List of wars 1990–2002
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| 1990 | 1991 | Gulf War Gulf War The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf... |
 Kuwait  United States  Saudi Arabia  United Kingdom  Egypt  Early Modern France  Syria  Morocco  Oman  Pakistan  Canada Other Coalition Forces |
 IraqBa'athist Iraq The History of Iraq , referred to as Ba'athist Iraq, covers the period of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party's rule over Iraq. Ba'athist rule in Iraq first occurred briefly in 1963 under Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr until overthrown that same year. Ba'athism was restored to power five years later after... |
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| 1990 | 1993 | Rwandan Civil War Rwandan Civil War The Rwandan Civil War was a conflict within the Central African nation of Rwanda between the government of President Juvénal Habyarimana and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front... |
 Rwandan Patriotic FrontRwandan Patriotic Front The Rwandan Patriotic Front abbreviated as RPF is the current ruling political party of Rwanda, led by President Paul Kagame. It governs in a coalition with other parties... |
Rwandan Armed Forces Elements of the French Army French Army The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in... (1990-1993)  Zairean Special Presidential DivisionSpecial Presidential Division The Special Presidential Division was an elite military force created by Zairian president Mobutu Sese Seko in 1985 and charged with his personal security... (1990-1991) |
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| 1990 | 1995 | Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995) |  Mali  Niger Ghanda Koi |
Arab Islamic Front of Azawad Arab Islamic Front of Azawad Arab Islamic Front of Azawad was a militant rebel group in northern Mali. It was headed by Zahabi Ould Sidi Mohamed.... Popular Front for the Liberation of Azawad Popular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Popular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad , a Tuareg militant rebel group in northern Mali . Initially based amongst exiles in Algeria and, especially, Libya, MPLA launched an armed campaign in June 1990. This fed into the disturbances already underway in Mali, and started a civil war... United Movements and Fronts of Azawad Front for the Liberation of Air and Azaouak Front for the Liberation of Tamoust |
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| 1990 | 2006 | Casamance Conflict Casamance Conflict The Casamance Conflict is a low-level civil war that has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance since 1982 over the question of independence for the Casamance region.... |
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 Movement of Democratic Forces of CasamanceMovement of Democratic Forces of Casamance The Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance is the main separatist movement in the Casamance region of Senegal, founded in 1982. It was supported by Guinea-Bissau President João Bernardo Vieira until he was overthrown in 1999. It relies mainly on the Diola ethnic group...  Guinea-Bissau |
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| 1991 | 1991 | Ten-Day War Ten-Day War The Ten-Day War or the Slovenian Independence War was a military conflict between the Slovenian Territorial Defence and the Yugoslav People's Army in 1991 following Slovenia's declaration of independence.-Background:... |
 Slovenia |
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
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| 1991 | 1992 | 1991–1992 South Ossetia War |  South Ossetia |
 Georgia (country) |
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| 1991 | 1994 | Djiboutian Civil War Djiboutian Civil War The Djiboutian Civil War was a conflict in Djibouti between the People's Rally for Progress government and the predominantly Afar rebel group, the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy... |
 Djibouti Early Modern France |
Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy , is a political party in Djibouti. It is aligned with the interests of the Afar people who live in that country, although it has supporters residing outside of Djibouti.... |
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| 1991 | 1995 | Croatian War of Independence Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat... |
 Independent State of Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995) |
 SAO KrajinaSAO Krajina Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina or SAO Krajina was a self proclaimed Serbian autonomous region within modern-day Croatia . It existed between 1990 and 1991 and was subsequently included into Republic of Serbian Krajina... (1991) SAO Western SlavoniaSAO Western Slavonia SAO Western Slavonia or Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Western Slavonia was a Serbian self-proclaimed autonomous region within Croatia. It was formed on 12 August 1991 and was subsequently included into Republic of Serbian Krajina... (1991) SAO Eastern Slavonia (1991) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1991-1992) (1992-1995)  Republika Srpska |
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| 1991 | 2002 | Sierra Leone Civil War Sierra Leone Civil War The Sierra Leone Civil War began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front , with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia , intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government... |
 Sierra Leone KamajorsKamajors The Kamajors are a group of traditional hunters from the Mende ethnic group in the south and east of Sierra Leone... ECOMOG Group Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group The Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group, or ECOMOG, was a West African multilateral armed force established by the Economic Community of West African States . ECOMOG was a formal arrangement for separate armies to work together... United Kingdom |
Revolutionary United Front Revolutionary United Front The Revolutionary United Front was a rebel army that fought a failed eleven-year war in Sierra Leone, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002. It later developed into a political party, which existed until 2007... Armed Forces Revolutionary Council Armed Forces Revolutionary Council The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council was a group of Sierra Leone soldiers that allied itself with the rebel Revolutionary United Front in the late 1990s. While the AFRC briefly controlled the country in 1998, it was driven from the capital by a coalition of West African troops... West Side Boys West Side Boys The West Side Boys aka West Side Niggaz or West Side Junglers, were an armed group in Sierra Leone, sometimes described as a splinter faction of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council....  Liberia |
