List of military occupations

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists This article presents a list of military occupations, both historic and contemporary, but only those that have taken place since the customary laws of belligerent military occupation were first clarified and supplemented by the Hague Convention of 1907.<ref name="Hague IV">Template:Cite web</ref>

As currently understood in international law, "military occupation" is the effective military control by a power of a territory outside of said power's recognized sovereign territory.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The occupying power in question may be an individual state or a supranational organization, such as the United Nations.

Ongoing occupations

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	Territory	Since	Occupied state/territory	Occupying state	Occupier's declared state/territory	Status
	Transnistria	1992	Template:Flag	Template:Country	Template:Flag	Occupied by an armed group under the influence of a foreign powerTemplate:Efn
	Abkhazia	2008	Template:Flag		Template:Flag	Occupied by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power<ref name=DuvalKassoti/>Template:Efn
	South Ossetia				Template:Flag
	Crimea<ref name ="Bursens">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name ="Geiß">Template:Cite journal</ref>	2014	Template:FlagTemplate:Efn		Template:Flagicon Federal subjects of Russia Template:Flag Template:Flag	Occupied and annexed by a foreign power<ref name=DuvalKassoti/>
	Significant parts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia OblastsTemplate:PbNegligible parts of Kharkiv and Mykolaiv Oblasts	2014Template:Efn 2022Template:Efn			Template:Flagicon Federal subjects of RussiaTemplate:Efn Template:FlagTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon image Kherson Oblast Template:FlagTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon image Zaporizhzhia Oblast Kharkiv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast	Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblasts: DPR & LPR: Occupied by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power (2014–2022)<ref name="DuvalKassoti" /><ref name="EPDGarmed" /> Four oblasts: Occupied and annexed by a foreign power (2022)Template:Efn Kharkiv Oblast: Occupied by a foreign power; territory mostly recaptured by Ukraine Mykolaiv Oblast: Occupied and partially annexed by a foreign power; territory mostly recaptured by Ukraine
	Parts of Southern Lebanon<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	2024	Template:Country	Template:Flag	Template:N/a	Occupied by a foreign power
	East Jerusalem<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	1967	Palestinian territories; Template:Flag Template:SmallTemplate:Efn		Template:Flagicon Part of the Jerusalem District Template:Small	Occupied and annexed by a foreign power<ref name=DuvalKassoti>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=EPDGannex>Template:Harvnb: "An occupied territory may also be illegally annexed [...] Annexation means that the territory is incorporated into another state and is being regarded by that state as a part of its territory. Among contemporary examples, one finds the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, Western Sahara and Crimea. Under current international law, annexation can only be carried out after a peace treaty, and preferably after a referendum. Annexations which do not correspond to this requirement – like those just mentioned – are illegal."</ref>Template:Efn
	West Bank<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>				Template:Flagicon Judea and Samaria Area	Occupied by a foreign power,<ref name="EPDGocc">Template:Harvnb: "Territory over which a foreign power has taken control is occupied. [...] An occupation is supposed to be a temporary status, but current reality shows that territory may be occupied for decades; the West Bank and Gaza have been occupied for 48 years."</ref>Template:Efn with de facto partial annexation in the West Bank<ref name=DuvalKassoti/>
	Gaza StripTemplate:Efn				Template:N/a
