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aggression

An unprovoked attack by an enemy

aggression

alien

A foreigner in a belligerent country

alien

ammunition

ammunition

Shells, bombs, military stores

amnesty

A general pardon of offenders

amnesty

annihilate

To reduce to nothing

annihilate

armistice

An agreement by belligerents to stop fighting

armistice

arsenal

A place where naval or military weapons are made or storedarsenal

bandolier

A broad belt worn by cadets across the right shoulder and across the chest with pockets for carrying cartridges g cartridges

bandolier

battalion

amnesty

The main division of an army

battalion

bayonet

bayonet

A short sword fixed on to the end of a gun

bayonet

belligerents

Nations carrying on warfare

Belligerents

besiege

To surround a place with the intention of capturing it

besiege

bivouac

bivouac

An encampment in the open air

bivouac

To camp in the open air without tents or covering

bivouac

bulletin

Official reports on the progress of the War

bulletin

canteen

canteen.

A place where soldiers can buy drinks and other refreshments

canteen

 

A container for drinks

canteen

capitulate

To surrender to an enemy on agreed terms

capitulate

casualties

casualties

The killed or wounded in battle

cavalry

Horse-soldiers

cavalry

commandeer

commandeer

To seize for military use

conscript

A person who is forced by law to become a soldier

conscript

conscription

conscript

Compulsory enrolment as soldiers or sailors

contraband

Smuggling of goods or engaging in prohibited traffic

contraband

convoy

convoy

 

A number of ships travelling together under escort for the sake of safety

demobilise

To release from the army

demob

diplomacy

The art of conducting negotiations between nations

diplomacy

embargo

embargo

An order prohibiting ships to leave the ports

espionage

The act or practice of spying

espionage

evacuate

evacuate

To remove from one place to another to avoid the destruction of war

furlough

A soldier's holiday

furlough

fusillade

A number of firearms being discharged continuously

fusillade

garrison

garrison

 

A body of soldiers stationed in a fortress to defend it

garrison

A fortified place defended by soldiers, cannons, etc.

garrison

guerilla-war

guerilla-war

An irregular warfare conducted by scattered or independent bands

I. E. D.

ied

An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs.

 

Today, there are an estimated 110 million anti-personnel mines in the ground and another 250 million stockpiled in at least 108 countries around the world. 

infantry

Foot-soldiers

infantry

intern

intern

To keep citizens of another country in confinement

invade

To enter a country as an enemy

blitz

manoeuvre

Skilful movement of ships or troops in order to secure an advantage over the enemy

manouvre

mobilize

mobilize

To make troops, ships etc. ready for war service

neutral

Taking neither side in the struggle, that is, not assisting either of the belligerents

neutral

N.V.G.

nvg

A night-vision device (NVD), also known as night optical/observation device (NOD) and night-vision goggles (NVG), The first military night-vision devices were introduced by the GermanArmy as early as 1939 and were used in World War II

ordnance

ordanance

Heavy guns, artillery and army stores

parachute

An apparatus which opens like an umbrella to enable a person to drop safely from an aircraft

para

 

parole

A promise given by a prisoner not to try to escape if given temporary release

parole

puttees

puttees

A long strip of cloth bound round the foot of soldiers from the ankle to the knee

puttees

reconnoiter

To make an examination or preliminary survey of enemy territory or military objective

reconnoiter

recruit

A soldier recently enlisted for service

recruit

reveille

revellie

Music for awakening soldiers in the morning

Reveille, from the French word ‘reveillez’, meaning to ‘wake-up’, was originally played as a drum beat just prior to daybreak. 

Its purpose is to wake up the sleeping soldiers and to let the sentries know that they could cease challenging. It was also a signal to open the town gates and let out the horse guard, allowing them to do a reconnaissance of the immediate area beyond the walls. 

salvo

The firing of many guns at the same time to mark an occasion, usually seven soldiers fire three volleys for a 21 gun slaute

salvo

volley

A shower of bullets

volley

 

 

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1300–1200 BCE

 

Trojan War (dates uncertain)

1200–1100 BCE

 

Trojan War (dates uncertain)

800–700 BCE

 

First Messenian War (c. 735–715 BCE)

Lelantine War (c. 720–680 BCE; dates uncertain)

