List of wars of independence explained

This is a list of wars of independence (also called liberation wars). These wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence.

List

width=80	Dates	Name	width=200	Independent state	Anti-independence state	Result
701 BC	Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant	Judah, Phoenicia, Philistia	Assyria	Defeat of rebel states; reestablishment of Assyrian control over Levant
626–620 BC	Revolt of Babylon	Babylonia	Assyria	Formation of the Neo-Babylonian Empire; beginning of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
601–586 BC	Judah's revolts against Babylon	Judah	Babylonia	Defeat and destruction of the Kingdom of Judah; Babylonian captivity
499–493 BC	Ionian Revolt	Ionia, Aeolis, Doris, Caria, Cyprus	Persia	Defeat of Greek insurgents; beginning of the first Persian invasion of Greece
484 BC	Babylonian revolts	Babylonia	Persia	Defeat of Babylonian insurgents
460–454 BC	Rebellion of Inaros	Egypt	Persia	Defeat of Egyptian insurgents
323–322 BC	Lamian War	Athens, Aetolian League, most states in Central Greece	Macedonia	Defeat of rebel states; reestablishment of Macedonian control over Greece
206–186 BC	Great Theban Revolt	Upper Egypt	Ptolemaic Empire	Defeat of Egyptian insurgents
167–141 BC	Maccabean Revolt	Judea	Seleucid Empire	Independence of Judea from the Seleucid Empire; creation of the Hasmonean dynasty
155–139 BC	Lusitanian War	Lusitania		Defeat of Lusitanian insurgents; Lusitania annexed by Roman Republic
54–50 BC	Gaul revolts from Gallic Wars	Gaul		Defeat of Gaul insurgents; Gaul annexed by Roman Republic
9	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest	Germania		Liberation of Germania from Roman rule
40–43	Trung sisters' rebellion	Lạc Việt	Han China	Rebellion suppressed; China retains control of Vietnam
60–61	Boudican revolt	Iceni, Trinovantes		Defeat of Celtic Briton insurgents; consolidation of Roman rule in Britain
66–73	Great Jewish Revolt	Judea		Defeat of Jewish insurgents; Roman Empire retains control of Judea; dispersion of Jews
132–136	Bar Kokhba revolt
192	Khu Liên rebellion	Lâm Ấp (Champa)	Han China	Independence of Lâm Ấp from China
260–274	Postumus revolt	Gallic Empire		Restoration of Roman Empire authority
270–273	Zenobia's revolt	Palmyrene Empire		Restoration of Roman Empire authority
286–296	Carausian revolt	Britannic Empire		Restoration of Roman Empire authority
409–417	Bagaudae Revolt	Bagaudae		Restoration of Roman Empire authority
529–531	Ben Sabar Revolt	Samaria	Byzantine Empire	Defeat of Samaritan insurgents
541–544	Lý Bí rebellion	Vietnam	Liang China	Independence of Vietnam from Chinese rule
660–663	Baekje Revival Movement	Baekje	Tang China Silla
698	Battle of Tianmenling	Balhae	Zhou China	Independence of Balhae from China
720–832	Bashmurian revolts	Bashmur	Umayyad Caliphate (720–750) Abbasid Caliphate (750–832)	Defeat of Coptic insurgents
722	Battle of Covadonga	Asturias	Umayyad Caliphate	Asturias retains its independence; beginning of Reconquista
740–743	Berber Revolt	Barghawata, Tlemcen, Sijilmasa	Umayyad Caliphate
782–793	Frisian uprisings	Frisia	Carolingian Empire	Defeat of Frisian insurgents
782–804	Saxon revolts from Saxon Wars	Saxony	Carolingian Empire	Defeat of Saxon insurgents; Frankish annexation of Saxony
816–837	Babak's revolt	Persia	Abbasid Caliphate	Defeat of Khurramite insurgents
824	Battle of Roncevaux Pass	Pamplona (Basques)	Carolingian Empire	Creation of the Kingdom of Pamplona
847	Yu'firid conquest of Sana'a	Yu'firids	Abbasid Caliphate	Independence of Yemen from the Abbasid Caliphate
864	Uprising of Hasan ibn Zayd	Alavids	Abbasid Caliphate	Independence of Tabaristan from the Abbasid Caliphate
899	Qarmatian Revolution	Qarmatians	Abbasid Caliphate	Independence of Eastern Arabia from the Abbasid Caliphate
938	Battle of Bạch Đằng	Vietnam	Southern Han	Independence of Vietnam from Chinese rule
1011–1013	Jarrahid revolt	Filastin	Fatimid Caliphate	Defeat of Bedouin insurgents
1024–1029	Bedouin uprising	Bedouin alliance in Syria	Fatimid Caliphate	Defeat of Bedouin insurgents
1038–1047	Miecław's Rebellion	Miecław's State	Poland	Defeat of Miecław; his state is reincorporated into Poland
1067–1075	Anglo-Saxon resistance to Norman rule	Anglo-Saxons	Normandy	Defeat of Anglo-Saxon insurgents
1128	Battle of São Mamede	Portugal	León	Independence of Portugal from León
