of Gibraltar. separating
North and
South Vietnam in 1969 , 24 September 2019 •
El Caguán DMZ – A demilitarized zone was established in southern
Colombia between 1999 and 2002, during the failed
peace process that involved the Government of
President Andrés Pastrana and the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). • China – The Imperial Japanese Army conquered
Manchuria between September 1931 and February 1932, when they proclaimed the region the state of
Manchukuo. In May 1933, the
Tanggu Truce between China and Japan was concluded, establishing a demilitarized zone between Manchukuo and China. In 1937 Japan violated this truce with an invasion of the remainder of China. In 1945, after the fall of the Japanese empire at the end of the
Asia-Pacific theater of
World War II, Manchuria was re-incorporated into China. • Ecuador – a demilitarized zone was established on 2 October 1941, after the
war between Ecuador and
Peru, which existed under
Ecuadorian administration and under the observation of neutral mediator nations: the United States, Brazil and Argentina. The DMZ was abolished in 1942, with the withdrawal of
Peruvian forces from
El Oro Province after the signing of the
Rio Protocol. • A neutral territory was established between the
British Overseas Territory of
Gibraltar and
Spain after the end of the
1727 siege. A strip of land 600
toises (about ) long, more than two cannon shots' distance between the British and Spanish guns, was called "the neutral ground" and shown as such on older maps. In 1908, the British built a fence in a portion claimed to be the British half of the neutral territory. Spain
does not recognize British sovereignty over the isthmus (including the border), asserting it is Spanish soil. Although both the United Kingdom and Spain used to be part of the
European Union (before the United Kingdom's exit), the border was a
de facto international frontier with customs and immigration checks; Spain does not formally recognize it as a "frontier", referring to it as a "fence". Whatever its name, Gibraltar opted out of the
European Union Customs Union and is not part of the
Schengen Area; the border is open 24 hours a day, with
customs duties payable on designated goods entering Spain or Gibraltar. •
Ground Safety Zone – A demilitarized area between
FR Yugoslavia and
Kosovo was created under the
Kumanovo Agreement following the
Kosovo War that existed between 1999 and 2001. Following the
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley, Serbian forces were allowed to enter GSZ. •
Idlib demilitarization agreement zone – A demilitarized zone, created by agreement between
Russian and
Turkish government, splitting the last major stronghold of the
Syrian rebels from the
Syrian government controlled area amidst the
Syrian Civil War. • Israel and Egypt: • Following the
1948 Arab–Israeli War, a DMZ (the
El Auja Zone) was created by the
1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and Egypt. • Israel and Jordan: • The Israeli enclave and Jordanian area on
Mt. Scopus was designated as a DMZ. • The area around the
Latrun salient. • Israel and Syria: Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, three DMZs were created by the
1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and Syria. •
Northern Syria Buffer Zone – A demilitarized zone in northern Syria straddling portions of the
Syria–Turkey border. It was established between Turkey and the United States, both
NATO allies, during the
Syrian Civil War to prevent clashes between
Kurdish and Turkish forces. The DMZ collapsed in October 2019, after Turkey dismissed the agreement and the United States ordered a withdrawal of US forces from northern Syria, allowing the
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria to go ahead. • Norway and Sweden established a demilitarized zone of 1 km (1,100 yards) on each side of their border after the
dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. The zone was abolished by mutual agreement in 1993. •
Rhineland – The
Treaty of Versailles designated the Rhineland as a demilitarized zone after
World War I, prohibiting the
Weimar Republic from deploying its
military there. It was
re-occupied and re-militarized in 1936 by
Nazi Germany in violation of international treaties. •
Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone – The Uqair Protocol established a demilitarized zone between the
Sultanate of Nejd and the
Kingdom of Iraq, which at the time was a
League of Nations mandate administered by the
British Empire. Nejd was later incorporated into the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The zone was partitioned in 1981 but the treaty was not filed with the
United Nations. The zone was finally officially abolished during the
Persian Gulf War, when Iraq and Saudi Arabia cancelled all international agreements with each other. •
Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone – The Uqair Protocol established a neutral zone between the Sultanate of Nejd and the
British protectorate of
Kuwait in 1922. It was partitioned by mutual agreement in 1970. •
Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone – The demilitarized zone between
North Vietnam and
South Vietnam was established on 20 July 1954 as a result of the
Geneva Peace Accords signed by the
Viet Minh and
France. The DMZ in Vietnam officially lay at the
17th parallel and ended after the
Vietnam War on 30 April 1975; in reality, it extended about on either side of the
Bến Hải River and west to east from the
Lao border to the
South China Sea. ==See also==