed in 1970, and Ethiopia reasserted control over the region.
1964	1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	Somalia Supported by: Egypt[1]	Ethiopia Supported by: United States[2]	Cease-fire The war ended in a ceasefire brokered by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). Somalia did not achieve its goal of annexing the Ogaden region, and Ethiopia retained control over the disputed territory.
1977–1978	Ogaden War	Somalia WSLF Supported by: Egypt[3]  Saudi Arabia[4][5] Iraq Iran[5][6]	Derg  Cuba  Soviet Union  South Yemen[7] Supported by:  Polish People's Republic[8][9]  East Germany  North Korea[10]	Defeat[11][12] Somalia breaks all ties with the Soviet Bloc (except China and Romania).[13] Beginning of the Somali Rebellion
1982	1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	Somalia Supported by: United States	Derg	Stalemate Ethiopian invasion halted[14][15] Ethiopia occupies the border towns of Galdogob and Balanbale until 1988[16] The United States delivers emergency military and economic aid to Somalia[14][17]
1986 – present	Somali Civil War	Somalia  United States [18][19] Supported by: Italy[20] Turkey[21] United Kingdom[22]	Al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab Islamic State (from 2015)[23][24] Wilayat al Somal	Ongoing De facto independence of Somaliland New Government formed in 2012