	Golan Heights<ref name=occupiedSyrian> "The international community maintains that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan is null and void and without international legal effect." Template:Cite book In 2008, a plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly voted by 161–1 in favour of a motion on the "occupied Syrian Golan" that reaffirmed support for UN Resolution 497. (Template:Cite press release) "[...] the Golan Heights, a 450-square mile portion of southwestern Syria that Israel occupied during the 1967 Arab–Israeli war." Also, "[...] the Syrian Golan Heights territory, which Israel has occupied since 1967". (Template:Cite web)</ref><ref name=InternationalCommunityOccupiedTerritory>Occupied territory: "[...] Israeli-occupied Golan Heights [...]" (Template:Cite book) "[...] the United States considers the Golan Heights to be occupied territory subject to negotiation and Israeli withdrawal [...]" (Template:Cite web) "[...] Occupied Golan Heights." (Template:Cite web) "In the ICRC's view, the Golan is an occupied territory [...]" (Template:Cite web)</ref><ref name=KORMAN>Template:Cite book</ref>		Template:Country		Template:Flagicon Part of the Northern District Template:Small	Occupied and annexed by a foreign power.<ref name=DuvalKassoti/><ref name=EPDGannex/>Template:Efn Recognized by only the United States as part of Israel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Parts of Southern Syria<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	2024			Template:N/a	Occupied by a foreign power
	Al-Tanf<ref name=eastsyr>Template:Cite news</ref>	2015		Template:Country	Template:N/a	Occupied by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power<ref name=eastsyr/>Template:Efn
	Azaz, al-Bab and Jarabulus Districts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	2016		Template:Country	Template:Flagicon image Syrian Interim Government	Occupied by an armed group under the influence of a foreign powerTemplate:Efn
	Afrin District	2018				Occupied by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power<ref name="afrin">Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn
	Tell Abyad and Ras al-Ayn Districts	2019				Occupied by an armed group under the influence of a foreign powerTemplate:Efn
	Northern Cyprus<ref>UN Security Council resolutions 353, 357, 358, 359, 360, and 365.</ref>	1974	Template:Flag		Template:Flag	Occupied by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power<ref name=DuvalKassoti/><ref name=EPDGarmed>Template:Harvnb: "Territory may further be controlled by an armed group. This could be a rebel group which wants to take over control of the government of the state in question or it could be a group that wants to secede from the state and form a new state or have the territory transferred to another state. [...] There is no term in international law for such territory. [...] In some cases, the armed group in power in such a territory may be under the control of or under the influence of a foreign power. As has been held by the European Court of Human Rights, Turkey is legally responsible for human rights violations committed in the non-recognised 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' (TRNC). It is possible that the situation is similar in the self-proclaimed peoples' republics in Donetsk and Lugansk."</ref>Template:Efn
	Sofulu, Barxudarlı and Karki<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	1992	Template:Flag	Template:Flag	Template:Flagicon Part of the Tavush and Ararat Provinces	Occupied by a foreign power
	Artsvashen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		Template:Flag	Template:Nowrap	Template:Flagicon Part of the Gadabay Rayon
	Portions of Syunik, Vayots Dzor, and Gegharkunik Provinces	2021Template:Efn 2022Template:Efn			Template:Flagicon Armenian territory occupied by Azerbaijan
	Majority of Western Sahara<ref name="RULAC">Template:Cite web</ref>	1975	Template:Flag Template:Small	Template:Flag	Template:Nowrap Template:Small	Occupied and annexed by a foreign power<ref name=DuvalKassoti/><ref name=EPDGannex/>Template:Efn