700–600 BCE

 

Lelantine War (c.720–680 BCE; dates uncertain)

Second Messenian War (c. 660 BCE)

500–400 BCE

 

Greco-Persian Wars (492–449 BCE)

Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE)

400–300 BCE

 

Lamian War (323–322 BCE)

300–200 BCE

 

First Punic War (264–241 BCE)

Second Punic War (218–201 BCE)

200–100 BCE

 

Third Punic War (149–146 BCE)

100 BCE–100 CE

 

Gallic Wars (58–50 BCE)

600–700

 

Jinshin-no-ran (672)

1000–1300

 

 

 

Norman Conquest (1066)

Crusades (1095–1291; sporadically thereafter)

Gempei War (1180–85)

Barons’ War (1264–67)

1300–1400

 

Hundred Years’ War (c. 1337–1453)

War of the Eight Saints (1375–78)

1400–1500

 

Hundred Years’ War (c. 1337–1453)

Thirteen Years’ War (1454–66)

Wars of the Roses (1455–85)

?nin War (1467–77)

1500–1600

 

Count’s War (1534–36)

Araucanian Wars (1541–58)

Livonian War (1558–83)

Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648)

War of the Three Henrys (1587–89)

1600–1700

 

Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648)

Kalmar War (1611–13)

Thirty Years’ War (1618–48)

Powhatan War (1622–44)

Bishops’ Wars (1639; 1640)

English Civil Wars (1642–51)

First Northern War (1655–60)

War of Devolution (1667–68)

King Philip’s War (1675–76)

War of the Grand Alliance (1689–97)

King William’s War (1689–97)

1700–1800

 

Second Northern War (1700–21)

War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14)

War of the Emboabas (1708–09)

Carnatic Wars (1746–48; 1749–54; 1758–63)

Queen Anne’s War (1702–13)

Yamasee War (1715–16)

War of the Polish Succession (1733–38)

War of Jenkins’ Ear (1739–48)

War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48)

King George’s War (1744–48)

French and Indian War (1754–63)

Silesian Wars (1740–42; 1744–45; 1756–62)

Seven Years’ War (1756–63)

Lord Dunmore’s War (1774)

Rohilla War (1774)

American Revolution (1775–83)

First Maratha War (1775–82)

War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–79)

Cape Frontier Wars (1779–1879)

French Revolution (1787–99)

French revolutionary wars (1792–1801)

1800–1900

 

Cape Frontier Wars (1779–1879)

French revolutionary wars (1792–1801)

War of the Oranges (1801)

Tripolitan War (1801–05)

Second Maratha War (1803–05)

Third Maratha War (1817–18)

Napoleonic Wars (1803–15)

Black War (1804–30)

Peninsular War (1808–14)

War of 1812 (1812–15)

Creek War (1813–14)

War of Greek Independence (1821–32)

Padri War (1821–37)

Naning War (1831–32)

Pastry War (1838–39)

Mexican-American War (1846–48)

Crimean War (1853–56)

Bleeding Kansas (1854–59)

American Civil War (1861–65)

War of the Triple Alliance (1864/65–70)

Seven Weeks’ War (1866)

Selangor Civil War (1867–73)

Franco-German War (1870–71)

Acehnese War (1873–1904)

Red River Indian War (1874–75)

Serbo-Turkish War (1876–78)

Anglo-Zulu War (1879)

War of the Pacific (1879–83)

Gun War (1880–81)

Sino-French War (1883–85)

Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885–86)

Sino-Japanese War (1894–95)

Spanish-American War (1898)

Philippine-American War (1899–1902)

South African War (1899–1902)

The War of a Thousand Days (1899–1903)

1900–2000

 

Acehnese War (1873–1904)

Philippine-American War (1899–1902)

South African War (1899–1902)

The War of a Thousand Days (1899–1903)

Boxer Rebellion (1900–01)

Moro Wars (1901–13)

Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)

Pig War (1906–09)

Mexican Revolution (1910–20)

Italo-Turkish War (1911–12)

World War I (1914–18)

Baltic War of Liberation (1918–20)

Russian Civil War (1918–20)

Russo-Polish War (1919–20)

Rif War (1921–26)

Chaco War (1932–35)

Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36)

Spanish Civil War (1936–39)

