Editing 2010s (section)

===Major conflicts===
{{Main|List of wars: 2003–present|2010s in political history}}
The prominent wars of the decade include:

====International wars====
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! style="width:130px;"| Name
! style="width:110px;"| Start date
! style="width:110px;"| End date
! Description
|-
| [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
* [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]]
| 14 May 1948

* 8 July 2014
! style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | ''Ongoing''
* 26 August 2014
| Conflict between [[Jewish]] and [[Arab]] communities in [[Israel]] and the [[West Bank]] has been ongoing since 1948.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_ip_timeline/html/default.stm |title=A History of Conflict |work=BBC News |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=20 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420155956/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_ip_timeline/html/default.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> After Israel occupied the West Bank, it began making [[Israeli settlement|settlements there]], which has been an obstacle to the peace process.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8364815.stm |title=Israeli settlement plan denounced |date=18 November 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305212607/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8364815.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> Tensions also remained high as [[Hamas]], which controls the [[Gaza Strip]], has been launching rockets and cross-border raids into Israeli territory, to which Israel has responded with force.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/idfs-operation-protective-edge-begins-against-gaza/2014/07/08/ |title=IDF's Operation "Protective Edge" Begins Against Gaza |last=Bear |first=Shalom |date=8 July 2014 |website=The Jewish Press |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=10 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710004714/http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/idfs-operation-protective-edge-begins-against-gaza/2014/07/08/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]
*[[2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]
*[[2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes]]
|February 1988

* 1 April 2016
* 20 May 2018
!''Ongoing''
* 5 April 2016
* 27 May 2018
|The region of Karabakh has been disputed over the [[Republic of Artsakh]], which is supported by the Armenian government. A ceasefire was held in 1994. From 1–5 April 2016, clashes began along the [[Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact]] with the [[Artsakh Defence Army]], backed by the [[Armenian Armed Forces]] on one side and the [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]] on the other. A ceasefire was reached on 5 April between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Moscow. From 20 to 27 May 2018, clashes in former [[no man's land]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kucera |first=Joshua |date=30 May 2018 |title=Azerbaijani military advances on tense Nakhchivan-Armenia border {{!}} Eurasianet |url=https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijani-military-advances-on-tense-nakhchivan-armenia-border |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Eurasianet]] |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011013937/https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijani-military-advances-on-tense-nakhchivan-armenia-border |url-status=live}}</ref> in the [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic]], an [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] of Azerbaijan, led to Azerbaijan reoccupying [[Günnüt]] and several other strategic villages and positions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 2018 |title=Azerbaijan makes territorial gains in Nakhchivan as fighting with Armenia flares |url=https://www.intellinews.com/azerbaijan-makes-territorial-gains-in-nakhchivan-as-fighting-with-armenia-flares-143803/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[bne IntelliNews]] |archive-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120222722/https://www.intellinews.com/azerbaijan-makes-territorial-gains-in-nakhchivan-as-fighting-with-armenia-flares-143803/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="goble">{{cite web |title=Azerbaijan makes territorial gains in Nakhchivan as fighting with Armenia flares |url=http://www.intellinews.com/azerbaijan-makes-territorial-gains-in-nakhchivan-as-fighting-with-armenia-flares-143803/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621042857/http://www.intellinews.com/azerbaijan-makes-territorial-gains-in-nakhchivan-as-fighting-with-armenia-flares-143803/ |archive-date=21 June 2018 |access-date=20 June 2018 |website=intellinews.com |date=20 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[War on terror]]
* [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]
* [[Iraqi conflict|Iraq conflict]]
*[[Drone strikes in Pakistan]]
*[[American military intervention in Somalia (2007–present)|American intervention in Somalia]]
*[[American intervention in Libya (2015–2019)|American intervention in Libya]]
| 11 September 2001

* 7 October 2001
* 20 March 2003
* 18 June 2004
* 7 January 2007
* 13 November 2015
!''Ongoing''
* 15 August 2021
* ''Ongoing''
* 4 July 2018
* ''Ongoing''
* 30 October 2019
| Motivated by the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]], the [[United States]] and other governments started a large scale effort to eliminate [[terrorism]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030214-7.html |title=President Bush Releases National Strategy for Combating Terrorism |date=14 February 2003 |access-date=10 October 2018 |archive-date=12 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012063823/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030214-7.html |url-status=live}}</ref> With support from [[NATO]], the United States [[United States invasion of Afghanistan|invaded]] [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)|Taliban-controlled Afghanistan]] and overthrew the government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/12/obamas_speech_on_adding_30000.html |title=Updated: Obama speech balances Afghanistan troop buildup with exit pledge |date=1 December 2009 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002711/http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/12/obamas_speech_on_adding_30000.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, on the pretext that the government of [[Saddam Hussein]] had [[weapons of mass destruction]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/23/1064082978207.html |title=Pilger claims White House knew Saddam was no threat |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 September 2003 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=6 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206195957/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/23/1064082978207.html |url-status=live}}</ref> the United States and a coalition of partners [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invaded Iraq]] and overthrew Hussein,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/baghdad_04-09-03.html |title=Online NewsHour Update: Coalition Says Iraqi Regime Has Lost Control of Baghdad – April 9, 2003 |date=1 December 2010 |access-date=26 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201163438/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/baghdad_04-09-03.html |archive-date=1 December 2010}}</ref> after which the U.S. occupied the country.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Ali A. |last=Allawi |title=The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace |publisher=Yale University Press |date=2007 |author-link=Ali A. Allawi}}</ref> However, insurgencies remained active in both countries, long after the invasions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html |title=World Briefing {{!}} Asia: Afghanistan: Taliban Leader Vows Return |first=Carlotta |last=Gall |date=13 November 2004 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=9 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209030954/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 military intervention in Libya]]
| 19 March 2011
| 31 October 2011
| Following [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973]], a [[NATO]]-led coalition launched an air campaign backing [[Anti-Gaddafi forces|anti-Gaddafi rebels]] against [[Muammar Gaddafi]]'s [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|government]] in the [[Libyan Civil War]].
