List of wars: 2020–present

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This is a list of wars that began from 2020 onwards. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

Graph of deaths in armed conflicts by type from 2003 to 2023

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Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents
Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)
2020 Ongoing Gang war in Haiti
Part of crime in Haiti and the Haitian crisis

Support:
United States[4]
Canada[5]
France[6]
Spain
Germany
Mexico
Algeria

  • Viv Ansanm
    • G11
      • Delmas 6
      • Baz Pilate
      • Baz Krache Dife
      • Baz Nan Chabon (Waf Jérémie)
      • Nan Boston
    • G-Pèp
    • Chen Mechan
    • Kraze Baryè
    • 5 Segond
    • Gran Ravine
    • Taliban (Canaan)
    • Mariani
    • Ti Bwa
    • Nan Ti Bwa
    • Simon Pelé
    • Belekou
    • Other affiliated groups

2020 2021 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes
Part of the Sino-Indian border dispute
China India
2020 Ongoing Belarusian partisan movement Belarus
2020 Ongoing Western Togoland Rebellion
2020 2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
Part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan
Turkey (alleged by Armenia)[7]
Syrian opposition Syrian mercenaries[a][10]
Artsakh
Armenia
2020 2024 Afar–Somali clashes Somali Region Afar Region Afar Region
2020 2022 Tigray war
Part of the Ethiopian civil conflict
Tigray
OLA (2021–22)[11]
2020 Ongoing Western Saharan clashes
Part of the Western Sahara conflict
Kingdom of Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
2020 2022 Al-Fashaga conflict
Part of the Spillover of the Tigray war
Sudan Amhara Region Amhara militias
Alleged:
Ethiopia
Eritrea[14]
2021 Ongoing Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
Part of the herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria and the conflict in the Niger Delta
Republic of Biafra Biafran separatists
Oduduwa separatists (only against Fulani herders)
Nigeria
Spillover into Bakassi:
Cameroon
2021 2021 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
Part of the post-Soviet conflicts
Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan
2021 Ongoing Myanmar civil war
Part of the Myanmar conflict
2021 2021 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Protesters in Israel and Palestine
Jordanian, Lebanese, and Syrian protesters (see international)
2021 Ongoing Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Armenia Azerbaijan
2021 Ongoing Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
Part of the Afghan conflict

  • Supported by:
  •  Pakistan (until 2024; unconfirmed)

  • Independent militias
2021 2021 2021 Afghanistan–Iran clashes
Part of the spillover of the Afghanistan conflict
Afghanistan Iran
2022 Ongoing Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
Part of terrorism in Bangladesh
2022 Ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine
Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline)
 Ukraine
2022 Ongoing M23 campaign
Part of the Kivu conflict and the DRC–Rwanda conflict
DR Congo
SADC Mission in DRC (until 2025)[54]
FDLR[41][55][56]
2022 Ongoing Russian partisan movement Russia
2022 Ongoing Russo-European Hybrid War
2022 Ongoing Western DR Congo clashes Mobondo militia Democratic Republic of the Congo
2022 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
Part of the Ethiopian–Somali conflict, the Somali Civil War, Ethiopian civil conflict and the spillover of the Tigray war
2022 Ongoing North Kosovo crisis Kosovo
Albania
Diplomatic support:
NATO
European Union
Serbia
Diplomatic support:
China
Russia
Hungary[81]
Greece
Cyprus
Montenegro
Republika Srpska
2022 2022 2022 Gaza–Israel clashes
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
2022 2022 September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
Part of the Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Armenia Azerbaijan
2022 2022 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
Part of the post-Soviet conflicts
Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan
Afghan mujahids[85] (per Kyrgyzstan)
2023 Ongoing Las Anod conflict
Part of the Somali Civil War
Somaliland SSC-Khatumo
Supported by:
Somalia[86]
Harti militiamen[87]
2023 Ongoing War in Amhara
Part of the Ethiopian civil conflict
2023 2023 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash Afghanistan Iran
2023 Ongoing Sudanese civil war
Part of the Sudanese Civil Wars

