List of ongoing military conflicts

The following is a list of ongoing military conflicts that are taking place around the world and which continue to result in violent deaths. This list is for the sole purpose of identifying present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict.

 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_2011%E2%80%93present

1,000+ deaths per year

Conflicts in the following list are currently causing at least 1,000 violent deaths per year, a categorization used by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program and recognised by the United Nations. Italics indicate disputed territories and unrecognized states.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	Fatalities in 2012	Fatalities in 2013
1948	Internal conflict in Burma	Asia	Burma	210,000	12,000+ (civilians)
1964	Colombian conflict (1964–present)	South America	Colombia	600,000
1991	Somali Civil War	Africa	Somalia  Somaliland	500,000+	2,620
1992	Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen	Asia	Yemen	2,207+[citation needed]	2,321[citation needed]
2001	War on Terror	Asia	Afghanistan  Pakistan	329,745+	8,398+ (Afghanistan) 6,211 (Pakistan)	2,280 (Pakistan)
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	86,391+	18,161+ (by November)	3,200+
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	South Sudan  Sudan	5,641	3,200	291+[citation needed]
2011	Syrian civil war	Asia	Syria	70,000	41,895	14,52
2011	Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)	Asia	Iraq	6,083 (excluding insurgents)	4,573 (excluding insurgents)	1,122 (excluding insurgents)
2012	Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)	Africa	Mali	3,461[citation needed]	2,065[citation needed]	1,396[citation needed]

Other conflicts - Fewer than 1,000 deaths per year

There are many other smaller-scale armed conflicts that are currently causing a smaller number of violent fatalities each year. Several ongoing military conflicts arose as part of the Arab Spring, though the phenomenon has included mostly peaceful protests. Italics indicate disputed territories and unrecognized states.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	Fatalities in 2012	Fatalities in 2013
1918	Iranian–Kurdish conflict	Asia	Iran	34,000+	8[citation needed]
1942	Communist insurgency in the Philippines	Asia	Philippines	43,388+[citation needed]	182	25+
1948	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Asia	Israel  Palestine	20,000[citation needed]	239-256[citation needed]	7
1948	Balochistan conflict	Asia	Iran  Pakistan	16,765–17,065+	779[citation needed]
1950	Korean War(Ceasefire since 1953)[34]	Asia	North Korea  South Korea	4,500,000	2
1953	Nigerian Sharia conflict	Africa	Nigeria	15,000+	792	244+
1963	Papua conflict	Oceania	Indonesia  Papua New Guinea	400,000	1+[citation needed]	8+
1964	Insurgency in Northeast India	Asia	India	25,000	317	67
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	13,812	367	132
1969[52]	Islamic insurgency in the Philippines[53]	Asia	Philippines	120,000	114
1970	Western Sahara conflict	Africa	Morocco  Algeria  Mauritania  Western Sahara	14,000–21,000[citation needed]	1
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	70,000+[citation needed]	40+[citation needed]
1982	Casamance conflict	Africa	The Gambia  Senegal	5,000	8+[citation needed]
1987	Lord's Resistance Army insurgency	Africa	Uganda  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Central African Republic  South Sudan	200,000 - 500,000	50+ (civilians)	25+ (civilians)
1989	Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir	Asia	India	43,293–68,000	117+	22
1994	Cabinda conflict	Africa	Angola	1,000 - 1,500
1998	Dissident Irish Republican campaign	Europe	Republic of Ireland  United Kingdom	42[citation needed]	4[citation needed]
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)	Africa	Algeria  Morocco  Mali  Tunisia  Chad  Mauritania  Niger  Western Sahara	6,000
2004	Shia insurgency in Yemen	Asia	Yemen	25,000	600+
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta	Africa	Nigeria	4,000–10,000	30+[citation needed]	150+[citation needed]
2004	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	5,469+	535	17+
2009	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Asia	Russia	2,198+	574+
2009	South Yemen insurgency	Asia	Yemen	1,554+[
2010	Tajikistan insurgency	Asia	Tajikistan	110[citation needed]	81[citation needed]
2011	Sudan internal conflict (2011–present)	Africa	South Sudan  Sudan	1,500-2,557+	633 (by October)
2011	Bahraini uprising (2011–present)	Asia	Bahrain	98[citation needed]	5+[citation needed]
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	95-103[citation needed]	63–71[citation needed]
2011	Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon	Asia	Lebanon	128-129[citation needed]	89+[citation needed]	4
2011	2011–present Libyan factional fighting	Africa	Libya	1,371 - 1,397[citation needed]
2012	M23 rebellion	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	391+	391+
2012	Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)	Africa	Central African Republic	488+[citation needed]	391+[citation needed]	97+[citation needed]
2013	2013 Lahad Datu standoff	Asia	Malaysia	84	-	84