This is a list of wars that began from 2000 to 2009. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
2000-2002
Started Ended Name of Conflict Belligerents Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)20002000Six-Day War (2000)Part of the Second Congo War20002005Second IntifadaPart of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict PLO
200020062000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflictPart of the Israeli–Lebanese conflict and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict200120012001 insurgency in Macedonia Part of the Yugoslav Wars Macedonia National Liberation Army Albanian National Army .}}200120012001 Bangladesh–India border clashes200120012001 Special Operations Unit mutiny Special Operations UnitZemun Clan Government of Serbia20012003Islamist insurgency in Iraqi KurdistanPart of the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict, the Iraq War, Islamism in Kurdistan, and the war on terror Kurdistan Region PUK (armed involvement after Viking Hammer) Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan Ansar al-IslamMasters of Chaos, Chapter 13 p. 7 Kurdistan Islamic Group Kurdistan Islamic Movement
Supported by: (alleged by PUK)A Modern History of the Kurds, David McDowall, 2021, pp. 592, KDP (alleged by PUK)2001OngoingWar on terrorPart of the post-Cold War and post-9/11 eras Main countries: Main opponents:20012021Taliban insurgencyPart of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), the Afghan conflict, and the war on terror Islamic State of Afghanistan (2001–2002) Afghan Transitional Authority (2002–2004) Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) Afghan National Security Forces
Allied militias High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (allegedly since 2015) Jamiat-e Islami Junbish-i-Milli Hezbe WahdatIbrahimi, Niamatullah. 2009. 'Divide and Rule: State Penetration in Hazarajat (Afghanistan) from Monarchy to the Taliban', Crisis States Working Papers (Series 2) 42, London: Crisis States Research Centre, LSE20022017Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines Part of the Philippine civil conflict, Islamic terrorism and Global War on Terror
Armed Forces of the Philippines Philippine National Police (advisors) Armed Forces of the United States CIA
Islamic jihad Abu Sayyaf BIFF Maute Group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (until 2012) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (de facto)200220032002–2003 conflict in the Pool DepartmentNinja militia20022007First Ivorian Civil War Part of the Ivorian Civil Wars COJEPSupported by: FNCIAlleged support:
UNOCI2002OngoingOperation Enduring Freedom – Horn of AfricaInsurgents: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2015)
al-Qaeda (from 2002) Al-Shabaab (from 2006) al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (2002–06) Hizbul Islam (2009–14) Ras Kamboni Brigades (2007–10) Jabhatul Islamiya (2007–09) Mu'askar Anole (2007–09)
2003
Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)20032020War in DarfurPart of the Sudanese Civil Wars and the Second Sudanese Civil War (until 2005) SAF Janjaweed RSF Chadian rebel groups Anti-Gaddafi forces (2011) Supported by: (2011–2020)
(until 2016)
Syria (2000s, alleged) SRF (2006–2020) JEM (2003–2020) SLA (some factions; 2003–2020) LJM (2010–11) SLA (some factions) SARC (2014–2020) SLFA (2017–2020) SLA-Unity SLMJ JEM (Jali) Supported by:
(2005–2010) (until 2008) Libya (until 2011) (until 2015)
UNAMID (2007–2020)20032011Iraq WarPart of the Iraqi conflict and the war on terror Invasion (2003) Coalition of the willing
Kurdistan Region KDP PUK
Free Iraqi Forces
After invasion (2003–11)
MNF–I (2003–09)
Awakening Council Invasion (2003) Republic of Iraq
After invasion (2003–11) Al-Qaeda in Iraq Islamic Army in Iraq Islamic State of Iraq Mahdi Army Naqshbandi Army Hamas of Iraq Jaysh al-Mujahideen 1920 Revolution Brigades Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna
2004
Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)20042010Sinaloa Cartel–Gulf Cartel conflict Part of the Mexican drug war (from 2006 to 2010) Sinaloa cartel Los Negros Gulf cartel Los Zetas2004OngoingSouth Thailand insurgency (RTARF) Royal Thai Police (RTP) Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPA)Drug cartels Mayaki cartel Xaysana cartel Usman cartel
Oil smugglers
Pirates2004OngoingInsurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Part of the war on terror and thespillover of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Pakistan Armed Forces
Special Forces: SSG SSW
Frontier Corps FC KPK North FC KPK South Pakistan Rangers Pakistan Levies Pakistan Police Counter Terrorism Department KPK Police Frontier Constabulary Dir Levies Malakand Levies Pakistani Intelligence community NACTA ISI MI FIA
(see Drone strikes in Pakistan, until 2018)Insurgents Pakistani Taliban Jamaat-ul-Ahrar TNSM Lashkar-e-Islam Tariq Gidar Group Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan Inqilab E Islami Pakistan (IIP) Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group Jaish-e-Fursan-e-Muhammad Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
Supported by:
Islamic State – Pakistan Province Khorasan Province Jundallah IMU Jamaat-ul-Ahrar2004OngoingIran–PJAK conflict Part of the Kurdish separatism in IranSupported by: (allegedly, denied by Iran) (alleged by PJAK, since 2009) Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) Eastern Kurdistan Units (YRK) Women's Defence Forces (HPJ)2003OngoingConflict in the Niger Delta Nigerian government Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (since 2019) Nigerian Armed Forces
