List of wars: 2003–present

Graph of deaths in armed conflicts by type from 2003 to 2022

Merriam-Webster defines war as "a state of opened and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations".[1] Lexico defines war as "A state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country".[2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.[3] This is a list of wars that began from 2003 onwards. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

2003–2009[edit]

Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
2003 2020 War in Darfur

 Sudan
Supported by:
 China
 Iran (until 2016)
 Russia
 Belarus


United Nations UNAMID (from 2007)

SRF

SARC (from 2014)
SLFA (from 2017)

  • SLA-Unity
  • SLMJ
  • JEM (Jali)

Supported by:
 South Sudan
 Chad (2005–2010)
 Eritrea (until 2008)
Libya (until 2011)
 Uganda (until 2015)

2003 2011 Iraq War

Part of the Iraqi conflict

Invasion phase (2003)
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Poland
Peshmerga
Supported by:
 Netherlands
 Italy
Post-invasion (2003–11)
 United States
 United Kingdom

MNF–I
(2003–09)

Iraq
Supported by:
Iran Iran
 Iraqi Kurdistan

Invasion phase (2003)
 Iraq
Post-invasion (2003–11)
Ba'ath loyalists


Sunni insurgents


Shia insurgents

Supported by:
 Iran

2004 2010 Sinaloa Cartel–Gulf Cartel conflict

Part of the Mexican drug war

Sinaloa Cartel

Gulf Cartel

2004 Ongoing South Thailand insurgency  Thailand National Revolution Front (BRN)
Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK)
Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP)
United Mujahideen Front of Pattani (BBMP)
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Pattani (BIPP)
Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO)
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
BNPP
2004 Ongoing Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

 Pakistan


 United States
 United Kingdom

Taliban-aligned groups

ISIL-aligned groups

2004 Ongoing Iran–PJAK conflict

Part of the Kurdish separatism in Iran

 Iran
Supported by:
 Turkey

Kurdistan Free Life Party
Supported by:
 United States

2004 Ongoing Conflict in the Niger Delta

Nigeria
Supported by:
 Belarus
 Israel

Niger Delta Avengers (2016–present)
Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (2016–present)
Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (2016–present)
Niger Delta Red Squad (2016–present)
Adaka Boro Avengers (2016–present)
Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (2016–present)
Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (2016–present)
New Delta Avengers (2017–present)
Niger Delta Marine Force (2017–present)
Reformed Egbesu Fraternities


Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (2004–2014)
Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (2003–2009)
Niger Delta Liberation Front (2005–2014)
Joint Revolutionary Council (2004–2014)


Niger Delta Vigilante (2004–2009)


Supported by:
Republic of Biafra IPOB elements

2004 Ongoing Kivu conflict

 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Pro-government Mai-Mai militias
FDLR (2006–2014)
APCLS (2012–2013)
Nyatura (2012–2014)
United Nations MONUSCO
 Angola
 Zimbabwe
 Botswana (Against FNL and FNL-Nzabampema only)
Supported by:
 Belgium
 France
 Belarus

CNDP (2006–2009)
Democratic Republic of the Congo M23(2012–present)
Allegedly supported by:
 Rwanda


FDLR (2014–present)
RUD-Urunana (2006–present)
Nyatura (2014–present)
FNL-Nzabampema (2013–present)
FNL/Palipehutu (1993–2009 and 2010–2013)
FPB (2015–present)
RED-Tabara (2015–present)


APCLS (2013–2016)
Nduma Defense of Congo (2008–present)
Mai Mai Yakutumba (2009–present)
CNPSC (2017–present)
Other Anti-government Mai Mai militas (1996–present)
Raia Mutomboki (2005–present)


ADF
 Islamic State (Central Africa Province)

2004 2014 Houthi insurgency in Yemen

Ansar Allah
 Yemen (pro-Saleh forces)
Alleged support by:
 Iran
 North Korea

 Yemen

 Saudi Arabia
Supported by:
 Belarus
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Sudan
 United States


Ansar al-Sharia

2004 2007 Central African Republic Bush War

 Central African Republic
 Chad
MINURCAT
MICOPAX (CEEAC)

Rebels:
Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR)
People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD)
Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP)
Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (MLCJ)
Patriotic Convention for Saving the Country (CPSK)
Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC)
FDC
GALPC
FPR

2004 Ongoing Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency

Part of the Balochistan conflict

 Iran

Jundallah (2004–11)
Harakat Ansar (2012–13)
Jaish ul-Adl (2013–Present)
Ansar Al-Furqan (2013–Present)

2005 2005 2005 Bangladesh India border clash  India  Bangladesh
2005 Ongoing Insurgency in Paraguay

 Paraguay
Supported by:
 United States
 Colombia


Vigilante self-defense groups

Paraguayan People's Army (EPP)
Armed Peasant Association (ACA)
Paraguay Army of Marshal López (EML) (from 2016)
Supported by:
FARC (until 2016)
Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (alleged)

2005 2010 Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)

 Chad
 France
 China
Sudan NMRD
JEM
Supported by:
 Ukraine

Rebels:
FUC
UFDD
RFD
CNT
CDR
UFDP
RDL
UFDD-F
CNR
URF
MDJT
UFCD
FSR
UFR
UMC
FPRN
UDC
MPRD
Sudan Janjaweed
Alleged support:
 Sudan (until 2010)

2005 2008 Mount Elgon insurgency  Kenya Sabaot Land Defence Force
2006 Ongoing Fatah–Hamas conflict Hamas Fatah

Supported by:
 United States (allegedly)
 United Kingdom (covert)

2006 2008 Iraqi Civil War

Part of the Iraq War

Public stability:
Iraq Iraq
United States United States
United Kingdom United Kingdom
MNF-I
Private Security Contractors
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga
Sons of Iraq

Sunni factions:
Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists

Ansar al-Sunna
Islamic Army of Iraq
Sunni tribes
Other Sunni insurgents and militia


Mujahideen Shura Council

Islamic State of Iraq


Shi'a factions:
Mahdi Army
Special Groups

Badr Brigades
Rogue elements among the Iraqi security forces
Soldiers of Heaven
Shia tribes
Other militias

2006 2013 Operation Astute Australia
New Zealand
Malaysia
Portugal
East Timor
United Nations
Renegade elements of Timor Leste Defence Force
2006 2009 Bakassi conflict  Cameroon BAMOSD

BFF
MEND
SCAPO
LSCP
BSDF

2006 2006 2006 Lebanon War

Part of the Israeli–Lebanese conflict

 Israel
Supported by:
 United States

Hezbollah
Amal
LCP
PFLP-GC
Supported by:
 Iran
 Syria
 Lebanon

2006 2009 Eelam War IV

Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War

 Sri Lanka

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

2006 Ongoing Mexican drug war

Mexico Mexico

Consulting and training support by:
United States United States through the Merida Initiative
Colombia Colombia through the National Police of Colombia
Australia Australia through the Australian Federal Police

Cartels:


Cartels:

Supported by:


Cartels:

Supported by:

2006 2009 War in Somalia (2006–09)

Part of the Somali Civil War

 Ethiopia
Somalia Somalia
 Puntland
Somalia Galmudug
Somalia pro-Ethiopian fraction leaders
Somalia Sufi groups
 United States
AMISOM

Supported by:
 United Kingdom

Invasion:
Islamic Courts Union
Insurgency:
Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia
al-Shabaab
Al-Qaeda and other foreign mujahideen
Ras Kamboni Brigades
Jabhatul Islamiya
Muaskar Anole

2007 Ongoing Operation Juniper Shield

 Algeria
 Morocco
Mauritania Mauritania
Tunisia Tunisia
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
 Chad
 Mali
 Niger
Nigeria Nigeria
 Senegal
Supported & trained by:
United States United States
Canada Canada
France France
Germany Germany
Netherlands Netherlands
Spain Spain
United Kingdom United Kingdom

al-Qaeda (2007–present)
Ansar Dine (2012–17)
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (2017–present)
Supported by:
Boko Haram (2009–15)
MOJWA (2011–13)


Islamic State Islamic State

2007 2009 Tuareg rebellion (2007–09)

Part of the Tuareg rebellions

 Niger
 Mali

In Niger:
Niger Movement for Justice
Front of Forces for Rectification (2008 split)
Niger Patriotic Front (2009 split)
In Mali:
ADC
ATMNC (2008 split)

2007 2007 2007 Lebanon conflict Lebanon Lebanon Fatah al-Islam

Jund al-Sham

2007 2007 Hamas' takeover of Gaza

Part of the Fatah–Hamas conflict

Hamas Fatah
2007 2015 War in Ingushetia

Part of the Second Chechen War and the Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Russia Russia

