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Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
1990 1990 Invasion of Kuwait   Iraq   Kuwait
1990 1991 Gulf War   Kuwait
  United States
  Saudi Arabia
  United Kingdom
  Egypt
  France
  Syria
  Morocco
  Oman
  Pakistan
  Canada
Other Coalition Forces
Iraq Iraq
1990 1993 Rwandan Civil War Rwanda Rwandan Patriotic Front Rwanda Rwandan Armed Forces
France Elements of the French Army (1990-1993)
  Zairean Special Presidential Division (1990-1991)
1990 1995 Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995)   Mali
  Niger
Ghanda Koi
Arab Islamic Front of Azawad
Popular Front for the Liberation of Azawad
United Movements and Fronts of Azawad
Front for the Liberation of Air and Azaouak
Front for the Liberation of Tamoust
1990 2006 Casamance Conflict   Senegal Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance
  Guinea-Bissau
1991 1991 Ten-Day War   Slovenia   SFR Yugoslavia
1991 1992 1991–1992 South Ossetia War   South Ossetia
  North Ossetian volunteers
  Georgia
1991 1994 Djiboutian Civil War   Djibouti
  France
Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy
1991 1995 Croatian War of Independence   Croatia
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995)
Republic of Serbian Krajina SAO Krajina (1991)
Republic of Serbian Krajina SAO Western Slavonia (1991)
Republic of Serbian Krajina SAO Eastern Slavonia (1991)
  SFR Yugoslavia (1991-1992)
  Republic of Serbian Krajina (1992-1995)
  Republika Srpska
1991 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War   Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Kamajors
  South African Mercenaries
  Nigerian-led ECOMOG Group
  United Kingdom
Revolutionary United Front
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
West Side Boys
  Liberia
1991 2002 Algerian Civil War   Algerian government
  France
Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
1991 Ongoing Somali Civil War
1991 1993 Georgian Civil War
1991 1991 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt Russia Russia:

Anti-Communist demonstrators in union republics
defecting Red Army personnel
Republics, against the coup [1]:
  Estonia
  Latvia
  Lithuania
  Moldavian SSR
International support:
United States United States of America

Soviet Union State Committee of the State of Emergency
Soviet Army

Committee for State Security of Soviet Union

Union republics and other entities in support of the coup:
  Byelorussian SSR [1]
Azerbaijan Republic of Azerbaijan [1]
Transnistria [2]


1992 1992 East Prigorodny conflict North Ossetia–Alania North Ossetian militia and security forces
North Ossetia–Alania North Ossetian Republican Guard
South Ossetia South Ossetian militia
Don Cossacks
Russia Terek Cossacks
Russia Russian Army
Ingush militia
1992 1996 Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–1996)
1992 1992 War of Transnistria   Transnistria
  Russian Volunteers
Russia Russian 14th Army
  Ukrainian Volunteers
Don Cossacks
  Moldova
  Romanian Volunteers and advisors
1992 1993 War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)   Abkhazia
  Russia
Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus
Russian Cossacks
  Georgia
1992 1995 Bosnian War
1992 1994 Croat–Bosniak War
Part of the Bosnian War
1992 1997 Civil war in Tajikistan
1993 1993 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
1993 1993 1993 Lebanon war   Israel
South Lebanon Army
Hezbollah
1993 2005 Burundi Civil War
1993 Ongoing Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
1994 1997 Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
1994 1994 Chiapas conflict Zapatista Army of National Liberation   Mexico
1994 1994 1994 civil war in Yemen   Yemen South Yemen Democratic Republic of Yemen
1994 1996 First Chechen War   Chechen Republic of Ichkeria   Russia
1994 1999 Caprivi conflict   Namibia Caprivi Liberation Army
1995 1995 Cenepa War   Peru   Ecuador
1995 1995 Hanish Islands conflict   Eritrea

  Israel (alleged)

