Editing 2020s (section)

====International wars====
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! style="width:130px;"| Name
! style="width:110px;"| Start date
! style="width:110px;"| End date
! Description
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| [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]
* [[2021 Israel–Palestine crisis|2021 Palestine–Israel crisis]]
* [[October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel]]
* [[Gaza war]]
|Late 19th or early 20th century
* 6 May 2021
* 7 October 2023
| ''Ongoing''
* 21 May 2021
* ''Ongoing''
| The [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], which began in the late 19th or early 20th century, erupted into 11 days of open violence in May 2021 after the attempted eviction of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli settlers and an Israeli police raid on [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Vox |date=2021-05-17 |title=Israeli-Palestinian tensions erupt into open conflict |url=https://www.vox.com/22440330/israel-palestine-gaza-airstrikes-hamas-updates-2021 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}</ref> with leading militant group [[Hamas]] launching over 4,000 rockets into Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-12 |title=Palestinian Rockets in May Killed Civilians in Israel, Gaza {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/12/palestinian-rockets-may-killed-civilians-israel-gaza |access-date=2025-01-23 |language=en}}</ref> The subsequent unrest caused extensive damage primarily, but not entirely, to Palestinians. The outbreak ended on 19 May.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire to end bloody 11-day war |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinian-cease-fire-hamas-caac81bc36fe9be67ac2f7c27000c74b |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
On [[October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel|7 October 2023]], Hamas and other Gazan militant groups conducted an armed attack on Israel, killing 797 civilians and taking 251 hostages back into Gaza. The subsequent war between Israel and Hamas has resulted in more than 50,000 casualties as of 2024, more than all the preceding decades of the conflict combined. The war has become a [[International reactions to the Gaza war|major point of discussion]] across the world.
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|[[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]]
|27 November 1978
|''Ongoing''
|Numerous Kurdish groups, including the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] (the PKK) have fought for an independent Kurdistan incorporating parts of Turkey. In 2020, Turkey launched [[Operations Claw-Eagle and Tiger|an insurgency]] in [[Iraqi Kurdistan]]. After a [[Syrian civil war#Renewed rebel offensives and fall of the Assad regime (2024)|rebel offensive]] overthrew the regime of Syrian President [[Bashar al-Assad]], Turkey renewed its offensive against [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Kurdish-held territories]] in Northern Syria.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Broomfield |first=Matt |date=2025-01-15 |title=What Does the Future Hold for Syrian Kurds Post-Assad? |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kurds-syria-post-assad-turkey/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}</ref>
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| [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]]
* [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]]
* [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh|2023 offensive]]
|February 1988
* 27 September 2020
* 19 September 2023
|1 January 2024
* 10 November 2020
* 20 September 2023
|The region of [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] has been disputed between the governments of [[Armenia]] and [[Azerbaijan]], as well as the breakaway state, the [[Republic of Artsakh]]. Following the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War|first war's]] [[Bishkek Protocol|ceasefire]] cross-border skirmishes persisted including in July 2020, when [[July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes|a series of border skirmishes]] left at least 15 dead. A [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War|second war]] broke out later that year and ended after another [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement|ceasefire]]. A [[Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis|border crisis]] and [[Blockade of the Republic of Artsakh (2022–present)|blockade]] ensued until a [[2023 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes|2023 offensive]] into the region by Azerbaijan. [[Republic of Artsakh|Artsakh]] dissolved on 1 January 2024, ending the conflict.
