List of invasions in the 21st century

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This is a list of military invasions that occurred or are still ongoing in the 21st century.

Invasion Invading forces Defending forces
2024 invasion of Lebanon File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel File:InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah
Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) – On 1 October, Israel launched a military invasion of Lebanon against Hezbollah
August 2024 Ukrainian invasion of Kursk Oblast File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War – On 6 August, Ukraine launched a military invasion of Kursk Oblast. The largest settlement captured by Ukraine was Sudzha.
2023 invasion of the Gaza Strip File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel State of Palestine Gaza Strip
Hamas Hamas
Islamic Jihad
PFLP
File:Flag of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.svg DFLP
File:Flag of the Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades.svg PRC
Jaysh al-Ummah (Gaza)
Part of the Israel–Hamas war – After being attacked by Hamas earlier in 2023, Israel launched a large-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip to remove Hamas from political and military power, laying siege to Gaza City and Khan Yunis[1][2][3]
2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia File:AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Al-Shabaab File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
Part of the Ethiopian–Somali conflict and Somali civil war – On 20 July, the Al-Shabaab militant group launched an invasion of Ethiopia’s Somali Region from Somalia.[4] The invasion was the largest attack by al-Shabaab in Ethiopian territory to date.[5]
2022 invasion of Ukraine File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
File:Flag of Donetsk People's Republic.svg Donetsk PR
File:Flag of the Luhansk People's Republic.svg Luhansk PR
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Support and supplies from:
Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War – On 24 February, Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. The invasion became the largest attack on a European country since World War II.[6][7][8] It is estimated to have caused tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties and hundreds of thousands of military casualties. By June 2022, Russian troops occupied about 20% of Ukrainian territory and established military or military-civilian administrations in several regions and cities.
2017 invasion of the Gambia File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia
2014 Israeli invasion of Gaza File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel State of Palestine Gaza Strip
Hamas Hamas
Islamic Jihad
PFLP
File:Flag of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.svg DFLP
2014 invasion of Ukraine File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War
2011 Invasion of Libya File:Flag of NATO.svg NATO[lower-alpha 1] File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Part of the Arab spring and the First Libyan Civil War
2011 invasion of Somalia File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
Part of the Somali civil war
2009 invasion of Gaza File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel File:Flag of Palestine.svg Gaza Strip
Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict
2008 invasion of Georgia File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
Part of the Abkhazia conflict, Georgian–Ossetian conflict, and Post-Soviet conflicts
2008 invasion of Anjouan File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France
File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
File:Flag of Anjouan (1997-2012).svg Anjouan
2006 invasion of Lebanon File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel File:InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah
On July 22, Israel launched a military invasion of Lebanon against Hezbollah.
2006 invasion of Somalia File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
Somalia Transitional Federal Government
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States[9]
File:Shahadah Flag.svg Islamic Courts Union
File:Flag of Ogaden National Liberation Front.svg ONLF[10][11]
File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea
Part of the Ethiopian–Somali conflict
2004 invasion of Gaza File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel File:Flag of Hamas.svg Hamas
File:Flag placeholder.svg Islamic Jihad
PRC
Part of the Second Intifada
2003 invasion of Iraq File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
File:Flag of Iraq, 1991-2004.svg Iraq
Part of the war on terror and the Iraq War
2001 invasion of Afghanistan File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
File:Flag of Afghanistan (1992–2001).svg Northern Alliance
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Taliban
File:Flag of Jihad.svg Al-Qaeda
File:Flag of Jihad.svg Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[12]
File:Tnsm-flag.svg Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi[13][14]
File:Flag of JTJ.svg Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad[15][16]
Part of the War in Afghanistan – Following the September 11 attacks, the United States declared the beginning of the war on terror. This subsequently led a multinational invasion of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, which started on 7 October 2001. The goal of the invasion was to dismantle al-Qaeda, which had executed the attacks under the leadership of Osama bin Laden, and to deny Islamist militants a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by toppling the Taliban government. The capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, was captured by the coalition on 13 November and the Taliban government collapsed on 17 December.

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References

  1. "Has Israel invaded Gaza? The military has been vague, even if its objectives are clear". Associated Press. 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. Boxerman, Aaron (1 November 2023). "Israel Confirms Deaths of 15 Soldiers in Ground Invasion of Gaza". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. Turak, Natasha (12 December 2023). "Can Hamas actually be eliminated? This is what military and security analysts think". CNBC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. Caleb Weiss; Ryan O'Farrell (25 July 2022). "Analysis: Shabaab's multi-day incursion into Ethiopia". Long War Journal. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. Harun Maruf (26 July 2022). "Why Did Al-Shabab Attack Inside Ethiopia?". VOA. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. Plokhy, Serhii (16 May 2023). The Russo-Ukrainian War: From the bestselling author of Chernobyl. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-1-80206-179-6. ... If the collapse of the USSR was sudden and largely bloodless, growing strains between its two largest successors would develop into limited fighting in the Donbas in 2014 and then into all-out warfare in 2022, causing death, destruction, and a refugee crisis on a scale not seen in Europe since the Second World War.
  7. Ramani, Samuel (13 April 2023). Putin's War on Ukraine: Russia's Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution. Hurst Publishers. ISBN 978-1-80526-003-5. ... However, the scale of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is unprecedented in modern history and, in terms of human costs, is Moscow's largest military intervention in the post-1945 period. ...
  8. D'Anieri, Paul (23 March 2023). Ukraine and Russia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-31550-0. ... . Russia had done the unthinkable, deliberately starting the biggest war in Europe since World War II. ...
  9. Axe, David (2 December 2010). "WikiLeaked Cable Confirms U.S.' Secret Somalia Op". Wired. The Washington Post's Pauline Jelinek, citing anonymous sources, described U.S. Special Forces accompanying Ethiopian troops. CBS news revealed that U.S. Air Force gunships were active over southern Somalia during the Ethiopian blitz. Through all the reporting, U.S. officials remained vague or silent on the subject of Washington's involvement. All the same, evidence was mounting that the U.S. had played a leading role in the Ethiopian invasion.
  10. "Ogaden rebels destroy Ethiopian military convoy en route to Somalia". Sudan Tribune. Ogaden National Liberation Front. 2006-12-24. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  11. "Ogaden rebels to resist Ethiopian army if it attacks Somali-statement". Sudan Tribune. Ogaden National Liberation Front. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  12. "Uzbek Militancy in Pakistan's Tribal Region" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  13. "Inside rebel Pakistan cleric's domain - USATODAY.com". USA Today. 2009-05-01. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved 2023-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. "Top Pakistani militant released". BBC News. 2008-04-21. Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  15. Whitlock, Craig (June 8, 2006). "Al-Zarqawi's Biography". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  16. Bergen, Peter. " The Osama bin Laden I Know, 2006