List of conflicts in Asia

This is a list of conflicts in Asia arranged by country, including wars between Asian nations, civil wars, and wars involving non-Asian nations that took place within Asia. It encompasses pre-colonial wars, colonial wars, wars of independence, secessionist and separatist conflicts, major episodes of national violence, and global conflicts in which Asia was a theatre of war.

[Central Asia]

[Kazakhstan]

622–750 Early Muslim conquests
* 673–751 Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1209–1236 Mongol campaigns in Central Asia
** 1219–1221 Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire
1260–1294 Division of the Mongol Empire
* 1260–1264 Toluid Civil War
** 1262 Berke–Hulagu war
* 1268–1301 Kaidu–Kublai war
1314–1318 Esen Buqa–Ayurbarwada war
1468–1500 Kazakh War of Independence
1508 Kazakh-Nogai War (1508)
1522–1538 First Kazakh Khanate Civil War
1577 Kazakh-Nogai War (1577)
1598–1599 Kazakh invasion of Northern Bukhara
1603–1605 Karakalpak rebellion (1603–1605)
1643–1756 Kazakh–Dzungar Wars
1717–1895 Russian conquest of Central Asia
* 1837–1847 Kenesary's Rebellion
* 1839–1840 Khivan campaign of 1839–1840
* 1873 Khivan campaign of 1873
1870 Adai rebellion
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
** 1916–1917 Central Asian revolt of 1916
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
* 1916–1934 Central Asian Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1951 1951 anti-Chechen pogrom in Kazakhstan
1954 Kengir uprising
1986 Jeltoqsan
1989–present Kazakh–Russian ethnic conflicts
2020 2020 Dungan–Kazakh ethnic clashes

[Kyrgyzstan]

622–750 Early Muslim conquests
* 673–751 Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1209–1236 Mongol campaigns in Central Asia
** 1218 Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai
1260–1294 Division of the Mongol Empire
* 1260–1264 Toluid Civil War
** 1262 Berke–Hulagu war
* 1268–1301 Kaidu–Kublai war
1314–1318 Esen Buqa–Ayurbarwada war
1717–1895 Russian conquest of Central Asia
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
** 1916–1917 Central Asian revolt of 1916
1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1990 1990 Osh clashes
1999 Batken Conflict
2010 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes
2021 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
2022 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes

[Tajikistan]

336–323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great
104–101 BC War of the Heavenly Horses
622–750 Early Muslim conquests
* 673–751 Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
1260–1294 Division of the Mongol Empire
* 1260–1264 Toluid Civil War
** 1262 Berke–Hulagu war
* 1268–1301 Kaidu–Kublai war
1314–1318 Esen Buqa–Ayurbarwada war
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
** 1916–1917 Central Asian revolt of 1916
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
* 1916–1934 Central Asian Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1979–1989 Soviet–Afghan War
1992–1997 Tajikistani Civil War
2010–2015 Insurgency in Gorno-Badakhshan (2010–2015)
* 2012 2012 Gorno-Badakhshan clashes
2021 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
2022 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes

[Turkmenistan]

622–750 Early Muslim conquests
* 633–651 Muslim conquest of Persia
** 651–654 Muslim conquest of Khorasan
1040 Battle of Dandanaqan
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1209–1236 Mongol campaigns in Central Asia
** 1219–1221 Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire
1260–1294 Division of the Mongol Empire
* 1260–1264 Toluid Civil War
** 1262 Berke–Hulagu war
* 1268–1301 Kaidu–Kublai war
1314–1318 Esen Buqa–Ayurbarwada war
1717–1895 Russian conquest of Central Asia
* 1885 Panjdeh incident
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
* 1916–1934 Central Asian Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1916–1934 Basmachi movement
** 1917–1924 Khivan Revolution
1979–1989 Soviet–Afghan War

[Uzbekistan]

335–323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great
622–750 Early Muslim conquests
* 673–751 Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
5th–7th centuries Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars
* 614–616 Hephthalite–Gokturk raids of 614–616
583–603 Göktürk civil war
640–712 Tang campaigns against the Western Turks
* 657 Conquest of the Western Turks
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1209–1236 Mongol campaigns in Central Asia
** 1219–1221 Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire
1260–1294 Division of the Mongol Empire
* 1260–1264 Toluid Civil War
** 1262 Berke–Hulagu war
* 1268–1301 Kaidu–Kublai war
1314–1318 Esen Buqa–Ayurbarwada war
1502–1788 Persian–Uzbek wars
* 1510 Battle of Merv
* 1512 Battle of Ghazdewan
1717–1895 Russian conquest of Central Asia
1720s–1747 Campaigns of Nader Shah
* 1737–1740 Nader Shah's Central Asian campaign
1855–1856 Karakalpak rebellion (1855–1856)
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
* 1916–1934 Central Asian Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1916–1934 Basmachi movement
** 1917–1925 Bukharan Revolution
** 1917–1924 Khivan Revolution
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
* 1916–1934 Central Asian Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1916–1934 Basmachi movement
1979–1989 Soviet–Afghan War

East Asia

[China]

[Longshan culture]

c. 2500 BC Battle of Banquan
c. 2500 BC Battle of Zhuolu

[Xia dynasty]

c. 1600 BC Battle of Mingtiao

[Shang dynasty]

c. 1046 BC Battle of Muye

[Zhou dynasty]

c. 1042 BC – c. 1039 BC Rebellion of the Three Guards
860 BC Qi coup d'état of 860 BC
771–476 BC Spring and Autumn period
* 771 BC Battle of Mount Li
* 707 BC Battle of Xuge
* 685 BC Battle of Qianshi
* 684 BC Battle of Changshao
* 657–651 BC Li Ji Unrest
* 632 BC Battle of Chengpu
* 627 BC Battle of Xiao
* 595 BC Battle of Bi
* 588 BC Battle of An
* 575 BC Battle of Yanling
* 506 BC Battle of Boju
* 4th century BC Gojoseon–Yan War
* 481–379 BC Usurpation of Qi by Tian
* 478 BC Battle of Lize
475–221 BC Warring States period
* 453 BC Battle of Jinyang
* 353 BC Battle of Guiling
* 342 BC Battle of Maling
* 301 BC Battle of Chuisha
* 293 BC Battle of Yique
* 265 BC Zhao–Xiongnu War
* 260 BC Battle of Changping
* 259–257 BC Battle of Handan
* 230–221 BC Qin's wars of unification

[Qin dynasty]

215 BC Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu
214 BC Qin's campaign against the Yue tribes
209–208 BC Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising

[Han dynasty]

206–202 BC Chu–Han Contention
154 BC Rebellion of the Seven States
133 BC – 91 AD Han–Xiongnu War
2nd century BC Southward expansion of the Han dynasty
* 138–111 BC Han campaigns against Minyue
* 111 BC Han conquest of Nanyue
* 135–109 BC Han conquest of Dian
* 40–43 Trung sisters' rebellion
109–108 BC Han-Gojoseon War
17–25 Lulin Rebellion
18–27 Red Eyebrows Rebellion
172 Battle of Jwawon
189–220 End of the Han dynasty
* 184 Yellow Turban Rebellion
* 184–189 Liang Province rebellion
* 189 Massacre of the Eunuchs
* 190 Campaign against Dong Zhuo
* 191 Battle of Yangcheng
* 191 Battle of Jieqiao
* 191 Battle of Xiangyang (191)
* 192 Battle of Chang'an
* 193 Battle of Fengqiu
* 193–194 Cao Cao's invasion of Xu Province
* 194 Battle of Yan Province
* 194 Sun Ce's conquests in Jiangdong
* 197–199 War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu
* 198 Battle of Xiapi
* 199 Battle of Yijing
* 199 Campaign against Yuan Shu
* 200 Battle of Guandu
* 202 Battle of Bowang
* 202–203 Battle of Liyang
* 203 Battle of Xiakou
* 204 Battle of Ye
* 205 Battle of Nanpi
* 207 Battle of White Wolf Mountain
* 208 Battle of Jiangxia
* 208 Battle of Red Cliffs
* 211 Battle of Tong Pass (211)
* 213 Siege of Jicheng
* 213 Battle of Lucheng
* 213–214 Liu Bei's takeover of Yi Province
* 213 Battle of Ruxu (213)
* 214 Battle of Qi Mountains
* 214–215 Battle of Xiaoyao Ford
* 215 Battle of Baxi
* 215 Battle of Yangping
* 215 Sun–Liu territorial dispute
* 215–216 Battle of Ba
* 217 Battle of Ruxu (217)
* 217–219 Hanzhong Campaign
* 219 Battle of Fancheng
* 219 Lü Meng's invasion of Jing Province

Wei dynasty">Cao Wei">Wei dynasty

220–280 Three Kingdoms
* 222 Battle of Xiaoting
* 222–225 Cao Pi's invasions of Eastern Wu
* 225 Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign
* 228–234 Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions
* 227–228 Xincheng Rebellion
* 228 Battle of Shiting
* 230 Ziwu Campaign
* 231 Battle of Hefei (231)
* 233 Battle of Hefei (233)
* 234 Battle of Hefei (234)
* 238 Sima Yi's Liaodong campaign
* 240–262 Jiang Wei's Northern Expeditions
* 241 Battle of Fancheng (241)
* 241 Battle of Quebei
* 244 Battle of Xingshi
* 244–245 Goguryeo–Wei War
* 247–262 Jiang Wei's Northern Expeditions
* 249 Incident at the Gaoping Tombs
* 251–258 Three Rebellions in Shouchun
** 251 Wang Ling's Rebellion
** 255 Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin's Rebellion
** 257–258 Zhuge Dan's Rebellion
* 253 Battle of Dongxing
* 253 Battle of Hefei (253)
* 260 Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao
* 263–271 Jiao Province Campaign
* 263 Conquest of Shu by Wei
* 264 Zhong Hui's Rebellion
* 264 Siege of Yong'an

Jìn dynasty">Jin dynasty (265–420)">Jìn dynasty

220–280 Three Kingdoms
* 270–280 Tufa Shujineng's Rebellion
* 272–273 Battle of Xiling
* 280 Conquest of Wu by Jin
291 War of the Eight Princes
304–439 Sixteen Kingdoms
* 304–316 Upheaval of the Five Barbarians
* 319–407 Goguryeo–Yan Wars
* 350–351 Battle of Xiangguo (350–351)
* 352 Battle of Liantai
* 354 Huan Wen's expeditions
* 383 Battle of Fei River
* 395 Battle of Canhe Slope
* 409–416 Liu Yu's Northern Expeditions

[Liu Song dynasty]

507 Battle of Zhongli
537 Battle of Shayuan

[Sui dynasty]

[Tang dynasty]

626 Xuanwu Gate Incident
629–630 Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks
640–657 Emperor Taizong's campaign against the Western Regions
* 640 Conquest of Karakhoja
* 644–648 Conquest of Karasahr
* 648–649 Conquest of Kucha
638 Tibetan attack on Songzhou
645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War
670 Battle of Dafei River
698 Battle of Tianmenling
7th–8th century Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
711 Battle of Bolchu
750–754 Tianbao War
755–763 An Lushan Rebellion
794 Battle of Shenchuan
835 Sweet Dew incident
874–884 Huang Chao Rebellion
884–923 Later Liang–Jin War
897 Battle of Qingkou

[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period]

907–979 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
* 909 Battle of Jisu
* 919 Battle of Langshan Jiang
* 945–947 Southern Tang conquest of Min
* 955–958 Later Zhou conquest of Huainan
960 Chenqiao mutiny

[Song dynasty]

964–965 Song conquest of Later Shu
970–971 Song conquest of Southern Han
982–1119 Song–Xia wars
* 982–1004 Li Jiqian's rebellion
* 1040–1044 Yuanhao's invasion (1040–1044)
* 1064–1067 Yizong raids
* 1081–1085 Shenzong's invasion (1081–1085)
* 1097–1098 Advance and fortify
* 1103–1106 Song annexation of Tsongkha
* 1113–1119 Huizong's invasion (1113–1119)
1042–1052 Nong Zhigao rebellions
1075–1077 Song–Đại Việt war
1125–1234 Jin–Song Wars
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1205–1279 Mongol conquest of China
** 1205–1227 Mongol conquest of Western Xia
** 1217–1233 Mongol conquest of Eastern Xia
** 1235–1279 Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty

[Liao dynasty]

979 Battle of Gaoliang River

Jin dynasty">Jin dynasty (1115–1234)">Jin dynasty

1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1205–1279 Mongol conquest of China
** 1211–1234 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty

[Yuan dynasty]

1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1201–1308 Mongol conquest of Siberia
* 1205–1279 Mongol conquest of China
** 1205–1227 Mongol conquest of Western Xia
** 1211–1234 Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty
** 1217–1233 Mongol conquest of Eastern Xia
** 1235–1279 Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty
1351 Red Turban Rebellion
1357–1366 Ispah rebellion

[Ming dynasty]

1378–1385 Wu Mian rebellion
1381–1382 Ming conquest of Yunnan
1386–1388 Ming–Mong Mao War (1386–1388)
1387 Ming campaign against the Uriankhai
1388 Battle of Buir Lake
14th–15th century Miao rebellions in the Ming dynasty
1397 Lin Kuan rebellion
1397–1398 Dao Ganmeng rebellion
1399–1402 Jingnan Campaign
15th–16th century Ming–Turpan conflict
1409 Battle of Kherlen
1425 Zhu Gaoxu rebellion
1436–1449 Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns
1448–1449 Deng Maoqi rebellion
1449 Tumu Crisis
1449 Defense of Beijing
1461 Rebellion of Cao Qin
1510–1512 Rebellion of 1510
1510 Prince of Anhua rebellion
1519 Prince of Ning rebellion
1523 Ningbo incident
1540s–1567 Jiajing wokou raids
1542 Palace plot of Renyin year
1583–1619 Jurchen unification
1590–1600 Bozhou rebellion
1592 Ordos campaign (1592)
1618–1683 Transition from Ming to Qing
* 1621–1629 She–An Rebellion
* 1628–1644 Late Ming peasant rebellions
1642 Battle of Nanyang

[Qing dynasty]

1652–1689 Sino–Russian border conflicts
1673–1681 Revolt of the Three Feudatories
1678–1680 Dzungar conquest of Altishahr
1679–1684 Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal war
1687–1758 Dzungar–Qing Wars
* 1715–1720 Second Dzungar-Qing War
1701 Battle of Dartsedo
1735–1736 Miao Rebellion (1735–1736)
1739 Coup of Hongxi
1747–1792 Ten Great Campaigns
* 1755 First campaign against the Dzungars
* 1756–1758 Second campaign against the Dzungars
* 1757–1759 Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas
* 1758–1759 Pacification of Xinjiang
* 1747–1776 Jinchuan campaigns
** 1747–1749 First campaign against the Jinchuan
** 1771–1776 Second campaign against the Jinchuan
1759–1866 Afaqi Khoja revolts
1765–1769 Sino-Burmese War
1781 Jahriyya revolt
1788–1792 Sino-Nepalese War
1795–1806 Miao Rebellion (1795–1806)
1796–1804 White Lotus Rebellion
1813 Eight Trigrams uprising of 1813
1839–1842 First Opium War
1841–1842 Dogra–Tibetan war
1849 Battle of Tysami
1851–1864 Taiping Rebellion
1854–1949 Yangtze Patrol
1854–1856 Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856)
1854–1873 Miao Rebellion (1854–1873)
1855–1867 Punti-Hakka Clan Wars
1855–1856 Nepal–Tibet War (1855–1856)
1855 Battle of the Leotung
1856–1873 Panthay Rebellion
1857 Ningpo massacre
1861 Xinyou Coup
1862–1877 Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)
1864–1869 Nian Rebellion
1856–1860 Second Opium War
1884–1885 Franco-Chinese War
1891 Jindandao incident
1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War
1895–1896 Dungan Revolt (1895)
1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion
1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War
1905 Batang uprising
1910 Chinese expedition to Tibet (1910)
1911 Second Guangzhou Uprising
1911–1912 1911 Revolution
* 1911 Wuchang Uprising
* 1911–1912 Xinhai Lhasa turmoil
* 1911–1912 1911 Revolution in Xinjiang
1911–1914 Bai Lang Rebellion