Historical occupations

Events before the Hague Convention of 1907 are out of scope.

1907–1919 (miscellaneous)

Occupied territory	Years	Occupied state	Occupying state	Event	Part of war(s)	Subsequently annexed?
Korea	Template:Sort	Template:Country	Template:Country	Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905	Aftermath of Russo-Japanese War	Yes
Cuba	1906–1909	Template:Country	Template:Country	Second occupation of Cuba	Banana Wars	No
Libya	Template:Sort	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Libya	Italo-Turkish War	Yes
Albania	Template:Sort<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Albania	Balkan Wars	No
Nicaragua	Template:Sort	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Nicaragua	Banana Wars
Veracruz	Template:Sort	Template:Country		Occupation of Veracruz	Mexican Revolution

World War I and immediate aftermath

Occupied territory	Years	Occupied state	Occupying state	Event	Part of war(s)	Subsequently annexed?
Albania	1916–1918<ref name="militärverwaltung" />	Template:Country	Template:Nobr	Occupation of Albania	World War I	No
Eastern Galicia	1914–1915	Template:Nobr	Template:Country	Occupation of Eastern Galicia
Belgium	1914–1918	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Belgium
Kelmis	1914-1915	Template:Flagicon image Neutral Moresnet		German capture of Moresnet		Yes
Northeastern France	1914–1918	Template:Country		Invasion of Northeastern France		No
Luxembourg		Template:Nobr		Occupation of Luxembourg
Congress Poland		Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Invasion of Russian Poland
Parts of the Baltic governorates and Vilna Governorate-General	1914–1919		Template:Country	Invasion of Baltic Russia
German South West Africa	1914–1915	Template:Country	Template:Country	South West Africa campaign		Yes
Governorate of Serbia	1915–1918	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Occupation of Serbia		No
Serbia			Template:Country	Invasion of Serbia
Eastern Serbia			Template:Country	Occupation of Eastern Serbia
Serbian Macedonia				Occupation of Serbian Macedonia		Yes
Albania	1915–1917<ref name="militärverwaltung">Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Country		Occupation of Albania		No
Montenegro	1916–1918	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Montenegro
Haiti	1915–1934	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Haiti	Banana Wars
Dominican Republic	1916–1924	Template:Country		Occupation of the Dominican Republic
Cuba	1917–1922	Template:Country		Sugar Intervention
Northeast Italy	1917–1918	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Northeastern Italy	World War I
Template:Plainlist	Template:Nobr	Template:Nobr	Template:Plainlist	Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War	Russian Civil War
Constantinople	1918–1923	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Occupation of Constantinople	Aftermath of World War I
Smyrna	1919–1922		Template:Country	Occupation of Smyrna
Rhineland	1918–1930	Template:Flagcountry	Template:FlagcountryTemplate:ClearTemplate:FlagTemplate:ClearTemplate:FlagTemplate:ClearTemplate:FlagTemplate:Clear	Occupation of the Rhineland
Eastern Galicia	1918–1919	Template:Flag	Template:Flagcountry	Polish–Ukrainian War		Yes
Volhynia		Template:Flag				Partial
Ukraine	1918–1920		Template:Country	Ukrainian–Soviet War		Yes
Dalmatia	1918– 1921	Template:Flag	Template:Plainlist	Allied occupation of eastern Adriatic		Partial
Transylvania, part of Banat, part of Carpathian Ruthenia, Tiszántúl, Danube–Tisza Interfluve, Budapest, Northwest Transdanubia	1918–1920	Template:Plainlist	Template:Flagcountry	Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918–1920)		Partial
Slovakia, Carpathian Ruthenia, part of Northeast Hungary<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> inc. Sátoraljaújhely (to 1920)			Template:Flagcountry
part of Banat, Szeged			Template:Flag			No
Prekmurje, Međimurje, Voivodina, part of Banat, Baranya, Bácska	1918–1921		Template:Flag			Partial
Tyrol	1918–1920	Template:Country	Template:Country

1920–1946 (miscellaneous)

Occupied territory	Years	Occupied state	Occupying state	Event	Part of war(s)	Subsequently annexed?
Transcaucasia	1920	Template:Flagdeco Azerbaijan	Template:Country	Invasion of Azerbaijan	Russian Civil War	Yes
	1921	Template:Country		Invasion of Georgia
Ruhr	1923–1924	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Occupation of the Ruhr	Aftermath of World War I	No
Manchuria / Manchukuo	1931–1945	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Manchuria	Second Sino-Japanese War
Xinjiang	1934		Template:Country	Invasion of Xinjiang	Kumul Rebellion

