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This is a list of proxy wars.
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Colonial Era
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| Abyssinian–Adal war | 1529–1543 | .svg){kind=small} Portuguese Empire
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 Ottoman Empire
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| American Revolutionary War | 1775-1783 |  France Spain
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 Great Britain
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| Second Samoan Civil War | 1898–1899 |  United States United Kingdom
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 German Empire
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Inter-war Period
| Conflict | Dates | ||
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| Finnish Civil War | 1918 | German Empire
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 Russian SFSR
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| Spanish Civil War | 1936–1939 |  Nazi Germany Kingdom of Italy
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 Soviet Union Mexico
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Cold War and aftermath
Second Cold War
| Conflict | Dates | ||
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| 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine | 2014–present |  Ukraine United States[citation needed] European Union[citation needed]
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 Russia[citation needed]
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Middle Eastern conflicts
| Conflict | Dates | ||
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| Arab-Israeli Conflict | after 1991 |  Israel United Kingdom United States Saudi Arabia
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 Iran Syria Qatar
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| North Yemen Civil War | 1962–1970 | Saudi Arabia
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 United Arab Republic
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| Western Sahara War | 1975–1991 | United States France
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 Algeria Libya
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| War in Afghanistan | 2001–present | United States United Kingdom India
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 Pakistan[citation needed]
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| Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)[1] | 2003-2011 | United States
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Iran
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| Israel-Iran proxy conflict | 2006–present | Israel
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Iran
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| 2006 Lebanon War | 2006 (part of Israel-Iran proxy conflict) | Israel
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Iran
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| Gaza War | 2008–2009 (part of Israel-Iran proxy conflict) | Israel
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Iran
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| Syrian civil war[2] | 2011–present | Saudi Arabia[citation needed] Qatar[3] United States[3] Turkey[citation needed] Libya United Kingdom France
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Iran[3] Russia[citation needed] North Korea Iraq Venezuela
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| Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) | 2011–present | Iran Syria Russia
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Saudi Arabia Qatar
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| Operation Protective Edge | 2014–present | Israel Egypt United States[4]
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Iran Qatar Turkey
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References
- ^ Cooper, Helene. "Iran Fighting Proxy War in Iraq, U.S. Envoy Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/14/patrick_cockburn_on_us_plans_to
- ^ a b c Patrick Cockburn on U.S. Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons? (mp4). Democracy Now!. June 14, 2013. Event occurs at 15:20. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And the concerns in some circles that this is really developing into a proxy war with Iran and Hezbollah, rather than actually trying to deal with the situation internally within Syria?
- PATRICK COCKBURN: Yeah, it already has turned into a proxy war. You can see that with—Hezbollah and Iran were involved, but also the U.S. was—had already combined with Qatar to send weapons. Qatar has sent up to $3 billion to the rebels, 70 loads of flights of weapons, organized by—with the CIA.
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- ^ "US condemns shelling of UN school in Gaza but restocks Israeli ammunition". The Guardian. July 31, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
The Pentagon confirmed a CNN report that the US had recently provided Israel with a shipment of ammunition. [...] Two of the requested munitions were sourced from a secret stockpile the US keeps in Israel for emergencies.
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