| Invasion |
Invading forces |
Defending forces |
|---|
| 2026 invasion of Lebanon |
 Israel |
 Hezbollah
 Lebanon[a][1][2] |
| Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) – On 2 March, Israel relaunched another large-scale military invasion of Lebanon against Hezbollah |
| 2024 invasion of Syria |
Israel |
 Syria[3][4][5]
 UNDOF[b][6][7][8]
 Assad loyalists
|
| Part of the aftermath of the Syrian Civil War – On 8 December, Israel launched an invasion of Syria after the fall of the Syrian Arab Republic[9][10][11] |
| 2024 invasion of Lebanon |
Israel |
Hezbollah
Lebanon[c]
UNIFIL[d] |
| Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) – On 1 October, Israel launched a military invasion of Lebanon against Hezbollah |
| 2024 invasion of Kursk |
 Ukraine |
 Russia
 North Korea |
| Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War – On 6 August, Ukraine launched an incursion into Kursk Oblast. The largest settlement captured by Ukraine was Sudzha. North Korea sent forces to assist Russia starting in November 2024. |
| 2023 invasion of the Gaza Strip
|
Israel
 Popular Forces
 Hilles clan
Khanidak clan |
Gaza Strip
 Hamas
Islamic Jihad
PFLP
 DFLP
 PRC
Jaysh al-Ummah (Gaza) |
| Part of the Gaza war – After being attacked by Hamas earlier in 2023, Israel launched a large-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip to remove Hamas from political and military power, laying siege to Gaza City and Khan Yunis[12][13][14] |
| 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia |
 Al-Shabaab |
 Ethiopia |
| Part of the Ethiopian–Somali conflict and Somali civil war – On 20 July, the Al-Shabaab militant group launched an invasion of Ethiopia’s Somali Region from Somalia.[15] The invasion was the largest attack by al-Shabaab in Ethiopian territory to date.[16] |
| 2022 invasion of Ukraine
|
Russia
 Donetsk PR
 Luhansk PR |
Ukraine |
| Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War – On 24 February, Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. The invasion became the largest attack on a European country since World War II.[17][18][19] It is estimated to have caused tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties and hundreds of thousands of military casualties. By June 2022, Russian troops occupied about 20% of Ukrainian territory and established military or military-civilian administrations in several regions and cities. |
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| 2017 invasion of the Gambia |
 Senegal
 Nigeria
 Ghana
 Mali
 Togo |
 Gambia |
| 2014 invasion of Gaza
|
Israel |
Gaza Strip
Hamas
Islamic Jihad
PFLP
DFLP |
| 2014 invasion of Ukraine
|
Russia |
Ukraine |
| Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War – |
| 2011 invasion of Somalia |
 Kenya |
 Somalia |
| Part of the Somali civil war – |
| 2009 invasion of Gaza |
Israel |
Gaza Strip
|
| Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict – |
| 2008 invasion of Georgia |
Russia |
 Georgia |
| Part of the Abkhazia conflict, Georgian–Ossetian conflict, and Post-Soviet conflicts – |
| 2008 invasion of Anjouan |
 Comoros
Senegal
 Sudan
 Tanzania
 France
 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
 United States |
 State of Anjouan |
| 2006 invasion of Lebanon |
Israel |
Hezbollah |
| On July 22, Israel launched a military invasion of Lebanon against Hezbollah. |
| 2006 invasion of Somalia |
Ethiopia
Transitional Federal Government
United States[20] |
 Islamic Courts Union
 ONLF[21][22]
 Eritrea |
| Part of the Ethiopian–Somali conflict – |
| 2004 invasion of Gaza |
Israel (IDF) |
Hamas
 Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Popular Resistance Committees |
| Part of the Second Intifada – |
| 2003 invasion of Iraq |
United States
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Poland
 Kurdistan Region
 Iraqi National Congress |
|
| Part of the war on terror and the Iraq War |
| 2001 invasion of Afghanistan |
|
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| Part of the War in Afghanistan – Following the September 11 attacks, the United States declared the beginning of the war on terror. This subsequently led a multinational invasion of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, which started on 7 October 2001. The goal of the invasion was to dismantle al-Qaeda, which had executed the attacks under the leadership of Osama bin Laden, and to deny Islamist militants a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by toppling the Taliban government. The capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, was captured by the coalition on 13 November and the Taliban government collapsed on 17 December. |
