List of battles in the 21st century
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2000s
2001
2002
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Operation Anaconda | 1–19 March | The largest land battle between US forces and Taliban militia ends in an unsuccessful US attempt to dislodge the Taliban from their mountain strongholds |
| Battle of Takur Ghar | 4-5 March | coalition victory |
| Operation Defensive Shield | 29 March – 3 May | Israeli operation in the West Bank, aimed to halt Palestinian suicide bombings against civilians in Israel during the Second Intifada, which results in extensive damage to terrorist infrastructure and an important decrease of Palestinian attacks: |
| Battle of Bethlehem | 2 April – 10 May | Israel occupies Bethlehem and tries to capture wanted Palestinian militants who are hiding in the Church of the Nativity. |
| Battle of Jenin | 3–11 April | Israel defeats Palestinian militants in the city of Jenin. |
| Battle of Nablus | 5–8 April | Israel defeats Palestinian militants in the city of Nablus. |
| 2002 Grozny OMON ambush | 18 April | Chechen insurgents attack Russian-backed Chechens. |
| Second Battle of Yeonpyeong | 29 June | A naval confrontation between South Korea and North Korea |
| Battle of Galashki | 23-25 September | Chechen rebels raid a village in Ingushetia, starting a firefight with Russian troops. They then flee back to Chechnya. |
| 2002 Hebron ambush | 15 November 2002 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad ambush and kill IDF soldiers |
2003
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Operation Mongoose | 27 January-10 February | American and ISAF forces launch a cave-clearing operation, leading to multiple battles in the Adi Ghar mountains. |
| 2003 Lejay firefight | 10 February | Taliban forces ambush American soldiers. |
| Battle of Al Faw | 20–24 March | One of the first battles of the Iraq War |
| Battle of Umm Qasr | 21–25 March | One of the first battles of the Iraq War |
| Battle of Basra | 21 March-6 April | British forces manage to secure Basra after a month of some of the fiercest fighting since the outbreak of the war. |
| Battle of Nasiriyah | 23–29 March | American armored and mechanized units force a crossing over the Euphrates River, despite stiff resistance from the Iraqis. |
| 2003 attack on Karbala | 24 March | Americans attempt to destroy the Medina division, but fail. |
| Operation Northern Delay | 26 March | American paratroopers land in northern Iraq. |
| Battle of Najaf | 26 March – 3 April | The American 327th Infantry Regiment defeats the Iraqis and takes Najaf, allowing them to protect vital supply lines for Coalition forces. |
| Battle of Karbala | 27 & 28 March | The American 3rd Infantry Division defeats Iraq's elite Republican Guard, resulting in 200 Iraqi casualties. |
| Operation Viking Hammer | 28-30 March | American and Kurdish forces defeat the Islamic Emirate of Byara. |
| Battle of Samawah | 30 March-4 April | American forces capture Samawah. |
| Battle of Hillah | 31 March-2 April | American forces capture Hillah, and destroy the 2nd Al Medina Armored Division in the process. |
| Battle of Haditha Dam | 1-10 April | American forces capture Haditha Dam, a key electrical hub for Iraq. |
| Battle of the Karbala Gap (2003) | 2-4 April | American forces capture the outskirts of Karbala leading to Baghdad. |
| Battle of Al Kut | 3-4 April | Americans storm Al-Kut, capturing the city. |
| Battle of Baghdad | 3–12 April | American forces capture Baghdad from Saddam Hussein's forces, causing the downfall of his government. |
| Wamena incident | 4 April | Indonesian army raided Free Papua Movement members, causing a battle. The aftermath led to the death of 50 civilians by the Indonesian Army. |
| Battle of Debecka Pass | 6 April | The US forces capture a major crossroad near the village of Debecka in Iraq. |
| Battle of Baghdad International Airport | 11 April | American forces capture the airport from Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army. |
| 2003–2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh | 19 May 2003 – 13 May 2004 | Indonesian forces severely defeat the Free Aceh Movement. Combined with the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami which devastated the region, the offensive brought the insurgency in Aceh to an end. |
| Battle of Majar al-Kabir | 24 June | After a misunderstanding regarding patrolling through the town of Majar al-Kabir, British forces use rubber bullets in a crowd control measure, which escalates and are attacked by Iraqi civilians. |
| Siege of Monrovia | 18 July-14 August | LURD rebels shell the city until Charles Taylor resigns. |
| Sétif offensive | September | Algerian forces launch an offensive against the remaining Armed Islamic Group of Algeria militants |
| Battle of Bhalubang | 13 October | Nepalese government forces defeat Maoists. |
| Ramadan Offensive | 26 October-24 November | Beginning of the Iraqi insurgency. |
| Operation All Clear | 15 December 2003 – 3 January 2004 | The Bhutanese army launches an offensive against Assamese separatists from India. |
2004
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Wana | 16–23 March | Part of the Waziristan War, Pakistani army takes over Taliban positions. |
| Defense of the Karbala City Hall | 3-6 April | Polish and Bulgarian forces defeat Mahdist insurgents attempting to capture the Karbala city hall. |
| First Battle of Fallujah | 4 April – 1 May | Also called Operation Vigilant Resolve; US forces attempt to retake Fallujah from the control of Iraqi insurgency, resulting a ceasefire and American withdrawal. |
| Siege of Sadr City | 4 April 2004 – 11 May 2008 | American forces blockade the Shi'a district of Baghdad for four years. The end of the siege marked the end of the Iraqi Civil War. |
| Battle of Ramadi | 6-10 April | Around the same time as the battle in Fallujah, Iraqi insurgents attempt to pin down American troops in Ramadi, but fail. |
| 2004 Iraq KBR convoy ambush | 9 April | Iraqi insurgents attack and execute American soldiers. |
| Battle of Husaybah | 17 April | Iraqi insurgents launch a surprise offensive on American soldiers in Husaybah, but fail to capture the city. |
| Battle of Danny Boy | 14 May | British forces defeat a Mahdist ambush at Checkpoint Danny Boy near al-Amara. |
| Operation Rainbow | 18–23 May | Successful Israeli military operation against Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the PCR. |
| 2004 Nazran raid | 21 – 22 June | Chechen and Ingush separatists capture a lot of weapons. |
| First Battle of Avtury | 12-13 July | Chechen militants attack a city, and then disperse after some fighting. |
| Battle of Najaf | 5-27 August | American forces retreat from Najaf, much of the city's historic sites are damaged. |
| Battle of the CIMIC House | 5-28 August | Mahdist forces under Muqtada al-Sadr lay siege to a British checkpoint in al-Amarah. |
| 2004 raid on Grozny | 21-22 August | Chechen militants fail to attack Russian forces. |
| Operation Days of Penitence | 30 September – 16 October | Israeli offensive launched into the northern Gaza Strip. Israel claims victory after stating its goal of preventing Palestinian militants from firing Qassam rockets into Israeli settlements in Gaza and at the town of Sderot. |
| Battle of Samarra | 1-3 October | American forces capture Samarra. |
| 2004 French–Ivorian clashes | 6-9 November | The Ivorian Army attacks French forces during a peacekeeping mission. In return, France nearly destroys the Ivorian Air Force and massive anti-French uprisings occur. |
| Second Battle of Fallujah | 7 November – 23 December | Also known as Operation Phantom Fury and Operation al-Fajr; Coalition forces recapture rebel-held Fallujah in the largest post-invasion clash so far in the war. |
| Battle of Mosul | 8-16 November | American-Kurdish forces defeat an attempt by Islamist rebels to capture Mosul. |
2005
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Tharthar raid | 23 March | American and Iraqi forces launch a raid on a Secret Army of Islam base, killing up to a third of the insurgents' forces. |
| Battle of Abu Ghraib | 2 April | Al-Qaeda forces launch an attack on Abu Ghraib prison, capturing it until American forces retook it hours later. |
| Second Battle of Khara | 7-8 April | Royal Nepalese forces severely defeat Maoists. |
| Battle of Al Qaim | 8–19 May | Military offensive conducted by the United States Marine Corps, against insurgent positions in Iraq's northwestern Anbar province, ending with US tactical victory. |
| 2005 Hit convoy ambush | 9 May | Iraqi insurgents ambush American forces. |
| Battle of Qurna | May | Danish, Lithuanian, and British soldiers defeat Iraqi insurgents attempting to seize Al-Qurnah. |
| Battle of Abbas Ghar | 27 June-mid July | Americans defeat Taliban near Asadabad, but the insurgents return a few weeks later. |
| Battle of Haditha | 1-4 August | Ansar Al-Sunna insurgents surprise attack American forces, successfully defeating them. American forces in retaliation launch Operation Quick Strike, in which an al-Qaeda-planted IED killed 15 Marines. |
| Operation Whalers | 13-18 August | American forces defeat Taliban insurgents who had retreated earlier in the summer. |
| Battle of Tal Afar | 1-18 September | American and Iraqi forces capture Tal Afar. |
| Battle of Nalchik | 13 October | The Yarmuk Jamaat take on Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia. They are defeated by Russian security forces. |
| Second Battle of Adre | 18 December | Rally for Democracy and Liberty attack the government garrison at Adre, Chad. The garrison had been forewarned, and defeats their attackers, taking few casualties. |
2006
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Gimry | 2-5 January | Dagestani mujahedeen rebels are pushed back. |
| Raid on Borota | 6 January | Janjaweed defeat Chadian government |
| Kathmandu Valley battle | 14 January | Maoists launch coordinated attacks on five military targets in the Kathmandu valley in Nepal |
| Raid on Amdjereme | 6 March | Janjaweed break the Tripoli Agreement |
| Battle of Ramadi | 15 March-15 November | Coalition forces defeat Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| Action of 18 March 2006 | 18 March | American naval vessels fend off Somali pirates |
| April 2006 Iran–Iraq cross-border raids | 3 April | Iran and PJAK clash. |
| Battle of N'Djamena | 13 April | The Chadian rebel group United Front for Democratic Change attacks N'djamena. The rebels are forced to retreat by the Military of Chad. Chad breaks off relations with Sudan as a result. |
| 2006 Dutch/Australian Offensive | late April – 16 July | coalition victory |
| Raid on Dalola | 1 May | Janjaweed raid Chadian villages. |
| Second Battle of Mogadishu | 7 May – 11 July | Militia loyal to the Islamic court union defeats the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism and takes control of the Somali capital Mogadishu. |
| Battle of Point Pedro (2006) | 12 May | Sri Lanka Navy victory |
| Operation Mountain Thrust | 15 May – 31 July | The largest offensive against the Taliban since 2001 is launched by Coalition forces. |
| Operation Together Forward | 14 June – 24 October | The Coalition is unsuccessful in succoring Baghdad and reducing violence. |
| Operation Dispersive Illusion | 25 June | Capture of Gilad Shalit , 2 Palestinian militants and 2 IDF soldiers killed, 4 IDF soldiers injured |
| Siege of Sangin | 27 June-5 April | Coalition forces defeat Taliban insurgents attempting to breach Sangin |
| Operation Summer Rains | 28 June – 26 November | Israel enters the Gaza Strip searching for soldier Gilad Shalit, who was abducted in a raid. |
| Operation Perth | July | Australian special forces victory |
| Second Battle of Avtury | 4 July | Chechen soldiers ambush Russians. |
| First Battle of Panjwaii | 8 July-19 August | Coalition forces defeat Taliban, but pull out of Panjwayi. |
| Zar'it-Shtula incident | 12 July | A cross-border Hezbollah raid captures two Israeli soldiers. Israeli troops enters Lebanon in an unsuccessful attempt to get them back. This ignites the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. |
| The Second Battle of Habbaniyah | 15 July – December | U.S. Marines of the Third Battalion, Second Marine Division, sweep through urban sprawl between Ramadi and Fallujah in a series of operations (i.e. Operations Rubicon and Sidewinder), disrupting flow of Al-Qaeda into both cities, and killing and capturing over 300 insurgents. Action centered around Kilo Company, nicknamed "Voodoo", in the town of Husaybah, on the outskirts of Ramadi, killing 20+ insurgents and capturing/wounding 137, while losing only 4 Marines KIA, 17 WIA. The battalion lost 14 Marines KIA, 50+ WIA. |
| Battle of Maroun al-Ras (2006) | 19–29 July | Israel captures most of the village of Maroun al-Ras but fails to fully secure it. |
| Battle of Bint Jbail | 24 July – 11 August | Israel retreats after attempting to take the town of Bint Jbail in Lebanon, regarding it as a "Hezbollah stronghold". |
| Battle of Ayta ash-Shab | 31 July – 11 August | Israel engages in a firefight with Hezbollah members in the Lebanese town of Ayta ash-Shab. |
| Operation Sharp and Smooth | 1 & 2 August | An Israeli airborne operation captures five Lebanese civilians and kills what it claims to be Hezbollah members. |
| 2006 Tyre raid | 4 August | Israel successfully raids Tyre to attack Hezbollah members based there. |
| 2006 Litani offensive | 11–14 August | Israel launches the final offensive in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict to clear Southern Lebanon of as many Hezbollah militants as possible before the ceasefire takes effect. The battle and war end with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. |
| Battle of Jaffna (2006) | 11 August – 29 October | Stalemate |
| Battle of Diwaniya | 28 August | Iraqi forces and Mahdist insurgents reach a ceasefire. |
| Battle of Sampur | 28 August – 4 September | Sri Lankan Army victory over Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| Operation Medusa | 2–17 September | Coalition troops attack the Taliban insurgency, recapturing Panjwayi. |
| Operation Mountain Fury | 16 September 2006 – 15 January 2007 | Coalition forces launch a successful follow up to Operation Medusa in an attempt to clear eastern Afghanistan of the Taliban. |
| Battle of Al Rumaythah | 26 September | Australian Tactical victory |
| Battle of Amarah | 19-20 October | Iraqi forces retake the city after a ceasefire |
| Battle of Turki | 15-16 November | A fledgling Iraqi insurgent group, ISIL, defeats American soldiers. |
| Battle of Malakal | 27 November 2006 – 29 November 2006 | Ceasefire and mutual disengagement to pre-battle positions |
| SLA December 2006 offensive | 4–9 December | Tamil Tigers victory |
