List of wars: 1990–2002

Graph of conflict deaths from 1990 to 2002. The spike of one-sided violence in 1994 is mostly due to the Rwandan genocide.

This is a list of wars that began between 1990 and 2002. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

Started	Ended	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
			Victorious party (if applicable)	Defeated party (if applicable)
1990	Ongoing	DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey	Template:Flagicon image Government of Turkey Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Land Forces Turkish Air Force Turkish Naval Forces Turkish Gendarmerie JİTEM Special Forces Command General Directorate of Security Riot Police Police Special Operation Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs National Defense Ministry of the Interior	Template:Flagicon image DHKP/C<ref name="tensions">Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flagicon image TKP/ML<ref name="tensions"/> MLKP Communist Party of Turkey (Workers Voice) Supported by: Template:Flagcountry (Until 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1990	1995	Eelam War II Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War		Template:Flagicon image Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1990	1991	Gulf War Part of the Gulf War
1990	1994	Rwandan Civil War	Template:Flagicon image Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
1990	1990	1990 Mindanao crisis Part of the 1986–90 Philippine coup attempts	Template:Flagicon Philippines	Template:Flagicon image Federal Republic of Mindanao
1990	1992	Transnistria War Part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Transnistria conflict		Template:Flagicon image/Template:FlagTemplate:Efn Supported by: Template:ROM
1990	1995	Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) Part of the Tuareg rebellions	Template:Flagicon Niger Template:Flagicon Mali Ganda Koy	Mali: Arab Islamic Front of Azawad (FIAA), Popular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MPLA), United Movements and Fronts of Azawad (MFUA). Niger: Front for the Liberation of Aïr and Azaouak (FLAA), Front for the Liberation of Tamoust, (FLT), CRA & ORA coalitions (1994–95)
1991	1992	1991–1992 South Ossetia War Part of the Georgian–Ossetian conflict, Georgian Civil War, and Dissolution of the Soviet Union	Template:Ubl (1992)	Template:Flagicon Georgia
1981/1988/1991 (disputed)	Ongoing	Somali Civil War Part of the Conflicts in the Horn of Africa, The Ethiopian-Somali conflict, War against the Islamic State, Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa, and Global War on Terrorism	1980s–1991:Template:Tree list Template:Flagicon Somali Democratic Republic SNA (until 1991) 1991–1995: Template:FlagTemplate:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 1995–2006: Template:Tree list Template:Nowrap Template:Flagicon TNG Template:Flagicon ARPCT Template:Flagicon USC Template:Flagicon image JVA Template:Flagicon image RRA Template:Flagicon image Galmudug Template:Flagicon image Jubaland Template:FlagTemplate:Tree list/end Template:Flagicon UNPOS 2006–2009: Invasion:Template:Plainlist Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible listTemplate:Tree list Allied armed groups: Template:Flagicon ARPCT Template:Flagicon image ASWJTemplate:Tree list/end Template:Flagicon UNPOS 2009–present: Template:Tree list Template:Flag Somali Armed Forces<ref name="CTC-Sentinel 2022">Template:Cite journal</ref> Template:Tree list/endTemplate:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list Non-combat support: Template:Tree list Template:Nowrap<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flagicon image EUTM Somalia Template:Nowrap Template:Collapsible listTemplate:Flagicon UNTMIS (2025–present) Template:Flagicon UNSOA (2009–2016) Template:Flagicon UNSOS (2016–present) Independent regional forces	1980s–1991:Template:Tree list Armed rebel groups Template:Flagicon USC Template:Flagicon image SSDF Template:Flagicon image SPMTemplate:Tree list/end Supported by: Template:Nowrap 1991–1995: Template:Flagicon USC Template:Flagicon SNA Template:Flagicon image Al-Itihaad 1995–2006: Template:Tree list Template:Flagicon SRRC Template:Flagicon SNA Template:Flagicon image SPM-Harti Template:Tree list/end Template:Flagicon image Islamic Courts Union 1995–2006: Template:Flag iconTemplate:Flag 2006–2009: Invasion:Template:Plainlist 2006–2009: Template:Flag 2009–present: Template:Tree list Template:Flagicon image Al-Qaeda and allies Template:Nowrap AQAP AQIM Template:Tree list/end Template:Flagicon image Hizbul Islam (until 2010; 2012–2013) Alleged state allies: Template:Flag<ref>Multiple sources: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Template:Cite news*{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Tree list Template:Flag<ref>Multiple sources: Template:Cite news {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Template:Cite news Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flagicon image Quds Force<ref>Multiple