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List of ongoing armed conflicts. Appearance. 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.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 1 October 2024 (details): Continuously controlled by Ukraine Currently occupied or controlled by Russia Formerly occupied by Russia or Ukrainian-occupied Russian territory Date 24 February 2022 – present (2 years, 7 months, 1 week and 1 day) Location Ukraine, western Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing ...
The current war in the Gaza Strip began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas gunmen stormed into Israeli communities, killing around 1,200 people and abducting about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Putin has repeatedly warned of the risk of a much broader war involving the world's biggest nuclear powers, though he has said Russia does not want a conflict with ...
The war in Afghanistan, launched October 7, 2001 as U.S. "Operation Enduring Freedom", has now stretched over a decade, entering an eleventh year on October 7, 2011 and marking for the U.S. the longest period of sustained warfare in its history – greater than the time the United States was involved in World War I, World War II and the Korean ...
Iceland (2003–unknown) Iraq Supported by: Iran Iraqi Kurdistan. Invasion phase (2003) Iraq Post-invasion (2003–11) Ba'ath loyalists. Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation. Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order. Sunni insurgents. Al-Qaeda in Iraq (2004–06) Islamic State of Iraq (from 2006) Islamic Army of Iraq.
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas -led Palestinian militant groups [x] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War, in 1973. [133]
When Her Majesty, who died at age 96 on Thursday, September 8, married Prince Philip in 1947, the British government was still recovering from World War II — and materials needed to bring her ...