| Battle of Baidoa | 20–26 December | ICU militia battle the Somali Transitional Federal Government. Ethiopian and TFG troops successfully defend and counterattack against the ICU taking the ICU base cities of Dinsoor and Bur Hakaba. |
| 2006 and 2007 Tunisia clashes | 23 December-3 January | Tunisian forces clash with Algerian jihadist group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat. |
| Battle of Bandiradley | 23–25 December | Ethiopian/Puntland offensive in Bandiradley, Somalia pushes the Islamic Courts out of the city and opens up a northern front in the Somali Civil War. |
| Battle of Beledweyne | 24–25 December | Ethiopian offensive towards the city of Jowhar overruns the Islamic Courts stronghold of Beledweyne during the Somali Civil War. |
| Battle of Jowhar | 27 December | Ethiopian/TFG armoured offensive hits the ICU stronghold of Jowhar, forcing the Islamists to pull back, and bringing the Ethiopians/Government troops within 90 km of Mogadishu. The battle also effectively flanked and threatened to cut off ICU forces still in the Bay region. |
| Fall of Mogadishu | 28 December | Ethiopia captures Mogadishu. |
| Battle of Nawzad | 2006-2014 | US and allied forces are unable to capture Nawzad from Taliban forces. |
2007
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 and 2007 Tunisia clashes | 3 January | Tunisian troops engage in a shootout with Islamists. |
| Battle of Ras Kamboni | 5–12 January | The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, in coalition with Ethiopia and the US, defeats the Islamic Courts Union. |
| Battle of Haifa Street | 6-24 January | ISIL forces defeat Iraqi forces in Baghdad, but are then pushed out by coalition forces. |
| Karbala provincial headquarters raid | 20 January | Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq members, posing as American soldiers, capture 4 American soldiers at an American base - the largest ambush during the war. |
| Battle of Najaf (2007) | 28–29 January | Iraqi and Coalition forces defeat the Soldiers of Heaven cult. |
| Operation Imposing Law | 14 February – 24 November | US troops successfully battle Iraqi insurgents to restore law and order in Baghdad. |
| 2007 West Azerbaijan clashes | 22 February-1 March | Iran and Kurdish PJAK forces clash, with parts spreading to Iraq. |
| Battle of Basra | 27 February-3 September | Mahdist forces take over central Basra. |
| Battle of Same | 4 March | inconclusive Australian minor victory |
| Battle of Baqubah | 10 March-19 August | Coalition forces capture Baqubah from the Islamic State. |
| Battle of Mogadishu | 21 March – 26 April | Ethiopian, Somalian and Ugandan forces battle the Popular Resistance Movement indecisively. |
| 2007 Kurram Agency conflict | 6-13 April | Sunni, Taliban, and Shia forces clash in Northwest Pakistan. |
| Battle of Route Bismarck | 23-24 April | Australian victory in Iraq |
| Battle of Thoppigala | 25 April – 11 July 2007 | Sri Lankan Army victory |
| Alemão complex siege | 2 May - 27 June | as a part of the Armed conflict for control of the favelas a large siege was formed by the Brazilian police around Alemão complex to secure the 2007 Pan American Games from gang activities, on 27 June the police invaded the complex and attacked gangs, 44 were killed including atleast 11 civilians |
| Operation Achilles | 6–30 May | Tactically successful Coalition operation in Afghanistan to clear the Helmand Province of Taliban terrorists. |
| Battle of Nahr el-Bared | 20 May – 7 September | Armed conflict after Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, lays siege to the refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared for Palestinians in Lebanon. |
| Operation Hoover | 24-25 May | Coalition forces led by Canada push out Taliban militants from villages. |
| Operation Kamin | 26 May | Taliban militants launch a series of attacks across Afghanistan, and clash with Afghan soldiers. |
| Operation Pickaxe-Handle | 30 May-14 June | NATO forces clear out Taliban militants from Kajaki, but the Talban return shortly afterwards. |
| Battle of Bargal | 31 May-3 June | American and Puntlander forces defeat Islamic Courts Union forces. |
| Battle of Gaza | 7–15 June | Hamas defeats the Fatah, and takes over the Gaza Strip. |
| Battle of Chora | 15–19 June | Coalition forces capture Chora District in Oruzgan Province from the Taliban. |
| Battle of Point Pedro | 19 June | One of the last battles of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Sri Lankan forces defeat Tamil sailors in an area where Tamils had defeated Sri Lankans a year prior. |
| Battle of Donkey Island | 30 June-1 July | ISIL forces defeat a small group of coalition soldiers. |
| Siege of Lal Masjid | 3-11 July | Pakistani forces besiege TeT followers at the historic mosque of Lal Masjid, triggering fighting in northwestern Pakistan. |
| Operation Hammer | 24-27 July | Coalition forces led by the British regain territory south of the Helmand river. |
| Battle of Al Waki Market | 7 August | British forces defeat a small group of Iraqi insurgents. |
| Battle of Firebase Anaconda | 8 August | American and Afghan forces defeat Taliban insurgents launching a frontal assault. |
| Battle of Karbala | 27-29 August | Polish and Bulgarian forces defend Karbala against insurgents. |
| Raids on Haskanita | 30 September-early October | Unknown forces in Darfur attack an AUMIS post on 30 September, and then the town was set on fire in early October. |
| October 2007 clashes in Hakkâri | 7-8 October, 21 October | Turkish forces capture Kurdish guerrilla leaders, but suffer heavy casualties in a Kurdish counterattack |
| Battle of Mirali | 7-10 October | Pakistan launches an offensive against Tehrik-e-Taleban, but clashes become deadly. |
| Battle of Las Anod | 15 October | Somalilander forces defeat Puntland, which had captured a rural Somalilander city. |
| Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base | 22 October | Tamil Tigers victory |
| First Battle of Swat | 25 October-8 December | Pakistani forces launch an offensive against Tehrik-e-Taleban militants, leading to a short-lived ceasefire. |
| Action of 28 October 2007 | 28 October | American forces defeat Somali pirates. |
| Dai Hong Dan incident | 29 October | American forces and North Korean sailors defeat hijacking Somali pirates. |
| Operation Harekate Yolo | late October-7 November | Coalition forces, led by Germany and Norway, push back Taliban incursions. |
| Operation Commando Fury | 10-14 November | Afghan forces besiege Taliban strongholds in Kapisa Province. |
| Battle of Musa Qala | 7–12 December | ISAF and Afghan forces capture Musa Qala District in Helmand Province from the Taliban. |
| December 2007 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq | 16-26 December | Turkey bombards PKK positions in Northern Iraq. |
| Battle of Delft | 25 December | Disputed |
2008
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of the Forward Defence Lines | 2 January – 24 November | Victorious 2008 SLA Northern Offensive in Sri Lanka |
| Operation Phantom Phoenix | 8 January-28 July | Coalition forces defeat Iraqi militants in Diyala and Saladin governorates, but fail to in Kirkuk and Mosul. |
| Operation Zalzala | 24 January-20 May | Pakistani forces capture Spinkai, but fail to capture Qari Hussain. |
| Battle of N'Djamena | 2–4 February | Forces loyal to the President of Chad defeat a rebellion. |
| 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq | 11-19 February | Turkish forces launch a ground offensive into Iraq to clear out PKK rebels. |
| Operation Hot Winter | 29 February – 3 March | Israel Defense Forces campaign in the Gaza Strip in response to Qassam rockets fired by Hamas. |
| 2008 Mardakert skirmishes | 4 March | Skirmishes between the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, victory undecided. |
| Battle of Basra | 25–31 March | Iraqi Army attempt to clear the city of Basra from Mahdi Army militiamen is successful and the Maliki government forces them to cease activities. |
| Battle of Kallarawa | 25 March | Sea Tigers patrol intercepted by a Sri Lankan Navy patrol |
| Invasion of Anjouan | 25 March | After Anjouani president Mohamed Bacar refused to step down following a disputed presidential election, African Union forces with Comoros invade the island. |
| 2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum | 10–12 May | The Darfuri rebel group Justice and Equality Movement attack the Sudanese cities of Omdurman and Khartoum unsuccessfully. |
| 2008 Djiboutian-Eritrean border conflict | 10–13 June | Minor skirmishes between Djibouti and Eritrea, ending in victory of Djibouti forces. |
| Battle of Am Zoer | 18 June | Chadian forces ambush a rebel column, and successfully destroy it. |
| Battle of Arghandab | 18–19 June | NATO led forces launch a successful offensive to clear the Taliban out of Arghandab district and from nearby Kandahar. |
| Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem | 28 June-9 July | Pakistani forces destroy Taliban training bases. |
| Siege of Baidoa | 8 July 2008 – 26 January 2009 | al-Shabaab besiege and control Baidoa, the last city in southern Somalia under government control. |
| Battle of Wanat | 13 July | Significant American casualties among the defending paratroopers leads to American withdrawal following Taliban early morning attack. |
| Battle of Vidattaltivu | 16 July | Sri Lankan Army fought Tamil Tigers |
| Operation Augurs of Prosperity | 29 July-11 August | A joint US-Iraqi raid on al-Qaeda and ISIL leaders is successful. |
| Battle of Khetagurovo | 7-8 August | Georgian forces shell an Ossetian town, but retreat. |
| Battle of Bajaur | 7 August 2008 – 28 February 2009 | Pakistani forces launch a campaign to retake Bajaur District from Taliban. |
| Battle of Ebrahimkhel | 8 August | After having battered American positions for days, Taliban and American troops engage in a large-scale firefight, with an American victory. |
| Battle of Tskhinvali | 8–10 August | Georgians attack the South Ossetian capital city of Tskhinvali ending in withdrawal by the Georgians. |
| Battle of the Kodori Gorge | 9–12 August | Georgian civilians flee their homes in Upper Abkhazia. Georgian military engages Abkhazian military forces unsuccessfully. |
| Battle of North Cotobato | 9 August-late August | Filipino government forces defeat Islamist rebels, who later found Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. |
| Battle off the coast of Abkhazia | 10 August | Russia blockades Georgia navally. |
| Occupation of Poti | 11 August-13 September | Russian forces invade Poti, and ransack Georgian weaponry. |
| Occupation of Gori | 13-22 August | Russian and Ossetian forces capture Gori, forcing the Georgian government to begin negotiations. |
| Uzbin Valley ambush | 18 August | Taliban ambush French troops in Afghanistan, causing heavy losses. |
| Battle of Kismayo | 20-22 August | al-Shabaab takes control of Kismayo from pro-government militias. |
| Battle of Khaz Oruzgan | 2 September | Taliban victory |
| Carré d'As IV incident | 2-15 September | Somali pirates capture a French yacht, but are unable to retain it. |
| Angur Ada raid | 3 September | American troops fight Taliban militants in Pakistan. |
| Battle of Goma | 25 October | Part of the ongoing 2008 Nord-Kivu war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| Battle off the coast of Jaffna | 1 November | Naval Battle |
| Battle of Kiwanja | 5-6 November | Hutu rebels seize control of Kiwanja from Mai-Mai. |
| 2008 Kufra conflict | 8-20 November | Libyan government forces and Toubou rebels clash for two weeks, although a ceasefire is reached. |
| Action of 11 November 2008 | 11 November | British sailors defeat Somali pirates. |
| Fall of Rwindi | 18-19 November | Hutu rebels capture Rwindi with little resistance, but are stopped while trying to push further on. |
| 2008–09 Battle of Kilinochchi | 23 November – 2 January | Sri Lankan Army victory |
| Balamorghab ambush | 27 November | Taliban insurgents ambush Afghan soldiers, capturing many vehicles and weaponry. |
| 2008–09 Garamba offensive | 14 December – 15 March | The Ugandan Army withdraws, but the LRA is weakened. |
| Operation Cast Lead | 27 December – 18 January | Israel launches an air and ground operation to stop Hamas from launching of Qassam and Grad rockets from the Gaza Strip. |
| Battle of Paranthan | 30 December – 1 January | Tamil Tigers fought Sri Lankan Army |
| Operation Defeat Al Qaeda in the North | 2008 | US troops stationed north of Lake Tharthar raid Iraqi militants over a months-long period. |
2009
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Mullaitivu | 2–25 January | The Sri Lankan army defeats the Tamil Tigers in a battle over the town of Mullaitivu. |
| Operation Shahi Tandar | 7-31 January | American and Afghan troops raid Taliban bases. |
| Third Battle of Elephant Pass | 9 January | Sri Lanka defeats LTTE. |
| 2009 Eastern Congo offensive | 20 January-27 February | A joint DRC-Rwandan offensive defeats rebels. |
| Battle of Chalai | 2–6 February | Sri Lankan Army battles Tamil Tigers to capture one of the last Sea Tiger naval bases. |
| Operation Diesel | 6-7 February | British and Afghan forces defeat Taliban. |
| Battle of South Mogadishu | 24-25 February | Indecisive, |
| Action of 3 March 2009 | 3 March | German and American forces defeat Somali pirates. |
| Battle of Alasay | 14–23 March | Codename Operation Dinner Out – French and Afghan troops defeat Taliban insurgents in the Alasay Valley. |
| First and Second Battles of Kakarak | 16 March – 12 April | Two battles of Australian forces against Taliban insurgents, both victorious. |
| Battle of Aanandapuram | 29 March – 5 April | Decisive victory of the Sri Lanka military against the Tamil Tigers. |
| Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu | 2–5 April | Government victory |
| April 2009 raid off Somalia | 9 April | French forces raid a vessel hijacked by Somali pirates. |
| 2009 Afghanistan–Iran clash | 23 April | Status quo ante bellum. |
| Operation Black Thunderstorm | 26 April-14 June | Pakistan fully recaptures four districts from Taliban. |
| Attack on Bari Alai | 1 May | Taliban overrun a checkpoint for the first time. |
| Battle of Am Dam | 7 and 8 May | The Chadian Army defeats UFR rebels. |
| Battle of Mogadishu | 7 May-1 October | Insurgents take control of Mogadishu, the Somali capital, but fail to topple the government. |
| Battle for Central Somalia (2009) | 11 May-1 October | Jihadist rebels from Al-Shabaab defeat the Somali alliance and capture parts of central Somalia. |
| Second Battle of Swat | 16 May – 15 July | The Pakistani Army retakes the town of Mingora from the Taliban, killing many leaders. |
| Battle of Wabho | 7 June | Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a defeats Al-Shabaab. |
| Sobat River ambush | 12 June | Jikany Nuer groups ambush a SPLA convoy escorting UN food. |