  Yemen
1995 2009 Insurgency in Ogaden
1996 1996 1996 Lebanon war   Israel
South Lebanon Army
  Lebanon
Hezbollah
  Syria
1996 2006 Nepalese Civil War CPN     Nepalese government
1996 2001 Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)
1996 1997 First Congo War Democratic Republic of the Congo AFDL
  Uganda
  Rwanda
  Burundi
  Angola
  Zaire
UNITA
Rwanda Army for the Liberation of Rwanda
1997 1997 1997 rebellion in Albania   Albania
  Germany
  Italy
Albania Ad hoc local Albanian militias
1997 1999 Republic of the Congo Civil War   Republic of the Congo ( Denis Sassou Nguesso government)
Cobra militia
Rwandan Hutu militia
  Angola
  Republic of the Congo ( Pascal Lissouba government)
Cocoye militia
Ninja militia
Nsiloulou militia
Mamba militia
1997 1997 1997 clashes in Cambodia Cambodia Hun Sen ( CPP)
  Vietnam
Cambodia Norodom Ranariddh ( FUNCINPEC)
Cambodia Khmer Rouge
1998 1998 War in Abkhazia (1998)   Abkhazia Georgia (country) White Legion
Georgia (country) Forest Brotherhood
1998 2002 Civil war in Chad (1998–2002)   Chad Movement for Justice and Democracy in Chad
1998 1999 Kosovo War NATO
  Albania
Albania AFRK
Kosovo Kosovo Liberation Army
  FR Yugoslavia
1998 2000 Eritrean–Ethiopian War   Ethiopia   Eritrea
1998 2003 Second Congo War   Dem Rep of Congo
  Namibia
  Zimbabwe
  Angola
  Chad
Mai-Mai
Hutu-aligned forces
  Uganda
  Rwanda
  Burundi
Movement for the Liberation of Congo
Rally for Congolese Democracy
Tutsi-aligned forces
1998 1998 Bombing of Iraq (December 1998)   United States
  United Kingdom
  Canada
  Iraq
1998 1999 Guinea-Bissau Civil War
1999 1999 Kargil War   India   Pakistan
1999 2000 1999 East Timorese crisis   East Timor
  Australia
  UN INTERFET
East Timor Pro-Indonesia militia
  Indonesia
1999 2001 Insurgency in the Preševo Valley   FR Yugoslavia Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac
1999 2003 Second Liberian Civil War Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy
Movement for Democracy in Liberia
  Liberia
1999 2007 Ituri conflict
1999 1999 Invasion of Dagestan (1999)   Russia IIPB
Shura of Dagestan
1999 2009 Second Chechen War   Russian Federation
Chechnya Republic of Chechnya
  Republic of Ichkeria
Caucasian militants
Foreign mujahideen
2000 2005 Second Intifada   Israel Hamas

Fatah

Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades
PRC
Islamic Jihad

Other
Supported by:
Iraq [4]

2000 2006 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict   Israel Hezbollah

  Syria

2001 2001 2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict
2001 2001 Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
2001 Ongoing War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
2002 Ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
2002 Ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
2002 2002 Operation Defensive Shield   Israel Fatah ( Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades & Tanzim)
Hamas
Islamic Jihad
Preventive Security Service
2002 2007 Ivorian Civil War
2002 Ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)

This is a list of wars launched from 2003 to 2011. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
2003 2009 War in Darfur
2003 2003 2003 invasion of Iraq   United States

  United Kingdom
  Australia
  Poland
KDP
Kurdistan Region PUK
Iraq INC

Iraq Iraq

Arab volunteers
Ansar al-Islam
Foreign Volunteers

2003 2010 Iraq War   United States

  Iraq
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga
Iraq Awakening Councils
Withdrawn forces:
  United Kingdom (2003–09)
  Australia (2003–09)
  Poland (2003–08)
  Denmark (2003–07)
  Italy (2003–06)
  Georgia (2003–08)
  Ukraine (2003–08)
  Netherlands (2003–05)
  Spain (2003–04)
MNF–I (2004–09)
30 other countries


  Turkey (see: Turkey-PKK Conflict)

Insurgent groups:

Baath Party Loyalists
Islamic State of Iraq
  al-Qaeda in Iraq
Mahdi Army
  Special Groups
Islamic Army of Iraq
Ansar al-Sunnah


Iraq Iraq under Saddam Hussein


For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq.

