# List of armed conflicts in 2017

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2017.

## List guidelines

Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2017.

## 10,000+ deaths in 2017

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2017 |
| 1978 | War in Afghanistan Current phase | Asia | Afghanistan | 23,065 |
| 2003 | Iraq conflict Iraqi Civil War | Asia | Iraq | 13,187 |
| 2006 | Mexican Drug War | North America | Mexico | 14,771-31,174 |
| 2011 | Syrian Civil War | Asia | Syria | 39,000 |

## 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2017

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017. Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2017 |
| 1948 | Internal conflict in Myanmar Northern Rakhine State clashes | Asia | Myanmar | 6,700+ |
| 1969 | Moro conflict | Asia | Philippines | 1,384 |
| 1973 | Oromo conflict | Africa | Ethiopia | 1,011 |
| 1991 | Somali Civil War War in Somalia | Africa | Somalia Kenya | 5,154 |
| 1998 | Communal conflicts in Nigeria | Africa | Nigeria | 1,097 |
| 2002 | Insurgency in the Maghreb Northern Mali conflict Libyan Civil War (2014–present) | Africa | Algeria Burkina Faso Libya Mali Niger Tunisia | 2,835 |
| 2003 | War in Darfur | Africa | Sudan | 1,109 |
| 2009 | Boko Haram insurgency | Africa | Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad | 3,110 |
| 2011 | Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War (2014–present) | Africa | Libya | 1,564 |
| 2011 | Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) | Asia | Yemen Saudi Arabia | 1,438 |
| 2011 | Sinai insurgency | Africa | Egypt | 1,342 |
| 2011 | South Kordofan conflict | Africa | Sudan | 1,225 |
| 2011 | Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War | Africa | South Sudan Ethiopia | 3,646 |
| 2012 | Central African Republic conflict | Africa | Central African Republic | 1,723 |

## 100–999 deaths in 2017

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2017 |
| 1947 | Kashmir conflict (Indo-Pakistani Wars) 2016–17 Kashmir unrest India–Pakistan military confrontation (2016–present) | Asia | India Pakistan | 358 |
| 2016 | Oromia-Somali clashes | Africa | Oromia Somalia Tigray Ethiopia | +600 |
| 2017 | 2017 Brazil prison riots 2017 Military Police of Espírito Santo strike | South America | Brazil Paraguay | 312 |
| 1948 | Balochistan conflict | Asia | Pakistan Iran | 353 |
| 1963 | Insurgency in Northeast India | Asia | India | 103 |
| 1967 | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | Asia | India | 333 |
| 1984 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) | Asia | Turkey Iraq | 740 |
| 1989 | Sectarianism in Pakistan | Asia | Pakistan | 231 |
| 1996 | Allied Democratic Forces insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 221 |
| 2004 | Kivu conflict Allied Democratic Forces insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 848 |
| 2004 | War in North-West Pakistan | Asia | Pakistan | 514 |
| 2009 | Insurgency in the North Caucasus | Europe | Russia | 119 |
| 2009 | Sudanese nomadic conflicts | Africa | Sudan | 116 |
| 2011 | Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon | Asia | Lebanon | 104+ |
| 2012 | Northern Mali conflict | Africa | Mali | 926 |
| 2013 | Insurgency in Egypt | Africa | Egypt | 164 |
| 2013 | Batwa-Luba clashes | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 154 |
| 2014 | War in Donbass | Europe | Ukraine | 288+ |
| 2015 | Burundian unrest | Africa | Burundi | 177 |
| 2016 | Kamwina Nsapu rebellion | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo Angola | 566+ |

## Fewer than 100 deaths in 2017

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2017.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2017 |
| 1922 | Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency | Asia | Iran | 3 |
| 1946 | Kurdish separatism in Iran | Asia | Iran | 20 |
| 2005 | Insurgency in Paraguay | South America | Paraguay | 2 |
| 1960 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | Thailand | 44 |
| 1963 | West Papua conflict | Asia | Indonesia | 3 |
| 1965 | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Asia | Palestine Israel | 89 |
| 1964 | Colombian conflict | South America | Colombia | 78 |
| 1969 | Communist rebellion in the Philippines | Asia | Philippines | 45 |
| 1975 | Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 53 |
| 1980 | Internal conflict in Peru | South America | Peru | 11 |
| 1987 | LRA insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic | 70 |
| 1988 | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | Asia | Armenia Azerbaijan Artsakh | 27 |
| 1989 | Xinjiang conflict | Asia | China | 11 |
| 1989 | Internal conflict in Bangladesh | Asia | Bangladesh | 80 |
| 1995 | Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Second Afar insurgency | Africa | Ethiopia | 79 |
| 1995 | Ogaden insurgency | Africa | Ethiopia | 27 |
| 1999 | Ituri conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 32 |
| 2004 | Conflict in the Niger Delta 2016 Niger Delta conflict | Africa | Nigeria | 3 |
| 2013 | RENAMO insurgency | Africa | Mozambique | 50 |
| 1990 | DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey | Asia | Turkey | 3 |
| 2015 | ISIL insurgency in Tunisia | Africa | Tunisia | 4 |
| 2015 | Turkey–ISIL conflict | Asia | Turkey | 46 |
| 2016 | Pool War | Africa | Republic of the Congo | 33 |