Sino-Japanese War (1937–45)

Phony War (1939–40; no actual hostilities)

Russo-Finnish War (1939–40)

World War II (1939–45)

Greek Civil War (1944–45; 1946–49)

Arab-Israeli wars (1948–49; 1956; 1967; 1973; 1982)

Korean War (1950–53)

Algerian War (1954–62)

Vietnam War (1954–75)

Six-Day War (1967)

War of Attrition (1969–70)

Yom Kippur War (1973)

Dirty War (1976–83)

Afghan War (1978–92)

Iran-Iraq War (1980–88)

Falkland Islands War (1982)

Persian Gulf War (1990–91)

Bosnian conflict (1992–95)

Kosovo conflict (1998–99)

2000–

 

Afghanistan War (2001–14)

Iraq War (2003–11)

Syrian Civil War (2012– )

Recent Wars or Confilcts (not complete)

Started

Ended

Name of conflict

Belligerents

Victorious party (if applicable)

Defeated party (if applicable)

2003

2020

War in Darfur

 Sudan
Supported by:
 China
 Iran (until 2016)
 Russia
 Belarus


 UNAMID (from 2007)

 SRF

SARC (from 2014)
SLFA (from 2017)

  •  SLA-Unity
  • SLMJ
  •  JEM (Jali)

Supported by:
 South Sudan
 Chad (2005–2010)
 Eritrea (until 2008)
 Libya (until 2011)
 Uganda (until 2015)

2003

2011

Iraq War
Part of the Iraqi conflict

Invasion phase (2003)
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Poland
 Peshmerga
Supported by:
 Netherlands
 Italy
Post-invasion (2003–11)
 United States
 United Kingdom
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 MNF–I
(2003–09)

 Iraq
Supported by:
 Iran
 Iraqi Kurdistan

Invasion phase (2003)
 Iraq
Post-invasion (2003–11)
 Ba'ath loyalists


Sunni insurgents


Shia insurgents

Supported by:
 Iran

(2003–2009)   Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force     

2004

2010

Sinaloa Cartel–Gulf Cartel conflict
Part of the Mexican drug war

 Sinaloa Cartel

 Gulf Cartel

2004

Ongoing

South Thailand insurgency

 Thailand

 National Revolution Front (BRN)
 Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK)
 Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement (GMIP)
 United Mujahideen Front of Pattani (BBMP)
 Islamic Front for the Liberation of Pattani (BIPP)
 Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO)
 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
BNPP

2004

Ongoing

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

 Pakistan


 United States
 United Kingdom

Taliban-aligned groups

 ISIL-aligned groups

2004

Ongoing

Iran–PJAK conflict
Part of the Kurdish separatism in Iran

 Iran
Supported by:
 Turkey

 Kurdistan Free Life Party
Supported by:
 United States

 

(2004–2014)   Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta     
   
Niger Delta Liberation Front (2005–2014)
   
    Joint Revolutionary Council (2004–2014)    
    Niger Delta Vigilante (2004–2009)    

2006

2008

Iraqi Civil War
Part of the Iraq War

Public stability:
Iraq Iraq
United States United States
United Kingdom United Kingdom
1 MNF-I
Private Security Contractors
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga
Sons of Iraq

 

2004

2014

Houthi insurgency in Yemen

Ansar Allah
1 Yemen (pro-Saleh forces)
Alleged support by:
1 Iran
1 North Korea

1 Yemen

1 Saudi Arabia
Supported by:
1 Belarus
1 Jordan
1 Morocco
1 Sudan
1 United States


1 Ansar al-Sharia

2004

2007

Central African Republic Bush War

1 Central African Republic
1 Chad
1 MINURCAT
MICOPAX (CEEAC)

Rebels:
Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR)
People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD)
Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP)
Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (MLCJ)
Patriotic Convention for Saving the Country (CPSK)
Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC)
FDC
GALPC
FPR

2004

Ongoing

Conflict in the Niger Delta

 Nigeria
Supported by:
 Belarus
 Israel

 

2004

2009

Kivu conflict

1 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Pro-government Mai-Mai militias
1 FDLR (2006–2014)
APCLS (2012–2013)
Nyatura (2012–2014)
United Nations MONUSCO
1 Angola
1 Zimbabwe
1 Botswana (Against FNL and FNL-Nzabampema only)
Supported by:
1 Belgium
1 France
1 Belarus

