List of armed conflicts in 2015

This article is about armed conflicts with victims in 2015. For ongoing armed conflicts, see List of ongoing armed conflicts.

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2015.

The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 223 politically motivated armed conflicts (of which 43 estimated as highly violent: 19 full-scale wars, 24 limited wars) worldwide during 2015.^[1]

Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2015

  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2015

  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2015

  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2015

  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2015

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List guidelines

This list is an archive of armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2015.

10,000+ deaths in 2015

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2015
1978	War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–present)	Asia	Afghanistan	15,000[2]–36,345[n 1]
2003	Iraqi conflict Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)	Asia	Iraq	22,736[15][16]
2009	Boko Haram insurgency	Africa	Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad	11,778[17][18][19]
2011	Syrian Civil War	Asia	Syria	55,219[20]

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2015

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2015
1984	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)	Asia	Turkey Syria Iraq	1,900–3,423[n 2]
1991	Somali Civil War War in Somalia	Africa	Somalia Kenya	4,365[24]
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	2,150[25]
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	8,122[26]
2011	Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War	Africa	Libya	2,706[24]
2011	Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)	Asia	Yemen Saudi Arabia	~6,425[n 3]
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	2,560[24]
2011	South Kordofan conflict	Africa	Sudan	1,242[24]
2011	Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War	Africa	South Sudan Ethiopia	3,152[24]
2014	War in Donbass	Europe	Ukraine	4,327[37][38]

100–999 deaths in 2015

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2015
1947	Kashmir conflict 2016 Kashmir unrest	Asia	India Pakistan	184[39][40]
1948	Balochistan conflict	Asia	Pakistan Iran	635[41]
1948	Internal conflict in Myanmar	Asia	Myanmar	881[42]
1960	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	246[43]
1963	Insurgency in Northeast India	Asia	India	273[44]
1964	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Asia	Israel Palestine	190[45][46][47]
1964	Colombian conflict	South America	Colombia	410[48]
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	251[49]
1969	Communist rebellion in the Philippines	Asia	Philippines	190[50]
1969	Moro conflict	Asia	Philippines	311[50]
1989	Sectarianism in Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	276[51]
1989	Xinjiang conflict	Asia	China	197[n 4]
1992	Oromo conflict	Africa	Ethiopia	103[24]
1995	Ogaden insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	299-499+[24][n 5]
1996	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	391[24][65][66]
1998	Communal conflicts in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	846[24]
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb	Africa	Algeria Tunisia	271[n 6]
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	994[24]
2004	Kivu conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi	790[24]
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	Sudan	926[24]
2009	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Europe	Russia	209[72]
2012	Central African Republic conflict	Africa	Central African Republic	475[24]
2012	Northern Mali conflict	Africa	Mali	414[n 7]
2013	Insurgency in Egypt	Africa	Egypt	284[24]
2015	Burundian unrest	Africa	Burundi	551[n 8]
2015	Turkey–ISIL conflict	Asia	Turkey	140[50]

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2015

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2015
1990	DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey	Asia	Turkey	5[91][92]
1922	Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency	Asia	Iran	6+[93]
1946	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	24–58+[n 9]
1963	West Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	9[106]
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	1[107]
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	7[108][109]
1987	LRA insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic South Sudan Sudan	55[24][110]
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict	Asia	Armenia Azerbaijan	81[50]
1989	Internal conflict in Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh	73[111][112]
1995	Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Second Afar insurgency	Africa	Eritrea Ethiopia	91[24]
1999	Ituri conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	89[n 10]
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta	Africa	Nigeria	3[24]
2011	Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict	Asia	Lebanon	91+[n 11]
2013	RENAMO insurgency	Africa	Mozambique	57[n 12]
2015	ISIL insurgency in Tunisia	Africa	Tunisia	77[citation needed]

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