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List of wars 2003–2010

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This is a list of wars launched from 2003 to 2010. 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 Ongoing War in Darfur
2003 2003 2003 invasion of Iraq  United States

 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Poland
KDP
PUK
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga
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Withdrawn forces: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 Ongoing Conflict in the Niger Delta
2004 2004 Operation Rainbow
Part of the Second Intifada
 Israel Hamas
Islamic Jihad
PRC
2004 2004 Operation Days of Penitence
Part of the Second Intifada
 Israel Hamas
2004 Ongoing 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 2011 Fatah–Hamas conflict Hamas State of Palestine Fatah
2006 2006 Operation Summer Rains
Part of the Second Intifada
 Israel Hamas
State of Palestine Fatah (Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades & Tanzim)
PRC
Islamic Jihad
Army of Islam
2006 2006 2006 Lebanon War Both sides claim victory
2006 Ongoing Mexican Drug War
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
Part of the Second Intifada
 Israel Hamas
2008 2008 2008 invasion of Anjouan  Comoros

African Union:

 France[1]

 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-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades
Islamic Jihad

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 April 11 2011 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis

Second Ivorian Civil War

Ivory Coast New Forces
Ivory Coast RDR
United Nations UNOCI
 France
Ivory Coast Military of Côte d'Ivoire
Liberian mercenaries
Young Patriots of Abidjan
Ivorian Popular Front

See also

References

  1. ^ AFP (2008-03-25). "African forces invade rebel Comoros island". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2008-10-01.