sources: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Template:Cite news Template:Cite news* Template:Cite journal</ref> Template:Flag<ref>Multiple sources: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Template:Cite news {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Tree list/end Alleged non-state allies: Template:Flagicon image Houthis<ref>Multiple sources: Template:Cite news Template:Cite news Template:Cite news</ref><ref>UN sources: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Template:Cite news Template:Cite news</ref> Somali pirates<ref name="pirate kings">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Tree list Template:Flag (since 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Somalia WilayahTemplate:Tree list/end Allies IS-YP<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Somali pirates<ref name="pirate kings"/> 2009–present:Template:Tree list Template:Flag Template:Flagicon imageSomaliland Armed Forces Template:Flagicon image SSB<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Tree list/end Template:Collapsible list
1991	1991	Operation Traíra Part of the Colombian conflict and war on drugs	Template:Army Template:Air force Template:Navy Template:Army	Template:Flagicon image FARC Comando Simón Bolívar
1991	1991	1991 Iraqi uprisings Part of the aftermath of the Gulf War	Template:Flagicon image Ba'ath Party Template:Flagicon Iraqi Army Template:Flagicon image Republican Guard Special Republican Guard Template:Flagicon image Popular Army Template:Flagicon image General Security Template:Flagicon image Intelligence Service Special Security Support: Template:Flagicon imageTemplate:Flagicon image MEK	Shia and leftist elements of opposition: Template:Flagicon image SCIRI/Badr Brigades Template:Flagicon image Dawa Template:Flagicon image Communist Party Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon image Pro-Syrian Ba'athists Template:Flagicon Army deserters/defectors Kurdish rebels: Template:Flagicon image Peshmerga: Template:Flagicon image KDP Template:Flagicon image PUK Template:Flagicon image IMK Template:Flagicon image CPK Template:Flagicon Jash deserters/defectors Template:Flagicon image PDKI Diplomatic Support: Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Military Support Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1991	2002	Sierra Leone Civil War Part of the spillover of the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars
1991	1995	Croatian War of Independence Part of the Yugoslav Wars	1991–94: Template:Flagdeco Croatia 1994–95: Template:Flagdeco Croatia Template:Flagdeco Bosnia and Herzegovina	1992–95: Template:Flagicon image Serbian Krajina Template:Flagdeco Republika Srpska
1991	1991	Ten-Day War Part of the Yugoslav Wars
1991	1991	1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt Part of the Cold War, the Revolutions of 1989, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon image Presidency of the Soviet Union Template:FlagdecoTemplate:Flag Supreme Soviet Congress of People's Deputies Council of Ministers Supporting republics:<ref name="repcoup1991"/> Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon image Kazakhstan Template:Flagicon image Kyrgyzstan Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagdeco Ukraine Template:Flagdeco Russian nationalists Template:Flagicon Russian liberals Template:Flagicon Anti-coup and pro-Yeltsin demonstrators and organizations (Democratic Russia) Template:Flagicon image Armenian Revolutionary Federation Template:Flagicon Popular Front of Azerbaijan Template:Flagicon Belarusian Popular Front Template:Flagicon image All-National Congress of the Chechen People<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flagicon People's Movement of Ukraine Template:Flagicon image UNA–UNSO Template:Flagicon Sąjūdis	Template:Flagicon State Committee on the State of Emergency Template:Flagicon image Taman Guards Template:Flagicon image Kantemir Division Communist Party KGB Alpha Group Vympel Group Supporting republics:<ref name="repcoup1991">Ольга Васильева, «Республики во время путча» в сб.статей: «Путч. Хроника тревожных дней». // Издательство «Прогресс», 1991. (in Russian). Accessed 14 June 2009. Archived 17 June 2009.</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon image Checheno-Ingushetia Template:Flagicon image Gagauzia Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon image Tatarstan Template:Flagdeco Transnistria Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Collapsible listTemplate:Flagicon Communist Party of the RSFSR Template:Flagicon Communist Party of Estonia (CPSU) Template:Flagicon Communist Party of Latvia Template:Flagicon Communist Party of Lithuania Template:Flagicon image Liberal Democratic Party<ref>A party led by the politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky – Accessed 13 September 2009. Archived 16 September 2009</ref> Template:Flagicon Pro-coup and anti-Yeltsin demonstrators and organizations
1991	1994	Djiboutian Civil War	Template:Flag Supported by: Template:Flag	Template:Flagicon image FRUD
