List of armed conflicts in 2018

See also: Category:Lists of wars by date

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2018.

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

Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2018

  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2018

  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2018

  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2018

  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2018

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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 2018.

10,000+ deaths in 2018

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2018.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2018
1978	War in Afghanistan Current phase	Asia	Afghanistan	35,941[1]
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	27,765[2][3]
2011	Syrian Civil War	Asia	Syria	19,799-23,000[4]
2011	Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen South Yemen insurgency Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present)	Asia	Yemen Saudi Arabia	25,705[1][a]

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2018

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2018.
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.^[5]

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2018
1991	Somali Civil War Current phase	Africa	Somalia Kenya	3,952[1][b]
1998	Communal conflicts in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	3,020[1]
2003	Iraq conflict Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)	Asia	Iraq	4,861[1]
2009	Boko Haram insurgency	Africa	Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad	2,213[1][c]
2011	Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War	Africa	South Sudan	1,166
2012	Northern Mali conflict	Africa	Mali	1,285[1]

100–999 deaths in 2018

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2018.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2018
1947	Kashmir conflict (Indo-Pakistani Wars) India–Pakistan military confrontation (2016–present)	Asia	India Pakistan	548[6][7][8][d][9]
1948	Insurgency in Balochistan Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency	Asia	Pakistan Iran	416[10][11][12][13][e]
1948	Internal conflict in Myanmar Kachin conflict Karen conflict Rohingya conflict	Asia	Myanmar	171[1]
1964	Colombian conflict	South America	Colombia Venezuela	709[n 1][n 2][n 3][f]
1965	Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gaza–Israel conflict	Asia	Palestine Israel	304[92]
1999	Internal conflict in Bangladesh Bangladesh drug war	Asia	Bangladesh	211[93]
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	412[94]
1969	Moro conflict	Asia	Philippines	268[1]
1969	Communist rebellion in the Philippines	Asia	Philippines	203[1]
1984	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)	Asia	Turkey Iraq Syria	523[95][1][g]
1996	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	235[1]
1999	Ituri conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	369[1]
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	599[1]
2004	Kivu conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	943[1]
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	217[96][97]
2011	Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War (2014–present)	Africa	Libya	727[1]
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	740[1]
2011	South Kordofan conflict	Africa	Sudan	114[1]
2012	Central African Republic conflict	Africa	Central African Republic	838[1]
2013	Batwa-Luba clashes	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	154[98]
2014	War in Donbass	Europe	Ukraine	153[99][100]
2015	Burundian unrest	Africa	Burundi	198[98]
2016	Oromo-Somali clashes	Africa	Ethiopia	865[1]
2017	Anglophone Crisis	Africa	Cameroon	652[1]
2017	Islamist insurgency in Mozambique	Africa	Mozambique	161[1]

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2018

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2018.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2018
1922	Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency	Asia	Iran	10[101]
1946	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	62–66[102]
1960	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	65[1]
1954	Insurgency in Northeast India Insurgency in Meghalaya Assam separatist movements Insurgency in Manipur Ethnic conflict in Nagaland	Asia	India	72[103]
1963	West Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	21–26[104][105][106][107][108][109]
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	4[1]
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	10[n 4]
1982	Casamance conflict	Africa	Senegal	4[1]
1987	LRA insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic	14[1][h]
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict	Asia	Azerbaijan	4[n 5]
1989	Georgian–Ossetian conflict	Asia	South Ossetia	1[120]
1989	Sectarian violence in Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	7[121]
1995	Ogaden insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	21[1]
2005	Insurgency in Paraguay	South America	Paraguay	3[122][123][124][125]
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	Sudan	18[1]
2013	Insurgency in Egypt	Africa	Egypt	40[1]
2016	Kamwina Nsapu rebellion	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo Angola	46[1]

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