| Operation Panther's Claw | 19 June-20 August | British forces consolidate coalition positions. |
| Operation Rah-e-Nijat | 19 June-12 December | Pakistan fully retakes South Waziristan District. |
| Operation Strike of the Sword | 2 July-20 August | US Marines launch an offensive in Helmand Province. |
| Operation Scorched Earth | 11 August 2009 – 12 February 2010 | Yemen launched a military offensive against Houthis, but it ends in a stalemate. |
| Battle of Dahaneh | 12–15 August | US, UK and Afghan troops capture the city from Taliban insurgents. |
| Battle of Rafah | 14-15 August | Hamas defeats Jund Ansar Allah. |
| 2009 Khyber Pass offensive | 1 September-30 November | Pakistan defeats Taliban from roads throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. |
| Battle of Sabzak | 3-4 September | Spanish troops defeat Taliban |
| Action of 7 September 2009 | 7 September | German sailors defeat Somali pirates. |
| 2009 Baraawe raid | 14 September | US forces kill Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan. |
| Battle of Kismayo | 1-7 October | al-Shabaab takes full control of Kismayo. |
| Battle of Kamdesh | 3 October | Taliban insurgents attack a US Combat Outpost. They are repulsed, but the outpost is abandoned due to damage. |
| Dongo conflict | 30 October-13 December | Clashes break out between rebels and government forces in Dongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| Battle of Daecheong | 10 November | Clash between South and North Korean naval troops at the Northern Limit Line, ending in a victory for the South. |
| Operation Cobra's Anger | 4–7 December | Successful US-led offensive in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. |
2010s
2010
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrean–Ethiopian border skirmish | 1 January | Eritrean forces clash with Ethiopian troops in the Ethiopian town of Zalambessa. |
| First Battle of Beledweyne | 10-14 January | Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a captures the town from Hizbul Islam. |
| Operation Blow to the Head | 13 January-12 February | Pro-government Yemeni troops attempt to capture Saada from a Houthi-AQAP alliance, but fail, destroying much of Saada in the process. |
| Second Battle of Beledweyne | 22-24 January | Following a counterattack, Hizbul Islam recaptures the town. |
| Operation Moshtarak | 13 February – 7 December | ISAF pacification offensive in the area that is described as the "poppy-growing belt" of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. NATO troops attack Marjah, but are forced to withdraw by Taliban |
| 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes | 18 February | Armenia and Azerbaijan clash in Nagorno-Karabakh. |
| Orakzai and Kurram offensive | 23 March-3 June | Pakistani forces launch an offensive in Orakzai District and Kurram District, clearing the areas of Taliban by early June. Low-level clashes continue until 21 January 2011. |
| Action of 30 March 2010 | 30 March | Seychellois coast guard defeat Somali pirates. |
| South Darfur clash | 23 April | SPLA troops clash with either Sudanese troops or Rizeigat insurgents. |
| Battle of Tamassi | 24-28 April | Chadian forces defeat allied rebels |
| Ayn clashes | 22 May-19 July | Ethiopian and Somalilander troops clash. |
| Shah Wali Kot Offensive | 10-14 June | Coalition victory |
| June 2010 Mardakert clashes | 18-19 June | Armenian and Azeri troops clash in Nagorno-Karabakh, with no significant changes. |
| Saric shootout | 1 July | Beltrán-Leyva Cartel victory on Sinaloa Cartel |
| Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash | 20 July | al-Shabaab attack a Kenyan border outpost. |
| Battle of Sangin | July 2010-October 2011 | NATO captures Sangin from Taliban. |
| First Battle of Lawdar | 19-25 August | Yemeni troops recapture Lawdar. |
| Battle of Mogadishu | 23 August 2010 – 6 August 2011 | The eighth recognised battle over Mogadishu since 1993. Pro-government militias and allies fully hold the capital. |
| Battle of Derapet | 24 August | A combined Australian Army and Afghan National Army patrol defeats Taliban forces. |
| September 2010 Mardakert clashes | 1 September | Azeris and Armenians clash a second time, although it fizzles out quickly. |
| Operation Dragon Strike | 15 September-31 December | NATO forces defeat Taliban insurgents and capture one Quds serviceman. |
| Hsipaw ambush | 1 October | KNLA ambush Burmese junta troops near the Thai border leading up to escalated clashes. |
| Operation Halmazag | 31 October-4 November | Coalition forces, led by Germany, push out Taliban from Kunduz Province. |
| Battle of Myawaddy | 8-9 November | Burmese troops capture Myawaddy, a KNLA stronghold near the Thai border, in the first major clash in 2010. |
| Karen State clashes | 10-27 November | Low-level clashes in Kayin State following the battle at Myawaddy. |
| Operation Bulldog Bite | 12-25 November | Joint U.S. and Afghan counter-insurgent mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, against Taliban forces. |
| 2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis | 21-28 November | Occupation of Vila Cruzeiro and Complexo do Alemão by Brazilian government forces |
| Bombardment of Yeonpyeong | 23 November | North Korean artillery hits military and civilian targets during a South Korean training exercise. |
2011
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden | 16–21 January | The South Korean Navy rescues the crew of the hijacked Samho Jewelry, killing eight Somali pirates. |
| Battle off Minicoy Island | 28 January | Indian troops defeat Somali pirates. |
| camel battle | 2 February | baltagiya supporting Hosni Mubarak rode camels and horses into Tahrir Square wielding swords in a medieval style cavalry charge in an attempt to end the protests , a number of protesters were killed but the horsemen were pushed back failing to end the 2011 Egyptian revolution. |
| Battle of Bayda | 16–18 February | Protestors seize control of the city after clashes with security forces – first battle of the Libyan Civil War. |
| First Battle of Benghazi | 17–20 February | Libyan rebel forces free the city from Col. Gaddafi's rule. |
| Battle of Misrata | 18 February – 15 May | After Months of intense fighting, the rebels take full control of Misrata, supported by NATO aircraft. |
| First Battle of Zawiya | 24 February – 10 March | Zawiya is retaken by Libyan elite soldiers, one of the rebels' commanders is killed. |
| First Battle of Brega | 2 March | Pro-Gaddafi troops fail to retake Brega from rebel forces. |
| Battle of Ras Lanuf | 4–12 March | After initial success by the rebel forces, Ras Lanuf is retaken by government troops. |
| Battle of Bin Jawad | 6 March | Gaddafi forces retake Bin Jawad – the initial Rebel offensive westwards is halted. |
| Second Battle of Brega | 13–15 March | Brega is retaken by Gaddafi forces after the defeats at Ras Lanuf and Bin Jawad. |
| Battle of Ajdabiya | 15–26 March | Initial success by government troops is halted and they are pushed back by rebels, under fire from NATO aircraft. |
| Second Battle of Benghazi | 19–20 March | Loyalist forces fail to recapture Benghazi from the now UN-backed rebels. |
| Battle of Saada | 19-26 March | Houthis take control of Saada. |
| India–Pakistan border skirmish | 30 March-1 April | Both sides claim the other was the instigator. |
| Third Battle of Brega | 31 March – 7 April | A rebel advance on Brega is repelled with heavy artillery, Pro-Gaddafi forces march on Ajdabiya. |
| Battle of Abidjan | 31 March - 11 April | Pro-Ouattara forces capture the largest Ivorian city of Abidjan and prompt the arrest of President Laurent Gbagbo. |
| Battle of Jubbada Hoose | 1 April-16 October | Somali troops and al-Shabaab clash near the Kenyan border, |
| Battle of Brega-Ajdabiya road | 8 April – 13 July | Advances on Brega and Ajdabiya by the opposing forces lead to a stagnant frontline in-between the two cities. |
| Battle of Wazzin | 21 April-29 July | Anti-Gaddafi rebels initially capture Wazzin, although pro-Gaddafi forces capture the border post by Tunisia a week later. Backed by Tunisian troops, rebels recapture the border post with fighting continuing until July. |
| Siege of Daraa | 25 April - 5 May | Syrian forces suppress anti-Assad protests in Syria. |
| Battle of Gedo | 27 April - late 2012 | After fierce Somali and allied bombardment, al-Shabaab leave Gedo region. |
| Siege of Homs | 6 May 2011 – 9 May 2014 | Syrian rebels, spurred by anti-regime protests, battle for Homs. |
| Battle of Kandahar | 7–9 May | Kandahar is besieged by Taliban insurgents, Afghan Police Forces are able to fend them off. |
| Siege of Baniyas | 7-14 May | Syrian forces suppress anti-regime protests in Baniyas. |
| Siege of Talkalakh | 14-19 May | Syrian forces violently suppress anti-regime protests. |
| Battle of the Misrata frontline | 16 May-23 August | Rebels capture various cities, but pro-Gaddafi troops make gains south of Sirte. |
| Battle of Sana'a | 23 May – 7 June | Hashid tribal forces under Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar fight Army troops loyal to president Saleh, resulting in a cease-fire. |
| Battle of Do Ab | 25 May | US and Afghan government troops are ambushed by Taliban insurgents and kill most of the attackers. |
| Battle of Ruíz | 25 May | Sinaloa Cartel attack a convoy of Los Zetas starting a violent battle in which there were used two Narco tanks. |
| Battle of Zinjibar | 27 May-10 September | AQAP captures the rural Yemeni town of Zinjibar. |
| Siege of Rastan and Talbiseh | 28 May – 4 June | First major violent outbreak in the Syrian civil war. |
| Battle of Taiz | 28 May-7 June | Alliance of Yemeni Tribes hold the city from the Yemeni army. |
| Jisr ash-Shughur clashes | 4-12 June | The Syrian civil war escalates into armed clashes. |
| Sabha clashes | 8-13 June | Pro-Gaddafi forces hold Sabha. |
| Zawiya skirmish | 11-12 June | Pro-Gaddafi forces hold Zawiya. |
| Jabal al-Zawiya operation | 28 June-7 July | Unorganized but armed protestors clash with Syrian troops. |
| Siege of Hama | 3 July-4 August | Syrian forces suppress protestors. |
| Operation Koh-e-Sufaid | 4 July-18 August | Pakistani forces defeat Taliban. |
| Iran–Iraq cross-border raids | 11 July-29 September | Iranian special forces launch attacks on PJAK bases in Iraq. |
| Fourth Battle of Brega | 14 July – 22 August | After initial victories of pro-Gaddafi forces, rebels take Brega in late August. |
| Battle of Zliten | 21 July-19 August | Following a failed uprising in Zliten, anti-Gaddafi rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces clash, with a final anti-Gaddafi victory. |
| Msallata clashes | 3-9 August | Anti-Gaddafi rebels take control of Msallata, independently from other Libyan rebels. |
| Battle of Tawergha | 11-13 August | Anti-Gaddafi rebels capture Tawergha. |
| Raid on Ras Lanuf | 12 August | Anti-Gaddafi forces successfully drive off pro-Gaddafi assaults, but facilities are heavily damaged. |
| Battle of Gharyan | 13-18 August | Anti-Gaddafi rebels capture Gharyan. |
| Siege of Latakia | 13-19 August | Syrian troops suppress protests in Latakia. |
| Second Battle of Zawiya | 13–20 August | Rebel forces capture Zawiya and advance on Tripoli. |
| Ras Ajdir clashes | 13-26 August | After multiple failed assaults, rebels capture Ras Ajdir. |
| Operation Eagle | 14 August 2011—September 2012 | Egyptian military victory |
| Battle of Tripoli (2011) | 20–28 August | Tripoli is captured by rebel forces, Gaddafi government collapses. |
| Second Battle of Bin Jawad | 23-27 August | NTC rebels capture the town of Bin Jawad from pro-Gaddafi forces. |
| Operación Escorpión | 28 August – 31 October | Mexican army Victory, Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel were weaken. |
| Hama Governorate clashes | 1 September 2011 – 14 April 2012 | Syrian troops largely capture the city of Hama, but rebels control the countryside of the region. |
| Battle of Bani Walid | 8 September – 17 October | Initially, pro-Gaddafi forces fend off anti-Gaddafi forces but on 9 October anti-Gaddafi forces launch a new offensive against the defenders, taking Bani Walid by 17 October. |
| Idlib Governorate clashes | 8 September 2011 – 27 March 2012 | anti-Assad protestors, now a somewhat organized force, take control of most of Idlib Governorate. |
| Battle of Doan | 9 September | Australian/coalition victory |
| Battle of Elwaq | 9-10 September | Somali forces liberate Elwaq from jihadists. |
| Battle of Sirte (2011) | 15 September – 20 October | National Liberation Army soldiers attack Sirte, the last capital of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and take it on 20 October. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi also dies this day. |
| Raid on Ghadames | 24-26 September | NTC repels pro-Gaddafi fighters, but some hit-and-run attacks succeeded, |
| Battle of Rastan (2011) | 27 September – 1 October | Syrian army retakes the city. |
| Siege of Dammaj | 15 October-22 December | Houthis attempt to capture Dammaj, ending in a bloody ceasefire. |
| Operation Linda Nchi | 16 October 2011 – 31 May 2012 | Kenyan troops intervene in the Somali civil war, capturing various border areas. |
| Battle of Deynile | 20 October | al-Shabaab fighters ambush Burundian troops in a Mogadishu suburb. |
| Rif Dimashq clashes | 3 November 2011 – 1 April 2012 | Protests are largely suppressed by the Syrian government, |
| Daraa Governorate clashes | 14 November 2011 – 3 January 2013 | An FSA offensive captures multiple cities in the governorate. |
| Shayrat and Tiyas airbase ambush | 25 November | Syrian rebels successfully ambush the airbase. |
| Deir ez-Zor clashes | 26 November 2011 – 10 April 2014 | Rebels hold off a Syrian government offensive on the city. |
| Syrian–Turkish border clash | 5-12 December | Syrian troops repulse armed men from the Turkish border. |
| December 2011 Baneh clash | 28 December | Iran and PJAK clash, albeit inconclusively. |
| Battle of Beledweyne | December 2011-31 December 2012 | Ethiopian and Somali forces capture Beledweyne. |
2012
| Battle | Date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| First Battle of Zabadani | 7 – 18 January | Ceasefire |
| Attack on Spanish oiler Patiño | 12 January | Spanish victory |
| First Battle of Menaka | 17 January | Both parties claim victory |
| Battle of Aguelhok | 17–25 January | MNLA victory |
| Battle of Tessalit | 18 January – 11 March | rebels victory |
| Battle of In Emsal | 20 January | MNLA-Jihadist victory |
| Battle of Douma | 21–30 January | Syrian government's victory |
| Bani Walid uprising | 23–25 January | Rebel victory |
| Fall of Andéramboukane | 26 January | MNLA victory |
| First Battle of Rastan | 29 January – 5 February | FSA victory |
| Homs offensive | 3 February-14 April | Syrian Army recaptures 70% of the city. |
| Second Battle of Zabadani | 4-11 February | FSA victory |