1185–1188	Uprising of Asen and Peter	Bulgaria	Byzantine Empire	Independence of Bulgaria from the Byzantine Empire; creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire
1238	Si Inthrathit rebellion	Thailand	Cambodia	Independence of Thailand from Cambodia
1270–1273	Sambyeolcho Rebellion	Sambyeolcho	Yuan Empire (Mongols)	Defeat of Korean insurgents
1282	Sicilian Vespers	Sicily	Angevin monarchy	Liberation of Sicilly from Angevin regime
1296–1357	Wars of Scottish Independence	Scotland	England	Scotland retains its status as an independent nation
1346–1347	Rebellion of Ismail Mukh	Bahmani Kingdom
1351–1368	Red Turban Rebellions	Ming China	Yuan Empire (Mongols)
1353–1359	Ekdala Wars	Bengal	Delhi Sultanate	Independence of Bengal from Delhi
1400–1415	Glyndŵr rebellion	Wales	England	Defeat of Welsh insurgents; England retains control of Wales
1418–1427	Lam Sơn uprising	Vietnam	Ming China	Independence of Vietnam from Chinese rule; creation of the Lê dynasty
1468–1500	Kazakh War of Independence	Kazakh Khanate	Uzbek Khanate	Kazakh Khanate maintains independence from the Uzbek Khanate
1480	Battle of the Ugra	Muscovy	Great Horde	The end of Tatar yoke in Russia
1499	Swabian War			De facto independence of Switzerland from the Holy Roman Empire
1521–1523	Swedish War of Liberation			Independence of Sweden from the Kalmar Union
1568–1571	Morisco Revolt	Moriscos		Revolt suppressed; deportation of most Moriscos from Granada to Castile
1568–1648	Eighty Years' War		Spain	Independence of the Netherlands from Spain
1576–1612	Baro-Bhuyan revolt	Baro-Bhuyans	Mughal Empire	Defeat of Baro-Bhuyans; consolidation of Mughal Empire's rule in Bengal
1584–1593	Nandric War	Thailand	Myanmar	Independence of Thailand from Myanmar
1586–1589	War of Kashmiri Independence	Kashmir	Mughal Empire	Defeat of Kashmiri insurgents; Mughal Empire retains control of Kashmir
1591	Restoration of Lan Xang	Laos	Myanmar	Independence of Laos from Myanmar
1618–1620	Bohemian Revolt	Bohemia	Habsburg monarchy	Defeat of insurgents; the elective monarchy of Bohemia was abolished in favour of the hereditary succession of Habsburg monarchs
1640–1668	Portuguese Restoration War		Spain	Restoration of Portuguese independence from Spain
1648–1657	Khmelnytsky Uprising	(Ukrainians)		Independence of Ukraine from Poland–Lithuania
1673–1681	Revolt of the Three Feudatories	Zhou	Qing Empire	Defeat of Han Chinese insurgents; consolidation of Qing's rule in Southern China
1679–1707	Rathore rebellion	Marwar	Mughal Empire	Rathores retain their independence from the Mughal Empire
1680–1707	Maratha War of Independence		Mughal Empire	Mughals fail to annex Maratha Empire
1703–1711	Rákóczi's War of Independence	Hungary		Limited autonomy for Hungary within the Habsburg monarchy
1729–1755	Corsican Revolution	Corsica	Genoa	De facto independence of Corsica from Genoa
1740	Mon revolt	Hanthawaddy	Myanmar	Independence of Lower Burma; beginning of the Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War
1744–1829	Dagohoy rebellion	Bohol Republic	Spain	Defeat of Boholano insurgents
1768–1769	French conquest of Corsica	Corsica		Corsica annexed by France
1775–1783	American Revolutionary War (United States War of Independence)			Independence of the United States from Great Britain
1791–1804	Haitian Revolution			Independence of Haiti from France
1794	Kościuszko Uprising			Third Partition of Poland
1798	Irish Rebellion of 1798	Society of United Irishmen		Abolition of the Irish Parliament; creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1804–1813	First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)	Serbia		Defeat of insurgents; Ottoman Empire retains control of Serbia
1806	Greater Poland uprising of 1806			Creation of the Napoleonic Poland
1807	Tunisian–Algerian War of 1807	Tunisia	Algeria	Liberation of Tunisia from Algerian suzerainty
1808–1814	Peninsular War			Independence of Portugal and Spain from France
1810s–1820s	Latin American wars of independence		Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain
	Argentine War of Independence			Río de la Plata
	Bolivian War of Independence
	Chilean War of Independence
	Colombian War of Independence			Colombia
	Ecuadorian War of Independence			Ecuador
	Mexican War of Independence			Mexico
	Peruvian War of Independence
	Venezuelan War of Independence
1813	German campaign	20px German states		Dissolution of the Rhine Confederation