|-
| [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]
* [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Annexation of Crimea]]
* [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]]
| 20 February 2014

* 20 February 2014
* 6 April 2014
! style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | ''Ongoing''
* 26 March 2014
* 24 February 2022
| After the fall of Ukrainian president [[Viktor Yanukovych]], Russian soldiers took control of strategic positions in the Ukrainian territory of [[Crimea]] and subsequently annexed the region after a [[2014 Crimean status referendum|controversial referendum]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tass.ru/en/russia/724785 |title=Putin signs laws on reunification of Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia |publisher=[[ITAR TASS]] |date=21 March 2014 |access-date=21 March 2014 |archive-date=20 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320064852/http://tass.ru/en/russia/724785 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the months that followed, demonstrations in [[Donbas]] escalated into an [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|armed conflict]] between the [[government of Ukraine]] and Russian-backed separatist forces. On 24 February 2022, it concluded with the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
|-
| [[War against the Islamic State]]
| 13 June 2014
! rowspan="2" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | ''Ongoing''
| In late 2013, a terrorist organisation called the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] began making rapid advances and territorial gains in [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. It [[Fall of Mosul|captured Mosul]] in June<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/iraq-sunni-insurgents-islamic-militants-seize-control-mosul |title=Isis insurgents seize control of Iraqi city of Mosul |last=Chulov |first=Martin |date=10 June 2014 |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=11 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611031257/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/iraq-sunni-insurgents-islamic-militants-seize-control-mosul |url-status=live}}</ref> and made [[Raqqa]] its capital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/isis_announces_formation_of_ca.php |title=ISIS announces formation of Caliphate, rebrands as 'Islamic State' |work=The Long War Journal |date=29 June 2014 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404155146/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/isis_announces_formation_of_ca.php |url-status=live}}</ref> Various international coalitions led by the [[International military intervention against ISIL#US-led coalitions|United States]], [[Opération Chammal|France]], [[Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition|Russia]], and [[Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition|Muslim states]] and with aid from dozens of countries were formed to help fight the militants.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://time.com/3273185/isis-us-nato/ |title=U.S. Forms Anti-ISIS Coalition at NATO Summit |last=Nicks |first=Denver |magazine=Time |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012154609/http://time.com/3273185/isis-us-nato/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/middleeast/islamic-coalition-isis-saudi-arabia/index.html |title=34 Islamic nations form coalition to fight terrorism |first1=Ed |last1=Payne |first2=Salma |last2=Abdelaziz |publisher=CNN |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507082417/https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/middleeast/islamic-coalition-isis-saudi-arabia/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> By December 2017, ISIL had lost all of its territory in Iraq and 95% of its territory in Syria,<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKay |first=Hollie |date=5 December 2017 |title=Trump, Mattis turn military loose on ISIS, leaving terror caliphate in tatters |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-mattis-turn-military-loose-on-isis-leaving-terror-caliphate-in-tatters |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Fox News]] |archive-date=14 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214072628/https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-mattis-turn-military-loose-on-isis-leaving-terror-caliphate-in-tatters |url-status=live}}</ref> and was militarily and territorially defeated on 23 March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Najjar |first=Farah |date=23 March 2019 |title=ISIL 'caliphate' totally eliminated: SDF |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/23/isil-defeated-in-final-syria-victory-sdf |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |archive-date=20 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020182626/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/23/isil-defeated-in-final-syria-victory-sdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war]]
| 26 March 2015
| During the [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni civil war]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates]], and other countries invaded parts of Yemen in order to depose the [[Houthi]]-controlled government.
