List of wars 2003–10

Note:

War is a state of opened and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations.^[1] For other conflicts, see rebellions, coups and separate battles.

This is a list of wars launched from 2003 to 2010. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

Start	Finished	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
			Victorious party (if applicable)	Defeated party (if applicable)
2003	Ongoing	War in Darfur	NRF SLA LJM JEM Proclaimed support:  United States Alleged support:  Eritrea  Chad	Government of Sudan SAF RSF Janjaweed (pro-Government milita) Armament support:  Russia
2003	2011	Iraq War	United States  United Kingdom INC New Iraqi Army KDP PUK  Australia  Poland  South Korea  Ukraine  Italy  Georgia  Spain  Denmark  Netherlands	Iraq Ba'ath Loyalists SCJL Naqshbandi Army Islamic State of Iraq Al-Qaeda Mahdi Army Special Groups Badr Brigades
2003	Ongoing	Balochistan conflict	Pakistan Pakistan Army Frontier Corps  Iran Imperial Army (until 1979) IRGC (since 1980) Border Guard (since 2000)	Baloch separatist groups BLA BRA BLF LeB BLUF BSO (Azad) Supported by:  Iraq (1970s)[2] Sectarian groups Jundallah Jaish ul-Adl Jundallah (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Jhangvi[2] Sipah-e-Sahaba[2]
2004	Ongoing	War in North-West Pakistan	Pakistan NWPORBAT Pakistan Armed Forces ISI CAD Frontier Constabulary Local Peace Committees  United States CIA SAD/SOG SOCOM USAF	Taliban-aligned groups Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Lashkar-e-Islam Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi East Turkestan Islamic Movement Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 13 March 2015)[3]  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[4] Jundallah[5] Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[3] Tehreek-e-Khilafat[4] Jamaat al-Ahrar[4]
2004	2007	Central African Republic Bush War	Central African Republic  Chad MINURCAT MICOPAX (CEEAC)	UFDR rebels APRD rebels CPJP rebels FDPC rebels MLCJ rebels
2004	Ongoing	Conflict in the Niger Delta	Nigerian government Nigerian Armed Forces	Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force Niger Delta Liberation Front Joint Revolutionary Council Niger Delta Vigilante
2004	2015	Houthi insurgency in Yemen	Houthis	Yemen  Saudi Arabia  Jordan
2004	Ongoing	Kivu conflict
2005	2010	Chadian Civil War (2005–10)	Chad	FUC UFDD RFC Janjaweed
2005	2008	Mount Elgon insurgency	Kenya	Sabaot Land Defence Force
2006	2011	Fatah–Hamas conflict (Brothers War)	Hamas	Fatah
2006	2006	2006 Lebanon War	Israel	Hezbollah
2006	Ongoing	Mexican Drug War	Government Armed Forces Federal Police CISEN PFM State and municipal police forces  United States Federal Marshals Grupos de Autodefensa Comunitaria	Drug Cartels and Crime Organizations including: Sinaloa Cartel Gulf Cartel Los Ántrax Knights Templar Cartel MS-13 FARC Los Zetas Juárez Cartel Tijuana Cartel Beltrán-Leyva Cartel La Familia Michoacana and more
2006	2009	War in Somalia (2006–09) Part of the Somali Civil War	Invasion phase:  Ethiopia Transitional Federal Government  Puntland Galmudug pro-Ethiopian warlords  United States  United Kingdom AMISOM:  Uganda  Burundi  Kenya Insurgency phase: Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia al-Shabaab Ras Kamboni Brigades Jabhatul Islamiya Muaskar Anole  Eritrea (alleged)	Invasion phase: Islamic Courts Union Insurgency phase:  Ethiopia Transitional Federal Government pro-Ethiopian warlords
2007	Ongoing	Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara	Algeria  Morocco Mauritania Tunisia Burkina Faso  Chad  Mali  Niger Nigeria  Senegal Supported & Trained By: United States Canada [6][7][8] France[6][9] Germany[6] Netherlands[6] Spain[6][10]  United Kingdom[11][12]	al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Ansar Dine Supported By: Boko Haram MOJWA
2007	2009	Tuareg rebellion (2007–09)	Niger  Mali	Niger Movement for Justice 23 May ADC Group
2007	2015	War in Ingushetia	Russian Federation Ingush government	Caucasus Emirate (Vilayat Galgaycho) Ingush opposition (2007-2008) ad hoc revenge groups
2008	2008	2008 invasion of Anjouan	Comoros African Union:  Sudan  Tanzania  Senegal  Libya  France[13]	Anjouan
2008	2012	Cambodian–Thai border dispute	Thailand	Cambodia
2008	2008	Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict	Djibouti	Eritrea
2008	2008	Russo-Georgian war	Russia  South Ossetia  Abkhazia	Georgia
2008	2009	Gaza War	Israel[14][15][16]	Hamas
2009	Ongoing	Sudanese nomadic conflicts
2009	Ongoing	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Russia	Caucasus Emirate
2009	Ongoing	Boko Haram insurgency	Nigeria  Cameroon  Chad  Niger Multinational Joint Task Force (Niger, Nigeria and Chad) Vigilante groups[17] Mercenaries[18] Supported by:  United States[19]  Benin[20] African Union (announced)[21][22]  United Kingdom[23][24]  France[23]  China[23]  Canada[25]  Iran[26]  Israel[27]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[28] Boko Haram (Independent: 2009–2015) Ansaru[29][30]
2009	2009	2009 Boko Haram uprising Boko Haram insurgency	Nigeria	Boko Haram
2009	Ongoing	South Yemen insurgency	Government Yemen Army Yemeni Republican Guard Yemeni Air Force Yemen Paramilitary Pro-government tribes	Southern Movement
2009	Ongoing	War in Somalia (2009–present) Part of the Somali civil War	Federal Republic of Somalia: Federal Government of Somalia Somali National Army Regions: Jubaland Raskamboni movement ASWJ[31]  Puntland Puntland Security Force  Galmudug Himan and Heeb Southwestern Somalia Foreign Involvement AMISOM Advisors/Non-combat support:  United States[32]  European Union[33]  NATO  United Kingdom  France	Al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab Foreign Mujahedeen Hizbul Islam (2009-2010)
2010	2010	2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzistani Kyrgyz gangs Kyrgyzstani Uzbeks
2010	2010	2010 Kingston unrest	Jamaica	Shower Posse drug cartel
2010	2012	Tajikistan insurgency	Tajikistan Tajik army	United Tajik Opposition Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
2010	2011	2010–2011 Ivorian crisis Second Ivorian Civil War	New Forces RDR UNOCI  France	Military of Côte d'Ivoire Liberian mercenaries Young Patriots of Abidjan Ivorian Popular Front