2008 2008 2008 invasion of Anjouan

African Union

Supported by:

 Anjouan
2008 2008 2008 Lebanon conflict

 Hezbollah
Amal Movement
LDP
SSNP
Arab Democratic Party

Future Movement
Progressive Socialist Party

2008 2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict  Eritrea  Djibouti
2008 2011 Cambodian–Thai border dispute  Cambodia  Thailand
2008 2008 2008 Bangladesh India border clash  Bangladesh  India
2008 2008 Russo-Georgian War

 Russia
 South Ossetia
 Abkhazia

 Georgia
2008 2008 2008 Kufra conflict Libya Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya
2008 2009 Gaza War

Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict

Israel Israel  Gaza Strip
2009 Ongoing Somali Civil War (2009–present)

Part of the Somali Civil War

 Somalia
 United States
AMISOM

Participants:

Regional forces:

Supported by:
 United Kingdom
Non-combat support:
 European Union

Al-Qaeda

Hizbul Islam (until 2010; 2012–2014)
Allegedly supported by:
 Eritrea


 Islamic State (from 2015)

2009 Ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts Various tribes Various tribes
2009 2017 Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict

 Russia

Caucasus Emirate
(2009–17)

Imam Shamil Battalion (2017)


Islamic State

2009 2009 2009 Peruvian political crisis  Peru AIDESEP
2009 Ongoing Boko Haram insurgency Multinational Joint Task Force

Local militias and vigilantes[7]

Foreign mercenaries[12]

Boko Haram
Islamic State's West Africa Province

  • Several minor factions[32]

Ansaru[a]
Supported by:
al-Qaeda[37]

Taliban[42]
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2015)[43]

2009 2009 2009 Boko Haram uprising

Part of the Boko Haram insurgency

 Nigeria Boko Haram
2009 Ongoing South Yemen insurgency

Yemen
Pro-government tribes

Supported by:
 Saudi Arabia

South Yemen Southern Transitional Council (since 2017)

Supported by:
 United Arab Emirates

2009 2010 Operation Scorched Earth

Part of the Houthi insurgency in Yemen

 Yemen
Hashed tribesmen
 Saudi Arabia
Alleged:
 Morocco

Houthis
Alleged:
Iran ( Quds Force)
 Hezbollah
North Korea

2009 2009 Dongo conflict

 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Supported by:
United Nations MONUC
 Rwanda (alleged)

Lobala rebels
Possibly:
Resistance Patriots of Dongo

2010–2019[edit]

Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
2010 2010 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes

 Kyrgyz provisional government
Supported by:
 Russia
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
 United States
 China
Turkey Turkey

Pro-Bakiyev Kyrgyz gangs
Other pro- Bakiyev forces

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (alleged)


Kyrgyzstani Uzbeks

 Uzbekistan (limited involv.)

2010 2010 2010 Kingston unrest

Part of the Jamaican political conflict

 Jamaica
 United States

Shower Posse drug cartel
2010 2015 Tajikistan insurgency

Tajikistan Tajikistan

United Tajik Opposition


2010 2011 Second Ivorian Civil War

Ivory Coast FNCI
Liberia Liberian mercenaries
Ivory Coast RDR
United Nations UNOCI
 France
 Ukraine

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
Liberia Liberian mercenaries
Ivory Coast COJEP
Ivory Coast FPI


2011 2023 Sinai insurgency

 Egypt
 Israel
 United Arab Emirates

Islamists:


Islamic State Islamic State

2011 Ongoing Shia insurgency in Bahrain

Bahrain

Al-Ashtar Brigades

  • Wa'ad Allah Brigades
  • Islamic Allah Brigades
  • Imam al-Mahdi Brigades
  • al-Haydariyah Brigades

Iran (alleged)
Saraya al-Mukhtar (al-Mukhtar Brigade)
Saraya al Karar
Asa’ib al-Muqawama al-Bahrainia

2011 2011 First Libyan Civil War

National Transitional Council

 Qatar


Enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:


 Jordan
 Sweden
 United Arab Emirates


Minor border clashes:
 Tunisia

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

  • Paramilitary forces
  • Pro-Gaddafi tribes
  • Foreign mercenaries (alleged)

Military support:


Minor border clashes:
Darfur rebels

2011 Ongoing Syrian civil war

Syrian Arab Republic
Hezbollah
 Iran
 Russia (2015–present)

Support

 Iraq (2017–19)