Republic of China">Republic of China (1912–49)">Republic of China

1854–1949 Yangtze Patrol
* 1918 USS Monocacy incident
* 1920 Alice Dollar incident
1911–1914 Bai Lang Rebellion
1913 Second Revolution (Republic of China)
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
** 1914 Siege of Tsingtao
1915–1916 National Protection War
1916–1928 Warlord Era
* 1917 Manchu Restoration
* 1920 Zhili–Anhui War
* 1920–1922 Guangdong–Guangxi War
* 1920–1926 Spirit Soldier rebellions (1920–1926)
* 1922 First Zhili–Fengtian War
* 1923 Lincheng Outrage
* 1924 Second Zhili–Fengtian War
* 1924 1924 Beijing Coup
* 1925 Anti-Fengtian War
* 1925–1927 Yunnan–Guangxi War
* 1926 March 18 Massacre
* 1926–1928 Northern Expedition
* 1927 April 12 Incident
1917–1949 Golok conflicts (1917–1949)
1920 Battle of Samdunja
1920 Battle of Fengwudong
1920 Hunchun incident
1920 Battle of Qingshanli
1924 Canton Merchants' Corps Uprising
1925 Shameen Incident
1926 Canton Coup
1927–1930 Muslim conflict in Gansu (1927–1930)
* 1927 Shanghai massacre
1927–1950 Chinese Civil War
* 1927 Autumn Harvest Uprising
* 1930 Li Lisan line
* 1930–1934 Encirclement campaigns (Chinese Civil War)
* 1934–1935 Long March
* 1934–1937 Southern Guerilla War
* 1945–1949 Operation Beleaguer
* 1945–1947 Campaign to suppress bandits in northeast China
* 1948 Liaoshen campaign
* 1948–1949 Huaihai campaign
* 1948–1949 Pingjin campaign
* 1949 Yangtze River Crossing campaign
* 1949 Shanghai Campaign
1928 Jinan incident
1928 Huanggutun incident
1928–1929 Red Spears' uprising in Shandong
1929 Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong
* 1929 Beijing Revolt
1929–1930 Central Plains War
* 1929 Chiang-Gui War
1929 Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)
1930 – present Xinjiang conflict
* 1931–1934 Kumul Rebellion
* 1935 Charkhlik revolt
* 1937 Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang (1937)
* 1944–1946 Ili Rebellion
** 1946–1948 Battle of Baitag Bogd
1930–1932 Sino-Tibetan War of 1930–1932
* 1932–1933 Qinghai–Tibet War
1931–1932 Japanese invasion of Manchuria
1931–1942 Pacification of Manchukuo
1932–1939 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
1932 January 28 incident
1932 Han–Liu War
1933 Defense of the Great Wall
1933–1936 Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933–36)
1934 Two-Liu war
1934 War in Ningxia (1934)
1937–1945 Second Sino-Japanese War
* 1939–1940 1939–40 Winter Offensive
* 1940–1941 Hundred Regiments Offensive
* 1943–1945 Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
* 1944 Operation Ichi-Go
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1945 Soviet–Japanese War
*** 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria

[People's Republic of China]

1927–1949 Chinese Civil War
* 1945–1949 Operation Beleaguer
* 1945–1947 Campaign to suppress bandits in northeast China
* 1948 Liaoshen campaign
* 1948–1949 Huaihai campaign
* 1948–1949 Pingjin campaign
* 1949 Yangtze River Crossing campaign
* 1949 Shanghai Campaign
* 1950 Battle of Hainan Island
* 1950 Wanshan Archipelago Campaign
1930–present Xinjiang conflict
* 1949 Incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China
1950–1958 Kuomintang Islamic insurgency
1950–1951 Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China
* 1950 Battle of Chamdo
1950–1953 Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries
1950–1953 Korean War
1953 Dongshan Island Campaign
1954–1955 First Taiwan Strait Crisis
1955–1975 Vietnam War
1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
1959 Spirit Soldier rebellion (1959)
1959 1959 Tibetan uprising
1960–1961 1960–61 campaign at the China–Burma border
1961–1972 Project National Glory
1962 Sino-Indian War
1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes
1969 Sino–Soviet border conflict
1979 Sino-Vietnamese War
1979–1991 Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)
* 1988 Johnson South Reef Skirmish
1986–1987 Sumdorong Chu standoff
1989 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
1995–1996 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
2001 Hainan Island incident
2012 Scarborough Shoal standoff
2013 2013 Depsang standoff
2014 Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff
2017 2017 China–India border standoff
2020–2021 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes

[Hong Kong]

1521 Battle of Tunmen
1522 Battle of Sincouwaan
1839–1842 First Opium War
1855–1868 Punti–Hakka Clan Wars
1855 Battle of Ty-ho Bay
1861 North Star affair
1899 Six-Day War (1899)
1927 Irene incident
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
*** 1941 Battle of Hong Kong

[Japan]

Civil War of Wa
463 Kibi Clan Rebellion
479 Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion
527–528 Iwai Rebellion
552–587 Soga–Mononobe conflict
587 Battle of Shigisan
645 Isshi Incident
672 Jinshin War
720–721 Hayato rebellion
740 Fujiwara no Hirotsugu rebellion
764 Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion
774–812 Thirty-Eight Years' War
810 Kusuko Incident
935–940 Tengyō no Ran
1019 Toi invasion
1051–1062 Former Nine Years' War
1083–1089 Gosannen War
1156 Hōgen rebellion
1160 Heiji rebellion
1177 Shishigatani incident
1180–1185 Genpei War
1201 Kennin Rebellion
1221 Jōkyū War
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1274–1281 Mongol invasions of Japan
** 1274 Battle of Bun'ei
** 1281 Battle of Kōan
1331–1333 Genkō War
1336 Battle of Tatarahama (1336)
1336 Battle of Minatogawa
1337 Siege of Kanegasaki (1337)
1338–1339 Sieges of Kuromaru
1348 Battle of Shijōnawate
1350–1351 Kannō disturbance
1351 Battle of Yawata
1419 Ōei Invasion
1428 Shōchō uprising
1440–1441 Yūki War
1441 Kakitsu uprising
1456–1457 Koshamain's War
1454–1482 Kyōtoku incident
1467–1615 Sengoku period
* 1467–1477 Ōnin War
* 1487–1488 Kaga Rebellion
* 1535 Battle of Idano
* 1545–1546 Siege of Kawagoe Castle
* 1551 Tainei-ji incident
* 1555 Battle of Itsukushima
* 1553–1564 Battles of Kawanakajima
* 1560 Battle of Okehazama
* 1570 Battle of Anegawa
* 1570–1580 Ishiyama Hongan-ji War
* 1575 Battle of Nagashino
* 1577 Battle of Tedorigawa
* 1579–1582 Tenshō Iga War
** 1579 First Tenshō Iga War
** 1581 Second Tenshō Iga War
* 1582 Honnō-ji Incident
* 1582 Battle of Yamazaki
* 1585 Invasion of Shikoku (1585)
* 1586–1587 Kyūshū campaign
* 1590 Siege of Odawara (1590)
* 1591 Kunohe rebellion
* 1600 Battle of Sekigahara
* 1603 Rokugō rebellion
* 1609 Invasion of Ryukyu
* 1615 Siege of Osaka Castle
1637–1638 Shimabara Rebellion
1651 Keian Uprising
1669–1672 Shakushain's revolt
1686 Jōkyō uprising
1789 Menashi–Kunashir rebellion
1853–1867 Bakumatsu
* 1861 Tsushima incident
* 1862–1866 Teradaya incident
* 1863–1864 Shimonoseki campaign
* 1863 Bombardment of Kagoshima
* 1863 Tenchūgumi incident
* 1864–1865 Mito rebellion
* 1864 Kinmon incident
* 1864 First Chōshū expedition
* 1866 Second Chōshū expedition
1868 Two Lords Incident
1868–1869 Boshin War
* 1868 Kobe Incident
* 1868 Sakai incident
1874 Saga Rebellion
1876 Shinpūren Rebellion
1876 Akizuki Rebellion
1876 Hagi Rebellion
1877 Satsuma Rebellion
1878 Takebashi incident
1882 Fukushima incident (1882)
1884 Chichibu incident
1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War
1932 May 15 incident
1934 Military Academy incident
1936 February 26 incident
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1942–1945 Japan campaign
*** 1942–1945 Air raids on Japan
**** 1942 Doolittle Raid
*** 1945 Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
*** 1945 Battle of Sagami Bay
* 1945 Kyūjō incident
* 1945 Matsue incident
1946 Shibuya incident
1972 Asama-Sansō incident
1985–1989 Yama–Ichi War
2001 Battle of Amami-Ōshima

[Macau]

[Mongolia]

215 BC Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu
133 BC – 91 AD Han–Xiongnu War
60–53 BC Xiongnu Civil War
581–593 Göktürk civil war
626–649 Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue
* 657 Conquest of the Western Turks
629–630 Tang campaigns against the Western Turks
1206–1337 Mongol invasions and conquests
1409 Battle of Kherlen
1687–1758 Dzungar–Qing Wars
* 1715–1720 Second Dzungar-Qing War
1911–1912 1911 Revolution
* 1911 Mongolian Revolution of 1911
1917–1923 Russian Civil War
* 1918–1923 Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1921 Mongolian Revolution of 1921
1930–present Xinjiang conflict
* 1944–1946 Ili Rebellion
** 1946–1948 Battle of Baitag Bogd
1932 1932 armed uprising in Mongolia
1939–1945 World War II
* 1938–1939 Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
* 1945 Soviet invasion of Manchuria

[North Korea]

109–108 BC Han conquest of Gojoseon
319–407 Goguryeo–Yan Wars
364–407 Silla–Goguryeo and Paekche–Kaya–Wa War
598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War
645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War
* 645–648 First conflict of the Goguryeo–Tang War
993–1019 Goryeo–Khitan War
* 993 First conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War
* 1010–1011 Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War
* 1018–1019 Third conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War
10th–17th century Korean–Jurchen border conflicts
1186–1202 Silla restoration movement
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1231–1259 Mongol invasions of Korea
1270–1273 Sambyeolcho Rebellion
1359–1360 Red Turban invasions of Goryeo
1388 Wihwado Retreat
1467 Yi Siae's Rebellion
1592–1598 Imjin War
1618–1683 Transition from Ming to Qing
1624 Yi Kwal's Rebellion
1812 Hong Kyŏngnae's Rebellion
1866 General Sherman incident
1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War
1937 Battle of Pochonbo
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1945 Soviet–Japanese War
*** 1945 Seishin Operation
1945–present Korean conflict
* 1950–1953 Korean War
** 1951 Chinese spring offensive
* 1953–present Korean border incidents
** 1966–1969 Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–69)
** 1968 Pueblo incident
** 1969 1969 EC-121 shootdown incident
** 1975 Major Henderson incident
** 1976 Operation Paul Bunyan
* 1993–1994 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis
* 2017–2018 2017–2018 North Korea crisis

[South Korea]

109–108 BC Han conquest of Gojoseon
3rd century – 562 Fall of the Gaya confederacy
319–407 Goguryeo–Yan Wars
364–407 Silla–Goguryeo and Paekche–Kaya–Wa War
598–614 Goguryeo–Sui War
645–668 Goguryeo–Tang War
* 645–648 First conflict of the Goguryeo–Tang War
* 660–663 Paekche–Tang War
993–1019 Goryeo–Khitan War
* 993 First conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War
* 1010–1011 Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War
* 1018–1019 Third conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1231–1259 Mongol invasions of Korea
1592–1598 Imjin War
1604 Battle of Dangpo (1604)
1618–1683 Transition from Ming to Qing
1624 Yi Kwal's Rebellion
1866 French campaign against Korea (1866)
1871 United States expedition to Korea
1875 Ganghwa Island incident
1882 Imo Incident
1884 Gapsin Coup
1885–1887 Port Hamilton incident
1894–1895 Donghak Peasant Revolution
1895 Assassination of Empress Myeongseong
1907 Battle of Namdaemun
1945–present Korean conflict
* 1946 Autumn Uprising of 1946
* 1948 Yeosu–Suncheon rebellion
* 1948–1949 Jeju uprising
* 1950–1953 Korean War
** 1950 Battle of Pusan Perimeter
** 1951 Chinese spring offensive
* 1953–present Korean border incidents
** 1966–1969 Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–69)
** 1968 Blue House raid
** 1968 Uljin–Samcheok Landings
** 1976 Operation Paul Bunyan
** 1996 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident
** 1998 1998 Sokcho submarine incident
** 1998 1998 Yosu submersible incident
** 1999 Battle of Yeongpyeong (1999)
** 2002 Battle of Yeongpyeong (2002)
** 2009 Daecheong incident
** 2010 ROKS Cheonan sinking
** 2010 2010 Yeonpyeongdo bombardment
* 1993–1994 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis
* 2017–2018 2017–2018 North Korea crisis
1961 May 16 coup
1971 Unit 684 mutiny
1979 1979 South Korean coup d'état
1980 Coup d'état of May Seventeenth
1980 Gwangju Uprising
2024 2024 South Korean martial law crisis

[Taiwan]

1618–1683 Transition from Ming to Qing
1620s–1670s Sino-Dutch conflicts
* 1633 Battle of Liaoluo Bay
* 1661–1662 Siege of Fort Zeelandia
1626 Spanish expedition to Formosa
1635–1636 Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa
1641 Battle of San Salvador (1641)
1642 Battle of San Salvador (1642)
1652 Guo Huaiyi rebellion
1670 Battle of Shalu Village
1673–1681 Revolt of the Three Feudatories
1731–1732 Ta-Chia-hsi revolt
1786–1788 Lin Shuangwen rebellion
1839–1842 First Opium War
1867 Rover incident
1867 Formosa Expedition
1871 Mudan incident
1874 Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)
1884–1885 Sino-French War
1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War
1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
1896 Xincheng Incident
1907 Beipu uprising
1914 Truku War
1915 Tapani incident
1927–1950 Chinese Civil War
* 1950 Battle of Guningtou
1930 Musha Incident
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
1954–1955 First Taiwan Strait Crisis
1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
1961–1972 Project National Glory
1995–1996 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
2022–present Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis

[Southeast Asia]

[Brunei]

1500s Tondo War
1578 Castilian War
1660–1673 Bruneian Civil War of 1660
1670s–1862 Pacification of Lanun
1769–1788 Twenty Years' War
1826–1828 Bruneian Civil War of 1826
1836–1840 Sarawak Uprising of 1836
1845–1846 Anglo-Bruneian War
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1941–1945 South West Pacific theatre of World War II
*** 1945 Borneo campaign
1962 Brunei revolt

[Cambodia]

950–1220 Khmer–Cham wars
* 1177 Battle of Tonlé Sap
1431 Fall of Angkor
1591–1594 Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594)
1593–1599 Cambodian–Spanish War
1594 Fall of Longvek
1643–1644 Cambodian–Dutch War
1771–1802 Tây Sơn wars
1771–1773 Siamese–Vietnamese War (1771–1773)
1813–1845 Vietnamese invasions of Cambodia
* 1812–1813 Cambodian conflict (1812–1813)
* 1820 Cambodian rebellion (1820)
* 1840–1841 Cambodian Uprising (1840–1841)
* 1840–1845 Siamese–Vietnamese War (1840–1845)
1833–1834 Siamese–Vietnamese War (1833–1834)
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940 Japanese invasion of French Indochina
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
*** 1944–1945 Bombing of South-East Asia (1944–1945)
*** 1945 Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
1946–1954 First Indochina War
1955–1975 Vietnam War
* 1968–1975 Cambodian Civil War
1975 Mayaguez incident
1964–1992 FULRO insurgency
1978–1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War
* 1979–1989 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
1979–1998 Khmer Rouge insurgency
1997 1997 Cambodian coup d'état
2000 2000 Cambodian coup d'état attempt
2003 2003 Phnom Penh riots
2008–2011 2008–2011 Cambodian–Thai border crisis
2025 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border crisis

[East Timor]

1939–1945 World War II
** 1941–1945 South West Pacific theatre of World War II
*** 1942–1943 Battle of Timor
1959 1959 Viqueque rebellion
1975 East Timorese civil war
1975 Operation Flamboyan
1975–1976 Indonesian invasion of East Timor
1975–1999 Indonesian occupation of East Timor
1999–2002 1999 East Timorese crisis
2006 2006 East Timorese crisis
2006–2013 Operation Astute

[Indonesia]

1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1293 Mongol invasion of Java
1275–1292 Pamalayu
1292 Jayakatwang rebellion
c. 14th century – 1487 Majapahit–Sundanese conflicts
1355–1362 Majapahit invasion of Nan Sarunai
c. 15th century Malacca–Majapahit conflict
1404–1406 Regreg War
1478–1527 Demak–Majapahit conflicts
1509–1641 Malay–Portuguese conflicts
* 1521 Attack on Bintan (1521)
* 1525 Battle of Lingga
* 1526 Siege of Bintan
1512–1527 Demak–Portuguese conflicts
* 1527 Conquest of Sunda Kelapa
1519–1639 Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts
* 1521 Battle of Aceh (1521)
* 1522 Pedir expedition (1522)
* 1523–1524 Acehnese conquest of Pasai
* 1528 Battle of Aceh (1528)
* 1606 Aceh expedition (1606)
1527–1579 Banten invasions of Pajajaran
1528–1629 Malay-Acehnese conflicts
1530–1605 Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts
* 1582 Ternate expedition (1582)
* 1585 Ternate expedition (1585)
* 1603 Ternate expedition (1603)
1566–1648 Eighty Years' War
1570–1575 War of the League of the Indies
1596 Banten invasion of Palembang
1598–1663 Dutch–Portuguese War
1609–1621 Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands
1614–1625 Mataram conquest of Surabaya
1618–1619 Jayakarta War
1619 Fall of Jayakarta
1628–1757 Dutch–Mataram conflicts
1646 Battle of Passempe
1648 Massacre of ulema by Amangkurat I
1656–1659 Banten–Dutch war (1656–1659)
1666–1669 Makassar War
1674–1681 Trunajaya rebellion
1704–1757 Javanese Wars of Succession
* 1704–1708 First Javanese War of Succession
* 1719–1723 Second Javanese War of Succession
* 1749–1757 Third Javanese War of Succession
1740 1740 Batavia massacre
1741–1743 Java War (1741–1743)
1749 Battle of Penfui
1792–1815 French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
* 1792–1802 French Revolutionary Wars
** 1793–1801 East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
* 1803–1815 Napoleonic Wars
** 1806–1807 Java campaign of 1806–1807
** 1810 Invasion of the Spice Islands
** 1811 Invasion of Java (1811)
** 1812–1813 Sambas expeditions
1803–1837 Padri War
1812 British expedition to Palembang
1812 Sack of Yogyakarta
1813 Kedopok War
1814 Buleleng expedition
1814 British expedition to Makassar
1819 First expedition to Palembang
1821 Second expedition to Palembang
1823 Expedition to the West Coast of Borneo
1824–1825 First Bone War
1825–1830 Java War
1831 Dutch expedition on the west coast of Sumatra
1832 First Sumatran expedition
1838–1839 Second Sumatran expedition
1846 Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846)
1848 Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1848)
1849 Dutch intervention in Bali (1849)
1851–1859 Palembang Highlands Expeditions
1854–1855 Expedition against the Chinese in Montrado
1855–1864 Nias Expedition
1858 Dutch intervention in Bali (1858)
1859–1860 Second Bone War
1859–1863 Banjarmasin War
1864–1868 Pasoemah Expedition
1873–1904 Aceh War
1884–1885 Mandor rebellion
1885 Jambi uprising
1890 Edi Expedition
1894 Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem
1903 Kerinci Expedition
1905 South Sulawesi expeditions of 1905
1906 Dutch intervention in Bali (1906)
1908 Dutch intervention in Bali (1908)
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
*** 1944–1945 Bombing of South-East Asia (1944–1945)
*** 1945 Battle of the Malacca Strait
** 1941–1945 South West Pacific theatre of World War II
*** 1941–1942 Dutch East Indies campaign
*** 1942–1943 Battle of Timor
*** 1942–1945 New Guinea campaign
*** 1945 Borneo campaign
1945–1949 Indonesian National Revolution
1949–1962 Darul Islam rebellion
1950 APRA coup d'état
1950 Makassar Uprising
1950 Invasion of Buru
1950 Invasion of Ambon
1958–1961 Permesta rebellion
1958–1961 PRRI rebellion
1961–1962 Operation Trikora
* 1962 Battle of Arafura Sea
1962–present Papua conflict
1963–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
1965 30 September Movement
1965–1966 Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
* 1965 Operation Black Crow
1967 Operation Security and Order
1968 Operation Trisula
1976–2005 Insurgency in Aceh
1981–present Terrorism in Indonesia
* 2016–2022 Operation Madago Raya
1984 Tanjung Priok massacre
1989 Talangsari incident
1999–2002 Maluku sectarian conflict
2001 Sampit conflict
2003 2003 Bawean incident
2012 MT Zafirah hijacking

[Laos]

1568–1569 Burmese–Siamese War (1568–1569)
1771–1802 Tây Sơn wars
1778–1779 Lao–Siamese War (1778–1779)
1826–1828 Lao rebellion (1826–1828)
1893 1893 Franco-Siamese crisis
1901–1936 Holy Man's Rebellion
1946–1954 First Indochina War
* 1959–1975 Laotian Civil War
** 1959–1960 1960 Laotian coups
** 1964 1964 Laotian coups
* 1965 1965 Laotian coups
* 1966 1966 Laotian coup d'état
* 1967 1967 Opium War
* 1973 1973 Laotian coup attempt
1975–present Insurgency in Laos
1987–1988 Thai–Laotian Border War

[Malaysia]

1447–1456 Siamese invasions of Malacca
1500 Siamese invasion of Malacca (1500)
15th century Malacca–Majapahit conflict
1509–1641 Malay–Portuguese conflicts
* 1511 Capture of Malacca (1511)
* 1520 Battle of Pago
* 1523 Battle of Muar River
* 1535 Battle of Ugentana
* 1536 Battle of Ugentana (1536)
* 1551 Siege of Malacca (1551)
* 1587 Siege of Johor (1587)
* 1606 Siege of Malacca (1606)
* 1641 Siege of Malacca (1641)
1528–1629 Malay-Acehnese conflicts
* 1613–1615 Acehnese invasion of Johor
* 1619 Acehnese invasion of Kedah
* 1620 Acehnese conquest of Perak
1519–1639 Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts
1570–1575 War of the League of the Indies
1578 Castilian War
1598–1663 Dutch–Portuguese War
1660–1673 Bruneian Civil War of 1660
1666–1681 Johor–Jambi wars
1670s–1862 Pacification of Lanun
1769–1788 Twenty Years' War
1821–1842 Siamese invasion of Kedah
1831–1832 Naning War
1845–1846 Anglo-Bruneian War
1857–1863 Pahang Civil War
1861–1874 Larut Wars
1867–1874 Klang War
1875–1876 Perak War
1879 Jementah Civil War
1891–1895 Pahang Uprising
1894–1905 Mat Salleh Rebellion
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
1915 Kelantan rebellion
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
*** 1941–1942 Malayan Campaign
*** 1944–1945 Bombing of South-East Asia (1944–1945)
*** 1945 Battle of the Malacca Strait
** 1941–1945 South West Pacific theatre of World War II
*** 1945 Borneo campaign
* 1943–1944 Jesselton revolt
1946–1950 Anti-cession movement of Sarawak
1948–1960 Malayan Emergency
1962–1990 Communist insurgency in Sarawak
1962–present Cross border attacks in Sabah
* 2013 2013 Lahad Datu standoff
1962 Raid on Limbang
1963–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
1968–1989 Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)
1985 Memali incident
2000 Sauk Siege
2015 MT Orkim Harmony hijacking

[Myanmar (Burma)]

1165–1181 Polonnaruwa–Pagan War
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1277–1287 First Mongol invasion of Burma
* 1300–1301 Second Mongol invasion of Burma
1385–1423 Forty Years' War
1530–1666 Mrauk U invasion of Chittagong
1534–1541 Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War
1538–1545 Toungoo–Ava War
1539–1617 Burmese-Portuguese conflicts
* 1605 1605 Syriam battles
1548–1549 Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549)
1584–1593 Burmese–Siamese War (1584–1593)
1593–1600 Burmese–Siamese War (1593–1600)
1598–1599 Mrauk U invasion of Pegu
1609–1622 Burmese–Siamese War (1609–1622)
1662–1664 Burmese–Siamese War (1662–1664)
1687–1688 Anglo-Siamese War
1717–1749 Manipuri–Burmese wars of 1717 to 1749
1752–1757 Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War
1755–1792 Ten Great Campaigns
* 1765–1769 Sino-Burmese War (1765–69)
1759–1760 Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760)
1765–1767 Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)
1785 Konbaung conquest of Arakan
1788 Tavoy campaign (1788)
1792–1794 Burmese–Siamese War (1792–1794)
1802–1805 Burmese–Siamese War (1802–1805)
1809–1812 Burmese–Siamese War (1809–1812)
1816–1826 Burmese invasions of Assam
1824–1885 Anglo-Burmese wars
* 1823–1826 First Anglo-Burmese War
* 1852–1853 Second Anglo-Burmese War
* 1885–1886 Third Anglo-Burmese War
1849–1855 Burmese–Siamese War (1849–1855)
1885–1895 Burmese resistance movement 1885–1895
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1941–1945 Burma campaign
**** 1941–1942 Japanese invasion of Burma
**** 1942–1943 Burma campaign (1942–1943)
**** 1944 Burma campaign (1944)
**** 1944–1945 Burma campaign (1944–1945)
1948–ongoing Internal conflict in Myanmar
* 1942–present Rohingya conflict
** 1978 Operation Dragon King
** 1991–1992 Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation
** 2016–present Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)
*** 2016–present Rohingya genocide
* 1948–1989 Communist insurgency in Burma
* 1949–present Karen conflict
* 1958–present Shan conflict
* 1960–1961 1960–61 campaign at the China–Burma border
* 1961–present Kachin conflict
* 1962 1962 Burmese coup d'état
* 1988–present Karen–Mon conflict
* 2009 2009 Kokang incident
* 2015 2015 Kokang offensive
* 2021 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
* 2021–present Myanmar Civil War
** 2023–present Operation 1027

[Philippines]

1500 Tondo War
1521 Battle of Mactan
1565 Dagami revolt
1565–1898 Spanish–Moro conflict
1565–1898 Igorot resistance to Spanish colonization
1566–1648 Eighty Years' War
1571 Battle of Bangkusay
1574 Battle of Manila (1574)
1578 Castilian War
1582 1582 Cagayan battles
1587–1588 Tondo Conspiracy
1596 Magalat revolt
1601 Igorot revolt
1603 Sangley Rebellion (1603)
1607 Caquenga's Revolt
1621–1622 Bankaw revolt
1621 Tamblot uprising
1621 Irraya Revolt
1639–1640 Sangley Rebellion (1639)
1662 Sangley Massacre (1662)
1756–1763 Seven Years' War
* 1762–1763 Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763)
1792–1815 French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
* 1792–1802 French Revolutionary Wars
** 1793–1801 East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
* 1796–1808 Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)
* 1803–1815 Napoleonic Wars
1828 Palmero Conspiracy
1872 1872 Cavite mutiny
1896–1898 Philippine Revolution
* 1898 Spanish–American War
1899–1913 Philippine–American War
* 1902–1913 Moro Rebellion
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
*** 1944–1945 Bombing of South-East Asia (1944–1945)
** 1941–1945 South West Pacific theatre of World War II
*** 1941–1942 Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
*** 1944–1945 Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
** 1941–1945 Philippine resistance against Japan
1946–1954 Hukbalahap rebellion
1948–1955 Kamlon rebellion
1969–present Civil conflict in the Philippines
* 1968–2019 Moro conflict
* 1969–present New People's Army rebellion
* 2002–2017 Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
* 2014–present ISIL insurgency in the Philippines
1986 People Power Revolution
* 1986 February 1986 Reform the Armed Forces Movement coup
1986 Siege of the Manila Hotel
1986 God Save the Queen Plot
1987 January 1987 Philippine coup attempt
1987 August 1987 Philippine coup attempt
1989 Camp Cawa-Cawa siege
1989 1989 Philippine coup attempt
1990 Hotel Delfino siege
1990 1990 Mindanao revolt
2003 Oakwood mutiny
2008 2008 Parañaque shootout
2007 Manila Peninsula siege
2012–present Scarborough Shoal standoff
2016–present Philippine drug war
* 2021 2021 PNP–PDEA shootout
2022 Ungkaya Pukan clash

[Singapore]

1396 Sack of Singapore
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
** 1915 1915 Singapore Mutiny
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
*** 1941–1942 Malayan Campaign
*** 1942 Fall of Singapore
*** 1944–1945 Bombing of South-East Asia (1944–1945)
1963–1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation

[Thailand]

