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(1260)

• Castile is expelled from Salé.

(1264)

• Zayyanid victory.

(1275)

• Decapitation of Nuño González de Lara.

(1275)

• Capture and murder of Sancho of Aragon.

(1278)

• Destruction of the entire Castilian fleet.

(1278–1279)

• Destruction of the entire Castilian fleet.
• Alfonso X of Castile signs a new truce in 1279.

(1299–1307)

• The Marinids abandons the siege.

(Feb.–Jun. 1333)

• Conquest of Gibraltar by the Marinids.

(Jun.–Aug. 1333)

• The Marinids retain control of Gibraltar.
• Castilian siege lifted.

(1335–1337)

• The Marinids annexe the Kingdom of Tlemcen.

(1339)

• Death of Abu Malik.

(1340)

• The Marinid invasion decisively repelled.

(1342)

• Rout of the Marinid fleet.

(1342–1344)

• Conquest of Algeciras by Castile.

(1349–1350)

• Castilian withdrawal.

(1411)

• Granada retains control of Gibraltar.

(1415)

• Conquest of Ceuta by Portugal.

1 cannon captured

(1419)

• Portugal retains control of Ceuta.

(1437)

• Marinid victory
• Capture of Ferdinand the Holy Prince.

(1471)

• Conquest of Asilah and Tangier by Portugal.

(1497)

• Conquest of Melilla by Spain.

(1513)

• Conquest of Azemmour by Portugal.

(1515)

• Portugal abandons its fort in Mamora (Mehdya).

(1541)

• Morocco annexes Agadir.
• Portugal evacuates Azemmour and Safi.

(1551)

• Beylerbeylik of Algiers

Kingdom of Aït Abbas
Zayyanid Kingdom

• Algiers captures Tlemcen.
• The Moulouya River is imposed as the border.

(1554)

• Beylerbeylik of Algiers

Kingdom of Kuku
Wattasid Sultanate
Principality of Debdou

• The Ottomans occupy Fez for four months.
• Ali Abu Hassun rules Fez as an Ottoman vassal.

(1554)

• The Saadi dynasty becomes the undisputed ruler of Morocco.
• Death of Ali Abu Hassun and end of the Wattasid dynasty.
• Fez is no longer an Ottoman vassal.

(1557)

• Assassination of Mohammed al-Shaykh under the commands of Hasan Pasha.

(1558)

(1562)

• Portugal retains control of Mazagan (El Jadida).

(1568–1571)

• Mass expulsion of most Muslims in Granada.
• Resettlement of Granada with Catholic settlers.

(1576)

• Muhammad Abu Abdallah Forces

• Abd al-Malik Forces

Ottoman Empire

• Beylerbeylik of Algiers

• Ottoman Forces conquer Fez then Marrakesh.
• Abd al-Malik assumes rule over Morocco as an Ottoman vassal.

(1578)

• Death of Abd al-Malik, Abdallah Mohammed and Sebastian of Portugal.
• 1580 Portuguese succession crisis.

1,500 dead

(Spanish source)

(1591)

• Collapse of the Songhai Empire.
• Formation of the Pashalik of Timbuktu.

(1599)

• Timbuktu

• Collapse of the Mali Empire.

(1603–1627)

• Marrakesh Forces

• Fez Forces

• Morocco is reunified under the rule of Abd al-Malik II.

(1680)

• Tangier

(1681)

• Morocco recaptures Mehdya.

(1689)

• Morocco annexes Larache.

(1691)

• Morocco annexes Asilah.

(1692)

• The Moulouya River is imposed as the border.

(1693)

• Rout of the Moroccan troops.

(1694–1727)

• Moroccan retreat following the death of Moulay Ismail.
• Spain retains control of Ceuta.

(1699–1702)

• Algiers' ambitions halted
• Morocco fails to expand.
• Fall of the Muradid dynasty in Tunis.
• Civil war in Tripoli.

(1708–1713)

• The oases around Laghouat become tributaries of Morocco.

(1765)

• Rout of the French fleet.
• Signing of a truce and a treaty in 1767.

(1769)

• Morocco recaptures Mazagan.

(1774–1775)

• Treaty of Aranjuez.
• Morocco recognises Spanish rule of Melilla.
• Spain cedes territories to Morocco.

(1775–1777)

• Release of all Dutch slaves.
• Freeing of the Dutch Republic from paying tributes and sending gifts to Morocco.

(1792)

• Conquest of the eastern Rif region by Algiers.