|-
|[[Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War]]
* [[Operation Euphrates Shield]]
* [[Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate]]
* [[Operation Olive Branch]]
* [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria]]
| 5 December 2011

* 24 August 2016
* 7 October 2017
* 20 January 2018
* 9 October 2019
!''Ongoing''
* 29 March 2017
* ''Ongoing''
* 9 August 2019
* 25 November 2019
| During the [[Syrian Civil War]], [[Turkey]] invaded parts of northern [[Syria]] in order to combat the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] and the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]], fostering and funding the [[Syrian National Army]] of the [[Syrian Interim Government]], culminating in its [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria|2019 offensive into northeastern Syria]] in which over 300,000 civilians were displaced<ref name="auto15">{{Cite web |date=16 October 2019 |title=Turkish military operation east Euphrates kills more than 70 civilians so far and forces nearly 300 thousand people to displace from their areas |url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=144078 |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]] |archive-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023125656/http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=144078 |url-status=live}}</ref> and dozens more killed,<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2019 |title=Teröristlerin saldırılarında 20 sivil şehit oldu, 170 kişi yaralandı |url=https://www.bursadabugun.com/haber/teroristlerin-saldirilarinda-20-sivil-sehit-oldu-170-kisi-yaralandi-1191643.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=Bursada Begün |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 October 2019 |title=Kurdish politician among nine civilians executed by Turkish-backed fighters in Syria |url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/kurdish-politician-executed-by-turkish-backed-fighters-in-syria-1.7970427 |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Haaretz]] |archive-date=14 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214225856/https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/kurdish-politician-executed-by-turkish-backed-fighters-in-syria-1.7970427 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2019 |title=About 10 citizens were killed or injured due to rocket shelling carried out by the forces of "Jarabulus Military Council" on the city of Jarabulus north-east of Aleppo |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/143248/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]] |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025231242/https://www.syriahr.com/en/143248/ |url-status=live}}</ref> prompting a controversial reaction worldwide in response to reported human rights violations<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 October 2019 |title=Damning evidence of war crimes by Turkish forces and allies in Syria |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/10/syria-damning-evidence-of-war-crimes-and-other-violations-by-turkish-forces-and-their-allies/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Amnesty International]] |archive-date=2 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202081923/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/10/syria-damning-evidence-of-war-crimes-and-other-violations-by-turkish-forces-and-their-allies/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2019 |title=India slams Turkey for its 'unilateral military offensive' in northeast Syria |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-slams-turkey-for-its-unilateral-military-offensive-in-northeast-syria/articleshow/71520852.cms |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013011531/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-slams-turkey-for-its-unilateral-military-offensive-in-northeast-syria/articleshow/71520852.cms |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 October 2019 |title=Turkey-Syria offensive: US sanctions Turkish ministries |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50050264 |access-date=24 December 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022174804/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50050264 |url-status=live}}</ref> and resettlement of [[Kurds in Syria|Kurds]] which has been viewed as possible [[ethnic cleansing]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cockburn |first=Patrick |date=15 November 2019 |title=Erdogan's ethnic cleansing of the Kurds is still happening now – and we have Trump to thank |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/erdogan-turkey-kurds-border-syria-war-trump-ethnic-cleansing-a9204581.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/erdogan-turkey-kurds-border-syria-war-trump-ethnic-cleansing-a9204581.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[The Independent]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Candar |first=Cengiz |date=30 September 2019 |title=Erdogan's Syria plan: Resettling the Syrian refugees or ousting Kurds from their land? |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/09/turkey-syria-united-states-erdogan-plans-for-east-euphrates.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Al-Monitor]] |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112005731/https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/09/turkey-syria-united-states-erdogan-plans-for-east-euphrates.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Dominic |date=8 October 2019 |title=Turkey's plan to settle refugees in northeast Syria alarms allies |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-refugees-graphi-idUSKBN1WN28J |access-date=24 December 2020 |archive-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014035235/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-refugees-graphi-idUSKBN1WN28J |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes]]
| 14 February 2019
| 22 March 2019
| After a [[2019 Pulwama attack|suicide car bombing]] on 14 February 2019 where 40 Indian security personnel are killed,<ref>{{citation |first1=Michael |last1=Safi |title=Dozens of Indian paramilitaries killed in Kashmir car bombing |date=15 February 2019 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/14/indian-paramilitaries-killed-in-suicide-car-bombing-in-kashmir |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404033022/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/14/indian-paramilitaries-killed-in-suicide-car-bombing-in-kashmir |access-date=4 April 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |first2=Azhar |last2=Farooq |url-status=live}} Quote: "'We will give a befitting reply, our neighbour will not be allowed to de-stabilise us,' Modi said ..."</ref> the [[Indian Air Force]] launches [[2019 Balakot airstrike|airstrikes]] on purported [[Terrorist training camp|terrorist camps]] in [[Muzaffarabad]] and [[Chakothi]] areas of [[Azad Kashmir|Pakistan-administered Kashmir]], and [[Balakot]] in mainland [[Pakistan]], leading to said standoff.<ref>{{citation |first1=Joanna |last1=Slater |title=Pakistan captures Indian pilot after shooting down aircraft, escalating hostilities |date=27 February 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pakistan-says-indian-fighter-jets-crossed-into-its-territory-and-carried-out-limited-airstrike/2019/02/25/901f3000-3979-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315093125/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pakistan-says-indian-fighter-jets-crossed-into-its-territory-and-carried-out-limited-airstrike/2019/02/25/901f3000-3979-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html |access-date=30 March 2019 |archive-date=15 March 2019 |first2=Pamela |last2=Constable |author2-link=Pamela Constable |url-status=live}} Quote: The two days of tit-for-tat airstrikes ... the first since 1971, were triggered by a 14 Feb terrorist bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 40 Indian security personnel."</ref> Also involved was [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]], a Pakistani [[Militant|militant group]] that took responsibility for the bombing and the purported target of Indian attacks.
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[[File:Ruins of Donetsk International airport (16).jpg|thumb|left|The [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war-torn]] [[Second Battle of Donetsk Airport|ruins]] of [[Donetsk International Airport]] in late December 2014]]
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[[File:Territorial control of the ISIS - 12-31-2014.svg|left|thumb|In red: the area controlled by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) ''proto-state'' in December 2014]] 
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[[File:Mosul in ruins after war.jpg|thumb|Devastation in [[Mosul]]'s old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017]]
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====Civil wars====
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! style="width:130px;"| Name
! style="width:110px;"| Start date
! style="width:110px;"| End date
! Description
|-
| [[Colombian conflict|Colombian Armed Conflict]]
| 27 May 1964
! rowspan="7" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | ''Ongoing''
| [[Low-intensity conflict]] between the [[Colombia]]n [[Government of Colombia|government]], [[Guerrilla movements in Colombia#Colombian armed conflict (1960s - present)|left-wing guerrillas]], and [[paramilitary]] factions has been ongoing since 1964. However, at the start of the decade, only two major groups remained, [[FARC]] and [[National Liberation Army (Colombia)|ELN]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colombiareports.com/neo-paramilitaries-have-no-political-agenda-govt/ |title=Neo-paramilitaries do not deserve political status: Govt |last=Heyden |first=Tom |date=23 March 2011 |website=Colombia Reports |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=6 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506124842/http://colombiareports.com/neo-paramilitaries-have-no-political-agenda-govt/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2012, both have been in peace talks with the government, with FARC and the government signing a historic [[Colombian peace process|ceasefire]] in June 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/23/colombia-farc-rebel-ceasefire-agreement-havana |title=Colombia and Farc rebels sign historic ceasefire deal to end 50-year conflict |last1=Brodzinsky |first1=Sibylla |last2=Watts |first2=Jonathan |date=23 June 2016 |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=24 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624120025/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/23/colombia-farc-rebel-ceasefire-agreement-havana |url-status=live}}</ref> Though the deal was [[2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum|initially rejected]] by voters in October,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Idler |first=Annette |date=3 October 2016 |title=Colombia just voted no on its plebiscite for peace. Here's why and what it means. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/03/colombia-just-voted-no-on-its-referendum-for-peace-heres-why-and-what-it-means/ |access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref> a revised deal was unanimously passed by the [[Congress of Colombia|Congress]] in November 2016, bringing an end to much of the fighting.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 November 2016 |title=Colombia signs new peace deal with Farc |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38096179 |access-date=24 December 2020 |archive-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228195756/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38096179 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Miroff |first1=Nick |last2=Partlow |first2=Joshua |date=30 November 2016 |title=Colombia's congress approves historic peace deal with FARC rebels |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/colombian-congress-approves-historic-peace-deal/2016/11/30/9b2fda92-b5a7-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5_story.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201090410/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/colombian-congress-approves-historic-peace-deal/2016/11/30/9b2fda92-b5a7-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
| 16 March 2004 
| Since 2004, [[Pakistan]] has been fighting an insurgency by armed militant groups aligned with the [[Taliban]] or [[Islamic State]] along its border with [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://dawn.com/news/392654/musharraf-warns-against-failure-of-wana-operation |title=Musharraf warns against failure of Wana operation |newspaper=Dawn |date=3 December 2013 |access-date=26 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203181950/http://dawn.com/news/392654/musharraf-warns-against-failure-of-wana-operation |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> The violence has killed at least 60,000 since<ref name="CoW">{{cite web |last1=Crawford |first1=Neta C. |title=Update on the Human Costs of War for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001 to mid-2016 |url=http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2016/War%20in%20Afghanistan%20and%20Pakistan%20UPDATE_FINAL_corrected%20date.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908000946/http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2016/War%20in%20Afghanistan%20and%20Pakistan%20UPDATE_FINAL_corrected%20date.pdf |archive-date=8 September 2017 |access-date=20 September 2017 |website=[[Brown University]] |publisher=[[Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs]] |quote=The war in Pakistan, which began as Al Qaeda and the Taliban fled from Afghanistan into the northwest region of Pakistan in 2001, has caused almost 62,000 deaths and an additional 67,000 injuries.}}</ref> and over 6 million displaced.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2019 |title=As Death Toll Rises, Pashtun Lawmaker Calls For Waziristan Protest |url=https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/pakistan-as-death-toll-rises-pashtun-lawmaker-calls-for-waziristan-protest/29965861.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817182237/https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/pakistan-as-death-toll-rises-pashtun-lawmaker-calls-for-waziristan-protest/29965861.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Express Tribune, Pakistan 2010">{{cite news |last=Wahab |first=Ali |date=11 July 2010 |title=The real cost of Pakistan's war on terror |newspaper=The Express Tribune |location=Pakistan |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/27191/the-real-cost-of-pakistans-war-on-terror/ |url-status=live |access-date=16 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514022559/http://tribune.com.pk/story/27191/the-real-cost-of-pakistans-war-on-terror/ |archive-date=14 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="Dawn News, Economic Survey">{{cite news |last=From the Newspapers |date=20 June 2011 |title=War on terror cost Pakistan $67.9 billion |newspaper=Dawn News, Economic Survey |url=http://dawn.com/2011/06/20/war-on-terror-cost-pakistan-679-billion/ |url-status=dead |access-date=16 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524132025/http://dawn.com/2011/06/20/war-on-terror-cost-pakistan-679-billion/ |archive-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> By 2014, however, casualties from terrorist and militant attacks had dropped by around 40%.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Small Measure of Progress |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/22/a-small-measure-of-progress/ |access-date=26 June 2016 |website=Foreign Policy |date=22 December 2014 |archive-date=12 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412035056/http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/22/a-small-measure-of-progress/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=John |last2=MacAskill |first2=Ewen |date=16 December 2014 |title=More than 100 children killed in Taliban attack on Pakistan school |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/16/taliban-attack-army-public-school-pakistan-peshawar |access-date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121094704/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/16/taliban-attack-army-public-school-pakistan-peshawar |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Insurgency in Paraguay]]