2023 2023 Wagner Group rebellion
Part of the Wagner–MoD conflict during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
 PMC Wagner
2023 2023 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
Part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan[i] Republic of Artsakh Artsakh[j]
2023 Ongoing Gaza war
Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the Middle Eastern crisis
 Israel[k]
Israeli allies:
 Hamas
2023 Ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Part of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis and the Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
 Israel  Hezbollah[101]
2023 2024 Attacks on US bases during the Gaza war
Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis, the Syrian opposition offensives, and the Eastern Syria insurgency in the Syrian civil war
United States
United Kingdom[109]
Supported by:
Jordan[110]
Syrian Democratic Forces
Syrian opposition Al-Tanf Garrison[111]
Iran
Ba'athist Syria (until 2024)[112]
Proxies
Islamic Resistance in Iraq
Hezbollah Syrian Hezbollah[113]
Liwa Fatemiyoun[114]
Popular Mobilization Forces[115]
2024 Ongoing Ecuadorian conflict
Part of the Ecuadorian security crisis and the war on drugs
Ecuador Government of Ecuador Organized crime groups, notably Los Choneros
2024 2024 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes
Part of the insurgency in Balochistan and Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
Iran
Claimed by Pakistan:
Baloch Nationalists:
Balochistan Liberation Army
Balochistan Liberation Front
Pakistan
Claimed by Iran:
Islamists:
Jaish ul-Adl
2024 2025 Kursk offensive
Part of attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russia
North Korea[n]
Ukraine
2024 Ongoing Hamas–Popular Forces conflict
Part of the Gaza war
Palestine Popular Forces
Israel
Supported by:
Palestinian Authority (denied by the PA)[117]
 Hamas
2024 2024 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis and the Israeli–Lebanese conflict
Israel Hezbollah

Lebanon[o][125]

UNIFIL[p]

2024 2024 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
Part of the Syrian civil war

2024 2026 Israeli invasion of Syria Israel Syria[139]
Palestine Palestinian militants[140]
Assad loyalists
2024 Ongoing Jubaland crisis Jubaland
Supported by:
Ethiopia[141]
Somalia
Supported by:
Turkey[142]
2024 Ongoing Assadist Insurgency in Syria Syria Syria[r]
Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah[143]
2025 2025 2025 Goma offensive and others
Part of the M23 campaign
2025 2025 2025 Nasir clashes
Part of the aftermath of the South Sudanese Civil War
Nuer White Army

2025 2025 2025 India–Pakistan conflict
Part of the India–Pakistani wars and conflicts, 2025 India–Pakistan crisis, insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, and the Kashmir conflict
India Pakistan
2025 2025 2025 Tripoli clashes
Part of the Libyan crisis
2025 Ongoing 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis Thailand Cambodia
2025 2025 Twelve-Day War
Part of the Iran–Israel conflict
Israel
United States
Iran
 Houthis
Islamic Resistance in Iraq
2025 Ongoing Southern Syria clashes Druze armed groups
Israel
Syria
2025 Ongoing Operation Southern Spear United States Venezuela
Cartel of the Suns (alleged)
Tren de Aragua (alleged)
National Liberation Army (alleged)
2025 2025 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict  Afghanistan  Pakistan
2025 2026 Jonglei clashes
2026 2026 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
Part of the Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes
Pakistan Afghanistan
Pakistani Taliban
2026 2026 2026 Iran war Iran
Popular Mobilization Forces
Hezbollah
Houthis
2026 2026 2026 Lebanon war Hezbollah
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  1. Denied by Azerbaijan[8] and Turkey.[9]
  2. Despite having issued a public statement of support for anti-junta resistance in April 2021, the ZRA has been supplied by and worked alongside the junta to attack resistance[17][18]
  3. Hundreds of anti-SAC local defence forces are strewn across the country, which operate unconventionally, carrying out hit-and-run attacks, targeted killings, ambushes, remote bombings and a small number of rocket attacks.[26]
  4. Besides Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, FDD's Long War Journal identified the following militant groups as having fought in the 2021 conflict: Jihad Jibril Brigades, Humat al-Aqsa, Jaysh al-Ummah, Katibat al-Sheikh al-Emireen, Mujahideen Brigades, Abdul al-Qadir al-Husseini Brigades, and two al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades splinter factions.[29]
  5. In 2022, Belarus allowed Russia to use its territory to launch the invasion[35] and to launch missiles into Ukraine.[36] See: Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  6. Rwandan involvement was first alleged by the DR Congo,[39] a claim which was later substantiated by the findings of researchers tasked by the United Nations.[40][41] Rwanda has denied its support for M23.[39]
  7. in the Bashkortostan region only
  8. See § Foreign involvement for more details.
  9. See § Foreign involvement for more details.
  10. Popular Forces have been described as a Salafi Jihadist organisation with alleged ties to the Islamic State
  11. From May 2024[99][100]
  12. From November 2024[116]
  13. The Lebanese government stated they will stay out of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, but would respond to Israeli attacks on their positions.
  14. Although UNIFIL is a peacekeeping force and is not actively engaged in hostilities, its positions have been targeted and its peacekeepers have suffered casualties.[126]
  15. Armament support only.
  16. Caretaker government until 29 March; Transitional government from 29 March

Notes

  1. Though the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ceased to exist on 15 August 2021, many soldiers, officials and other loyalists relocated to Panjshir and rallied under its banner. These elements and exiled officials claimed to maintain the republic in some form,[31] with Amrullah Saleh styling himself "caretaker" president.
  2. Freedom Corps, Liberation Front of Afghanistan, Soldiers of Hazaristan, Freedom and Democracy Front, High Council of Resistance, Atta Mohammad Noor's militia, ect.

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