War

War is a conflict between two or more states, entities, and non-aligned alliances, where the goal is to reorganize the geographical political structure to achieve desired and self-designed results. The military theorist Karl von Clausewitz wrote in his book on war that it is "a continuous series of operations from politics, but carried out by different means." War is a reaction between two or more opposing forces which have "conflict in desires" and this term is also used as a symbol for non-military conflict, such as class warfare.

War does not necessarily involve occupation, killing, or genocide due to the nature of retaliation resulting from violence, or the organized nature of the participating units.

Civil war is a war between factions of citizens of one country (as in the American Civil War), or it can be a conflict between two states created from a single origin and previously united. Proxy war is a war that occurs when two forces use third parties as substitutes for direct combat with each other.

War, both culturally and in practice, is not associated with a single type of political or social organization. Instead, as discussed by John Keegan in his history of war, war is a global phenomenon, its form and scope determined by the society that conducts it. War has been conducted along a connected series of semi-global tribal wars which began before recorded human history, then to city-state or nation-state or empire wars.

In the military sense, the group of fighters and their support is called an army on land, naval forces at sea, and air forces in the air. Wars can be conducted simultaneously on one or more different theaters. Within each theater, there may be one or more consecutive military campaigns. A military campaign includes not only combat but also intelligence gathering, troop movements, logistics, propaganda, and other elements. There is a period of continuous destructive conflict traditionally called battle, although these terms do not apply to conflicts involving aircraft, missiles, bombs alone in the absence of ground or naval forces. Other actions can be taken by military forces during war, including research on weapons, arrests, assassinations, occupation, and genocide in some cases.

Since the strategic and tactical aspects of war are constantly changing, theories and doctrines related to war are often formulated before, during, and after each major war. Karl von Clausewitz said: "Each era has its own type of wars, specific conditions, and distinctive biases."

War is not limited to humanity; ants engage in massive internal conflicts that can be described as war, and a troop of chimpanzees behaves like a military group. Theoretically, other species also engage in similar behavior, although this has not been well documented.

Origin of the word
The word "harb" (حرب) is feminine, and its diminutive form is "hurayb" (حُرَيْبٌ). The word "war" is a proper noun, a tri-literal root on the pattern fa'la (فَعْل), with the plural form being "harab" (حروب).

Types of war
Asymmetric war: This conflict involves opposing forces with fundamentally different levels of size or military capabilities.
Biological war, or microbial war: This type of war involves using biological materials.

Note: The translation is direct and literal, without any additional commentary or explanation.