1991	1993	Georgian Civil War Part of the post-Soviet conflicts, the Wars in the Caucasus, and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union	Template:Collapsible list Supported by: Template:Flag	Template:Collapsible list Supported by: Template:Flagicon Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1992	2002	Algerian Civil War	Template:Flag Minor involvement: Template:Flag<ref name="brynen">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="sidaoui">Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flag<ref name="brynen" /><ref name="sidaoui" /> Template:Flag<ref name="sidaoui" /><ref name="derouen">Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flag<ref name="derouen" /> Template:Flag<ref>Arms trade in practice, Hrw.org, October 2000</ref>	Template:Flagicon image Islamic Salvation Front loyalists Minor involvement: Template:Flag <ref name="sidaoui" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flagicon Libya (until 1995)<ref name="sidaoui" /> Template:Flag (pre-war)<ref name="derouen"/> Template:Flag (alleged)<ref name="derouen" /> Saudi private donors<ref name="derouen" /> Armed Islamic Group (from 1993) Minor involvement: Template:Flag (alleged)<ref name="mannes">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="cordesman">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="brosche">Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flag (alleged)<ref name="mannes"/><ref name="cordesman"/><ref name="brosche"/> Egyptian Islamic Jihad (until 1995)<ref name="tabarani">Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flagicon image Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (from 1998) Minor involvement: Template:Flagicon image Al-Qaeda<ref name="mannes" />
1992	1992	1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts	Template:Flagicon Venezuelan Government Venezuelan Armed Forces	Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap DGI
1992	1995	Bosnian War Part of the Yugoslav Wars	Until October 1992: Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag Template:Flag October 1992–94: Template:Flagcountry 1994–95: Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag Template:Flag Supported by: Template:Flag (bombing operations, 1995)	Until May 1992: Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry October 1992–94: Template:Flag Template:Flag May 1992–94: Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon image Western Bosnia Supported by: Template:Flagcountry 1994–95: Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon image Western Bosnia Supported by: Template:Flag
1992	1996	Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Part of the Afghan conflict and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict (after Dec. 1992)	Template:Flag (from late 1994) Template:Flagicon image Khalq (pro Taliban factions, from late 1994) Template:Flag (from early 1996) Supported by: Template:PAK (from late 1994)	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon Northern Alliance Template:Flagicon image Jamiat-e Islami Template:Flagicon Ittehad-e Islami Template:Flagicon image Mahaz-e Milli Template:Flagicon Harakat-i Islami Template:Flagicon Harakat-i-Inqilab Template:Flagicon Jebh-e Nejat-e Melli Hezb-e Islami Khalis (until mid-1992) Template:Flagicon image Hezb-i Wahdat (until Dec. 1992) Template:Flagicon Junbish-i Milli (until Jan. 1994; from Aug. 1994) Template:Flagicon image Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (from late 1994) Template:Flagicon Shura-e Nazar Supported by: Template:SAU Template:UZB (until Jan. 1994; from Aug. 1994) Template:IRN (until Dec. 1992) Template:Flagicon image Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until late 1994) Template:Flagicon image Khalq (pro Gulbuddin factions, until late 1994) Supported by: Template:PAK (until late 1994) Template:Flagicon image Hezb-i Wahdat (after Dec. 1992) Supported by: Template:IRN (from Dec. 1992) Template:Flagicon Junbish-i Milli (Jan. 1994-Aug. 1994) Supported by: Template:UZB (Jan.-Aug. 1994) Regional Kandahar Militia Leaders Template:Flagicon image Afghan Army and Airforce Remnants (allegedly, until October 1992)
1992	1997	Tajikistani Civil War Part of the post-Soviet conflicts and spillover of the Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)	Template:Flagicon/Template:Flag Popular Front of Tajikistan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Communist Party of Tajikistan Socialist Party of Tajikistan Template:Flagicon/Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagicon/Template:Flag Template:Flagicon/Template:Flag Supported by: Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (weapons supplies) Template:Flagdeco UNMOT Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Template:Flagicon image United Tajik Opposition Template:Flagicon image Islamic Renaissance Party Tajik Democratic Party Party of People's Unity Rastokhez Popular Movement Template:Flagicon image Lali Badakhshan Template:Flagicon image Afghanistan (until 1996) Template:Flagicon image Jamiat-e Islami (until 1996) Supported by: Template:Flag<ref>Inside Al Qaeda: global network of terror, by Rohan Gunaratna, pg. 169</ref> Template:Flagicon Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Template:Flagicon image Taliban Template:Flag (alleged, denied by Iran)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Tree list/end
