Editing Declaration of war (section)

===Declared wars since 1945===
Declarations of war, while uncommon in the traditional sense, have mainly been limited to the conflict areas of the [[Western Asia]] and [[East Africa]] since 1945. Additionally, some small states have unilaterally declared war on major world powers such as the United States or Russia when faced with a hostile invasion and/or occupation. The following is a list of declarations of war (or the existence of war) by one sovereign state against another since the end of World War II in 1945. Only declarations that occurred in the context of a direct military conflict are included.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | War(s)
! rowspan="2" | Date
! rowspan="2" | Titled
! colspan="2" | Belligerents
! rowspan="2" | Ended
! rowspan="2" | References
|-
! Declaring party
! Opponent
|-
| rowspan="3"| {{unbulleted list
  | [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|Arab–Israeli War]] (1948–49)
  | [[Suez Crisis]] (1956)
  | [[Six-Day War]] (1967)
  | [[War of Attrition]] (1967–70)
  | [[Yom Kippur War]] (1973)
  }}
| rowspan="3"| 15 May 1948
| rowspan="7" | Declaration of war
| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Egypt}} [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]]
| rowspan="4" | {{flag|Israel}}
| [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty|26 March 1979]]
| rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite book|title=Six Days of War|author=Michael Oren|publisher=Random House Ballantine Publishing Group|location=New York|year=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/sixdaysofwarjune0000oren_u3x7/page/5 5]|isbn=0-345-46192-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/sixdaysofwarjune0000oren_u3x7/page/5}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Jordan}}
| [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty|26 October 1994]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Syria|1932}} [[Syria]], {{flagicon|Kingdom of Iraq}} [[Iraq]], {{flag|Lebanon}}
| ''Still technically at war''
|-
|[[Six-Day War]] (1967)
|June 1967
|{{flagicon|Mauritania}}[[Mauritania]]
|1991
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Bed With Phillip - 20 Years of Late Night Live - War and its Legacy - Amos Oz |url=https://www.abc.net.au/rn/features/inbedwithphillip/episodes/151-amos-oz/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=April 2024}}
|-
| [[Ogaden War]]
| 13 July 1977
| {{flag|Somalia}}
| {{flagicon|Ethiopia|1975}} [[Derg|Ethiopia]]
| 15 March 1978
|
|-
| [[Uganda–Tanzania War]]
| 2 November 1978
| {{flag|Tanzania}}
| {{flag|Uganda}}
| 3 June 1979
| <ref>{{cite thesis |last= Kamazima|first= Switbert Rwechungura|date= 2004|title= Borders, boundaries, peoples, and states : a comparative analysis of post-independence Tanzania-Uganda border regions|type= PhD|publisher= University of Minnesota|oclc= 62698476|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kkIag9gBxacC|page = 167}}</ref>
|-
| [[Iran–Iraq War]]
| 22 September 1980
| {{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} [[Iraq]]
| {{flag|Iran}}
| 20 July 1988
|<ref>{{cite web |author=Robert Cowley |year=1996 |title=Iran-Iraq War |url=http://www.history.com/topics/iran-iraq-war |publisher=History.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[United States invasion of Panama]]
| 15 December 1989
| rowspan="6" | Existence of a state of war
| {{flag|Panama}}
| {{flag|United States}}
| 31 January 1990
| <ref>{{cite magazine|title=Did Noriega declare war?|author=Theodore Draper|magazine=New York Review of Books |url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1990/mar/29/did-noriega-declare-war/?pagination=false|date=29 March 1990}}</ref>
|-
| [[Eritrean–Ethiopian War]]
| 14 May 1998
| {{flag|Ethiopia|1996}}
| {{flag|Eritrea}}
| [[Algiers Agreement (2000)|12 December 2000]]
| <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/107985.stm World: Africa Eritrea: 'Ethiopia pursues total war']. [[BBC News]]. 6 June 1998.</ref>
|-
| [[Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)|Chadian Civil War]]
| 23 December 2005
| {{flag|Chad}}
| {{flag|Sudan}}
| 15 January 2010
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Call to ease Chad-Sudan tension|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4559254.stm|date=25 December 2005}}</ref>
|-
| [[Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict]]
| 13 June 2008
| {{flag|Djibouti}}
| {{flag|Eritrea}}
| 6 June 2010
| <ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7453063.stm | work=BBC News | title=France backing Djibouti in 'war' | date=13 June 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Russo-Georgian War]]
| 9 August 2008
| {{flag|Georgia}}
| {{flag|Russia}} 
| 16 August 2008
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia declares 'state of war' over South Ossetia|work=The Guardian|author=Peter Walker|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/09/georgia.russia2|date=9 August 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Heglig Crisis]]
| 11 April 2012
| {{flag|Sudan}}
| {{flag|South Sudan}}
| 26 May 2012
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Sudan declares war on South Sudan|author=Scott Baldauf|publisher=Christian Science Monitor|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Keep-Calm/2012/0419/Sudan-declares-war-on-South-Sudan-Will-this-draw-in-East-Africa-and-China-video|date=19 April 2012}}</ref>
|-
|[[Anglophone Crisis]]
|4 December 2017
|Declaration of war
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{Flag|Ambazonia}}
|''Still at war''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sixtus |first=Mbom |date=4 December 2017 |title=Cameroon government 'declares war' on secessionist rebels |url=https://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2017/12/04/cameroon-government-declares-war-secessionist-rebels |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421162931/https://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2017/12/04/cameroon-government-declares-war-secessionist-rebels |archive-date=21 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]]
| 27 September 2020
|Existence of a state of war
| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
| {{flag|Armenia}}
| [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement|10 November 2020]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaijan declares state of war in some cities, regions|author=Ruslan Rehimov|publisher=Anadolu Agency|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/azerbaijan-declares-state-of-war-in-some-cities-regions/1987528/|date=27 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[Second Western Sahara War]]
| 14 November 2020
| Declaration of war
| {{flag|SADR}}
| {{flag|Morocco}}
| ''Still at war''
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/western-sahara-end-independence-truce-morocco-b97f386e-6ca3-45fb-aefe-13656f37f54d.html|title = Western Sahara independence group declares war on Morocco| date=14 November 2020 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Gaza war]]
| 7 October 2023 {{Disputed inline|date=September 2024}}
|Existence of a state of war
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| {{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg}} [[Hamas]]
|''Still at war''
| <ref>{{Cite web |first1=Hadas |last1=Gold |first2=Shirin |last2=Faqiri |first3=Helen |last3=Regan |first4=Jessie |last4=Yeung |first5=Caitlin |last5=Hu |date=8 October 2023 |title=Israel formally declares war against Hamas as it battles to push militants off its soil |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/08/middleeast/israel-gaza-attack-hostages-response-intl-hnk/ |access-date=9 October 2023 |website=CNN |language=en-US}}</ref>
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