Proxy wars

civil war in Afghanistan between 1989–1992

ethno-political conflict over Georgia's autonomous region of South Ossetia

conflict between Russia and the Chechens which began in second half of 18 century

period of social and political turmoil in Italy

series of ongoing insurgencies within Myanmar which began in 1948

armed conflict in India between the state and Maoists

Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict since 1985. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Iran has backed Palestinian groups such as Hamas. Israel has supported Iranian rebels, conducted airstrikes against Iranian allies in Syria, assassinated Iranian nuclear scientists, and directly attacked Iranian forces in Syria. In 2024 the proxy war escalated to a series of direct confrontations between the two countries, and in June 2025, they fought a 12-day war, involving the United States.

1991-1993 civil war

military conflict (1963–1966)

1978–1987 series of military campaigns

ongoing militant uprising in Jammu and Kashmir

1946–48 altercations between the United Kingdom and Albania

Lebanese political crisis accompanied by military intervention in Lebanon by the United States

1839-1851 civil war in Uruguay

civil war

1989–present conflict between Georgia and the partially recognized Abkhazia

ongoing conflict

1839–1841 war between the Ottoman Empire and the Eyalet of Egypt

civil war in Yemen

conflict

2011–13 sectarian violence in Iraq following the US invasion and withdrawal

conflict between rebels in Sahara and Morocco between 1975 and 1991. It began again in 2020

separatist conflict in the region of West Papua

1975 military occupation

1975-present conflict in the Angolan exclave of Cabinda

Revolution against the Al Bu Said dynasty in Oman

1961–1970 conflict between Iraq and Kurdish militias

1998-1999 civil war in Guinea-Bissau

group of mainly Bolivian and Cuban guerrillas led by Ernesto Guevara which was active in the Cordillera Province, Bolivia from 1966 to 1967

ongoing crisis occurring in the country of Yemen

naval blockade from December 1902 to February 1903

insurgency

1945-1946 armed conflict involving a largely British-Indian and French task force and Japanese troops from the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, versus the Vietnamese communist movement, the Viet Minh

short confrontation between Thai and Laotian forces (December 1987 – February 1988)

1947 civil war in Paraguay

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civil war

military conflict

military mobility in between 1866-1870

armed conflict in Malaysia from 1968 to 1989

1886–1894 conflict in the Samoan Islands of the South Pacific

armed conflict in the North Solomons

war

1965 civil war in the Dominican Republic

1969–present insurgency by the New People's Army

war resulting in American and German Samoa

British expeditions against the pro-monarchist Dervish Kingdom of Diiriye Guure

1942–1954 communist rebellion in the Philippines

internal security

Conflict in Korea Demitilarized Zone started in 1966-1969

short military conflict between North and South Yemen

period of revolutions and interventions in Hungary between 1918 and 1920

frontier conflicts between British and European settlers and Indigenous peoples of Australia

1976–2005 conflict in Indonesia

conflict between the Bangladeshi government and tribal insurgents

guerrilla war that lasted from 1965 to 1983

civil armed conflict in Ethiopia during Abiy Ahmed's administration

late 1970s–early 1990s military and political crisis in Central America

short military conflict between North and South Yemen