1992	1993<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn	War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) Part of the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict and the Georgian Civil War	Template:Flag icon Abkhazia Template:Flagicon image Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Supported by: Template:FlagTemplate:Efn
1992	1992	East Prigorodny conflict Part of the post-Soviet conflicts and the Wars in the Caucasus	Template:Flagd North Ossetia Template:Flagd Russian Federation	Template:Flagicon Ingush rebels
1993	1994<ref name="31CongoBrazzaville">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–1994)	Template:Flagicon Republic of the Congo Cocoye Militia	Cobra Militia Ninja Militia
1993	1993	1993 Russian constitutional crisis Part of the conflicts in the former Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon Presidential forces: Template:Flagicon image Main Administration of Protection Template:Flagicon image Ministry of the Interior Template:Flagicon image Ministry of Defence Kantemir Division Taman Division Template:Flagd Pro-Yeltsin demonstrators and organizations Template:Flagicon Federalists and anti-communists	Template:Flagicon Parliamentary forces: Congress of People's Deputies Supreme Soviet Anti-Yeltsin opposition: Template:Flagicon image National Salvation Front Template:Flagicon image Russian National Unity Template:Flagdeco Labour Russia Template:FlagdecoTemplate:FlagdecoTemplate:FlagdecoTemplate:Flagdeco Other opposition forces<ref group=note>Supporters of Alexander Rutskoy, the Supreme Soviet and the Congress of People's Deputies frequently used those flags. The Russian tricolor itself only remained hoisted at the White House building (see video documentary Template:Webarchive).</ref>
1993	2005	Burundian Civil War Part of the spillovers of the Rwandan genocide, First and Second Congo Wars	Template:Flag Armed forces Guardians of the Peace "Abajeunes" Supported by: RPF (Rwanda) International peacekeepers: Template:Flagdeco AMIB (2003–04) Template:Flagdeco ONUB (from 2004)	Ethnic Hutu rebels: CNDD-FDD PALIPEHUTU-FNLTemplate:Efn FROLINA Hutu militias and youth gangs: Inziraguhemuka Intagoheka "Chicago Bulls" ALiRTemplate:Sfnp FDLRTemplate:Sfnp Mai-MaiTemplate:Sfnp Supported by: Template:Flag (until 1996) Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image DR Congo (2000s)Template:Sfnp Template:UblSupported by: RPF (Rwanda)
1993	2022	Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh Part of Terrorism in Bangladesh		Template:Flagicon image PBCP Template:Flagicon image PBCP–J Template:Flagicon image PBCP–LP Template:Flagicon image PBCP–ML Template:Flagicon image New PBCP Template:Flagicon image GMF Template:Flagicon image PBSP Template:Flagicon image PBSP (CC) Template:Flagicon image PBSP–MBRM Template:Flagicon image BCP Template:Flagicon image New BCP Template:Flagicon image Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh Template:Flagicon image Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994	2020	Chiapas conflict	Paz y Justicia Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Sinaloa Cartel Template:Flagicon image Gulf Cartel Template:Flagicon image Jalisco New Generation Cartel Template:Flagicon image Los Zetas Juárez Cartel<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flagicon image Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) Template:Flagicon image Popular Revolutionary Army<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Supported by: Template:Flag (1999–2013)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994	1994	1994 Zapatista Uprising Part of the Chiapas conflict	Mexican Armed Forces	Template:Flagicon image EZLN
1992	2018	Insurgency in Ogaden Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa	Template:Flag Supported by: Template:Flag<ref name="BBC">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="VOA">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>	Template:Flagicon image ONLF Supported by: Template:ERI<ref>Ethiopia: Crackdown in East Punishes Civilians Template:Webarchive, Human Rights Watch, July 4, 2007.</ref> Template:EGY (alleged by Ethiopia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flagicon image al-Itihaad al-Islamiya<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> (1992–97)
1994	1994	1994 Bophuthatswana crisis Part of the internal resistance to apartheid and the negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa	Template:Armed forces mutineers	Template:Flagicon image Afrikaner Volksfront Template:Flagicon image AWB Template:Flagicon South African Defence Force<ref name="72D">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Pillar">Template:Cite journal</ref>