 

2004

Ongoing

Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
Part of the Balochistan conflict

1 Iran

Jundallah (2004–11)
1 Harakat Ansar (2012–13)
1 Jaish ul-Adl (2013–Present)
1 Ansar Al-Furqan (2013–Present)

2005

2005

2005 Bangladesh India border clash

1 India

1 Bangladesh

2005

Ongoing

Insurgency in Paraguay

1 Paraguay
Supported by:
1 United States
1 Colombia


Vigilante self-defense groups

1 Paraguayan People's Army (EPP)
1 Armed Peasant Association (ACA)
Paraguay Army of Marshal López (EML) (from 2016)
Supported by:
1 FARC (until 2016)
1 Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (alleged)

2005

2005

2005 Bangladesh India border clash

1 India

1 Bangladesh

2005

Ongoing

Insurgency in Paraguay

1 Paraguay
Supported by:
1 United States
1 Colombia


Vigilante self-defense groups

1 Paraguayan People's Army (EPP)
1 Armed Peasant Association (ACA)
Paraguay Army of Marshal López (EML) (from 2016)
Supported by:
1 FARC (until 2016)
1 Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (alleged)

2005

2010

Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)

1 Chad
1 France
1 China
Sudan NMRD
1 JEM
Supported by:
1 Ukraine

Rebels:
FUC
UFDD
RFD
CNT
CDR
UFDP
RDL
UFDD-F
CNR
URF
MDJT
UFCD
FSR
UFR
UMC
FPRN
UDC
MPRD
Sudan Janjaweed
Alleged support:
1 Sudan (until 2010)

2005

2008

Mount Elgon insurgency

1 Kenya

Sabaot Land Defence Force

2006

Ongoing

Fatah–Hamas conflict

1 Hamas

1 Fatah
Supported by:
1 United States (allegedly)
1 United Kingdom (covert)

2006

2008

Iraqi Civil War
Part of the Iraq War

Public stability:
Iraq Iraq
United States United States
United Kingdom United Kingdom
1 MNF-I
Private Security Contractors
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga
Sons of Iraq

Sunni factions:
1 Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists

Ansar al-Sunna
Islamic Army of Iraq
Sunni tribes
Other Sunni insurgents and militia


Mujahideen Shura Council

1 Islamic State of Iraq


Shi'a factions:
1 Mahdi Army
1 Special Groups

1 Badr Brigades
Rogue elements among the Iraqi security forces
Soldiers of Heaven
Shia tribes
Other militias

2006

2013

Operation Astute

1 Australia
1 New Zealand
1 Malaysia
1 Portugal
1 East Timor
1 United Nations

1 Renegade elements of Timor Leste Defence Force

2006

2009

Bakassi conflict

1 Cameroon

1 BAMOSD
BFF
MEND
SCAPO
LSCP
BSDF

2006

2006

2006 Lebanon War
Part of the Israeli–Lebanese conflict

1 Israel
Supported by:
1 United States

1 Hezbollah
1 Amal
1 LCP
1 PFLP-GC
Supported by:
1 Iran
1 Syria
1 Lebanon

2006

2009

Eelam War IV
Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War

1 Sri Lanka

1 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

2006

Ongoing

Mexican drug war

Mexico Mexico

Consulting and training support by:
United States United States through the Merida Initiative
Colombia Colombia through the National Police of Colombia
Australia Australia through the Australian Federal Police

Cartels:


Cartels:

Supported by:


Cartels:

Supported by:

2006

2009

War in Somalia (2006–09)
Part of the Somali Civil War

1 Ethiopia
Somalia Somalia
1 Puntland
Somalia Galmudug
Somalia pro-Ethiopian fraction leaders
Somalia Sufi groups
1 United States
AMISOM

Supported by:
1 United Kingdom

Invasion:
Islamic Courts Union
Insurgency:
1 Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia
1 al-Shabaab
1 Al-Qaeda and other foreign mujahideen
1 Ras Kamboni Brigades
1 Jabhatul Islamiya
1 Muaskar Anole

