Wars in the World

Wars and Main Events on 2019

• January

  • 01

    • Philippines: 2 dead and 21 wounded in bomb blast in a shopping mall, suspected Daulah Islamiyah group

  • 02

    • Afghanistan: Afghan forces use artillery to repel multiple Taliban assaults that have killed at least 21 policemen

  • 03

    • Ukraine: 1 soldier killed and 2 wounded in clashes with separatists in est of the country despite new truce

  • 04

    • Burma-Myanmar: Arakan Army (AA) clashes with government forces in Rakhine State

  • 05

    • Yemen: Clashes in Shabwa as Yemeni forces hunt al-Qaeda militants

  • 06

    • Nigeria: Boko Haram jihadists kill 2 soldiers in an ambush

  • 07

    • Burkina Faso: Ethnic clashes between Mossi and Fulani claim about 46 lives

    • Gabon: Gabon soldiers declare a coup d’etat

  • 08

    • Gabon: Rebel chief arrested and 2 killed in failed coup d’etat

  • 09

    • Burma-Myanmar: Myanmar vows to crush Arakan Army (AA) and urges locals to cut support

  • 10

    • Somalia: United States army says an airstrike in Somalia killed 6 al-Shabaab extremists

  • 11

    • South Sudan: Heavy gunshots between National Salvation Front forces led Thomas Cirilo (NAS-TC) and SPLA-IO forces heard outside Maridi state

  • 12

    • Somaliland: Somaliland seeks international recognition by hosting British and Russian naval bases

  • 13

    • Ukraine: Ukrainian forces shell Lugansk People’s Republic territory 4 times over tlast 24 hours

  • 14

    • North Macedonia: Macedonian parliament approves country’s name change to Republic of North Macedonia

  • 15

    • Burma-Myanmar: Clashes between Arakan Army (AA) and the military broke out near Alei Chaung village in Buthidaung township

  • 16

    • Kenya: Al-Qaeda linked al-Shabaab claims responsibility for terrorist attack on luxury Nairobi hotel, 14 dead

  • 17

    • Syria: 4 americans killed in Manbij attack, Islamic State (IS) claims responsibility

  • 18

    • Libya: Clashes between Seventh Brigade and Tripoli Protection Force rival militias kill at least 2 people

  • 19

    • Yemen: Yemeni army makes strategic advances against al-Houthi militia

  • 20

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army kills 13 Arakan Army (AA) rebels in Rakhine State

    • Northern Ireland: New IRA dissidents suspected in Londonderry car bomb blast

  • 21

    • Israel: Syria fires at Golan Heights after Israeli raids south of Damascus

    • Mali: Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists attack UN base in Aguelhoc killing 8 peacekeepers

  • 22

    • Egypt: Security forces killed 14 Islamic militants in Sinai Peninsula

  • 23

    • Egypt: Egypt says recent Sinai clashes killed 7 troops and 59 jihadist militants

    • Iran and Israel clashes bring threat of all-out war

  • 24

    • Venezuela: Juan Guaido declares himself interim president amid protests

  • 25

    • Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) cuts ISIS path to Iraq by taking al-Baghouz town

  • 26

    • Philippines: Troops seize jungle hideout after clashes with Maute fighters

  • 27

    • Yemen: Houthis shell camp for displaced people and most of the dead and injured are women and children

  • 28

    • Nigeria: Boko Haram jihadists attack 2 military bases in Borno state bordering with Cameroon

  • 29

    • Philippines: 4 members of the New People’s Army killed in Mindanao clashes

  • 30

    • Burkina Faso: 14 dead in clashes near border with Mali

  • 31

    • Ukraine: Ukrainian military prevent enemy ambush attack in Dokuchaievsk in Donetsk region, seized weapons

• February

  • 01

    • Philippines: Troops clash with Abu Sayyaf’s Ajang Ajang faction suspected in Jolo bombing

  • 02

    • Libya: 4 killed and 3 wounded in clashes in southwest

  • 03

    • Venezuela: Venezuelan air force general Francisco Yanez declares allegiance to Juan Guaido as interim head-of-state

  • 04

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: 22 killed in clashes between army and Mai-Mai militia in Beni

  • 05

    • Sudan: 2 armed groups announce reunification of Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF)

  • 06

    • South Sudan: 9 killed in renewed fighting between National Salvation Front (NAS) and a SPLM-IO faction

  • 07

    • Afghanistan: 58 die in fresh clashes between Taliban and Afghan forces

  • 08

    • Libya: Clashes resume between Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar and Ali Kana forces

  • 09

    • India: 10 maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh

  • 10

    • Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Kurdish fighters launch final battle against ISIS last enclave

  • 11

    • Syria: Syrian army breaks ISIL siege in Deir ez-Zor airbase

  • 12

    • Somalia: 30 al-Shabaab militants killed in armed forces joint operation in Jamame

  • 13

    • Libya: Biggest oilfield of Sharara is now under control of Haftar forces

  • 14

    • South Sudan: 13 civilians and 7 soldiers killed during fresh clashes between South Sudanese army and National Salvation Front (NAS) rebels in Equatoria

  • 15

    • India: Carbomb kills 40 Indian paramilitary police in their convoy in Kashmir, claimed by Jaish-e-Mohammad group

  • 16

    • Nigeria: Islamic State’s West Africa Province terrorist group with ISIS ties claims responsibility for attack on governor’s convoy

  • 17

    • Syria: ISIS extremists control an area of half a square kilometer in Syria

  • 18

    • Niger: Niger says 7 soldiers killed in clashes with Boko Haram jihadists

  • 19

    • India: 4 Indian soldiers killed in clashes with militants in Pulwama district in Kashmir

  • 20

    • Pakistan: Pakistan warns India against military action

  • 21

    • Yemen: Government forces clash with Houthi rebels in Hodeidah despite cease-fire

  • 22

    • Iraq: 5 Islamic State (IS) militants killed in clashes with Tribal Mobilization Forces (TMF) fighters in western Iraq

  • 23

    • Turkey: Turkish Armed Forces destroyed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) shelters and hideouts in north Iraq

  • 24

    • Nigeria: Boko Haram targets troops in dawn raid in Maiduguri on polling day

  • 25

    • Somalia: 4 american airstrikes kill 2 al-Shabaab fighters

  • 26

    • Libya: Khalifa Haftar forces have killed at least 19 civilians in Murzuq attack

  • 27

    • India: India launches airstrikes inside Pakistan targeting Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants

  • 28

    • Pakistan: Pakistani military says it downed 2 Indian warplanes and captured a pilot

• March

  • 01

    • Afghanistan: Over 100 taliban militants killed in fresh military operations

  • 02

    • Somalia: Deadly siege in Mogadishu ended, al-Shabaab extremist attackers killed

  • 03

    • Afghanistan: Taliban target Afghan army corps at their camp killing 23 soldiers and wounding 16

  • 04

    • Syria: Turkish-backed rebels kill several Kurdish fighters in Afrin

  • 05

    • Syria: Ansar Al Tawhid, a Syrian group linked to al-Qaeda, kills 21 regime forces

  • 06

    • Yemen: Scores of Houthi militants killed in clashes with army

  • 07

    • Rwanda: Rwanda accuses Uganda of supporting 2 rebel groups

  • 08

    • Indonesia: 3 soldiers dead in clash with West Papua National Liberation Army fighters

  • 09

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army clashes with KIA and TNLA rebels in Shan State during unilateral ceasefire

  • 10

    • Niger: Several dead in Boko Haram attack in Diffa

  • 11

    • Yemen: First serious clashes between Government forces and al-Houthi rebels in Hodeida after truce

  • 12

    • Egypt: Army says 46 suspected jihadists killed in clashes in Sinai Peninsula

  • 13

    • Philippines: 3 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and 2 Maute rebels slain in clashes with army

  • 14

    • Syria: Thousands of ISIS fighters surrender amid attack on final stronghold in Syria

  • 15

    • Israel: Israeli military says rockets fired at Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip

  • 16

    • Israel: Israel strikes dozens of Hamas targets in response to rockets fired on Tel Aviv by Islamic Jihad group

  • 17

    • Chad: Chad claims 400 Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) rebel fighters laid down arms

  • 18

    • Turkey: 2 Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Iraq

  • 19

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army military fights Arakan Army (AA) rebels among ancient Rakhine temples

  • 20

    • Syria: ISIS camp in Baghouz has been captured as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare progress in Syria

  • 21

    • Iraq: Iraq deploys 3 army brigades to Sinjar, new clashes with Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) Yezidi fighters affiliated to Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

  • 22

    • Afghanistan: Norouz attack in Kabul kills at least 6 people, Islamic State (IS) claims responsibility

  • 23

    • Chad: Boko Haram faction, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), kills 23 soldiers in Dangdala attack

  • 24

    • Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare total defeat of the Islamic State (IS)

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab attack on Somali government building ends with 15 people dead

  • 25

    • Mali: Over 100 killed in inter-tribal clashes between Fulani e Dogon

  • 26

    • Israel: Israeli military strikes Hamas targets in Gaza Strip

  • 27

    • Yemen: Elite troops supported by United Arab Emirates forces launch a military operation to track down al-Qaeda militants

  • 28

    • Afghanistan: 36 Taliban militants killed and wounded in Helmand and Paktika military operations

  • 29

    • Somalia: 15 killed in Mogadishu after car bomb explosion, no claim

  • 30

    • Burma-Myanmar: Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) accuses military of helping Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) gain bases in North Shan

  • 31

    • Afghanistan: Taliban takes control of Arghanj Khaw district in north east following deadly clashes

• April

  • 01

    • Turkey: Turkish jets pound Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in Iraq on day before election

  • 02

    • Yemen: Battle rages in Al Dhalea province between Yemeni government and Houthi rebels

  • 03

    • Syria: Dozens of ISIS fighters escaped from Baghouz launched a big assault on Syrian Army troops near Palmyra

  • 04

    • Afghanistan: 5 Islamic State (IS) militants killed in drone strike in Nangarhar province

  • 05

    • Libya: Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar orders his troops to move on Tripoli

    • Turkey: Turkish jets hit PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq

  • 06

    • Libya: Tripoli forces retake former international airport from Haftar forces

  • 07

    • Libya: Western air force strikes Haftar’s forces positioned in Mizda and Sooq Al-Khamis

  • 08

    • Ukraine: The forgotten war

  • 09

    • Libya: Libya fighting escalates as Khalifa Haftar’s forces bomb Tripoli airport

  • 10

    • Burma-Myanmar: Fresh clashes between Arakan Army (AA) and Burmese army in Rakhine state

  • 11

    • Libya: Libyan National Army (LNA) takes base 12 km from Tripoli centre

    • Sudan: Army takes power in coup d’etat arresting President Omar Al Bashir

  • 12

    • Niger: Boko Haram targets civilians in deadly attacks in south-east Niger

  • 13

    • Philippines: Philippine troops kill 12 Abu Sayyaf militants in clashes

  • 14

    • Pakistan: Islamic State’s Khorasan Province (ISKP) claims responsibility for deadly suicide attack in Quetta

    • Ethiopia: Ethiopia signs peace deal with former Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels

  • 15

    • Iraq: Clashes in Mosul between Hashed Al Shaabi militia and security forces

  • 16

    • Nigeria: 27 Boko Haram terrorists killed by Nigerian and Cameroonian forces in northeast

  • 17

    • Libya: Haftar forces bomb populated residential areas in Tripoli

  • 18

    • Syria: Jaysh Al-Izza, Free Syrian Army (FSA) faction, launches heavy attack on Syrian Army stronghold in northwest Hama

  • 19

    • Libya: Armed group attacks Tamanhint air base in southern Libya controlled by Haftar forces

  • 20

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Central Africa Province of the Caliphate claims first attack in the country

    • Northern Ireland: New IRA blamed for killing of journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry riots

  • 21

    • Libya: Anti-Haftar forces launch counter-attack near Tripoli

    • Sri Lanka: Over 200 killed and hundreds injured in series of blasts at hotels and churches

    • Afghanistan: Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) claims responsibility for deadly attack on Afghanistan Communications Ministry

  • 22

    • Libya: Haftar’s fighter jets rock Tripoli’s residential areas

  • 23

    • Yemen: Houthi forces launch first attack with new ballistic missile killing more than 40 Saudi Coalition fighters

  • 24

    • Sri Lanka: Islamic State (IS) claims responsibility for Sri Lanka terror attacks that killed 321 people

    • Northern Ireland: Paramilitary group New IRA admits murder of journalist Lyra McKee and offers ’sincere apologies’

  • 25

    • Burma-Myanmar: Burmese military overrun Kachin Independence Army (KIA)’s 36th Battalion base

  • 26

    • Somalia: Somali militants al-Shabaab attack on African Union base

  • 27

    • Afghanistan: Clashes between Taliban insurgents and Islamic State (IS) fighters displace hundreds of families

  • 28

    • Nigeria: Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters storm Nigerian military outpost

  • 29

    • Syria: At least 17 Syria pro-regime fighters killed in attacks by 2 rebel groups

  • 30

    • Azerbaijan: Armenia violates ceasefire with Azerbaijan 22 times

• May

  • 01

    • Turkey: Turkish jets hit PKK terror targets in northern Iraq

  • 02

    • Burma-Myanmar: Military extends ceasefire in Kachin and Shan states for 2 months

  • 03

    • India: Maoist rebels kill Indian policemen in Maharashtra state

  • 04

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4 soldiers and 13 militiamen killed in attack on an army base

  • 05

    • Israel: Islamic Jihad militants fire 250 rockets and Israel responds with airstrikes on Palestinian territory

    • Libya: Islamic State (IS) group says it attacked a Haftar training camp

  • 06

    • Afghanistan: Taliban storm checkpoints and kill 7 policemen

  • 07

    • Israel: Ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas along with Islamic Jihad

  • 08

    • Yemen: 9 killed in fighting between Government forces and Houthi fighters in al-Bayda province

  • 09

    • Pakistan: Hizbul Ahrar pakistani Taliban faction claims responsibility for Lahore blast

  • 10

    • Syria: Syrian troops capture a northwestern village from rebels

  • 11

    • Puntland: U.S air strike kills 13 Islamic State (IS) militants

  • 12

    • Pakistan: Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has stormed a five star hotel in Balochistan

  • 13

    • Afghanistan: At least 13 Taliban militants killed in Kandahar clashes

  • 14

    • Burma-Myanmar: Fighting spreads as Arakan Army (AA) attacks army convoy in Rakhine State

  • 15

    • Libya: Fierce clashes around Tripoli International Airport

  • 16

    • Iraq: 1 civilian killed as Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Turkey clashes continue in Kurdistan Region

  • 17

    • Egypt: 5 soldiers and 47 militants killed in Sinai clashes

  • 18

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Thousands flee fighting between army and militias in South Kivu

  • 19

    • Yemen: Yemeni forces recapture key southern city of Qatabah from Houthi rebels

  • 20

    • Egypt: Terror attack at the Giza pyramids injures 16 people

  • 21

    • Syria: Russian air defense force repels Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist attack on Hmeymim airbase

  • 22

    • Philippines: Soldiers kill 5 New People’s Army (NPA) suspected communist rebels in separate clashes

  • 23

    • Ukraine: Ukraine says 8 soldiers were captured by Russian-backed fighters just hours after talk of peace deal

  • 24

    • Nigeria: Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) claims killing and execution of 29 Nigerian soldiers

  • 25

    • Libya: Attack on Tripoli’s Rixos hotel hosting Libyan officials’ meetings

  • 26

    • Puntland: U.S. airstrike kills 3 Islamic State (IS) fighters in northern Somalia

  • 27

    • Afghanistan: 25 killed in clashes between security forces and Taliban

  • 28

    • Syria: Regime bombardment kills 18 civilians in Idlib

  • 29

    • Turkey: Turkey launches military operation in northern Iraq against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group

  • 30

    • India: 2 Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants killed by security forces in Anantnag in Kashmir

  • 31

    • Iraq: 5 killed and 18 wounded in series of explosions in Iraq

• June

  • 01

    • Yemen: Pro-Government forces launch attacks against Houthi-controlled sites in Dhalea

  • 02

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Soldiers kill 26 rebels linked to the Islamic State in a shootout

  • 03

    • Israel: Israel strikes Syria following rocket fire, killed 10 Syrian, Iranian, Hezbollah militants

  • 04

    • Libya: Khalifa Haftar forces repel attack on Tripoli airport, 15 killed

  • 05

    • Ukraine: Russian-led forces launch 13 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbass

  • 06

    • Burma-Myanmar: Shelling kills 7 people in Rakhine state

  • 07

    • Syria: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadists kill 11 regime forces in northwest

  • 08

    • India: Indian forces kill 4 rebels in Kashmir

  • 09

    • Iraq: Islamic State (IS) terrorist killed in clashes with security forces in Diyala

  • 10

    • Afghanistan: Over 60 militants killed in 24 hours

  • 11

    • Puntland: Al-Shabaab militants capture Af-Urur town

  • 12

    • Mali: At least 95 killed in attack on ethnic Dogon village in central Mali

  • 13

    • Saudi Arabia: Houthi missile attack on Abha airport wounds 26 people

  • 14

    • Cameroon: 10 soldiers and 64 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Darak attack

  • 15

    • Israel: Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza calling attack response to rocket fire

  • 16

    • Syria: Dozens of combatants reported dead during clashes and air strikes in Hama

  • 17

    • Somalia: Death toll jumps to 11 after twin blasts in Mogadishu claimed by al-Shabaab

  • 18

    • Nigeria: 3 Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least 30 people in Borno

  • 19

    • India: 4 Indian troops killed in new Kashmir clashes with rebels

  • 20

    • Yemen: 12 injured in clashes in Socotra Island between coast guards ed separatist militias

  • 21

    • Niger: 18 Islamic State (IS) fighters killed in joint operation with US and France in Niger

  • 22

    • Afghanistan: 5 Taliban terrorists killed by Afghan forces in Faryab province

  • 23

    • Colombia: Colombian armed groups recruiting desperate Venezuelans, army says

  • 24

    • Ethiopia: Army chief killed in attempted coup d’etat, Government says

  • 25

    • Philippines: 3 New People Army (NPA) rebels and 1 soldier killed in separate clashes in Negros Oriental

  • 26

    • Syria: Syrian regime brings massive military reinforcements to Hama countryside

  • 27

    • Libya: Army forces retake Gharyan city in a major blow to Haftar’s forces

  • 28

    • Tunisia: Isis claims responsibility for twin suicide blasts that killed 1 cop and wounded 8 others people in Tunis

  • 29

    • Afghanistan: Afghan forces kill 6 militants in eastern Paktia province

  • 30

    • Ukraine: Ukraine reports 32 enemy attacks in Donbass over past day

• July

  • 01

    • Somalia: 12 killed in clashes between army and al-Qaeda extremists near Hudur

  • 02

    • Burma-Myanmar: More clashes between Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar military in North Rakhine and Chin State

  • 03

    • Saudi Arabia: Houthi rebels launch drone attack on Saudi airport injuring 9 people

  • 04

    • Libya: Dozens of migrants killed in air raid in Tripoli by warlord Haftar’s air force

  • 05

    • Philippines: 1 New People’s Army (NPA) rebel slain in Oriental Mindoro clashes

  • 06

    • Somalia: Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Guinea over Somaliland

  • 07

    • Iraq: Turkey neutralizes 61 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorists in north Iraq

  • 08

    • Yemen: Saudi-led coalition airstrikes target a Houthi military base in Ibb province

  • 09

    • Ukraine: Ukrainian soldier killed in clashes with Russia-backed separatists

  • 10

    • Afghanistan: 16 militants killed and 3 detained in Special Forces operations in Wardak and Logar

  • 11

    • Yemen: Scores of Houthi militants killed in clashes

  • 12

    • Syria: Clashes between regime and jihadists kill more than 100 fighters in northwest Syria

  • 13

    • Somalia: Car bomb in a hotel in Kismayo claimed by al-Shabaab

  • 14

    • Afghanistan: Taliban attack a hotel in Qala-i-Naw at least 3 Afghan forces killed

  • 15

    • Turkey: 3 soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Hakkari province

  • 16

    • Syria: Jihadist rebels suffer another defeat after launching attack in northwestern Hama

  • 17

    • Iraq: US-led coalition confirms airstrikes against ISIS for Operation Will of Victory

  • 18

    • Afghanistan: 25 elite Afghan commandos killed in clashes with Taliban

  • 19

    • Somaliland: Somaliland Republic requests respect and recognition from Somalia and the rest of the World

  • 20

    • Burma-Myanmar: Military launches helicopter assault during clash in Buthidaung, Arakan Army (AA) says

  • 21

    • Libya: Haftar Libyan militia declares ‘zero hour’ for capturing Tripoli

  • 22

    • Iran: 2 border guards killed in clashes with militants on the border with Pakistan

  • 23

    • Libya: East-based army launches attacks on Libyan government forces in Tripoli

  • 24

    • Yemen: Yemeni government condemns Houthi killing of a tribal leader

  • 25

    • South Sudan: Government forces and National Salvation Front (NAS) rebels clash near Juba capital

  • 26

    • Israel: Israel struck Syrian army bases in the country’s south

  • 27

    • India: 4 maoists gunned down by security forces in Bihar

  • 28

    • Sudan: Sudan extends ceasefire with southern rebels

  • 29

    • Libya: Air attack on field hospital near Tripoli kills 5 doctors

    • Nigeria: Boko Haram kills 65 people at funeral ceremony in Maiduguri

  • 30

    • Afghanistan: 20 killed and 50 injured in bombing and gun battle at politician’s office in Kabul

  • 31

    • Burma-Myanmar: Fighting rages as representatives of rebels and government meet for peace talks in Muse

• August

  • 01

    • Afghanistan: Highway blast kills at least 35 people on bus, no claim

  • 02

    • Iraq: 4 killed in clashes between ISIS and Kurdish security near southern Kifri town

  • 03

    • Yemen: Al-Qaeda attack kills 19 soldiers in south of the country

  • 04

    • Nigeria: 12 killed in gunfight between troops and gunmen in Kaduna

  • 05

    • Syria: Clashes between Turkish army and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria as Ankara deploys military to border

  • 06

    • Burma-Myanmar: Hundreds trapped on highway in North Shan as Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) fights military

  • 07

    • Turkey: Erdogan threatens to attack People’s Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish militia in Syria very soon

  • 08

    • Mozambique: Mozambique’s president and Renamo rebel movement sign peace deal to end armed hostilities

  • 09

    • India: Clashes erupted between Indian and Pakistani forces in Kashmir

  • 10

    • Yemen: Death toll from clashes between presidential guards and Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatists in Aden rises to 13

  • 11

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab militants make a surprise move surrendering in Lower Juba

  • 12

    • Afghanistan: 15 Taliban militants surrender in the northern Badakhshan province

  • 13

    • Libya: Mitiga airport and Sug Juma shelled by Haftar during Eid truce

  • 14

    • Nigeria: Scores of Boko Haram militants killed following Nigerian military airstrikes

  • 15

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab jihadists hit military base in Awdheegle with deaths on both sides

  • 16

    • Pakistan: Pakistan reports deadly clashes with India in Kashmir

  • 17

    • Israel: Israeli fighter jets attack Gaza militants facilities in response to rockets launch

  • 18

    • Syria: Airstrikes on Syrian rebel stronghold kill a family of 7 people

  • 19

    • Afghanistan: Islamic State (IS) claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63 people

  • 20

    • China: China condemns Myanmar’s Northern Alliance (NA) ethnic rebels for Shan State fighting

  • 21

    • Syria: Syria rebels pull out of key town of Khan Sheikhoun after 5 years

  • 22

    • Yemen: Fresh clashes between separatists and Government forces in south

  • 23

    • Indonesia: Why are there violent clashes in Papua and West Papua?

  • 24

    • Somaliland: Somaliland and Puntland in fresh battle over disputed area

  • 25

    • Israel: Israel strikes Syria, says it foiled Iranian drone attack

  • 26

    • Turkey: At least 3 Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with PKK in northern Iraq

  • 27

    • Burma-Myanmar: Clashes between army and ethnic armed groups in Shan State force thousands of people from their homes

  • 28

    • Yemen: Yemen government takes more southern areas from Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatists

  • 29

    • Syria: YPG Kurdish forces pull back as work to establish US-Turkey safe-zone in Syria progresses

  • 30

    • Ukraine: Russian-led forces launch 14 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbass

  • 31

    • Syria: Russia announces ceasefire in Idlib rebel stronghold

• September

  • 01

    • Libya: Haftar’s forces strike Murzuq in southern Libya

  • 02

    • Afghanistan: 9 people killed in north Afghan Pul-e-Khumri city clashes

  • 03

    • Yemen: Saudi-led airstrikes on a rebel-run prison kill over 100 people

  • 04

    • Afghanistan: Explosion claimed by taliban in Kabul kills 16 people, injures 119 others, mostly civilians

  • 05

    • Burma-Myanmar: 3 rebel groups halt offensive pending further peace talks

  • 06

    • Turkey: Turkish jets neutralize 3 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq

  • 07

    • Syria: Tahrir al-Sham rebels shoot down government warplane

  • 08

    • Nigeria: Islamic State (ISIS) claims 10 soldiers killed in Gajiram attack

  • 09

    • Sudan: Beni Amer and Nuba tribes sign peace deal after deadly clashes in Port Sudan

  • 10

    • Philippines: 2 New People’s Army (NPA) leftist rebels killed in clashes with security forces in Agusan del Sur

  • 11

    • Burma-Myanmar: 3 members of Northern Alliance declare ceasefire

  • 12

    • Libya: Libyan army launches attacks on Haftar’s forces in Urban town near Gharyan

  • 13

    • Nigeria: Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) jihadists kill 9 soldiers while 27 are still missing

  • 14

    • Somalia: Army kills 10 al-Shabaab militants in a military operation

  • 15

    • Yemen: Yemeni officials say Houthi rebel shelling killed 13 civilians

  • 16

    • Egypt: Egyptian police kill terrorist group elements in north Sinai

  • 17

    • Tajikistan: Clashes in Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border leave 1 dead and 19 wounded

  • 18

    • Afghanistan: 22 killed and 38 wounded in Kabul suicide bombing claimed by taliban

  • 19

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Army kills military commander of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (DFLR) rebel group suspected of war crimes

  • 20

    • Indonesia: A toddler and a teen killed in gunfight between security forces and independentist rebels in Papua

  • 21

    • Burma-Myanmar: Northern Alliance extends ceasefire for rest of year

  • 22

    • Somalia: About 5,000 Sufi fighters join army

  • 23

    • Libya: Libyan National Army (LNA) announces major advances in Tripoli battles against Government of National Accord (GNA)

    • Niger: Around 70,000 people flee violence between ISIL and Niger armed forces

  • 24

    • Yemen: 5 civilians killed in coalition air strikes say Houthi rebels

  • 25

    • Indonesia: Death toll mounts to 32 after new West Papua clashes

  • 26

    • Iraq: 12 Islamic State (IS) militants killed in a security operation by Iraqi forces and in airstrikes

  • 27

    • Libya: Khalifa Haftar says open to dialogue as fighting drags on

  • 28

    • Egypt: 8 killed and 10 injured in attack on military checkpoint in North Sinai claimed by Province of Sinai

  • 29

    • Yemen: Houthi rebels claim mass capture of Saudi troops

  • 30

    • Afghanistan: 2 Taliban suicide attacks killed at least 48 people

    • Somalia: Double attack hits USA military base and Italian military convoy in Somalia claimed by al-Shabaab

• October

  • 01

    • Yemen: Houthi rebels free 290 prisoners to facilitate talks

  • 02

    • Libya: 7 ISIS members killed in US airstrikes in Libya

    • France: Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC) separatists to announce the return

  • 03

    • Mali: Al-Qaeda-linked groups launch attacks on 2 army bases in central Mali

  • 04

    • Syria: Syrian Air Force unleashes heavy attack on jihadist stronghold in Latakia

  • 05

    • Syria: Syrian rebels vow to back any Turkey operation into northeast

  • 06

    • India: Maoist rebels kill 2 policemen in Jharkhand

  • 07

    • Rwanda: Rwandan forces kill 19 terrorists in retaliatory attack

  • 08

    • Libya: Libyan Army advances on new positions in south Tripoli pushing Haftar forces further away

  • 09

    • Turkey: Ahead of offensive, Turkey says it struck Syria-Iraq border

  • 10

    • Turkey: Turkey launches offensive in northeast Syria

  • 11

    • Burma-Myanmar: 7 civilians injured in clash in Shan State

  • 12

    • Turkey: 2 Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria

  • 13

    • Burkina Faso: Salmossi mosque attack kills 16 worshippers

  • 14

    • Syria: Kurds strike deal with Damascus for government forces entry of north Syria towns

  • 15

    • Syria: Syrian army enters in Manbij and Tal Tamr

  • 16

    • Syria: Russian military police are now patrolling the contact line between Syrian and Turkish forces

  • 17

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army and Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) clash in Mongpan

  • 18

    • Turkey: Turkey agrees to 120-hour ceasefire in northern Syria

  • 19

    • Burma-Myanmar: Burma army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) clash in first battle in Kachin State this year

  • 20

    • Syria: Turkey and Kurdish forces accuse each other of breaking ceasefire

  • 21

    • Somalia: Over 20 al-Shabaab militants killed in central region of Hiran

  • 22

    • Iraq: ISIS attack kills 2 members of security forces near northern Iraqi oilfields

  • 23

    • Yemen: 4 soldiers killed in an armed confrontation with security units of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Mudiyah

  • 24

    • Syria: Russia military police deploy in north Syria under truce deal

  • 25

    • Burundi: Clashes between Burundi forces and RED Tabara Congo militia leaves 14 dead

  • 26

    • Libya: Libyan government says killed 16 east-based army soldiers

  • 27

    • Tunisia: Tunisia says Okba Ibn Nafaa extremist leader killed in anti-terror raid

  • 28

    • Syria: Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in a US special forces raid

  • 29

    • Syria: Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir killed in fresh north Syria raid

  • 30

    • Ukraine: Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) militia announces readiness to withdraw forces from Zolote in Donbass

  • 31

    • Syria: Intense clashes between Syrian army and Turkish army in northern Syria

• November

  • 01

    • Syria: ISIS terrorist group confirms al-Baghdadi’s death and names his successor Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi

  • 02

    • Israel: 10 rockets launched at Israel, later army struck Hamas posts in Gaza Strip

  • 03

    • Mali: Militants armed attack kills 53 soldiers in Indelimane

  • 04

    • Afghanistan: Taliban attack on a convoy kills 10 people in Badakhshan province

  • 05

    • Yemen: Houthi rebels say Sudan troops suffering heavy casualties

  • 06

    • Yemen: Yemeni government and Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatists sign power-sharing deal

  • 07

    • Thailand: Suspected separatists kill at least 15 people in Yala province

  • 08

    • Burkina Faso: At least 37 people killed in attack on Canadian mining convoy in Est province

  • 09

    • Afghanistan: Airstrikes kill 33 Taliban and militants of ISIS Khurasan group in 3 provinces

  • 10

    • Ukraine: Ukrainian government forces and Donetsk People’s Republic rebels begin withdrawing from village of Petrivske

  • 11

    • Iraq: 5 Italian soldiers wounded by roadside blast just outside Kirkuk

  • 12

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Juvenal Musabimana leader of RUD-Urunana militia killed by Congolese forces in east of the country

  • 13

    • Israel: Nearly 200 rockets launched at Israel from Gaza Strip since killing of Islamic Jihad leader

  • 14

    • Yemen: Dozens of Houthi rebels killed in clashes with the government forces in Al-Hudaydah

  • 15

    • Israel: Israel strikes Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza overnight

  • 16

    • Somaliland: Why is the world ignoring Somaliland?