| Battle of Tinzaouaten | 7–8 February | MNLA victory |
| Battle of al-Qusayr | 10 February – 20 April | Stalemate |
| Aleppo Governorate clashes | 10 February-19 July | FSA victory |
| Battle of Taftanaz | 11 February-5 April | Syrian victory |
| Kufra conflict | 12 February-1 July | Ceasefire |
| Nozhay-Yurtovsky District clashes | 13–17 February | Unclear |
| Battle of Goumakoura | 24 February | Malian government victory |
| Sudan Air Campaign | 1 March – ? September | Incumbent |
| Battle of Dofas | 4–5 March | Ansar al-Sharia victory |
| Battle of Azaz | 6 March – 23 July | FSA victory |
| Battle of Yurkud | 10 March | Ethiopian Victory |
| Battle of Idlib | 10–13 March | Syrian government's victory |
| Battle of Saraqeb | 24–27 March | Syrian government's victory |
| First Battle of Heglig | 26–28 March | South Sudanese victory |
| Battle of Kidal | 26-30 March | MNLA victory |
| April Idlib Governorate Operation | 31 March-14 April | Syria recaptures three cities |
| Battle of Taftanaz | 3–5 April | Syrian government's victory |
| Scarborough Shoal standoff | 8 April 2012 – present | De-escalation of tensions between claimant nations |
| Second Battle of Heglig | 10–20 April | Sudan victory |
| Agok Skirmish | 17 April | Indecisive |
| Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes | 25 April – 4 June | Status quo ante bellum |
| Abyan offensive | 12 May – 15 June | Decisive Yemeni government's victory |
| Second Battle of Rastan | 14 May | FSA victory |
| Siege of Northern Homs | 14 May 2012 – 29 April 2018 | Syrian governments recapture Homs |
| 2012–2017 Lebanon–Syria border clashes | 1 June 2012 – 28 August 2017 | Lebanese and Syrian governments fully recapture the Lebanon–Syria border |
| Idlib Governorate clashes | 3 June 2012 – 18 April 2013 | Partial FSA victory and stalemate |
| Tripoli airport clashes | 4 June | Libyan Government's victory |
| Battle of al-Haffah | 5–13 June | Syrian government's victory |
| Zintan clashes | 11–18 June | NTC control reestablished |
| Hakkari clashes | 19 June 2012 – 11 August | Turkish claim victory |
| Battle of Gao | 26–28 June | Decisive Islamist victory; end of state of Azawad |
| Battle of Tremseh | 12 July | FSA victory |
| Battle of Damascus | 15 July-4 August | Syrian government's victory |
| Battle of Aleppo | 19 July 2012 – 22 December 2016 | Decisive Syrian government's & allied victory |
| Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa | 19 July 2012 – 3 February 2016 | Syrian government forces break the siege. |
| Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign | 20 July 2012 – 31 December 2013 | YPG makes gains in the cities, ISIS makes gains in the countryside. |
| 2012 Gorno-Badakhshan clashes | 24–25 July | Tajikistan government victory |
| Battle of Anadan | 29–30 July | FSA victory |
| August 2012 Sinai attack | 5 August | Militants ambushed an Egyptian military base during Iftar in Ramadan and attacked Kerem shalom |
| Jordanian–Syrian border incidents during the Syrian civil war | 10 August 2012 – 31 July 2018 | Jordanian government victory,Syrian government loses a majority of the borders . |
| Rif Dimashq offensive (August–October 2012) | 15 August-7 October | SAA pushes rebels out of some areas, but not all. |
| Lopota incident | 28 August – 30 October | Georgian government's victory |
| September 2012 Beytüşşebap attack | 2 September | Turkish victory |
| Siege of Bani Walid | 9 September – 26 October | Libyan Government's victory |
| Raqqa campaign | 19 September 2012 – 6 March 2013 | Rebels capture Raqqa and surrounding sites. |
| Siege of Base 46 | 22 September-19 November | FSA captures Base 46 in the Syrian desert |
| Battle of Kismayo | 28 September – 1 October | Somalian government's & allied victory |
| Battle of Khirbet Al-Joz | 6 October | FSA victory |
| Siege of Wadi Deif | 11 October 2012 – 18 April 2013 | Syrian Army forces break the siege. |
| Battle of Maarat al-Numan | 8–13 October | rebels victory |
| Battle of Harem | 17 October – 24 December | Rebel victory |
| Quneitra Governorate clashes | 2 November 2012 – 27 August 2014 | Rebel victory; SAA largely leave the governorate by 2014. |
| Rif Dimashq offensive (November 2012–February 2013) | 7 November 2012 – 5 February 2013 | FSA takes control of Darayya, Zamalka, Harasta, and Arbin, but the offensive stalls. SAA then attacks Darayya. |
| First Battle of Ras al-Ayn | 8 November – 17 December 2012 (first phase) | YPG victory |
| Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat | 9 November 2012 – 19 October 2016 | SAA forces capture Darayya in August 2016, rebels leave Muadamiyat after 4 years of ceasefire in October. |
| Operation Pillar of Defense | 14–21 November 2012 | Ceasefire, both sides claim victory |
| Battle of Darayya | 15 November 2012 – 14 February 2013 | Syrian army and Hezbulla victory |
| Ambush of Tagarangabotte | 16 November | MNLA victory |
| Battle of In-Delimane | 16 November | Islamist victory |
| Battle of Menaka | 16–20 November | Islamists Victory |
| MT Zafirah hijacking | 18–22 November | Vietnamese victory |
| Battle of Yarmouk Camp | 5-17 December | FSA and the Palestinian Liwa al-Asifa militia take control of the camp. |
| 2012 Hama offensive | 16-31 December | FSA attempts to capture Hama Governorate, but fail. |
2013
| Battle | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Konna | 10–18 January | Malian army retakes the town Konna with French air-strikes after losing the town by Islamists groups. |
| Battle of Diabaly | 14–21 January | Malian and French troops retake Diabaly by the Islamists groups. |
| Second Battle of Ras al-Ayn | 17 January-19 February | Clashes break out again after a ceasefire, but end with another ceasefire. |
| Second Battle of Gao | 25–27 January | French forces attacked and successfully took Gao out of MOJWAs hands after they launched an offensive on Gao. |
| Battle of Safira | 6–19 February |
Al-Nusra Front's rebels attacked and captured the town of As-Safira from the government. |
| Third Battle of Gao | 9–11 February | Jihadists were defeated by Malian government forces with the support of troops from France. |
| Battle of Shadadeh | 12–14 February | Al-Nusra Front victory, capturing the city from the Syrian government forces. |
| Fourth Battle of Gao | 20–22 February | The Islamist group MOJWA tried to retake the city. The attempt was repelled by Malian government forces with the support of troops from France and Niger. |
| Battle of Khalil | 22–23 February | |
| Battle of Ifoghas | 22 February | |
| Battle of Iminenas | 27 February – 1 March | |
| Battle of Raqqa | 3–6 March | |
| Battle of Tin Keraten | 6 March | |
| Battle of Tigharghar | 12 March | |
| Battle of Djebok | 12–17 March | |
| Battle of Timbuktu | 20–21 March | |
| Second Battle of Timbuktu | 20 March – 1 April | |
| Fifth Battle of Gao | 24 March | |
| Battle of In Arab | 29–30 March | |
| Sanamayn clashes | 10 April 2013-December 2016 | Clashes break out between defecting SAA officers and the Syrian government. |
| Battle of Jdaidet al-Fadl | 16–21 April | |
| Battle of Hamakouladji | 4 May 2013 | |
| Battle of al-Qusayr (2013) | 19 May – 5 June 2013 | |
| Battle of Agadez and Arlit | 23 May 2013 | |
| Battle of Sidon (2013) | 23–25 June 2013 | |
| Third Battle of Ras al-Ayn | 17-20 July | YPG cement control over the city. |
| Rabba dispersal | 14 Aug | Hundreds of pro-Muslim Brotherhood protesters killed , 43 police officers killed ,protest near Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque ended . |
| Battle of Ma'loula | 4–15 September 2013 | |
| Battle of Sadad | 21–28 October 2013 | |
| Battle of Qalamoun | 15 November – 15 December 2013 | |
| Battle of Araouane | 10 December 2013 |
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
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| 1st Southern Damascus offensive | 5 January – 20 February 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
ISIL captures 90% of Yarmouk. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=O:>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Tukaraq | 8 January 2018
(smaller clashes from 15 to 24 May) |
The first time both Somaliland and Puntland forces clashed. | Puntland–Somaliland dispute | ||
| Battle of In-Delimane | 12 January – 6 March 2018 (Template:Age in months, weeks and days) |
Over 20 jihadists were killed or captured in an attempt attack. | Northern Mali conflict | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="8 Mar 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| El Junquito raid | 15 January 2018 (1 day) |
Pro-Government's forces of Venezuela killed six rebels and one woman and lost 3 pro-Government's forces in a raid in the neighborhood El Junquito in Caracas. | Crisis in Bolivarian Venezuela | <ref name="17 Jan 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Turkish military operation in Afrin | First phase 20 January – 24 March 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) Second phase 25 March 2018 – Present (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
First phase Turkish Armed Forces and their allies capture most of the Afrin District<ref name=eye/> (282 towns and villages), including Afrin city. |
Syrian civil war | <ref name=eye>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Aden | 28 – 31 January 2018 (Template:Age in months, weeks and days) |
STC gains control of most of Aden, on the reach of Al-Mashaiq Palace with support of UAE. | Yemeni Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=O>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Khasham | 7 – 8 February 2018 (Template:Age in months, weeks and days) |
SDF success defended Khasham. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=politics>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Comprehensive Operation – Sinai | 9 February – October | Egyptian military victory | Sinai insurgency | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| 1st Israel–Syria incident | 10 February 2018 (1 day) |
Israeli fighter jets attack additional sites, after an Iranian drone was shot down after entering Israeli airspace, bringing the total to 12 being hit. | Syrian civil war | <ref name=Israel>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Al-Masini Valley | 17 – 18 February 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
70% of Al Masini valley cleared from AQAP. | Yemeni Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=AQAP>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Rif Dimashq offensive | 18 February – 12 April 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Syrian army captures the entirety of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta pocket. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Independent>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Syrian Liberation Front–Tahrir al-Sham conflict | 19 February – 24 April 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Ceasefire established. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=ceasefire>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Battle of Batibo | 3 March 2018 (1 day) |
Anglophone Crisis | <ref name="4000persons">Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Operation Tigris Shield | 10 March 2018 – Present (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Kurdish–Turkish conflict | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| 2nd Southern Damascus offensive | 12 – 20 March 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
ISIL takes control of 90% of al-Qadam, SAA controls one neighborhood. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="21 March 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Araouane clashes | 29 March – 6 April 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
French troops killed at least two militant commanders.<ref name="3 Apr 2018"/><ref name="14 Apr 2018"/> | Northern Mali conflict | <ref name="3 Apr 2018">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="14 Apr 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Siirt raid | 29 March 2018 (1 day) |
PKK attacked a Turkish military base in Eruh and killed 6 soldiers. | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | <ref name="30 March 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| MINUSMA super camp attack | 14 April 2018 (1 day) |
MINUSMA and French troops defend the camp. | Northern Mali conflict | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Northern Homs offensive | 15 – 20 April 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
A Ceasefire was declared and all rebels surrender and withdrawal. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="30 April 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Eastern Qalamoun offensive | 17 – 25 April 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Syrian Army captures the entirety of the rebel-held eastern Qalamoun pocket. And the rebels surrender and evacuate from eastern Qalamoun. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="25 April 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| 3rd Southern Damascus offensive | 19 April – 21 May 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
The Syrian Army captured the entire rebel-held pocket in south Damascus after reaching an evacuation agreement. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Deir ez-Zor Governorate clashes | 29 April 2018 (1 day) |
SDF recaptures all four villages. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra | 30 April – 14 May 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Two weeks after the takeover on 14 May, Saudi troops were also deployed to Socotra and a deal was brokered between the United Arab Emirates and Yemen for a joint military training exercise and the return of administrative control of Socotra's airport and seaport to Yemen. | Yemeni Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Gedeo–Guji clashes | April–July 2018 (4 months) | Clashes between the Gedeo people and Gujii clan led to 800,000 Gedeo fleeing their homes. | Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present) | ||
| Battle of Derna | 7 May 2018 – 28 June 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Khalifa Haftar captures Derna from the Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna. | Libyan Civil War | <ref name="7 May 2018">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2nd Israel–Iran incident | 10 May 2018 (1 day) |
After Iranian forces reportedly fired around 20 projectiles towards Israeli army positions in the Golan Heights, Israel attacked Iranian bases in Syria. | Syrian civil war | <ref name="11 May 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Farah | 14 – 16 May 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Afghan Government's victory and recapturing the city Farah. | War in Afghanistan | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="16 May 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes | 20-27 May 2018 (7 days) | Azeri forces accused Armenian troops of attacking Nakhchivan. | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | ||