2007

Ongoing

Operation Juniper Shield

1 Algeria
1 Morocco
Mauritania Mauritania
Tunisia Tunisia
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
1 Chad
1 Mali
1 Niger
Nigeria Nigeria
1 Senegal
Supported & trained by:
United States United States
Canada Canada
France France
Germany Germany
Netherlands Netherlands
Spain Spain
United Kingdom United Kingdom

1 al-Qaeda (2007–present)
1 Ansar Dine (2012–17)
1 Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (2017–present)
Supported by:
1 Boko Haram (2009–15)
1 MOJWA (2011–13)


Islamic State Islamic State

2007

2007

Hamas' takeover of Gaza
Part of the Fatah–Hamas conflict

1 Hamas

1 Fatah

2007

2009

Tuareg rebellion (2007–09)
Part of the Tuareg rebellions

1 Niger
1 Mali

In Niger:
Niger Movement for Justice
Front of Forces for Rectification (2008 split)
Niger Patriotic Front (2009 split)
In Mali:
ADC
ATMNC (2008 split)

2007

2007

2007 Lebanon conflict

Lebanon Lebanon

1 Fatah al-Islam
1 Jund al-Sham

2007

2015

War in Ingushetia
Part of the Second Chechen War and the Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Russia Russia

2008

2008

Naaf War

1 Bangladesh

 

2008

2008

Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict

1 Eritrea

1 Djibouti

2008

2008

2008 invasion of Anjouan

1 African Union

Supported by:

1 Anjouan

2008

2008

2008 Lebanon conflict

1 Hezbollah
1 Amal Movement
1 LDP
1 SSNP
1 Arab Democratic Party

1 Future Movement
1 Progressive Socialist Party

2008

2011

Cambodian–Thai border dispute

1 Cambodia

1 Thailand

2008

2008

2008 Bangladesh India border clash

1 Bangladesh

1 India

2008

2008

Russo-Georgian War

1 Russia
1 South Ossetia
1 Abkhazia

1 Georgia

2008

2008

2008 Kufra conflict

1 Libya

1 Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya

2008

2009

Gaza War
Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict

Israel Israel

1 Gaza Strip

2009

Ongoing

Somali Civil War (2009–present)
Part of the Somali Civil War

1 Somalia
1 United States
1 AMISOM
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Participants:
Regional forces:

Supported by:
1 United Kingdom
Non-combat support:
1 European Union

1 Al-Qaeda

1 Hizbul Islam (until 2010; 2012–2014)
Allegedly supported by:
1 Eritrea


1 Islamic State (from 2015)

2009

Ongoing

Sudanese nomadic conflicts

Various tribes

Various tribes

2009

2009

2009 Peruvian political crisis

1 Peru

AIDESEP

2009

Ongoing

Boko Haram insurgency

Multinational Joint Task Force

Local militias and vigilantes[7]

Foreign mercenaries[12]

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Supported by:

1 Boko Haram
1 Islamic State's West Africa Province

  • Several minor factions[31]

1 Ansaru[a]
Supported by:
1 al-Qaeda[36]

1 Taliban[41]
1 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2015)[42]

2009

2009

2009 Boko Haram uprising
Part of the Boko Haram insurgency

1 Nigeria

1 Boko Haram

2009

Ongoing

South Yemen insurgency

1 Yemen
Pro-government tribes

Supported by:
1 Saudi Arabia

South Yemen Southern Transitional Council (since 2017)

Supported by:
1 United Arab Emirates

2009

2010

Operation Scorched Earth
Part of the Houthi insurgency in Yemen

1 Yemen
Hashed tribesmen
1 Saudi Arabia
Alleged:
1 Morocco

1 Houthis
Alleged:
1 Iran (1 Quds Force)
1 Hezbollah
1 North Korea

2009

2009

Dongo conflict

1 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Supported by:
United Nations MONUC
1 Rwanda (alleged)

Lobala rebels
Possibly:
Resistance Patriots of Dongo

2009

2017

Insurgency in the North Caucasus
Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict

1 Russia

1 Caucasus Emirate
(2009–17)

Imam Shamil Battalion (2017)


1 Islamic State

2010

2010

2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes

1 Kyrgyz provisional government
Supported by:
1 Russia
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
1 United States
1 China
Turkey Turkey

Pro-Bakiyev Kyrgyz gangs
Other pro- Bakiyev forces

1 Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (alleged)


