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Civil conflict in the Philippines | ||||||||
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The civil conflict in the Philippines is a series of insurgencies launched by Maoist rebels, Moro rebels, and Islamists against Government forces that began in 1969 during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Year | Government forces | Abu Sayyaf | Maute Group | BIFF | AKP | Civilians |
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2014 | 27 killed, 38 wounded in the whole year [8] | 52 killed (in Operation Darkhorse) [9] | ||||
2015 | 44 killed (in Mamasapano clash) | 133 killed, 164 wounded (only in Sulu) in the whole year [10] | 139 killed (February 25 – March 22) [11] | |||
2016 | 18+ (Battle of Tipo-Tipo in April) 15 killed (in late August) [12] | 31 killed (April 9–14) [13] 157 killed, 159 wounded (July – December 21) [14] | 55 killed (in late February) [15] 22 killed (May 26–28) [16] 61 killed (November 26–30) [17] | 24 killed (in late February) [18] | ||
2017 | 149 killed (before May 17) [19] | 15 killed (January 26) [20] | ||||
Battle of Marawi | 168 killed, [24] | 978 killed, [25] | 87 civilians dead (40 due to illness), [26] [27] | |||
2018 | 2 killed, 2 wounded | Dissolved | 5 killed | |||
Total in 2018 | ||||||
Total | 228+ killed | 1,578+ killed |
Note: Some casualties from small-scale conflicts are not given.
...the Philippines has experienced the intra-state, non-state and one-sided categories of UCDP organized violence.