This is a list of wars that began from 2020 onwards. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
List
Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)2020OngoingGang war in HaitiPart of crime in Haiti and the Haitian crisis
an security forces Haitian National Police Haitian Armed Forces Gang Suppression Force
Support: *
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Baz Krache Dife Waf Jérémie Nan Boston G-Pèp 400 Mawozo Nan Brooklyn Chen Mechan Kraze Baryè 5 Segond Gran Ravine Taliban (Canaan) Mariani Ti Bwa Nan Ti Bwa Simon Pelé Belekou Other affiliated groups
Protesters, self-defense groups, and other armed factions vigilantes Brigade for the Security of Protected Areas202020212020–2021 China–India skirmishesPart of the Sino-Indian border dispute2020OngoingBelarusian partisan movement Belarusian opposition Coordination Council BYPOL BELPOL20202024Western Togoland Rebellion Ghana Armed Forces Minister for Defence Western Togoland Western Togoland Restoration Front20202020Second Nagorno-Karabakh WarPart of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (alleged by Armenia)* Syrian mercenaries*20202024Afar–Somali clashes Somali Region Afar Region20202022Tigray warPart of the Ethiopian civil conflict OLA (2021–22)*2020OngoingWestern Saharan clashesPart of the Western Sahara conflict20202022Al-Fashaga conflictPart of the Spillover of the Tigray war Amhara militiasAlleged: 2021OngoingInsurgency in Southeastern NigeriaPart of the herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria and the conflict in the Niger Delta Biafran separatists Oduduwa separatists (only against Fulani herders)Spillover into Bakassi:202120212021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashesPart of the post-Soviet conflicts2021OngoingMyanmar civil warPart of the Myanmar conflict State Administration Council
Border Guard Forces
Myanmar Police Force Border Guard Police Pyusawhti militias
National Unity Government People's Defence Force202120212021 Israel–Palestine crisisPart of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israel Police Israel Border Police Shin Bet
Jewish Israeli protesters Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Smaller militant groups
Protesters in Israel and PalestineJordanian, Lebanese, and Syrian protesters (see international)2021OngoingArmenia–Azerbaijan border crisisPart of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict2021OngoingRepublican insurgency in AfghanistanPart of the Afghan conflict Taliban al-Qaeda (alleged)
Supported by: (until 2024; unconfirmed) loyalists National Resistance Front (NRF) Ahmad Khan Samangani Front Afghanistan Freedom Front Afghanistan Islamic National & Liberation Movement Many smaller factions Supported by: (alleged) (alleged, since 2024)
Independent militias202120212021 Afghanistan–Iran clashesPart of the spillover of the Afghanistan conflict2022OngoingChittagong Hill Tracts conflictPart of terrorism in Bangladesh
PCJSS-MN Larma UPDF-D PCJSS
UPDF
Kuki-Chin National Front2022OngoingRussian invasion of UkrainePart of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline)2022OngoingM23 campaignPart of the Kivu conflict and the DRC–Rwanda conflict Congo River Alliance (from Dec 2023) M23 Movement Twirwaneho (from Feb 2025) RED-Tabara (from Feb 2025) Mai-Mai Rushaba (from March 2025) SADC Mission in DRC (until 2025) FDLR2022OngoingRussian partisan movement Russian opposition BOAK Stop the Wagons Black Bridge National Republican Army Freedom of Russia Legion Russian Volunteer Corps NS/WP Artpodgotovka
Atesh Cyber Partisans People's Resistance of Ukraine Rebellious army conscripts other rebel groups
Separatist movements North Caucasus partisans
Circassian nationalists
Ingush Independence Committee
Chechen militants OBON Adat People's Movementhttps://t.me/IADAT/14657 Принесите палатки и стройте барикады. Помогайте тем, кто уже несколько часов на митинге. Все в центр, и до конца никуда не уходим. Да хранит вас Аллах. Committee of Bashkir Resistance Sibir Battalion Karelian National Movement
Nord other separatist movements2022OngoingWestern DR Congo clashesMobondo militia20222022al-Shabaab invasion of EthiopiaPart of the Ethiopian–Somali conflict, the Somali Civil War, Ethiopian civil conflict and the spillover of the Tigray war Al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab2022OngoingNorth Kosovo crisis Diplomatic support: Diplomatic support: * 202220222022 Gaza–Israel clashesPart of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Gaza Strip
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
