The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2018.
List guidelines Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2018.
10,000+ deaths in 2018 Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2018. Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2018 1978 War in Afghanistan Current phase Asia 35,941 2006 Mexican drug war North America 27,765 2011 Syrian Civil War Asia 19,799-23,000 2011 Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen South Yemen insurgency Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present) Asia 25,705
1,000–9,999 deaths in 2018 Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2018.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 2018 1991 Somali Civil War Current phase Africa 3,952 1998 Communal conflicts in Nigeria Africa 3,020 2003 Iraq conflict Iraqi insurgency (2017–present) Asia 4,861 2009 Boko Haram insurgency Africa 2,213 2011 Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Africa 1,166 2012 Northern Mali conflict Africa 1,285
100–999 deaths in 2018 Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2018. Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2018 1947 Kashmir conflict (Indo-Pakistani Wars) India–Pakistan military confrontation (2016–present) Asia 548In fighting between Pakistan and India, 26 Indian civilians , 25 Indian soldiers , 30 Pakistani civilians and 9 Pakistani soldiers were killed. 502 in India and 46 in Pakistan were killed in total in 2018. 1948 Insurgency in Balochistan Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency Asia 416 1948Internal conflict in Myanmar Kachin conflict Karen conflict Rohingya conflict Asia 1711964 Colombian conflict South America 709 1965 Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Asia 304 1999 Internal conflict in Bangladesh 2018–2019 Bangladesh drug war Asia 211 1967 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Asia 412 1969 Moro conflict Asia 268 1969 Communist rebellion in the Philippines Asia 203 1984 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) Asia 523 1996 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Africa 235 1999 Ituri conflict Africa 369 2003 War in Darfur Africa 599 2004 Kivu conflict Africa 9432004 War in North-West Pakistan Asia 217 2011 Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Africa 727 2011 Sinai insurgency Africa 740 2011 South Kordofan conflict Africa 114 2012 Central African Republic conflict Africa 838 2013 Batwa-Luba clashes Africa 154 2014 War in Donbass Europe 153 2015 Burundian unrest Africa 198 2016 Oromo-Somali clashes Africa 865 2017 Anglophone Crisis Africa 652 2017 Islamist insurgency in Mozambique Africa 161
Fewer than 100 deaths in 2018 Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2018. Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2018 1922 Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency Asia 10 1946Kurdish separatism in IranAsia 62–66 1960 South Thailand insurgency Asia 65 1954 Insurgency in Northeast India Insurgency in Meghalaya Assam separatist movements Insurgency in Manipur Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Asia 72 1963 West Papua conflict Asia 21–26 1975 Cabinda War Africa 4 1980 Internal conflict in Peru South America 10 1982 Casamance conflict Africa 4 1987 LRA insurgency Africa 14 1988 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Asia 4 1989Georgian–Ossetian conflictAsia 1 1989 Sectarian violence in Pakistan Asia 7 1995 Ogaden insurgency Africa 21 2005 Insurgency in Paraguay South America 3 2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts Africa 18 2013 Insurgency in Egypt Africa 40 2016 Kamwina Nsapu rebellion Africa 46
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