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This is alist of wars involving the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (modern-dayEthiopia) and itspredecessor states.
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conquests of Amda Seyon I (1316–1332) |  Ethiopia | Victories
| |
| Badley ad-Din II's Invasion of Ethiopia (1445) | Ethiopian Empire |  Adal Sultanate | Victory |
| Abyssinian–Adal War (1529–1543) |  Ethiopian Empire Portuguese Empire(1541–43) |  Adal Sultanate Ottoman Empire(1542–43) | Stalemate |
| Ottoman–Ethiopian War (1557–1589) | Ethiopian Empire |  Ottoman Empire | Victory |
| Iyasu II's Invasion of Sennar (1738) | Ethiopia | Sennar Supported by: Darfur | Defeat
|
| Zemene Mesafint (1769–1855) | Various factions | Various factions | Reunification of Ethiopia
|
| Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts (1832–1848) | Ethiopian Empire | Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
| British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) | Ethiopian Empire |  United Kingdom | Defeat
|
| Ethiopian–Egyptian War (1874–1876) |  Ethiopia |  Egyptian Empire | Victory
|
| Mahdist War (1881–1889) | Victory
| ||
| Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 | Ethiopian Empire |  Kingdom of Italy | Compromise[22]
|
| Menelik's Expansions (Late 19th century) | Various polities (seeList of polities involved) | Victories
| |
| First Italo-Ethiopian War (1896) | Ethiopian Empire | Kingdom of Italy | Victory
|
| Dervish War (1900–1920) |
|  Dervish movementSupported by:
 German Empire[27] | Ethiopian allied victory
|
| Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1937) | Ethiopia | Italy | Defeat
|
| East African Campaign (1940–1941) | EthiopianArbegnoch Belgium | Italy | Ethiopian allied victory
|
| Woyane rebellion (1943) | EthiopiaUnited Kingdom[28] | Woyane rebels | Victory
|
| Korean War (1950–1953) |
| Stalemate | |
| Congo Crisis (1960–1964) | 1960–1963: Supported by:
1963–1964:Supported by:
| 1960–1963:Supported by: 1960–1962:Supported by: 1963–1964:Supported by: | Victory
|
| Bale Revolt (1963–1970) | Ethiopia |
 Somalia | Victory
|
| 1964 Ethiopian–Somali War (1964) | Ethiopia | Stalemate | |
| OLA insurgency (1973–present) |
|
| Ongoing |
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991) | 1961–1974Ethiopian Empire Supported by: 1974–1991  Derg (1974–1987) PDR Ethiopia (1987–1991)Supported by:
|  ELF (1961–1981)Supported by:  EPLF (since 1973) TPLF (since 1975) | EPLF victory[71]
|
| Ogaden War (1977[72]–1978[73]) | Ethiopian victory
| ||
| 1982 Ethiopian-Somali Border War (1982–1983) | Stalemate[77][78] | ||
| Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991) |
| EPLF/TPLF rebel victory
|
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insurgency in Ogaden (1992[90]–2018[91][92]) |
|
| Peace agreement reached |
| Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000) |  Ethiopia |  Eritrea | Ethiopian military victory Eritrean diplomatic victory[98][99][100]
|
| Ethiopian occupation of Somalia (2006–2009) | Invasion: Insurgency: | Invasion: | Islamist insurgent victory, seeConsequences
|
| South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2020) |  South Sudan
TFNF[135] | Stalemate | |
| Oromia–Somali clashes (2016–2018[141][142]) | Abdi Illey arrested[143] | ||
| Benishangul-Gumuz conflict (2019–2022[144]) |
| Peace agreement reached | |
| Tigray War (2020–2022) | Pretoria Agreement
| ||
| Al-Fashaga conflict (2020–2022) | Sudanese victory | ||
| War in Amhara (2023–present) | Ongoing
|
The conclusion of the war is coded as a compromise
China assisted the ELF with weapons and military training until 1972, when Ethiopian recognition of Beijing as the legitimate Chinese government led to China's abandonment of the Eritrean struggle.
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Soviet advisers fulfilled a number of roles, although the majority were involved in training and headquarters duties. Others flew combat missions in the MiGs and helicopters.
Yet Siyaad surprised friends and foes alike by turning both events to advantage. His army vigorously repulsed the invaders...
The Washington Post's Pauline Jelinek, citing anonymous sources, described U.S. Special Forces accompanying Ethiopian troops. CBS news revealed that U.S. Air Force gunships were active over southern Somalia during the Ethiopian blitz. Through all the reporting, U.S. officials remained vague or silent on the subject of Washington's involvement. All the same, evidence was mounting that the U.S. had played a leading role in the Ethiopian invasion.
...operations are reviving painful memories of an Ethiopian invasion in 2006 that was backed by U.S. forces and preceded by an extensive CIA operation. In that case, the Ethiopian army—with some U.S. air support—rolled in to oust a Muslim fundamentalist movement that had taken over Mogadishu, the capital. But the Ethiopians eventually withdrew after they became bogged down by a Somali insurgency.
The group has been angry at Kenya since it helped capture Islamists trying to flee Ethiopian and Somali government troops in early 2007.
the December 2006 Ethiopian invasion, and subsequent two-year occupation, proved to be a prime catalyst for mobilization and the first critical juncture
These operations are reportedly part of a broader Fano offensive that began in July, which has enabled Fano to establish control over certain rural areas in Amhara