List of armed conflicts in 2014

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2014.

Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2014

  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2014

  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2014

  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2014

  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2014

List guidelines

This list is an archive of armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2014

Conflict-related fatalities: 1) in the world's deadliest countries in 2013 and 2014 (left); 2) in the world's deadliest countries in 2014 and in the same countries in 2013 (right).

10,000 or more deaths in 2014

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2014
1978	War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2015–present)	Asia	Afghanistan	14,277[n 1]
2003	Iraq War Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)	Asia	Iraq	24,000–50,000[n 2]
2009	Boko Haram insurgency	Africa	Nigeria  Cameroon  Niger  Chad	10,849[n 3]
2011	Syrian Civil War	Asia	Syria	76,021[13]
2013	South Sudanese Civil War	Africa	South Sudan	50,000[14]

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2014
1964	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Asia	Israel  Palestine	2,365[15]
1991	Somali Civil War War in Somalia	Africa	Somalia  Kenya	2,983[16]
1998	Communal conflicts in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	1,822[17]
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	2,101[16]
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	5,496[18]
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	7,504[n 4]
2011	Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War	Africa	Libya	2,835[24]
2011	Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015)	Asia	Yemen  Saudi Arabia	1,500[25]–7,700[26]
2012	Central African Republic conflict	Africa	CAR	3,347[16]
2014	War in Donbass	Europe	Ukraine	4,771[27]

100–999 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2014
1947	Kashmir conflict	Asia	India  Pakistan	193[28]
1948	Balochistan conflict	Asia	Pakistan  Iran	339+[n 5]
1960	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	300+[33]
1964	Colombian conflict	South America	Colombia	459[34]
1964	Insurgency in Northeast India	Asia	India	465[35]
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	314[36]
1978	Katanga insurgency	Africa	DRC	123[16]
1989	Sectarianism in Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	208[37]
1989	Xinjiang conflict	Asia	China	500+[n 6]
1995	Ogaden insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	172[16]
1996	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	DRC	440[16][n 7]
2004	Kivu conflict	Africa	DRC  Burundi	468[n 8]
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	Sudan	995[16][53]
2009	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Europe	Russia	341[54]
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	981[55]
2011	South Kordofan conflict	Africa	Sudan	746[16]
2011	Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon	Asia	Lebanon	297[n 9]
2012	Northern Mali conflict	Africa	Mali	380[16][n 10]
2013	Insurgency in Egypt	Africa	Egypt	195 [77]

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2014
1946	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	11+[78][79][80][81]
1948	Internal conflict in Myanmar	Asia	Myanmar	66+[n 11]
1963	West Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	25[n 12]
1969	CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion	Asia	Philippines	87[n 13]
1969	Moro Conflict	Asia	Philippines  Malaysia	91[n 14][105][106]
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	5[107]
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	5+[n 15]
1984	Turkey–PKK conflict 2015 PKK rebellion	Asia	Turkey  Iraq	57+[n 16]
1987	LRA insurgency	Africa	DRC  CAR  South Sudan	16[119]
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict	Asia	Armenia  Azerbaijan	71[120]
1989	Internal conflict in Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh	76[121][122]
1991	FRUD conflict	Africa	Djibouti	12[16]
1992	OLF insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	46[16]
1994	Chiapas conflict	North America	Mexico	1[123]
1995	Second Afar insurgency	Africa	Eritrea  Ethiopia	34[124][125]
1999	Ituri conflict	Africa	DRC	26[16][126]
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb	Africa	Algeria  Tunisia	42+[n 17]
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta	Africa	Nigeria	13[n 18]
2013	RENAMO insurgency	Africa	Mozambique	50[n 19]

See also

• List of number of conflicts per year
• List of ongoing protests
• List of active rebel groups
• List of designated terrorist organizations
• List of terrorist incidents
• List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity
• Lists of wars
• Uppsala Conflict Data Program
• Failed State

References

Notes

1. See ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
2. See ^[6][7][8]
3. See ^{[9][10][11][12]}
4. See ^{[19][20][21][22][23]}
5. See ^{[29][30][31][32]}
6. See ^{[38][39][40][41][42][43][44]}
7. See ^{[45][46][47][48][49]}
8. See ^{[16][50][51][52]}
9. See ^{[56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71]}
10. See ^{[72][73][74][75][76]}
11. See ^[82][83][84]
12. See ^{[85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95]}
13. See ^{[96][97][98][99][100]}
14. See ^{[101][102][103][104]}
15. See ^[108][109]
16. ^{[110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118]}
17. See ^{[127][128][129][130][131][132][133]}
18. See ^{[134][135][136]}
19. See ^{[16][137][138][139][140][141]}

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100. "2 soldiers killed in ambush by suspected NPA rebels". GMA News. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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102. "Philippine troops battle hardline Muslim rebels opposed to new peace deal". 27 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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