| Deir ez-Zor offensive | 22 May – 11 June 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Pro-Government's forces defend the town Abu Kamal from ISIL. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="11 June 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Tabarde | 3 – 5 June 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
GATIA/MSA killed 6 ISIL members one of them is commander and Amat Ag Assalate and lost both 3 soldiers. | Northern Mali conflict | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="5 June 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| 1st As-Suwayda offensive | 6 – 22 June 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Syrian Army captures a number of towns, villages and many hills. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="22 June 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Al Hudaydah | 13 June – 13 November 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
An offensive by the Hadi Government to attack the port city of Al Hudayah and cut off the Houthis from supply lines. At first, Saudi-backed forces capture the town, then lose the airport to the Houthis, and then the Houthis recapture the town. | Yemeni Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Southern Syria offensive | 18 June 2018 – 31 July 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Pro-Government forces capture all the rebels territory. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="31 August 2018">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Darzab | 12 July – 1 August 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Battle between Taliban and the Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISIL-K), which resulted in a major Taliban victory | War in Afghanistan | ||
| Ndop prison break | 28 July 2018 (1 day) |
Ambazonian separatists burning down Ndop prison, and liberate 163 inmates, the separatists sized also some weapons and ammunition from the prison. | Anglophone Crisis | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| 2nd As-Suwayda offensive | 6 August – 19 November 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Syrian forces capture the ISIL-held part of As-Suwayda. | Syrian civil war | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Ghazni offensive | 10 – 15 August 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
Government's forces regain control of Ghazni city, but only three districts in Ghazni Province remain under full government control<ref name="loot"/> | War in Afghanistan | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="loot">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Tripoli | 27 August 2018 – 25 September 2018 (Template:Age in years, months, weeks and days) |
A series of clashes in Tripoli end after a ceasefire. | Libyan Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Syria missile strikes | 17 September 2018 | Syrian civil war | |||
| 2018 Syrian-Turkish border clashes | 31 October-6 November 2018 | Turkey attacks Kurdish militias in northern Syria, stalling the Deir ez-Zor offensive. | Syrian civil war, Rojava conflict | ||
| 2018 Batangafo clashes | 31 October-17 November 2018 | Anti-balaka and Ex-Séléka groups clashes in Batangafo. | Central African Republic Civil War | ||
| Kerch Strait incident | 25 November 2018 | Russian Border Guard captures three Ukrainian naval vessels. | Russo-Ukrainian War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
2019
| Battle | Date | Description | Conflict | Ref(s) | |
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| National Front for Liberation – Tahrir al-Sham conflict | 1 January 2019 – 10 January 2019 (1 week and 2 days) | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a Sunni militant group, launched attacks on rebel positions in Idlib; the conflict ended when the National Front for Liberation agreed to withdraw on 10 January, allowing the militants to seize the area. | Syrian civil war | citation | CitationClass=web
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| PAKISTAN-INDIA OP SWIFT RETORT | 26 February 2019 | After India’s threat , Pakistan was on high alert , 2 Indian fighters MIG 21 and SU 30 were shot down and the pilot was captured by Pakistan . Resulting into clear Pakistani Victory. | Op Swift Retort | ||
| Battle of Aden | 7 August 2019 – 29 August 2019 (3 weeks and 1 day) | The Southern Transitional Council took Aden and the Presidential Palace despite Saudi and Yemen Army missile strikes. | Yemeni Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of the Jabara Valley | 26 August 2019 – 29 August 2019 (3 days) | 1,100 soldiers from the Saudi Army's Al-Fateh Brigade launched an offensive into Yemen's Jabara Valley, but were surrounded by Houthi forces for four days; the Saudis launched airstrikes against Yemeni positions, but failed to break through, and, on 29 August 2019, 100 managed to escape across the border, with the remaining 1,000 killed in action or captured. | Yemeni Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | |
| 2019 Western Michoacán clashes | 30 August 2019 – 30 August 2019 (0 day) | Indecisive | Mexican drug war | ||
| 2019 Dhamar Airstrike | 1 September 2019 | The Saudi-led coalition launched an airstrike on a university being used as a Houthi detention center; according to the Red Cross, there were 100 fatalities and 40 injured, after which the Houthis were persuaded by the United Nations to release 290 detainees, 42 of whom had survived the airstrike. | Yemeni Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| 2019 Abqaiq-Khurais attack | 14 September 2019 | Houthi officials announced 10 drones had been used to attack two Saudi Aramco oil processing facilities in Eastern Saudi Arabia; Saudi officials said they believed more drones and cruise missiles were used, and that they originated from Iran; the United States and Saudi Arabia have stated that Iran was behind the attack while France, Germany, and the United Kingdom jointly stated Iran bears responsibility for it, while Iran denies involvement. | Yemeni Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Culiacán | 17 October 2019 | Sinaloa Cartel Victory. Ovidio Guzmán López was released. | Mexican drug war | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Operation Kayla Mueller | 26 October 2019 – 27 October 2019 (2 days) | The U.S. Joint Special Operations Command's 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force) raided Idlib Province in northern Syria, culminating in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. |
2020s
2020
| Battle | Date | Description | Conflict | Ref(s) | |
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| Battle of Sirte | 6 January 2020 (0 days) | The Libyan National Army captured Sirte from forces loyal to the Government of National Accord. | Second Libyan Civil War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Chinagodrar | 9 January 2020 (0 days) | A large group of Boko Haram militants assaulted a Nigerien military base in Chinagodrar. | Insurgency in the Maghreb | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Operation Spring Shield | 27 February – 6 March 2020 (8 days) | Ceasefire Turkish Armed Forces and their allies capture the strategic Zawiya Mountain and 18 villages Syrian Government forces and their allies capture the strategic Saraqib city and 4 villages | Syrian civil war | ||
| Al Jawf Offensive | 29 February – 29 April | Houthi offensive that captured 95% of Al Jawf governate including its capital, Al Hazm. | Second Yemeni Civil War | ||
| Operation Gideon | 3 May 2020 – 4 May 2020 (1 day) | Venezuelan dissidents and American private military contractors unsuccessfully attempt to land in Venezuela and remove Nicolás Maduro from office. | Crisis in Venezuela | ||
| 2020-2021 China-India skirmishes | 5 May 2020 – ongoing | Series of melee skirmishes, face-offs, and high tensions along the Sino-Indian border near Ladakh and Tibet. | Sino-Indian border dispute | ||
| Battle of Talahandak | 3 June 2020 (0 days) | French soldiers ambushed an al-Qaeda hideout near the Algerian border, killing the AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdel. | Mali War | ||
| July 2020 Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes | 12–16 July 2020 (4 days) | Small clash near Tavush, Armenia between Armenia and Azerbaijan where 21 soldiers from both sides perished. | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | ||
| Mocímboa da Praia offensive | 5 August 2020 – 11 August 2020 (6 days) | Militants from Islamic State's Central Africa Province captured the city of Mocímboa da Praia from Mozambican security forces and South African private military contractors. | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Madagiz offensive | 27 September 2020 – 3 October 2020 (6 days) | Azerbaijani victory against Armenian forces in the towns of Talish and Madagiz. | Second Nagorno-Karabakh War | ||
| Battle of Hadrut | 7 October 2020 – 15 October 2020 (8 days) | Azerbaijani forces took control of Hadrut, and several villages and heights surrounding it. | Second Nagorno-Karabakh War | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 4 November Northern Command attacks | 4 November 2020 (1 day) | Tigray People's Liberation Front soldiers attack Ethiopian Northern Command headquarters in various cities in the Tigray Region. | Tigray War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Shusha | 6 November 2020 – 8 November 2020 (2 days) | Azerbaijani forces seized Shusha, the second city of the Republic of Artsakh. | Second Nagorno-Karabakh War | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Humera | 9-11 November 2020 | The battle was the first confirmed action involving Eritrean forces during the Tigray War. After Tigrayan forces reportedly abandoned the city, Ethiopian and Eritrean forces took control. Ethiopian forces subsequently massacred the Tigray inhabitants. | Tigray War | ||
| Mekelle offensive | 17 November 2020 – 28 November 2020 (11 days) | ENDF forces launched artillery on the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle, hitting mainly civilians. | Tigray War | ||
| 2020-2021 Ayn Issa clashes | 22 November 2020 – 19 April 2021 (4 months, 3 weeks, 6 days) | Syrian Democratic Forces repel a push by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army; results inconclusive. | Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war |
2021
| Battle | Date | Description | Conflict | Ref(s) | |
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| January 6 United States Capitol attack | 6 January (1 day) | the United States Capitol was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup resulting in Fatalities and injuries among the attackers and law enforcement | American militia movement | ||
| Siege of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah | 10 January – 2 February 2021 (3 weeks, 2 days) | Kurdish Asayish police forces laid siege upon Syrian government-controlled areas of the cities of Qamishli and Al-Hasakah. | Rojava conflict | ||
| Operation Claw-Eagle 2 | 10-14 February 2021 (4 days) | Turkey attempts to rescue Turkish prisoners held by the PKK in Duhok Governorate. Iraq, but fails. | Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) | ||
| Battle of Marib | 22 February 2021 – present | Struggle between Houthi insurgents and Saudi-backed Yemenis over control of Marib. | Yemeni civil war (2014–present) | ||
| Battle of Doctor Coss | 13-14 March 2021 (1 day) | Gulf Cartel soldiers and Los Zetas soldiers, both major cartels in Northern Mexico, clash at the small town of Doctor Coss. | Mexican drug war | ||
| 2021 Ataye clashes | 18-31 March 2021, 16–18 April 2021 | Ethnic conflict between Oromo and Amhara militias during the Tigray War, leading to much of the city of Ataye being destroyed. | Tigray War | ||
| 2021 Apure clashes | 21 March 2021 – present | Ongoing conflict between Colombian paramilitias and the Venezuelan military. | Venezuelan crisis | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Battle of Palma | 24 March 2021 – 5 April 2021 (12 days) | Battle over control of the city of Palma in Mozambique, between the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces, Mozambican security forces and private military contractors against Islamist rebels reportedly associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Islamists invaded the city, killing dozens of people before Mozambique regained control days later. | insurgency in Cabo Delgado | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| 2021 Kalay clashes | 28 March 2021 – ongoing | Clashes between Tatmadaw and anti-coup protestors in Kalay. | Myanmar civil war (2021–present) | ||
| Capture of Aguililla | 6 April 2021 – 28 April 2021 (22 days) | CJNG Victory captured Aguililla successfully | Mexican drug war | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2021 Northern Chad offensive | 11 April 2021 – 9 May 2021 (4 weeks) | Conflict between Chadian rebels and the government leading in the death of dictator Idriss Déby, and the installation of his son Mahamat Déby. | Insurgency in Northern Chad | ||
| Battle of Qamishli (2021) | 20 April 2021 – 26 April 2021 (6 days) | Clashes between the Syrian Armed Forces and the Asayish, the Kurdish police forces. | Rojava conflict | ||
| Clash at Thaw Le Hta | 26 April 2021 (0 days) | Clash between Karen National Liberation Army and the Tatmadaw near Thailand-Myanmar border. | Internal conflict in Myanmar | ||
| 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes | 28 April 2021 – 1 May 2021 (3 days) | Small clashes arisen by the installation of Tajik security cameras on a water tower in disputed territory. | Post-Soviet conflicts | ||
| 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis | 6 May 2021-21 May 2021(15 days) | On 6 May 2021, Palestinian and Israeli protestors clashed with each other, eventually causing a police response, which also got involved with the conflict. Hamas delivered an ultimatum to Israel to remove all police forces the Haram al Sharif mosque site and Sheikh Jarrah by 10 May at 6 P.M, in their current timezone. Just a few minutes after this deadline passed, Hamas fired over 150 rockets into Israel, triggering an Israeli response. On 21 May 2021, after constant Israeli bombings, Hamas agreed to a ceasefire between them and Israel. | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| 2021 Rio de Janeiro shootout | 6 May 2021 | a shootout between Brazilian police and gangs in Rio de Janeiro | Armed conflict for control of the favelas | ||
| Battle of Sambisa Forest | 14 – 19 May 2021 (5 days) | ISWAP victory. Sambisa Forest is captured by ISWAP | Boko Haram insurgency | ||