Syrian Interim Government (Syrian opposition)
 Turkey (2016–present)

Support:

Syrian Salvation Government(Tahrir al-Sham)

Support:

 Islamic State (2013–present)

Support

Al-Qaeda (2013–2014)


Rojava (Syrian Democratic Forces) (2012–present)

Support:

CJTF–OIR (2014–present)

Participants:
2011 2020 Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile  Sudan

SRF

Alleged support:
 Ethiopia
 South Sudan

2011 2017 Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon

Part of the Syrian civil war

 Lebanon


Pro-Syrian government militias:

Supported by:

Other militias:

Anti-Syrian government militias:


Al-Qaeda affiliates:


 Islamic State Surrendered
(from 2013)

2011 Ongoing Ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present)

Part of the Sudanese nomadic conflicts

Various tribes Various tribes
2011 2012 Operation Linda Nchi

Part of the Somali Civil War (2009–present)

 Kenya

Somalia Somalia
Raskamboni Front
ASWJ
Azania

Al-Shabaab
2011 2014 Factional violence in Libya (2011–14) Libya Libya
  • Government-sanctioned local militias
Various militias

Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries

2011 2013 Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)

Part of the Iraq War

Iraq Iraq
Supported by

 United States

Sunni insurgent factions:

Islamic State of Iraq (ISIL since April 2013)


Ba'ath Party Loyalists


Shi'a factions:

Supported by:
 Iran
 Russia

2012 Ongoing Mali War

 Government of Mali
 France
 ECOWAS


 Chad[53]
 Burundi[54]
 Gabon[55]
 South Africa[56]
 Rwanda[56]
 Tanzania[56]
 Uganda[57]
 China[58]
 Germany[59]
 Sweden[60]
 Estonia[61]


Supported by:

Non-state combatants:

Ganda Iso
 FLNA[94][95]
 MSA (from 2016)
GATIA (from 2014)

National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA)

Islamic Movement of Azawad (MIA)[96]


Islamist Groups

Al-Qaeda
 Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (2017–present)
 Al-Mourabitoun (2013–17)
 Ansar al-Sharia (2012–present)
 Ansar Dine (2012–17)[97]
 AQIM (2012–17)
 Macina Liberation Front (2015–17)[98]
 MOJWA (2011–13)[99][100]
Nigerian jihadist volunteers
 Boko Haram (2012–13)[101]
 Ansaru (2012–13)[101]


 Islamic State

  • Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
2012 2012 Heglig Crisis  Sudan  South Sudan

JEM


SPLM-N

2012 2013 M23 rebellion

Part of the Kivu conflict

 Democratic Republic of the Congo

United Nations MONUSCO

March 23 Movement

Alleged support:
 Rwanda
 Uganda

2012 2012 2012 Abyan offensive

Part of the Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen

Yemen Yemen Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
2012 2012 Baragoi clashes Samburu tribe Turkana tribe
2012 Ongoing Central African Republic Civil War

 Central African Republic
MINUSCA (since 2014)
MISCA (2013–2014)

 France (2013–16)
 South Africa (2012–13)

 FPRC
UPC
 MPC
3R


Anti-balaka

MRPRC

2013 2013 Lahad Datu standoff Malaysia
Sabahan villagers
Sultanate of Sulu
2013 2020 Batwa–Luba clashes

Part of the Katanga insurgency

Pygmy Batwa militias
  • "Perci"
Luba militias
  • "Elements"
2013 2021 RENAMO insurgency (2013–2021)  Mozambique RENAMO
2013 2013 Zamboanga City crisis

Part of the Moro conflict

 Philippines  Bangsamoro Republik
2013 2020 South Sudanese Civil War

Part of the ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present)

 South Sudan

Allied militias

 SSLM
 JEM[b]
 SPLM-N[107][105] (alleged)
 EUPF[108] (alleged)
State allies:  Uganda
 Egypt[109] (alleged)

 SPLM-IO[110]
Nuer White Army

TFNF[116]

SSFDP South Sudan National Army[117][118]

 NAS[119] (since March 2017)
 SSPA
South Sudan SS-UF

Arrow Boys (since Nov. 2015)

 Wau State insurgents[120]

Supported by:
 Sudan (South Sudanese gov. claim)[121]


 UNMISS[122]

United Nations Regional Protection Force[123]
2013 2017 War in Iraq (2013–2017)  Iraq

Allied groups:

CJTF–OIR