List of wars 2003–current: Wikis

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

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Victorious party (if applicable)	Defeated party (if applicable)
2003	2009	War in Darfur
2003	2003	2003 invasion of Iraq	United States United Kingdom Australia Spain Denmark Poland KDP PUK INC Ansar al-Islam Foreign Volunteers	Iraq
2003	Ongoing	Iraq War
2004	Ongoing	Balochistan conflict
2004	Ongoing	War in North-West Pakistan
2004	2008	Iran–Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan conflict	Iran	Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan
2004	2004	2004 Haitian rebellion	United States United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti	Haiti
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	2004	Operation Rainbow	Israel	Hamas Popular Resistance Committees Palestinian Islamic Jihad Palestinian Army of Islam
2004	2010	Sa'dah insurgency
2004	Ongoing	Conflict in the Niger Delta
2004	Ongoing	South Thailand insurgency
2004	2004	Operation Days of Penitence	Israel	Hamas
2004	2004	2004 French–Ivorian clashes	France	Côte d'Ivoire
2004	2009	Kivu conflict
2005	Ongoing	Civil war in Chad (2005–present)
2005	2008	Mount Elgon insurgency	Kenya	Sabaot Land Defence Force
2006	Ongoing	Mexican Drug War
2006	2006	2006 Israel–Gaza conflict	Israel	Hamas Fatah (al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades), Popular Resistance Committees Palestinian Islamic Jihad Palestinian Army of Islam
2006	2006	2006 Lebanon War	Israel	Hezbollah Amal LCP PFLP-GC
2006	2009	War in Somalia (2006-2009)	2006-2008 Invasion and Insurgency Ethiopia Transitional Federal Government Puntland Galmudug pro-Ethiopian warlords United States United Kingdom AMISOM: Uganda Burundi Kenya After 2009 Ethiopian withdrawal Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia al-Shabaab Ras Kamboni Brigades Jabhatul Islamiya Muaskar Anole Eritrea (alleged)	Islamic Courts Union
2006	2009	Fatah–Hamas conflict	Hamas	Fatah
2007	2009	Tuareg Rebellion (2007-2009)
2007	2007	2007 Lebanon conflict	Lebanon	Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham
2007	Ongoing	Civil war in Ingushetia
2007	2008	2007-2008 Kenyan crisis	Kenya
2008	2008	2008 Mardakert skirmishes	Nagorno-Karabakh	Azerbaijan
2008	2008	2008 invasion of Anjouan	Comoros African Union: Sudan Tanzania Senegal Libya France^[1]	Anjouan
2008	2008	2008 conflict in Lebanon	Hezbollah Amal Movement Syrian Social Nationalist Party Free Patriotic Movement Lebanese Democratic Party	Future Movement Progressive Socialist Party
2008	Ongoing	2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off
2008	2008	Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict	Djibouti	Eritrea
2008	2008	2008 South Ossetia war	Russia South Ossetia Abkhazia	Georgia
2008	2009	Gaza War	Israel	Hamas
2009	Ongoing	Sudanese nomadic conflicts
2009	Ongoing	Insurgency in the North Caucasus
2009	Ongoing	War in Somalia (2009-)
2009	2009	2009 Nigerian sectarian violence	Nigeria	Boko Haram
2009	Ongoing	South Yemen insurgency (2009–present)
2010	Ongoing	Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown
2010	2010	2010 Eritrea–Ethiopia border skirmish	Eritrea	Ethiopia