1814	Swedish–Norwegian War		Sweden	Partial independence of Norway within the later United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
1815–1817	Second Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)			Semi-independence of Serbia within the Ottoman Empire
1821–1829	Greek War of Independence			Independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire
1822–1824	Brazilian War of Independence		Portugal	Independence of Brazil from Portugal
1825–1828	Cisplatine War		Río de la Plata	Disputatiin between Brazil and Río de la Plata; independence of Uruguay from Brazil
1826–1831	Separation of Venezuela and Ecuador	Ecuador		Independence of Venezuela and Ecuador from Gran Colombia; dissolution of Gran Colombia; creation of the Republic of New Granada
1826–1828	Lao Rebellion	Vientiane	Thailand	Defeat of Lao insurgents
1830–1831	November Uprising			Defeat of Polish insurgents; liquidation of Polish autonomy
1830–1839	Belgian Revolution			Independence of Belgium from the Netherlands
1834–1835	Ja Thak Wa uprising	Champa	Vietnam	Defeat of Cham insurgents
1835–1845	Ragamuffin War			The Riograndense Republic is dissolved and reintegrated with Brazil
1835–1836	Texas Revolution			Independence of Texas from Mexico
1837–1838	Lower Canada Rebellion	Republic of Lower Canada		Defeat of insurgents: unification of Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada
1837	Upper Canada Rebellion	Republic of Canada
1840–1841	Cambodian Rebellion	Cambodia	Vietnam	Independence of Cambodia from Vietnam
1844–1856	Dominican War of Independence		Haiti	Independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti
1846	Bear Flag Revolt			The California Republic declares independence from Mexico. The republic is quickly annexed by the United States
1846	Kraków uprising	Poland		Defeat of Polish insurgents; end of the status of Kraków as the Free City
1847	Sonderbund War	Sonderbund		Dissolution of the Sonderbund; Federal constitution of 1848
1848	Poznań Uprising	Poland		Grand Duchy of Posen transformed into the Province of Posen
1848–1849	Hungarian Revolution of 1848	Hungary		Revolution suppressed; Hungary placed under military dictatorship until the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867
1848–1849	Italian War of Independence	Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont		Sardinia-Piedmont defeated by the Austrian Empire; Italian unification not achieved
1850–1864	Taiping Rebellion	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	Qing Empire	Defeat of insurgents
1856–1873	Panthay Rebellion	Dali sultanate	Qing Empire	Defeat of insurgents
1857–1858	Indian War of Independence	Sepoy mutineers led by	British East India Company	East India Company loses power to Great Britain, vide Government of India Act 1858.
1859	Second Italian War of Independence	Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont Lombardy–Venetia Tuscany		France and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia defeat the Austrian Empire; most of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia transferred to France and then to Piedmont-Sardinia; Duchy of Parma, Duchy of Modena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Papal Legations annexed by Piedmont-Sardinia
1861–1865	American Civil War		United States (Union)	Defeat and dissolution of the Confederacy; U.S. retains control of the South
1862–1877	Dongan Revolt	Yettishar	Qing Empire	Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
1863–1865	January Uprising	Poland		Defeat of Polish insurgents; Russia retains control of Poland
1863–1865	Dominican Restoration War			Independence of Dominican Republic from 4 year occupation by Spain; ousts Spain from Hispaniola
1866	Third Italian War of Independence			Austrian Empire loses Veneto to Kingdom of Italy
1868–1869	Battle of Hakodate	Ezo Republic		Defeat of remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate army; restoration of Japanese imperial rule
1868–1878	Ten Years' War			Defeat of insurgents; Spain retains control of Cuba
1876–1886	Cajemé's rebellion	Yaqui Republic	Mexico
1876	April Uprising	Bulgaria		Defeat of Bulgarian nationalists by the Ottoman Empire. Subsequent reprisals by the Ottomans led to the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–78 and the 1878 independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire.