1441–1474 Ayutthaya–Lan Na War (1441–1474)
1548–1549 Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549)
1563–1564 Burmese–Siamese War (1563–1564)
1568–1569 Burmese–Siamese War (1568–1569)
1584–1593 Burmese–Siamese War (1584–1593)
1609–1622 Burmese–Siamese War (1609–1622)
1662–1664 Burmese–Siamese War (1662–1664)
1688 Siamese revolution of 1688
1759–1760 Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760)
1765–1767 Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)
1767–1771 Taksin's reunification of Siam
1775–1776 Burmese–Siamese War (1775–1776)
1778–1779 Lao–Siamese War (1778–1779)
1785–1786 Burmese–Siamese War (1785–1786)
1792–1794 Burmese–Siamese War (1792–1794)
1797–1798 Burmese–Siamese War (1797–1798)
1802–1805 Burmese–Siamese War (1802–1805)
1809–1812 Burmese–Siamese War (1809–1812)
1826–1828 Lao rebellion (1826–1828)
1849–1855 Burmese–Siamese War (1849–1855)
1865–1890 Haw wars
1901–1936 Holy Man's Rebellion
1902–1904 Ngiao rebellion
1933 June 1933 Siamese coup d'état
1933 Boworadet Rebellion
1935 Rebellion of the Sergeants
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940–1941 Franco-Thai War
* 1940–1941 Japanese invasion of Thailand
1947 1947 Thai coup d'état
1948 1948 Thai coup d'état
1948 Army General Staff plot
1949 Palace Rebellion
1951 Manhattan Rebellion
1951 Silent Coup (Thailand)
1957 1957 Thai coup d'état
1965–1983 Communist insurgency in Thailand
1977 March 1977 Thai coup attempt
1977 October 1977 Thai coup d'état
1981 1981 Thai military rebellion
1985 1985 Thai coup attempt
1978–1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War
* 1979–1989 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
1987–1988 Thai–Laotian Border War
1991 1991 Thai coup d'état
2004 – present South Thailand insurgency
2006 2006 Thai coup d'état
2008–2011 2008–2011 Cambodian–Thai border crisis
2014 2014 Thai coup d'état
2025 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflict

[Vietnam]

111 BC Han–Nanyue War
138 BC – 43 AD Southward expansion of the Han dynasty
* 40–43 Trung sisters' rebellion
263–270 Jiao Province Campaign
602 Sui–Early Lý War
605 Sui–Lâm Ấp war
846–866 Tang–Nanzhao conflicts in Annan
938–939 Battle of Bạch Đằng River (938)
950–1220 Khmer–Cham wars
* 1128–1150 Đại Việt–Khmer War
966–968 Anarchy of the 12 Warlords
981 Song–Đại Cồ Việt war
982 Champa–Đại Cồ Việt war (982)
1041–1052 Nong Zhigao rebellions
1075–1077 Song–Đại Việt war
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1257–1288 Mongol invasions of Vietnam
1367–1390 Champa–Đại Việt War (1367–1390)
1406–1407 Ming conquest of Đại Ngu
1418–1427 Lam Sơn uprising
1471 Champa–Đại Việt War (1471)
1479–1484 Đại Việt–Lan Xang War (1479–1484)
1516–1521 Trần Cao rebellion
1533–1677 Lê–Mạc War
1627–1775 Trịnh–Nguyễn War
1771–1802 Tây Sơn wars
* 1784–1785 Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút
1777–1820 French assistance to Nguyễn Ánh
1788–1789 Qing-Tây Sơn War
1820 Cambodian rebellion (1820)
1825–1827 Phan Bá Vành's Rebellion
1822–1823 Ja Lidong rebellion
1826 Nduai Kabait rebellion
1833–1835 Lê Văn Khôi revolt
1833–1834 Siamese–Vietnamese War (1833–1834)
1833–1835 Nông Văn Vân's Rebellion
1834–1835 Ja Thak Wa uprising
1840–1841 Cambodian Uprising (1840–1841)
1840–1845 Siamese–Vietnamese War (1840–1845)
1847 Bombardment of Tourane (1847)
1858–1885 French conquest of Vietnam
* 1858–1862 Cochinchina campaign
* 1873–1874 Garnier Expedition
* 1883–1886 Tonkin campaign
** 1884–1886 Sino-French War
1884–1913 Yên Thế Insurrection
1885–1896 Cần Vương movement
1886–1896 Pacification of Tonkin
1913–1916 1916 Cochinchina uprising
1917–1918 Thái Nguyên uprising
1930 Yên Bái mutiny
1930–1931 Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets
1933–present Xinjiang conflict
* 2014 2014 China–Vietnam border shootout
1937 Dieu Python movement
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940 Japanese invasion of French Indochina
* 1940–1941 Franco-Thai War
** 1940 1940 Cochinchina uprising
* 1941–1945 South-East Asian theatre of World War II
** 1945 Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
** 1945 August Revolution
1945–1949 Civil conflicts in Vietnam (1945–1949)
1945–1946 War in Vietnam (1945–1946)
1946 Haiphong incident
1946–1954 First Indochina War
1955 1955 South Vietnamese conflict
1955–1975 Vietnam War
* 1956 Quỳnh Lưu uprising
* 1959–1963 War in Vietnam (1959–1963)
* 1960 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
* 1969 Joint warfare in South Vietnam, 1963–1969
* 1963 Buddhist crisis
** 1963 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état
* 1964 January 1964 South Vietnamese coup]
* 1964 1964 FLHP rebellion
* 1964 September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt
* 1964 December 1964 South Vietnamese coup
* 1965 1965 South Vietnamese coup
* 1972 Easter Offensive
* 1975 1975 spring offensive
1964–1992 FULRO insurgency
1978–1989 Cambodian–Vietnamese War
1979 Sino-Vietnamese War
1979–1991 Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)
1979–1989 Vietnamese border raids in Thailand

[South Asia]

[Afghanistan]

208–206 BC Siege of Bactra
208 BC Battle of the Arius
622–750 Early Muslim conquests
* 633–651 Muslim conquest of Persia
** 642–705 Muslim conquests of Afghanistan
** 651–654 Muslim conquest of Khorasan
998 Battle of Ghazni (998)
999–1002 Ghaznavid–Saffarid war
999–1004 Ghaznavid–Samanid war
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1209–1236 Mongol campaigns in Central Asia
** 1219–1221 Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire
1504 Siege of Kabul (1504)
1505 Campaign against Sultan Masudi Hazaras
1505–1506 First Campaign against Turkoman Hazaras
1557–1739 Mughal–Persian wars
* 1605–1606 Siege of Kandahar (1605–1606)
* 1622–1623 Mughal–Safavid war (1622–1623)
* 1648–1653 Mughal–Safavid war (1649–1653)
1709 Kandahar Rebellion (1709)
1720s–1747 Campaigns of Nader Shah
* 1726–1727 Khorasan campaign of Nader Shah
* 1729 Herat campaign of 1729
* 1730–1732 Herat campaign of 1730–1732
* 1737–1738 Siege of Kandahar
1769–1770 Durrani campaign in Khorasan (1769–1770)
1809 Battle of Nimla (1809)
1818 Battle of Kafir Qala
1833 Siege of Herat (1833)
1833–1834 1833–1834 expedition of Shah Shujah Durrani
1834 Dost Mohammad's Campaign to Jalalabad (1834)
1837–1838 First Herat War
1838–1839 Afghan Turkestan Campaign (1838–39)
1838–1842 First Anglo-Afghan War
1843 Hazarajat Campaign of 1843
1849–1850 Afghan Conquest of Balkh
1855–1856 Conquest of Kandahar
1856 Second Herat War
1856–1857 Khost rebellion (1856–1857)
1859 Afghan Conquest of Kunduz
1862–1863 Herat campaign of 1862–1863
1863–1869 Afghan Civil War (1863–1869)
1878–1880 Second Anglo-Afghan War
1888–1893 Hazara genocide
* 1889 Battle of Sheikh Ali (1889)
* 1893 Battle of Uruzgan
1912 Khost rebellion (1912)
1913 Urtatagai conflict (1913)
1916–1934 Basmachi movement
* 1930 Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)
1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War
1923 Alizai rebellion of 1923
1924–1925 Khost rebellion (1924–1925)
1925–1926 Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926)
1928–1929 Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)
1944–1947 Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947
1945–1946 1945 Hazara Rebellion
1949–present Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2017 2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish
* 2024–present 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
1949 1949 Hazara Rebellion
1973 1973 Afghan coup d'état
1975 1975 Panjshir Valley uprising
1978–present Afghan conflict
* 1978 Saur Revolution
* 1979 1979 uprisings in Afghanistan
** 1979 1979 Herat uprising
** 1979–1981 1979 Hazara Uprising
** 1979 Chindawol uprising
** 1979 Bala Hissar uprising
* 1979–1989 Soviet–Afghan War
* 1989–1992 Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
* 1992–1996 Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
* 1996–2001 Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
* 2001–2021 War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
** 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan
** 2006–2014 Helmand province campaign
**2009–2014 Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan
2015–present Islamic State–Taliban conflict
2021–present Republican insurgency in Afghanistan

[Bangladesh]

Varendra rebellion
550–560 Gauda–Gupta War
1303 Conquest of Sylhet
1324 Tughlaq campaign of Bengal
1415–1420 Bengal–Jaunpur confrontation
1498 Bengal–Kamata War
1512–1516 Bengal–Mrauk U War (1512–1516)
1530–1666 Mrauk U invasion of Chittagong
1572–1612 Mughal conquest of Bengal
1613 Conquest of Bhulua
1642–1698 Dano-Mughal War
1665 Mughal conquest of Chittagong
1756–1763 Seven Years' War
* 1763–1765 Bengal War
1763–1800 Sannyasi rebellion
1782 Muharram Rebellion
1830s–1860s Faraizi uprisings
1830–1831 Titumir Rebellion
1930 Chittagong armoury raid
1937–1950 Tanka movement
1946–1947 Tebhaga movement
1948–present Rohingya conflict
* 1991–1992 Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation
1949–1950 Nachole Uprising
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
* 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
1972 Liberation of Mirpur
1972 1972 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny
1972–1975 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency
1975 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
1975 3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
1975 7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
1976 1976 Bogra mutiny
1977 1977 Bogra mutiny
1977 1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny
1977–present Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
1980 1980 Bangladeshi coup attempt
1981 Assassination of Ziaur Rahman
1982 1982 Bangladesh coup d'état
1993–2022 Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh
1994 1994 Bangladesh Ansar mutiny
1996 1996 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt
1999–present Terrorism in Bangladesh
* 2016 July 2016 Dhaka attack
2001–present Bangladesh–India border clashes
* 2001 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes
* 2005 2005 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
* 2008 2008 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
* 2013 2013 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
* 2019 2019 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
2002–2003 Operation Clean Heart
2008 2008 Bangladesh–Myanmar naval standoff
2009 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt
2011 2011 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt
2018–2019 Bangladesh drug war
2025–present Operation Devil Hunt

[Bhutan]

1634 Second Battle of Simtokha Dzong
1864–1865 Duar War
1954–present Insurgency in Northeast India
* 2003 2003 South Bhutan clashes
* 2003–2004 Operation All Clear

[India]

Bharathvarsha">Bhāratavarsha">Bharathvarsha

c. 5300 BC Kurukshetra War

Bharat">Bharatas (tribe)">Bharat

c. 14th century BCE Battle of the Ten Kings
535–323 BC Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley

[Magadha]

544–400 BC Avanti–Magadhan War
540–535 BC Magadha–Anga war
484–468 BC Magadha–Vajji war

[Nanda Empire]

323–321 BC Nanda–Mauryan War

[Maurya Empire]

336–323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great
* 327–325 BC Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
323–321 BC Nanda–Mauryan War
305–303 BC Seleucid–Mauryan War
265–264 BC Kalinga War

[Shunga Empire]

180s–113 BC Shunga–Greek War

[Satavahana dynasty]

15 – 2nd century Saka–Satavahana Wars

[Kushan Empire]

c. 2nd century CE Kanishka's Central Asian campaign

[Vakataka dynasty]

335–413 Gupta–Saka Wars

[Gupta Empire]

[Pandya dynasty]

190 Battle of Venni
830 Battle of Tellaru
862 Anuradhapura invasion of Pandya
879 Battle of Thirupurambiyam
1169–1177 Pandyan Civil War (1169–1177)
1188 Battle of Nettur
1311 Malik Kafur's invasion of the Pandya kingdom

[Pallava dynasty]

[Chalukya dynasty]

[Pratihara dynasty]

[Pala Empire]

Varendra rebellion
785–816 Tripartite Struggle
1019–1021 Chola Expedition of the Ganges

[Rashtrakuta Empire]

712–740 Umayyad campaigns in India
785–816 Tripartite Struggle

[Chola Empire]

[Delhi Sultanate]

1206–1337 Mongol conquests
* 1221–1308 Mongol invasions of India
1243 Battle of Katasin
1277–1281 Balban's campaign of Bengal
1291 Capture of Jhain
1293 Alauddin Khalji's raid on Bhilsa
1297–1298 Khalji invasion of Mithila
1299–1304 Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Gujarat
1301 Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Ranthambore
1301 Rebellions against Alauddin Khalji
1303 Siege of Chittorgarh (1303)
1305 Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Malwa
1308 Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Devagiri
1308 Siege of Siwana
1310 Siege of Warangal (1310)
1311 Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Jalore
1311 Siege of Dwarasamudra
1318 Siege of Warangal (1318)
1321–1521 Mewar–Delhi conflicts
1323 Siege of Warangal (1323)
1320 Battle of Saraswati
1320 Battle of Lahrawat
1324 Tughlaq campaign of Bengal
1326–1327 Siege of Kampili
1346–1347 Rebellion of Ismail Mukh
1353–1359 Ekdala Wars
1370–1508 Timurid conquests and invasions
* 1398 Sack of Delhi (1398)
1361–1370 Siege of Kangra Fort
1421–1432 Jasrat's invasions of Delhi Sultanate
1526 Battle of Hisar Firoza

[Bengal Sultanate]

1206–1682 Muslim invasions of Assam
* 1257 Yuzbak Khan's invasion of Kamarupa
* 1498 Bengal–Kamata War
* 1532–1533 Turbak's invasion of Assam
1353–1359 Ekdala Wars
1415–1420 Bengal–Jaunpur confrontation
1498 Bengal–Kamata War
1534 Battle of Surajgarh
1568 Bengal Sultanate conquest of Orissa
1572–1612 Mughal conquest of Bengal

[Rajput] Confederacy

1175–1206 Ghurid campaigns in India
1197 Battle of Kasahrada (1197)
1222–1229 Battle of Bhutala
1293 Alauddin Khalji's raid on Bhilsa
1299–1304 Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Gujarat
1301 Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Ranthambore
1305 Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Malwa
1311 Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Jalore
1321–1521 Mewar–Delhi conflicts
1389–1489 Jaunpur–Bhojpur War
1437–1520 Mewar–Malwa conflicts
1446 Battle of Mandalgarh and Banas
1520 Rana Sanga's invasion of Gujarat
1527–1779 Mughal–Rajput wars
* 1527 Battle of Khanwa
1532–1535 Siege of Chittorgarh (1535)
1686–1688 Battle of Bhangani
1747 Battle of Rajamahal
1748 Battle of Bagru
1759 Battle of Kakkor
1787 Battle of Lalsot

[Kashmir Sultanate]

1338–1339 Shah Mir–Lohara War
1419–1420 Kashmir Civil War (1419–1420)
1421–1432 Jasrat's invasions of Delhi Sultanate
1585–1589 Mughal conquest of Kashmir

[Vijayanagara Empire]

1362–1367 Bahmani–Vijayanagara War (1362–1367)
1365–1370 Kampana's invasion of Madurai
1375–1378 Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1375–1378)
1398 Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1398)
1406 War of the Goldsmith's Daughter
1417–1419 Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1417–1419)
1423 Siege of Vijayanagar
1443 Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1443)
1505 Yusuf Adil Shah's Invasion of Vijayanagara
1506–1659 Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts
1509–1512 Krishnadevaraya's Bahmani expedition
1520 Battle of Raichur
1538–1560 Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)
1542–1543 Vijayanagara Civil War (1542–1543)
1553–1554 Saif Ain-ul-Mulk's Rebellion
1565 Battle of Talikota
1617–1694 Madurai–Mysore Wars

