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  1. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.

    • Afghanistan. The war in Afghanistan has been on and off since 1978. The current phase began in 2001 when the United States invaded Afghanistan to drive out the Taliban.
    • Yemen. The Yemeni Civil War started in 2015 between the Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi-led Yemeni government and the Houthi armed movement, who both claimed to control the Yemen government.
    • Syria. The Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011, is the second-deadliest war of the 21st century. The war is an ongoing conflict between the Ba'athist Syrian Arab Republic led by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, domestic and foreign allies, and various domestic and foreign forces opposing both the Syrian government and each other varying combinations.
    • Mexico. Starting in 2006, the Mexican Drug War is the Mexican theater for the war on drugs. It is a relatively low-intensity conflict between the Mexican government and multiple drug trafficking syndicates.
  2. Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program. [ 3 ] This is a list of wars that began from 2003 onwards. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

  3. This is a list of wars ordered chronologically by the year that hostilities were initiated. (See also war; law of war; military technology; collective violence.)

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. The timeline of wars has been split up in the following periods: List of wars: before 1000. List of wars: 1000–1499. List of wars: 1500–1799. List of wars: 1800–1899. List of wars: 1900–1944. List of wars: 1945–1989. List of wars: 1990–2002.

  5. Ukraine tops the list with a significant gap, reporting an estimated 29,347 deaths in 2023. This number indicates the severity of the ongoing conflict with Russia, which has escalated into one of the most violent in recent years. The Middle East and Africa regions are disproportionately affected, with countries like Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and ...

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  7. The Global Conflict Tracker is an interactive guide to ongoing conflicts around the world of concern to the United States with background information and resources.

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