21st-century conflicts

The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clashes since 2024.

geopolitical conflict in the Middle East and North Africa between Israel and its Arab neighbours

ongoing military and political conflict in the Levant

military campaign started after September 11 attacks

Territoral dispute in South Asia

armed conflict in Sri Lanka (1983–2009) between the government and the separatist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates

form of indirect warfare

armed conflict in Angola between 1975 and 2002

type of war, warfare and a theory of military strategy

USA-led campaign against illegal drug use and trade

indirect conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia

separatist insurgency being waged against the governments of Iran and Pakistan

armed conflict in India between the state and Maoists

umbrella term for a series of protracted armed conflicts in the Kivu provinces in the eastern DR of the Congo which have occurred since the end of the Second Congo War since 2 June 2004 till present

2025–2026 US military anti-drug trafficking operation

Kurdish nationalist uprisings in Turkey

internal war (Nigeria, 2008)

separatist conflict in the region of West Papua

1990–present conflict between Moldova and its separatist region of Transnistria

ethnic conflict in the Northwest of modern PRC between Muslim peoples and central government

insurgency

categorization of conflict

series of coordinated attacks on American computer systems

armed conflict in Iraq

Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to affect foreign or domestic affairs, as a more peaceful and rational alternative, or as a less benign adjunct, to warfare.

cross-border shellings that have occurred since 1949, lately since mid-2003

military conflict

largest military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq

military conflict

United States operation in the Caribbean

1969–present insurgency by the New People's Army

social confrontation in Bolivia reaching its peak in 2003

internal security

political dispute over the status of Tibet as a legitimate part of China or as an occupied separate state

1976–2005 conflict in Indonesia

theory in political science and media studies

bilateral relations between Levantian State of Israel and political guerilla organization of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

armed conflict between PJAK and Iran

ongoing conflict in northeast India

anti-UK insurgency in Ireland

overview of terrorism in Saudi Arabia

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characterization of violence by the Sri Lankan government against Tamils from 1956–2009

communications project of the United States Department of Defense

1983–2025 conflict

low-level armed conflict in Pakistan