| Battle of Kunduz (2021) | 21 June - 11 August 2021 (1 month and 3 weeks) | Taliban forces attack Kunduz, with ANA forces holding out until mid-August. | 2021 Taliban offensive | ||
| Battle of Kandahar (2021) | 9 July – 16 August 2021 (1 week) | Taliban offense against Kandahar, the second largest city in Afghanistan. | 2021 Taliban offensive | ||
| Fall of Herat | 28 July – 13 August 2021 (16 days) | Taliban offensive capturing the city of Herat, by the Iranian border. | 2021 Taliban offensive | ||
| Battle of Lashkargah | 29 July – 13 August 2021 (15 days) | Taliban offensive capturing the city of Lashkargah. | 2021 Taliban offensive | ||
| Capture of Zaranj | 6 August 2021 (0 days) | Taliban offensive capturing the city of Zaranj. | 2021 Taliban offensive | ||
| Fall of Kabul | 15 August 2021 (0 days) | Taliban insurgents invaded Kabul following the United States' evacuation of military personnel, swiftly taking the city faster than anticipated. | 2021 Taliban offensive | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar (2021) | 16 August 2021 (0 days) | Turkey strikes Kurdish Sinjar Resistance Units forces in Iraq. | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | ||
| 2021 Daraa offensive | 29 July – 5 September 2021 (1 month, 1 week, 1 day) | Syrian government victory. | Syrian civil war | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2021 Galmudug clashes | 30 September 2021 – ongoing | Skirmishes between the Somali Armed Forces and Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a, a Sufi jihadist militia. | Somali Civil War (2009–present) | ||
| Afar–Somali clashes | 28 October 2020 – 23 May 2022 (1 year, 7 months, 6 weeks, and 3 days) | In 2014, Ethiopia redrew the administrative divisions between Afar Region and Somali Region, leading to multiple majority-Somali kebeles being under Afar rule. Because of this, villagers from the Somali region have attempted to regain control of these kebeles, with clashes sometimes even spreading into Djiboutian territory. | Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present) | ||
| 2021 Afghanistan–Iran clashes | 1 December 2021 (0 days) | Taliban soldiers accidentally capture multiple Iranian outposts before withdrawing. | Afghanistan conflict (1978–present) |
2022
| Battle | Date | Description | Conflict | Ref(s) | |
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| 2022 Arauca clashes | 2 January | The ELN and FARC, both far-left militant groups, fought leaving 23 dead. | Colombian conflict | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Battle of Loikaw (2022) | 6 January-8 February | The Burmese junta launches an offensive against Karenni independence groups and anti-junta rebels, but fails to fully weed them out. | Myanmar civil war (2021–present) | ||
| Almaty's gunfight | 6 January | On 6 January heavy gunfighting broke out near Republic Square, Almaty between security forces and protesters, CSTO forces were deployed to Kazakhstan to help put down the uprising | 2022 Kazakh unrest | <ref>https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/13361479</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/troops-protesters-clash-almaty-main-square-kazakhstan-shots-heard-2022-01-06/</ref> | |
| Battle of al-Hasakah (2022) | 22 – 26 January | ISIS militants escaped a prison in SDF-controlled areas of Syria, causing a shootout in parts of al-Hasakah. | Syrian civil war, Rojava–Islamist conflict | ||
| 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes | 27 January-20 September | Sporadic clashes between Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards kill 2 Kyrgyz civilians and 2 Tajik border guards between January and June, and injured dozens more on both sides. | Post-Soviet conflicts | ||
| Siege of Djibo | 16/17 February-present | AQIM besieges the city of Djibo, in northern Burkina Faso. | Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | ||
| Snake Island campaign | 24 February – 30 June | Russian forces seize Snake Island, capturing the 13 man garrison. While Russian forces manage to hold the island, they are repeatedly attacked by Ukrainian forces until they withdraw, to which Russia subsequently bombards Ukrainian forces that retake the island. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Battle of Antonov Airport | 24 – 25 February | Russian paratroopers failed to capture Hostomel Airport in Kyiv on the first assault, but capture it on the second assault. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Battle of Sumy | 24 February - 4 April | Russians initially capture Sumy, but are forced to retreat. The city is later besieged and surrounded. However, Ukrainian forces manage to defeat the siege and a battle rages in the northern part of the city for a month. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Kyiv (2022) | 24 February – 31 March | Russians enter parts of Kyiv Oblast and the city limits, but are later forced to retreat. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Siege of Chernihiv | 24 February – 4 April | Ukrainians repel Russian attempt at seizing Chernihiv, causing the Russian forces to begin a siege on Chernihiv. On 31 March, Ukraine manages to break the siege but fighting continued north of the city. On 4 April, Russian forces had fully withdrawn. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Kherson | 24 February – 2 March | Russians attempt to take Kherson, fail, and then divert to capture Nova Kakhovka. Later, they capture Kherson but with heavy losses and a still fierce resistance. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Kharkiv (2022) | 24 February – 14 May | Russian forces attempt to seize Kharkiv, including shelling civilians to do so. The battle has been described as one of the deadliest in the war. After two months of attempting to surround the city, though, Russian forces were pushed back to the Ukrainian-Russian border in early May. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Okhtyrka | 24 February – 26 March | Russians attempt to capture Okhtyrka, but never manage to. Ukrainian forces hold the city during the pullout of Russian forces in late March, but bombing continues. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Siege of Mariupol | 24 February – 16 May | Russian, Chechen, and rebel forces siege the city from all sides, with fighting destroying 95% of the city and killing as many as 20,000 citizens.Template:Cn By mid-April, the last Ukrainian forces were holed up in the Azovstal steel complex. In mid-May, Azov leader Denys Prokopenko and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that a deal had been reached to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers, and surrender the remaining able-bodied Ukrainian soldiers. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Capture of Melitopol | 25 – 26 February | Russians capture Melitopol, the first major city to be captured in their invasion. They later abduct and torture the Melitopol mayor, Ivan Fedorov, before releasing him. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Volnovakha | 25 February-12 March | Russian and Donetsk People's Republic forces capture Volnovakha. The town is largely destroyed as a result of the fighting. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Hostomel | 25 February – 1 April | Russians capture the city on 5 March, but are forced to retreat in late March. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Mykolaiv | 26 February – 8 April | Russians, failing to go north, attempt to capture and surround Mykolaiv. While managing to reach as far north as Voznesensk, they are pushed back to the borders of Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts. Bombing of the city however continues. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Lebedyn | 26 February – 4 April | Ukrainians hold the city, although Russians managed to encroach on neighboring villages. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Bucha | 27 February-12 March (1st phase)
29-31 March (2nd phase) |
Russian forces capture Bucha, forcing a mass exodus of civilians. The occupying forces later massacre much of the town's population, which is discovered by Ukrainian forces in late March. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Makariv | 27 February-25 March | Russian forces capture the town of Makariv on the way to capture Kyiv, although are pushed out, leaving 40% of the town destroyed. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Irpin | 27 February-28 March | Russian forces capture half of Irpin, and almost all of the population flees. Later, Ukraine reports that the city came under full Ukrainian control following the pullout of the Kyiv offensive. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Enerhodar | 28 February 2022 – 4 March | Russians capture Enerhodar, and the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Voznesensk | 2–3 March | Russians are defeated once and later capture Voznesensk in an attempt to encircle Mykolaiv, but the city is soon recaptured by Ukraine. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Izium | 3 March – 1 April | Russian troops capture northern half of the city, but are repeatedly pushed back by Ukrainian troops. After more Russian pushback, the Russians capture the southern half of the city. Ukrainian forces recapture the city bloodlessly on 10 September. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Huliaipole | 5 March 2022-ongoing | One of the few notable towns on the Zaporizhzhian front of the Southern Ukraine offensive, Russian forces have attempted to storm Huliaipole from the south, however the stalemate with constant artillery barrages has left much of the town destroyed. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Brovary | 9 March – 1 April | Russians push on Brovary, to the east of Kyiv. After a Russian pullout from the north of Ukraine, Ukrainian forces hold the town. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Rubizhne | 15 March – 12 May | During fighting in the battle of Donbas, Russian and LPR forces capture 60% of Rubizhne and the nearby town of Kreminna, the southern half of the city being still held by Ukraine. Later, combined LPR-Russian forces captured the whole city, leaving Sievierodonetsk as the last major Ukrainian-held city north of the Donets river. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Marinka | 17 March 2022 – 25 December 2023 | DPR forces launch an offensive on the city of Marinka, a Ukrainian-held settlement on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk with Ukrainian forces completely withdrawing from the city by 25 December 2023. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Slavutych | 18-27 March | Russians "take" Slavutych - it stays under Ukrainian control, but the citizens are forced to turn over their weapons to Russians. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Popasna | 18 March – 7 May | Russian forces capture Popasna after a month of fighting, with Ukrainian forces retreating to the north and west of the city. The town is destroyed during the fighting. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Siege of Moura | 27-31 March | Malian and Russian paramilitary forces lay siege to an ISIS-held town, and commit a massacre against its civilians. | Mali War | ||
| 2022 Gadzi clashes | 27 March - 11 April | Fulani militias under the 3R militia attack villages. | Central African Republic Civil War | ||
| 2022 M23 offensive | 27 March 2022-ongoing | M23 rebels in North Kivu launch an offensive backed by Rwanda, causing tensions and clashes between the DRC and Rwanda. | Kivu conflict | ||
| 2022 northeastern Russia–Ukraine border skirmishes | 6 April 2022-ongoing | After Russian forces left Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts in early April, border clashes have erupted along the Russian and Ukrainian borders there. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Operation Claw-Lock | 17 April 2022-ongoing | Turkish forces begin an offensive on Kurdish regions of Iraq governed by the PKK. | Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) | ||
| Battle of Donbas | 18 April – September 2022 | Russian leaders began a campaign to capture the full territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, areas claimed by the separatists, and supposedly create a land border from Russia to the Russian-backed separatists in Transnistria. | |||
| Battle of Plaine du Cul-de-Sac | 24 April-6 May | Haitian gang 400 Mawozo attacks Chen Mechan, a rival gang, and attempts to capture a neighborhood loyal to Chen Mechan. | Haitian crisis (2018–present) | ||
| Sinjar clashes (2022) | 1-7 May | Iraqi and Kurdish YBŞ forces, after weeks of tensions, clash and Iraqi forces attempt to clear Sinjar of Kurdish militia control. A ceasefire was put in effect, and YBŞ left central Sinjar. | Iraqi conflict (2003–present) | ||
| Battle of the Siverskyi Donets | 5-13 May | Russian forces, attempting to cross the strategic Donets river multiple times, are attacked by Ukrainian forces each time in what becomes the deadliest single event for Russians in the war. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Sievierodonetsk | 6 May-24 June | Russian and Luhansk forces attempt to capture Sievierodonetsk, destroying 70% of the city's infrastructure. By mid-June, most Ukrainian troops were holed up at the Azot chemical plant, until they retreated on the 24th allowing Russian and LPR forces to seize the city. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| May 2022 Jenin raid | 11 May | IDF raid the Jenin refugee camp , journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shot and killed , Ali al-Samoudi injured | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| 2022 Tripoli clashes | 17 May–December | Clashes erupted between forces loyal to prime ministers Fathi Bashagha from the LNA and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh from the GNA. | Libyan Crisis (2011–present) | ||
| Vila Cruzeiro shootout | 24 May | operation by Brazilian police against favela gangs | Armed conflict for control of the favelas | ||
| Battle of Davydiv Brid | 27 May-16 June | Ukrainian forces in late May launched a counter-offensive across the Inhulets river in Southern Ukraine. The town of Davydiv Brid saw the most fighting, with control of the town switching back and forth between Ukraine and Russia until the Ukrainian river crossing was destroyed, leaving an assessed Russian victory. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| 2022 Ahrar al-Sham–Levant Front clashes | 18-20 June | Two factions of the Syrian National Army clashed over the control of small villages in the Al-Bab countryside. Ended with status quo ante bellum. | Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war | ||
| 2022 Jabal al-Bishrī clashes | 20-23 June | Syrian government forces and ISIS clash in central Syria. | Syrian civil war | ||