1994	1997	Iraqi Kurdish Civil War Part of the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, Kurdistan Region-PKK conflict and the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict	Template:Flagicon image PUK Template:Flagicon image PKK<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Template:Flagicon image SCIRI KCP Iraqi National Congress Supported by: Template:Flag (from 1995) Template:Flagicon Syria Template:Flag (1996)	Template:Flagicon image KDP Supported by: Template:Flagicon Iraq (from 1995) Template:Flag (from 1997) Template:Flag (before 1995)
1994	1994	Yemeni Civil War (1994)	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Islamic Jihad in YemenTemplate:Sfn	Template:Flagicon Democratic Republic of Yemen
1994	1996	First Chechen War Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict, the Russo-Caucasian conflict, the Wars in the Caucasus and post-Soviet conflicts	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Chechen Mujahideen	Template:Flagicon image Loyalist
1998	2002	Caprivi conflict		Caprivi Liberation Army
1995	1995	Cenepa War		Template:Flag Armament support by: Template:Flagicon Argentina Template:Flagicon Chile Diplomatic support by: Template:Flagdeco United States
1995	2002	Eelam War III Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War	Military of Sri Lanka	Template:Flagicon image Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1995	2018	Second Afar Insurgency Part of the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
1995	1995	1995 Sudanese-Ugandan border conflict	Template:Flag	Template:Flag
1995	1995	Hanish Islands conflict Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa
1996	1999	Arab-Masalit conflict	Arab tribes Template:Flag	Masalit tribes
1996	2006	Nepalese Civil War	Template:Flagicon image Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) People's Liberation Army, Nepal Supported by: Template:Flagicon image Communist Party of India (Maoist) Template:Flagicon image Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Flagdeco Kingdom of Nepal Nepalese Armed Forces Royal Nepali Army Nepal Police Armed Police Force Supported by: Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flag (from 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flag<ref name="reliefweb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flag<ref name="reliefweb"/> Template:Flag<ref name="reliefweb"/>
1996	2001	Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) Part of the Afghan conflict		Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Islamic Uzbek MovementTemplate:Tree list/end Template:Flag<ref name="Impunity">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=Maley>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1996	1997	First Congo War Part of the Congolese Civil Wars, aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, spillovers of the Burundian Civil War, the Second Sudanese Civil War and the Angolan Civil War	Template:Flagicon AFDL Template:Flag Template:FlagTemplate:Sfnp Template:Flag<ref name="WashingtonPostApril15">Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flag<ref name="WashingtonPostApril15"/> Template:Flagicon SPLATemplate:Sfnp Template:FlagTemplate:Sfnp Supported by: Template:Flag<ref name="icg">Template:Cite book</ref> Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn Template:Flag<ref name="icg"/> Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flag Template:Flag (covertly)Template:Sfnp Mai-MaiTemplate:Efn	Template:Flag FAZ White Legion Template:FlagTemplate:Sfnp Template:Flag<ref name="chad">Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flagicon Ex-FAR/ALiR Template:Flagicon image Interahamwe Template:Flagicon image CNDD-FDDTemplate:Sfnp Template:Flagicon image UNITA<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flagicon image ADFTemplate:Sfnp Template:Flagicon image FLNCTemplate:Sfn Supported by: Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn Template:FlagTemplate:Sfn Template:Flag (denied)Template:Sfn Mai-MaiTemplate:Efn
1996	Ongoing	ADF insurgency Part of the Kivu conflict	Template:Flag Template:Flag Armed Forces (FARDC) Template:Flagdeco MONUSCO Template:Flagicon Force Intervention Brigade	Template:Flagicon image ADF (1996–2015) NALU Template:Flagicon image ISIL<ref name="two un"/> Template:Flagicon image IS-CAPTemplate:Sfnp Template:Flagicon image ADF-Baluku Template:Flagicon image ADF-Mukulu NALU RCD/K-ML APC<ref name=CRG>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mai-Mai Kyandenga (2020–present) Supported by: FARDC elements<ref name=CRG/> LRA Template:Flagicon image Al-Shabaab<ref name="two un">Template:Cite news</ref> (disputed)<ref name="jihadis">Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flagicon image Various Jihadi groups (Ugandan and MONUSCO claim)<ref name="jihadis" /> Template:Flag (1990s; currently unknown)
