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Libyan Civil War
2011 armed conflict in the North African country of Libya
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
ongoing military and political conflict in the Levant
First Indochina War
1946–1954 French colonial war in Vietnam
Second Boer War
war between two Boer Republics (South African Republic and Orange Free State) and the United Kingdom
Second Chechen War
war in Chechnya
The Troubles
1960s–1990s conflict in Northern Ireland
Philippine–American War
armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States
Arab Revolt
uprising against the ruling Ottoman Turks during World War I
Irish War of Independence
war of national liberation
Sri Lankan civil war
armed conflict in Sri Lanka (1983–2009) between the government and the separatist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Irish Civil War
conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State
Greek Civil War
1946–1949 civil war in Greece
Indonesian National Revolution
armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire
Colombian conflict
low-intensity asymmetric war, beginning in 1964, between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrillas (FARC, ELN, etc.)
Nepalese Civil War
civil war in Nepal between 1996 and 2006
insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
Portuguese Colonial War
1961–1974 armed conflicts in Africa between Portugal and independence movements
War against the Islamic State
military actions against the Islamic State
Second Sudanese Civil War
1983–2005 war for South Sudanese independence
Guatemalan Civil War
1960–1996 civil war in Guatemala
Angolan War of Independence
conflict in Angola between 1961 and 1975
Algerian Civil War
1992–2002 civil war in Algeria between the army and Islamic rebels
Malayan Emergency
1948–1960 conflict in British Malaya
Rhodesian Bush War
civil conflict in Southern Africa from 1964 to 1979
South African Border War
war on the border of South West Africa/Namibia and Angola
Mozambican Civil War
1977–1992 civil war in Mozambique
First Sudanese Civil War
military conflict in Sudan (1955–1972)
War of Dagestan
part of Russian-Chechen conflict
Salvadoran Civil War
13 year 1979-1992 civil war in El Salvador
Operation Cyclone
1979 to 1989 CIA programme
insurgency in Balochistan
separatist insurgency being waged against the governments of Iran and Pakistan
Myanmar conflict
series of ongoing insurgencies within Myanmar which began in 1948
insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
ongoing militant uprising in Jammu and Kashmir
Black War
period of violent conflict between British colonists and Aboriginal Australians in Tasmania
First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups
Inactive, clandestine, Marxist-Leninist Spanish republican group
Basque conflict
historical period marked by terrorist violence in the spanish region of Basque Country
Cabinda Conflict
1975-present conflict in the Angolan exclave of Cabinda
Dhofar Rebellion
Revolution against the Al Bu Said dynasty in Oman
Apache Wars
armed conflicts between indigenous peoples and the US Army from 1849 to circa 1924
internal conflict in Peru
armed conflict in Peru during 1980-2000 of left insurgent groups (Shining Path and MRTA) against Peruvian governments and far-right death squats
Guerilla war in the Baltic states
anti-Soviet resistance during and after World War II
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
United Nations Observer Mission
Ñancahuazú Guerrilla
group of mainly Bolivian and Cuban guerrillas led by Ernesto Guevara which was active in the Cordillera Province, Bolivia from 1966 to 1967
Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
2011–2020 insurgency in southern Sudan
Pacification of Libya
war
Taliban insurgency
insurgency during the War in Afghanistan
Surinamese Interior War
1986-1992 civil war in Suriname
Spanish Maquis
Post-Spanish Civil War Spanish anti-Francoist resistence movement.
East Karelian uprising
1921–1922 rebellion in East Karelia
Herero Wars
series of German colonial wars in South West Africa
Jamaican political conflict
insurgency in Ogaden
Insurgency in Africa
anti-communist resistance in Poland
1944–1953 resistance against the communist government in Poland
Black Power movement
radical African-American social, political and cultural movement in the United States
Araguaia guerrilla
Insurgency movement in Brasil
Contestado War
civil war in Brazil between 1912 and 1916
Corsican conflict
armed conflict
Border Campaign
conflict
Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia
1941–1943 theatre of World War II
Eelam War I
initial phase of the armed conflict between the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE