Wars in the World

Wars and Main Events on 2016

• January

  • 01

    Syria: Army continues targeting terrorists across the country establishing control over new areas
    Egypt: Egypt launches airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) affiliate in Sinai killing 15 people

  • 02

    India: 2 Communist Party of India maoist guerrillas killed, 4 others arrested in Bastar region
    Iraq: Islamic State fighters attack army base near Ramadi
    India: 4 terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group and 3 soldiers killed in Pathankot Air Force base attack
    Israel: Israel launches airstrikes across the Gaza Strip after rockets fire

  • 03

    Yemen: Ceasefire ended between saudi-led coalition and Yemeni Houthi rebels after 18 days
    Iraq: Islamic State militants counterattacks repelled by Iraqi troops in the city of Ramadi

  • 04

    Philippines: Government and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels ended truce Sunday
    Mexico: Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) marks its 22nd anniversary

  • 05

    Libya: Islamic State (IS) group claims capture of town of Ben Jawad amid clashes with guards at oil terminal of Es Sider
    Burma-Myanmar: Burma army attacks Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) rebels in eastern Shan State

  • 06

    Afghanistan: Taliban militants capture Islamic State (IS) bases in Nangarhar province
    Sudan: New Justice and Equality Movement (NJEM) rebels join dialogue process with Sudanese Government
    Democratic Republic of the Congo: Police arrests 32 suspected Union of Congolese Patriots for Peace (UCPC) rebels for attacking Goma airport
    North Korea: North Korea claims successful hydrogen nuclear bomb test

  • 07

    Yemen: Yemeni officials say the Saudi-led coalition has intensified airstrikes on the capital Sanaa targeting Houthi shiite rebels
    Libya: At least 65 people killed in bomb attack on police training center

  • 08

    Democratic Republic of the Congo: 15 peole dead in Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda hutu militia attack in Lubero area
    Burma-Myanmar: Army clashes with ethnic Buddhist Arakan Army rebels

  • 09

    Pakistan: 30 terrorists killed in North Waziristan air strikes
    Turkey: 2 soldiers and 2 civilians killed, 5 soldiers injured during clashes with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels in south est

  • 10

    Ethiopia: Ethiopian forces kill 140 Oromo protesters
    Syria: At least 40 Islamic State (ISIS) militants killed in fresh clashes with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Kurdish-Arab alliance north Aleppo
    Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters raid an army base near Baidoa, killed 10 soldiers and many militants

  • 11

    Afghanistan: Afghan forces reclaim control of Darqad district from Taliban
    Turkey: 4 members of security forces killed by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants

  • 12

    Iraq: Islamic State (ISIS) group claims responsibility for Baghdad mall attack that killed 18 people
    Syria: Damascus has retaken 150 cities from rebels since December to the start of January, according Moscow
    Turkey: At least 10 foreigners killed by ISIL suicide bombing in Istanbul

  • 13

    Ukraine: Ukrainian soldier killed in clashes with pro-Russian rebels near Donetsk

  • 14

    Cameroon: Boko Haram attack on a mosque kills 10 people
    Indonesia: Militants launch gun and bomb attacks on Jakarta, killing at least 6 people

  • 15

    Turkey: Turkey kills 200 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Iraq and Syria
    Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters attack Kenyan military base in Gedo region

  • 16

    Somaliland: Somaliland troops attack Khaatumo State army base near Sahdheer town
    Burkina Faso: Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terrorists attack on a luxury hotel and a nearby cafe leaves 27 dead
    Kenya: Kenyan air force launches air strikes against al-Shabaab strongholds in response to El-Adde attack

  • 17

    Burma-Myanmar: Army clashes with Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) rebels amid national day celebrations
    Syria: ISIL terrorists abduct 400 civilians and slaughter 300 people during assault on Deir Ezzor town

  • 18

    Mozambique: Clashes between Government forces and Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) rebels forcing civilians to flee in Malawi
    Yemen: Dozens of Saudi-led forces killed in Marib new Tochka missile attack

  • 19

    Turkey: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants bomb attack kills 3 policemen in southeast
    Afghanistan: 23 militants killed and 14 wounded by Afghan armed forces in past 24 hours

  • 20

    Philippines: A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel killed and 5 soldiers hurt in clashes in Compostela Valley
    Pakistan: At least 30 dead in Taliban attack on Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, Tehreek-e-Taliban group claims responsability

  • 21

    Sudan: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-AW) rebel group clashed with army in Jebel Marra
    Burma-Myanmar: Fighting between RCSS/SSA-S and TNLA/PSLF rebels in northern Shan State
    Libya: Islamic State militants attack Ras Lanuf oil terminal

  • 22

    Egypt: Sinai Province terrorist group attacks Egyptian checkpoint in Sinai killing 5 policemen
    Somalia: Al-Shabaab terrorists attack restaurant-hotel killing at least 20 people in Mogadishu

  • 23

    Syria: Heavy clashes as Syria government forces advance on rebel town of Rabia
    Nigeria: Protesters calling for an independent State of Biafra

  • 24

    Iraq: Dozens of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters killed in clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga near Mosul
    Afghanistan: 16 ISIS militants killed in eastern Afghanistan air strikes

  • 25

    Kenya: Kenya sends more troops to Somalia against al-Shabaab
    Israel: Israel jets hit Hamas target after rocket attack from Gaza

  • 26

    Cameroon: 4 suicide attackers kill at least 28 people
    Syria: Syrian army captures key southern town of Sheikh Maskin from rebels

  • 27

    Burma-Myanmar: Red Shan form Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) in northern Burma after demand for new state
    Burma-Myanmar: Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and Government army along with allied Border Guard Force (BGF) clashed in Karen State

  • 28

    Egypt: 4 Egyptian soldiers killed and 12 injured in Sinai explosion
    Sudan: Jebel Marra fighting between army and Sudan Liberation Movement - Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) displaces over 34,000 peoples

  • 29

    Iraq: Mass grave of 18 Islamic State victims found in Ramadi
    Philippines: 300 Christians form armed militia Pulahan to defend themselves against Islamic jihadists

  • 30

    Yemen: Fighting rages in Taez province amid major offensive to drive out 30,000 rebels
    India: 3 maoist rebels killed in two encounters in Bastar region

  • 31

    Iraq: 17 Daesh terrorists killed as army jets strike area in Anbar
    Nigeria: Boko Haram Islamic extremists burn kids alive in northeast Nigeria

• February

  • 01

    Syria: At least 60 dead in bombings in Damascus, claimed by Islamic State terrorist group
    Yemen: Al-Qaeda militants seize souther town of Azzan on key highway
    Lebanon: 16 killed as ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra fight along Lebanon-Syrian border

  • 02

    Afghanistan: Kabul suicide bomber kills 20, claimed by taliban
    Tunisia: Police and militants clash leaving two dead in Gabes region
    Syria: Syrian army launches a major offensive from the north of Aleppo amid Geneva talks

  • 03

    Yemen: Fighting between Government forces and Houthi rebels outside Sanaa leaves at least 30 dead
    Nigeria: Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) separatists have hijacked a ship and demanded the release of their leader
    Ethiopia: Ethnic clashes between Nuer and Anuak groups kill dozens of people in Gambella region

  • 04

    Egypt: Egyptian forces kill 2 militants in clashes in upscale Cairo area
    Philippines: 3 soldiers killed in south clashes with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels

  • 05

    Syria: Syrian forces break rebels siege of Nubul and Zahraa Shia key towns
    Iraq: Peshmerga forces expel ISIS militant terrorists from strategic town of Koudellah

  • 06

    Mali: Jihadists attack a UN military camp in Timbuktu
    Somalia: Al-Shabaab militants take back town of Merka in southern Somalia

  • 07

    Pakistan: 9 dead and 40 injured as powerful blast rocks Quetta, claimed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group
    Somalia: Somali and African Union troops retake key port of Merka from al-Shabaab militants
    Libya: Sudan Liberation Movement led by Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) denies clashes in southern Libya

  • 08

    United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates ready to send ground troops to Syria
    Libya: Heavy clashes broke out between Derna Shura Council revolutionaries and Islamic State (IS) militants

  • 09

    Democratic Republic of the Congo: Clashes between Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels and Mai Mai militia kill 29 people
    Turkey: 25 killed in clashes between army and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebel fighters in southeast

  • 10

    Syria: Islamic State (IS) suicide bombing kills nine police officers in Damascus
    Iraq: Security forces fully liberate city of Ramadi from Islamic State (IS) fighters, government says
    Philippines: Army captures a high commander of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)

  • 11

    Nigeria: 2 female suicide bombers kill 56 people in Nigerian refugee camp
    Afghanistan: Clashes between ISIS militants and talibans in Nangarhar

  • 12

    Burma-Myanmar: Clashes between Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) force residents of Lotnaw village to flee
    Syria: World powers reached agreement to cessation of hostilities in Syria

  • 13

    Mali: Suspected islamist militants kill 3 peacekeepers in attack on UN base in Kidal
    Nigeria: Cameroon soldiers kill more than 20 Boko Haram fighters across border

  • 14

    Turkey: Turkey and Saudi Arabia could launch ground operation in Syria against the Islamic State (IS)
    South Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) accuses South Sudanese army of attacking their bases

  • 15

    Syria: Damascus confirms its army targeted by Turkish shelling, complains to UN
    Syria: 3 hospitals one of which supported by Doctors Without Borders and a school hit by russian airstrikes

  • 16

    Yemen: Dozens of Houthi rebel militants killed throughout Yemen
    Burma-Myanmar: As tensions rise between Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Shan State Army-South (SSA-S), Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North (SSPP/SSA-N) offers mediation

  • 17

    Nigeria: Cameroon special forces kill 162 Boko Haram extremists, retaken town of Goshi
    Syria: Kurds of Syrian Democratic Forces capture strategic town of Tell Rifaat from Arab rebels in Aleppo province
    Turkey: 2 soldiers killed in fresh Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant attacks in Diyarbakır province

  • 18

    Turkey: 28 people killed and 61 hurt after terror attack in central district in Ankara
    Yemen: 14 soldiers dead in Aden suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State group
    Syria: UN aid reach 5 besieged Syrian areas

  • 19

    Pakistan: Two attacks in Mohmand district kill 9 security agents of the Khasadar Force
    Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebels claim killing 16 government troops in Blue Nile State
    Iraq: Security forces advanced into al-Karma district east of Fallujah killing dozens of ISIS fighters

  • 20

    Turkey: Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) militants claim deadly Ankara blast, vow to destroy Turkish tourism
    Libya: U.S. airstrikes on ISIS training camp in Libya kill at least 41 people

  • 21

    Syria: More than 35 Islamic State (ISIS) militants killed in clashes with People’s Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish forces north Raqqa
    Mozambique: Clashes between Government forces and Renamo militants in Tete province, thousands of refugees toward Malawi
    Syria: Homs and Damascus blasts kill more than 100 people

  • 22

    Ukraine: 1 soldier killed in clashes with pro-russian separatists near Donetsk
    Sudan: Darfur Sudan Liberation Movement-Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) rebel group denies initiating Jebel Marra clashes

  • 23

    Syria: Islamic State attacks government supply line into Aleppo
    Philippines: 24 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) jihadists and 4 army soldiers killed in clashes in Lanao del Sur

  • 24

    Syria: Kurdish-Arab alliance of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expels ISIS from main gas facilities in Hasakah
    Libya: Islamic State (IS) militants briefly occupy centre of Sabratha near Tripoli

  • 25

    France: French forces arrived in Libya to support Haftar in Benghazi

  • 26

    Afghanistan: 14 militants killed in clashes between Taliban and security forces in Kunduz
    Syria: Massive Russian air raids in northern Aleppo

  • 27

    Somalia: More than 20 killed in Mogadishu car bombings, claimed by al-Shabaab
    Syria: Temporary Syria truce begins

  • 28

    Cameroon: Cameroon says 92 Boko Haram militants killed and 850 captives freed in Nigeria
    Afghanistan: 22 insurgents dead in clashes with army in Baghlan and in airstrikes
    Burma-Myanmar: Army deployed in northern Shan State, clashes with Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) rebels

  • 29

    Iraq: Baghdad twin suicide bombing kill 70 people, ISIS claims responsibility
    Somalia: Al-Shabaab suicide bombings kill 55 people and wounds 60 in southern Somalia

• March

  • 01

    Syria: Turkish shelling of Syrian Kurds continue backing for Islamic State
    Somaliland: Clashes between Somaliland army and Nugaal militia from Puntland
    France: French special forces target al-Qaeda commanders in Mali

  • 02

    Iraq: Iraq launches major anti Islamic State offensive to retake Samarra city
    Yemen: Yemeni army and Popular Forces clashed with Saudi forces in Ta’iz and Ma’rib, heavy losses

  • 03

    Syria: Over 200 killed in clashes between Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Daesh on Turkish-Syrian border
    Tunisia: Tunisian security forces kill 5 militants near Libyan border
    Turkey: 2 female terrorists who attacked Istanbul police identified as members of Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) terrorist group

  • 04

    Libya: Islamic State (IS) terrorist group militants clash with local residents in Sirte

  • 05

    Burma-Myanmar: Arakan army claims ambush that killed 30 Government troops
    Syria: Free Syrian Army’s Southern Front rebels take Iraq border crossing from Islamic State

  • 06

    Iraq: Iraqi forces planning assault on Islamic State forces in Mosul
    Sudan: Sudanese army will resume military operations against rebels in South Kordofan soon

  • 07

    Nigeria: Several terrorists killed, 3 Nigerian soldiers injured as troops battle Boko Haram
    Pakistan: At least 13 killed, including 2 children, in suicide attack claimed by Pakistani Taliban

  • 08

    Tunisia: Islamist fighters attack Tunisian forces in Ben Guerdan town near Libyan border, 53 people killed
    Somalia: US strike kills 150 militants at an al-Shabaab training camp

  • 09

    Turkey: Southeast Turkey clashes between Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and army leave 15 dead

  • 10

    Afghanistan: Taliban infighting leaves nearly 70 militants dead

  • 11

    Lebanon: 9 dead as Lebanese army clashes with terrorists
    Syria: Democratic Syria Forces (QSD) fighters to liberate Mekmen, ISIS last base between Raqqa and Cezîre

  • 12

    Yemen: Clashes between Houthi rebels and local fighters in besieged city of Taiz killed more than 50 people
    Israel: Israeli air strikes kill 10-year-old boy in Gaza Strip

  • 13

    Turkey: Turkey claims it killed 67 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in airstrikes on Kurdistan
    Iraq: Over 400 injuries reported in ISIS-led chemical attack in Taza Khurmatu
    Ivory Coast: Six gunmen attacked 3 hotels, government says

  • 14

    Turkey: Ankara car bombing kills at least 34 people, injures 125, official says
    Ivory Coast: Al-Qaeda claims Ivory Coast attack that left 22 people dead
    Iraq: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks kill 47 Iraqi soldiers near Ramadi

  • 15

    Russia: Putin orders start of Russian military withdrawal from Syria, says objectives achieved
    Syria: Airstrikes reported around Palmyra

  • 16

    Yemen: 65 people killed in Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen
    India: Killed 3 of 10 Pakistani terrorists who entered India via Gujarat
    Nigeria: 2 female suicide bombers kill 22 people at mosque near Maiduguri

  • 17

    Libya: Heavy clashes between soldiers loyal to Tobruk government and jihadist militants in Benghazi
    Afghanistan: Clashes between Taliban and Afghan forces kill 25 people in Uruzgan
    Syria: Kurds declare a federal region in Syria

  • 18

    Somalia: 30 al-Shabaab militants killed in two clashes with Kenyan armed forces in Somalia
    Philippines: Ansaru’l Khilafah Philippines terrorist group claims beheading a policeman

  • 19

    Syria: Syrian army push toward Palmyra amid Russian airstrikes

  • 20

    Burma-Myanmar: Army launches air strikes against Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) rebels
    Egypt: 13 Egyptian policemen killed in North Sinai attack claimed by Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis group
    Tunisia: Tunisian army clashes with militants

  • 21

    Kenya: Kenyan army kills 34 al-Shabaab fighters and captures their commander
    Turkey: 5 security forces martyred in Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist attack

  • 22

    Somalia: 70 al-Shabaab militants killed in battle against Puntland forces
    Mali: Gunmen attack European Union military mission headquarters in Mali, 1 attacker killed
    Belgium: Brussels attacks, explosions hit airport and metro
    Belgium: Islamic State terrorist group claims responsibility for the Brussels attacks

  • 23

    Iraq: Turkish military foils ISIS attack in Bashiqa military camp in northern Iraq
    Yemen: US airtrikes kill at least 50 militants at al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) training camp

  • 24

    Ukraine: 1 Ukrainian soldier killed and 10 wounded in Donbass
    Libya: 7 dead in clashes between tribesmen and forces loyal to unrecognised government near Tripoli
    Iraq: Iraq has launched offensive to recapture ISIS-held Mosul
    Burma-Myanmar: Battle rages between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) troops and Burmese army in Sadung

  • 25

    Syria: Syrian government forces retake ancient city of Palmyra
    Nigeria: 829 captives of Boko Haram freed by army
    Syria: ISIS number 2 killed in US raid in Syria

  • 26

    Iraq: ISIS claims suicide attack on Iraqi stadium that killed 25 people
    Yemen: Triple suicide bombing in Aden kills 22 people
    Egypt: Egyptian army says it has killed 60 Islamic militants in Sinai

  • 27

    Puntland: New clashes between army and al-Shabaab fighters in Bari region
    Pakistan: Suicide attack kills at least 59 people in a Lahore park

  • 28

    Turkey: Turkish jets bomb Islamic State (IS) positions north of Iraq
    Pakistan: Jamaat ul Ahrar Taliban splinter group claims Lahore attack
    Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) clashes with People’s Militia Force in poppy growing area of Kachin State

  • 29

    Azerbaijan: Clashes between armies of Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted along border
    Sudan: Army retakes strategic positions from Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in South Kordofan

  • 30

    Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16 dead in clashes between army and 3 rebel groups in North Kivu

  • 31

    Colombia: Colombia announces formal peace talks with National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels
    Libya: Blasts and heavy gunfire heard in Tripoli
    Niger: Attack of Boko Haram kills 6 soldiers, 3 others wounded

• April

  • 01

    North Ireland: New IRA terrorist group warns of more attacks on prison officers and members of the security forces
    Puntland: Al-Shabaab suicide bombing kills 6 people

  • 02

    Burma-Myanmar: Army and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) rebels engage in new clashes in Rakhine State

  • 03

    Azerbaijan: At least 32 killed in heavy fighting between Armenian army and Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh
    Saudi Arabia: Najd Province group claims police station bombing in al-Dalam

  • 04

    Nigeria: Leader of Ansaru jihadist group arrested in Nigeria
    Azerbaijan: Unilateral cease-fire against Nagorno-Karabakh
    Republic of the Congo: Heavy gunfire heard on streets of Brazzaville, clashes between police and Ninja militia

  • 05

    Iraq: As Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, ISIS lashes a wave of suicide attacks
    Sudan: Sudanese warplanes carry out intensified air attacks on Sudan People’s Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N) rebels in South Kordofan
    Azerbaijan: Cease fire declared in Nagorno-Karabakh

  • 06

    Turkey: Turkey hits Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebel targets in Iraq

  • 07

    Syria: Syrian army and allies launched a major attack against rebels south of Aleppo
    Yemen: Saudi Arabia’s strategic military base near Bab Al-Mandeb captured by Yemeni forces

  • 08

    Pakistan: 12 militants killed as security forces repulse cross-border attack in Lower Kurram
    Egypt: 7 killed in Sinai terror attacks claimed by Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis (Wilayat Sinai) group

  • 09

    Armenia: 2 Armenian soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan despite cease-fire
    Somalia: New terrorist group Jahba East Africa challenges al-Shabaab terrorist group

  • 10

    Philippines: 18 Filipino soldiers killed in clashes with Abu Sayyaf militants
    Syria: Al-Nusra Front rebels and Syrian government forces battle in fierce clashes near Aleppo
    Iraq: US plane drops arms for Daesh according several Iraqi policemen

  • 11

    Yemen: Loyalists and rebels vow to respect truce
    Peru: Shining Path guerrilla group attack death toll raised to 7
    Philippines: Army offensive kills 8 militants and wounds commander

  • 12

    Syria: ISIS recaptures key town of al-Rai on border between Syria and Turkey
    Afghanistan: Taliban announce start of spring offensive in Afghanistan

  • 13

    Burma-Myanmar: Battles rage in southern Kachin State
    Turkey: 5 Turkish soldiers and 30 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants killed in clashes

  • 14

    Libya: 6 killed in bombing and clashes with ISIS militants in western Libya
    Afghanistan: Over 200 militants killed and wounded in Afghan forces air and ground raids

  • 15

    Sudan: Sudan Liberation Movement - Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) rebels say still controlling Jebel Marra area
    Yemen: Yemeni forces seize city of Houta from al-Qaeda militants

  • 16

    Iraq: Security forces expel ISIS militants from key district of Hit in Anbar province
    Ethiopia: An Ethiopian official says that armed groups have killed more than 140 civilians near Ethiopia’s border with South Sudan

  • 17

    Iran: Iran deploys army in Syria to bolster support for Syrian president

  • 18

    Afghanistan: Afghan air strike kills 41 suspect ISIS loyalists in Nangarhar province

  • 19

    Sudan: Darfur clashes between Arab tribes of Maaliya and Rizeigat leave 20 dead
    Afghanistan: Taliban assault in Kabul kills 30 people and wounds more than 300

  • 20

    Syria: Syrian regime airstrikes kill 33 people in Idlib province
    Yemen: Houthi rebels agree to join delayed peace talks in Kuwait

  • 21

    Pakistan: Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar kills 7 policemen guarding polio vaccination team
    Democratic Republic of the Congo: 13 people killed in army and Mai Mai Simba militia clashes

  • 22

    Burma-Myanmar: Army demands Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North (SSPP/SSA-N) withdrawal from strategic outposts
    Syria: 50 people killed and wounded in Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG)-Syrian army clashes in the Kurdish city of Qamishli

  • 23

    Nigeria: Military cover-up of mass slaughter at Zaria exposed
    Libya: Libyan army liberates key eastern city of Derna from Daesh militants

  • 24

    Kenya: Kenyan military jets bomb 2 al-Shabaab training camps in Somalia

  • 25

    Iraq: Clashes erupt between Kurdish peshmerga forces and Shiite fighters in Tuz Khormato town
    Yemen: Saudi coalition says 800 al-Qaeda fighters killed in their stronghold of Mukalla
    Egypt: Army kills 30 militants in North Sinai air raids

  • 26

    Colombia: Clashes between ELN rebels, neo-paramilitary rivals Los Urabenos and army displace 3,000 people in west Colombia
    Azerbaijan: 2 Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers killed by Azeri gunfire

  • 27

    Burma-Myanmar: Shelling forces 314 Arakan State villagers to flee their homes

  • 28

    Somalia: 20 al-Shabaab militants killed by government forces in Bay region fighting
    Syria: 27 killed in airstrike on Aleppo hospital

  • 29

    Syria: Syrian forces prepare for large-scale Aleppo offensive
    Sudan: 3 rebel groups announce unilateral ceasefire

  • 30

    Ukraine: Ukraine troops and pro-Russia rebels agree Orthodox Easter ceasefire
    Iraq: Islamic State group claims responsibility for Baghdad bombing that killed 21 people

• May

  • 01

    Afghanistan: Afghan forces launched military operations against Taliban in 18 provinces

  • 02

    Ukraine: Killed 3 people in clashes between army and rebels despite Easter armistice
    Turkey: Turkish and coalition strikes in Syria kill 63 Daesh terrorists

  • 03

    Turkey: Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) group claims suicide attack in Bursa
    Syria: Dozens killed or wounded by rebel fire on hospital in Aleppo

  • 04

    Iraq: Islamic State militants breach Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga defenses, a U.S. serviceman killed
    Burma-Myanmar: New Burma army offensives across Kachin and Shan States, civilian casualties

  • 05

    Libya: Haftar orders attack on ISIS stronghold in Sirte
    Israel: Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after mortar fire
    Libya: ISIS militants stage attacks between Sirte and Misrata taking control of several villages

  • 06

    Syria: Air strike on refugee camp kills dozens of people near Sarmada
    Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militants attack Chevron oil facility in Nigeria

  • 07

    Syria: Scores killed in fierce fighting between army and rebels in south of Aleppo

  • 08

    Burma-Myanmar: As conflict reignites, Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) claims gains at Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) army’s expense
    Turkey: 55 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants killed as Turkish military hits positions in Syria

  • 09

    Egypt: Islamic State (IS) and Popular Resistance Movement claim responsibility for killing 8 police officers in Helwan
    Libya: Gaddafah, Warfalah and Ould Suleiman Libyan tribes swear allegiance to Isis

  • 10

    Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims credit for car bomb attack in Mogadishu
    South Sudan: Scores killed and dozens injured in clashese between Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and Mundari tribe in Mongalla

  • 11

    Iraq: Iraq army retakes town of Makhmur from Islamic State militants ahead of planned offensive for Mosul
    Turkey: 3 killed and 45 wounded in car bombing blamed on Kurds
    Iraq: ISIS claims responsibility for bombing that killed dozens of people at a Baghdad market

  • 12

    South Sudan: New rebel group formed in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state
    Ukraine: 1 soldier killed and 3 critically wounded in eastern Ukraine
    Libya: Libya prepares military operation on ISIS stronghold of Sirte

  • 13

    India: Revolutionary Communist Centre (RCC) maoists attack road construction camp office
    Syria: Strike kills al-Nusra Front fighters in Syria

  • 14

    Turkey: 8 Turkish troops killed, army helicopter downed in anti-PKK operations

  • 15

    Syria: Islamic State fighters seize hospital in advance on Syrian government forces

  • 16

    Yemen: At least 37 killed, ISIS targets recruits at Yemeni security compound

  • 17

    Turkey: Turkish military says killed 22 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in clashes
    Burma-Myanmar: Burma army forces clash with Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) splinter group
    Libya: Misrata forces fight Islamic State (IS) militants near Sirte

  • 18

    Iraq: 63 people dead in bombings claimed by Islamic State terrorist group
    Somaliland: Somaliland wants world recognition of its independence

  • 19

    Nigeria: Red Egbesu Water Lions (REWL) militants shift attack to Bayelsa, bomb Agip gas pipeline; demand release of Kanu and Dasuki

  • 20

    Libya: Libya forces make advances against Daesh terrorists
    Pakistan: Alleged islamic militants killed in Pakistan

  • 21

    Sudan: Media say tribal clashes between Awlad Subaih and Jamaaniyah clans left dozens dead in West Kordofan State

  • 22

    Afghanistan: Talibans confirm leader Mullah Mansour killed in US drone attack
    Ukraine: Ukrainian soldier killed in fresh clashes near Avdiyivka

  • 23

    India: 6 Assam Rifles personnel killed by Coordination Committee (CorCom) militants in Chandel district
    Iraq: Iraq launching offensive against Islamic State (IS) group to retake Fallujah
    Syria: 145 killed as ISIS attacks Syria regime bastions

  • 24

    Yemen: Islamic State (IS) attack kills at least 40 military recruits in Aden
    Ukraine: 7 soldiers killed in 24 hours

  • 25

    Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch Raqqa liberation operation
    Afghanistan: New taliban chief Haibatullah Akhundzada to head Afghan Taliban

  • 26

    Kenya: Kenyan army kills 21 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia
    Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers militant group claims new attack in Delta region

  • 27

    Democratic Republic of the Congo: Congolese refugees flee militia infighting
    Iraq: Iraqi troops retake key town of Karma from ISIS in Falluja offensive

  • 28

    Ukraine: 2 pro-Russian rebels killed by government forces in fresh clashes near Avdiivka
    Puntland: Mine blast kills Puntland soldiers, fighting in southern Somalia

  • 29

    Turkey: Turkish artillery kills 104 Daesh terrorists in Syria
    Sudan: Troika denounces Sudanese army’s bombing of civilians in South Kordofan
    Philippines: 22 dead in 3 days of clashes between military and Maute terrorist group

  • 30

    Yemen: South Yemen clashes between government forces and Houthi rebels kill 48 fighters
    Iraq: Iraqi forces enter in Fallujah

  • 31

    Afghanistan: Clashes between security forces and Taliban rebels kill 57 policemen and wound 37 in Helmand province
    Libya: Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) fighters say captured Ben Jawad from ISIS after clashes

• June

  • 01

    Nigeria: 20 civilians killed in clashes between army against militants and secessionists
    Puntland: Al-Shabaab militants kill 2 soldiers

  • 02

    Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for deadly attack on hotel in Mogadishu
    Mali: Al-Qaeda al-Murabitoun battalion claims attack that killed 1 chinese peacekeeper and 3 civilians

  • 03

    Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan fires sniper rifles and AGS-17 grenade launcher at Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact
    Turkey: Roadside PKK bomb attack wounds 8 soldiers in Diyarbakir

  • 04

    Iraq: Islamic State (ISIS) extremist jihadists burn 19 Yezidi girls to death in Mosul

  • 05

    Niger: 32 troops killed in clashes with Boko Haram fighters in Bosso
    Syria: Kurdish militias retreat from strategic Aleppo district after jihadist offensive
    Libya: A Libyan militia recaptures Gardabiya airbase from Islamic State (IS) militants

  • 06

    Turkey: Military says it has killed 27 Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK) rebels
    Syria: 35 Syrian soldiers killed in clashes with ISIS fighters near Raqqa
    Afghanistan: At least 7 people killed during taliban raid in northern Afghanistan

  • 07

    Burma-Myanmar: Burma army and Arakan Army (AA) soldiers clash again in Arakan State
    Turkey: Car bomb kills at least 11 people and wounds 36 in central Istanbul

  • 08

    Syria: Western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops impose siege on ISIS in Manbij

  • 09

    Israel: Hamas claims terrorists who killed 4 people in Tel Aviv
    Somalia: Al-Shabaab says it killed 60 soldiers at ethiopian base a Halgan

  • 10

    Libya: ISIL fighters retreat from main bastion in Libya, shaving beards as they go

  • 11

    Syria: Syrian Democrati Forces (SDF) and People’s Protection Units (YPG) cut off main ISIS road to Turkey
    Turkey: Kurdistan Freedom Falcons kurdish militants claim responsibility for car bomb attack in Turkey

  • 12

    Libya: Libya unity government allied forces take control of Sirte port
    Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers threaten secession from Nigeria

  • 13

    South Sudan: SPLA and SPLA-IO rival forces clashed in Central Equatoria
    Philippines: Another Canadian hostage killed by Philippines militant group Abu Sayyaf
    United States of America: ISIS claims responsibility for Orlando nightclub attack that left 50 dead

  • 14

    Iraq: Iraqi forces liberate al-Shuhada neighborhood in Fallujah killing 42 terrorists
    Syria: Air strikes on Idlib kill more than 20 people

  • 15

    Afghanistan: Afghan and Pakistani forces clash along border killing 3 people
    Eritrea: Ethiopian and Eritrean troops engage in a heavy border battle
    Libya: Libyan forces repel ISIL attacks in battle for Sirte

  • 16

    Iran: Clashes between Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) forces in Baluchistan and Kurdistan

  • 17

    Democratic Republic of the Congo: Several dead in clashes between army and former rebels
    United Arab Emirates: War is over for Emirati troops in Yemen

  • 18

    Iraq: Iraqi forces retake Falluja city hall
    Central African Republic: Fresh violence between Christian militias and Muslim fighters kills several and forces thousands to flee
    Burma-Myanmar: Burma army raids Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) base

  • 19

    Nigeria: Boko Haram militants shot dead 24 women

  • 20

    Somalia: Kenyan forces battled al-Shabaab militants
    Syria: Syrian and Russian jets hit the town of Tabqa

  • 21

    Iraq: Over 350 Yazidi women freed from Daesh in Fallujah
    Jordan: 6 troops killed and 14 injured in car bomb attack on Syria border

  • 22

    Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked Burma army camp in northern Shan State
    Libya: Fierce clashes between pro-government militiamen and Islamic State (IS) militants kill more than 60 people

  • 23

    Afghanistan: Infighting among Taliban in Herat leaves scores of militants dead
    Colombia: Government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels announce full ceasefire, last day of the war

  • 24

    Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advance towards Manbij city centre
    Yemen: Al-Qaeda militants with anti-aircraft weapons spotted in southern Yemen

  • 25

    Puntland: Abdisamad Mohamed Galan forces and Puntland troops clashed in Armo district

  • 26

    Somalia: Al-Shabaab islamist militants storm hotel in Mogadishu killing at least 6 people
    Afghanistan: 131 ISIS fighters killed by Afghan security forces in ongoing clashes in Nangarhar

  • 27

    Yemen: Clashes intensify between government forces and Houthi rebels, killed 41 people

  • 28

    Lebanon: Second wave of suicide bombings hits Qaa village
    Ukraine: One Ukrainian soldier killed and another four injured over the past 24 hours

  • 29

    South Sudan: Clashes between rebel groups and army kill 43 people near Wau town
    Turkey: 36 killed and 147 injured in Istanbul Ataturk Airport terror attacks

  • 30

    Yemen: 80 people killed in heavy fighting and airstrikes in Yemen
    Iraq: USA air strikes kill at least 250 ISIS fighters in Iraq

• July

  • 01

    Syria: At least 70 between soldiers and fighters killed in north of Aleppo
    Syria: Daesh retakes airbase on Syria-Iraq border from rebels

  • 02

    Bangladesh: At least 40 injured, 2 officers killed during attack on capital, ISIS claims responsibility
    Bangladesh: Islamist militants kill 20 hostages in Dhaka restaurant attack, 13 more rescued by army commando raid

  • 03

    Somalia: Al-Shabaab mortar fire kills 2 people in Baidoa
    Iraq: More than 80 people killed in bomb attack in Baghdad shopping district

  • 04

    Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers launch 5 attacks on major oil facilities

  • 05

    Saudi Arabia: Suicide bombings hit 3 cities, one near a holy site
    Central African Republic: At least 10 dead in renewed clashes in east

  • 06

    China: Chinese newspaper says the country should prepare for armed clashes in the South China Sea
    Syria: Army declares 72-hour nationwide truce

  • 07

    Turkey: Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets in southeast

  • 08

    Yemen: 26 killed in army base attack

  • 09

    Burma-Myanmar: Army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) rebels clashed in Hpakant
    South Sudan: Heavy fighting between Kiir and Machar security forces erupt inside Presidential Palace

  • 10

    Iraq: Army captures key Islamic State air base of Qayyarah in the Tigris valley south of Mosul
    Turkey: 19 PKK terrorists killed in shootouts
    Philippines: 10 dead and 19 injured as army clashes with Abu Sayyaf rebels

  • 11

    Somalia: Hundreds of residents flee from Marka due to renewed violences
    South Sudan: Fighting resumed in Juba this monday

  • 12

    Philippines: Military claims killing 40 Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Sulu and Basilan

  • 13

    Burma-Myanmar: New clash between 2 ethnic rebel groups in Shan State forces villagers to flee

  • 14

    Libya: Libyan forces carry out land and air offensive on ISIS in Sirte

  • 15

    Iraq: Islamic State says minister of war Omar the Chechen killed
    France: Terrorist attack in Nice leaves 84 people dead and 202 injured
    Turkey: Coup d’etat, army claims full control of the country, declared martial law and curfew

  • 16

    Turkey: Over 2.800 arrested, 265 killed, 1.440 injured in failed Turkish coup attempt

  • 17

    Libya: 20 Libyan troops killed and 105 injured in clashes with ISIS fighters
    Nigeria: Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) troops repel Boko Haram attacks in Baga
    Syria: Syrian troops besiege rebel-held parts of Aleppo

  • 18

    Afghanistan: Uruzgan province on brink of collapse could fall into taliban hands
    France: Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group claims responsibility for Nice attack

  • 19

    Yemen: Twin blasts kill 6 soldiers in Mukalla city
    Puntland: Puntland and Somaliland forces clashed in Sanag

  • 20

    India: At least 10 Indian paramilitary soldiers killed in maoist rebels ambush
    Ukraine: 7 Ukrainian troops died in heavy clashes with Donbass rebels

  • 21

    Syria: People’s Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish forces ambush kills 35 Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists near Kobane
    Nigeria: Army kills 12 Boko Haram militants and rescues 22 hostages

  • 22

    Somaliland: Tension rises between Somaliland and Puntland armies in Sanaag
    Mali: Fighting erupts between High Council for Unity of Azawad (HCUA) rebels and Gatia pro-government forces in Kidal

  • 23

    Yemen: Yemeni forces launch a major offensive against Houthi rebels near Saudi border
    Syria: Violent clashes between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Islamic State (ISIS) in Manbij, 8 ISIS militants killed
    Afghanistan: Islamic State claims responsibility for explosion that killed 80 people in Kabul

  • 24

    Libya: Libyan forces launch new assault to oust Islamic State militants from Sirte
    Iraq: Suicide attack in al-Kazemiya kills 14 people and wounds 23 others

  • 25

    Ukraine: Ukrainian military shell positions of militia in Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR)
    Egypt: 15 militants killed and 12 injured during clashes in North Sinai

  • 26

    Puntland: Puntland and Somaliland agree to de-escalate Sanaag tensions
    Somalia: 13 killed in al-Shabaab attack near Mogadishu airport

  • 27

    Saudi Arabia: Saudi jets target Houthi fighters in Yemen after fierce border clashes
    Philippines: 6 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) rebels and 1 soldier killed in Maguindanao clashes
    Syria: Bomb blasts kill 44 people in Qamishli claimed by ISIS terrorist group

  • 28

    Philippines: President Duterte declares unilateral ceasefire with Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People’s Army (NPA) and National Democratic Front (NDF) communist rebels

  • 29

    Syria: Terrorist group al-Nusra Front splits from al-Qaeda and changes name in Jabhat Fath al Sham
    Syria: Save the Children maternity hospital in Idlib bombarded

  • 30

    Nigeria: Anti-Boko Haram task force recaptures Damasak town in Borno state
    South Sudan: Machar troops ready at any time to storm Juba capital

  • 31

    Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burma army clash amid ongoing ethnic summit
    Somalia: 5 killed in al-Shabaab terror attack in Mogadishu

• August

  • 01

    Libya: 5 Libyan forces killed in fresh clashes with Daesh in Sirte
    Afghanistan: Taliban attack on hotel in Kabul leaves 4 dead

  • 02

    Libya: United States launches airstrikes on ISIS targets in Sirte

  • 03

    Italy: Italy would consider US request to use Sigonella air base in Libya strikes
    South Sudan: Tens of thousands flee, reporting mass killings, recruitment of child soldiers, UN says

  • 04

    Libya: Benghazi car bomb kills 22 people and injures 20 amid Libya clashes

  • 05

    Angola: Death toll in clashes with Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) rebels approaches 30
    Egypt: Army kills head of Ansar Beyt al-Maqdis group, ISIS affiliate in northern Sinai

  • 06

    India: 14 killed, 4 or 5 gunmen on the run, National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) group claims responsibility
    Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) group retakes northern city of Manbij from ISIS militants

  • 07

    Syria: Syria rebels claim to have broken Assad regime’s siege of Aleppo after more than 600 deaths during 5 days of bloody fighting

  • 08

    Libya: 10 Libyan soldiers killed and 19 wounded in clashes with Derna Shura Council fighters in Derna
    Pakistan: 93 killed after bomb explodes in hospital in Quetta, no claim

  • 09

    Pakistan: Quetta hospital bombing, Party of Freedom Fighters Taliban claim attack
    Ethiopia: At least 100 killed in protests against government in Oromia region

  • 10

    South Sudan: Clashes around strategic Yei town between South Sudanese rival forces
    Mali: 5 Malian soldiers missing after clashes with Macina Liberation Front (MLF) rebels

  • 11

    Burma-Myanmar: Fighting near Laiza between burmese army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA)
    Libya: Pro-government forces seize ISIS headquarters in Sirte

  • 12

    Ukraine: Army near Crimea on high alert level amid Russia tensions

  • 13

    Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) take Syrian city of Manbij from ISIS

  • 14

    Yemen: Saudi-Led coalition jets pound yemeni rebels for 3 straight day

  • 15

    Democratic Republic of the Congo: 42 killed in a massacre caused by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in east
    Iraq: Peshmerga regain control of 11 villages south east of Mosul, kill 120 Islamic State (IS) militants

  • 16

    Mali: Dozens killed in clashes between Gatia pro-government fighters and Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA) members
    Afghanistan: Taliban capture key district of Baghlan after days of fighting
    Turkey: 6 killed in Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bombing near Diyarbakir

  • 17

    China: China to provide aid and enhance military training in Syria
    Burma-Myanmar: Schools closed and civilians displaced as fighting between Burma army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) intensifies
    Russia: Russia bombs Syrian groups from Iran base for first time

  • 18

    Turkey: At least 11 killed, over 226 wounded in PKK car bomb attack

  • 19

    South Sudan: Over 1,000 South Sudan People Patriotic Front (SSPPF) rebels defect to Gabriel Changson Chang’s South Sudan Army Forces (SSAF)

  • 20

    Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militant group threatens to declare Niger Delta Republic on October 1 2016

  • 21

    Afghanistan: Afghan forces retake control of Khanabad district from taliban

  • 22

    Turkey: 51 dead in suspected ISIS bombing on wedding in Gaziantep
    Puntland: Al-Shabaab suicide bombers kill at least 20 people in Puntland

  • 23

    Israel: Israel launches air strikes over Gaza in response to rocket attack
    Nigeria: Nigerian army says Boko Haram leader fatally wounded in air strike

  • 24

    Syria: Syrian government forces fight Kurdish militias over Hasakah
    Turkey: Turkey begins offensive to free Syria’s Jarabulus town from Islamic State (IS)

  • 25

    Colombia: Government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels sign historic peace agreement

  • 26

    Iraq: Iraq forces retake key town of Qayyarah south of Mosul

  • 27

    Philippines: Government and National Democratic Front (NDF) rebels forge deal for indefinite ceasefire
    Somalia: 9 killed in Mogadishu beach restaurant attack claimed by al-Shabaab

  • 28

    Philippines: 15 Abu Sayyaf terrorists killed in Sulu clashes
    Nigeria: Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB) third separatist group emerges in Biafra

  • 29

    Libya: 18 killed and 120 wounded in clashes with Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Sirte
    Yemen: Islamic State suicide bomber kills 60 people in attack on military base in Aden

  • 30

    Ukraine: Fresh clashes erupt in Donbass, 2 Ukrainian soldiers killed

  • 31

    Burma-Myanmar: Clashes between army and Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) rebels continue days before peace conference
    Syria: Abu Muhammad al-Adnani Islamic State spokesman and strategist killed by U.S. airstrike

• September

  • 01

    Tunisia: Clashes between terrorists of Okba Ibn Nafaa brigade and army in Kasserine

  • 02

    Syria: ISIS militants capture 11 army checkpoints near Palmyra

  • 03

    Egypt: 2 dead and 5 injured in North Sinai attack
    Pakistan: Jamaat-ur-Ahrar taliban attack on Christian neighborhood and courthouse leaves 13 dead and dozens wounded

  • 04

    Libya: Libya pro-govt forces attack last ISIS bastion
    Turkey: Army kills 100 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants

  • 05

    Libya: 11 Government troops killed in clashes with ISIS militants in Sirte

  • 06

    Afghanistan: At least 24 dead, 91 injured after bombs exploded in Kabul, taliban claims responsibility
    Turkey: Turkish jets kill 30 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq

  • 07

    Yemen: Dozens of Houthi fighters killed in clashes east of the capital

  • 08

    Egypt: Clashes in Sinai kill 11 militants and injure 5 others
    Israel: Israeli warplane attacks Syrian army in Golan Heights

  • 09

    Nigeria: Confusion inside Boko Haram as Shekau and Barnawi factions engage in gun battle

  • 10

    Burma-Myanmar: Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) forces clashed in Dawei district
    Afghanistan: Afghan forces encircled by taliban in Tarin Kot town

  • 11

    Somalia: Jubaland troops begin anti al-Shabaab offensive

  • 12

    Libya: Troops loyal to army chief Haftar seize key oil ports from Government of National Accord (GNA) forces
    Syria: Ceasefire comes into effect across Syria

  • 13

    Sudan: Clashes in Darfur kill 30 Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) rebels and undisclosed number of soldiers

  • 14

    Ukraine: Ukraine rebel leader announces unilateral truce

  • 15

    Burma-Myanmar: Thousands flee Methawaw as clashes intensify between Myanmar Border Guard Forces (BGF) and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) rebels
    Turkey: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claims responsibility for Van attack that it says killed 18 people

  • 16

    Syria: Over 35 Islamic State (ISIS) militants killed in clashes with Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) forces in Hasakah
    Yemen: 40 people dead in clashes between Houthi rebels and pro-government forces around city of Taez

  • 17

    Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills at least 24 people in a mosque claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar group

  • 18

    Niger: Niger and Chad troops kill 38 Boko Haram fighters
    Somalia: Somali forces recapture El-Wak city from al-Shabaab militants

  • 19

    Libya: Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) retakes Sidra and Ras Lanuf oil terminals in east
    India: 17 Indian soldiers killed in militant attack on Kashmir army base

  • 20

    Somaliland: Somaliland wants to secede — will it be Africa’s 55th country?

  • 21

    Burma-Myanmar: Clashes between Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Kyaw Htet (DKBA-KH) rebels and army in Karen State displace over 4,000 people

  • 22

    Nigeria: 40 multinational troops killed in northeast, Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants claim
    Yemen: Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 19 civilians in Hodeidah
    Eritrea: Yemeni Houthi forces attack Eritrea’s airport and navy base

  • 23

    Iraq: Security forces recapture Shirqat from Islamic State (IS) militants
    Syria: Syrian army begins new major offensive in Aleppo

  • 24

    Democratic Republic of the Congo: Clashes between security forces and militia loyal to Kamwina Nsapu in Kananga kill at least 13 people

  • 25

    Iran: Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) claims to have killed 10 Iranian soldiers
    Afghanistan: 99 ISIS and taliban terrorists killed in last 24 hours

  • 26

    Somalia: Heavy clashes between Somali soldiers and al-Shabaab militants in south, 10 people killed
    Turkey: 10 soldiers killed in Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) attacks in southeast

  • 27

    South Sudan: New clashes between SPLA troops and SPLA-IO rebels raise risk of civil war

  • 28

    Syria: Syrian troops clash with rebels as bombs fall on Aleppo

  • 29

    Afghanistan: Afghan government signs draft peace deal with insurgent faction of Hezb-e-Islami

  • 30

    Somalia: Puntland security forces attack al-Shabaab group, 15 killed
    India: 14 Indian soldiers killed in clashes with Pakistan army

• October

  • 01

    Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels ready to start peace talks with government

  • 02

    South Sudan: South Sudan army denies armed clashes in Morobo
    Yemen: Houthi fighters claim attack on United Arab Emirates military vessel

  • 03

    Syria: Kurdish forces and Syrian army liberate Shkeif area near Aleppo

  • 04

    Afghanistan: Taliban launch attacks in Helmand province and in Kunduz city

  • 05

    Burma-Myanmar: Army clashed with Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) in Shan State
    Afghanistan: Afghan troops battle Taliban in Kunduz for third day

  • 06

    Israel: Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fire on Israeli city claimed by Ahfad al-Sahaba group

  • 07

    Kenya: Al-Shabaab claims death of 6 Christians in Mandera attack

  • 08

    Yemen: 7 fighters killed in Yemen clashes
    Burma-Myanmar: Army launched air strikes on Kachin Independence Army (KIA) rebels

  • 09

    Syria: Clashes between Ahrar al-Sham and Jund al-Aqsa rebel factions in Idlib
    Yemen: Saudi-led coalition airstrike hits Yemen funeral killing over 140 people

  • 10

    Russia: Russian police shoot dead 8 militants in Chechnya clashes

  • 11

    Afghanistan: Taliban overrun police station in Lashkargah

  • 12

    Iraq: Iraqi soldiers liberate region in Ansar province from Daesh
    Somalia: Al-Shabaab group recaptured town of Eel Ali in southern Somalia

  • 13

    Afghanistan: 14 people killed and 36 wounded in Kabul shrine attack
    Central African Republic: At least 23 people killed in fighting in Kaga Bandoro

  • 14

    Turkey: Turkey attacks Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) positions north Syria, Kurds respond

  • 15

    Egypt: 12 soldiers killed in terror attack in Sinai

  • 16

    Libya: 14 pro-government troops killed in clashes with Islamic State (IS) in Sirte

  • 17

    Syria: Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) captures Dabiq, Syrian town of symbolic importance to ISIS

  • 18

    Iraq: Iraq launches massive offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State terrorists
    Somalia: Somali troops battle al-Shabaab fighters in Afgoye

  • 19

    Nigeria: Boko Haram clashes leave 13 Nigerian soldiers wounded and other missing
    Burma-Myanmar: Myanmar says 30 Aqa Mul Mujahidin guerilla fighters killed in clashes after Rakhine border raids

  • 20

    Syria: Daesh launches offensive on kurds in Aleppo after alleged coalition airstrike

  • 21

    Burma-Myanmar: Democratic Karen Buddhist Army clashes with Burma army, casualties reported

  • 22

    Iraq: ISIS launched a major counter-attack on Kirkuk to distract Iraqi troops from Mosul

  • 23

    Syria: Syrian military says Turkish army’s presence in Syria is sign of aggression

  • 24

    Yemen: Airstrikes begin as ceasefire expires

  • 25

    India: India police killed 24 maoist rebels in Orissa
    Somalia: Heavy clashes erupted again in Galkayo city between Puntland and Galmudug armed forces

  • 26

    Pakistan: At least 59 police cadets were killed and over 110 injured after a terrorist attack, claimed by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami group
    South Sudan: Rebels claim killing 11 soldiers in Upper Nile

  • 27

    Afghanistan: Islamic State (IS) militants kill 30 civilians in central Afghanistan

  • 28

    Puntland: ISIS-linked militants seize port town in north

  • 29

    Syria: Government forces launch counter offensive against rebels in Aleppo

  • 30

    Central African Republic: 25 people killed in clashes between Muslim Seleka rebels and Christian Anti-Balaka militia

  • 31

    Egypt: 6 terrorists and 4 soldiers killed in North Sinai clashes
    Somalia: Somali troops recapture village from al-Shabaab

• November

  • 01

    Iraq: Iraqi troops enter Mosul city limits

  • 02

    Pakistan: 3 Pakistan soldiers killed in retaliatory firing by Border Security Force

  • 03

    Afghanistan: Afghan forces foil Taliban attempts to overrun southern Trinkot city after killing 80 insurgents

  • 04

    Syria: Rebel groups clash with each other in Aleppo

  • 05

    Turkey: Blast in Diyarbakir kills 9 people and injures 100 after pro-Kurdish leaders detained

  • 06

    Spain: Spain says Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) head captured in France
    Afghanistan: US claims killing key al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan

  • 07

    Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce start of campaign to retake Raqqa

  • 08

    Somalia: Renewed fighting between Galmudug and Puntland forces erupts in Galkayo

  • 09

    Niger: 5 soldiers killed in Banibangou attack

  • 10

    Iraq: Dozens takfiri Daesh terrorists killed in Mosul military operations
    Libya: Clashes between army and militants in central Benghazi

  • 11

    South Sudan: Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement-In-Opposition (SPLM-IO) fighters repulse fresh attack in Upper Nile state

  • 12

    Syria: Over 20 ISIS jihadists killed in clashes with Kurdish YPG forces in northeast

  • 13

    Yemen: Houthi militia claimed to have seized several villages in Saudi Arabia

  • 14

    Burma-Myanmar: Dozens killed as army clashes with Rohingya militants in Rakhine state

  • 15

    Somalia: Puntland and Galmudug leaders reach peace deal in Galkayo

  • 16

    Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militants claim attack on Nembe Creek oil pipeline

  • 17

    Libya: 20 Libyan troops killed in clashes in Benghazi
    South Sudan: SPLM-IO rebels claim capture of three areas in southern and northern parts of the country

  • 18

    Syria: 3 al-Nusra Front commanders and dozens of jihadists killed in airstrikes from Russian aircraft carrier

  • 19

    Philippines: 10 Abu Sayyaf rebels and 4 soldiers killed in clashes

  • 20

    Egypt: Dozens militants killed in clashes with Egyptian army forces in North Sinai

  • 21

    Syria: Video shows bombing of a children hospital in Aleppo
    Burma-Myanmar: 4 ethnic armed groups launched joint offensive in Shan State

  • 22

    Syria: Clashes broke out between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish army forces in north

  • 23

    Cameroon: 6 Cameroonian troops killed in Boko Haram terrorist attack

  • 24

    Central African Republic: 16 dead and thousands displaced in clashes between Popular Front for the Renaissance of the Central African Republic (FPRC) and the Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC)

  • 25

    Pakistan: Pakistani air force chief warns India against full-scale war
    Yemen: Houthi fighters killed in clashes in Taiz

  • 26

    Iraq: Iraq says its forces have retaken most of eastern Mosul from ISIL

  • 27

    Pakistan: 4 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat-ur-Ahrar (TTP-JA) bombers die in attack on a military facility

  • 28

    Uganda: At least 55 killed in clashes between Ugandan forces and Rwenzururu kingdom separatist militia
    Philippines: 11 members of Maute islamist group killed in clashes with army in Lanao Sur

  • 29

    France: Mokhtar Belmokhtar leader of Al-Murabitoun terrorist group likely killed in a air raid

  • 30

    Iraq: Iraqi army opens new front against ISIS in Hawija

• December

  • 01

    Kenya: Al-Shabaab terrorists are regrouping in Somalia to attack Kenya, police warns

  • 02

    Burma-Myanmar: Fleeing Shan State conflict, 400 villagers take refuge in Namtu town

  • 03

    Libya: Militias clash in Tripoli, worst violence in 2 years

  • 04

    Syria: Army advances in east Aleppo

  • 05

    India: 2 soldiers killed and 8 injured as Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) militants ambush Assam Rifles convoy

  • 06

    South Sudan: South Sudanese rebels say killed 16 soldiers in Yei clashes

  • 07

    Iraq: Iraqi army launches fresh assault toward Mosul center

  • 08

    Libya: Forces loyal to Libyan unity government fully liberate Sirte from ISIS terrorists

  • 09

    Somalia: Puntland security forces recaptured port town for Qandala from ISIS

  • 10

    Philippines: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) clashes with retreating Maute group members

  • 11

    Turkey: 38 dead and 155 wounded in twin bomb attack near Istanbul stadium
    Syria: Russia says Islamic State militants launched second assault on Palmyra

  • 12

    Somalia: Al-Shabaab suicide bombing kills more than 20 people in Mogadishu

  • 13

    Egypt: Hasm movement claimed Cairo blast that killed 6 people

  • 14

    Burma-Myanmar: Arakan Army says 10 government soldiers killed in renewed clashes

  • 15

    Ukraine: Militants launch 15 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbass in last day

  • 16

    Syria: Air strikes and fighting mark end of Aleppo ceasefire

  • 17

    Burkina Faso: 11 troops killed in jihadist attack in Nassoumbou

  • 18

    Burma-Myanmar: Army attacks Kachin Independence Army (KIA) headquarters

  • 19

    Yemen: ISIS claims responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 52 soldiers in Aden

  • 20

    Russia: 11 gunmen killed by police in Chechnya, regional leader says

  • 21

    Germany: Germany releases Berlin attack suspect as ISIS claims involvement

  • 22

    Syria: 16 Turkish soldiers killed and 33 others injured fighting Daesh terrorists in Al-Bab

  • 23

    Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ethnic militia clashes kill 18 people in eastern Congo

  • 24

    Ukraine: Ukraine says 2 troops killed in Russian-backed rebel offensive

  • 25

    Nigeria: Nigerian army captures last Boko Haram camp in former stronghold

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    Iraq: Nearly 100 Islamic State (IS) militants killed in clashes and in an air strike in Mosul

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    Afghanistan: 500 Helmand residents take up arms against Taliban

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    Egypt: Airstrikes kill 13 militants in Sinai

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    South Sudan: South Sudan rival forces clash in oil-rich Upper Nile state

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    Syria: Cease-fire takes effect between Government and some rebel groups
    Azerbaijan: 3 Armenian, 1 Azerbaijani soldiers killed in border clashes

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    Nigeria: 4 militant groups declare truce in Niger Delta