[Bahmani Kingdom]

1362–1367 Bahmani–Vijayanagara War (1362–1367)
1375–1378 Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1375–1378)
1398 Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1398)
1406 War of the Goldsmith's Daughter
1417–1419 Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1417–1419)
1423 Siege of Vijayanagar
1443 Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1443)
1458 Battle of Devarakonda
1461 Gajapati invasion of Bidar
1475–1481 Bahmani invasion of Orissa
1509–1512 Krishnadevaraya's Bahmani expedition

[Gujarat Sultanate]

Kingdom of Calicut">Calicut kingdom">Kingdom of Calicut

15th–16th century Calicut–Portuguese conflicts
* 1500–1513 First Luso-Malabarese War
* 1526 Siege of Calicut (1526)

[Ahmadnagar Sultanate]

1543 Battle of Kalyani (1543)
1543 Vijayanagar Invasion of Bijapur (1543)
1547–1548 Ahmednagar invasion of Bidar
1549 Battle of Kalyani (1549)
1549 Siege of Paranda
1552 Vijaynagara Invasion of Bijapur (1552)
1557–1558 Siege of Gulbarga
1565 Battle of Talikota
1570–1575 War of the League of the Indies
1624 Battle of Bhatvadi
1633 Siege of Daulatabad
1634 Siege of Parenda (1634)

[Mughal Empire]

1206–1682 Muslim invasions of Assam
* 1615–1682 Ahom–Mughal conflicts
1535–1693 Mughal–Portuguese conflicts
1526 First Battle of Panipat
1526 Siege of Sambhal
1527–1779 Mughal–Rajput wars
* 1527 Battle of Khanwa
1528 Battle of Chanderi
1556 Battle of Tughlaqabad
1556 Second Battle of Panipat
1557–1739 Mughal-Persian Wars
1557 Siege of Mankot (1557)
1560–1570 Mughal conquest of Malwa
1564–1567 Mughal conquest of Garha
1572–1573 Mughal conquest of Gujarat
1606 Battle of Dewair (1606)
1621 Battle of Rohilla
1634–1638 Battle of Amritsar (1634)
1634 Battle of Amritsar (1634)
1634 Battle of Lahira
1635 Battle of Kartarpur
1638 Battle of Kiratpur
1642–1698 Dano-Mughal War
1648 Tranquebar Rebellion
1649–1653 Mughal–Safavid war (1649–53)
1658–1659 Mughal war of succession (1658–1659)
1661–1676 Shivaji's invasions of Janjira
1679–1684 Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal war
1681–1707 Deccan wars
1682 Battle of Anandpur (1682)
1685 Battle of Anandpur (1685)
1686–1690 Anglo-Mughal war (1686–1690)
1687–1688 Anglo-Siamese War
1691 Battle of Nadaun
1696 Battle of Guler (1696)
1699 Battle of Anandpur (1699)
1700 Battle of Anandpur (1700)
1700 First siege of Anandpur
1702 Battle of Basoli
1702 First battle of Chamkaur
1704 Second siege of Anandpur
1704 Battle of Chamkaur
1705 Battle of Muktsar
1707–1709 Mughal war of succession (1707–1709)
1709 Battle of Amritsar (1709)
1709 Battle of Sonipat
1709 Battle of Samana
1709 Battle of Kapuri
1710 Battle of Sadhaura
1710 Battle of Chappar Chiri
1710 Siege of Sirhind
1710 Siege of Jalalabad (1710)
1710 Battle of Bhilowal
1710 Battle of Rahon
1710 Battle of Thanesar (1710)
1710 Second Battle of Lohgarh
1712 Battle of Jammu
1713 Second Battle of Lohgarh
1714 Battle of Kiri Pathan
1715 Battle of Gurdas Nangal
1715 Siege of Gurdaspur
1720s – 1747 Naderian Wars
* 1738–1739 Nader Shah's invasion of India
1720 Battle of Balapur
1724 Battle of Shakar Kheda
1729 Battle of Bundelkhand
1730–1731 Battle of Thikriwala
1736 Battle of Basarke
1738 Battle of Amritsar (1738)
1739 Battle of Karnal
1740 Chanda Sahib's invasion of Travancore
1741 Battle of Gangwana
1743 Siege of Trichinopoly (1743)
1744–1763 Carnatic wars
* 1744–1748 First Carnatic War
1748–1769 Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani
1748 Battle of Sodhra and Badra
1748 Siege of Amritsar (1748)
1748–1749 Siege of Ram Rauni
1753 Safdarjung's rebellion
1757 Battle of Delhi (1757)
1761 Capture of Agra
1764–1788 Sikh attacks on Delhi
1770 Raid of Panipat (1770)
1772 Siege of Kunjpura (1772)
1779 Siege of Patiala (1779)

[Maratha Empire]

1681–1707 Mughal–Maratha wars
1683–1684 Maratha–Portuguese War (1683–1684)
1715 Battle of Pilsud
1728 Battle of Palkhed
1729–1732 Luso–Maratha War (1729–1732)
1737 Battle of Bhopal
1742–1751 Maratha invasions of Bengal
* 1742 First Maratha invasion of Bengal
* 1743 Second Maratha invasion of Bengal
1758–1761 Afghan–Maratha War
1761 Third Battle of Panipat
1766–1798 Maratha–Sikh clashes
1767–1799 Anglo-Mysore wars
* 1767–1769 First Anglo-Mysore War
* 1780–1784 Second Anglo-Mysore War
* 1790–1792 Third Anglo-Mysore War
* 1798–1799 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
1759–1787 Maratha–Mysore wars
18th–19th century Anglo-Maratha Wars
* 1775–1782 First Anglo-Maratha War
* 1803–1805 Second Anglo-Maratha War
* 1817–1819 Third Anglo-Maratha War
* 1843 Gwalior campaign
1787 Battle of Lalsot
1795 Battle of Kharda
1799 Battle of Fatehpur (1799)

[Sikh Confederacy]

1748–1837 Afghan–Sikh Wars
1774 Battle of Jammu (1774)

[Sikh Empire]

[Company rule in India]

[British Raj]

1859 Battle of Aberdeen (Andaman Islands)
1861 Phulaguri Uprising
1864–1865 Duar War
1867 Andaman Islands expedition
1879–1880 Rampa rebellion of 1879
1882 Salem riots of 1882
1888 Sikkim Expedition
1890–1895 Lushai Rising
1891 Anglo-Manipur War
1895 Kalugumalai riots of 1895
1897–1941 Bijolia movement
1910 Bastar rebellion
1914–1920 Tana Bhagat Movement
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
1917–1919 Kuki Rebellion of 1917–1919
1920 Sultana Daku 1920 Revolt
1921–1922 Malabar rebellion
1922–1924 Rampa Rebellion of 1922
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940–1945 Indian Ocean campaign
*** 1940–1942 Japanese raiders in the Indian Ocean
*** 1942–1945 Japanese occupation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
*** 1942 Operation Stab
* 1941–1945 Pacific War
** 1942–1945 Burma Campaign
*** 1944 Burma campaign (1944)
1941 Kayyur incident
1946–1947 Tebhaga movement
1946–1951 Telangana Rebellion
1946 Royal Indian Navy mutiny
1946 Punnapra-Vayalar uprising

[Republic of India]

1946–1951 Telangana Rebellion
1947–present Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts
* 1947–1948 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
* 1965 Operation Desert Hawk
* 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
* 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
** 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
* 1984–2003 Siachen conflict
* 1999 Kargil War
* 1999 1999 Pakistani Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown
* 2001–2002 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff
* 2008 2008 India–Pakistan standoff
* 2011 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish
* 2013 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2014–2015 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2016–2018 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
** 2016 2016 Indian Line of Control strike
* 2019 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
** 2019 2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes
* 2020–2021 2020–21 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2023 2023 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2025 2025 India–Pakistan crisis
** 2025 2025 India–Pakistan conflict
1947–1948 Annexation of Junagadh
1948 Annexation of Hyderabad
1954–present Insurgency in Northeast India
* 1954–present Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh
* 1958–present Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
* 1966–1986 Mizo National Front uprising
* 1980–present Insurgency in Manipur
* 1989–2024 Insurgency in Tripura
* 1990–present Assam separatist movements
* 1992–present Insurgency in Meghalaya
1954 Coup d'état of Yanaon
1954 Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
1961 Annexation of Goa
1962 Sino-Indian War
1967–present Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes
1978–1995 Insurgency in Punjab
* 1984 Operation Blue Star
1986–1987 Sumdorong Chu standoff
1989–present Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
1991 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout
2001–present Bangladesh–India border clashes
* 2001 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes
* 2005 2005 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
* 2008 2008 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
* 2013 2013 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
* 2019 2019 Bangladesh-Indian border clash
2011 Battle of Minicoy Island
2013 2013 Depsang standoff
2013 Operation Puttur
2017 2017 China–India border standoff
2020–2021 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes

[Iran]

[Elam]

655–639 BC Assyrian conquest of Elam

[Achaemenid Empire]

553–550 BC Medo-Persian conflict

[Macedonian Empire]

335–323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great

[Seleucid Empire]

322–275 BC Wars of the Diadochi

[Parthian Empire]

238–129 BC Seleucid–Parthian wars
* 238 BC Parni conquest of Parthia
* 209 BC Battle of Mount Labus
* 129 BC Battle of Ecbatana
66 BC – 217 AD Roman–Parthian Wars
* 40–33 BC Antony's Parthian War
* 161 – 166 Roman–Parthian War of 161–166
* 216 – 217 Parthian war of Caracalla

[Sasanian Empire]

224 Battle of Hormozdgan
230–240 Sasanian conquest of the Suren Kingdom
350 Shapur II's invasion of Armenia (350)
363 Julian's Persian expedition
363–371 Armeno-Sassanid War of 363–371
451 Battle of Avarayr
484–565 Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars
* 484 Sukhra's Hephthalite campaign
502–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars
* 440 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 440
* 572–591 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
588–589 Perso-Turkic war of 588–589
589–591 Sasanian civil war of 589–591
614–616 Hephthalite–Gokturk raids of 614–616
628–632 Sasanian civil war of 628–632
633–651 Muslim conquest of Persia
* 637–642 Muslim conquest of Khuzestan
* 638–651 Arab conquest of Fars
* 643–651 Muslim conquest of Northern Persia
* 651–654 Muslim conquest of Khorasan

[Rashidun Caliphate]

656–661 First Fitna

[Umayyad Caliphate]

680–692 Second Fitna
743–750 Third Fitna
* 747–750 Abbasid revolution

[Abbasid Caliphate]

755 Sunpadh Rebellion
781–805 Tabaristan uprising
809–827 Fourth Fitna
816–837 Babak Khorramdin Revolt
864–1041 Caspian expeditions of the Rus'
874 Battle of al-Baida
900 Battle of Gorgan (900)
940 Battle of Iskhabad

[Ghaznavid dynasty]

999–1002 Ghaznavid–Saffarid war
999–1004 Ghaznavid-Samanid war
1006–1008 Kara-Khanid invasion of Khorasan
1012–1034 Ghaznavid campaigns in Persia

[Seljuk Empire]

1035 Battle of Nasa (1035)
1038 Battle of Nishapur (1038)
1038 Battle of Sarakhs (1038)
1063 Battle of Damghan (1063)
1064–1213 Georgian–Seljuk wars
* 1209–1211 Georgian campaign against the Eldiguzids
1073 Battle of Kerj Abu Dulaf
1090–1194 Nizari–Seljuk conflicts

[Ghurid Empire]

1200–1201 Ghurid conquest of Khorasan

[Khwarazmian dynasty]

1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1219–1258 Mongol conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia
** 1219–1221 Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire
** 1253–1256 Mongol campaign against the Nizaris

[Ilkhanate]

[Timurid Empire]

1370–1508 Timurid conquests and invasions
1405–1411 Timurid War of Succession
1448–1449 Babur Mirza's Invasion of Khorasan
1459 Battle of Sarakhs (1459)
1478 Battle of Khoy (1478)

[Safavid dynasty]

1487–1524 Campaigns of Ismail I
* 1501 Siege of Tabriz (1501)
* 1503 Battle of Hamadan (1503)
1502–1788 Persian–Uzbek wars
* 1578 Uzbek invasion of Khorasan (1578)
1505–1517 Ottoman–Persian War (1505–1517)
1507–1625 Portuguese–Safavid wars
* 1507 Portuguese conquest of Hormuz
* 1614 Capture of Cambarão
* 1621–1622 Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm
* 1622 Anglo-Persian capture of Hormuz
1532–1555 Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555)
1598–1663 Dutch–Portuguese War
1609–1610 Siege of Dimdim
1623–1639 Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)
1722 Battle of Gulnabad
1722 Siege of Isfahan
1721 Sack of Shamakhi
1726–1727 Ottoman–Hotaki War (1726–1727)
1720s–1747 Campaigns of Nader Shah
* 1726–1727 Khorasan campaign of Nader Shah
* 1727–1728 Sabzevar expedition
* 1729–1730 Restoration of Tahmasp II to the Safavid throne
* 1730–1734 Rebellion of Sheikh Ahmad Madani
* 1730–1732 Herat campaign of 1730–1732
* 1730–1735 Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735)
* 1733–1734 Mohammad Khan Baluch's Rebellion

[Afsharid dynasty]

1720s–1747 Campaigns of Nader Shah
* 1744 Moḥammad Taqi Khan Shirazi's Rebellion
1730s–1747 Afsharid conquests in the Persian Gulf and Oman
1743–1746 Ottoman–Persian War (1743–1746)
1747–1796 Division of the Afsharid Empire
1749–1751 Durrani Campaign to Khorasan (1749–1751)
1754–1755 Durrani Campaign to Khorasan (1754–1755)

[Zand dynasty]

1759 Battle of Astarabad (1759)
1765 Persian–Dutch War
1775–1776 Ottoman–Persian War (1775–1776)
1794 Siege of Kerman

[Qajar dynasty]

1804–1813 Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
1821–1823 Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823)
1826–1828 Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)
1838–1915 British occupation of Bushehr
1848–1849 Battle of Fort Tabarsi
1856–1857 Anglo-Persian War
1879–1880 Uprising of Sheikh Ubeydullah
1905–1911 Persian Constitutional Revolution
1906 Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906)
1911–1913 Revolt of Salar-al-Daulah
1911–1921 Swedish volunteers in Persia
* 1913–1915 Shiraz expedition
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1914–1918 Persian campaign (World War I)
1915–1921 Jungle Movement of Gilan
1920 Mohammad Khiabani's uprising
1921 1921 Persian coup d'état
1918–present Kurdish separatism in Iran
* 1918–1922 Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922)
1922– Arab separatism in Khuzestan
* 1922–1924 Sheikh Khazal rebellion

[Pahlavi dynasty]

1918–present Kurdish separatism in Iran
* 1926 Simko Shikak revolt (1926)
* 1931 Jafar Sultan revolt
* 1941–1944 Hama Rashid revolt
* 1945–1946 Iran crisis of 1946
* 1967 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran
1929–1933 Persian tribal uprisings of 1929
1935 Goharshad Mosque rebellion
1939–1945 World War II
* 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
1953 1953 Iranian coup d'état
1971 Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs
1974–1975 1974–1975 Shatt al-Arab conflict

