The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2015.
The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 223 politically motivated armed conflicts (of which 43 estimated as highly violent: 19 full-scale wars, 24 limited wars) worldwide during 2015. [1]
This list is an archive of armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2015.
Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2015 |
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1978 | War in Afghanistan | Asia | ![]() | 15,000 [2] –36,345 [n 1] |
2003 | Iraqi conflict | Asia | ![]() | 22,736 [15] [16] |
2009 | Boko Haram insurgency | Africa | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 11,778 [17] [18] [19] |
2011 | Syrian Civil War | Asia | ![]() | 55,219 [20] |
Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2015 |
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1984 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | Asia | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1,900–3,423 [n 2] |
1991 | Somali Civil War | Africa | ![]() ![]() | 4,365 [24] |
2004 | War in North-West Pakistan | Asia | ![]() | 2,150 [25] |
2006 | Mexican Drug War | North America | ![]() | 8,122 [26] |
2011 | Libyan Crisis | Africa | ![]() | 2,706 [24] |
2011 | Yemeni Crisis | Asia | ![]() ![]() | ~6,425 [n 3] |
2011 | Sinai insurgency | Africa | ![]() | 2,560 [24] |
2011 | South Kordofan conflict | Africa | ![]() | 1,242 [24] |
2011 | Ethnic violence in South Sudan | Africa | ![]() ![]() | 3,152 [24] |
2014 | War in Donbass | Europe | ![]() | 4,327 [37] [38] |
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