2004 Ongoing Balochistan conflict
2004 Ongoing War in North-West Pakistan
2004 Ongoing Iran–Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan conflict
2004 2004 2004 Haitian rebellion United States United States
United Nations United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti
Haiti Haiti
2004 2007 Central African Republic Bush War Central African Republic
Chad
United Nations MINURCAT
MICOPAX ( CEEAC)
UFDR rebels
APRD rebels
CPJP rebels
FDPC rebels
MLCJ rebels
2004 2009 Conflict in the Niger Delta
2004 2004 Operation Rainbow   Israel Hamas
Islamic Jihad
PRC
2004 2004 Operation Days of Penitence   Israel Hamas
2004 2010 Sa'dah insurgency
2004 Ongoing South Thailand insurgency
2004 2004 2004 French–Ivorian clashes
Part of the Ivorian Civil War
  France   Côte d'Ivoire
2004 2009 Kivu conflict
2005 Ongoing Civil war in Chad (2005–present)
2005 2008 Mount Elgon insurgency   Kenya Sabaot Land Defence Force
2006 2009 Fatah–Hamas conflict Hamas Fatah
2006 2006 2006 Israel–Gaza conflict   Israel Hamas
Fatah ( Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades & Tanzim)
PRC
Islamic Jihad
Palestinian Army of Islam
2006 2006 2006 Lebanon War Both sides claim victory
2006 Ongoing Mexican Drug War Mexico
United States
2006 2009 War in Somalia (2006–2009) 2006-2008 Invasion and Insurgency

  Ethiopia
Somalia Transitional Federal Government
  Puntland
Somalia Galmudug
Somalia pro-Ethiopian warlords
  United States
  United Kingdom
AMISOM:

After 2009 Ethiopian withdrawal
Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia
File:Somalia Islamic Courts Flag.svg al-Shabaab
Ras Kamboni Brigades
Jabhatul Islamiya
Muaskar Anole
  Eritrea (alleged)

Islamic Courts Union
2007 Ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara
2007 2009 Tuareg Rebellion (2007–2009)
2007 2007 2007 Lebanon conflict   Lebanon Fatah al-Islam
Jund al-Sham
2007 Ongoing Civil war in Ingushetia
2008 2008 Operation Hot Winter   Israel Hamas
2008 2008 2008 Mardakert skirmishes
2008 2008 2008 invasion of Anjouan   Comoros

African Union:

  France [5]

  Anjouan
2008 2008 2008 conflict in Lebanon Hezbollah
Amal Movement
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Free Patriotic Movement
Lebanese Democratic Party
Future Movement
Progressive Socialist Party
2008 Ongoing Cambodian–Thai border stand-off
2008 2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict   Djibouti   Eritrea
2008 2008 2008 South Ossetia war   Russia
  South Ossetia
  Abkhazia
  Georgia
2008 2009 Gaza War   Israel Hamas
Al-Qassam Brigades
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades
Islamic Jihad
Al-Quds Brigades
PRC
Other
2009 Ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts
2009 Ongoing Insurgency in the North Caucasus
2009 Ongoing War in Somalia (2009–)
2009 2009 2009 Nigerian sectarian violence   Nigeria Boko Haram
2009 Ongoing South Yemen insurgency
2010 Ongoing Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown
2010 2010 2010 Eritrea–Ethiopia border skirmish   Eritrea   Ethiopia
2010 2010 2010 South Darfur clash
2010 2010 2010 South Kyrgyzstan riots   Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzistani Kyrgyz gangs

Other pro- Bakiyev forces

Uzbekistani Kyrgyz

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (alleged)


Kyrgyzstani Uzbeks

Uzbekistani Uzbek civilians

  Uzbekistan(limited involv.)

2010 2010 2010 Kingston conflict   Jamaica Shower Posse drug cartel
2010 Ongoing 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis
2010 2011 2010–2011 Tunisian revolution Tunisia Interim Government of Tunisia Tunisia Government of Tunisia
  1. ^ a b c Ольга Васильева, «Республики во время путча» в сб.статей: «Путч. Хроника тревожных дней». // Издательство «Прогресс», 1991. (in Russian). Accessed 2009-06-14. Archived 17 June 2009.
  2. ^ Solving Transnistria: Any Optimists Left? by Cristian Urse. p. 58. Available at http://se2.isn.ch/serviceengine/Files/RESSpecNet/57339/ichaptersection_singledocument/7EE8018C-AD17-44B6-8BC2-8171256A7790/en/Chapter_4.pdf
  3. ^ a party led by the nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky - http://www.lenta.ru/lib/14159799/full.htm. Accessed 13 September 2009. Archived 16 September 2009-.
  4. ^ Iraq's Involvement in the Palestinian Terrorist Activity against Israel
  5. ^ AFP (2008-03-25). "African forces invade rebel Comoros island". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2008-10-01.