|27 August 2005
|Since 2005, [[Paraguay]] has been fighting a low-level insurgency by [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aguilera |first=Freddy |date=19 March 2008 |title="Ejército Paraguayo del Pueblo ya incursiona militarmente" |url=https://www.ultimahora.com/ejercito-paraguayo-del-pueblo-ya-incursiona-militarmente-n102273.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Última Hora (Paraguay)|Última Hora]] |language=es-ES |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125225305/https://www.ultimahora.com/ejercito-paraguayo-del-pueblo-ya-incursiona-militarmente-n102273.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> armed militant groups.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Yagoub |first=Mimi |date=10 July 2014 |title=Attacks Sign of Growing EPP Strength in Paraguay Despite Security Crackdown |url=https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/attacks-sign-of-growing-epp-strength-in-paraguay-despite-security-crackdown/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[InSight Crime]]}}</ref> The conflict is estimated to have caused a cumulative 111 deaths by 2020, most of which have been insurgents, local ranchers, and police officers.<ref name=":1" />
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| [[Mexican drug war]]
| 11 December 2006
| Following a rise in criminal violence as a result of influential [[Drug trafficking in Mexico|drug trafficking in the country]], President [[Felipe Calderón]] declared a war on drugs in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/mexicos-drug-war-is-taking-worse-turn-2015-5 |title=Mexico's drug war is getting even worse |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=17 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617112719/http://www.businessinsider.com/mexicos-drug-war-is-taking-worse-turn-2015-5 |url-status=live}}</ref> Since then, violence has sharply increased,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncronline.org/news/global/counting-mexicos-drug-victims-murky-business |title=Counting Mexico's drug victims is a murky business |newspaper=National Catholic Reporter |date=March 2014 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=28 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528192211/http://ncronline.org/news/global/counting-mexicos-drug-victims-murky-business |url-status=dead}}</ref> with a death toll of nearly 300,000<ref>{{Cite news |last=Villegas |first=Paulina |date=6 January 2020 |title=A New Toll in Mexico's Drug War: More Than 61,000 Vanished |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/americas/mexico-drug-war-death-toll.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924202044/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/americas/mexico-drug-war-death-toll.html |url-status=live}}</ref> over 60,000 missing, and 39,000 unidentified bodies in morgues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agren |first=David |date=22 September 2020 |title=Mexico's drug war leaves 39,000 unidentified bodies in its morgues |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/22/mexicos-drug-war-leaves-39000-unidentified-bodies-in-its-morgues |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Arrests of [[Drug cartel|cartel]] leaders led to increasing violence as cartels,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Colleen W. |date=16 October 2007 |title=Mexico's Drug Cartels |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34215.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34215.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Congressional Research Service]] |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fantz |first=Ashley |date=20 January 2012 |title=The Mexico drug war: Bodies for billions |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/15/world/mexico-drug-war-essay/index.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> fought for control of [[Illegal drug trade in the United States|trafficking routes into the United States]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Traci |last=Carl |title=Progress in Mexico drug war is drenched in blood |date=10 March 2009 |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilIZ5du3hOOeN7yatYIRIhFY-MJAD96RBGO00 |access-date=1 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315080309/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilIZ5du3hOOeN7yatYIRIhFY-MJAD96RBGO00 |archive-date=15 March 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=High U.S. cocaine cost shows drug war working: Mexico |date=14 September 2007 |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1422771920070914 |access-date=1 April 2009 |archive-date=4 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204232646/https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1422771920070914 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=CRS Report for Congress: Mexico and the 112th Congress |chapter=Mexico – U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress |editor-first=Mark P. |editor-last=Sullivan |publisher=Congressional Research Service |pages=2, 13, 14 |date=18 December 2008 |chapter-url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32724.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32724.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> The conflict has emphasised [[Corruption in Mexico|corruption]] and [[Human rights|human rights abuses]], with [[bribery]], [[Illegal drug trade|drug smuggling]], [[kidnapping]], and protection of cartels being widely reported among government officials.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marosi |first=Richard |date=23 April 2008 |title=Mexican general makes explosive accusations |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/04/mexican-general.html |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029174820/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/04/mexican-general.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Somali civil war (2009–present)|Somali civil war]]
| 31 January 2009
