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List of armed conflicts in 2015

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The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2015.

The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 223 politically motivated armed conflicts (of which 43 estimated as highly violent: 19 full-scale wars, 24 limited wars) worldwide during 2015.[1]

Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2015
  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2015
  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2015
  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2015
  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2015

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This list is an archive of armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2015.

10,000+ deaths in 2015

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2015
1978 War in Afghanistan Asia Afghanistan 15,000[2]–36,345[n 1]
2003 Iraqi conflict Asia Iraq 22,736[15][16]
2009 Boko Haram insurgency Africa Nigeria
Cameroon
Niger
Chad		 11,778[17][18][19]
2011 Syrian Civil War Asia Syria 85,527[20]

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2015

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2015
1984 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Asia Turkey
Syria
Iraq		 1,900–3,423[n 2]
1991 Somali Civil War Africa Somalia
Kenya		 4,365[24]
2004 War in North-West Pakistan Asia Pakistan 2,150[25]
2006 Mexican drug war North America Mexico 8,122[26]
2011 Libyan Crisis Africa Libya 2,706[24]
2011 Yemeni Crisis Asia Yemen
Saudi Arabia		 ~6,425[n 3]
2011 Sinai insurgency Africa Egypt 2,560[24]
2011 South Kordofan conflict Africa Sudan 1,242[24]
2011 Ethnic violence in South Sudan Africa South Sudan
Ethiopia		 3,152[24]
2014 War in Donbass Europe Ukraine 4,327[37][38]

100–999 deaths in 2015

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2015
1947 Kashmir conflict Asia India
Pakistan		 184[39][40]
1948 Balochistan conflict Asia Pakistan
Iran		 635[41]
1948 Internal conflict in Myanmar Asia Myanmar 881[42]
1960 South Thailand insurgency Asia Thailand 246[43]
1963 Insurgency in Northeast India Asia India 273[44]
1964 Israeli–Palestinian conflict Asia Israel
Palestine		 190[45][46][47]
1964 Colombian conflict South America Colombia 410[48]
1967 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Asia India 251[49]
1969 Communist rebellion in the Philippines Asia Philippines 190[50]
1969 Moro conflict Asia Philippines 311[50]
1989 Sectarianism in Pakistan Asia Pakistan 276[51]
1989 Xinjiang conflict Asia China 197[n 4]
1992 Oromo conflict Africa Ethiopia 103[24]
1995 Ogaden insurgency Africa Ethiopia 299-499+[24][n 5]
1996 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo 391[24][65][66]
1998 Communal conflicts in Nigeria Africa Nigeria 846[24]
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb Africa Algeria
Tunisia		 271[n 6]
2003 War in Darfur Africa Sudan 994[24]
2004 Kivu conflict Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo
Burundi		 790[24]
2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts Africa Sudan 926[24]
2009 Insurgency in the North Caucasus Europe Russia 209[72]
2012 Central African Republic conflict Africa Central African Republic 475[24]
2012 Northern Mali conflict Africa Mali 414[n 7]
2013 Insurgency in Egypt Africa Egypt 284[24]
2015 Burundian unrest Africa Burundi 551[n 8]
2015 Turkey–ISIL conflict Asia Turkey 140[50]

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2015

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2015
1990 DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey Asia Turkey 5[91][92]
1922 Arab separatism in Khuzestan Asia Iran 6+[93]
1946 Kurdish separatism in Iran Asia Iran 24–58+[n 9]
1963 West Papua conflict Asia Indonesia 9[106]
1975 Cabinda War Africa Angola 1[107]
1980 Internal conflict in Peru South America Peru 7[108][109]
1987 LRA insurgency Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central African Republic
South Sudan
Sudan		 55[24][110]
1988 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Asia Armenia
Azerbaijan		 81[50]
1989 Internal conflict in Bangladesh Asia Bangladesh 73[111][112]
1995 Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Africa Eritrea
Ethiopia		 91[24]
1999 Ituri conflict Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo 89[n 10]
2004 Conflict in the Niger Delta Africa Nigeria 3[24]
2011 Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Asia Lebanon 91+[n 11]
2013 RENAMO insurgency Africa Mozambique 57[n 12]
2015 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia Africa Tunisia 77[citation needed]

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