List of ongoing military conflicts

For recent conflicts that are no longer significantly ongoing, see List of wars 2003–2010 and List of wars 2011–present.

The following is a list of ongoing military conflicts that are taking place around the world and which continue to result in violent deaths. This list is for the sole purpose of identifying present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict.

Fatality figures include both civilian and military deaths. Military conflicts which no longer produce violent deaths are not listed here, but can be found in the historical list of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

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1,000+ deaths per year

Conflicts in the following list are currently causing at least 1,000 violent deaths per year, a categorization used by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program[1] and recognised by the United Nations.[2][3] The UN also use the term "low intensity conflict," which can overlap with the 1,000 violent deaths per year categorisation.[4]

Start of conflict War/conflict Location Cumulative fatalities Fatalities in 2011
1964 Colombian Armed Conflict  Colombia 150,000–200,000[5] 3,500+[6]
1978 Afghan Civil war  Afghanistan 600,000–2,000,000 6,870+[7]
1991 Somali Civil War  Somalia 300,000[8]–400,000[9] 1,400+[10]
2003 Insurgency in Iraq  Iraq 102,344–1,455,590[11] [12] 5,282[13]
2004 War in North-West Pakistan  Pakistan 38,671[14] 6,048[14]
2006 Mexican Drug War  Mexico 60,420+[15] 19,396[16]
2011 Sudan–SPLM-N conflict  Sudan and  South Sudan 1,500+[17] 1,500+[17]
2011 Yemeni uprising  Yemen 1,580–1,782 [18][19] 1,580–1,782
2011 Syrian uprising  Syria 2,816[20]–5,000[21] 2,816–5,000
2011 South Sudan clashes  South Sudan 1,000+[22] 1,000+

Other conflicts

There are many other smaller-scale armed conflicts that are currently causing a smaller number of violent fatalities each year. Several short-lived violent conflicts have arisen as part of the Arab Spring in 2011, though the phenomenon has included mostly peaceful protests.

Start of conflict War/conflict Location Cumulative fatalities
1948[23][24] Korean Conflict  Democratic People's Republic of Korea and  Republic of Korea 4,770,000+
1948 Internal conflict in Burma  Burma 501,000
1948 Israeli–Palestinian conflict  Israel and  Palestinian territories 14,500+[25]
1953 Nigerian Sharia conflict  Nigeria 10,000+[26][27][28]
1964 Insurgency in Northeast India  India ~25,000[29]
1967 Naxalite-Maoist insurgency  India 11,454
1969[30] Insurgency in the Philippines[31]  Philippines ~120,000[32]
1969 Papua conflict  Indonesia 400,000
1975 Western Sahara conflict  Mauritania,  Morocco, and Western Sahara 13,000 - 24,000
1975 Insurgency in Laos  Laos 100,000+
1978 Turkey – Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict  Turkey and  Iraq 45,000–[33] 100,000[34][35][36]
1980 Internal conflict in Peru  Peru ~70,000
1982 Casamance conflict  Senegal 5,000[37]
1987 Lord's Resistance Army insurgency  Uganda,  South Sudan,  Democratic Republic of the Congo and  Central African Republic 30,000+
1989 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir  India ~68,000[38]
1994 Cabinda Conflict  Angola 1,000-1,500 [39]
1998 Dissident Irish republican campaign  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and  Ireland 143
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb  Algeria,  Chad,  Mali,  Mauritania,  Morocco, and  Niger 6,000+
2004 Shia Insurgency in Yemen  Yemen and  Saudi Arabia (2009-2010) 25,000[40]
2004 Conflict in the Niger Delta  Nigeria 4,000–10,000[41]
2004 Balochistan conflict  Iran and  Pakistan 2,500+
2004 South Thailand insurgency  Thailand ~4,100
2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts  Sudan  South Sudan 2,000–2,500[42]
2009 Insurgency in the North Caucasus  Russia 1670
2009 South Yemen insurgency  Yemen 1,554+[43][44]
2010 Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown  Yemen 1,115-1,168
2011 2011 Kosovo–Serbia border clashes  Serbia ( Kosovo) 2+

See also

List of ongoing military conflicts
Internal conflict in Burma · Papua conflict · Colombian armed conflict  · Insurgency in the Philippines · Afghan civil war · Turkey – Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict · Somali Civil War · Kashmir conflict · Casamance conflict · Insurgency in the North Caucasus · Balochistan conflict · Shia insurgency in Yemen · Nigerian Sharia conflict · South Thailand insurgency · Insurgency in Laos · War in North-West Pakistan · Naxalite-Maoist insurgency · Mexican Drug War · 2011 Syrian uprising · Israeli–Palestinian conflict · Insurgency in Northeast India · Lord's Resistance Army insurgency · Insurgency in the Maghreb · Conflict in the Niger Delta · Cambodian–Thai border dispute · South Yemen insurgency · Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown · 2011 Yemeni uprising · South Kordofan conflict · Cabinda Conflict · Korean Conflict · Iran–PJAK conflict · Dissident Irish republican campaign · Sudanese nomadic conflicts ·

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  19. ^ 253-273 reported killed during the Battle of Sana'a, 616-762 during the Battle of Zinjibar, 50-86 during the Ta'izz clashes, 2 in a militant attack in Loder (27 May),[5] 5 in a tribal-Houthi clash (1 June),[6] 9 in a militant attack in Abyan (5 June)[7] 4 in a militant attack in al-Habilien (8 June),[8] and 8 in a militant attack in Loder (11 June),[9][10] 9 in militant attacks in Lahj (16-17 June),[11] total of 956-1,158 reported killed during the street fighting
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  21. ^ UN claim:[16]
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