The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2017.
List guidelines Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2017.
10,000+ deaths in 2017 Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017. Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2017 1978 War in Afghanistan Current phase Asia 23,065 2003Iraq conflict Iraqi Civil War Asia 13,187 2006 Mexican drug war North America 14,771-31,174 2011 Syrian Civil War Asia 39,000
1,000–9,999 deaths in 2017 Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.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 Fatalities in 2017 1948Internal conflict in Myanmar Northern Rakhine State clashes Asia 6,700+ 1969 Moro conflict Asia 1,384 1973 Oromo conflict Africa 1,011 1991 Somali Civil War War in Somalia Africa 5,154 1998 Communal conflicts in Nigeria Africa 1,097 2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb Northern Mali conflict Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Africa 2,835 2003 War in Darfur Africa 1,109 2009 Boko Haram insurgency Africa 3,110 2011 Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Africa 1,564 2011 Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Asia 1,438 2011 Sinai insurgency Africa 1,342 2011 South Kordofan conflict Africa 1,225 2011 Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Africa 3,646 2012 Central African Republic conflict Africa 1,723
100–999 deaths in 2017 Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2017. Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2017 1947 Kashmir conflict (Indo-Pakistani Wars) 2016–17 Kashmir unrest India–Pakistan military confrontation (2016–present) Asia 358 2016 Oromia-Somali clashes Africa +600 2017 2017 Brazil prison riots2017 Military Police of Espírito Santo strike South America 312 1948 Balochistan conflict Asia 353 1963 Insurgency in Northeast India Asia 103 1967 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Asia 333 1984 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) Asia 740 1989 Sectarianism in Pakistan Asia 231 1996 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Africa 221 2004 Kivu conflict Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Africa 848 2004 War in North-West Pakistan Asia 514 2009 Insurgency in the North Caucasus Europe 119 2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts Africa 116 2011 Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Asia 104+ 2012 Northern Mali conflict Africa 926 2013 Insurgency in Egypt Africa 164 2013 Batwa-Luba clashes Africa 154 2014 War in Donbas Europe 288+ 2015 Burundian unrest Africa 177 2016 Kamwina Nsapu rebellion Africa 566+
Fewer than 100 deaths in 2017 Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2017. Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2017 1922 Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency Asia 3 1946Kurdish separatism in IranAsia 20 2005 Insurgency in Paraguay South America 2 1960 South Thailand insurgency Asia 44 1963 West Papua conflict Asia 3 1965 Israeli–Palestinian conflict Asia 891964 Colombian conflict South America 78 1969 Communist rebellion in the Philippines Asia 45 1975 Cabinda War Africa 53 1980 Internal conflict in Peru South America 11 1987 LRA insurgency Africa 70 1988 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Asia 27 1989 Xinjiang conflict Asia 11 1989 Internal conflict in Bangladesh Asia 80 1995 Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Second Afar insurgency Africa 7979 in Ethiopia, 0 in Eritrea 1995 Ogaden insurgency Africa 27 1999 Ituri conflict Africa 32 2004 Conflict in the Niger Delta 2016 Niger Delta conflict Africa 3 2013 RENAMO insurgency Africa 50 1990 DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey Asia 3 2015 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia Africa 4 2015 Turkey–ISIL conflict Asia 46 2016 Pool War Africa 33
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