1997	1997	1997 Albanian civil unrest	Template:Flagdeco Albanian Government Template:Flagicon image Democratic Party SHIK Template:Flagicon image Part of the Albanian Police Template:Flagicon image Republican Guard Template:Flagicon UNSC missions Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Template:Flagdeco Albanian Rebels Armed civilians who lost their properties Armed gangs Albanian Army defectors Salvation Committees Socialist Party Social Democratic Party
1997	1997	1997 Sudanese-Eritrean border conflict	Template:Flag	Template:Flag
1997	1999	Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999) Part of the aftermaths of the First Congo War and Rwandan genocide	Template:Flagicon Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo (from October 1997) Cobra Militia Template:Flagicon Rwandan Hutu Militia Template:Flag<ref name="support">Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Flag<ref name="support"/>	Template:Flagicon Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo (to October 1997) Cocoye Militia Ninja Militia Nsiloulou Militia Supported by: Template:Flagicon image Jonas Savimbi Template:Flagicon imageFLEC<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Supported by: Template:Flag
1997	1997	1997 clashes in Cambodia	Cambodian People's Party	FUNCINPEC Template:Flagicon Khmer Rouge (mostly in the northern provinces)<ref name="liberation.fr">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	1998	1998 Monrovia clashes Part of the aftermath of the First Liberian Civil War	Template:Flagicon Liberian government (Taylor loyalists)	Template:Flagicon Johnson's forces (ex-ULIMO-J) Limited involvement: Template:Flag Template:Flag
1998	1999	Kosovo War Part of the Yugoslav WarsTemplate:Sfn	Template:Army Template:Flagicon image FARKTemplate:Efn
1998	2000	Eritrean–Ethiopian War Part of the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
1998	1998	War in Abkhazia (1998) Part of the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict		Template:Flagn separatists White Legion Mkhedrioni Forest Brothers
1998	1999	Guinea-Bissau Civil War	Template:Flagicon image Military rebels Template:Flagicon image MFDCTemplate:Sfnp Supported by: Template:Flag<ref name="academia1"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flag<ref>Conflict Transformation, Guinea-Bassau, The Military Crisis in Guinea-Bassau, Terhi Lehtinen</ref> Supported by: Template:Flag<ref name="academia1">Template:Cite journal</ref> Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	2003	Second Congo War Part of the Congolese Civil Wars and the aftermath of the First Congo War and the Angolan Civil War
1998	1998	1998 Saudi-Yemeni border clash<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998	Ongoing	Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Part of the War on terror and the Yemeni Civil War	Template:Flag (internationally recognized; led by the PLC since 2022) Template:Flagicon image Yemeni Armed Forces Template:Flagicon image Republican Guard<ref>Multiple sources: Template:Cite news {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="reshuffle Saleh">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=AhmedSaleh>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flagicon image General People's Congress (anti-Houthi) STC (2022–present)Template:Efn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Brothers no">Template:Cite news</ref><ref> Template:Cite news Template:Cite news Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Yemeni National Resistance (2017–present)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="reshuffle Saleh"/> Template:Flagicon image Tihamah Resistance<ref name="reshuffle Saleh"/> Template:Flagicon image Giants Brigades<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flagicon image Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flagicon image Al-Islah Template:Flagicon image Bani Dhabyan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Saleh loyalists (2017–present)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Popular Resistance Committees<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Popular Committees Template:Collapsible list Supported by: Template:Flag<ref name="rescue">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flag countryTemplate:Efn Template:Army<ref>"US special forces secretly deployed to assist Saudi Arabia in Yemen conflict". The Independent. 3 May 2018.</ref> (Special Forces) Template:FlagTemplate:Efn Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image National Intelligence Service<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flag Template:Ill<ref>Расстрелянные в Йемене белорусы работали по официальным контрактам // РИА Новости, 27 ноября 2013</ref><ref>Два белоруса стали жертвами нападения в Йемене: один убит, второй в критическом состоянии Template:Webarchive // TUT.BY, 26 ноября 2013</ref><ref name="йемен">Военные, которые пострадали в Йемене, работали по белорусскому контракту Template:Webarchive // TUT.BY, 27 ноября 2013</ref> Template:Flag Template:Flag STC (2017–2022)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flag<ref name="aljazeera">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flagicon