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| 1991 | 2002 | Algerian Civil War Algerian Civil War The Algerian Civil War was an armed conflict between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups which began in 1991. It is estimated to have cost between 150,000 and 200,000 lives, in a population of about 25,010,000 in 1990 and 31,193,917 in 2000.More than 70 journalists were... |
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Armed Islamic Group Armed Islamic Group The Armed Islamic Group is an Islamist organisation that wants to overthrow the Algerian government and replace it with an Islamic state... (GIA) |
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| 1991 | Ongoing | Somali Civil War Somali Civil War The Somali Civil War is an ongoing civil war taking place in Somalia. The conflict, which began in 1991, has caused destabilisation throughout the country, with the current phase of the conflict seeing the Somali government losing substantial control of the state to rebel forces... |
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| 1991 | 1993 | Georgian Civil War Georgian Civil War The Georgian Civil War consisted of inter-ethnic and intranational conflicts in the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia , as well as the violent military coup d'etat of December 21, 1991 - January 6, 1992 against the first democratically elected President of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia and his... |
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| 1991 | 1991 | 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt |  Russia Russia:
Anti-Communist Anti-communism Anti-communism is opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed in reaction to the rise of communism, especially after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and the beginning of the Cold War in 1947.-Objections to communist theory:... demonstrators Demonstration (people) A demonstration or street protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear speakers.Actions such as... in union republics Republics of the Soviet Union The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union... defecting Red Army Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to... personnel Republics Republics of the Soviet Union The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union... , against the coup:  Estonia Latvia Lithuania Moldavian SSRInternational support: United States United States of AmericaUnited States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
 Soviet Union State Committee of the State of EmergencyGang of Eight (Soviet Union) The State Committee on the State of Emergency was a group of eight high-level officials within the Soviet government, the Communist party and the KGB who attempted a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev on 18 August 1991...  Soviet ArmySoviet Army The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground...
 Committee for State Security of Soviet UnionKGB The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
Union republics Republics of the Soviet Union The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union... and other entities in support of the coup:  Byelorussian SSR Azerbaijan Republic of AzerbaijanAzerbaijan SSR The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Azerbaijan SSR for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union.... Transnistria Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was created on the eastern periphery of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1990 by pro-Soviet separatists who hoped to remain within the Soviet Union when it became clear that the MSSR would achieve independence from the USSR... ----
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| 1992 | 1992 | East Prigorodny conflict East Prigorodny conflict The East Prigorodny conflict was an inter-ethnic conflict in the eastern part of the Prigorodny district in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, which started in 1989 and developed, in 1992, into a brief ethnic war between local Ingush and Ossetian paramilitary forces.According to Helsinki Human... |
 North Ossetian militia and security forcesNorth Ossetia-Alania The Republic of North Ossetia–Alania is a federal subject of Russia . Its population according to the 2010 Census was 712,877.-Name:... North Ossetian Republican GuardNorth Ossetia-Alania The Republic of North Ossetia–Alania is a federal subject of Russia . Its population according to the 2010 Census was 712,877.-Name:... South Ossetian militiaSouth Ossetia South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....  Don CossacksDon Cossacks Don Cossacks were Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don.- Etymology and origins :The Don Cossack Host was a frontier military organization from the end of the 16th until the early 20th century.... Terek Cossacks Russian ArmyArmed Forces of the Russian Federation The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are the military services of Russia, established after the break-up of the Soviet Union. On 7 May 1992 Boris Yeltsin signed a decree establishing the Russian Ministry of Defence and placing all Soviet Armed Forces troops on the territory of the RSFSR... |
Ingush militia Ingush people The Ingush are a native ethnic group of the North Caucasus, mostly inhabiting the Russian republic of Ingushetia. They refer to themselves as Ghalghai . The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language... |
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| 1992 | 1996 | Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–1996) |  Taliban Supported by: Pakistan Saudi Arabia United States---- Hezbi Islami Hezbi Islami Hezbi Islami , meaning Islamic Party is an Islamist organization commonly known for fighting in the Marxist Government of Afghanistan and their close ally the Soviet Union. Founded and led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, it was established in Pakistan in 1975... (Supported by Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... )  Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... )  Junbish-i Milli (Supported by UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... and Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... ) |
 Unit PartyUnit Party A Unit party is a union of two parties such as the National Movement Party and the Progressive Learning party. Unit parties are established by big groups which are mostly in power before 1992....
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| 1992 | 1992 | War of Transnistria War of Transnistria The War of Transnistria was a limited conflict that broke out in November 1990 at Dubăsari between pro-Transnistria forces, including the Transnistrian Republican Guard, militia and Cossack units, and supported by elements of the Russian 14th army, and pro-Moldovan forces, including Moldovan... |
 Transnistria  Russian 14th Army14th Army involvement in Transnistria The involvement of the Soviet 14th Guards Army in the War of Transnistria was extensive and contributed to the outcome, which left the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic with de facto independence from the Republic of Moldova.-Background:... Don Cossacks Don Cossacks Don Cossacks were Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don.- Etymology and origins :The Don Cossack Host was a frontier military organization from the end of the 16th until the early 20th century.... |
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| 1992 | 1993 | War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) The War in Abkhazia from 1992 to 1993 was waged chiefly between Georgian government forces on one side and Abkhaz separatist forces supporting independence of Abkhazia from Georgia on the other side. Ethnic Georgians, who lived in Abkhazia fought largely on the side of Georgian government forces... |
 Abkhazia Russia Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus is a militarized political organization composed of militants from the North Caucasian republics of the Russian Federation. This controversial organization, later renamed into the Confederation of the Peoples of the Caucasus , was formed on the eve... Russian Cossacks |
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| 1992 | 1995 | Bosnian War Bosnian War The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides... |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Independent State of Croatia NATO |
 Serbia and Montenegro Republika Srpska |
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| 1992 | 1994 | Croat–Bosniak War Part of the Bosnian War |
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| 1993 | 1993 | 1993 Russian constitutional crisis | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | 1993 Lebanon war Part of the South Lebanon conflict |
 Israel South Lebanon Army South Lebanon Army The South Lebanon Army , also "South Lebanese Army," was a Lebanese militia during the Lebanese Civil War. After 1979, the militia operated in southern Lebanon under the authority of Saad Haddad's Government of Free Lebanon... |
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| 1993 | 2005 | Burundi Civil War Burundi Civil War The Burundi Civil War was an armed conflict lasting from 1993 to 2005. The civil war was the result of long standing ethnic divisions between the Hutu and the Tutsi tribes in Burundi... |
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| 1993 | Ongoing | Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Ethnic conflict in Nagaland The ethnic conflict in Nagaland, in northeastern India, is an ongoing conflict, since 1993, fought between the Nagas and the Kukis.Initially it started in Manipur between the Thankhuls, and Kukis in Manipur... |
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| 1994 | 1997 | Iraqi Kurdish Civil War Iraqi Kurdish Civil War The Iraqi Kurdish Civil War was a military conflict which took place between rival Kurdish factions in Iraqi Kurdistan in the mid 1990s... |
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| 1994 | 1994 | Chiapas conflict Chiapas conflict The Chiapas conflict generally refers to the Zapatista uprising and its aftermath, but has to be understood in relation to the history of marginalization of indigenous peoples and subsistence farmers in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.... |
 Zapatista Army of National LiberationZapatista Army of National Liberation The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.... |
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| 1994 | 1994 | 1994 civil war in Yemen 1994 civil war in Yemen The May–July 1994 civil war in Yemen was waged between the armed forces of the former Northern and Southern Yemeni states and their supporters... |
 Yemen |
 Democratic Republic of YemenDemocratic Republic of Yemen The Democratic Republic of Yemen was declared in May 1994. The DRY, with its capital in Aden, was led by President Ali Salim al-Beidh and Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas and represented a response to the weakening position of the South in the Yemeni civil war of 1994... |
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| 1994 | 1996 | First Chechen War First Chechen War The First Chechen War, also known as the War in Chechnya, was a conflict between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, fought from December 1994 to August 1996... |
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| 1994 | 1999 | Caprivi conflict |  Namibia |
Caprivi Liberation Army Caprivi Liberation Army Caprivi Liberation Army is a Namibian rebel and separatist group which was established in 1994 to separate the Caprivi Strip, a region mainly inhabited by the Lozi people. It operates only in the Caprivi strip.-Background:... |
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| 1995 | 1995 | Cenepa War Cenepa War The Cenepa War , also known as the Alto Cenepa War, was a brief and localized military conflict between Ecuador and Peru, fought over control of a disputed area on the border between the two countries... |