| In 2009, [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]], an Islamist militant group, began waging an insurgency against the newly formed [[Transitional Federal Government]]. In 2011, the federal government [[Operation Indian Ocean|captured]] [[Mogadishu]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL6E7J601H20110806 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019172132/http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL6E7J601H20110806 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 October 2011 |title=UPDATE 3-Somali government declares Islamist rebellion defeated |date=6 August 2011 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> and subsequently retook towns across the country.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20658236 |title=Somalia: 'Al-Shabab' militants forced out of Jowhar |work=BBC News |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=10 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910111203/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20658236 |url-status=live}}</ref> Since then, the government has attempted to clean out the remaining Al-Shabaab strongholds with help from [[African Union Mission to Somalia|AMISOM]] soldiers<ref>{{cite web |title=SOMALIA: President says Godane is dead, now is the chance for the members of al-Shabaab to embrace peace {{!}} RBC Radio |url=http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/09/somalia-president-says-godane-is-dead-now-is-the-chance-for-the-members-of-al-shabaab-to-embrace-peace/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906202740/http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/09/somalia-president-says-godane-is-dead-now-is-the-chance-for-the-members-of-al-shabaab-to-embrace-peace/ |archive-date=6 September 2014 |access-date=26 June 2016 |website=raxanreeb.com}}</ref> and military intervention on the part of the United States. Al-Shabaab made a resurgence in 2016, when AMISOM and [[Kenya Defence Forces|Kenyan forces]] were subject to attacks and raids,<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2016 |title=Propaganda is effective weapon as al-Shabab makes resurgence |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/propaganda-is-effective-weapon-as-al-shabab-makes-resurgence |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[PBS NewsHour]]}}</ref> to which American and Somali forces responded with airstrikes,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Germanos |first=Andrea |date=14 April 2017 |title=Trump Further Entrenches US Military Involvement in Somalia |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/14/trump-further-entrenches-us-military-involvement-somalia |access-date=25 December 2020 |website=[[Common Dreams]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Harsch |first1=Michael F. |last2=Meduna |first2=Maximilian M. |last3=Krug |first3=Teresa |date=18 July 2017 |title=As the U.S. gets more involved in Somalia, beware these three fallacies |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/07/18/as-the-u-s-gets-more-involved-in-somalia-beware-these-three-fallacies/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=13 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813170139/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/07/18/as-the-u-s-gets-more-involved-in-somalia-beware-these-three-fallacies/ |url-status=live}}</ref> weakening Al Shabaab's territorial prominence. The conflict has cost 300,000 to 500,000 lives and devastated Somalia's infrastructure and humanitarian resources.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Matthew |date=February 2012 |title=Twentieth Century Atlas – Death Tolls and Casualty Statistics for Wars, Dictatorships and Genocides |url=http://necrometrics.com/20c300k.htm#Somalia |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=Necrometrics |archive-date=26 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426033843/http://necrometrics.com/20c300k.htm#Somalia |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2016 |title=The resurgence of al-Shabaab in Somalia and implications for the humanitarian sector – Somalia |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/resurgence-al-shabaab-somalia-and-implications-humanitarian-sector |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=[[ReliefWeb]] |archive-date=28 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028033635/https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/resurgence-al-shabaab-somalia-and-implications-humanitarian-sector |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Boko Haram insurgency]]
| 26 July 2009
| Sparked by long-standing conflict between [[Nigeria]]'s [[Christianity|Christian]] and [[Muslims|Muslim]] communities, the [[Boko Haram]] insurgency began when the [[jihadist]] [[List of rebel groups that control territory|rebel group]] started a rebellion against the [[Federal government of Nigeria|government]].<ref name="Nossiter">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/world/africa/28nigeria.html |title=Scores Die as Fighters Battle Nigerian Police |first=Adama |last=Nossiter |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=27 July 2009 |access-date=29 December 2014 |archive-date=23 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123054743/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/world/africa/28nigeria.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, the group pledged alliance to [[ISIL]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31784538 |title=Nigeria's Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404004635/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31784538 |url-status=live}}</ref> becoming the world's deadliest terrorist group by 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pisa |first1=Katie |last2=Hume |first2=Tim |title=Boko Haram overtakes ISIS as world's deadliest terror group, report says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/17/world/global-terror-report/ |access-date=23 March 2016 |publisher=CNN |date=19 November 2015 |archive-date=6 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406143919/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/17/world/global-terror-report/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Global Terrorism Index 2015 |url=http://economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Global-Terrorism-Index-2015.pdf |publisher=Institute for Economics and Peace |page=41 |date=November 2015 |access-date=23 March 2016 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207153725/http://economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Global-Terrorism-Index-2015.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> The conflict has killed over 37,500 people and displaced 2.5 million, driving 244,000 Nigerian refugees into neighbouring states.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boko Haram's Deadly Impact |url=https://www.cfr.org/article/boko-harams-deadly-impact |access-date=25 December 2020 |website=[[Council on Foreign Relations]] |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202072238/https://www.cfr.org/article/boko-harams-deadly-impact |url-status=live}}</ref> Insurgents were weakened in 2015 when Nigerian forces drove them into Sambisa Forest,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sambisa Forest: An Ideal Hiding Place for Boko Haram |url=https://www.voanews.com/africa/sambisa-forest-ideal-hiding-place-boko-haram |access-date=25 December 2020 |website=Voice of America |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814060521/https://www.voanews.com/africa/sambisa-forest-ideal-hiding-place-boko-haram |url-status=dead}}</ref> causing bitter infighting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Withnall |first=Adam |date=8 September 2016 |title=Boko Haram descends into in-fighting as reports emerge of deadly clashes between rival Islamist factions |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/boko-haram-descends-fighting-reports-emerge-deadly-clashes-between-rival-islamist-factions-a7231726.