[Islamic Republic of Iran]

1918–present Kurdish separatism in Iran
* 1979–1996 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
* 1984–1991 KDPI–Komala conflict
* 1989–1996 KDPI insurgency (1989–96)
* 2004–present Iran–PJAK conflict
* 2016–present Western Iran clashes (2016–present)
1921–present Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* 1978–2025 Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
1922–present Arab separatism in Khuzestan
* 1979 1979 Khuzestan insurgency
1948–present Balochistan conflict
* 2004–present Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
1978–1979 Iranian Revolution
* 1979–1983 Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution
** 1979–1980 1979 Turkmen rebellion in Iran
** 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis
** 1980 Nojeh coup plot
** 1982 1982 Amol uprising
1980–1989 Iran–Iraq War
2004 2004 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel
2007 2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel
2009 2009 Afghanistan–Iran clash
2011–2012 2011–2012 Strait of Hormuz dispute
2016 2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident
2021 2021 Afghanistan–Iran clashes
2023 2023 Iran drone attacks
2023 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash
2023–present Middle Eastern crisis
* 2024 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
* 2025 Iran–Israel war

[Maldives]

1521–1650 Maldivian–Portuguese conflicts
1988 1988 Maldives coup attempt

[Nepal]

[Pakistan]

336–323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great
* 327–325 BC Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
622–750 Early Muslim conquests
1582–1612 Rind-Lashari War
1731 Battle of Kachhi
1748–1769 Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani
1749 Battle of Multan (1749)
1831 Battle of Balakot
1837 1837 Poonch Revolt
1843 British conquest of Sindh
1845–1846 First Anglo-Sikh War
1848–1849 Second Anglo-Sikh War
1851–1852 Mohmand Expeditions (1851–1852)
1852 Khagan Expedition
1863–1864 Ambela campaign
1868 Second Black Mountain Expedition
1888 Hazara Expedition of 1888
1895 Chitral Expedition
1897 Tochi Expedition
1897 Siege of Malakand
1897–1898 Tirah campaign
1900–1902 Mahsud Waziri blockade
1908 Mohmand Expedition of 1908
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
** 1914–1917 North-West Frontier Theatre of WWI
1919–1920 Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)
1921–1924 Waziristan campaign (1921–1924)
1925 Pink's War
1935 Mohmand campaign of 1935
1936–1939 Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)
1947 1947 Poonch rebellion
1947 1947 Gilgit rebellion
1947–present Sectarian violence in Pakistan
1947–present Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts
* 1947–1948 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
* 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
* 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
** 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
* 1959 1959 Canberra shootdown
* 1984–2003 Siachen conflict
* 1999 Kargil War
* 2001–2002 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff
* 2008 2008 India–Pakistan standoff
* 2011 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish
* 2013 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2014–2015 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2016–2018 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
** 2016 2016 Indian Line of Control strike
* 2019 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
** 2019 2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes
* 2020–2021 2020–2021 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2023 2023 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2025 2025 India–Pakistan crisis
** 2025 2025 India–Pakistan conflict
1948–present Insurgency in Balochistan
* 1948–1950 First Balochistan conflict
* 1958–1960 Second Balochistan conflict
* 1963–1969 Third Balochistan conflict
* 1973–1977 1970s operation in Balochistan
1948–1954 Waziristan rebellion (1948–1954)
1949–present Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 1959–1960 Dir campaign
* 1960–1961 Bajaur Campaign
* 2017 2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish
* 2024–presentAfghanistan–Pakistan clashes (2024–present)
1950–1955 PC Pak Search Sudhan Operation
1951 Rawalpindi conspiracy
1953 Lahore riots of 1953
1955–1956 1955 Poonch uprising
1958 1958 Pakistani military coup
1978–present MQM militancy
* 1992–1994 Operation Clean-up
* 1994–2016 MQM Violence (1994–2016)
** 2012–2023 Lyari Operation
1973 1973 Pakistan coup attempt
1976 1976 Dir rebellion
1977 1977 Pakistani military coup
1979–1989 Soviet–Afghan War
1980 1980 Pakistan coup attempt
1984 1984 Pakistan coup attempt
1989–present Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
1994–1995 Malakand insurrection (1994–1995)
1995 1995 Pakistani coup attempt
1999 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
2003–present Insurgency in Sindh
2004–present Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
* 2004–2018 Drone strikes in Pakistan
* 2008–2012 Pakistan–United States skirmishes
2011 2011 Chitral cross-border attacks

[Sri Lanka]

162–161 BC Battle of Vijithapura
992–1017 Chola conquest of Anuradhapura
1084 Velakkara revolt
1157 Queen Sugala rebellion
1169–1177 Pandyan Civil War (1169–1177)
mid-13th century Malay invasions of Sri Lanka
1410–1411 Ming-Kotte War
1518–1658 Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts
* 1560–1621 Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom
1598–1663 Dutch–Portuguese War
1670–1675 Kandyan–Dutch war (1670–1675)
1764–1766 Kandyan–Dutch war (1764–1766)
1796–1818 Kandyan Wars
1818 Great Rebellion of 1817–1818
1848 Matale Rebellion
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940–1945 Indian Ocean Campaign
1962 1962 Ceylonese coup attempt
1971 1971 JVP Insurrection
1983–2009 Sri Lankan civil war
* 1976–1987 Eelam War I
* 1987–1989 1987–1989 JVP insurrection
* 1987–1990 Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War
* 1990–1995 Eelam War II
* 1995–2002 Eelam War III
* 2006–2009 Eelam War IV
2015 2015 alleged Sri Lankan coup attempt
2019 Sainthamaruthu shootout
2023–present Operation Yukthiya

[West Asia]

[Armenia]

c. 2492 BC Battle of Hayots Dzor
201–200 BC War of the Armenian Succession (201–200 BC)
88–63 BC Mithridatic Wars
* 73–63 BC Third Mithridatic War
50–55 Iberian–Armenian War
54 BC – 217 AD Roman–Parthian Wars
* 58 – 63 Roman–Parthian War of 58–63
54 BC – 628 AD Roman–Persian Wars
* 337–361 Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
** 350 Shapur II's invasion of Armenia (350)
335–336 Sanesan invasion of Armenia (335-336)
363–371 Armeno-Sasanian War of 363–371
543 Battle of Anglon
850–855 Armenian Revolt (850–855)
921 Battle of Sevan
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1220–1236 Mongol invasions of Georgia
1651–1828 Russo-Persian Wars
* 1722–1723 Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
* 1796 Persian expedition of 1796
* 1804–1813 Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
1722–1730 Syunik rebellion
1800–1864 Russian conquest of the Caucasus
1905–1907 Russian Revolution of 1905
* 1905–1906 Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1906
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1914–1918 Caucasus campaign
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
* 1917–1921 Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1918–1920 Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)
*** 1920 Soviet invasion of Armenia
1918 Armeno-Georgian War
1919–1923 Turkish War of Independence
* 1920 Turkish invasion of Armenia
1920 May Uprising
1988–present Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
* 1988–1994 First Nagorno-Karabakh War
* 2012 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes
* 2014 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
* 2018 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
* 2020 July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
* 2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
* 2021–present Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis (2021–present)
** 2022 September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
2016 2016 Yerevan hostage crisis
2021 2021 Armenian political crisis
2023 September 2023 Armenian coup attempt allegations
2023 November 2023 Armenian coup attempt allegations
2024 2024 Armenian coup attempt allegations
2025 2025 Armenian coup attempt allegations

[Azerbaijan]

1064–1213 Georgian–Seljuk wars
* 1117–1124 Georgian conquest of Shirvan
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1220–1236 Mongol invasions of Georgia
1514–1823 Ottoman–Persian Wars
* 1578–1590 Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)
1651–1828 Russo-Persian Wars
* 1722–1723 Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
* 1796 Persian expedition of 1796
* 1804–1813 Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
* 1826–1828 Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)
1800–1864 Russian conquest of the Caucasus
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1914–1918 Caucasus campaign
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
* 1917–1921 Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1918–1920 Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)
*** 1920 Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan
1988–present Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
* 1988–1994 First Nagorno-Karabakh War
* 2008 2008 Mardakert clashes
* 2010 2010 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes
* 2010 2010 Mardakert clashes
* 2012 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes
* 2014 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
* 2016 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
* 2018 2018 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
* 2020 July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes
* 2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
* 2021–present Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis (2021–present)
** 2022 September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
** 2022–2023 Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh
* 2023 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
1993 1993 Azerbaijani coup d'état
1995 1995 Azerbaijani coup attempt
2025 2025 Azerbaijani coup plot

[Bahrain]

656–661 First Fitna
1507–1625 Portuguese–Safavid wars
* 1602 Safavid conquest of Bahrain
1529 Portuguese invasion of Bahrain
1717 1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain
1782–1783 Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain
1867–1868 Qatari–Bahraini War
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940–1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
** 1940 Bombing of Bahrain in World War II
2011 2011 Bahraini uprising
* 2011 Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain
2011–present Insurgency in Bahrain

[Cyprus]

c. 1275 BC – c. 1205 BC Battles of Alashiya
499–449 BC Greco-Persian Wars
* 499–493 BC Ionian Revolt
477–449 BC Wars of the Delian League
1095–1303 Crusades
* 1217–1221 Fifth Crusade
* 1271–1272 Lord Edward's crusade
1228–1243 War of the Lombards
1368 Mamluk raid on Cyprus (1368)
1396–1718 Ottoman–Venetian wars
* 1570–1573 Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
1424–1426 Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus (1424–1426)
1526–1791 Ottoman–Habsburg wars
1955–present Cyprus problem
* 1955–1959 Cyprus Emergency
* 1959–1974 Cyprus intercommunal violence
** 1974 1974 Cypriot coup d'état
* 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus
1978 Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport

Georgia">Georgia (country)">Georgia

88–63 BC Mithridatic Wars
* 73–63 BC Third Mithridatic War
54 BC – 628 AD Roman–Persian wars
* 526–532 Iberian War
* 602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
541–562 Lazic War
622–750 Early Muslim conquests
* 735–737 Umayyad invasion of Georgia
914 Sajid invasion of Georgia
1008–1103 Unification of the Georgian realm
1012–1199 Georgian–Shaddadid wars
1014–1204 Byzantine–Georgian wars
1064–1213 Georgian–Seljuk wars
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1220–1236 Mongol invasions of Georgia
1212 Rebellion in Pkhovi and Didoya
1225–1229 Khwarazmian–Georgian wars
1302–1303 Azat Mousa's invasion of Georgia
1370–1508 Timurid invasions and conquests
* 1386–1403 Timurid invasions of Georgia
1407–1502 Turkoman invasions of Georgia
1463–1491 Collapse of the Georgian realm
* 1463 Battle of Chikhori
* 1483 Battle of Aradeti
16th–19th century Lekianoba
* 1755 Battle of Kvareli
* 1778–1779 Battle of Ghartiskari
* 1800 Battle of Niakhura
1508 Georgian campaign (1508)
1514–1823 Ottoman–Persian Wars
* 1578–1590 Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)
* 1603–1612 Ottoman–Safavid war (1603–1612)
1520 Battle of Chikhori
1535 Battle of Murjakheti
1541–1566 Tahmasp I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns
1547 Ottoman invasion of Guria
1556 Battle of Garisi
1568–1918 Russo-Turkish wars
* 1768–1774 Russo-Turkish war (1768–1774)
* 1806–1812 Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
* 1828–1829 Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
* 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
1596–1597 Daryal war
1598–1599 Battle of Gori (1598–1599)
1599 Battle of Nakhiduri
1609 Battle of Tashiskari
1623–1658 Western Georgian civil war (1623–1658)
1626 Battle of Bazaleti
1651–1828 Russo-Persian Wars
* 1722–1723 Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)
* 1796 Persian expedition of 1796
* 1804–1813 Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
* 1826–1828 Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)
1659 Bakhtrioni uprising
1703 Ottoman invasion of western Georgia (1703)
1757 Battle of Khresili
1779 Battle of Rukhi
1795 Battle of Krtsanisi
1800–1864 Russian conquest of the Caucasus
1804 1804 Mtiuleti rebellion
1841 Rebellion in Guria (1841)
1853–1856 Crimean War
1875–1876 Svaneti uprising of 1875–1876
1905–1907 Russian Revolution of 1905
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1914–1918 Caucasus campaign
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
* 1917–1921 Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1918–1919 Sochi conflict
** 1920 1920 Georgian coup attempt
1918 Armeno-Georgian War
*** 1921 Soviet invasion of Georgia
1924 August Uprising
1989–present Abkhazia conflict
* 1992–1993 War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)
* 1998 War in Abkhazia (1998)
* 2001 2001 Kodori crisis
* 2006 2006 Kodori crisis
* 2007 Bokhundjara incident
1989–present Georgian–Ossetian conflict
* 1991–1992 South Ossetian war (1991–1992)
1991–1993 Georgian Civil War
* 1991–1992 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état
1998 1998 Georgian attempted mutiny
2000–2002 Pankisi Gorge crisis
2004 2004 Adjara crisis
2008 Russo-Georgian War
2009 2009 Georgian mutiny
2012 Lopota incident
2017 2017 Isani flat siege

[Iraq]

[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)]

c. 2600 BC Sumer–Elam war
c. 2600 BC Siege of Uruk
c. 26th century BC – c. 24th century BC Umma–Lagash war
c. 1235 BC Babylonian–Assyrian War of 1235 BCE

[Neo-Assyrian Empire]

878 BC Battle of Suru
814 BC Battle of Dur-Papsukkal
796 BC Assyrian conquest of Aram
693 BC Battle of Diyala River
691 BC Battle of Halule
689 BC Siege of Babylon
655–639 BC Assyrian conquest of Elam
647 BC Battle of Susa
626–620 BC Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)
616–605 BC Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
* 614 BC Fall of Assur
* 612 BC Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)

[Neo-Babylonian Empire]

814 Battle of Dur-Papsukkal
796 Assyrian conquest of Aram
693 BC Battle of Diyala River
691 BC Battle of Halule
689 BC Siege of Babylon
655–639 BC Assyrian conquest of Elam
647 BC Battle of Susa
626–620 BC Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)
616–605 BC Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire

Achaemenid Province of Athura">Athura">Achaemenid Province of Athura

[Macedonian Empire]

335–323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great

[Seleucid Empire]

322–275 BC Wars of the Diadochi
* 311–309 BC Babylonian War

[Parthian Empire]

238–129 BC Seleucid–Parthian wars

Roman Province of Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia (Roman province)">Roman Province of Mesopotamia

54 BC – 628 AD Roman–Persian Wars
* 54 BC – 217 AD Roman–Parthian Wars
** 194–198 Roman–Parthian War of 194–198
** 161–166 Roman–Parthian War of 161–166
** 216–217 Parthian war of Caracalla

