List of wars 2003–10

For ongoing conflicts, see List of ongoing armed conflicts.

Note:

War is a state of opened and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations. 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) Sectarian groups Jundallah Jaish ul-Adl Jundallah (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Sipah-e-Sahaba
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) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Jundallah Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Tehreek-e-Khilafat Jamaat al-Ahrar
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 France Germany Netherlands Spain United Kingdom	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	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	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 Mercenaries Supported by: United States Benin African Union (announced) United Kingdom France China Canada Iran Israel	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Boko Haram (Independent: 2009–2015) Ansaru
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 Puntland Puntland Security Force Galmudug Himan and Heeb Southwestern Somalia Foreign Involvement AMISOM Advisors/Non-combat support: United States European Union 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

External links

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