Civil conflict in the Philippines

The civil conflict in the Philippines is a series of insurgencies launched by Maoist rebels, Moro rebels, and Islamists against Government forces that began in 1969 during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.^[3][4][5][6]

• NPA rebellion
• ISIL insurgency
• Moro conflict (until February 2019)^[7]

Civil conflict in the Philippines
Date March 29, 1969 – present (56 years, 4 months and 2 weeks) Location Philippines Status Ongoing Jakarta Accord reached in 1996 between the Government and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)[1] 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro between the Government and MILF[2] Bangsamoro autonomous region established Ongoing insurgency by communist rebels and jihadist groups
Belligerents[a]
Philippines Armed Forces National Police	Communists Communist Party New People's Army ...full list	Jihadist groups Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
This list only involves active belligerents excluding foreign involvement. For the whole list of combatants please see the specific conflict pages.

Clashes between communists and the national government

For a chronological guide, see Timeline of the communist rebellion in the Philippines.

List of clashes between the military, MNLF, and MILF

• February 2000 Operation Valiancy
• March 2000 Operation Audacity
• July 2000 Battle of Camp Abubakar
• November 2001 2001 Misuari rebellion
• February 2003 Battle of the Buliok Complex
• July 2007 Basilan beheading incident
• August 2008 North Cotabato conflict
• October 2011 Al-Barka Basilan Combat
• September 2013 Zamboanga City crisis

List of clashes between the military and Jihadist groups

• June 2001 Siege of Lamitan
• January 2014 Operation Darkhorse
• April 2014 Battle of Basilan
• January 2015 Mamasapano clash
• February 2016 Butig clash
• April 2016 Battle of Tipo-Tipo
• Summer 2016 Sulu and Basilan Clashes
• November 2016 Butig clash
• January 2017 Kidapawan jail siege
• May 2017 Bohol clashes
• May 2017 Battle of Marawi

Casualties by year

Extreme Islamists versus the government

Year	Government forces	Abu Sayyaf	Maute Group	BIFF	AKP	Civilians
2014		27 killed, 38 wounded in the whole year[8]		52 killed (in Operation Darkhorse)[9]
2015	44 killed (in Mamasapano clash)	133 killed, 164 wounded (only in Sulu) in the whole year[10]		139 killed (February 25 – March 22)[11]
2016	18+ (Battle of Tipo-Tipo in April) 15 killed (in late August)[12]	31 killed (April 9–14)[13] 157 killed, 159 wounded (July – December 21)[14]	55 killed (in late February)[15] 22 killed (May 26–28)[16] 61 killed (November 26–30)[17]	24 killed (in late February)[18]
2017		149 killed (before May 17)[19]	15 killed (January 26)[20] 36 killed (April 21–24)[21][22][23]
Battle of Marawi	168 killed,[24]	978 killed,[25]				87 civilians dead (40 due to illness),[26][27]
2018	2 killed, 2 wounded		Dissolved	5 killed
Total in 2018
Total	228+ killed	1,578+ killed

Note: Some casualties from small-scale conflicts are not given.