supported by: Niger Delta Republic Niger Delta Avengers(2016–present) Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate(2016–present) Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force(2016–present) Niger Delta Red Squad(2016–present) Adaka Boro Avengers(2016–present) Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta(2016–present) Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders(2016–present) New Delta Avengers (2017–present) Niger Delta Marine Force(2017–present) Reformed Egbesu Fraternities Red Egbesu Water Lions(2016–present) Reformed Egbesu Boys of the Niger Delta(2016–present) Egbesu Mightier Fraternity(2016–present) Biafran separatists (from 2021)
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(2004–14) Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force(2003–09) Niger Delta Liberation Front(2005–14) Joint Revolutionary Council(2004–14)
Niger Delta Vigilante(2004–09)
Supported by: IPOB elements
Bandits
Pirates
Nigerian mafia Black Axe The Outlaws Eiye2004OngoingKivu conflict Part of the aftermath of the Second Congo WarPro-government:
Wazalendo (March 2024–) NDC-R
MONUSCO
(against FNL and FNL–Nzabampema) Supported by:
Horațiu Potra's Mercenary Legion (until 31 Jan 2025)Rwandan-aligned militias: CNDP M23 Banyamulenge Twigwaneho Gumino Ugandan-aligned militias: FPRI FPLC FPDC Foreign state actors:
Anti-Ugandan forces: IS-CAP ADF-Baluku ADF-Mukulu Mai-Mai Kyandenga UPLC Anti-Rwandan militias: FDLR RUD-Urunana Other Hutu-aligned forces Nyatura Anti-Burundi militias: RED-Tabara FNL
Mai-Mai militias: NDC-R (until March 2024) FPP-AP AFRC RNL Mazembe Kifuafua Simba MAC
Buhirwa Kidjangala Fuliru Mai-Mai Makanaki Biloze Bishambuke CNPSC Alaise CODECO (in Ituri) Chini ya Kilima–FPIC (in Ituri) Zaïre-FPAC (in Ituri)20042014Houthi insurgency Part of the Yemeni crisis and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Houthi Movement (pro-Saleh forces)Alleged support by: (until 2011)Security Forces Sunni tribes Al-Islah militias Supported by:
al-Qaeda Ansar al-Sharia20042007Central African Bush WarRebels:2004OngoingSistan and Baluchestan insurgency Part of the larger Insurgency in BalochistanCurrent: Jaish ul-Adl (2013–present) Ansar Al-Furqan (2013–present) BLA BLF
Former: Jundallah (2004–2011) Harakat Ansar (2012–2013)
2005
Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)200520052005 Bangladesh India border clash 2005OngoingInsurgency in Paraguay Armed forces Police Joint Task Force (FTC) Supported by:
Justicieros de la Frontera Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) Armed Peasant Association (ACA) Army of Marshal López (EML)(from 2016)Supported by: FARC (until 2016) Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (alleged) Primeiro Comando da CapitalComando Vermelho20052010Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) Libya NMRD JEMSupported by: Ukraine Israel RomaniaAlleged support: 20052008Mount Elgon insurgency Kenya Defence ForcesSabaot Land Defence Force
2006–2009
Started Ended Name of conflict Belligerents Victorious party (if applicable) Defeated party (if applicable)2006OngoingFatah–Hamas conflict Part of the Palestinian internal political violence
Gaza Strip (after June 2007) Supported by: Iran Fatah Palestinian Authority (until 2007) Supported by: (alleged) (covert)20062008Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) Part of the Iraq War United States United Kingdom Other coalition forcesPrivate Security Contractors PeshmergaSons of Iraq Mahdi Army (until 2008) Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Kata'ib Hezbollah Promised Day Brigades (from 2008) Badr BrigadesSoldiers of HeavenOther militiasShia tribes
: Al-Qaeda in Iraq (until January 2006) Mujahideen Shura Council (January 2006October 2006) Islamic State of Iraq (from October 2006) Islamic Army in Iraq Ansar al-Sunna Naqshbandi ArmyOther militiasSunni tribes20062013Operation Astute Part of the 2006 East Timorese crisis soldiersRenegade elements of the FDTL20062018Bakassi conflict Part of the conflict in the Niger Delta and the piracy in the Gulf of Guinea Democratic Republic of BakassiNiger Delta militiasPro-Nigerian militias200620062006 Lebanon War Part of the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict and the war on terror20062009Eelam War IV Part of the Sri Lankan Civil WarSupported by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam2006OngoingMexican drug war Part of the war on drugs Mexico Armed Forces National Guard(2019–present) Federal Police(2006–2019) State and municipal police forces Consulting and training support: United States Mérida Initiative Colombia National Police of Colombia Australia Australian Federal Police Canada RCMP Philippines National Bureau of Investigation
Non-state armed groups:Principal Mexican cartels: Gulf Cartel Los Metros Los Rojos Sinaloa Cartel Los Chapitos La Mayiza CJNG LNFM Los Viagras Northeast Cartel Los Zetas United Cartels Other cartels:20062009War in Somalia (2006–2009) Part of the Ethiopian–Somali conflict and the Somali Civil WarInvasion:Invasion:2007OngoingOperation Juniper Shield Part of the global war on terrorism (Islamist insurgency in the Sahel) Mauritania Tunisia Burkina Faso Nigeria Cameroon Togo Ghana Ivory Coast Benin Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Sierra Leone Islamic militants al-Qaeda Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin MOJWA (until 2013) AQIM Al-Mourabitoun (until 2017) Ansar al-Sharia Macina Liberation Front Ansar Dine (until 2017) Boko Haram (partially aligned with ISIL since 2015) Ansaru
ISIL Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (2015–present) Islamic State – West Africa Province20072009Tuareg rebellion (2007–2009) Part of the Tuareg rebellions and Operation Juniper ShieldIn Niger:Niger Movement for JusticeFront of Forces for Rectification (2008 split)Niger Patriotic Front (2009 split)In Mali:ADCATNM (2008 split)200720072007 Lebanon conflict Part of the war on terror Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security ForcesSupported by: Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham20072007Battle of Gaza (2007) Part of the Fatah–Hamas conflict Hamas Fatah Palestinian Authority Supported by: (alleged by Hamas) 20072015Insurgency in Ingushetia