Geographic areas where armed conflict is ongoing.

Colombian Armed Conflict or Colombian Civil War are terms that are employed to refer to the current low intensity conflict in Colombia that has existed since approximately 1964 or 1966, which was when the FARC and later the ELN were founded and subsequently started their guerrilla insurgency campaigns against successive... The New Peoples Army, or NPA, is a communist-based revolutionary group in the Philippines, formed in March 29, 1969. ... The Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines is an armed conflict of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), an Islamic movement and the government of the Philippines in the Southern Philippines. ... Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines (OEF-PI) is part of Operation Enduring Freedom and the U.S. war on terrorism. ... Combatants Military of Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders Junius Richard Jayawardene (1983-89) Ranasinghe Premadasa (1989-93) Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (1993-94) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994-2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-present) Velupillai Prabhakaran Strength 111,000[1] 11,000[2] The Sri Lankan civil war is an ongoing... Anthem: Political status      Unrecognized de facto quasi-independent state Languages      Tamil (de facto official) English Capital Trincomalee President Velupillai Prabhakaran[1] Independence (from Sri Lanka) No official declaration   Area           19,509 km² claimed[2] 6,600–9,750 km² administered (40–50% of claimed area) Population (of claimed area) 3... One of the PKK logos (used 1995-2000) The Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: or PKK, Turkish: ), also known as KADEK and Kongra-Gel, is an armed militant group, whose stated aim is to create an independent Kurdish state in a territory (sometimes referred to as Kurdistan) that consists of parts... Kurdistan (literally meaning the land of Kurds[1]; old: Koordistan, Curdistan, Kurdia, also in Kurdish: Kurdewarî) is the name of a geographic and cultural region in the Middle East, inhabited predominantly by the Kurds. ... The flag of the Free Papua Movement, the Morning Star. ... Map showing West New Guinea region. ... The Second Ugandan Civil War is a war in Uganda, that started in 1995. ... The Casamance Conflict is a low level civil war which has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) since 1990 over the question of independence for the Casamance region. ... The Somali Civil War is an armed conflict in Somalia that started in 1988. ... The disputed areas of the region of Kashmir. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... Ethnic conflict in Nagaland is a civil war since 1993. ... Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड)   Nagaland is a vibrant hill state located in the far northeastern part of India. ... The Ituri conflict is basically a conflict between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ... Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Strength At least 93,000 in 1999 10,000 to 20,000 in 1999 (mostly militias) Casualties Unknown, at least 4,600 killed by October 2002[1] Hundreds of civilians. ... The Conflict in Laos involving the Hmong is a civil war in Laos, that started in 2000. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... | Combatants Thailand Muslim separatists Pattini Raya Commanders Thaksin Shinawatra Unknown Casualties 1,815 civillians killed 2,729 wounded 1,400 Flag of Pattani Raya, a symbol of Pattani separatism The South Thailand insurgency is a separatist campaign centered in the Pattani region, three southern provinces of Thailand, with violence increasingly... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Armed insurgents French troops try to separate the belligerents. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Major ethnic groups in Pakistan and surrounding areas, in 1980. ... Combatants Sudan-backed rebels: Chad rebels UFDR rebels Janjaweed Central African Republic Chad Commanders Many Francois Bozize Idriss Deby The Central African War is a military conflict in Central Africa which involves Chad, Sudan, and the Central African Republic (CAR). ... Combatants factions of the SLA Justice & Equality Movement Janjaweed Government of Sudan Minnawi-faction of the SLA Commanders SLA: SalaBob and Sulaiman Gamos JEM: Ibrahim Khalil Janjaweed: ? Sudan: Omar al-Bashir SLA: Minni Minnawi Casualties 300,000 civilians killed (est. ... Combatants Sudan, United Front for Democratic Change rebel alliance Chad Commanders Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir (Sudan), Mohammed Nour (UFDC) Idriss Deby Strength ~120,000 est. ... The Mexican Drug War is an armed conflict taking place between rival drug cartels and government forces in Mexico. ... 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See also

• Modern warfare

External links

• Peace Reporter coverage of ongoing wars
• Global Security coverage of ongoing wars
• History Guy's coverage of 21st century wars
• HIIK Conflict Barometer (describes the recent trends in conflict development, escalations, settlements)
• Insight on Conflict database of peacebuilding initiatives in conflict areas
• Crisis Group conflict analysis