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This is the
list of military invasions that occurred or are still ongoing in the
21st century . So far, there have been 11 military invasions during the 21st century.
Invasion
Invading forces
Defending forces
2023 invasion of the Gaza Strip
Israel
Gaza Strip
Hamas
PIJ
PFLP
DFLP
PRC
Jaysh al-Ummah (Gaza)
Part of the
Israel–Hamas war – After
being invaded by Hamas earlier in 2023,
Israel launched a large-scale invasion of the
Gaza Strip to remove
Hamas from political and military power, laying siege to
Gaza City and
Khan Yunis
[1]
[2]
[3]
2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
Al-Shabaab
Ethiopia
Part of the
Ethiopian–Somali conflict and
Somali civil war – On 20 July, the
Al-Shabaab militant group launched an invasion of
Ethiopia ’s
Somali Region from
Somalia .
[4] The invasion was the largest attack by al-Shabaab in Ethiopian territory to date.
[5]
2022 invasion of Ukraine
Russia
Donetsk PR
Luhansk PR
Ukraine
Support and supplies from :
Part of the
Russo-Ukrainian War – On 24 February,
Russia launched a full large-scale, seven-axes military invasion of
Ukraine . The invasion became the largest attack on a European country since
World War II .
[6]
[7]
[8] It is estimated to have caused tens of thousands of
Ukrainian civilian casualties and
hundreds of thousands of military casualties . By June 2022, Russian troops
occupied about 20% of Ukrainian territory and established
military or military-civilian administrations in several regions and cities.
2017 invasion of the Gambia
Senegal
Nigeria
Ghana
Mali
Togo
Gambia
2014 invasion of Ukraine
Russia
Ukraine
Part of the
Russo-Ukrainian War –
2011 invasion of Somalia
Kenya
Somalia
Part of the
Somali civil war –
2009 invasion of Gaza
Israel
Gaza Strip
Part of the
Gaza–Israel conflict –
2008 invasion of Georgia
Russia
Georgia
Part of the
Abkhazia conflict ,
Georgian–Ossetian conflict , and
Post-Soviet conflicts –
2008 invasion of Anjouan
Comoros
Senegal
Sudan
Tanzania
France
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
United States
Anjouan
Hold
2006 invasion of Somalia
Islamic Courts Union
ONLF
[9]
[10]
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Transitional Federal Government
United States
[11]
Part of the
Ethiopian–Somali conflict –
2004 invasion of Gaza
Israel
Hamas
Islamic Jihad
PRC
Part of the
Second Intifada –
2003 invasion of Iraq
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Poland
Iraq
Part of the
war on terror and the
Iraq War
2001 invasion of Afghanistan
United States
United Kingdom
Northern Alliance
Canada
Italy
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
Iran
Taliban
Al-Qaeda
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
[12]
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
[13]
[14]
Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
[15]
[16]
Part of the
War in Afghanistan – Following the
September 11 attacks , the
United States declared the beginning of the
war on terror . This subsequently led a multinational invasion of
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan , which started on 7 October 2001. The goal of the invasion was to dismantle
al-Qaeda , which had executed the attacks under the leadership of
Osama bin Laden , and to deny
Islamist militants a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by toppling the Taliban government. The capital city of Afghanistan,
Kabul , was
captured by the coalition on 13 November and the Taliban government collapsed on 17 December.
See also
References
^
"Has Israel invaded Gaza? The military has been vague, even if its objectives are clear" .
Associated Press . 31 October 2023.
Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023 .
^ Boxerman, Aaron (1 November 2023).
"Israel Confirms Deaths of 15 Soldiers in Ground Invasion of Gaza" .
The New York Times .
Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023 .
^ Turak, Natasha (12 December 2023).
"Can Hamas actually be eliminated? This is what military and security analysts think" .
CNBC .
Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023 .
^ Caleb Weiss; Ryan O'Farrell (25 July 2022).
"Analysis: Shabaab's multi-day incursion into Ethiopia" . Long War Journal . Retrieved 30 July 2022 .
^ Harun Maruf (26 July 2022).
"Why Did Al-Shabab Attack Inside Ethiopia?" . VOA . Retrieved 30 July 2022 .
^ Plokhy, Serhii (16 May 2023).
The Russo-Ukrainian War: From the bestselling author of Chernobyl .
Penguin Books .
ISBN
978-1-80206-179-6 . ... If the collapse of the USSR was sudden and largely bloodless, growing strains between its two largest successors would develop into limited fighting in the Donbas in 2014 and then into all-out warfare in 2022, causing death, destruction, and a refugee crisis on a scale not seen in Europe since the Second World War.
^ Ramani, Samuel (13 April 2023).
Putin's War on Ukraine: Russia's Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution . Hurst Publishers.
ISBN
978-1-80526-003-5 . ... However, the scale of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is unprecedented in modern history and, in terms of human costs, is Moscow's largest military intervention in the post-1945 period. ...
^ D'Anieri, Paul (23 March 2023).
Ukraine and Russia .
Cambridge University Press .
ISBN
978-1-009-31550-0 . ... . Russia had done the unthinkable, deliberately starting the biggest war in Europe since World War II. ...
^
"Ogaden rebels destroy Ethiopian military convoy en route to Somalia" .
Sudan Tribune .
Ogaden National Liberation Front . 2006-12-24. Retrieved 2023-12-14 .
^
"Ogaden rebels to resist Ethiopian army if it attacks Somali-statement" .
Sudan Tribune .
Ogaden National Liberation Front . 28 November 2006. Retrieved 2023-12-14 .
^ Axe, David (2 December 2010).
"WikiLeaked Cable Confirms U.S.' Secret Somalia Op" .
Wired . 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.
^
"Uzbek Militancy in Pakistan's Tribal Region" (PDF) . Institute for the Study of War. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 2023-11-30 .
^
"Inside rebel Pakistan cleric's domain - USATODAY.com" .
USA Today . 2009-05-01. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved 2023-11-30 . {{
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link )
^
"Top Pakistani militant released" . BBC News . 2008-04-21.
Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2023-11-30 .
^ Whitlock, Craig (June 8, 2006).
"Al-Zarqawi's Biography" . The Washington Post .
Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved 2023-11-30 .
^ Bergen, Peter. " The Osama bin Laden I Know , 2006