List of armed conflicts in 2016

See also: Category:Lists of wars by date

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2016.

Conflict-related fatalities in the world's 15 deadliest countries in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2016

  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2016

  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2016

  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2016

  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2016

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The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 226 politically motivated armed conflicts (of which 38 estimated as highly violent: 18 full-scale wars, 20 limited wars) worldwide during 2016.^[1]

List guidelines

Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2016.

10,000+ deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2016
1978	War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–present)	Asia	Afghanistan	23,539+[2][3][4][5][6][7]
2003	Iraqi conflict Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)	Asia	Iraq	23,898+[8][9]
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	12,224[10]
2011	Syrian Civil War	Asia	Syria	49,742[11]

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.^[12]

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2016
1984	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)	Asia	Turkey Iraq Syria	1,905[13][a]
1991	Somali Civil War War in Somalia	Africa	Somalia Kenya	5,701[14][b]
1998	Communal conflicts in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	1,407[14]
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	1,936[14]
2009	Boko Haram insurgency	Africa	Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad	3,523[14][c]
2011	Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War	Africa	Libya	2,865[14]
2011	Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)	Asia	Yemen Saudi Arabia	1,500[d][15][16]
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	1,578[14]
2011	South Kordofan conflict	Africa	Sudan	1,489[14]
2011	Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War	Africa	South Sudan Ethiopia	4,037[14][e]

100–999 deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2016
1947	Kashmir conflict 2016 Kashmir unrest	Asia	India Pakistan	289[17][18]
1948	Balochistan conflict	Asia	Pakistan Iran	633[19]
1948	Internal conflict in Myanmar	Asia	Myanmar	228[20]
1960	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	116[20]
1963	Insurgency in Northeast India	Asia	India	160[21]
1964	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Asia	Palestine Israel	120[22][23]
1964	Colombian conflict	South America	Colombia	156[24]
2016	Oromia-Somali clashes	Africa	Ethiopia	+130[25][26]
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	430[27]
1969	Moro conflict	Asia	Philippines	439+[n 1]
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes	Asia	Azerbaijan	189-369[n 2]
1989	Sectarianism in Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	137[48]
1989	Internal conflict in Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh	139[49][50]
1992	Oromo conflict	Africa	Ethiopia	393[14]
1995	Ogaden insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	156[14]
1996	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	428[14]
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb	Africa	Algeria Tunisia Burkina Faso Niger	260[14][f]
2004	Kivu conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi	607[14]
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	643[51]
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	Sudan	459[14]
2009	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Europe	Russia	202[52]
2012	Central African Republic conflict	Africa	Central African Republic	623[14]
2012	Northern Mali conflict	Africa	Mali	303[14]
2013	Insurgency in Egypt	Africa	Egypt	129[14]
2013	RENAMO insurgency	Africa	Mozambique	108[14]
2013	Batwa-Luba clashes	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	108[14]
2014	War in Donbass	Europe	Ukraine	902[53]
2015	Burundian unrest	Africa	Burundi	461[14]
2015	Turkey–ISIL conflict	Asia	Turkey	160[n 3]
2016	Kamwina Nsapu rebellion	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	160[14]
2016	2016 Kasese clashes	Africa	Uganda	162[58][14]

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2016.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2016
1922	Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency	Asia	Iran	4[59][60]
1999	Internal conflicit in Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh	39[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72]
2005	Insurgency in Paraguay	South America	Paraguay	11[73][74][75][76]
1990	DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey	Asia	Turkey	4[77][78][79]
1946	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	74-149+[n 4]
1963	West Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	4[91]
1969	Communist rebellion in the Philippines	Asia	Philippines	99[92]
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	84[14]
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	10[93]
1982	Casamance conflict	Africa	Senegal	10[14]
1987	LRA insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic South Sudan Sudan	39[14][g]
1989	Xinjiang conflict	Asia	China	10[n 5]
1995	Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Second Afar insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia Eritrea	90[14][h]
1999	Ituri conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	83[14]
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta 2016 Niger Delta conflict	Africa	Nigeria	34[14]
2011	Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon	Asia	Lebanon	24[n 6]
2015	ISIL insurgency in Tunisia	Africa	Tunisia	82[14]
2016	Pool War	Africa	Republic of the Congo	82[14]

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