World War II: build up and immediate aftermath

Occupied territory	Years	Occupied state	Occupying state	Event	Part of war(s)	Subsequently annexed?
Ethiopia	1935–1941	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Ethiopia	Second Italo-Ethiopian War	Yes
Parts of China	1937–1945	Template:Country	Template:Country	Second Sino-Japanese War	World War II	No
Shanghai
Austria	1938	Template:Nobr	Template:Country	Anschluss	Events preceding World War II in Europe	Yes
Sudetenland<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>		Template:Nobr		Munich Agreement
Bohemia and Moravia	1939–1945			Occupation of Czechoslovakia		No
Memel Territory		Template:Country		Occupation of Memel		Yes
Albania		Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Albania		No
Poland		Template:Flagcountry	Template:Country	Invasion of Poland	World War II	Partial
Eastern Poland	1939–1941		Template:Nobr	Annexation of Polish territories	Partial
Parts of Finland	1939–1940	Template:Country		Winter War	Partial
British Somaliland	1940–1941	Template:Country	Template:Country	Italian invasion of British Somaliland	Yes
Belgium	1940–1945	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Belgium	No
Denmark		Template:Country		Invasion of Denmark
Faroe Islands			Template:Nobr	Occupation of the Faroe Islands
Greenland			Template:Plainlist	Greenland in World War II
Hankoniemi	1940–1941	Template:Country	Template:Country	Winter War
IcelandTemplate:Efn	1940–1945	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Iceland
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Northern FranceTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	1940–1944	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Northern France
Southeastern FranceTemplate:Efn	1940–1943		Template:Country	Italian invasion of France
Vietnam	1940–1945		Template:Country	Invasion of French Indochina
Baltic states	1940–1941Template:EfnTemplate:Efn	Template:Country	Template:Country	Soviet occupation of the Baltic states	Yes
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Luxembourg	1940–1945	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Luxembourg	No
Netherlands		Template:Country		Invasion of the Netherlands
Norway		Template:Country		Invasion of Norway
Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region	1940	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina	Yes
Channel Islands	1940–1945	Template:Nobr	Template:Country	Occupation of the Channel Islands	No
Cambodia	1941–1945	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Cambodia
Greece	1941–1944	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Occupation of Greece
Iran	1941–1946	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Byelorussia	1941–1944	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Byelorussia
Ukraine				Occupation of Ukraine
Baltic states				Occupation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (de jure independent, de facto under Soviet rule)
Parts of European Russia				Eastern Front
Eastern Karelia			Template:Country	Continuation War
Guam		Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Guam
Transnistria		Template:Country	Template:Country	Operation Barbarossa
Borneo	1941–1945	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of British Borneo
Hong Kong				Occupation of Hong Kong
Malaya				Occupation of Malaya
Yugoslavia		Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Military operations in the territory of Yugoslavia
New Caledonia	1942–1945	Template:Country	Template:Country	New Caledonia during WWII
New Guinea		Template:Country	Template:Country	New Guinea campaign
Nauru		Template:Plainlist		Occupation of Nauru
Andaman Islands		Template:Country		Occupation of the Andaman Islands
Dutch East Indies		Template:Country		Occupation of Dutch East Indies
Philippines		Template:Country		Occupation of the Philippines
Portuguese Timor		Template:Country		Battle of Timor
Burma (Myanmar)		Template:Country		Occupation of Burma
Singapore				Occupation of Singapore
Kiska	1942–1943	Template:Country		Occupation of Kiska
Attu				Occupation of Attu
Italian Libya	1943–1951	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Allied occupation of Libya
Italy	1943–1945	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Italy, Italian campaign
Hungary	1944–1945	Template:Country		Occupation of Hungary
Italy	1943–1945	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Occupation of Italy, Italian campaign
France	1944–1946	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Liberation of France
Baltic states	1944–1991Template:EfnTemplate:Efn	Template:Country	Template:Flag	1944 Soviet re-occupation, Baltic states under Soviet rule	Yes
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Bulgaria	1944–1947	Template:Country		Occupation of Bulgaria	No
Romania	1944–1958	Template:Country		Occupation of Romania
Poland	1944–1956Template:Efn	Template:Country		Soviet presence in Poland
Hungary	1944–1949Template:Efn	Template:Country		Occupation of Hungary
Porkkalanniemi	1944–1956	Template:Country		Continuation War
Carpathian Ruthenia	1944–1945	Template:Country		Annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia	Yes
Northern part of East Prussia/Kaliningrad Oblast	1945	Template:Country		East Prussian offensive
Manchuria	1945–1946	Template:Country		Soviet–Japanese War	No
Austria	1945–1955	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Allied-occupied Austria	Aftermath of World War II	No
East Germany, incl. East Berlin	1945–1949	Template:Country	Template:Country	Allied-occupied Germany
West Germany			Template:Plainlist
West Berlin	1945–1990
Saarland	1945–1957		Template:Country	Saar Protectorate
Northern Iran	1945–1946	Template:Country	Template:Country	Iran crisis of 1946
Japan (mainland)	1945–1951	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Japan
Tokara Islands	1945–1952
Amami Islands	1945–1953
Ogasawara archipelago	1945–1968
Daitō Islands and Ryukyu IslandsTemplate:Efn	1945–1972
Taiwan, Pescadores, and Itu Aba	1945–1952<ref name=Formosa>Template:Cite journal</ref>	Template:Country<ref name=Formosa />	Template:Country	History of Taiwan since 1945
Korea	1945–1948	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Occupation of Korea
Southern Vietnam and SaigonTemplate:Sfn	1945–1946	Template:Flag	Template:Flag	War of Vietnam

