Khezi-Vanoshan Border Conflict

Khezi-Vanoshan Border Conflict
Khezi vacan patrolling the border zone post-ceasefire in October 2011
Date August 26, 2011 - September 29, 2011 Location Border region of Khezan and Vanosha, Vaniua Result Khezi Victory
Belligerents
Vanosha	Khezan
Commanders and leaders
Regent Dvaric Baveče General Agosa Vopyeče	Prime Minister Atava Ceirzireiẓ Az General Gelakaẓ Careẓ ha Zur Vac.General Esi Iameiẓ Úz General Dove Vanayes
Strength
61,500 soldiers (including cca. 49,000 not participating) 19,000 Yəžirće Militia 450 armored vehicles 165 aircraft	71,500 soldiers (including cca. 45,000 not participating) 25,000 Vacan militia 675 armored vehicles 250 aircraft cca. 21 aircraft
Casualties and losses
761 killed 4,007 wounded 34 armored vehicles destroyed 41 aircraft destroyed	310 killed 3,592 wounded 11 armored vehicles destroyed 29 aircraft destroyed 2 aircraft destroyed
Estimated over 600 civilians were killed and around 25,000 were displaced or injured

The Khezi-Vanosha border conflict was a 33 day long armed conflict fought between Vanosha and Khezan over several border villages and their jurisdictions. It was fought by the Khezan armed forces with the support of Vosan's airforce which controlled the village of Buraba, also known as Mačevá in Vanoshan, and the Vanoshan army. The conflict saw its origins in two prior incidents involving militia on both sides. The first incident was in January 8, 2010 with the second taking place earlier on the year on May 17, 2011. It was the latest escalation over the ownership of the villages of Buraba/Mačevá, Siora/Vórebiče, and Qeva/Viśmo which were within the zone of contest. The villages of Buraba and Qeva were originally on the Vanoshan side of the Kérośe stream, until sometime in the 1980s where a storm had flooded the region and diverted the stream which originally demarcated the border. Siora was built on the original stream and 60% of the village lived on the Khezan side whereas the other on the Vanoshan side.

The conflict was relatively brief, resulting in a Khezi victory and later, Atava Ceirzireiẓ Az's electoral victory early next year. Peace talks were later mediated when Lenezan diplomatically intervened with the support of various other Vaniuan countries seeking to prevent a greater conflict. A ceasefire was declared on September 29, 2011, with a resulting peace treaty signed on March 18, 2014 after both sides came to new terms detailing new borders based on a GPS reference, instead of geographical features which could sometimes change in the region.