| Battle of Lysychansk | 25 June – 3 July | Russian and LPR forces attempt to storm Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian-held city in Luhansk Oblast, from the south. On 2 July Russian forced claimed to have seized the city, the following day the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that they had withdrawn from the city of Lysychansk, marking the end of the battle. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Bakhmut | 3 July 2022 – 20 May 2023 | Russian and allied forces encroach on the city of Bakhmut. The battle becomes one of the longest and most important of the war, with the entire city of Bakhmut destroyed. Wagnerite forces captured much of the city by 21 May, although Ukrainian forces controlled a sliver of the city limits and conducted attacks on the city's outskirts. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| 2022 Port-au-Prince gang battles | 8-9 July | Tensions between rival gangs G-Pep and G9 caused multiple violent outbreaks throughout the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. | FRG9 insurgency in Haiti | ||
| 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia | 20 July - early August | Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group in Somalia, launched an invasion into Ethiopia's Somali Region, although were pushed back. | Ethiopian-Somali conflict and Somali Civil War | ||
| Battle of Pisky (2022) | 28 July – 24 August | Russian and DPR forces capture Pisky, a small village on the outskirts of Donetsk that Ukraine had controlled since 2014. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Bambui | 31 July | Cameroonian forces launch an offensive into Ambazonian-controlled territory. | Anglophone Crisis | ||
| Battle of Soledar | 3 August 2022 – 16 January 2023 | Russian and allied forces capture half of Soledar, where the battlefield stalls for months. In early January, a Wagnerite offensive successfully captures Soledar with heavy Ukrainian losses. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | citation | CitationClass=web
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| August 2022 Bam ambush | 4 August | Jihadist militants attack Burkinabe forces during a counter-terrorism operation. | Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | ||
| 2022 Gaza-Israel clashes | 5-7 August | Israel launches a series of airstrikes against Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, killing 49 Palestinians, including multiple PIJ military leaders. | Gaza–Israel conflict | ||
| 2022 Southern Yemen offensive | 7 August-19 November | Southern Transitional Council forces capture Shuqrah, Ataq, and other southern towns by late August, and control much of Abyan and Shabwah provinces by November. | Yemeni civil war (2014–present) | ||
| Battle of Lyman (September–October 2022) | 3 September-2 October | Ukrainian forces push towards the railroad hub of Lyman, which Russia had captured in late May. Throughout September, Ukraine laid siege to the town, attacking from the south and fighting for small villages north and west of Lyman. After completing an encirclement, Ukraine regained control of the town. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Talataye (2022) | 6-7 September | ISGS stormed the town of Talataye briefly capturing it from MSA and JNIM forces. | Mali War | ||
| Bela-Bela shootout | 6 September | Attackers killed a farmer and injured his wife , One of the suspects was later killed in a shootout with the South African police in Bela-Bela, while the second was arrested | South African farm attacks | <ref>https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/shootout-ends-with-one-killed-following-alleged-farm-attack/?utm_source=chatgpt.com</ref> | |
| Battle of Kupiansk | 8-16 September | Ukrainian forces reach Kupiansk by 8 September, capturing the western side of the city by 12 September. Fighting continuing in the eastern side, Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi until Ukraine secured the town on 16 September. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes | 12-14 September | Azeri forces launch an attack on Armenian border settlements, in a steep escalation since the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. | Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis | ||
| 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes (September) | 14-20 September | In an escalation of border clashes from earlier in the year, Kyrgyz officials accused Tajik border guards of taking positions in Kyrgyz territory. Tajik forces allegedly entered border villages in Kyrgyzstan, leading to the deaths of civilians, while Tajik officials accused Kyrgyz forces of attacking a mosque with a Bayraktar TB2. | Post-Soviet conflicts | ||
| Luhansk Oblast campaign | 2 October-ongoing | Following the Ukrainian recapture of Lyman and the Kharkiv counteroffensive, Ukrainian and Russian forces battle over villages between Svatove and Kreminna as the frontline stabilizes, with lots of fighting centered at Chervonopopivka and the R66 highway running through it. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Bal'ad | 7 October | Somali Army forces repulse an al-Shabaab attack on a Somali military base. | Somali Civil War (2009–present) | ||
| Northern Aleppo clashes (October 2022) | 10-19 October | After Hamza Division members killed a man and his pregnant wife in Al-Bab, Third Legion soldiers launched an offensive in northern Aleppo governorate. After capturing Afrin and Jindires, Tahrir al-Sham declared their peace treaty with Third Legion voided. | Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war | ||
| Battle of Vuhledar | 28 October – present | Russian/DPR forces started storming the city of Vuhledar on the night of 28 October, after capturing Pavlivka. Ukrainian forces pushed the Russians out of the city. Fighting ongoing south of the city. Currently a stalemate. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Ungkaya Pukan clash | 8-10 November | Clashes broke out between the Philippine Army and Moro Islamic Liberation Front for two days until a ceasefire was signed. | Moro conflict | ||
| Liberation of Kherson | 11 November | Following a large-scale counteroffensive and the Russian withdrawal from right bank Kherson Oblast, Ukraine retakes the city of Kherson. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Northwestern Syria clashes (December 2022–present) | 2 December - present | Tahrir al-Sham launches guerrilla attacks on Syrian Army positions in Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama governorates. | Syrian civil war | ||
| 2022 Boala attack | 7 December | A skirmish erupts at a market in Boala Department, Burkina Faso, between unknown jihadists and Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland. | Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | ||
| 2022 Yangtse clash | 9 December | Non-fatal clashes broke out in Arunachal Pradesh between India and China, with scores of injured. | Sino-Indian border dispute |
2023
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| 2023 Sinaloa unrest | 5–13 January | Cartel violence broke out in Culiacán following the Mexican government arresting Ovidio Guzmán, nephew of Sinaloa drug kingpin El Chapo. | Mexican drug war | ||
| February 2023 Nablus incursion | 22 February | Israel conducted a military incursion into the Palestinian city of Nablus | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| January 2023 Jenin incursion | 26 January | Israel conducted a military incursion into the Jenin refugee camp | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes | 5 April | A series of violent confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in Ramadan . | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| April 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes | 5-9 April | Following 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes in Jerusalem, many rockets were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip, Southern Lebanon, and Syria by Palestinian militants , the IDF bombed these areas in return | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| Battle of Nyala | 15 April–26 October | RSF militants capture the Nyala airport and several eastern neighborhoods, but a truce is brokered by 20 April between the SAF and RSF. While it holds for several weeks, sporadic clashes break out in Nyala in May and June. | War in Sudan | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of Merowe | 15–21 April | Rapid Support Forces took control of the airport and city on 15 April. Sudanese Armed Forces sent reinforcements to the city and the RSF fully retreated from the city on 21 April. During the battle, RSF captured several Egyptian Armed Forces soldiers who were not participating in the conflict. | War in Sudan | <ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Battle of El Fasher | 15 April–ongoing | RSF launch attacks on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. While they capture parts of the city, a Joint Darfur Force led by Darfur governor Minni Minnawi reverses RSF gains. | War in Sudan | ||
| Siege of El Obeid | 15 April–1 September | RSF forces attempt to capture a Sudanese Army garrison in El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, but fail. However, the city is besieged by 29 May. By August, a SAF offensive reverses RSF gains in the city, and the SAF regains full control of El Obeid by 1 September. | Sudanese civil war | ||
| Battle of Khartoum | 15 April 2023–26 March 2025 | Rapid Support Forces launch attacks on government sites in Khartoum after tensions between RSF leader Hemedti and Sudanese prime minister Abdel Fattah al-Burhan rise over. Battles take place in neighborhoods, markets, military sites, and the Khartoum International Airport. | Sudanese civil war | ||
| Battle of Geneina | 15 April–22 June | RSF forces besiege the West Darfuri capital of Geneina, launching attacks on Sudanese forces and Masalit civilians. After capturing the city, allegations of genocide against non-Arab civilians emerge. | Sudanese civil war | ||
| Siege of Zalingei | 15 April–31 August | Sudanese civil war | |||
| Battle of Kabkabiya | 15–23 April | Sudanese civil war | |||
| May 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes | 9-13 May | Israel conducts airstrikes on Gaza after killing several top Palestinian Islamic Jihad members. A ceasefire is held. | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| Grayvoron incursion | 22–23 May | Russian opposition groups allied with Ukraine, including the Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion, launch an incursion into Belgorod Oblast towards Grayvoron, capturing the town of Kozinka and other small villages in Grayvoronsky District, but are forced to retreat. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Buulo Mareer | 26 May | Al-Shabaab (militant group) militants overrun Ugandan ATMIS base. | Somali Civil War (2009-present) | ||
| 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash | 27 May | Taliban and Iranian border guards clash, but both sides resolve it. | Afghan conflict | ||
| Battle of Kutum | 30 May–4 June | War in Sudan | |||
| Shebekino incursion | 1 June-15 June | Russian opposition groups launch a second incursion in Belgorod Oblast, this time towards Shebekino. While they are forced to retreat from the town, a small strip of Russian territory remains under opposition control. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive | 4 June 2023 – late 2023 | Ukrainian forces launch a counteroffensive in eastern Ukraine to retake territory occupied by Russia and recapture 14 villages, but fail to advance further. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Kadugli | 8 June–present | Sudanese civil war | |||
| June 2023 Jenin incursion | 19 June | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Israeli soldiers and border police officers raid the Jenin refugee camp | ||
| Wagner Group rebellion | 23–24 June | Rebellion fails | Russo-Ukrainian war spillovers | ||
| July 2023 Jenin incursion | 3–5 July | Israel conducted a major assault on the Jenin refugee camp | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| 2023 Ain al-Hilweh clashes | 30 July – 3 August | Ceasefire reached between Fatah and Al-Shabab Al-Muslim | Palestinian internal political violence | ||
| Be'eri standoff | 7-8 October | Hamas captured the town of Be'eri and took dozens of people hostage, forcing Israel into a stand-off. Israel eventually retook the town. | Gaza war | ||
| Battle of Re'im | 7 October | Hamas captured the Re'im Army Base, which was later recaptured by Israel later in the day. | Gaza war | ||
| Battle of Sderot | 7-9 October | Hamas captured a police garrison in Sderot. Later recaptured by Israel. | Gaza war | ||
| Battle of Sufa | 7 October | Gaza war | |||
| Zikim attack | 7 October | Hamas overran two military bases near Zikim, massacred civilians at Zikim beach, and were repelled at Bahad 4 and Zikim kibbutz itself. | Gaza war | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Battle of Avdiivka | 10 October 2023 – 17 February 2024 | Russian Federation occupied Avdiivka in February 2024. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Beit Hanoun | 27 October–24 December | Gaza war | |||
| Siege of Gaza City | 2 November – 19 January 2025 | Gaza war | |||
| Battle of Jabalia | 8 November – 31 May 2024 | Gaza war | |||
| First Al-Shifa Hospital siege | 11-24 November | Gaza war | |||
| 2023 Bitung clashes | 25 November | Pro-Israel Pasukan Manguni Makasiouw targeted a pro-palestine protest resulting in sectarian violence , one Muslim was critically injured and one Minahsan traditional elder was killed by an arrow , a Peace agreement between the two parties was reached | Post-Suharto era in Indonesia, | ||
| Siege of Khan Yunis | 1 December – 7 April 2024 | Gaza war | |||
| Battle of Shuja'iyya (2023) | 4–26 December 2023 | Gaza war | |||
| Battle of Wad Madani | 15–19 December | Sudanese civil war |
2024
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| Battle of the Tendra Spit | 28–29 February | Ukrainian forces attempted to land on the Tendra Spit in an occupied area in Kherson Oblast but were repelled by Russian forces, suffering heavy casualties in the process. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | citation | CitationClass=web
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| March 2024 Western Russia incursion | 12 March – 7 April | Russian anti-government groups launched an incursion from Ukraine into the Kursk and Belgorod oblasts in Russia. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Second Al-Shifa Hospital siege | 18 March – 1 April | Gaza war | |||