1947–1959

Occupied territory	Years	Occupied state	Occupying state	Event	Part of war(s)	Subsequently annexed?
Junagadh	1947–1948	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry	Annexation of Junagadh	Template:N/a	Yes
West BankTemplate:Efn	Template:Nobr	Post-Mandate Palestine	Template:Country	Jordanian annexation of the West Bank	1948 Arab–Israeli War
Gaza StripTemplate:Efn	1948–1956 1957–1967Template:Efn		Template:Flagicon image Egypt	Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt		No
Hyderabad	1948	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry	Annexation of Hyderabad	rowspan=3 Template:N/a	Yes
Sikkim	1949<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>–1950	Template:Flagcountry		Intervention in Sikkim	No
Tibet	1949–1951	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Country	Annexation of Tibet	Yes
Northern Jordan Valley<ref>The Missing Peace - The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace (2004), by Dennis Ross. Template:ISBN. pp 584-585</ref>	1949-1967	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Country	1949 Armistice Agreements	1948 Arab–Israeli War	No
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1954–1974	Template:Country	Template:Country	Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Template:N/a	Yes
Suez Canal Zone	1956	Template:Flagicon image Egypt	Template:Plainlist	Suez Crisis	Arab–Israeli conflict	No
Sinai	1956–1957		Template:Country
Gaza Strip		Template:Country
Hungary	1956	Template:Country	Template:Country	Hungarian Uprising	Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Laos	1959–1975	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Laos	Laotian Civil War

1960–1979

Occupied territory	Years	Occupied state	Occupying state	Event	Part of war(s)	Subsequently annexed?
Goa, Daman and Diu	1961–1974	Template:Country	Template:Country	Annexation of Goa	Template:N/a	Yes
Aksai Chin	1962	Template:Country	Template:Country	Sino-Indian War
Arunachal Pradesh	1962					No
Dominican Republic	1965–1966	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of the Dominican Republic	Dominican Civil War
Sinai	Template:NobrTemplate:Efn	Template:Country	Template:Country	Six-Day War	Arab–Israeli conflict
Czechoslovakia	Template:NobrTemplate:Efn	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Invasion of Czechoslovakia	Prague Spring
East Pakistan (became Bangladesh)	1971	Template:Country	Template:Country	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	Bangladesh Liberation War
Southern half of Vietnam	1975–1976	Template:Country	Template:Country	1975 spring offensive	Vietnam War	Yes
Parts of Angola		Template:Country	Template:Country	South African invasion of Angola	South African Border War	No
Tiris al-Gharbiyya	1975–1979	Template:Country	Template:Country	Battles of La Güera and Tichla	Western Sahara War
East Timor	1975–1999	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of East Timor	Indonesian occupation of East Timor	Yes
Aouzou Strip	1976–1987	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of the Aouzou Strip	Chadian–Libyan War	No
Parts of Lebanon	Template:Nobr	Template:Country	Template:Country	Syrian occupation of Lebanon	Lebanese Civil War
Kagera Region	1978	Template:Country	Template:Country	Ugandan invasion of Kagera	Uganda–Tanzania War
Southern Lebanon	1978–1982	Template:Country	Template:Flagicon image Free Lebanon State	1978 Lebanon war	Lebanese Civil War
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Cambodia	1978–1989	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Country	Invasion of Kampuchea	Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Parts of Vietnam	1979	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Vietnam	Sino-Vietnamese War
Afghanistan	1979–1989	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Country	Invasion of Afghanistan	Afghan–Soviet War

