List of armed conflicts in 2017

See also: Category:Lists of wars by date

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2017.

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

Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2017

  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2017

  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2017

  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2017

  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2017

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List guidelines

Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2017.

10,000+ deaths in 2017

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2017
1978	War in Afghanistan Current phase	Asia	Afghanistan	23,065[n 1][6]
2003	Iraq conflict Iraqi Civil War	Asia	Iraq	13,187[7]
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	14,771[8][a]-31,174
2011	Syrian Civil War	Asia	Syria	39,000[9]

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2017

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.^[10]

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2017
1948	Internal conflict in Myanmar Northern Rakhine State clashes	Asia	Myanmar	6,700+[11][12][13][14]
1969	Moro conflict	Asia	Philippines	1,384[n 2]
1973	Oromo conflict	Africa	Ethiopia	1,011[30]
1991	Somali Civil War War in Somalia	Africa	Somalia Kenya	5,154[30][b]
1998	Communal conflicts in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	1,097[30]
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb Northern Mali conflict Libyan Civil War (2014–present)	Africa	Algeria Burkina Faso Libya Mali Niger Tunisia	2,835[30][c]
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	1,109[30]
2009	Boko Haram insurgency	Africa	Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad	3,110[30][d]
2011	Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War (2014–present)	Africa	Libya	1,564[30]
2011	Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)	Asia	Yemen Saudi Arabia	1,438[31][e]
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	1,342[30]
2011	South Kordofan conflict	Africa	Sudan	1,225[30]
2011	Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War	Africa	South Sudan Ethiopia	3,646[30][f]
2012	Central African Republic conflict	Africa	Central African Republic	1,723[30]

100–999 deaths in 2017

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2017
1947	Kashmir conflict (Indo-Pakistani Wars) 2016–17 Kashmir unrest India–Pakistan military confrontation (2016–present)	Asia	India Pakistan	358[32]
2016	Oromia-Somali clashes	Africa	Oromia Somalia Tigray Ethiopia	+600[33][34]
2017	2017 Brazil prison riots 2017 Military Police of Espírito Santo strike	South America	Brazil Paraguay	312[35][36][37][38][39][40]
1948	Balochistan conflict	Asia	Pakistan Iran	353[41][g]
1963	Insurgency in Northeast India	Asia	India	103[42]
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	333[43]
1984	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)	Asia	Turkey Iraq	740[44][h]
1989	Sectarianism in Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	231[45]
1996	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	221[46][30]
2004	Kivu conflict Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	848[46][47][30]
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	514[41]
2009	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Europe	Russia	119[n 3]
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	Sudan	116[30]
2011	Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon	Asia	Lebanon	104+[n 4]
2012	Northern Mali conflict	Africa	Mali	926[30]
2013	Insurgency in Egypt	Africa	Egypt	164[30]
2013	Batwa-Luba clashes	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	154[30]
2014	War in Donbass	Europe	Ukraine	288+[69]
2015	Burundian unrest	Africa	Burundi	177[30]
2016	Kamwina Nsapu rebellion	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo Angola	566+[30][i]

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2017

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2017.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2017
1922	Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency	Asia	Iran	3[70]
1946	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	20[n 5]
2005	Insurgency in Paraguay	South America	Paraguay	2[78][79]
1960	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	44[80]
1963	West Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	3[81][82][83]
1965	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Asia	Palestine Israel	89[84]
1964	Colombian conflict	South America	Colombia	78[85]
1969	Communist rebellion in the Philippines	Asia	Philippines	45[80]
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	53[30]
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	11[n 6]
1987	LRA insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic	70[30][j]
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict	Asia	Armenia Azerbaijan Artsakh	27[n 7]
1989	Xinjiang conflict	Asia	China	11[n 8]
1989	Internal conflict in Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh	80[109]
1995	Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Second Afar insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	79[30][110]
1995	Ogaden insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	27[30]
1999	Ituri conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32[30]
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta 2016 Niger Delta conflict	Africa	Nigeria	3[30]
2013	RENAMO insurgency	Africa	Mozambique	50[30]
1990	DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey	Asia	Turkey	3[111][112][113]
2015	ISIL insurgency in Tunisia	Africa	Tunisia	4[30]
2015	Turkey–ISIL conflict	Asia	Turkey	46[114][115][116]
2016	Pool War	Africa	Republic of the Congo	33[30][117]

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