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Conflicts in 1991

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Gulf War
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts were in two phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, from the bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January until the American-led liberation of Kuwait on 28 February.
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
armed conflict that took place in the late 1980s to May 1994
Yugoslav Wars
1991–2001 series of wars and ethnic conflicts that took place on the lands of the former Yugoslavia
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
attempted coup d'état in the USSR against Mikhail Gorbachev's government in August 1991
Ten-Day War
armed conflict between Slovenia and Yugoslavia following the Slovenian declaration of independence on 25 June 1991
Transnistria War
1990–1992 conflict between Moldova and Russian-backed self-proclaimed Transnistria
January Events
1991 protest in Lithuania
Siege of Dubrovnik
1991 JNA/Serb led siege
Afghan Civil War
civil war in Afghanistan between 1989–1992
State Committee on the State of Emergency
Government organization in USSR in 1991
Georgian civil war
1991-1993 civil war
1991–1992 South Ossetia War
war
Western Sahara War
conflict between rebels in Sahara and Morocco between 1975 and 1991. It began again in 2020
Plitvice Lakes incident
armed clash at the beginning of the Croatian War ought Independence
The Barricades
non-violent protest event in Latvia in 1991
Djiboutian Civil War
1991–1994 civil war in Djibouti
Pakrac clash
Bloodless skirmish and first armed incident of the Croatian War of Independence
Battle of Borovo Selo
1991 first armed clashes in the conflict which became known as the Croatian War of Independence
Santa Cruz massacre
1991 massacre in East Timor
Surinamese Interior War
1986-1992 civil war in Suriname
Tuareg rebellion (1990-1995)
rebellion by various Tuareg groups in Niger and Mali
1991-92 Georgian coup d'état
military coup d'état in Georgia after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991
1991 Siege of Kijevo
1991 battle during the Croatian War of Independence
Operation Provide Comfort
1991 Western protection to Iraqi Kurds
Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts
assaults on the Lithuanian border in 1990-1991
Mauritania–Senegal Border War
1989–1991 West African conflict
Siege of Stepanakert
1991–1992 siege during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Liberation of Kuwait Campaign
1991 ground offensive into Iraqi-occupied Kuwait
Operation Orkan 91
1992 offensive by the Croatian Army (HV) against the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and SAO Western Slavonia forces in the Sava River valley during the Croatian War of Independence
Saborsko massacre
1991 massacre in Saborsko, Croatia
Operation Swath-10
1991 military offensive by the Croatian Army (HV) against the SAO Western Slavonia Territorial Defense Forces on Bilogora Mountain in western Slavonia
Battle of Medina Ridge
tank battle fought on February 27, 1991, during the Gulf War
Battle of Gospić
1991 battle of the Croatian War of Independence
Somali Revolution
overthrow of Somali communism and Somali socialism in Somalia
Battle of the Dalmatian channels
confrontation between Yugoslav Navy ships and coastal artillery, and a detachment of Croatian naval commandos on 14–16 November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence
1991 Malian coup d'état
coup d'état
Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation
military operation in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Operation Whirlwind
1991 Croatian army offensive
Battle of Al Busayyah
1991 tank battle in Iraq
Battle of Kusonje
two-day clash in the village of Kusonje near the town of Pakrac on 8–9 September 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence
1991 Thai coup d'état
military coup d'état in Thailand on 23 February 1991
Operation Stinger
1991 offensive during the Croatian War of Independence
1991 Lesotho coup d'état
military overthrow of Justin Lekhanya
1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia
conflict between SFR Yugoslavia and Croatia