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)
|