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/boko-haram-descends-fighting-reports-emerge-deadly-clashes-between-rival-islamist-factions-a7231726.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=25 December 2020 |website=[[The Independent]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, they made a resurgence in 2018–19, with human rights violations; massacres; and mass child kidnappings, exploitation, and torture posing a threat to civilians.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2013 |title=Nigeria: Deaths of hundreds of Boko Haram suspects in custody requires investigation |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/10/nigeria-deaths-hundreds-boko-haram-suspects-custody-requires-investigation/ |access-date=25 December 2020 |website=[[Amnesty International]] |archive-date=11 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111101855/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/nigeria-deaths-hundreds-boko-haram-suspects-custody-requires-investigation-2013-10-15 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 February 2016 |title=Another brutal attack by Boko Haram highlights the weakness of Nigeria's military |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2016/02/05/another-brutal-attack-by-boko-haram-highlights-the-weakness-of-nigerias-military |access-date=25 December 2020 |issn=0013-0613 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204154822/https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2016/02/05/another-brutal-attack-by-boko-haram-highlights-the-weakness-of-nigerias-military |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2013 |title=Nigeria's Boko Haram 'uses child soldiers' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/11/29/nigerias-boko-haram-uses-child-soldiers |access-date=25 December 2020 |website=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 December 2020 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Boko Haram kidnaps 330 boys: 'No child should have to choose between their education and their life' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/12/16/boko-haram-kidnaps-330-boys-nigeria-outcry-uses-bringbackourboys/3919404001/ |access-date=25 December 2020 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>
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|[[Mali War]]
|16 January 2012
|In 2012, a [[Tuareg rebellion (2012)|rebellion]] by [[Tuareg people|Tuaregs]] in Northern [[Mali]] began. After Malian president [[Amadou Toumani Touré]] was ousted in a coup, Tuaregs captured Northern Mali,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5grilySJ5EdrgURoNp1mt3AIJhTgg?do |title=Mali junta denounces 'rights violations' by rebels |last=Daniel |first=Serge |date=4 April 2012 |agency=AFP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201201147/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5grilySJ5EdrgURoNp1mt3AIJhTgg?docId=CNG.915a5505555757d7df5029b5b99451cc.261 |archive-date=1 February 2013 |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> and declared it to be the independent state of [[Azawad]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/20124644412359539.html |title=Tuaregs claim 'independence' from Mali |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=30 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130013541/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/20124644412359539.html |url-status=live}}</ref> However, Islamists groups took over Northern Mali from the Tuaregs and imposed sharia law.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9365390/Trouble-in-Timbuktu-as-Islamists-extend-control.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9365390/Trouble-in-Timbuktu-as-Islamists-extend-control.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Trouble in Timbuktu as Islamists extend control |first=Zoe |last=Flood |access-date=26 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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| [[South Sudanese Civil War]]
| 15 December 2013
| 22 February 2020
|A multi-sided [[civil war]] between [[Government of South Sudan|government]] and opposition forces including [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition|SPLM-IO]] and other groups. Ugandan troops were deployed to fight alongside the South Sudanese government.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 January 2014 |title=Yoweri Museveni: Uganda troops fighting South Sudan rebels |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25759650 |access-date=6 October 2023 |archive-date=6 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006114751/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25759650 |url-status=live}}</ref> The UN deployed [[United Nations peacekeeping|peacekeepers]] as part of the [[United Nations Mission in South Sudan]].<ref name="South Sudan country profile">{{cite news |date=6 August 2018 |title=South Sudan country profile |work=BBC News |url=http://bbc.com/news/world-africa-14069082 |access-date=6 October 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620123955/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14069082 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[War in Iraq (2013–2017)|War in Iraq]]
| 1 January 2014
| 9 December 2017
| The civil war began with the conquest of [[Fallujah]], [[Mosul]], [[Tikrit]] and areas of [[Disputed territories of Northern Iraq|northern Iraq]] by [[Islamic State]]. Nations provided aid in the form of airstrikes, troops and intelligence.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/08/08/who_else_besides_americans_are_flying_fighter_jets_in_iraq.html |title=Who Else, Besides Americans, Are Flying Fighter Jets in Iraq? |work=Slate |access-date=14 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112044402/http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/08/08/who_else_besides_americans_are_flying_fighter_jets_in_iraq.html |archive-date=12 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/08/iran-soldiers-iraq-islamic-state-2014823161322258630.html |title=Iran 'sent soldiers to fight in Iraq' |publisher=[[Al Jazeera America]] |date=23 August 2014 |access-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920121525/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/08/iran-soldiers-iraq-islamic-state-2014823161322258630.html |archive-date=20 September 2014}}</ref> In December 2017, Prime Minister [[Haider al-Abadi]] announced victory over ISIL,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraq-announces-end-war-liberation-borders-syria-abadi/ |title=Iraq announces end of war against IS, liberation of borders with Syria: Abadi |publisher=Iraqi News |date=9 December 2017 |last=Mostafa |first=Nehal |access-date=13 January 2019 |archive-date=9 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209235658/https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraq-announces-end-war-liberation-borders-syria-abadi |url-status=live}}</ref> though others warned to expect ISIL to continue the fight by other means.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-parade/iraq-holds-victory-parade-after-defeating-islamic-state-idUSKBN1E407Z |title=Iraq holds victory parade after defeating Islamic State |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=10 December 2017 |last=Aboulenein |first=Ahmed |access-date=13 January 2019 |archive-date=10 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210223418/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-parade/iraq-holds-victory-parade-after-defeating-islamic-state-idUSKBN1E407Z |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Libyan civil war (2014–2020)|Libyan civil war]]