  • 17

    • Libya: ISIS terrorist group Wilayat Barqa - Cyrenaica Region militants in Libya pledge allegiance to new leader

  • 18

    • Burkina Faso: Army says 32 terrorists killed after deadly convoy attack

  • 19

    • Mali: Army loses 24 soldiers in Niger border attack, 17 milintats killed

  • 20

    • Libya: East Libyan forces target a munitions depot in Misrata with air strikes

  • 21

    • Israel: Israel carries out wide-scale strikes on Iranian forces in Syria

  • 22

    • Somaliland: Al-Shabaab fighters captured town of Gacan Maroodi

  • 23

    • Papua New Guinea: Bougainville residents to vote on becoming world’s newest nation

  • 24

    • Ukraine: Ukraine conflict continues to rage amid talks

  • 25

    • Yemen: Yemeni army regains control of areas in Marib by Houthi militia

  • 26

    • Syria: Army seizes back control of al-Musheirifa village from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham terrorists

  • 27

    • France: Helicopters collision kills 13 French troops during an operation against jihadists in Mali

  • 28

    • Burma-Myanmar: Army seizes a Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) base on Thailand border

  • 29

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: At least 19 killed in new Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel attack near Beni

  • 30

    • Afghanistan: 60 Islamic State (IS) terrorists surrendered to Afghan army in Nangarhar

• December

  • 01

    • Nigeria: Nigerian troops and Chad forces kill 13 Boko Haram militants

  • 02

    • Burkina Faso: At least 14 people killed in attack on a church, suspects on jihadists

  • 03

    • Libya: Government in Tripoli condemns air strikes that caused civilian casualties

  • 04

    • Philippines: 40,000 people flee as clashes rage in Maguindanao between government forces and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)

  • 05

    • Northern Ireland: Belfast grenade attack on police car was attempt to kill officers

  • 06

    • Yemen: Clashes erupt between separatists and government troops in Zinjibar

  • 07

    • Afghanistan: Clashes erupt between Taliban and government security forces in Kunduz province

  • 08

    • Burkina Faso: 28 terrorists killed in army air strikes in the northern Yatenga province

  • 09

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: 306 Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels have surrendered in South Kivu province

  • 10

    • Libya: Forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar repelled and captured just outside Tripoli

  • 11

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab militants attacked hotel SYL in Mogadishu

  • 12

    • Niger: At least 70 soldiers killed in attack on military camp in Niger

    • Papua New Guinea: Bougainville votes for independence from Papua New Guinea

  • 13

    • Cameroon: Cameroon records daily Boko Haram attacks along Nigeria border

  • 14

    • Libya: Khalifa Haftar orders to his armed forces to advance toward decisive battle for Tripoli

  • 15

    • Syria: Regime airstrikes kill 1 child and wound 7 people in Idlib

  • 16

    • Nigeria: Boko Haram jihadists kill 19 Fulani herders in clashes

  • 17

    • South Sudan: National Salvation Front (NAS) rebel group accuses army of multiple attacks

  • 18

    • Syria: Russian and Syrian air strikes kill 17 people in rebel-held northwest of the country

  • 19

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Army captures and repatriates 300 MRCD Ubumwe Rwandan rebels

  • 20

    • Afghanistan: 7 Taliban killed in Paktika police operations

  • 21

    • Syria: More than 80 killed during fighting between Syrian regime forces and armed groups in Idlib

  • 22

    • Mali: French forces have killed 33 militants

  • 23

    • Nigeria: Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) jihadists kill 6 and abduct 5 in northeast

  • 24

    • Ukraine: Russian-led forces launch 8 attacks in Donbass, 1 Ukrainian soldier killed and 1 wounded

  • 25

    • Syria: Car bomb attack kills 8 people in Suluk

  • 26

    • Israel: Israeli airstrikes target Iranian targets in Iraq

  • 27

    • Libya: Haftar airstrikes on Al-Zawiya kill and injure civilians

  • 28

    • Nigeria: Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group executes 11 Christian hostages

  • 29

    • Somalia: At least 90 dead in Mogadishu truck bombing, suspects on al-Shabaab terrorists

  • 30

    • Libya: Pro-government forces target Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) near Tripoli airport

  • 31

    • Sudan: Sudanese government and 4 armed groups sign a framework agreement for peace in Darfur