| Battle of Chasiv Yar | 4 April 2024 – present | After taking Bakhmut, Russian forces launched an offensive on a strategically important city west of it, Chasiv Yar. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Krasnohorivka | 8 April – 9 September | Russia captures the city of Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast afterfive months of fighting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Battle of Ocheretyne | 16–28 April | Russia breaks through north and west of Avdiivka, capturing Ocheretyne and multiple other localities. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Rafah offensive | 6 May 2024 – present | Israel launch a military offensive in and around the city of Rafah as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip | Gaza war | ||
| 2024 Kharkiv offensive | 10 May 2024 – present | Russia launches an offensive into northern Kharkiv region, capturing several villages and entering the city of Vovchansk. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Toretsk | 18 June 2024 – present | Russian forces launch an offensive in the direction of Toretsk in northern Donetsk Oblast, advancing into satellite settlements east of it. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| 2024 Shuja'iyya incursion | 27 June – 10 July | Gaza war | |||
| Pokrovsk offensive | 18 July 2024 – present | Russian forces launch an offensive in the direction of Pokrovsk in western Donetsk Oblast, capturing multiple villages and towns. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Battle of Tinzaouaten (2024) | 25–27 July | CSP-PSD rebels ambushed a convoy of Wagner Group mercenaries and Malian soldiers near Tinzaouaten, resulting in a battle for the commune. | Mali War | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Kursk offensive | 6 August 2024–16 March 2025 | The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces, Russian border guard and North Korean soldiers. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Operation summer camps | 28 August-4 October | Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the West Bank | Gaza war | ||
| 2024 Amhara offensive | 1 September 2024-present | Fano rebels launch an offensive in the Amhara Region in the directions of Metemma and Gondar. | War in Amhara | ||
| Battle of Odaisseh | 1 October–27 November | Israeli forces withdrew from Odaisseh on 18 February 2025. | Israeli invasion of Lebanon | ||
| Battle of Maroun al-Ras | 2 October–27 November | Israeli forces withdrew from Maroun al-Ras on 18 February 2025. | Israeli invasion of Lebanon | ||
| Battle of Ayta al-Shaab | 1 October–27 November | Israeli forces withdrew from Ayta al-Shaab on 18 February 2025. | Israeli invasion of Lebanon | ||
| Battle of Kafr Kila | 1 October–27 November | Israeli forces withdrew from Kafr Kila on 18 February 2025. | Israeli invasion of Lebanon | ||
| Battle of Ramyah | 11 October–27 November | Israeli forces withdrew from Ramyah on 11 January 2025. | Israeli invasion of Lebanon | ||
| Battle of Kurakhove | 16 October 2024-early January 2025 | Russian forces capture the city of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Operation Enduring Security (2024) | 6-12 November | YPJ and SDF Forces conduct operations against ISIL in and near Al-Hol Refugee Camp, Syria. | Rojava-Islamist conflict | ||
| Velyka Novosilka offensive | 11 November 2024–28 January 2025 | Russia captures Velyka Novosilka and 9 villages in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Hamas raid on Abu Shabab | 18 November | Hamas' Arrow Unit attacked a group affiliated with Yasser Abu Shabab who they accused of looting aid , atleast 20 of Abu shabab's group was killed including his brother | Gaza war | ||
| 2024 Syrian opposition offensives | 27 November–8 December | The Syrian Opposition captures Damascus, which leads to Fall of the Assad regime. Syrian Opposition creates Syrian caretaker government. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| Battle of Aleppo (2024) | 29 November–2 December | The Syrian Opposition captures Aleppo. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| 2024 Hama offensive | 30 November–5 December | The Syrian Opposition captures Hama and multiple towns in the region. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| Operation Dawn of Freedom | 30 November–12 December | SNA capture Tadef, As-Safira, Tell Rifaat, Manbij and numerous other villages. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024) | 3–11 December | SDF captures 7 villages of the "Khasham Pocket" on the east bank of the Euphrates and briefly controls Deir ez-Zor city. HTS-led opposition forces seize the cities of Deir ez-Zor, Mayadin and Abu Kamal by 11 December. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| 2024 Homs offensive | 5–8 December | Syrian opposition forces capture Homs and multiple towns in the region. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| Palmyra offensive (2024) | 6–7 December | Syrian opposition forces capture Palmyra. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| Manbij offensive (2024) | 6–11 December | SNA captures Manbij city and all of the disputed territory. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| Southern Syria offensive (2024) | 29 November – 7 December | Syrian opposition fully capture both the Daraa Governorate and Quneitra region. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| 2024–2025 Palestinian Authority operation in Jenin | 5 December – 21 January 2025 | the Palestinian Authority launch a large-scale operation in the city of Jenin against the Jenin Brigades. | Iran–Israel proxy conflict | ||
| Fall of Damascus (2024) | 7–8 December | Syrian Army surrenders the capital to the opposition. | Syrian Civil War | ||
| Hezbollah–Syria clashes (2024–present) | 8 December-present | Spillover of the Syrian civil war |
2025
| Battle | Date | Description | Conflict | Ref(s) | ||
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| 2025 Catatumbo clashes | 16 January – ongoing | On 16 January 2025, National Liberation Army (ELN) militants launched several attacks against FARC dissidents in the Catatumbo region | Catatumbo Campaign | |||
| 2025 Israeli military operation in the West Bank | 21 January - present | the IDF launch a large-scale military operation against Palestinian militants in the West Bank. | Gaza war | |||
| Goma offensive | 23–30 January | M23 launched an offensive against the regional capital of Goma in the DRC. | M23 offensive | |||
| Bukavu offensive | 5–16 February | After taking Goma, the M23 continued its offensive towards the regional capital of Bukavu in the DRC. | M23 offensive | |||
| Uvira offensive | 16-21 February | After taking Bukavu, the M23 continued its advances towards the city of Uvira in the DRC. | M23 offensive | |||
| Sumy Oblast incursion | 19 February – present | In an effort to counter Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk, Russian forces launched cross-border incursions from Russia into Ukraine. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||
| Shabelle offensive | 20 February – present | Al-Shabaab (militant group) militants take multiple military bases and multiple towns, including Balad. | Somali Civil War (2009-present) | |||
| Battle of Bal'ad | 27—28 February | Al-Shabaab (militant group) militants capture Bal'ad. | Somali Civil War (2009-present) | |||
| Druze insurgency in Southern Syria (2025–present) | 28 February 2025 – present | Is an ongoing insurgency in southern Syria carried out by Druze militias against the Syrian transitional government. Beginning in early 2025 after the fall of the Assad regime, the conflict centers around a dispute over control of Druze-majority areas in Suwayda Governorate. | Syrian conflict | |||
| 2025 Jaramana clashes | 28 February – 2 March | On 28 February 2025, violent confrontations erupted between security forces affiliated with Syria's transitional government and local Druze gunmen in Jaramana, a Damascus suburb with significant Druze and Christian populations. These clashes resulted in one fatality among security forces and nine injuries among Jaramana residents. | Syrian conflict and Druze insurgency in Southern Syria | |||
| 2025 Syria-Lebanon clashes | 15—17 March | Syrian forces capture the Lebanese village of Hawch Beit Ismail prompting a military response from the Lebanese army and eventual ceasefire. | Spillover of the Syrian civil war | |||
| 2025 Nasir clashes | 16 March – 21 April 2025 | Clashes broke out in the South Sudanese town of Nasir between members of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Nuer White Army on 3 March 2025, resulting in the capture of the town's army barracks by the White Army. During an SSPDF evacuation attempt on 7 March, helicopters belonging to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan came under fire, resulting in significant casualties. | Spillover of Sudanese Civil War | |||
| Belgorod incursion | 18 March 2025 – ongoing | Ukraine launched a cross-border incursion into Belgorod Oblast, Russia. | Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||
| 2025 Malakal Clashes | March 2025 – present | In March 2025, Malakal and surrounding areas in South Sudan witnessed renewed clashes between factions of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) | Spillover of Sudanese Civil War | |||
| 2025 India–Pakistan border skirmishes | 24 April – 10 May | Following a terrorist attack on tourists visiting the region of Jammu and Kashmir, armed skirmishes between India and Pakistan were reported along the Line of Control (LoC) beginning on 24 April, raising fears of a potential escalation between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. The standoffs were followed by a diplomatic crisis which emerged between the two countries, as India accused Pakistan of sponsoring the attack. | 2025 India–Pakistan standoff, the Indo-Pakistani conflicts and the Kashmir conflict | |||
| 2025 North Waziristan border clashes | 25–28 April | Between 25 and 28 April 2025, Pakistani Armed Forces engaged a large group of militants ("khwarij") attempting infiltration along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border near Hassan Khel, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In two days of clashes, 54 militants were killed, followed by a sanitization operation that eliminated 17 more, raising the total to 71. | Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||
| Southern Syria clashes (April–May 2025) | 28 April – 4 May | The Rif Dimashq clashes began on 28 April 2025. The initial clashes erupted in the city of Jaramana following tensions related to the circulation of a controversial audio recording, and quickly escalated to nearby areas of Sahnaya and Ashrafiyat Sahnaya. Clashes ended after agreement was reached, including integration of Druze fighters within the Syrian General Security Service. | Syrian conflict and Druze insurgency in Southern Syria | |||
| 2025 Tripoli clashes | 12 May – 19 May | On 12 May 2025, clashes broke out in Tripoli, Libya, between the 444th Infantry Brigade and the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA). The fighting began after SSA commander Abdel Ghani al-Kikli was assassinated. This is the first major armed clash in Tripoli since the 2023 Tripoli clashes.
On 14 May 2025, a ceasefire was announced with the fighting easing but still occurring. Libya's defense ministry said the ceasefire began in all areas of tension in Tripoli as part of efforts "to protect civilians, preserve state institutions, and avoid further escalation." |
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| May 2025 Gaza offensive | 16 May – 4 August | On 16 May 2025, Israel launched Operation Gideon's Chariots to defeat Hamas and seize most of Gaza using land, air, and sea forces. The campaign failed to destroy Hamas, rescue hostages, or relocate civilians, costing 25 billion shekels without achieving its political goals | Gaza war | |||
| 2025 Khan Yunis offensive | 26 May – 10 Oct | Israel invades Khan Yunis for the fourth time since the beginning of the war , Israeli forces withdrew from parts of Khan Yunis on 10 October following a ceasefire in Gaza | Gaza war | |||
| July southern Syria clashes | 13 July – 21 July | Syrian conflict and Druze insurgency in Southern Syria | ||||
| 2025 Giza shootout | 20 July | On 20 July 2025 Egyptian police engaged in a fierce shootout against Hasm Movement militants during a raid on their hideout in Giza | Terrorism in Egypt | |||
| 2025 Gaza City offensive | 20 August – 4 October | Israel announced a new offensive that aims to takeover Gaza city | Gaza war | |||
| 2025 Sulaymaniyah clashes | 22 August | On 22 August 2025 Security forces in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region arrested opposition figure Lahur talbani on Friday after several hours of armed clashes. Jangi surrendered while his brother Bolad was injured in the leg and was arrested,The clashes killed three members of the security forces and wounded 19 | Iraqi–Kurdish conflict | |||
| 2025 United States strikes on Venezuelan boats | 2 Sep -present | 5 Venezuelan boats sunk, at least 21 crew members killed, Venezuelan forces seize a boat full of drugs claiming it was a false flag operation by the DEA | War on drugs operation | |||
| 2025 Allenby Bridge shooting | 18 Sep | 2 IDF soldiers killed at Allenby bridge border crossing , Jordanian attacker killed<ref>https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/09/18/2-idf-soldiers-killed-by-jordanian-terrorist-driving-gaza-bound-aid-truck-through-key-border-crossing-with-israel/</ref> | Gaza war | |||
| October 2025 Hamas raid in Khan Yunis | 3 Oct | Hamas carried out a large-scale raid in Khan Yunis, targeting militants who they accused of collaborating with Israel, Israel targeted Hamas members during the raid | Gaza war | |||
| 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict | 9 -19 Oct | Pakistan attempt to assassinate a Pakistani Taliban leader in Afghanistan resulting in conflict between Afghan and Pakistani forces at the border | Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes | |||
| Labbaik Ya Aqsa March clashes | 9 -14 Oct | Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan attempted to rally outside Embassy of the United States, Islamabad resulting is a clash with the Pakistani government,11 TLP were killed and dozens more were injured and one police officer was killed in the clashes | Pakistan political unrest,Gaza war protests | |||
| 2025 Hamas-Doghmush conflict | 10 Oct - present | After a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect on 10 October , fighting erupted between Hamas and the Doghmush clan who held significant power in Gaza City | Gaza war | |||
| 2025 Harem clashes | 22-23 Oct | Syria's transitional government under Ahmed al-Sharaa clashes with Firqat al-Ghuraba militants in the city of Harem | Syrian conflict | |||
| Operation Containment | 28 Oct | large-scale operation by the Brazilian government against the Comando Vermelho | Armed conflict for control of the favelas |