| 16 May 2014
| 24 October 2020
| Following the [[Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014)|factional violence]] that engulfed Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, a second civil war broke out among factions seeking control of the territory and oil of [[Libya]]. The conflict was mostly between the [[House of Representatives (Libya)|House of Representatives]] (HoR) government that was controversially [[2014 Libyan parliamentary election|elected in 2014]], also known as the "[[Tobruk]] government"; and the rival [[General National Congress (2014)|General National Congress]] (GNC) government, also called the "[[National Salvation Government]]". A permanent ceasefire agreement in all areas became effective from October 2020, ending the war.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/news/libyan-civil-war-two-warring-factions-sign-permanent-ceasefire-1983297 |title=Libyan Civil War: Two warring factions sign 'permanent' ceasefire |date=24 October 2020 |website=The Daily Star |access-date=20 November 2020 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415014337/https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/news/libyan-civil-war-two-warring-factions-sign-permanent-ceasefire-1983297 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-10-23/un-says-libya-rivals-sign-cease-fire-deal |title=Libyan factions sign countrywide U.N.-brokered cease-fire |date=23 October 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=20 November 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101060700/https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-10-23/un-says-libya-rivals-sign-cease-fire-deal |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni civil war]]
| 16 September 2014
! style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" rowspan="2"| ''Ongoing''
| Preceded by a decade-long [[Houthi insurgency]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2015/02/22/yemens-ousted-president-hadi-calls-for-houthis-to-quit-capital/ |title=Yemen's ousted president Hadi calls for Houthis to quit capital |work=The Star Online |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=17 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041643/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2015/02/22/yemens-ousted-president-hadi-calls-for-houthis-to-quit-capital/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the Yemeni civil war began between two factions: the then-incumbent Yemeni government and the [[Houthi movement|Houthi]] militia, along with their supporters and allies. Both claim to constitute the [[Yemen]]i government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143295/asher-orkaby/houthi-who |agency=Foreign Affairs |title=Houthi Who? |first=Asher |last=Orkaby |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=25 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327115828/http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143295/asher-orkaby/houthi-who |archive-date=27 March 2015}}</ref>
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| [[Philippine drug war]]
| 30 June 2016
| There was a rise in criminal violence as a result of drug trafficking, after Philippine President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] was inaugurated in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-03/duterte-to-push-ahead-with-name-shame-in-drug-war-as-deaths-rise |title=Duterte to Push Ahead With Name-Shame in Drug War as Deaths Rise |first=Clarissa Batino Cecilia |last=Yap |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=3 August 2016 |via=Bloomberg |access-date=4 March 2017 |archive-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101052252/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-03/duterte-to-push-ahead-with-name-shame-in-drug-war-as-deaths-rise |url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2020, it has caused about 6000 deaths.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/drug-war-killings-increased-during-covid-19-pandemic-says-hrw/ar-BB18SuIs?li=BBr8Mkn |title=Drug war killings increased during COVID-19 pandemic, says HRW |website=msn.com}}</ref>
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|[[Siege of Marawi]]
|23 May 2017
|23 October 2017
|The battle of Marawi was a five-month-long [[War|armed conflict]] in [[Marawi]], [[Philippines]], that started on May 23, 2017, between [[Government of the Philippines|Philippine government]] [[Armed Forces of the Philippines|security forces]] against [[militant]]s [[Collaboration with the Islamic State#Groups expressing support for ISIL|affiliated]] with the Islamic State, including the [[Maute group|Maute]] and [[Abu Sayyaf]] [[Salafi jihadism|Salafi jihadist]] groups. The [[battle]] became the longest [[Urban warfare|urban battle]] in the [[History of the Philippines (1986–present)|modern history of the Philippines]].
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|[[Anglophone Crisis]]
|9 September 2017
! rowspan="4" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C;" | ''Ongoing''
|Following the suppression of [[2016–17 Cameroonian protests|2016–17 protests]] by Cameroonian authorities, [[Ambazonia]]n [[Separatism|separatists]] in the Anglophone regions launched a [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] campaign against the [[Cameroon Armed Forces]], and unilaterally proclaimed independence. In November 2017, the government of Cameroon declared war on the separatists and sent its army into the Anglophone regions.
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|[[Insurgency in Cabo Delgado]]
|5 October 2017
|The insurgency in Cabo Delgado is an ongoing [[Islamism|Islamist]] [[insurgency]] in [[Cabo Delgado Province]], [[Mozambique]], fought between militant [[Islamism|Islamists]] and [[Jihadism|jihadists]] attempting to establish an [[Islamic state]], and [[Mozambique Defence Armed Forces|Mozambican security forces]]. Civilians have been the main targets of [[Islamic terrorism|terrorist attacks]] by Islamist militants. The main insurgent faction is [[Ansar al-Sunna (Mozambique)|Ansar al-Sunna]], a native extremist faction with connections to ISIS.
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|[[Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)|Islamic State insurgency in Iraq]]
|9 December 2017
|The insurgency in Iraq is an ongoing [[Low-intensity conflict|low-intensity]] [[insurgency]] that began in 2017 after [[Islamic State|ISIS]] lost its [[Territory of the Islamic State|territorial control]] in the [[War in Iraq (2013–2017)|War in Iraq]], during which ISIS and allied [[White Flags]] fought the [[Iraqi Armed Forces|Iraqi military]] (largely backed by the United States, United Kingdom and [[International military intervention against ISIL|other countries]] conducting airstrikes against ISIS) and [[Private militias in Iraq|allied]] [[paramilitary]] forces (largely backed by [[Iran]]).
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|[[Catatumbo campaign]]
|January 2018
|The Catatumbo campaign has been an ongoing period of violence between militia faction groups in the Catatumbo region of [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]] since January 2018. It is an extension of the [[War on drugs]] and developed after the [[Colombian peace process]] of 2016. 
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