1877	Romanian War of Independence			Independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire
1879–1882	Urabi revolt			British occupation of Egypt
1880–1881	First Boer War			South African Republic regained self-government under British suzerainty
1881–1899	Mahdist War		(1881–1882) (1882–1899)	Britain took over Sudan
1885	North-West Rebellion	Provisional Government of Saskatchewan (Métis)	Canada	Collapse of the Provisional Government
1895	Japanese invasion of Taiwan	Republic of Formosa		Defeat of Taiwanese insurgents; Annexation of Taiwan by Japan
1895–1898	Cuban War of Independence			Independence of Cuba from Spain following four years of American occupation
1896–1898	Philippine Revolution			Inconclusive; Philippines independence from Spain then achieved by Spanish–American War
1896–1903	Menalamba rebellion	Madagascar		Rebellion suppressed; consolidation of French rule in Madagascar
1899–1913	Philippine–American War			Defeat of Philippine insurgents; United States retains control of the Philippines
1903	Separation of Panama from Colombia			Separation of Panama from Colombia and construction of the Panama Canal
1905–1910	Righteous Armies Wars			Defeat of Korean insurgents; Annexation of Korea by Japan
1911	1911 Revolution	Republic of China		Creation of the Republic of China
1911–1912	Mongolian Revolution of 1911	Mongolia		Independence of Mongolia from Qing's rule
1911–1912	Xinhai Lhasa Turmoil	Tibet		Independence of Tibet from Qing's rule
1914–1915	Boer revolt
1915–1918	Senussi campaign	Senussi Order		Defeat of the Senussi Order; restoration of Italian rule in Libya
1916–1918	Arab Revolt			Independence of the Hejaz from the Ottoman Empire; partition of the remaining Ottoman-controlled Arab territories in the Levant and Iraq by the United Kingdom and France
1916–1934	Basmachi movement	Turkestan	Soviet Russia (1917–1922) (1922–1934)	Turkestan conquered by Red Army
1917–1921	Ukrainian War of Independence		Soviet Russia	Independence of Ukraine from Russia; partition of Ukraine by Soviet Union and Poland
1918	Yakut revolt	Yakutia	Soviet Russia	Defeat of Yakutian insurgents
1918–1919	Poznań War			Creation of the Second Polish Republic
1918–1920	Estonian War of Independence		Soviet Russia	Independence of Estonia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR
1918–1920	Latvian War of Independence		Soviet Russia	Independence of Latvia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR
1918–1920	Lithuanian War of Independence		Soviet Russia	Independence of Lithuania from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR and Poland
1918–1920	Revolt of the Ingrian Finns	North Ingria	Soviet Russia	Genocide of the Ingrian Finns
1919	Third Anglo-Afghan War			Britain recognised Afghanistan's independence
1919–1921	Irish War of Independence			Anglo-Irish Treaty Partition of Ireland; secession of 26 of Ireland's 32 counties (the Irish Free State) from the United Kingdom
1919–1923	Turkish War of Independence		Allies of World War I (Greece, France, United Kingdom, Armenia)	Creation of the Republic of Turkey
1919; 1922–1924	Mahmud Barzanji revolts	Kingdom of Kurdistan	United Kingdom (1922–1924)	Defeat of Kurdish insurgents
1920	Iraqi Revolt	Iraq		Greater autonomy given to Iraq
1920	1920 Ganja revolt		Soviet Russia	Revolt suppressed
1920–1926	Rif War			Defeat of insurgents and Rif Republic; Spain retains control of Spanish Morocco
1921	Mongolian Revolution of 1921	Mongolia		Independence of Mongolia from the Chinese government's rule
1921	February Uprising	Mountainous Armenia	Soviet Russia	Uprising quelled
1921–1922	East Karelian uprising	Karelian United Government	Soviet Russia	Uprising quelled
1922–1932	Second Italo-Senussi War	Senussi Order		Consolidation of Italian rule in Libya; Libyan genocide
1924	August Uprising	Committee for the Independence of Georgia		Consolidation of Soviet rule in the Georgian SSR
1924	Assyrian rebellion	Assyrian volunteers		Failure; Hakkari Assyrians expelled to Iraq
1925–1927	Great Syrian Revolt	Syrians		Revolt suppressed; France maintains its mandate over Syria
1927–1931	Ararat rebellion	Republic of Ararat		Defeat of Kurdish insurgents
1931–1934				Defeat of Uyghur insurgents
1936–1939	Arab revolt in Palestine	Arab Higher Committee		Rebellion suppressed
1936–1939		Waziristan	British Empire	Rebellion suppressed
1940–1941	Abyssinian campaign			Dissolution of Italian East Africa; independence of Ethiopia
1940–1944	1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya	Provisional Popular Revolutionary Government of Chechen-Ingushetia		Deportation of Chechens and Ingushes
1941	Uprising in Montenegro	Communist Party of Yugoslavia		Uprising suppressed
1942–1947	Second Indian War of Independence	Free India		INA captured parts of North-East India and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, later INA Trials triggered Bombay Mutiny & Royal Air Force mutiny which resulted in Indian Independence Act 1947[1]
1944	Warsaw Uprising			Uprising suppressed
1944	Slovak National Uprising	Czechoslovak		Uprising suppressed
1944	Battle of Vercors	Republic of Vercors		Uprising suppressed
1944–1946	Ili Rebellion			Incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China
1944–1948	Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine	Jewish Resistance Movement		Independence of Israel from the United Kingdom
1945	Prague uprising			Withdrawal of German forces from Prague
1945	Levant Crisis	Syria		Independence of Syria and Lebanon from French Mandate
1945	August Revolution			Establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1945–1949	Indonesian National Revolution			Independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands
1946–1954	First Indochina War			Independence of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia from France; partition of Vietnam
1947–1949	Malagasy Uprising	Madagascar		Uprising suppressed
1948–1949	First Arab–Israeli War			State of Israel established over 78% of the territory of former Mandatory Palestine; Jordan and Egypt control the rest
1948–1951	First Balochistan conflict	Kalat		Revolt suppressed
1948–1960	Malayan Emergency	Malayan Communist Party	United Kingdom	Deafeat of MCP; independence of the Federation of Malaya
1952–1960	Mau Mau rebellion			Defeat of insurgents; United Kingdom retains control of Kenya
1954–1962	Algerian War	Algeria		Independence of Algeria from France
1954–ongoing	Insurgency in Northeast India	Separatist groups in Northeast India	India	Ongoing (low level insurgency)
1955–1959	Cyprus Emergency			Independence of Cyprus from the United Kingdom
1955–1972	First Sudanese Civil War	Southern Sudan		Conflict between Sudan and South Sudan
1956	Hungarian Uprising	Hungary		Uprising suppressed
1959	1959 Tibetan uprising			Uprising suppressed; dissolution of the Tibetan Government
1959–2011	Basque conflict	Basque National Liberation Movement		Dissolution of the Basque separatist organization ETA
1961–1963	Aden Emergency		United Kingdom	Independence of South Yemen from the United Kingdom
1961–1974	Angolan War of Independence	Angola		Independence of Angola from Portugal
1961–1991	Eritrean War of Independence			Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
1961–ongoing	Papua conflict			Ongoing
1962–1990	Communist insurgency in Sarawak	North Kalimantan Communist Party	(1962–1963) (1963–1990)	Dissolution of NKCP
1963–1974	Guinea-Bissau War of Independence			Independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal
1964–1974	Mozambican War of Independence			Independence of Mozambique from Portugal
1966–1988	Namibian War of Independence	Namibia		Independence of Namibia from South Africa
1967–1970	Nigerian Civil War			Defeat and dissolution of the Republic of Biafra
1968–2019	Moro conflict			Decleration of the peace agreements; establishment of Bangsamoro Transition Authority
1971	Bangladesh Liberation War			Independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan
1974	Turkish invasion of Cyprus			Formation of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration
1975–ongoing	Cabinda War	Cabinda		Ongoing
1975–1991	Western Sahara War			Partition of Western Sahara between Morocco and Sahrawi Republic
1975–1976	Indonesian invasion of East Timor	East Timor		Deafeat of FALINTIL; Annexation of East Timor by Indonesia
1976–2005	Insurgency in Aceh	Free Aceh Movement		Special autonomy granted to Aceh; disarmament of GAM
1976–ongoing	Corsican conflict	National Liberation Front of Corsica		Ongoing
1979–1983	1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran	Iranian Kurdistan
1981–1991	Somaliland War of Independence	Somaliland		De facto independence of Somaliland from Somalia
1982–ongoing	Casamance conflict			Low-level conflict since 2014
1983–2005	Second Sudanese Civil War			Independence of South Sudan from Sudan
1983–2009	Sri Lankan civil war			Defeat of LTTE; Sri Lankan government reestablishes control over entire island
1984–1995	Insurgency in Punjab	Khalistan movement	India	Insurgency quelled
1987–1993	First Intifada		Israel	Establishment of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank
1988–1994	First Nagorno-Karabakh War			De facto independence of the Republic of Artsakh from Azerbaijan
1988–1998	Bougainville Civil War			Bougainville receives autonomy in 2002; voted in favour of independence in 2019
1989–ongoing	Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front	India	Ongoing
1990–1992	Transnistria War			De facto independence of Transnistria from Moldova
1991–1992	South Ossetia War			De facto independence for South Ossetia from Georgia
1991	Liberation of Kuwait			Part of the Gulf War; Kuwait regains independence
1991–1995	Croatian War of Independence			Independence of Croatia from Yugoslavia
1991	Ten-Day War			Independence of Slovenia from Yugoslavia
1992–1995	Bosnian War		[2]	Independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from SFR Yugoslavia; the new country is divided between two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska[3]
1992–1993	War in Abkhazia			De facto independence for Abkhazia from Georgia
1994–1996	First Chechen War			Chechnya maintains de facto independence from Russia
1998–1999	Kosovo War			No legal changes to Yugoslav borders according to the Resolution 1244, but de facto independence of Kosovo from the rest of Yugoslavia
1999–2000	1999 East Timorese crisis			Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia by INTERFET; independence of East Timor after UN administration
1999–2009	Second Chechen War			Defeat of Chechnya; reincorporation into Russia
2000–2005	Second Intifada		Israel	Uprising suppressed; Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip
2001–2021	Taliban insurgency		United States	Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan
2003–2011	Iraqi insurgency	Ba'ath Party loyalists Sunni insurgents	United States	Coalition failure to defeat the Iraqi insurgents; withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
2004–ongoing	South Thailand insurgency	Patani		Ongoing
2012	2012 Tuareg rebellion			Unrecognized independence of Azawad from Mali; renounced its independence in 2013
2014–ongoing	Russo-Ukrainian War			Also called a "rebirth," or a war of independence from Russia by some Ukrainian sources.[4] [5] [6]
2014–2022	War in Donbas			Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War; recognition of independence by Russia on 21 February 2022; annexed by Russia on September the same year
2017–ongoing	Anglophone Crisis			Ongoing
2020–ongoing	Western Togoland Rebellion	Western Togoland		Ongoing

See also

• Lists of active separatist movements
• List of civil wars
• List of ongoing armed conflicts
• List of Wars of National liberation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bhat D. The Tribune. RIN mutiny gave a jolt to the British. 2007-09-02.
2. Web site: ICTY: Conflict between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190107224919/https://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/ij/icty/2.htm . 7 January 2019 . 25 April 2015.
3. Web site: The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150604163946/http://www.ohr.int/dpa/default.asp?content_id=380 . 4 June 2015 . 28 May 2015 . OHR.int . dmy-all.
4. Web site: August 24, 2022 . Ukraine will fight to the end: Zelenskyy's Independence Day vow . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220831032051/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/24/ukraine-will-fight-to-the-end-zelenskyys-independence-day-vow . August 31, 2022 . . A new nation appeared in the world on February 24 at 4 o’clock in the morning. It was not born, but reborn..
5. News: Російсько-український конфлікт: проміжні підсумки. DT.ua. uk. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict: interim results. 23 October 2015. Currently, Ukraine is experiencing the third round of struggle for independence in 100 years.
6. Web site: "Війна на сході — це війна за незалежність України", — Зеленський в Польщі (відео). FOCUS. 3 May 2021. uk. 23 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220323122814/https://focus.ua/uk/ukraine/481723-viyna-na-shodi-ce-viyna-za-nezalezhnist-ukrajini-zelenskiy-v-polshchi-video. "The war in the east is a war for the independence of Ukraine," — Zelenskyy in Poland (video). We have been fighting for independence for many decades. And today the same thing is happening in the east of our country. We are fighting for our independence again..