Kyrgyzstani Uzbeks

1 Uzbekistan (limited involv.)

2010

2010

2010 Kingston unrest
Part of the Jamaican political conflict

1 Jamaica
1 United States

Shower Posse drug cartel

2010

2015

Tajikistan insurgency

Tajikistan Tajikistan

1 United Tajik Opposition


2010

2011

Second Ivorian Civil War

Ivory Coast FNCI
Liberia Liberian mercenaries
Ivory Coast RDR
United Nations UNOCI
1 France
1 Ukraine

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
Liberia Liberian mercenaries
Ivory Coast COJEP
Ivory Coast FPI


2011

Ongoing

Sinai insurgency

1 Egypt
1 Israel
1 United Arab Emirates

1 Islamists:


Islamic State Islamic State

2011

Ongoing

Shia insurgency in Bahrain

1 Bahrain

Al-Ashtar Brigades

  • Wa'ad Allah Brigades
  • Islamic Allah Brigades
  • Imam al-Mahdi Brigades
  • al-Haydariyah Brigades

1 Iran (alleged)
Saraya al-Mukhtar (al-Mukhtar Brigade)
Saraya al Karar
Asa’ib al-Muqawama al-Bahrainia
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Alleged support:

2011

2011

First Libyan Civil War

1 National Transitional Council

1 Qatar


Enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:

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Coalition members:

1 Jordan
1 Sweden
1 United Arab Emirates


Minor border clashes:
1 Tunisia

1 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

  • Paramilitary forces
  • Pro-Gaddafi tribes
  • Foreign mercenaries (alleged)

Military support:


Minor border clashes:
1 Darfur rebels

2011

Ongoing

Syrian civil war

1 Syrian Arab Republic
1 Hezbollah
1 Iran
1 Russia (2015–present)
Support
1 Iraq (2017–19)

1 Syrian Interim Government (Syrian opposition)
1 Turkey (2016–present)
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1 Syrian Salvation Government(Tahrir al-Sham)
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1 Islamic State (2013–present)
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1 Al-Qaeda (2013–2014)


1 Rojava (Syrian Democratic Forces) (2012–present)
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1 CJTF–OIR (2014–present)
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2020

Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile

1 Sudan

1 SRF

Alleged support:
1 Ethiopia
1 South Sudan

2011

2017

Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
Part of the Syrian civil war

1 Lebanon
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1 Al-Qaeda affiliates:


1 Islamic State Surrendered
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Ongoing

Ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present)
Part of the Sudanese nomadic conflicts

Various tribes

Various tribes

2011

2012

Operation Linda Nchi
Part of the Somali Civil War (2009–present)

1 Kenya
Somalia Somalia
1 Raskamboni Front
1 ASWJ
1 Azania

1 Al-Shabaab

2011

2014

Factional violence in Libya (2011–14)

Libya Libya

  • Government-sanctioned local militias

Various militias


1 Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries

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2013

Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
Part of the Iraq War

Iraq Iraq

Supported by
1 United States

Sunni insurgent factions:
1 Islamic State of Iraq (ISIL since April 2013)


1 Ba'ath Party Loyalists


Shi'a factions:

Supported by: 1 Iran

 (2016–present)   Niger Delta Avengers Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force Niger Delta Red Squad
    Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate Adaka Boro Avengers Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta
    Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders New Delta Avengers   
(2016–present)   Red Egbesu Water Lions  Reformed Egbesu Boys of the Niger Delta Egbesu Mightier Fraternity
         
         
(2017–present)   Niger Delta Marine Force    
(2017–present)   Reformed Egbesu Fraternities    
         
2023-present   Hamas Gaza War
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Explanation for Student Compendium
File Includes
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
ANU - Australian National University
An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the first letter (or first few letters) of each word in a phrase or title. Sometimes, the newly combined letters create a new word that becomes a part of everyday language. An example of this is the acronym radar. Also includes Mnemonics
a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical. Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words * Priest = Sacerdotal

Types of animals, Sounds the make, Where do they live, Collective names of animals

Apes - gibber, Camel live in Australia, Sahara & Arabia, names = Bull - is called a heifer

a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad - good ).