See also

• List of ongoing military conflicts

References

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2. B Raman (25 January 2003). "Iraq's shadow on Balochistan". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
4. "ISIS Now Has Military Allies in 11 Countries – NYMag". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
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6. "Flintlock 11 Kicks off February 21 in Senegal". AFRICOM. 3 February 2011.
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11. "US Starts Anti-Al-Qaeda Military Exercise in Sahara". BBC. 3 May 2010.
12. "Britain Signals Maghreb Push with Anti-Terror Help". Reuters Africa. 18 October 2011.
13. AFP (2008-03-25). "African forces invade rebel Comoros island". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
14. Eshel, David (2009-05-11). "New Tactics Yield Solid Victory in Gaza". Aviation Week. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
15. Spyer, Jonathan. "Hamas seeks new doctrine after Gaza War failures". Fr.jpost.com. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
16. Ethan Bonner, Hamas Shifts From Rockets to Culture War New York Times, 24 July 2009
17. "Vigilantes Settle Local Scores With Boko Haram". Voice of America. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
18. Adama Nossiter (12 March 2015). "Mercenaries Join Nigeria’s Military Campaign Against Boko Haram". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
19. Gryboski, Michael. "US Offers to Help Find Over 200 Nigerian Schoolgirls Abducted by Boko Haram". Christian Post. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
20. West Africa leaders vow to wage 'total war' on Boko Haram By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau. 17 May 2014 2:19 PM.
21. Union agrees to send 7,500 troops to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria. Mashable.com, Jan 31, 2015.
22. The African Union Readies an Army to Fight Boko Haram, Medium.com.
23. Kidnapped schoolgirls: British experts to fly to Nigeria 'as soon as possible'. theguardian.com, Wednesday 7 May 2014 17.33 BST.
24. "British troops to help fight against Boko Haram as SAS target Isil". the Telegraph. 20 December 2014.
25. Canada joins effort to free Nigerian schoolgirls. May 14, 2014 3:23 pm Updated: May 15, 2014 7:01 pm. By Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press
26. Iran ready to help Nigeria over abducted girls: Diplomat. Monday 19 May, 201404:53 PM GMT.
27. Israel sends experts to help hunt for Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamists. Jerusalem Post; 05/20/2014 18:03.
28. "Boko Haram swears formal allegiance to ISIS". Associated Press. Fox News. March 8, 2015.
29. Sudarsan Raghavan (31 May 2013). "Nigerian Islamist militants return from Mali with weapons, skills". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
30. Steve White (13 March 2013). "Nigerian hostage deaths: British hostage executed in error". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
31. http://allafrica.com/stories/200902130339.html
32. see: Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
33. "Italy pledges to Somali gov’t financial support to uproot Al shabaab". Shabelle. November 3, 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

External links

• Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)
  • Conflict Barometer - Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements