List of proxy wars

This is a list of proxy wars.

Colonial Era[]

Conflict	Dates
Abyssinian–Adal war	1529–1543	Portuguese Empire	Ottoman Empire
American Revolutionary War	1775-1783	France Spain	Kingdom of Great Britain
Second Samoan Civil War	1898–1899	United States United Kingdom	German Empire

Inter-war Period[]

Conflict	Dates
Finnish Civil War	1918	German Empire	Russian SFSR
Spanish Civil War	1936–1939	Nazi Germany Kingdom of Italy	Soviet Union Mexico

Cold War and aftermath[]

Conflict	Dates
Greek Civil War	1946–1949	United States United Kingdom	Soviet Union Yugoslavia
First Indochina War	1946–1954	France United States	Soviet Union People's Republic of China
Malayan Emergency	1948–1960	United Kingdom	Soviet Union
Arab-Israeli Conflict	1948–present	United States United Kingdom France West Germany	Soviet Union Cuba Pakistan
Korean War	1950–1953	United States United Kingdom United Nations	Soviet Union People's Republic of China
Suez Crisis	1956–1957	United Kingdom France	Soviet Union
1959 Tibetan uprising	1959–1973	United States Republic of China Nepal	Soviet Union People's Republic of China
Laotian Civil War	1953–1975	United States	Soviet Union People's Republic of China
Vietnam War	1957–1975	United States	Soviet Union People's Republic of China North Korea Cuba
Guatemalan Civil War	1960–1996	United States	Soviet Union
Congo Crisis	1960–1965	United States	Soviet Union
Bay of Pigs Invasion	1961	United States	Soviet Union
Portuguese Colonial War	1961- 1974	Portugal South Africa NATO	Soviet Union People's Republic of China United States
Cuban Missile Crisis	1962	United States	Soviet Union
Nigerian Civil War	1967-1970	United Kingdom Soviet Union United States	South Africa Portugal France
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	1971	United States	Soviet Union
Angolan Civil War	1974–2002	United States People's Republic of China South Africa	Soviet Union Cuba
Libyan-Egyptian War	1977	United States	Soviet Union
Ogaden War	1977–1978	United States United Kingdom People's Republic of China	Soviet Union Cuba Libya Israel
Cambodian-Vietnamese War	1977-1991	People's Republic of China	Soviet Union
Afghan-Soviet War	1979–1989	United States United Kingdom People's Republic of China Pakistan Saudi Arabia	Soviet Union
Nicaraguan Civil War	1979–1990	United States	Soviet Union^{[citation needed]}
Sino-Vietnamese War	1979	People's Republic of China	Soviet Union

Second Cold War[]

Conflict	Dates
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict^[1]	1988–present	Azerbaijan United States Turkey European Union	Armenia Greece Russia
Georgian-Ossetian conflict^[1]	1989–present	Georgia NATO	Russia
Abkhaz–Georgian conflict^[1]	1989–present	Georgia NATO	Russia
Russo-Georgian War	2008	Georgia	Russia
Syrian civil war^[2]	2011–present	Saudi Arabia Qatar^[3] United States^[3] Turkey Libya European Union	Iran^[3] Russia Iraq
2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine	2014–present	Ukraine United States European Union	Russia

Middle Eastern conflicts[]

Conflict	Dates
Arab-Israeli Conflict	after 1991	Israel United Kingdom United States Saudi Arabia	Iran Syria Qatar
North Yemen Civil War	1962–1970	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Republic
Western Sahara War	1975–1991	United States France	Algeria Libya
War in Afghanistan	2001–present	United States United Kingdom India	Pakistan^{[citation needed]}
Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)^[4]	2003-2011	United States	Iran
Shia insurgency in Yemen	2004–present	United States Saudi Arabia Jordan Morocco	Iran
Israel-Iran proxy conflict	2006–present	Israel	Iran
2006 Lebanon War	2006 (part of Israel-Iran proxy conflict)	Israel	Iran
Gaza War	2008–2009 (part of Israel-Iran proxy conflict)	Israel	Iran
Syrian civil war^[2]	2011–present	Saudi Arabia^{[citation needed]} Qatar^[3] United States^[3] Turkey^{[citation needed]} Libya United Kingdom France	Iran^[3] Russia^{[citation needed]} Iraq
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)	2011–present	Iraq Iran Syria Russia United States	Saudi Arabia Qatar Turkey
2014 Libyan Civil War	2014–present	Turkey Qatar Sudan	Egypt United Arab Emirates
Operation Protective Edge	2014	Israel Egypt United States^[5]	Iran Qatar Turkey

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6 /14/patrick_cockburn_on_us_plans_to
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/14/patrick_cockburn_on_us_plans_to
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 "Patrick Cockburn on U.S. Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons?" (mp4). Democracy Now!
:JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And the concerns in some circles that this is really developing into a proxy war with Iran and Hezbollah, rather than actually trying to deal with the situation internally within Syria? :PATRICK COCKBURN: Yeah, it already has turned into a proxy war. You can see that with—Hezbollah and Iran were involved, but also the U.S. was—had already combined with Qatar to send weapons. Qatar has sent up to $3 billion to the rebels, 70 loads of flights of weapons, organized by—with the CIA.. June 14, 2013. http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/14/patrick_cockburn_on_us_plans_to. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
↑ Cooper, Helene. "Iran Fighting Proxy War in Iraq, U.S. Envoy Says". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/world/middleeast/12policy.html?_r=0. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
↑ "US condemns shelling of UN school in Gaza but restocks Israeli ammunition". The Guardian. July 31, 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/us-firm-condemnation-shelling-un-school-gaza. Retrieved August 2, 2014. "The Pentagon confirmed a CNN report that the US had recently provided Israel with a shipment of ammunition. [...] Two of the requested munitions were sourced from a secret stockpile the US keeps in Israel for emergencies."

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[democracynow.org-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6 /14/patrick_cockburn_on_us_plans_to

[ReferenceA-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/14/patrick_cockburn_on_us_plans_to

[dm-14-06-2013-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 "Patrick Cockburn on U.S. Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons?" (mp4). Democracy Now!
:JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And the concerns in some circles that this is really developing into a proxy war with Iran and Hezbollah, rather than actually trying to deal with the situation internally within Syria? :PATRICK COCKBURN: Yeah, it already has turned into a proxy war. You can see that with—Hezbollah and Iran were involved, but also the U.S. was—had already combined with Qatar to send weapons. Qatar has sent up to $3 billion to the rebels, 70 loads of flights of weapons, organized by—with the CIA.. June 14, 2013. http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/14/patrick_cockburn_on_us_plans_to. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

[4] Cooper, Helene. "Iran Fighting Proxy War in Iraq, U.S. Envoy Says". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/world/middleeast/12policy.html?_r=0. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[5] "US condemns shelling of UN school in Gaza but restocks Israeli ammunition". The Guardian. July 31, 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/us-firm-condemnation-shelling-un-school-gaza. Retrieved August 2, 2014. "The Pentagon confirmed a CNN report that the US had recently provided Israel with a shipment of ammunition. [...] Two of the requested munitions were sourced from a secret stockpile the US keeps in Israel for emergencies."

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