Start |
Finish |
Name of Conflict |
Belligerents |
Victorious party (if applicable) |
Defeated party (if applicable) |
1990 |
1991 |
Gulf War |
Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Italy Canada Australia Egypt Syria Qatar Coalition Forces |
Iraq |
1990 |
Ongoing |
DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey |
|
|
1990 |
1993 |
Rwandan Civil War |
FPR |
Government of Rwanda France Zaire Interahamwe Impuzamugambi |
1990 |
1995 |
Tuareg rebellion (1990–95) |
Mali Niger Ganda Iso |
Arab Islamic Front of Azawad Popular Front for the Liberation of Azawad United Movements and Fronts of Azawad Front for the Liberation of Air and Azaouak Front for the Liberation of Tamoust |
1990 |
1990 |
1990 Mindanao crisis |
Philippines |
Federal Republic of Mindanao |
1991 |
1991 |
Ten-Day War |
Slovenia |
SFR Yugoslavia |
1991 |
1992 |
1991–92 South Ossetia War |
South Ossetia North Ossetian volunteers Russia
|
Georgia |
1991 |
1994 |
Djiboutian Civil War |
Djibouti France |
Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy |
1991 |
1995 |
Croatian War of Independence |
Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995) |
SAO Krajina (1991) SAO Western Slavonia (1991) SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1991) SFR Yugoslavia (1991–1992) Republic of Serbian Krajina (1992–1995) Republika Srpska |
1991 |
2002 |
Sierra Leone Civil War |
Sierra Leone Kamajors South African Mercenaries Nigerian-led ECOMOG Group United Kingdom |
Revolutionary United Front Armed Forces Revolutionary Council West Side Boys Liberia |
1991 |
2002 |
Algerian Civil War |
Algerian government France |
Armed Islamic Group (GIA) |
1991 |
Ongoing |
Somali Civil War |
1986–91:
Armed rebel groups:
1992–95:
United Nations
2006–09:
Transitional Federal Government
Ethiopia
AMISOM
Allied armed groups:
2009–present:
Federal Government of Somalia
AMISOM
Advisers/Operators
United States |
1986–91:
Somali Democratic Republic (until 1991)
Allied rebel groups:
1992–93:
USC
2006–09:
Islamic Courts Union Oromo Liberation Front[1] Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia
Al-Shabaab
Ras Kamboni Brigades
Jabhatul Islamiya
Muaskar Anole
2009–present:
Al-Qaeda
Foreign Mujahideen
Hizbul Islam
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since 2015) |
1991 |
1993 |
Georgian Civil War |
Georgian State Council Russia
|
Zviadists National Guard of Georgia |
1991 |
1991 |
1991 uprisings in Iraq |
Ba'athist Iraq |
Shia militias Kurdistan |
1992 |
1992 |
East Prigorodny Conflict |
North Ossetian militia and security forces North Ossetian Republican Guard South Ossetian militia Don Cossacks Terek Cossacks Russian Army |
Ingush militia |
1992 |
1996 |
Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–96) |
Taliban
Al Qaeda
Supported by:
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Hezbi Islami(Supported by Pakistan)
Hezb-i Wahdat (Supported by Iran)
Junbish-i Milli (Supported by Uzbekistan and Russia) |
Unit Party
|
1992 |
1992 |
War of Transnistria |
Transnistria Russian Volunteers Russian 14th Army Ukrainian Volunteers Don Cossacks |
Moldova Romanian Volunteers and advisors |
1992 |
1993 |
War in Abkhazia (1992–93) |
Abkhazia Russia Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Russian Cossacks |
Georgia |
1992 |
1995 |
Bosnian War |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia NATO |
Republika Srpska |
1992 |
1994 |
Croat–Bosniak War Part of the Bosnian War |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian Defence Forces |
Herzeg Bosnia Croatia |
1992 |
1997 |
Civil war in Tajikistan |
Tajikistan Russia Uzbekistan |
Taliban Afghanistan |
1993 |
2005 |
Burundian Civil War |
Government forces:
Burundian government
Supported by:
ONUB
African Union Mission in Burundi |
Hutu militias:
CNDD-FDD FNL
Tutsi militias |
1993 |
Ongoing |
Ethnic conflict in Nagaland |
India
Burma
|
|
1993 |
1993 |
1993 Russian constitutional crisis |
President of Russia Main Administration of Protection Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Defence
FAPSI
|
Supreme Soviet of Russia Congress of People's Deputies of Russia Vice President of Russia
Supporters of the Supreme Soviet and Alexander Rutskoy |
1994 |
1997 |
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War |
PUK
INC
PKK
KCP
Iran (from 1995)
SCIRI
United States (from 1996) |
KDP
Iraq
Turkey
PDKI
Iran (until 1995) |
1994 |
Ongoing |
Armenian-Azerbaijani border conflict Part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict |
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Armenia
Supported by: Russia |
Azerbaijan
Supported by: Turkey
|
1994 |
Ongoing |
Chiapas conflict |
Mexico |
Zapatista Army of National Liberation[2] |
1994 |
1994 |
1994 Zapatista Uprising Part of the Chiapas conflict |
Mexico Mexico |
Zapatista Army of National Liberation |
1994 |
1994 |
Bophuthatswana conflict (1994) |
Government of Bophuthatswana Afrikaner Volksfront AWB |
BDF Mutineers SADF |
1994 |
1994 |
1994 civil war in Yemen |
Yemen |
Democratic Republic of Yemen |
1994 |
1996 |
First Chechen War |
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria |
Russia |
1994 |
1999 |
Caprivi conflict |
Namibia |
Caprivi Liberation Army |
1995 |
1995 |
Cenepa War |
Peru |
Ecuador |
1995 |
2009 |