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| [[War on terror]]
* [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]
* [[Iraqi conflict|Iraq conflict]]
| 11 September 2001
* 7 October 2001
* 20 March 2003
| ''Ongoing ''
* 30 August 2021
* ''Ongoing''
| 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 Taliban-controlled Afghanistan]] and overthrew the government; however, U.S. forces remained in the country to stabilise the situation.<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 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162409/https://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's regime,<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, officially leaving in 2011.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Ali A. |last=Allawi |title=The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace |url=https://archive.org/details/occupationofiraq00alla |url-access=registration |publisher=Yale University Press |date=2007 |isbn=9780300110159 |author-link=Ali A. Allawi}}</ref> However, insurgencies remained active in both countries, long after the invasions.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/13/washington/world/world-briefing-asia-afghanistan-taliban-leader-vows-return.html |title=World Briefing {{!}} Asia: Afghanistan: Taliban Leader Vows Return |first=Carlotta |last=Gall |date=13 November 2004 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525153745/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/13/washington/world/world-briefing-asia-afghanistan-taliban-leader-vows-return.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Kivu conflict]]
|2 June 2004
|''Ongoing''
|The Kivu conflict began in 2004 in the eastern Congo as an armed conflict between the [[military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (FARDC) and the [[Hutu Power]] group [[Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda]] (FDLR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has broadly consisted of three phases, the third of which is an ongoing conflict.
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| [[Syrian civil war]]
* [[Turkish occupation of northern Syria]]
| 15 March 2011
|''Ongoing''
| In March 2011, popular discontent with the rule of [[Bashar al-Assad]] triggered [[Syrian revolution|large-scale protests]] and [[pro-democracy]] rallies across Syria, as part of the wider [[Arab Spring]] protests in the region. After months of crackdown by the government's [[security apparatus]], various armed [[Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad|rebel groups]] such as the [[Free Syrian Army]] began forming across the country, marking the beginning of the [[Syrian Insurgency|Syrian insurgency]]. By mid-2012, the insurgency had escalated into a full-blown civil war until the [[fall of the Assad regime]] in December 2024, following [[2024 Syrian opposition offensives|major offensives]] led by the [[Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad|Syrian opposition]]. During the civil war, [[Turkey]] invaded parts of northern [[Syria]] in order to combat the [[Islamic State]], [[Syrian Democratic Forces]], and the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]].
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| [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]
* [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian invasion]]
| 20 February 2014
* 24 February 2022
| ''Ongoing''
* ''Ongoing''
| Hostilities between the Ukrainian government and Russia-backed separatist forces [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|in Eastern Ukraine]] have been ongoing since the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Russian annexation of Crimea]] in 2014. In 2021 and early 2022, tensions escalated between the two countries due to a [[Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine|build up of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border]]. Russia launched a [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|full invasion of Ukraine]] in February 2022.
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| [[War against the Islamic State|War against ISIS]]
| 13 June 2014
| ''Ongoing''
| In late-2013, a terrorist organisation called [[Islamic State|ISIS]] 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=29 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429022223/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 news |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 were formed to help fight the militants.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/3273185/isis-us-nato/ |title=U.S. Forms Anti-ISIS Coalition at NATO Summit |last=Nicks |first=Denver |magazine=[[Time (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, ISIS had lost much of its former territory.
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| [[Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war|Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen]]
| 26 March 2015
| ''Ongoing''
| During the [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni civil war]], [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], and other countries part of a coalition invaded parts of Yemen in order to depose the [[Houthi movement|Houthi]]-controlled government.
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Image:Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 montage (1).png|Montage of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], part of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].
Image:Evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport 210821-M-AU949-0155.jpg|[[US Marines]] with [[Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command|SP-MAGTF-CR-CC]] at an evacuation checkpoint at Kabul Airport on 21 August during the [[2021 Fall of Kabul]], at the end of the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]].
Image:Damage in Gaza Strip during the October 2023.jpg|Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdH7aehL_IY |title=Gaza hit by Israeli strikes, buildings destroyed |work=AFP News Agency |date=26 October 2023 |access-date=26 October 2023 |via=www.youtube.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026013359/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdH7aehL_IY |archive-date=26 October 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the [[Gaza war]].
Image:Syrian rebels at Hama Military Airport.png|Syrian rebels at [[Hama Air Base]] during the [[Syrian civil war]].
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