image al-Qaeda Template:Flagicon image AQAP Ansar al-Sharia Template:Flagicon image Islamic Emirate of Yemen Aden-Abyan Islamic Army Council of Sunni Scholars and al-Jama'a Hadrami Domestic Council faction<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> al-Dhahab tribesmen Supported by: Template:Flagicon image al-Shabaab (2009–present)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (alleged) Template:Flagicon image al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (2009–2017) Template:Flagicon image al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (2014–present) Template:Flagicon image Al-Nusra Front (2012–2017)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Alleged Support: Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (denied) Template:Flag (denied) Template:Flagdeco Supreme Political Council (formerly SRC) Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image General People's Congress (pro-Houthi) Saleh loyalists (until 2017) Pro-Houthi Popular Committees<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Sanaa-GPC forces<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Islamic State - Yemen Province
1999	2002	Maluku sectarian conflict Part of the post-Suharto era in Indonesia	Template:Flagicon image Government of Indonesia Template:Flagicon image Indonesian National Armed Forces Template:Flagicon image Indonesian National Police Pancasila Youth
1999	2002	1999 East Timorese crisis Part of the decolonisation of Asia and the fall of Suharto	Template:Flag INTERFET Template:Flagicon UNTAET	Template:Flagicon Pro-Indonesia militias Aitarak Template:Flagicon image Besi Merah Putih Laksaur Template:Flagicon image Mahidi
1999<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	2003	Second Liberian Civil War Part of the Liberian Civil Wars and spillover of the Sierra Leone Civil War	Template:Flagicon Rebel groups: Anti-Taylor Armed Forces elements LURD MODEL Template:Flag Template:Flag Supported by: Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Template:Flagicon Liberian government Loyalist Armed Forces elements ATU SOD SSS NPFL/NPP militias Template:Flagicon image RUF RDFG
1999	1999	Kargil War Part of the Kashmir conflict and the India–Pakistan conflict		Template:Flag Non-state allies: Template:Flagicon image United Jihad Council<ref>Kumar, Sumita. "Pakistan's Jehadi Apparatus: Goals and Methods." Strategic Analysis, vol. 24, no. 12, 2001, https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/sa/sa_mar01kus01.html.</ref> Afghan mercenaries
1999	2001<ref name="Mine kills Serb police">Template:Cite news</ref>	Insurgency in the Preševo Valley Part of the Yugoslav Wars	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image KFOR	Template:Flagicon image UÇPMB
1999	1999	Batken Conflict	Template:Flag Template:Flag (material support) Template:Flag (military support)	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
1972	Ongoing	Ituri conflict Part of the Second Congo War and the Kivu conflict	Hema ethnic group: UPC RCD/K-ML FAPC Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flag (FARDC) Template:Flag (MONUC) Template:Flag (Artemis)	Lendu ethnic group: Template:Div col FNI FRPI Template:Flagicon image CODECO FPJC Template:Flagicon image Mai-Mai Simba Template:Flagicon image ADF Template:Flagicon IS-CAP Mai-Mai Kyandenga<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1999	1999<ref name="mdb.cast.ru">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="vestnikmostok.ru">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	War of Dagestan Part of the spillover of the Second Chechen War, Post-Soviet conflicts	Armed Forces Template:Flagicon image Army Template:Flagicon image Navy Template:Flagicon image Air Force Template:Flagicon image VDV Spetsnaz GRU Template:Flagicon image FSB Template:Flagicon image MVD File:Emblem of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.svg Militsiya Template:Flagicon image Internal Troops File:Patch of the OMON.svg OMON Template:Flagicon Dagestan Template:Flagicon Dagestani police and local militia	Template:Flagicon image Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan Template:Flagicon image CPID Template:Flagicon image IIPB File:Chechen Special Purpose Islamic Regiment symbol.png SPIR File:Chechen Islamic religious police patch.jpg Religious Police
1999	2009	Second Chechen War Part of the Chechen-Russian conflict and the Post-Soviet conflicts	Template:Flagicon image Provisional Council (until 2000) Template:Flagicon image Chechen Republic (from 2000)	Template:Flagicon image Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1999–2007) Template:Flagicon image Caucasian Front (2005–2007) Template:Flagicon image Caucasus Emirate (2007–2009) North Caucasian volunteers Template:Flagicon image Mujahideen<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Google books</ref><ref>Template:Google books</ref><ref>Template:Google books</ref> Template:Flagicon image Grey Wolves<ref name="Cooley">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Goltz">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Isingor">Template:Cite news</ref>
