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The Ninvite War (Gharbaic: حرب نينوى, Harb Nynwa; Tamashek: ⴰⵎⵢⴻⵔ ⵏⵉⵏⵠⴰ, Amyer Ninva) was an armed conflict in eastern and central Scipia between the Charnean Army and an alliance of paramilitary forces led by the Fahrani-backed Hatha. The conflict formally began with the Hatha's 19 December 1975 declaration of Hatherian independence and was concluded 10 years 9 months and 5 days later with the 24 September 1986 negotiated surrender of the Hatha with the Treaty of New Tyria. However, the actual duration of the conflict is highly disputed, with many pointing to the initial outbreak of violent inter-ethnic struggle across east Charnea in the wake of the 1965 al-Kira basin drought as the true start of the conflict, while the Hatha surrender in 1986 triggered a splintering of the force into various factions which continued to fight the Charnean Army well into the 1990s. The Ninvite War was primarily fought to the eastern Ninva desert from which it would derive its name, with the majority of direct contact between belligerent groups being confined within Charnean borders. However, the war would draw in many regional and global powers seeking to gain strategic advantages by influencing the outcome of the war. Asymmetric operations and terrorist action would also be conducted by both sides of the conflict well outside the defined conflict zone and across international boundaries. The Ninvite War is considered to be both a civil war within Charnea as well as a proxy conflict between Charnea and the ideologically pan-Gharbaic regime of Sabir Afzal Rahmani in Fahran, escalating to the level of an undeclared interstate war between Charnea and Fahran at the height of the conflict. Besides the commitment of their Fahrani allies, the Hatha would also receive material and financial support from a host of countries including Alanahr, Kembesa, Vardana, Yisrael and Latium to varying degrees. The Charnean government by contrast was generally decried by the international community, militarily supported by the Itayana Solar Autocracy and the Amayana Makgato Federation and materially supported by Elatia and the Mutul, both traditional enemies of the Latin-led community rallying against Charnea diplomatically. The Charnean regime would also be the target of official sanctions from the Forum of Nations and the subject of an international arms embargo, both of which would leave a lasting stain on Charnea's international reputation.

The devastation of the Ninvite War would leave an indelible mark on the East Scipian region. Between 900,000 and 2 million were killed in the war including both military and civilian dead, with between 3 and 5 million being displaced. The region of Hatheria in eastern Charnea, which played host to most of the direct conflict of the Ninvite War, has been affected by a lasting depopulation and still remains beneath the threshold of the pre-war figure of 2.2 million from the 1964 census to the present day. In many cases, local residents fled to escape the fighting and never returned, re-settling in other countries or in other parts of Charnea. Hatheria has therefore consistently existed in an economically depressed state since the end of the war. The political fallout of the war also contributed to the collapse of the Rahmani regime in Fahran, as well as the multiple Charnean debt crises which have had major ripple effects in domestic Charnean politics through the decades. The Ninvite War is remembered around the world as one of the bloodiest and most protracted wars of the later 20th century.