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| 1995 | 1995 | Hanish Islands conflict |  Eritrea
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| 1995 | 2009 | Insurgency in Ogaden Insurgency in Ogaden The insurgency in Ogaden, waged by the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front in Ethiopia's Somali region, began in 1995 and is ongoing. Originally an accepted political party, which contributed three Presidents of the Somali Region, after the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary... |
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| 1996 | 1996 | 1996 Lebanon war Part of the South Lebanon conflict |
Israel South Lebanon Army South Lebanon Army The South Lebanon Army , also "South Lebanese Army," was a Lebanese militia during the Lebanese Civil War. After 1979, the militia operated in southern Lebanon under the authority of Saad Haddad's Government of Free Lebanon... |
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| 1996 | 2006 | Nepalese Civil War |  CPNCPN CPN may stand for:*Called party number*Calpine Corporation, New York Stock Exchange symbol CPN*Canadian Perinatal Network*Carnivorous Plant Newsletter*Carpinteria , California, Amtrak station code CPN... |
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| 1996 | 1997 | First Congo War First Congo War The First Congo War was a revolution in Zaire that replaced President Mobutu Sésé Seko, a decades-long dictator, with rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila. Destabilization in eastern Zaire that resulted from the Rwandan genocide was the final factor that caused numerous internal and external actors... |
 AFDLAlliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire was a coalition of Congolese dissidents, disgruntled minority groups and nations that toppled President Mobutu Sese Seko and brought Laurent Kabila to power in the First Congo War...  Uganda Rwanda  Burundi  Angola |
Zaire UNITA UNITA The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in the Angolan War for Independence and then against the MPLA in the ensuing civil war .The war was one... Army for the Liberation of RwandaArmy for the Liberation of Rwanda The Army for the Liberation of Rwanda was a rebel group largely composed of members of the Interahamwe and Armed Forces of Rwanda that carried out the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Operating mostly in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo along the border with Rwanda, it carried... |
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| 1997 | 1997 | 1997 rebellion in Albania 1997 rebellion in Albania The 1997 unrest in Albania, also known as the Lottery Uprising or Anarchy in Albania, was an uprising sparked by Ponzi scheme failures... |
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| 1997 | 1999 | Republic of the Congo Civil War |  Republic of the Congo (Denis Sassou NguessoDenis Sassou Nguesso Denis Sassou Nguesso is a Congolese politician who has been the President of Congo-Brazzaville since 1997; he was previously President from 1979 to 1992. During his first period as President, he headed the single-party regime of the Congolese Labour Party for 12 years... government) Cobra militia Rwandan Hutu Hutu The Hutu , or Abahutu, are a Central African people, living mainly in Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo.-Population statistics:The Hutu are the largest of the three peoples in Burundi and Rwanda; according to the United States Central Intelligence Agency, 84% of Rwandans and 85% of Burundians... militia Angola |
Republic of the Congo (Pascal Lissouba Pascal Lissouba Pascal Lissouba was the first democratically elected President of the Republic of the Congo from August 31, 1992 to October 15, 1997. He was overthrown by the current President Denis Sassou Nguesso in the 1997 civil war.... government) Cocoye militia Ninja militia Ninja (militia) The Ninjas were a militia in the Republic of the Congo, which participated in numerous wars and insurgencies in the 1990s and 2000s. The Ninjas were formed by the politician Bernard Kolélas in the early 1990s and were commanded by Frédéric Bintsangou, alias Pastor Ntoumi when Kolelas was in exile... Nsiloulou militia Mamba militia |
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| 1997 | 1997 | 1997 clashes in Cambodia 1997 clashes in Cambodia The 1997 clashes in Cambodia, also referred to as 1997 coup in Cambodia , took place in Cambodia in July and August, 1997. As a result, co-premier Hun Sen ousted the other co-premier Norodom Ranariddh... |
Hun Sen Hun Sen Hun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party , which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979... (CPP Cambodian People's Party The Cambodian People's Party is the current ruling party of Cambodia.This party was formerly known as Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party... )  Vietnam |
Norodom Ranariddh Norodom Ranariddh Prince Norodom Ranariddh is the second son of former king Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni.-Biography:... (FUNCINPEC Funcinpec FUNCINPEC is a royalist political party in Cambodia. Before the 2008 election, FUNCINPEC and the Cambodian People's Party formed a coalition government, although FUNCINPEC's significance has decreased steadily since 1998, when it had an equal relationship with the CPP in the coalition.FUNCINPEC is... )  Khmer RougeKhmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan... |