2000	2000	Six-Day War (2000) Part of the Second Congo War
2000	2005	Second Intifada Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict		Template:Flag Template:Flagicon PLO Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag
2000	2006	2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict Part of the Israeli–Lebanese conflict and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2001	2001	2001 insurgency in Macedonia Part of the Yugoslav Wars	Template:Flagicon Macedonia	Template:Flagicon image National Liberation Army Template:Flagicon image Albanian National Army<ref name="Relief">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} .}}</ref>
2001	2001	2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes
2001	2001	2001 Special Operations Unit mutiny	Template:Flagicon image Special Operations Unit Zemun Clan Template:Collapsible list	Template:Flagicon Government of Serbia Template:Collapsible list
2001	2003	Islamist insurgency in Iraqi Kurdistan Part of the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict, the Iraq War, Islamism in Kurdistan, and the War on terror	Template:Flagdeco Kurdistan Region Template:Flagicon image PUK Template:USA (armed involvement after Viking Hammer) Template:Tree list/end	Template:Flagicon image Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan Template:Flagicon image Ansar al-Islam<ref name="middleeastreference.org.uk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Masters of Chaos, Chapter 13 p. 7 Template:Webarchive</ref> Template:Flagicon image Kurdistan Islamic Group<ref name="middleeastreference.org.uk"/> Template:Flagicon image Kurdistan Islamic Movement<ref name="hrw.org">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Tree list/end Supported by: Template:Flag (alleged by PUK)<ref name="Kurds, David McDowall 2021, pp. 592">A Modern History of the Kurds, David McDowall, 2021, pp. 592, Template:ISBN</ref> Template:Flagicon image KDP (alleged by PUK)<ref name="Kurds, David McDowall 2021, pp. 592"/>
2001	2021	War on terror Part of the post-Cold War and post-9/11 eras	Main countries:Template:Unbulleted list	Main opponents:Template:Unbulleted list
2001	2021	Taliban insurgency Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), the Afghan conflict, and the War on terror		Template:Flag decoration Islamic State of Afghanistan (2001–2002) Template:Flagicon image Afghan Transitional Authority (2002–2004) Template:Tree list Template:Flag decoration Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) Afghan National Security Forces Template:Tree list/end Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list Template:Reflist Allied militias Template:Flagicon image High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (allegedly since 2015)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="red on red">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Nangialai">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flagicon image Jamiat-e Islami<ref name="theguardian.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Flagicon image Junbish-i-Milli<ref name="theguardian.com" /> Template:Flagicon image Hezbe Wahdat<ref>Ibrahimi, Niamatullah. 2009. 'Divide and Rule: State Penetration in Hazarajat (Afghanistan) from Monarchy to the Taliban', Crisis States Working Papers (Series 2) 42, London: Crisis States Research Centre, LSE</ref>
2002	2017	Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Part of the Philippine civil conflict, Islamic terrorism and Global War on Terror	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Armed Forces of the Philippines File:Philippine National Police seal.svg Philippine National Police Template:Flag (advisors) Template:Flagicon image Armed Forces of the United States Template:Flagicon image CIA	Template:Flagicon image Islamic jihadTemplate:Discuss Template:Flagdeco Abu Sayyaf Template:Flagdeco BIFF Template:Flagdeco Maute Group Template:Flagicon image Moro Islamic Liberation Front (until 2012) Template:Flagdeco Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (de-facto)
2002	2003	2002–2003 conflict in the Pool Department		Ninja militia
2002	2007	First Ivorian Civil War Part of the Ivorian Civil Wars	Template:Flag Template:Flagdeco COJEP Supported by: Template:Nowrap	Template:Flagdeco FNCI Alleged support: Template:Nowrap Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagdeco UNOCI
2002	Ongoing	Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Insurgents: Template:Flagicon image Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2015) Template:Flagicon image al-Qaeda (from 2002) Template:Flagicon image Al-Shabaab (from 2006) Template:Flagicon image al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (2002–06) Template:Flagicon image Hizbul Islam (2009–14) Template:Flagicon image Ras Kamboni Brigades (2007–10) Template:Flagicon image Jabhatul Islamiya (2007–09) Template:Flagicon image Mu'askar Anole (2007–09)

See also

• List of wars: 2003–present