1980–1999

Occupied territory	Years	Occupied state	Occupying state	Event	Part of war(s)	Subsequently annexed?
Falkland Islands	1982	Template:Nobr	Template:Country	Occupation of the Falkland Islands	Falklands War	No
South Lebanon	1982–2000	Template:Nobr	Template:Country	Israeli occupation of South Lebanon	1982 Lebanon War
Grenada	1983	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Invasion of Grenada	Grenadian Revolution
Northern Province	1987–1990	Template:Country	Template:Country	Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War	Sri Lankan Civil War
Maldives	1988	Template:Country		1988 Maldives coup d'état	Template:N/a
Panama	1989–1990	Template:Country	Template:Country	Invasion of Panama	War on drugs
Kuwait	1990–1991	Template:Country	Template:Country Kuwait Governorate Saddamiyat al-Mitla' District	Invasion of Kuwait	Gulf War	Yes
Seven districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh	1992–2020	Template:Country	Template:Unbulleted list	First Nagorno-Karabakh War	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict	Yes (by Artsakh)
Bağanıs Ayrım, Aşağı Əskipara, Xeyrimli and Ghizilhajili<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	1992–2024		Template:Country			No
Haiti	1994–1995	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Operation Uphold Democracy	1991 Haitian coup d'état
Lesotho	1998–1999	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Operation Boleas	Lesotho general election riots
Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1998–2002<ref name="Congo CIA">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Foreign support to the DR Congo	Second Congo War

2000–2019

Occupied territory	Years	Occupied state	Occupying state	Event	Part of war(s)	Subsequently annexed?
Template:Nowrap Northern Red Sea and Southern Red Sea regions of Eritrea	2000–2018	Template:Flag	Template:Flag	Regions were seized at the end of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War in 2000, and subsequently delimited<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and demarcated<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague to be Eritrean territory. Eritrea recaptured the lands during the Tigray war.	Eritrean–Ethiopian War	No
AfghanistanTemplate:Efn	2001–2002	Template:Flag	Template:Plainlist	United States invasion of Afghanistan	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
IraqTemplate:Efn	2003–2004	Template:Country	Template:Plainlist	Template:Plainlist	Iraq War
Parts of Somalia	Template:Nobr<ref name="VOA">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Country	Template:Country	Somalia War (2006–2009)	Somali Civil War
Gori and Poti	2008	Template:Country	Template:Country	Occupation of Gori and Poti	Russo-Georgian War
Perevi	2008–2010			Occupation of Perevi
Socotra	2018	Template:Country	Template:Country	Takeover of Socotra	Yemeni Civil War

2020–present

Occupied territory	Years	Occupied state	Occupying state	Event	Part of war(s)	Subsequently annexed?
Template:Unbulleted list	2022–2024	Template:Country	Template:Country	Russian invasion of Ukraine	Russo-Ukrainian War	NoTemplate:Efn
Parts of Bryansk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast and Kursk Oblast	2023–2025 (uncontinuous)	Template:Country	Template:Country	2023 Bryansk Oblast raid, 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions, March 2024 western Russia incursion, Kursk campaign	Russo-Ukrainian War	No

See also

• Russian-occupied territories
• Israeli-occupied territories
• Military occupations by the Soviet Union
• Peacekeeping – military deployments for peace-keeping purposes
• List of military and civilian missions of the European Union
• Annexation
• Revanchism
• For a list of states that have seceded unilaterally see List of states with limited recognition
• For a list of cases where territory is disputed between countries, see List of territorial disputes

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