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| 1998 | 1998 | War in Abkhazia (1998) War in Abkhazia (1998) The War in Abkhazia in 1998 took place in the Gali district of Abkhazia, after ethnic Georgians launched an insurgency against the Abkhazian secessionist government... |
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White Legion White Legion The White Legion was a guerrilla group consisting mostly of ethnic Georgians who remained in Abkhazia after the Georgian regular army's defeat in the War in Abkhazia .... Forest BrotherhoodForest Brothers (Georgia) The Forest Brothers was a guerrilla group consisting mostly of ethnic Georgians who remained in Abkhazia after the Georgian regular army's defeat in the War in Abkhazia .... |
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| 1998 | 2002 | Civil war in Chad (1998–2002) |  Chad |
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| 1998 | 1999 | Kosovo War Kosovo War The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence... |
NATO Albania AFRK  Kosovo Liberation ArmyKosovo Liberation Army The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA was a Kosovar Albanian paramilitary organization which sought the separation of Kosovo from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.... |
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| 1998 | 2000 | Eritrean–Ethiopian War |  Ethiopia |
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| 1998 | 2003 | Second Congo War Second Congo War The Second Congo War, also known as Coltan War and the Great War of Africa, began in August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and officially ended in July 2003 when the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo took power; however, hostilities continue to this... |
Namibia Zimbabwe Angola ChadMai-Mai Mai-Mai The term Mai-Mai or Mayi-Mayi refers to any kind of community-based militia group active in the Second Congo War and its aftermath in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , formed to defend their local territory against other armed groups... Hutu Hutu The Hutu , or Abahutu, are a Central African people, living mainly in Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo.-Population statistics:The Hutu are the largest of the three peoples in Burundi and Rwanda; according to the United States Central Intelligence Agency, 84% of Rwandans and 85% of Burundians... -aligned forces |
Uganda Rwanda BurundiMovement for the Liberation of Congo Movement for the Liberation of Congo The Movement for the Liberation of the Congo is a political party in Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a rebel group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo that fought the government throughout the Second Congo War. It subsequently took part in the transitional government and is now... Rally for Congolese Democracy Rally for Congolese Democracy The Congolese Rally for Democracy, sometimes Rally for Congolese Democracy, was a rebel group operating in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Assisted by the government of Rwanda, it was a major factor in the Second Congo War . It became a political party in 2003... Tutsi Tutsi The Tutsi , or Abatutsi, are an ethnic group in Central Africa. Historically they were often referred to as the Watussi or Watusi. They are the second largest caste in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu and the Twa .... -aligned forces |
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| 1998 | 1998 | Bombing of Iraq (December 1998) | United States United Kingdom Canada |
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| 1998 | 1999 | Guinea-Bissau Civil War Guinea-Bissau Civil War The Guinea-Bissau Civil War was triggered by an attempted coup d'état against the government of President João Bernardo Vieira led by Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané in June 1998... |
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| 1999 | 1999 | Kargil War Kargil War The Kargil War ,, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control... |
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| 1999 | 2000 | 1999 East Timorese crisis 1999 East Timorese crisis The 1999 East Timorese crisis began with attacks by anti-independence militants on civilians, and expanded to general violence throughout the country, centred in the capital Dili. The violence erupted after a majority of eligible voters in the population of East Timor chose independence from... |
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Pro-Indonesia militia Pro-Indonesia militia Pro-Indonesia militias were East Timorese paramilitary militia groups that formed to show loyalty to the Indonesian government during the movement for East Timorese independence in the late 1990s...  Indonesia |
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| 1999 | 2001 | Insurgency in the Preševo Valley Insurgency in the Preševo Valley The insurgency in the Preševo Valley was a struggle between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the local Albanian rebel organization, the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac .- See also :... |
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| 1999 | 2003 | Second Liberian Civil War Second Liberian Civil War The Second Liberian Civil War began in 1999 when a rebel group backed by the government of neighbouring Guinea, the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy , emerged in northern Liberia. In early 2003, a second rebel group, the Movement for Democracy in Liberia, emerged in the south, and... |
