YEAR // Contemporary

2007

14 wars active · 14 battles

Wars active

14 catalogued

1982-2014 · Year 26 of 33
Casamance conflict
The Casamance conflict is an ongoing low-level conflict that has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) since…
1983-2009 · Year 25 of 27
Sri Lankan civil war
The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers…
1999-2009 · Year 9 of 11
Second Chechen War
The Second Chechen War took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from…
2001–2021 major U.S. war period · Year 7 of 21
Afghanistan War
The longest U.S. war began after 9/11, displaced the Taliban government, evolved into counterinsurgency, and ended with Taliban return to power.
2001-2021 · Year 7 of 21
War on Terrorism
The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global military campaign initiated by the United States in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. A…
2002-2007 · Closing year
First Ivorian Civil War
The First Ivorian Civil War was a civil conflict in the Ivory Coast that began with a military rebellion on 19 September 2002 and ended with a peace agreement on 4 March 2007.…
2003–2011 major U.S. combat/occupation period · Year 5 of 9
Iraq War
An invasion to remove Saddam Hussein became a prolonged occupation and insurgency with major regional consequences.
2003-2017 · Year 5 of 15
Iraqi conflict
The Iraqi conflict is a series of violent events that began with the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq and deposition of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, followed by a series of…
2004-2007 · Closing year
Central African Republic Bush War
The Central African Bush War was a civil war in the Central African Republic which lasted from 2004 to 2007 between Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) rebels and…
2005-2010 · Year 3 of 6
Chad–Sudan Conflict
The Chadian Civil War of 2005–2010 began on 18 December 2005. Since its independence from France in 1960, Chad has been swamped by civil wars between the Arab-Muslims of the…
2006-2008 · Year 2 of 3
Iraqi Civil War of 2006–2008
The Iraqi civil war was an armed conflict from 2006 to 2008 between various sectarian Shia and Sunni armed groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Mahdi Army, in…
2006-2009 · Year 2 of 4
War in Somalia
The Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, also known as the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia was an armed conflict lasting from mid-2006 to early 2009. It began when Ethiopian military…
2007 · Sole year
2007 Lebanon conflict
The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on May 20, 2007 in Nahr…
2007-2015 · Opening year
Insurgency in Ingushetia
The Insurgency in Ingushetia began in 2007 as a spillover of then ongoing separatist conflict in Chechnya into neighbouring Ingushetia. The conflict has been described as a civil…

Battles

14 recorded

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Casamance conflict

Sri Lankan civil war

Second Chechen War

Afghanistan War

War on Terrorism

First Ivorian Civil War

Iraq War

Iraqi conflict

Central African Republic Bush War

Chad–Sudan Conflict

Iraqi Civil War of 2006–2008

War in Somalia

2007 Lebanon conflict

Insurgency in Ingushetia