20222022September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashesPart of the Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis202220222022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashesPart of the post-Soviet conflicts Afghan mujahids* (per Kyrgyzstan)2023OngoingLas Anod conflictPart of the Somali Civil War Supported by: Harti militiamen2023OngoingWar in AmharaPart of the Ethiopian civil conflict Fano factions Amhara People's Army Wollo Fano Gojjam Fano Gondar Fano Shewa Fano ENDF Amhara Region Government202320232023 Afghanistan–Iran clash2023OngoingSudanese civil warPart of the Sudanese Civil Wars Transitional Sovereignty Council Sudanese Armed Forces PDF Popular Resistance Al-Bara Battalion AWB SPLM-N (Agar) JEM SLM (Minnawi) SLM (Tambour) (from August 2023) Joint Darfur Force (from November 2023) Foreign Support
Government of Peace and Unity (from April 2025) Rapid Support Forces Non-RSF Janjaweed militias SPLM-N (al-Hilu) (from February 2025) Tamazuj (from August 2023) Foreign Support Libyan National Army
Wagner Group
SLM (al-Nur) SPLM-N (al-Hilu) (June 2023 – February 2025)20232023Wagner Group rebellionPart of the Wagner–MoD conflict during the Russian invasion of Ukraine PMC Wagner Russia Ministry of Defense Armed Forces FSB National Guard Kadyrovites202320232023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-KarabakhPart of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Azerbaijan Artsakh2023OngoingGaza warPart of the Gaza–Israel conflict, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the Middle Eastern crisis2023OngoingIsrael–Hezbollah conflict Part of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis and the Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war 20232024Attacks on US bases during the Gaza war Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis, the Syrian opposition offensives, and the Eastern Syria insurgency in the Syrian civil warSupported by: Syrian Democratic Forces Al-Tanf Garrison* Ba'athist Syria (until 2024)ProxiesIslamic Resistance in Iraq Syrian Hezbollah Liwa Fatemiyoun Popular Mobilization Forces2024OngoingEcuadorian conflict Part of the Ecuadorian security crisis and the war on drugs Government of EcuadorOrganized crime groups, notably Los Choneros202420242024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes Part of the insurgency in Balochistan and Sistan and Baluchestan insurgencyClaimed by Pakistan: Baloch Nationalists: Balochistan Liberation Army Balochistan Liberation FrontClaimed by Iran: Islamists: Jaish ul-Adl20242025Kursk offensivePart of attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2024OngoingHamas–Popular Forces conflict Part of the Gaza war Popular ForcesSupported by: (denied by the PA)*202420242024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis and the Israeli–Lebanese conflict UNIFIL202420242024 Syrian opposition offensives Part of the Syrian civil war Syrian Salvation Government Syrian Interim Government Jaysh al-Izza Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Jama'at Ansar al-Islam Ajnad al-Kavkaz Imam Bukhari Jamaat Ansar al-Tawhid Burkan al-Furat Southern Operations Room Syrian Free Army Suqour al-Sham Brigades20242026Israeli invasion of Syria Palestinian militants Assad loyalists2024OngoingJubaland crisisSupported by:Supported by:2024OngoingAssadist Insurgency in Syria Syria Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah Assadist Insurgents: Syrian Popular Resistance Military Council for the Liberation of Syria Coastal Shield Brigade Rijal al Nour
Eastern Lebanese tribes Supported by: (alleged)202520252025 Goma offensive and othersPart of the M23 campaign Congo River Alliance March 23 Movement 202520252025 Nasir clashesPart of the aftermath of the South Sudanese Civil War Nuer White Army (9 March–1 April)
UNMISS202520252025 India–Pakistan conflictPart of the India–Pakistani wars and conflicts, 2025 India–Pakistan crisis, insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, and the Kashmir conflict202520252025 Tripoli clashesPart of the Libyan crisis Government of National Unity 444th Infantry Brigade Stability Support Apparatus Libya Shield Force
Special Deterrence Forces202520252025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis20252025 Twelve-Day WarPart of the Iran–Israel conflict Islamic Resistance in Iraq2025OngoingSouthern Syria clashes armed groups2025OngoingOperation Southern Spear Cartel of the Suns (alleged)Tren de Aragua (alleged)National Liberation Army (alleged)202520252025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict20252026Jonglei clashes SPLA-IO SPLA-IO Kit-Gwang SSOA defectors Nuer White Army SSPDF Agwelek forces2026 20262026 Afghanistan–Pakistan warPart of the Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes202620262026 Iran war
202620262026 Lebanon war
UNIFIL
Notes
References
External links Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) Conflict Barometer – Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements