List of ongoing armed conflicts facts for kids

Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year):      Major wars (10,000 or more)      Minor wars (1,000–9,999)      Conflicts (100–999)      Skirmishes and clashes (1–99)

The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.

Criteria

Conflict deaths in the 17 deadliest conflicts 2015–2020

This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclusion are the following:

• Armed conflicts consist in the use of armed force between two or more organized armed groups, governmental or non-governmental. Interstate, intrastate and non-state armed conflicts are listed.

• This is not a list of countries by intentional homicide rate, and criminal gang violence is generally not included unless there is also significant military or paramilitary involvement.

• Fatality figures include battle-related deaths (military and civilian) as well as civilians intentionally targeted by the parties to an armed conflict. Only direct deaths resulting from violence are included for the current and previous year; excess deaths indirectly resulting from famine, disease, or disruption of services are included along with violent deaths in the cumulative fatalities count when available.
• Listed conflicts have at least 100 cumulative deaths in total and at least 1 death in current or in the past calendar year.
• Fatality totals may be inaccurate or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus symbol, indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 455+ indicates that at least 455 people have died).
• Location refers to the states where the main violence takes place, not to the warring parties. Italics indicate disputed territories and unrecognized states.
• A territorial dispute or a protest movement which has not experienced deliberate and systematic deaths due to state or paramilitary violence is not considered to be an armed conflict.

List of current wars and conflicts

Major wars (10,000 or more combat-related deaths in current or previous year)

The 8 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct, violent deaths per year in battles between identified groups, in the current or previous calendar year.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	2025 fatalities	2026 fatalities
1948	Arab–Israeli/Iran–Israel proxy wars (Middle Eastern crisis) Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gaza conflict (current war) Spillover in the West Bank Palestinian factional conflicts Salafist insurgency in Gaza Fatah–Hamas conflict Anti-PA insurgency in West Bank Anti-Hamas insurgency in Gaza Israeli–Lebanese conflict Hezbollah–Israel conflict (during Gaza war) 2026 Lebanon war Israeli–Syrian conflict (during Syrian civil war) Israeli invasion of Syria Druze insurgency in Southern Syria (current clashes) Spillover of the Iran war in Syria Houthi–Israeli conflict in the Red Sea 2026 Iran war Kurdish crisis Hormuz Strait crisis Hormuz Strait naval campaign US naval blockade Iranian strikes on Israel Iranian strikes on Arab states Jordan strikes Iraq strikes (in Iraqi Kurdistan) Saudi Arabia strikes Kuwait strikes Bahrain strikes Qatar strikes UAE strikes Oman strikes	Asia	Israel  Palestine  Lebanon  Syria  Iran  Jordan  Iraq  Saudi Arabia  Kuwait  Bahrain  Qatar  United Arab Emirates  Oman  Yemen  Turkey  Azerbaijan  United Kingdom  Akrotiri and Dhekelia  British Indian Ocean Territory	&&&&&&&&&0254000.&&&&&0254,000–263,000+	&&&&&&&&&&028111.&&&&&028,111	&&&&&&&&&&&07995.&&&&&07,995
1948	Myanmar civil war (current phase) Rohingya conflict Rakhine State conflict Karen conflict Kachin conflict Spillover in Northeast India	Asia	Myanmar  India  Bangladesh  Thailand  China	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".214,000+	&&&&&&&&&&015699.&&&&&015,699	&&&&&&&&&&&04405.&&&&&04,405
1955	Sudanese civil wars (tribal conflicts) South Sudanese civil war Abyei border conflict Jonglei clashes North Sudanese civil war Kordofan campaign	Africa	Sudan  South Sudan  Chad  Central African Republic  Egypt  Ethiopia  Libya	&&&&&&&&01521000.&&&&&01,521,000+	&&&&&&&&&&021691.&&&&&021,691–80,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&05991.&&&&&05,991
1960	Congolese conflicts Katanga insurgency LRA insurgency ADF insurgency Kivu conflict Ituri conflict M23 offensive Congolese–Rwandan conflict Western DR Congo clashes	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo  Central African Republic  South Sudan  Rwanda  Burundi  Uganda	&&&&&&&&&0219700.&&&&&0219,700+	&&&&&&&&&&&07754.&&&&&07,754–10,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&01761.&&&&&01,761
1981	Somali Civil War (current phase) Naval operations against Somali piracy American intervention ISIS insurgency in Puntland Puntland counter-terrorism operations Somalian constitutional crisis Jubaland crisis Spillover in Kenya	Africa	Somalia  Kenya	&&&&&&&&&0376200.&&&&&0376,200–&&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&&01,000,000+	&&&&&&&&&&010783.&&&&&010,783	&&&&&&&&&&&03164.&&&&&03,164
2002	Islamist insurgencies in the Maghreb/Sahel Boko Haram insurgency Insurgency in Mali Insurgency in Niger Insurgency in Burkina Faso Fulani-Mossi conflict Insurgency in Chad JNIM-ISGS war Insurgency in Benin	Africa	Algeria  Benin  Burkina Faso  Cameroon  Chad  Ivory Coast  Libya  Mali  Mauritania  Morocco  Niger  Nigeria  Togo  Tunisia	&&&&&&&&&0485500.&&&&&0485,500+	&&&&&&&&&&021185.&&&&&021,185	&&&&&&&&&&&09038.&&&&&09,038
2006	Mexican drug war Gulf Cartel infighting Los Zetas infighting Sinaloa Cartel infighting	North America	Mexico  Belize  El Salvador  Honduras  Guatemala  Nicaragua  United States	&&&&&&&&&0135000.&&&&&0135,000–417,000	&&&&&&&&&&&08699.&&&&&08,699–10,767	&&&&&&&&&&&02598.&&&&&02,598
2014	Russo-Ukrainian war (current phase) Spillover in Russia Spillover in Belarus	Europe	Ukraine  Russia  Belarus	&&&&&&&&&0245085.&&&&&0245,085–750,000+	&&&&&&&&&&080205.&&&&&080,205	&&&&&&&&&&024188.&&&&&024,188

Minor wars (1,000–9,999 combat-related deaths in current or previous year)

The 12 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	2025 fatalities	2026 fatalities
1918	Insurgencies in Iran (2026 Iranian insurgency) Kurdish insurgency in Iran Iran–PJAK conflict 2026 Kurdish–Iranian crisis Azerbaijani insurgency in Iran Arab insurgency in Khuzestan Insurgency in Sistan and Balochistan ISIS insurgency in Iran	Asia	Iran  Iraq  Turkey	&&&&&&&&&&047900.&&&&&047,900+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&063.&&&&&063	&&&&&&&&&&&07015.&&&&&07,015+
1964	Colombian conflict Catatumbo campaign Operation Southern Spear	South America	Colombia  Venezuela  Ecuador	&&&&&&&&&0460300.&&&&&0460,300+	&&&&&&&&&&&02728.&&&&&02,728	&&&&&&&&&&&&0767.&&&&&0767
1978	Afghan conflict Afghan–Pakistani border conflict 2026 Afghan–Pakistani war ISIS–Taliban conflict Republican insurgency in Afghanistan Afghan–Tajik border conflict	Asia	Afghanistan  Pakistan  Tajikistan	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".380,000–&&&&&&&&02805000.&&&&&02,805,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&04409.&&&&&04,409	&&&&&&&&&&&01691.&&&&&01,691
1993	Insurgency in Ecuador Ecuadorian conflict (since 2024) Operation Southern Spear	South America	Ecuador  Colombia	&&&&&&&&&&013000.&&&&&013,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&04051.&&&&&04,051	&&&&&&&&&&&01388.&&&&&01,388
1998	Civil conflicts in Nigeria Religious violence Boko Haram insurgency Herder–farmer conflicts Nigerian bandit conflict Niger Delta conflict (since 2016) Southeast Nigerian insurgency Spillover in Bakassi, Cameroon	Africa	Nigeria  Niger  Cameroon  Chad	&&&&&&&&&0107300.&&&&&0107,300+	&&&&&&&&&&&03200.&&&&&03,200	&&&&&&&&&&&01550.&&&&&01,550
2010	Venezuelan conflict Pemon conflict Catatumbo campaign Operation Southern Spear	South America	Venezuela  Colombia	&&&&&&&&&0460300.&&&&&0460,300+	&&&&&&&&&&&02602.&&&&&02,602	&&&&&&&&&&&&0221.&&&&&0221
2011	Yemeni civil war (crisis) Al-Qaeda insurgency Saudi Arabian intervention Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict Houthi–Israeli conflict in the Red Sea	Asia	Yemen  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates  Israel	&&&&&&&&&0384900.&&&&&0384,900	&&&&&&&&&&&02895.&&&&&02,895	&&&&&&&&&&&&0685.&&&&&0685
2011	Syrian conflict (spillovers) Turkish intervention Rojava conflict Rojava–Islamist conflict Eastern Syria insurgency SDF–STG clashes Turkey–ISIS conflict Israeli intervention Israeli invasion of Syria Druze insurgency in Southern Syria (current clashes) Spillover of the Iran war in Syria Western Syria clashes Hezbollah–Syria clashes	Asia	Syria  Israel  Lebanon  Iraq  Turkey	&&&&&&&&&0664800.&&&&&0664,800+	&&&&&&&&&&&08330.&&&&&08,330–8,600+	&&&&&&&&&&&01050.&&&&&01,050–1,152
2012	Cameroonian conflicts Boko Haram insurgency Anglophone Crisis Pro-Biafran insurgency in Bakassi	Africa	Cameroon  Nigeria  Niger  Chad	&&&&&&&&&&011000.&&&&&011,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&01826.&&&&&01,826	&&&&&&&&&&&&0686.&&&&&0686
2012	Central African Republic Civil War LRA insurgency	Africa	Central African Republic  Cameroon  Democratic Republic of the Congo  South Sudan	&&&&&&&&&&016300.&&&&&016,300+	&&&&&&&&&&&01215.&&&&&01,215	&&&&&&&&&&&&0244.&&&&&0244
2018	Ethiopian civil conflict Oromo conflict OLA insurgency Gambela conflict Fano insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	&&&&&&&&&0500000.&&&&&0500,000–&&&&&&&&&0616300.&&&&&0616,300+	&&&&&&&&&&&06316.&&&&&06,316	&&&&&&&&&&&02431.&&&&&02,431
2018	Haitian crisis Haitian conflict	North America	Haiti	&&&&&&&&&&020000.&&&&&020,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&02778.&&&&&02,778–3,141+	&&&&&&&&&&&&0974.&&&&&0974+

Conflicts (100–999 combat-related deaths in current or previous year)

The 16 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100, and fewer than 1,000, direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	2025 fatalities	2026 fatalities
1918	Kurdish nationalist conflicts Iranian–Kurdish conflict Iran–PJAK conflict 2026 Kurdish–Iranian crisis Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Turkish–Kurdish conflict Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency Syrian–Kurdish conflict Rojava–Islamist conflict Eastern Syria insurgency SDF–STG clashes	Asia	Iran  Iraq  Syria  Turkey	&&&&&&&&&0135950.&&&&&0135,950–&&&&&&&&&0178450.&&&&&0178,450+	&&&&&&&&&&&&0300.&&&&&0300	&&&&&&&&&&&&&019.&&&&&019+
1922	Insurgencies in Turkey Kurdish insurgency in Turkey Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency Spillover in Syria Maoist insurgency in Turkey DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey AK Party–Gülen movement conflict	Asia	Turkey  Syria  Iraq	&&&&&&&&&0138000.&&&&&0138,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&&0300.&&&&&0300	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02
1943	Jamaican political conflict	North America	Jamaica	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".1,900+	&&&&&&&&&&&&0290.&&&&&0290	&&&&&&&&&&&&0118.&&&&&0118
1947	Kashmir conflict Indo-Pakistani border conflict Indian-Kashmiri insurgency Sino-Indian border conflict	Asia	India  Pakistan  China	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".202,200–2,000,000	&&&&&&&&&&&&0975.&&&&&0975	&&&&&&&&&&&&&085.&&&&&085
1948	Insurgencies in Pakistan Afghan–Pakistani border conflict (Islamist insurgency) Insurgency in Balochistan Balochi–ISIS conflict Spillover in Iran Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2026 Afghan–Pakistani war Insurgency in Sindh	Asia	Pakistan  Afghanistan  Iran	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".23,100+	&&&&&&&&&&&&0985.&&&&&0985	&&&&&&&&&&&&0720.&&&&&0720
1954	Insurgencies in India Insurgency in Northeast India Insurgency in Manipur (since 2023) Insurgency in Assam Insurgency in Nagaland Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh Spillover in Myanmar Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir	Asia	India  Myanmar  Bhutan	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".81,400	&&&&&&&&&&&&0980.&&&&&0980	&&&&&&&&&&&&0256.&&&&&0256
1962	Papua conflict	Oceania	Indonesia	&&&&&&&&&0100400.&&&&&0100,400–500,000	&&&&&&&&&&&&0255.&&&&&0255	&&&&&&&&&&&&0106.&&&&&0106
1969	Civil conflict in the Philippines New People's Army rebellion ISIS insurgency in the Philippines Philippine drug war	Asia	Philippines	&&&&&&&&&0166600.&&&&&0166,600–245,200	&&&&&&&&&&&&0536.&&&&&0536	&&&&&&&&&&&&0180.&&&&&0180
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".30,200	&&&&&&&&&&&&0200.&&&&&0200	&&&&&&&&&&&&&017.&&&&&017
1988	Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea	Oceania	Papua New Guinea	&&&&&&&&&&015400.&&&&&015,400–20,000	&&&&&&&&&&&&0140.&&&&&0140	&&&&&&&&&&&&&062.&&&&&062
1990	Brazilian drug war	South America	Brazil  Argentina  Bolivia  Colombia  France  French Guiana  Peru  Paraguay  Venezuela	&&&&&&&&&&020000.&&&&&020,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&&0130.&&&&&0130+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012+
1999	Insurgencies in Bangladesh Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh  Myanmar  India	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".80,100+	&&&&&&&&&&&&0368.&&&&&0368	&&&&&&&&&&&&0123.&&&&&0123
2003	Iraqi conflict Iraqi–Kurdish conflict ISIS insurgency in Iraq	Asia	Iraq	&&&&&&&&&0334700.&&&&&0334,700–1,215,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&&0574.&&&&&0574	&&&&&&&&&&&&0265.&&&&&0265
2011	Libyan crisis	Africa	Libya	&&&&&&&&&&030300.&&&&&030,300–43,000	&&&&&&&&&&&&0282.&&&&&0282	&&&&&&&&&&&&&072.&&&&&072
2017	Insurgency in Cabo Delgado	Africa	Mozambique  Tanzania	&&&&&&&&&&&07800.&&&&&07,800+	&&&&&&&&&&&&0824.&&&&&0824	&&&&&&&&&&&&0165.&&&&&0165
2022	Honduran gang crackdown	North America	Honduras	&&&&&&&&&&&&0100.&&&&&0100+–1,700	&&&&&&&&&&&&0561.&&&&&0561	&&&&&&&&&&&&0205.&&&&&0205

Skirmishes and clashes (fewer than 100 combat-related deaths in current and previous year)

The 12 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	2025 fatalities	2026 fatalities
1962	Cross border attacks in Sabah	Asia	Malaysia  Philippines	&&&&&&&&&&&&0134.&&&&&0134+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03–6	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00
1970	Western Sahara conflict 2020s Western Saharan clashes	Africa	Morocco  Sahrawi Republic	&&&&&&&&&&014000.&&&&&014,000–21,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&054.&&&&&054	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02
1975	Insurgency in Laos	Asia	Laos	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".100,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05–75	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01
1980	Peruvian conflict Peruvian security crisis	South America	Peru	0Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".70,000	&&&&&&&&&&&&&047.&&&&&047	&&&&&&&&&&&&&025.&&&&&025
1981	Islamist insurgency in Egypt (since 2013)	Africa	Egypt	&&&&&&&&&&&06000.&&&&&06,000–7,353+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&053.&&&&&053	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04
1982	Casamance conflict ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia	Africa	Senegal  Gambia	&&&&&&&&&&&05000.&&&&&05,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&06.&&&&&06	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis	Asia	Armenia  Azerbaijan	&&&&&&&&&&039800.&&&&&039,800–49,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02
1994	North Caucasus conflict ISIS insurgency in the North Caucasus ISIS insurgency in Azerbaijan	Europe	Russia  Azerbaijan  Georgia	&&&&&&&&&0300000.&&&&&0300,000+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03
2004	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	&&&&&&&&&&&07300.&&&&&07,300	&&&&&&&&&&&&&051.&&&&&051	&&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014
2005	Insurgency in Paraguay	South America	Paraguay	&&&&&&&&&&&&0150.&&&&&0150+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00
2022	Salvadoran gang crackdown	North America	El Salvador	&&&&&&&&&&&&0545.&&&&&0545+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&010.&&&&&010	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04
2023	Operation Yukthiya	Asia	Sri Lanka	&&&&&&&&&&&&0100.&&&&&0100+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&040.&&&&&040+	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03

See also

• 2020s in military history
• List of active rebel groups
• Lists of active separatist movements
• List of designated terrorist groups
• List of hostage crises
• List of non-international armed conflicts
• List of number of conflicts per year
• List of proxy wars
• List of rebel groups that control territory
• List of terrorist incidents
• List of wars: 2020–present
• List of wars by death toll
• List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity
• Frozen conflict
• Casualty recording
• Failed state