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy was a rebel group in Liberia that was active from 1999 until after the peace accords that ended the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003... Movement for Democracy in Liberia Movement for Democracy in Liberia The Movement for Democracy in Liberia was a rebel group in Liberia that became active in March 2003, launching attacks from Côte d'Ivoire... |
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| 1999 | 2007 | Ituri conflict Ituri Conflict The Ituri conflict is a conflict between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo . While there have been many phases to the conflict, the most recent armed clashes ran from 1999 to 2003, with a low-level... |
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| 1999 | 1999 | Invasion of Dagestan (1999) | Russia |
IIPB Shura of Dagestan |
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| 1999 | 2009 | Second Chechen War Second Chechen War The Second Chechen War, in a later phase better known as the War in the North Caucasus, was launched by the Russian Federation starting 26 August 1999, in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade .... |
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Caucasian militants Caucasian Front (Chechen War) The Caucasian Front also called Caucasus Front or the Caucasian Mujahadeen, was formally established in May 2005 as an Islamic structural unit of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria's armed forces by the decree of the separatist President of Chechnya Abdul-Halim Sadulayev during the Second Chechen... Foreign mujahideen Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya The Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya is an international unit of Islamist Mujahideen fighting in Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus.... |
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| 2000 | 2005 | Second Intifada | Israel |
 HamasHamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
 FatahFatah Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
PFLP Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah...
DFLP Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist, secular political and military organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front, or al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiyah... PRC Popular Resistance Committees The Popular Resistance Committees are a coalition of various armed Palestinian factions that oppose the conciliatory approach adopted by the Palestinian Authority and Fatah towards Israel... Islamic Jihad
Other Supported by:  IraqBa'athist Iraq The History of Iraq , referred to as Ba'athist Iraq, covers the period of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party's rule over Iraq. Ba'athist rule in Iraq first occurred briefly in 1963 under Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr until overthrown that same year. Ba'athism was restored to power five years later after... |
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| 2000 | 2006 | 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict | Israel |
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| 2001 | 2001 | 2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia The insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army militant group attacked the security forces of the Republic of Macedonia at the beginning of January 2001... |
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| 2001 | Ongoing | War in Afghanistan (2001–present) War in Afghanistan (2001–present) The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched Operation Enduring Freedom... |
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| 2002 | Ongoing | Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines | |||
| 2002 | Ongoing | Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa | |||
| 2002 | 2002 | Operation Defensive Shield Operation Defensive Shield Operation Defensive Shield was a large-scale military operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in 2002, during the course of the Second Intifada. It was the largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. The operation was an attempt by the Israeli army to stop the... Part of the Second Intifada |
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Fatah Fatah Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found... (Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank. The group's name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem... & Tanzim Tanzim Tanzim is a militant faction of the Palestinian Fatah movement.-Overview:The Tanzim militia, founded in 1995 to counter Palestinian Islamism, is widely considered to be an armed offshoot of Fatah with its own leadership structure... ) HamasHamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... Islamic Jihad  Preventive Security ServicePreventive Security Service The Preventive Security Force is the official security apparatus of the Palestinian National Authority. It was established in 1994 by President Yasser Arafat in accordance with the Oslo Accords.... |
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| 2002 | 2007 | Ivorian Civil War | |||
| 2002 | Ongoing | Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) The Maghreb has been the subject of an insurgency since 2002 waged by the neo-Khawarij Islamist militia, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, or, GSPC... |
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