Insurgency in Ogaden |
Ethiopia |
Ogaden National Liberation Front |
1995 |
Ongoing |
Second Afar Insurgency |
Ethiopia RSADO DMLEK EPLF ESF |
Eritrea ARDUF |
1996 |
Ongoing |
ADF insurgency |
Uganda Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Allied Democratic Forces National Army for the Liberation of Uganda |
1996 |
2006 |
Nepalese Civil War |
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Supported by: China Indonesia |
Kingdom of Nepal (Government) Supported by: United States India United Kingdom France Portugal European Union |
1996 |
2001 |
Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001) |
Islamic State of Afghanistan After September 11, 2001: United States of America United Kingdom Canada Australia Supported by: Iran India |
Taliban Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan al-Qaeda
Supported by: Pakistan |
1996 |
1997 |
First Congo War |
AFDL Uganda Rwanda Burundi Angola |
Zaire UNITA Army for the Liberation of Rwanda Interahamwe |
1997 |
1997 |
Albanian Rebellion of 1997 |
Albania Germany Italy |
Ad hoc local Albanian militias |
1997 |
1999 |
Republic of the Congo Civil War |
Republic of the Congo (Denis Sassou Nguesso government) Cobra militia Rwandan Hutu militia Angola |
Republic of the Congo (Pascal Lissouba government) Cocoye militia Ninja militia Nsiloulou militia Mamba militia |
1997 |
1997 |
1997 clashes in Cambodia |
Hun Sen (CPP) Vietnam |
Norodom Ranariddh (FUNCINPEC) Khmer Rouge |
1997 |
2008 |
Pool Department insurgency
Began as part of the Republic of the Congo Civil War |
Republic of the Congo |
Ninja militia |
1998 |
1998 |
War in Abkhazia (1998) |
Abkhazia |
White Legion Forest Brotherhood |
1998 |
1999 |
Kosovo War |
NATO Albania AFRK Kosovo Liberation Army |
FR Yugoslavia |
1998 |
2000 |
Eritrean–Ethiopian War |
Ethiopia |
Eritrea |
1998 |
2003 |
Second Congo War |
Pro-government: Dem Rep of Congo Namibia Zimbabwe Angola Chad Anti-Ugandan forces:
Lord's Resistance Army
Sudan (alleged)
Anti-Rwandan militias:
FDLR
Anti-Burundi militias:
|
Rwandan-aligned militias:
Ugandan-aligned militias:
Anti-Angolan forces:
UNITA |
1998 |
1999 |
Guinea-Bissau Civil War |
Rebels led by Mané |
Guinea-Bissau Senegal Guinea |
1998 |
Ongoing |
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen |
Yemeni government
Supported by:
|
AQAP
Ansar al-Sharia (after 2011)
Supported by:
Al-Shabaab |
1999 |
1999 |
Kargil War
Part of the Indo-Pakistani Wars |
India |
Pakistan |
1999 |
2000 |
1999 East Timorese crisis |
East Timor Australia U.N. INTERFET |
Pro-Indonesia militia Indonesia |
1999 |
2001 |
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley |
FR Yugoslavia |
Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac |
1999 |
2003 |
Second Liberian Civil War |
Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy Movement for Democracy in Liberia |
Liberia |
1999 |
2007 |
Ituri conflict |
Hema tribe: Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC)
RCD-Kisangani
Uganda
Democratic Republic of the Congo MONUC Artemis |
Lendu tribe: Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI) Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) Popular Front for Justice in Congo (PFJC)
Mai-Mai Simba |
1999 |
1999 |
War of Dagestan |
Russia |
IIPB Shura of Dagestan |
1999 |
2009 |
Second Chechen War |
Russian Federation Republic of Chechnya |
Republic of Ichkeria Caucasian militants Foreign mujahideen |
2000 |
2000 |
Six-Day War (2000) Part of the Second Congo War |
Rwanda |
Uganda |
2000 |
2005 |
Second Intifada |
Israel |
Hamas
Fatah
PFLP
DFLP
PRC
Islamic Jihad
Other
Supported by:
Iraq[5] |
2001 |
2001 |
2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish |
Bangladesh |
India |
2001 |
2001 |
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia |
Republic of Macedonia |
National Liberation Army |
2001 |
Ongoing |
War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |
Coalition:
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–present)
|
Insurgent groups:
|
2002 |
2002 |
Perejil Island crisis |
Spain |
Morocco |
2002 |
Ongoing |
Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines |
Government of the Philippines United States (advisors)
|
Moro/Islamic insurgents: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (until 6 Oct 2012) Abu Sayyaf Jemaah Islamiyah
Communist insurgents: New People's Army Communist Party of the Philippines |
2002 |
Ongoing |
Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa |
|
Insurgents:
al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (Dis)
Islamic Courts Union (Dis)
Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahedeen
Hizbul Islam (Dis)
al-Qaeda
Pirates:
- Somali Marines
- National Volunteer Coast Guard (NVCG)
- Marka group
- Puntland Group
- Yemeni Pirates
|
2002 |
2007 |
First Ivorian Civil War |
Ivory Coast
Supported by: Russia[6] Bulgaria[7] Belarus |
New Forces (FN)
France UN Peacekeepers |
2002 |
Ongoing |
Taliban insurgency Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2014),War in Afghanistan (1978–present),War in Afghanistan (2015–present) and War on Terrorism |
Afghanistan
Allied militias
Coalition:
India
Formerly:
|
Taliban
Supported by: Pakistan (Alleged, until 2011)
Iran(Disputed)
Allied groups
Taliban splinter groups (from 2015)
|