Opposites = Absent - present

Big_Words for small
Small word with big word alternative
Anger - Dudgeon * bold - Audacious

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them

A partner in crime - accomplice

Words pertaining to the church

A passage between the pews in a church - Aisle

Similar sounding words with different meanings also Homonyms

Council, an administrative or advisory body, do not confuse with counsel, advice or guidance.

All about communication see also A History of Communication
All computer terms (ASCII, Binary, Unicode)

Names given to certain towns or countries includes facts about climate

Aberdeen - The Granite City The Torrid Zone has the hottest climate Zinc - Mexico, U.S.A., Spain

Words pertaining to death

Occurring after death - posthumous

A diminutive person is short and small. A diminutive wordis a "cute" version of a word or name: for example, "duckling" is a diminutive of "duck" and Billy is a diminutive form of the name William

Cask - casket   

Famous world discoveries of countries continents, includes Australian discoverers

Matthew Flinders -discovered Bass Strait. * Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908

Explanation of a word, words in literal expressions denote what they mean according to common or dictionary usage

Aloof -To keep to oneself and not mix with others.

Gender list of male female

Actor - Actress

Countries of the world and Geographical facts

The Circumference of the earth is approxinmately 24,800 miles.

List of gods and goddesses

War - Mars

Australian and UK government with words denoting government

Australian Government

Explains grammar syntax and verbs adjectives nouns etc.

Explains various uses of nouns verbs etc.

The art of living together includes senses, elements, cardinal numbers, cardinal virtues

THE ART OF LIVING - Consideration for the feelings of others

Alphabetical list of the most important inventions

Clock (pendulum) - Christian Huygens

List of kings and queens of Britain with facts and information

EGBERT 827 - 839

Practical list of  words explained in a sentence or phrase

A book in which the events of each day are recorded - Diary

Words pertaining to marriage included anniversary gifts

A hater of marriage - misogamist

Medical terms in use today

A disease confined to a particular district or place - endemic

Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated

Sounds that things make, description of various venues or habitats, special calendar dates, Aussie slang words, Mnemonics

All Fools' Day - 1st April - Aussie slang - sounds that things make etc.

Names of persons or things, occupations, and a description of word meanings i.e. Terrestrial = Earth

Various names explained Bird of night - Owl

Words connected to nature

A four-footed animal - quadruped

a word or statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or refusal

That which cannot be pierced or penetrated - impenetrable

Explanation of nouns, COMMON Nouns, PROPER Nouns, COLLECTIVE  Nouns and ABSTRACT Nouns.

sit - seat (when to use Nouns)

Numbers of animals things i.e. A number of Cattle = herd

A number of fish taken in a net - catch, haul

a person or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or something else.

Unable to read - il-literate

Special days, Aussies slang and any other items not covered in this list

Any other items that might be of interest

List of Patron Saints

St. George of England, St. Andrew of Scotland

Noctiphobia - Fear of the night

A list of places A place where bees are kept = apiary

A place where fishes are kept - aquarium

The case which is used to show possession is called the possessive case or genitive case. In case of nouns, an apostrophe is used to show it.

Is the case which denotes the owner or possessor

All Prefixes

List of various professions

The commander of a fleet - Admiral

Famous proverbs A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

A bad beginning makes a good ending.

Serious Quotes and some Witty funny one liners

Someone has glued my pack of cards together...I cannot deal with it!

Famous sayings

as a drowned rat. - as ancient as the sun—as the stars.

List of words used in Science or Art

An instrument for detecting earthquakes - seismograph

Explanation of scientific items like barometer

The science of land management - agronomics

The seven wonders of the ancient world with explanations

The Pyramids of Egypt

Words to use as a Simile which is a phrase that describes one thing in terms of another.  A simile usually begins with like or as.

Archates - a good friend * Belt = to hit below the belt

List of words or phrases that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another 

abandon....... desert, forsake, leave.

Understanding words, Incorrect Use of Words,

Thesaurus of Words
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Thesaurus - abandon = abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons affluent =having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value,words explained and incorrect use of words

The floor was dirt.  Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." 

Words used in war

Nations carrying on warfare - belligerents

Anniversary dates and wedding information

Words shown in noun or verb

strong - strengthen

Signs of the Zodiac

Please note there are some excellent links to assist with these pages

see at the end for the links for further information. 

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