List of wars involving Cyprus
# List of wars involving Cyprus

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Cyprus and its predecessor states.

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
| - | - | - | - |
| Greco-Persian Wars | Greek city-states: Athens Sparta Thespiae Thebes Cyprus Delian League Various other Greek city-states | Achaemenid Empire (Persia) Allied subordinate states: Halicarnassus Thessaly Boeotia Thebes Macedon | Greek Victory |
| Kitos War | Roman Empire: Roman Cyprus | Jewish/Judean zealots | Roman Victory |
| Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) | Crusaders: Holy Roman Empire Austria Tyrol Bavaria Merania Thuringia Holland Baden Cologne Brixen Passau Genoa Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Hungary Croatia Halych Kingdom of France Flanders Rodez Papal States Levantine Crusader states: Kingdom of Jerusalem Kingdom of Cyprus Balkan Crusader states: Latin Empire Crusading orders: Knights Templar Teutonic Order Knights Hospitaller Muslim allies: Sultanate of Rûm | Muslim forces: Ayyubid Sultanate Damascus Homs Hama Aleppo Baalbek | Defeat Eight-year truce between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders |
| War of the Lombards (1228–1243) | Kingdom of Cyprus Anti-Imperial faction in the Kingdom of Jerusalem Republic of Genoa Knights Templar Papacy | Holy Roman Empire Pro-Imperial faction in the Kingdom of Jerusalem Principality of Antioch and County of Tripoli Republic of Pisa Knights Hospitaller Teutonic Knights | Victory of anti-Imperial faction of local barons |
| Lord Edward's crusade (1271–1272) | Kingdom of England Kingdom of Cilician Armenia Kingdom of Cyprus Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Tripoli Military orders Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller Teutonic Order Ilkhanate | Mamluk Sultanate Bahris | Inconclusive Jerusalem remains under Muslim control Treaty of Caesarea Siege of Tripoli, Lebanon lifted Mamluk fleet destroyed. Ten-year truce between Mamluks and Crusaders |
| Smyrniote crusades (1343–1351) | Republic of Venice Knights Hospitaller Kingdom of Cyprus Dauphiné of Viennois Papal States | Emirate of Aydin | Indecisive |
| Alexandrian Crusade (9–12 October 1365) | Kingdom of Cyprus Republic of Venice Knights Hospitaller | Mamluk Sultanate | Crusader victory |
| Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959) | EOKA | United Kingdom British Armed Forces Cyprus Colony Cyprus Communist Party (AKEL)  Turkey TMT | EOKA Victory Independence of Cyprus; Treaty of Guarantee London and Zurich Agreements |
| Cyprus crisis of 1963–64 | Cyprus | TMT Turkey (1964) | End of Turkish Cypriot participation in government Establishment of Green Line and partition of Nicosia Turkish Cypriot population movement into enclaves Deployment of UNFICYP in 1964 |
| Cyprus crisis of 1967 | Cyprus Greece | TMT Turkey | Greek Cypriot control of Agios Theodoros and Kophinou General Georgios Grivas and 12,000 Greek troops removed from Cyprus |
| Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974) | Cyprus Greece | Turkey TMT | Defeat Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus. |

## Other armed conflicts involving Cyprus

* Ionian Revolt 499-493 BC
* Raid on Larnaca Airport 1978
