This is a list of wars that began from 2010 to 2019. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
2010–2019
Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)201020102010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes Part of the Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 provisional government Supported by: Kazakhstan
TurkeyKyrgyzstani Kyrgyz gangs Pro-Bakiyev Kyrgyz Other pro- Bakiyev forces Tajik contractors Tajikstani Tajiks Russian Tajiks Other mercenaries Uzbekistani Kyrgyz Sokh Uzbekistani Kyrgyz Sogment Uzbekistani Kyrgyz Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (alleged)
Kyrgyzstani Uzbeks Pro-provisional government civilians Uzbekistani Uzbek civilians Sokh Uzbekistani Uzbeks Sogment Uzbekistani Uzbeks (limited involv.)201020102010 Kingston unrest Part of the Jamaican political conflictin the war on drugs Jamaica Constabulary Force Jamaica Defence Force
Foreign support: : DEA Department of Homeland SecurityShower Posse20102015Insurgency in Gorno-Badakhshan (2010–2015) Tajikistan Armed Forces of Tajikistan United Tajik Opposition Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
Lali Badakhshan Pamiris20102011Second Ivorian Civil War Part of the Ivorian Civil Wars FNCI RDR UNOCIРада направила в Кот-д’Ивуар 60 украинских миротворцев и три вертолёта. Комитет ВР и Томенко — против // NEWSRU.UA от 4 февраля 2011 Military of Ivory Coast Liberian mercenaries COJEP FPI2011OngoingNigerian bandit conflict Part of the Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria Police Force Nigerian Armed Forces Nigerian Army Nigerian Air Force Vigilante groups Vigilante Group of Nigeria Lakurawa (2016/2018-2023)Various bandit groups Hausa militias Moriki vigilantes group Fulani militias Ali Kachalla bandit group Dogo Giɗe bandit group Kachalla Halilu Sububu Seno bandit group Adamu Aliero Yankuzo bandit group Bello Turji Kachalla bandit gang Dan Karami bandit gang Kachalla Turji bandit gang Kachalla Halilu Sububu Seno bandit gang Islamist rebels: Islamic State ISWAP Boko Haram AnsaruLakurawa (from 2023)20112023Sinai insurgency Part of the terrorism in Egypt, the Egyptian Crisis, and the Arab Winter Supported by Wilayat Sinai Mujahideen Shura Council (until 2023)Bill Roggio, Mujahideen Shura Council denies involvement in Sinai assault, FDD's Long War Journal (Foundation for Defense of Democracies) 6 August 2012 2011OngoingInsurgency in Bahrain Part of the 2011 Bahraini uprising and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflictSupported by: Bahraini oppositionSupported by:20112011Libyan civil war (2011) Part of the Arab Spring and the Libyan Crisis since 2011Minor border clashes: Tunisian Army Tunisian Police Supported by: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya20112024Syrian civil war Ba'athist Syria
(2015–present) Support (2017–19) Syrian Interim Government (Syrian opposition) (2016–present)
Syrian Salvation Government(Tahrir al-Sham)
(2013–present) Support Al-Qaeda (2013–2014)
Rojava (Syrian Democratic Forces) ()
CJTF–OIR (2014–present)20112020Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile Part of the Sudanese Civil Wars SRF (until 2020) JEM SPLM–N SLA Alleged support:20112017Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon Part of the Arab Winter, the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces
Pro-Assad militant groups:
Lebanese Resistance Brigades PFLP-GC Amal Movement Syrian Social Nationalist Party DFLP Popular Nasserist Organization As-Sa'iqa Fatah al-Intifada Arab Democratic Party (until 2014) Armenian Revolutionary Federation Arab Movement Party
Other militias: Lebanese Communist Party FatahSyrian rebel forces: Free Syrian Army Saraya Ahl al-Sham Islamic Front (until 2015) Jaysh al-Islam Future Movement
Al-Qaeda and allies: Al-Nusra Front Fatah al-Islam Ghuraba al-Sham (until 2013) Jund al-Sham Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Abdullah Azzam Brigades Osbat al-Ansar Sunni Resistance Committees Muslim Youth
(from 2013) Military of ISIL Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade2011OngoingEthnic violence in South Sudan Part of the Sudanese nomadic conflicts Various tribes Various tribes20112012Operation Linda Nchi Part of the Somali Civil War (2009–present) and the Somali–Kenyan conflict TFG Raskamboni Front. Bartamaha.com (13 November 2011). ASWJHeavy Fighting in Southern Somalia . SomaliaReport. Azania Al-Shabaab20112014Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014) Part of the Libyan Crisis (2011–present) (aftermath of the First Libyan Civil War) Libyan National Army Special Forces (Saiqa brigade) Libyan Air Force Libyan Navy
Government-sanctioned local militias Supreme Security Committee Various militias Gaddafi loyalists Brigade 93 Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya General Haftar forces: Zintan Brigade Pro Haftar Libyan National Army factions Mashashya tribe (alleged) Katibat Al-Awfiyah brigade Al-Awfea brigade (alleged)
Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries28 قتيلا من قوات الصاعقة ببنغازى منذ بدء الاشتباكات مع أنصار الشريعة Youm7 29 July 2014 Accessed 3 August 2014تدهور الوضع الأمني في بنغازي وطرابلس نذير حرب جديدة Al-Arab 27 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014 Ansar Al-Sharia Brigades Libya Shield 120112013Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013) Part of the Iraqi conflict (2003–present) Iraqi Government Security forces Private security contractors
Peshmerga Asayish CTG Kurdistan Parastin u Zanyari Sons of IraqSupported by: Islamic State of Iraq (ISIL since April 2013) Islamic Army in Iraq Naqshbandi ArmyOther Sunni insurgents2012Ongoing War in the Sahel Part of the war on terror, spillover of the Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) and the War against the Islamic State Alliance of Sahel States Mali Niger Burkina Faso Benin Togo Ivory Coast Algeria Mauritania Nigeria
Supported by: Africa Corps (since 2021) Turkey (since 2022) France (2013–2023) United States (until 2024) MINUSMA (2013–2023) AFISMA (2012–2013)G5 Sahel (until 2023) Al-Qaeda Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Nigerian Brigade Ansarul Islam Boko Haram
Islamic State Islamic State - Sahel Province Lakurawa (2023–present) Katibat Salaheddin (20172018) Islamic State - West Africa Province
Azawad Liberation Front
Nigerien anti-coup movement: Patriotic Front for Justice Free Armed Forces2012OngoingMali War Part of the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and the war on terror (2021–) Africa Corps
(2013–22) Supported by: (2025–) (2025–)
MINUSMA (2013–23)
Supported by:
EUTM Mali (2013–23)
Non-state combatants:Platform Popular Movement for the Salvation of Azawad Ganda Iso MAA-Loyaliste MSA (2016–) GATIA (Ag Gamou faction) (2014–23) Wagner Group (2021–25)France, U.K., Partners Say Russia-Backed Wagner Deployed in MaliMali: West condemns Russian mercenaries 'deployment'
CSP-DPA (2021–23) Coordination of Azawad Movements Platform CSP-PSD (2023–24) Coordination of Azawad Movements (2014–21, 2023–24) MNLA (2012–24) HCUA (2013–24) MAA (2012–24) GATIA (al-Mahmoud faction) (2023–24) Azawad Liberation Front (2024–) Supported by:
Al-Qaeda AQIM (2012–17) Ansaru (2012–13) Al-Mourabitoun (2013–17) Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (2017–present)
(2012–13) MOJWA (2012–13) Ansar Dine (2012–17) Macina Liberation Front (2012–17)
Islamic State Sahel Province20122012Heglig Crisis JEM SPLM-N20122013M23 rebellion Part of the Kivu conflict MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade
March 23 MovementAlleged support:201220122012 Abyan offensive Part of the Yemeni Crisis (2011-present) Supported by: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Ansar al-Sharia20122012Baragoi clashes Samburu tribe Turkana tribe2012OngoingCentral African Republic Civil WarCentral African Armed Forces MINUSCA (since 2014) (since 2020)Rwanda deploys troops to CAR under bilateral arrangement , The East African, 22 December 2020. Accessed 28 December 2020. (since 2018) Wagner Group Russian Imperial Movement Black RussiansL’incroyable constellation des groupes armés en Centrafrique , 27 July 2023 Azande Ani Kpi Gbe
Formerly: (2013)MISCA (2013–2014) (2013–2021)France suspends military, budgetary support to Central African Republic , 8 June 2021 PRNC CMSPR (since 2024)
Defunct groups: RJ (2013–2018) MNLC (2017–2019) MLCJ (2008–2022) RPRC (2014–2022)20132013Lahad Datu standoff Part of the North Borneo dispute and cross border attacks in Sabah Sabahan local villagersSupported by: PhilippinesSupported Malaysian action during the standoff, but was not involved in the operation. Sultanate of Sulu (Jamalul Kiram III's faction)Filipino illegal immigrants (non-combative)Supported by: Moro National Liberation Front (Misuari faction)20132018Batwa–Luba clashes Part of the Katanga insurgency Pygmy batwa militias "Perci" Luba militias "Elements"20132021RENAMO insurgency (2013–2021) RENAMO (until 2019)RENAMO Military Junta (from 2019)20132013Zamboanga City crisis Part of the Moro conflict 20132020South Sudanese Civil War Part of the Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudan SPLA Air Force Mathiang Anyoor Maban Defence Force Allied militias: SSLM SRF JEM SPLM-N (alleged) SLA-AW SLA-MM EUPF (alleged)State allies: (alleged) UNMISS Regional Protection Force
SPLM-IO Nuer White Army
TFNFSSFDP South Sudan National Army NAS Arrow Boys (since Nov. 2015) Wau State insurgents SSOA (until September 2018) SSOMA/NSSSOG (until Jan. 2020) Supported by: (South Sudanese gov. claim)20132017War in Iraq (2013–2017) Part of the Iraqi conflict, spillover of the Syrian civil war, War against the Islamic State, and the war on terror
Iraqi Armed Forces Iraqi Ground Forces Iraqi Air Force CTS-ISOF Popular Mobilization Forces Assyrian Forces (Iraqi command) Federal Police
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga Zeravani Kurdistan Region Security Council CTG Kurdistan Parastin u Zanyari Assyrian Forces (Kurdish command)
Allied groups: Sinjar Alliance PKK
Kurdish National Council
Iraqi Communist Party Various self-defense groups Others:
Syria
Islamic State
Sunni Insurgent Factions (2012–2015) Naqshbandi Army (2013–2015) Anbar Tribal Council (2013–2015) GMCIR (2014) Army of Pride and Dignity Free Iraqi Army (2012–2014) Islamic Army in Iraq (2013–2014) 1920 Revolution Brigades (2013–2015)2014OngoingRusso-Ukrainian War (outline) Part of the conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union Donetsk PR Luhansk PR
Supplied by: For details, see Russian military suppliersSupplied by:For countries providing aid to Ukraine since 2022, see military aid to Ukraine201420142014 Aswan tribal clashes Arabic Al-Halayel clan Nubian Al-Dabodeya clan20142020Libyan civil war (2014–2020) Part of the Arab Winter, the Libyan Crisis, the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, the war on terror, and the Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict House of Representatives (Tobruk-based) Libyan National Army (LNA–aligned) (LNA–aligned)
Wagner Group(from 2018) Egypt United Arab Emirates RSF (from 2019)(2020) (allegedly) (allegedly, denied by LNA) Government of National Accord (Tripoli-based) (from 2016)
(GNA–aligned) (GNA–aligned)
(2020) Syrian National Army (from 2019) Popular Resistance Committees (LNA claim, denied by Hamas)
National Salvation Government(2014–2017) Libya Dawn Coalition Libya Shield Force LROR Libyan National Guard
Islamic State (from 2014) Wilayat Barqa Wilayat Tarabulus Wilayat Fezzan
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (2014–2017) Shura Council ofBenghazi Revolutionaries (2014–2017)2014OngoingWar against the Islamic State