Sasanian Province of Asorestan">Asorestan">Sasanian Province of Asorestan

54 BC–628 AD Roman-Persian Wars
* 217–502 Roman–Sasanian wars
** 229–233 First Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I
** 232 Sasanian campaign of Severus Alexander
** 237–241 Second Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I
** 242–244 Sasanian campaign of Gordian III
** 253 Siege of Emesa (253)
** 259–267 Odaenathus' Sasanian campaigns
** 283 Carus' Sasanian campaign
** 293–298 Galerius' Sasanian campaigns
** 337–361 Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
** 363 Julian's Persian expedition
** 363–371 Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
* 502–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars
** 421–422 Roman–Sasanian War of 421–422
** 440 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 440
** 502–506 Anastasian War
** 526–532 Iberian War
** 541 Belisarius' invasion of Mesopotamia (541)
** 572–591 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
** 602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
395 Hunnic raid of 395
589–591 Sasanian civil war of 589–591
604–611 Battle of Dhi Qar
633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia
* 634–638 Arab conquest of Mesopotamia

[Rashidun Caliphate]

633–644 Muslim conquest of Persia
* 634–638 Arab conquest of Mesopotamia
656–661 First Fitna
* 658–661 Mu'awiya I's Southern Campaigns (658–661)

[Umayyad Caliphate]

[Abbasid Caliphate]

[Mongol Empire]

1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1219–1258 Mongol conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia

[Mamluk Sultanate]

1370–1508 Timurid conquests and invasions
* 1394 Capture of Baghdad (1394)

[Ottoman Iraq]

1532–1555 Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–55)
1623–1639 Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39)
1722–1747 Campaigns of Nader Shah
* 1730–1735 Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735)
** 1732–1733 Nader Shah's Mesopotamian campaign
1801–1811 Wahhabi raids on Najaf
1802 Wahhabi sack of Karbala
1843 Siege of Karbala 1843
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1914–1918 Mesopotamian campaign

[Occupied Enemy Territory Administration]

[Mandatory Iraq]

1918–2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
* 1919–1930 Mahmud Barzanji revolts

[Kingdom of Iraq]

1901–1934 Unification of Saudi Arabia
* 1927–1930 Ikhwan revolt
1918–2003 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict
* 1931–1932 Ahmed Barzani revolt
* 1943–1945 1943 Barzani revolt
1935–1936 1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts
1935 1935 Yazidi revolt
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940–1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
** 1941 1941 Iraqi coup d'état
** 1941 Anglo-Iraqi War
1948 Al-Wathbah uprising
1958 14 July Revolution

[First Iraqi Republic]

[Ba'athist Iraq]

1918–2003 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
* 1961–1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War
* 1974–1975 Second Iraqi–Kurdish War
* 1975–1983 PUK insurgency
* 1979–1988 Al-Ansar insurgency
* 1983–1986 Kurdish Rebellion of 1983
* 1994–1997 Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
* 2001–2003 Iraqi Kurdistan conflict (2001–2003)
1921 – present Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* 1978–2025 Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
** 1983–2025 PKK insurgency in Iraqi Kurdistan
1973 1973 Samita border skirmish
1974–1975 1974–75 Shatt al-Arab conflict
1977 1977 Shia uprising in Iraq
1979–1980 1979–1980 Shia uprising in Iraq
1979–2024 Assadist–Saddamist conflict
1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War
* 1980 Iraqi invasion of Iran
* 1985–1988 Tanker War
1981 Operation Opera
1990–1991 Gulf War
* 1991 Gulf War air campaign
* 1991 Liberation of Kuwait campaign
1991 1991 Iraqi uprisings
1991–2003 Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
1999 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq
2003 – present Iraqi conflict
* 2003–2011 Iraq War
** 2003 2003 invasion of Iraq

[Coalition Provisional Authority]

1921 – present Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* 1978–2025 Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
** 1983–2025 PKK insurgency in Iraqi Kurdistan
2003 – present Iraqi conflict
* 2003–2011 Iraq War
** 2003–2006 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency

[Republic of Iraq]

1921 – present Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* 1978–2025 Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
** 1983–2025 PKK insurgency in Iraqi Kurdistan
2003 – present Iraqi conflict
* 2003–2011 Iraq War
** 2003–2011 Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
*** 2003–2006 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency
** 2006–2008 Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)
*** 2006–2007 Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict
* 2006 – present Sadrist–Khomeinist conflict
* 2011–2013 Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
* 2013–2017 War in Iraq (2013–2017)
** 2014–2021 US-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)
** 2014 – present Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
** 2017 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
* 2017 – present Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
* 2019 2019 Sinjar clashes
* 2019 2019 Israeli airstrikes in Iraq
* 2022 2022 Erbil missile attacks
* 2023 2023 unrest in Kirkuk
* 2023 2023 Makhmour clashes
2023 – present Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
* 2023–2024 Attacks on US bases during the Gaza war
* 2025 2025 Iraq drone attacks

[Israel]

[Canaan]

c. 2000 BCE Battle of Siddim
c. 1457 BC Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)
Fall of Jericho
Battle of the Waters of Merom
Mid 12th century BCE Battle of Mount Tabor
c. 1200 BCE Battle of Gibeah
Battle of Aphek
c. 1084 BC Battle of Mizpah
c. 1020 BC Battle of the Wood of Ephraim

[United Kingdom of Israel and Judah]

c. 1010 BC Siege of Jebus

[Kingdom of Judah]

931 BC – 913 BC Jeroboam's Revolt
911 BC – 870 BC Battle of Zephath
874 BC Israelite–Aramean War
736 BC – 732 BC Syro-Ephraimite War
701 BC Sennacherib's campaign in Judah
635 BC Fall of Ashdod
626 BC – 609 BC Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
* 609 BC Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)
601 BC – 587 BC Judah's revolts against Babylon

Babylonian Province of Yehud">Yehud (Babylonian province)">Babylonian Province of Yehud

601 – 587 BCE Judah's revolts against Babylon

Persian Province of Yehud Medinata">Yehud Medinata">Persian Province of Yehud Medinata

335 – 323 BCE Wars of Alexander the Great

[Seleucid Empire]

322 BC – 275 BC Wars of the Diadochi
274 BC – 168 BC Syrian Wars
167 BC – 160 BC Maccabean Revolt

[Hasmonean Kingdom]

73 BC – 63 BC Third Mithridatic War
67 BC – 63 BC Hasmonean civil war
54 BC – 217 Roman–Parthian Wars
* 40 BC – 38 BC Pompeian–Parthian invasion of 40 BC
* 37 BC Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC)
* 36 BC Antony's Atropatene campaign

Roman Province of Judea">Judea (Roman province)">Roman Province of Judea

46 – 48 Jacob and Simon uprising
66 – 136 Jewish–Roman wars
* 66 – 73 First Jewish–Roman War
* 115 – 117 Diaspora Revolt
** 116 – 118 Kitos War

Roman Province of Syria Palaestina">Syria Palaestina">Roman Province of Syria Palaestina

66 – 136 Jewish–Roman wars
* 132 – 136 Bar Kokhba revolt

Byzantine Province of Palaestina Prima">Palaestina Prima">Byzantine Province of Palaestina Prima

602 – 628 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
* 614 – 628 Jewish revolt against Heraclius
622 – 750 Early Muslim conquests
* 629 – 1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
** 634 – 638 Muslim conquest of the Levant

Abbasid Province of Jund Filastin">Jund Filastin">Abbasid Province of Jund Filastin

793 – 796 Qays–Yaman war (793–796)
1099–1291 Crusades
* 1099 First Crusade

[Kingdom of Jerusalem]

1095–1303 Crusades
* 1107–1110 Norwegian Crusade
* 1122–1124 Venetian Crusade
* 1145–1149 Second Crusade
* 1152–1155 Rögnvald Kali's Crusade
* 1189–1192 Third Crusade
* 1197 Crusade of 1197
* 1217–1221 Fifth Crusade
* 1228–1229 Sixth Crusade
* 1239–1241 Barons' Crusade
* 1268–1302 Fall of Outremer
* 1271–1272 Lord Edward's crusade
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1260–1323 Mongol invasions of the Levant
** 1260–1300 Mongol raids into Palestine
1256–1381 Venetian–Genoese Wars
* 1256–1270 War of Saint Sabas
1291–1399 Crusades after the fall of Acre, 1291–1399

Ottoman Eyalet of Damascus">Damascus Eyalet">Ottoman Eyalet of Damascus

1516–1517 Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17)
1703–1705 Naqib al-Ashraf revolt
1834–1835 Syrian peasant revolt (1834–1835)
* 1834 Peasants' revolt in Palestine

Ottoman Vilayet of Syria">Syria Vilayet">Ottoman Vilayet of Syria

1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1915–1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign

[Occupied Enemy Territory Administration]

1920–1948 Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine
* 1920 Battle of Tel Hai
1920 Franco-Syrian War

[Mandatory Palestine]

1918–present Israeli–Palestinian conflict
* 1920–1948 Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine
** 1936–1939 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
** 1944–1947 Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
*** 1944–1945 The Saison
** 1947–1949 1948 Palestine war
*** 1947–1948 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940–1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
** 1940–1941 Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II

[State of Israel]

1918–present Israeli–Palestinian conflict
* 1947–1949 1948 Palestine war
** 1948–1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War
* 1948–present Gaza–Israel conflict
** 1987–1993 First Intifada
** 2000–2005 Second Intifada
** 2006 2006 Gaza cross-border raid
** 2006 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict
** 2008 Operation Hot Winter
** 2008–2009 Gaza War (2008–09)
** 2010 March 2010 Israel–Gaza clashes
** 2010 2010 Gaza flotilla raid
** 2012 March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2012 2012 Gaza War
** 2014 2014 Gaza War
** 2018 November 2018 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2019 May 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2019 November 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2022 2022 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2023 May 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2023–present Gaza war
*** 2023 October 7 attacks
*** 2023–present Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* 1949–1956 Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
* 1951–1966 Reprisal operations
* 2015–2016 2015–2016 wave of violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
* 2021 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
1948–present Arab–Israeli conflict
* 1948–present Israeli–Lebanese conflict
** 1982–present Hezbollah–Israel conflict
*** 1985–2000 South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
*** 2000–2006 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict
*** 2006 2006 Lebanon War
*** 2015 January 2015 Shebaa Farms incident
*** 2023–present Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
* 1956 Suez Crisis
* 1967 Six-Day War
* 1967–1970 War of Attrition
* 1973 Yom Kippur War
* 2023–present Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
** 2023–present Red Sea crisis
** 2024 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
** 2025 Iran–Israel war
2011–present Syrian civil war
* 2011–present Spillover of the Syrian civil war
** 2012–present Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
2023 2023 Eritrean clashes in Tel Aviv

[Jordan]

1095–1303 Crusades
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1260–1323 Mongol invasions of the Levant
1834–1835 Syrian peasant revolt (1834–1835)
1905 Shoubak revolts
1910 Karak revolt
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1915–1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign
** 1916–1918 Arab Revolt
1921–1923 Kura rebellion
1923 Adwan Rebellion
1901–1934 Unification of Saudi Arabia
* 1922–1924 Ikhwan raids on Transjordan
1957 1957 alleged Jordanian military coup attempt
1948–present Arab–Israeli conflict
* 1950s – 1960s Reprisal operations
* 1964–1967 War over Water (Jordan River)
* 1967 Six-Day War
* 1967–1970 War of Attrition
* 2023–present Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
** 2023–2024 Attacks on US bases during the Gaza war
** 2024 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
1970–1971 Black September
2011–present Syrian civil war
* 2011–present Spillover of the Syrian civil war
** 2012–2018 Jordanian–Syrian border incidents during the Syrian civil war

[Kuwait]

[Lebanon]

629–1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
* 752–760 Mount Lebanon revolts of 752 and 759
694 Battle of Amioun
1095–1303 Crusades
* 1107–1110 Norwegian Crusade
* 1271–1272 Lord Edward's crusade
1292–1305 Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305)
1367 Battle of Tripoli (1367)
1383 Battle of Beirut (1383)
1403 Boucicaut's expedition to the Levant (1403)
1520 Battle of Beirut (1520)
1623 Battle of Anjar
1658–1667 Druze power struggle (1658–1667)
1771 Battle of Lake Huleh (1771)
1834–1835 Syrian peasant revolt (1834–1835)
* 1834–1835 Alawite revolt (1834–1835)
1838 1838 Druze revolt
1860 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus
1925–1927 Great Syrian Revolt
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940–1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
** 1941 Syria–Lebanon campaign
1945 Levant Crisis
1948–present Arab–Israeli conflict
* 1948–1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War
* 1948–present Israeli–Lebanese conflict
** 1968–1982 Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
** 2010 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash
** 2013 Hanikra border clash
* 1982–present Hezbollah–Israel conflict
** 1985–2000 South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
** 2000–2006 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict
** 2006 2006 Lebanon War
** 2015 January 2015 Shebaa Farms incident
** 2023–present Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
*** 2023–present Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
**** 2024–present 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
*** 2024 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
1958 Lebanon Crisis
1961 1961 Lebanese coup attempt
1975–1991 Lebanese Civil War
* 1982 1982 Lebanon War
1976–2015 Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict
1999–2000 Dinnieh clashes
2007 2007 Lebanon conflict
2008 2008 Lebanon War
2011–present Syrian civil war
* 2011–2017 Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
2021 2021 Beirut clashes
2023 2023 Ain al-Hilweh clashes
2025 2025 Beirut riots

[Oman]

[Palestine]

336–323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great
793–796 Qays–Yaman war (793–796)
1095–1303 Crusades
* 1096–1099 First Crusade
* 1107–1110 Norwegian Crusade
* 1122–1124 Venetian Crusade
* 1145–1149 Second Crusade
* 1152–1155 Rögnvald Kali's Crusade
* 1189–1192 Third Crusade
* 1197 Crusade of 1197
* 1217–1221 Fifth Crusade
* 1228–1229 Sixth Crusade
* 1239–1241 Barons' Crusade
* 1268–1302 Fall of Outremer
* 1271–1272 Lord Edward's crusade
1834–1835 Syrian peasant revolt (1834–1835)
* 1834 Peasants' revolt in Palestine
late 19th century – present Israeli–Palestinian conflict
* 1920–1948 Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine
** 1936–1939 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
** 1944–1947 Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
*** 1944–1945 The Saison
** 1947–1949 1948 Palestine war
*** 1947–1948 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
*** 1948–1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War
* 1948–present Gaza–Israel conflict
** 1987–1993 First Intifada
** 2000–2005 Second Intifada
** 2001–present Salafi jihadist insurgency in the Gaza Strip
** 2009 Battle of Rafah (2009)
** 2006–present Fatah-Hamas conflict
*** 2007 Battle of Gaza (2007)
*** 2009 2009 Hamas political violence in Gaza
** 2006 2006 Gaza cross-border raid
** 2006 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict
** 2006 2006 Israeli operation in Beit Hanoun
** 2008 Operation Hot Winter
** 2008–2009 Gaza War (2008–09)
** 2010 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash
** 2010 March 2010 Israel–Gaza clashes
** 2010 2010 Gaza flotilla raid
** 2012 March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2012 2012 Gaza War
** 2014 2014 Gaza War
** 2018–2019 2018–2019 Gaza border protests
** 2018 November 2018 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2019 May 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2019 November 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2022 2022 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2023 May 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes
** 2023–present Gaza war
*** 2023–present Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
*** 2023–present Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
*** 2024–present Hamas–Popular Forces conflict
* 1949–1956 Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
* 1951–1966 Reprisal operations
* 2006 Operation Bringing Home the Goods
* 2015–2016 2015–2016 wave of violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
* 2021 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
* 2022–present Palestinian Authority–West Bank militias conflict
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1915–1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign
1948–present Arab–Israeli conflict
* 1956 Suez Crisis
* 1967 Six-Day War
* 2023–present Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
** 2024 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
** 2025 Iran–Israel war

[Qatar]

1811 Battle of Khakeekera
1867–1868 Qatari–Bahraini War
1881–1893 Qatari–Abu Dhabi War
1893 Battle of Al Wajbah
1937 1937 Qatari–Bahraini conflict
1972 1972 Qatari coup d'état
1995 1995 Qatari coup d'état
1996 1996 Qatari coup attempt
2023–present Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
* 2025 Iran–Israel war
* 2025 2025 Israeli attack on Doha

[Saudi Arabia]

Muslim conquests">Early Muslim conquests">Muslim conquests

623–632 List of expeditions of Muhammad
632–633 Ridda wars

[Rashidun Caliphate]

656–661 First Fitna

[Umayyad Caliphate]

680–692 Second Fitna
743–750 Third Fitna

[Abbasid Caliphate]

762–763 Alid Revolt (762–763)
786 Battle of Fakhkh

[First Saudi state]

1811–1818 Ottoman–Wahhabi War

Second Saudi state">Emirate of Nejd">Second Saudi state

[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]

1901–1934 Unification of Saudi Arabia
* 1903–1907 Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907)
* 1915–1918 Second Saudi-Rashidi War
* 1918–1919 First Saudi–Hashemite War
* 1919–1920 Kuwait–Najd War
* 1921 Conquest of Ha'il
* 1924–1925 Saudi conquest of Hejaz
* 1927–1930 Ikhwan Revolt
* 1934 Saudi–Yemeni War (1934)
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940–1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
** 1940 Bombing of Bahrain in World War II
1969 Al-Wadiah War
1979 Grand Mosque seizure
1979–2023 Qatif conflict
1991 Gulf War
* 1991 Gulf War air campaign
2004–2014 Houthi insurgency
* 2009–2010 Operation Scorched Earth
2005 Ar Rass raids
2014–present Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
* 2015–present Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
** 2015–present Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
2023–present Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
* 2023–present Red Sea crisis

[Syria]

[Neo-Assyrian Empire]

c. 1235 BC Babylonian–Assyrian War of 1235 BCE
c. 1206 BC – c. 1150 BC Late Bronze Age collapse
* c. 1190 BC Destruction of Ugarit
856–732 BC Assyrian conquest of Aram
736–732 BC Syro-Ephraimite War
605 BC Battle of Carchemish
605 BC Battle of Hamath

[Seleucid Empire]

322–281 BC Wars of the Diadochi
274–168 BC Syrian Wars

[Roman Syria]

[Abbasid Caliphate]

[County of Tripoli]

1201–1219 War of the Antiochene Succession

[Ayyubid Sultanate]

[Mamluk Sultanate]

1260–1323 Mongol invasions of the Levant
1280 Battle of al-Jassora
1302 Fall of Ruad
1386 Zahiri Revolt
1400 Sack of Aleppo (1400)

[Ottoman Syria]

1516 Massacre of the Telal
1658–1667 Druze power struggle (1658–1667)
1711 Battle of Ain Dara
1818 Catholic–Orthodox clash in Aleppo (1818)
1831–1833 Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833)
1834–1835 Syrian peasant revolt (1834–1835)
* 1834–1835 Alawite revolt (1834–1835)
1838 1838 Druze revolt
1850 Massacre of Aleppo (1850)
1860 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus
1909–1910 Hauran Druze Rebellion

[French Mandate of Syria]

1919–1921 Alawite revolt of 1919
1920 Franco-Syrian War
1920–1921 Hananu Revolt
1925–1927 Great Syrian Revolt
1939–1945 World War II
* 1940–1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
** 1941 Syria–Lebanon campaign
1945 Levant Crisis

[Syrian Arab Republic]

1921–present Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* 1978–2025 Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
1947 1947 anti-Jewish riots in Aleppo
1948–1979 Arab–Israeli conflict
* 1967 Six-Day War
* 1973 Yom Kippur War
1949 March 1949 Syrian coup d'état
1949 August 1949 Syrian coup d'état
1949 December 1949 Syrian coup d'état
1951 1951 Syrian coup d'état
1954 1954 Syrian coup d'état
1957 Syrian Crisis of 1957
1961 1961 Syrian coup d'état
1962 1962 Syrian coup d'état attempt
1963 1963 Syrian coup d'état
1964 1964 Hama riot
1966 1966 Syrian coup d'état
1970 Corrective Movement (Syria)
1976–1982 Islamist uprising in Syria
1984 1984 Syrian coup attempt
1979–2024 Assadist-Saddamist conflict
2004 2004 Qamishli riots
2007 Operation Outside the Box
2011–present Syrian civil war
* 2011–2024 Syrian revolution
* 2011–2012 Early insurgency phase of the Syrian civil war
* 2011 – present Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
* 2012–2013 2012–2013 escalation of the Syrian civil war
* 2011 – present Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War
** 2016–2017 Operation Euphrates Shield
** 2017–2024 Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate
** 2018 Operation Olive Branch
** 2019 2019 Turkish offensive into northeastern Syria
** 2024–2025 Turkish–Syrian National Army offensive in Northern Syria (2024–2025)
* 2012–2016 Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)
* 2012–present Rojava conflict
* 2014–present War against the Islamic State
* 2014–present US intervention in the Syrian civil war
* 2015 Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)
* 2015 Palmyra offensive (May 2015)
* 2015–2024 Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
* 2018–2019 Idlib demilitarization (2018–2019)
* 2019 Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)
* 2019–2020 Northwestern Syria offensive (2019–2020)
* 2024 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
* 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present)
* 2024–present Western Syria clashes
* 2025–present Druze insurgency in Southern Syria (2025–present)
* 2025–present SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes (2025–present)
2023–present Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
** 2024 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
** 2025 Iran–Israel war

[Turkey]

[Hittite Empire]

c. 1400 – c. 1350 BC Hittite Wars of Survival
c. 1312 BC Battle of Ganuvara
c. 13 century BC Battle of Nihriya
c. 1260 BC – c. 1240 BC Trojan War

[Lydian Empire]

585 BC Battle of Halys

[Achaemenid Empire]

547 BC Battle of Pteria
547 BC Battle of Thymbra
547 BC Siege of Sardis (547 BC)
499–449 BC Greco-Persian Wars
* 499–493 BC Ionian Revolt
* 492–490 BC First Persian invasion of Greece
* 480–478 BC Second Persian invasion of Greece
* 477–449 BC Wars of the Delian League
431–404 BC Peloponnesian War

[Macedonian Empire]

335–323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great

[Seleucid Empire]

322–275 BC Wars of the Diadochi
238–129 BC Seleucid–Parthian wars
201–200 BC War of the Armenian Succession (201–200 BC)

[Roman Republic]

192–188 BC Roman–Syrian War
54 BC – 628 AD Roman–Persian wars

[Kingdom of Pontus]

[Roman Empire]

Kingdom of Armenia">Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Kingdom of Armenia

50–55 Iberian–Armenian War
54 BC – 217 AD Roman–Parthian Wars
* 58–63 Roman–Parthian War of 58–63
54 BC – 628 AD Roman–Persian Wars
* 337–361 Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
** 350 Shapur II's invasion of Armenia (350)
335–336 Sanesan invasion of Armenia (335–336)
363–371 Armeno-Sasanian War of 363–371

[Byzantine Empire]

421–628 Byzantine–Sasanian wars
* 421–422 Roman–Sasanian War (421–422)
* 502–506 Anastasian War
* 526–532 Iberian War
* 572–591 Roman–Persian War of 572–591
* 602–628 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
532 Nika riots
559 Battle by the Anastasian Wall (559)
559 Battle of Melantias
629–1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
* 717–718 Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
639–661 Muslim conquest of Armenia
680–1355 Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
* 894–896 Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896
* 913–927 Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927
* 968–971 Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria
702–703 Battle of Vardanakert
775–819 Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus'
775 Battle of Bagrevand
860 Siege of Constantinople (860)
907 Rus'–Byzantine War (907)
941 – 944 Rus'–Byzantine War (941–944)
1042 Battle of Ani
1043 Rus'–Byzantine War (1043)
1057 Battle of Petroe
1081–1185 Komnenian restoration
* 1091 Battle of Levounion
1182 Massacre of the Latins
1220s–1240s Mongol invasion of Europe
* 1242 Mongol invasion of the Latin Empire
* 1263 Mongol invasion of Byzantine Thrace
1256–1381 Venetian–Genoese Wars
* 1350–1355 War of the Straits
1321–1328 Byzantine civil war of 1321–28

[Seljuk Empire]

1012–1199 Georgian–Shaddadid wars
1064–1213 Georgian–Seljuk wars
1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuk wars
1064–1213 Georgian–Seljuk wars
1090–1194 Nizari–Seljuk conflicts
1206–1368 Mongol invasions and conquests
* 1220–1236 Mongol invasions of Georgia

[Sultanate of Rum]

1095–1291 The Crusades
* 1095–1099 First Crusade
** 1096 People's Crusade
* 1101 Crusade of 1101
* 1145–1149 Second Crusade
* 1189–1192 Third Crusade
* 1202–1204 Fourth Crusade
1048–1308 Byzantine–Seljuq wars
1240–1241 Babai revolt

[Cilician Armenia]

1111 Siege of Zovk
1152 Battle of Mamistra
1201–1219 War of the Antiochene Succession
1266 Battle of Mari
1276 Second Battle of Sarvandik'ar
1292 Siege of Rumkale
1315 Siege of Malatya (1315)
1375 Fall of Sis

[Latin Empire]

1204–1261 Bulgarian–Latin wars
* 1205 Battle of Adrianople (1205)
* 1206 Battle of Rodosto
* 1206 Battle of Rusion
* 1235 Siege of Constantinople (1235)
1204–1261 Struggle for Constantinople (1204–1261)

[Ottoman Empire]

1265–1479 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
* 1459 Fall of Constantinople
1291–1399 Crusades after the fall of Acre, 1291–1399
* 1343–1351 Smyrniote crusades
1312–1918 Serbian–Ottoman wars
1345–1396 Bulgarian–Ottoman wars
1366–1526 Hungarian–Ottoman Wars
1396–1718 Ottoman–Venetian wars
* 1416 Battle of Gallipoli (1416)
* 1463–1479 Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)
1446 Buçuktepe rebellion
1511 Şahkulu rebellion
1519–1648 Celali rebellions
1526 Baba Zünnun Rebellion
1527 Kalender Çelebi rebellion
1543 Battle of Karagak
1543 Battle of Sokhoista
1589 Beylerbeyi event
1624–1628 Abaza rebellion
1648 Atmeydanı incident
1656 Çınar incident
1703 Edirne Incident
1806 1806 Edirne incident
1807–1808 Ottoman coups of 1807–1808
1821 Constantinople massacre of 1821
1826 Auspicious Incident
1843–1846 1843 and 1846 massacres in Hakkari
1853–1856 Crimean War
1876 1876 Ottoman coup d'état
1878 Çırağan incident
1894 1894 Sasun rebellion
1894–1897 Hamidian massacres
* 1895–1896 Zeitun rebellion (1895–96)
* 1896 Defense of Van (1896)
* 1897 Khanasor Expedition
1896 Occupation of the Ottoman Bank
1897 Greco-Turkish War (1897)
1904 1904 Sasun uprising
1907 Bitlis uprising (1907)
1908 Young Turk Revolution
1909 31 March Incident
1912 1912 Ottoman coup d'état
1912–1913 Balkan Wars
* 1913 Second Balkan War
1913 1913 Ottoman coup d'état
1914 Bitlis uprising (1914)
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1914–1918 Caucasus campaign
** 1915–1916 Gallipoli campaign
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
* 1917–1921 Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
** 1918–1920 Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)
1919–1923 Turkish War of Independence
* 1918–1923 Anglo-Turkish War
* 1918–1922 Franco-Turkish War
* 1919–1922 Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
* 1920 Turkish invasion of Armenia
* 1920–1921 Revolts during the Turkish War of Independence
1921–present Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* 1921 Koçgiri rebellion

[Republic of Turkey]

1921–present Kurdish–Turkish conflict
* 1924 Beytüşşebab rebellion
* 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion
* 1927–1930 Ararat rebellion
* 1978–2025 Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
** 2015–2025 Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
* 1983–present Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency
1936–1953 Turkish Straits crisis
1960 1960 Turkish coup d'état
1962 1962 Turkish coup attempt
1963 1963 Turkish coup attempt
1968–1980 Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)
* 1980 1980 Turkish coup d'état
1971 1971 Turkish military memorandum
1972–present Maoist insurgency in Turkey
* 1990–present DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
1986 Evros River incident
1993 1993 alleged Turkish military coup
1996 Imia crisis
1997 1997 Turkish military memorandum
2013–present AKP–Gülen movement conflict
* 2016 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
* 2016–present Purges in Turkey (2016–present)
2013–present Turkey–Islamic State conflict

[United Arab Emirates]

632 – 633 Ridda Wars
1809 Persian Gulf campaign of 1809
1819 Persian Gulf campaign of 1819
1881–1893 Qatari–Abu Dhabi War
1922 1922 Dhabyani coup d'état
1926 1926 Dhabyani coup d'état
1928 1928 Dhabyani coup d'état
1952–1955 Buraimi dispute
1954–1955 1954-1955 Dhabyani coup attempt
1965 1965 Sharjawi coup d'état
1966 1966 Dhabyani coup d'état
1971 Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs
1972 1972 Sharjawi coup d'état attempt
1987 1987 Sharjawi coup attempt
2011 2011 Dhabyani coup attempt
2014–present Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

[Yemen]

518–525 Aksumite invasion of Himyar
570–578 Aksumite–Persian wars
* 570 Battle of Hadhramaut
* 570 Siege of Sanaa (570)
* 575–578 Sasanian reconquest of Yemen
632–633 Ridda wars
744–750 Third Fitna
* 747–748 Ibadi revolt
1523 Battle of Ash-Shihr (1523)
1531 Battle of al-Shihr (1531)
1548 Battle of al-Shihr (1548)
1909–1910 Zaraniq rebellion (1909–1910)
1914–1918 World War I
* 1914–1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
** 1914–1919 Campaign in South Arabia
1925–1929 Zaraniq rebellion (1925–1929)
1931 1931 Saudi–Yemeni border skirmish
1931–1932 Najran conflict
1934 Saudi–Yemeni war (1934)
1948 al-Waziri coup
1955 1955 Yemeni coup attempt
1956–1960 Yemeni–Adenese clan violence
1962–1970 North Yemen Civil War
1963–1967 Aden Emergency
1967 1967 North Yemen coup d'état
1969 Al-Wadiah War
1972 First Yemenite War
1974 June 13 Corrective Movement
1978–1982 NDF Rebellion
1979 Second Yemenite War
1986 South Yemeni crisis
1994 Yemeni civil war (1994)
1995 Hanish Islands conflict
1998–present Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
2002–present US airstrikes on Yemen
2004–2014 Houthi insurgency
* 2009–2010 Operation Scorched Earth
2009–present South Yemen insurgency
2011–2012 Yemeni revolution
* 2011 Battle of Sanaa (2011)
* 2011 Battle of Taiz
2014–present Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
* 2015–ongoing Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
** 2015–present Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
2023–present Red Sea crisis
* 2024 2024 Iran–Israel conflict