(1802–1804)

• Peace treaty.

(1830–1844)

• French Algeria

• France pacifies resistance forces.
• Franco-Moroccan War.

(1844)

• French Algeria

• Treaty of Tangier.
• Morocco recognises Algeria as part of the French Empire.
• Treaty of Lalla Maghnia.
• France annexes El Bayadh, Chellala, Boussemghoun and Tiout.

(1851)

• Moroccan political victory.
• French military victory.

(1856)

• Prussian withdrawal.
• Adalbert of Prussia and Eduard von Knorr wounded.

(1859–1860)

• Treaty of Wad Ras.
• Morocco recognises Spanish rule of Ceuta and Melilla.
• Retrocession of Santa Cruz de la Mar Pequeña.
• Morocco pays war reparations of 20 million duros.

(1886–1888)

• British North West Africa

• Treaty of Cape Juby.
• Retrocession of Tarfaya in 1895.

(1893–1894)

• Treaty of Fez.
• Melilla hinterlands ceded to Spain.
• Morocco pays war reparations of 20 million pesetas and pledges to pacify northern provinces.

(1902–1909)

• Execution of Bou Hmara.

(1903–1908)

• Pacification of al-Raysuni after appointment as Pasha of Tangier.

(1904–1908)

• French Mauritania

• Assassination of Xavier Coppolani.
• Conquest of Adrar by France.

(1907–1912)

• French Algeria

• Treaty of Fes.
• Morocco becomes a French protectorate.

(1957–1958)

• Spanish West Africa

France

• French Mauritania

• No longer tied down in conflicts with the French, committed a significant portion of its resources and manpower to gain independence from Spain.
• Treaty of Angra de Cintra

(1958–1959)

• Rebellion suppressed

(1961–1974)

• Portuguese Angola

Support:
Israel
Rhodesia
South Africa

• Independence of Angola
• Carnation Revolution in Portugal

(1962–1964)

• Rebellion suppressed

(1963)

• The closing of the border south of Figuig
• Demilitarized zone established

or

200 killed

(1973)

• Egypt
• Syria

Morocco
Algeria
Cuba
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Tunisia
Support:
North Korea

• Syrian invasion repelled, Egyptian Third Army surrounded; UN ceasefire
• Egypt–Israel peace treaty

(1975)

• Spanish Sahara

• Madrid Accords
• Spain leaves the territory

(1975–1991)

• Polisario Front

Algeria
(Amgala I, aid from 1976)
Support:
Libya
(Until 1984)

• 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)
• Morocco controls 75% of the Western Sahara, the Polisario Front controls 25%

2,155–
2,300 captured

(1977)

• FNLC expelled from Katanga
• The FNLC withdrew to Angola and possibly to Zambia

(1978)

• Non-aggression pact of 1979
• mutual end of support for other nations' rebel groups

(1990–1991)

Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Oman
Pakistan
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Senegal
South Korea
Spain
Syria
United Arab Emirates

• other allies

• Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored
• Kuwaiti independence restored
• Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure

(1992–1993)

(2002)

• Status quo ante bellum

(2002–)

• Islamists capture Northern Mali
• Islamists capture territory in Libya as a result of the Libyan Civil War

(2009–2010)

• Houthis consolidate control over Sa'dah
• Ceasefire after rebels accepted the government's truce conditions.

(2013–)

• Angola
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Chad
• DR Congo
• Congo Republic
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Uganda

MINUSCA
(From 2014)
Russia
(From 2018)
France
(Until 2021)
South Africa
(2013)
MISCA
(Until 2014)
EUFOR RCA:
(2014–2015)

• Estonia
• Finland
• Georgia
• Italy
• Latvia
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Spain

• As of July 2021 government controls more territory than at any point since the war began in 2012

(2014–2016)

• Iraqi government forces regain control of all parts of Iraq previously controlled by ISIL.
• Heavy damage dealt to ISIL forces; military defeat in Iraq
• Iraq declares military victory against ISIL on 9 December 2017

(2014–2016)

• ISIL had lost 25 percent of the territory it possessed in Syria.

(2015–2019)

• Military stalemat in 2019.
• Morocco ended their participation in 2019 due to deterioration of Morocco–Saudi Arabia relations

1 F-16 shot down

(2020–)

• Polisario Front

• Morocco secured the Guerguerat border crossing.

• 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

• Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
• Somaliland

• Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla  (Spain)
• Madeira (Portugal)
• Mayotte / Réunion (France)
• Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)