List of armed conflicts in 2014
Appearance
The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2014.
List guidelines
This list is an archive of armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2014.
10,000 or more deaths in 2014
Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | War in Afghanistan | Asia | Afghanistan | 14,277[n 1] |
2003 | Iraq War | Asia | Iraq | 24,000–50,000[n 2] |
2009 | Boko Haram insurgency | Africa | Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad |
10,849[n 3] |
2011 | Syrian Civil War | Asia | Syria | 76,021[13] |
2013 | South Sudanese Civil War | Africa | South Sudan | 50,000[14] |
1,000–9,999 deaths in 2014
Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Asia | Israel Palestine |
2,365[15] |
1991 | Somali Civil War | Africa | Somalia Kenya |
2,983[16] |
1998 | Communal conflicts in Nigeria | Africa | Nigeria | 1,822[17] |
2003 | War in Darfur | Africa | Sudan | 2,101[16] |
2004 | War in North-West Pakistan | Asia | Pakistan | 5,496[18] |
2006 | Mexican Drug War | North America | Mexico | 7,504[n 4] |
2011 | Libyan Crisis | Africa | Libya | 2,835[24] |
2011 | Yemeni Crisis | Asia | Yemen Saudi Arabia |
1,500[25]–7,700[26] |
2012 | Central African Republic conflict | Africa | CAR | 3,347[16] |
2014 | War in Donbass | Europe | Ukraine | 4,771[27] |
100–999 deaths in 2014
Fewer than 100 deaths in 2014
See also
- List of number of conflicts per year
- List of ongoing protests
- List of active rebel groups
- List of designated terrorist organizations
- List of terrorist incidents
- List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity
- Lists of wars
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program
- Failed State
References
Notes
- ^ See [1][2][3][4][5]
- ^ See [6][7][8]
- ^ See [9][10][11][12]
- ^ See [19][20][21][22][23]
- ^ See [29][30][31][32]
- ^ See [38][39][40][41][42][43][44]
- ^ See [45][46][47][48][49]
- ^ See [16][50][51][52]
- ^ See [56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][better source needed][68][69][70][71]
- ^ See [72][73][74][75][76]
- ^ See [82][83][84]
- ^ See [85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95]
- ^ See [96][97][98][99][100]
- ^ See [101][102][103][104]
- ^ See [108][109]
- ^ [110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118]
- ^ See [127][128][129][130][131][132][133]
- ^ See [134][135][136]
- ^ See [16][137][138][139][140][141]
Citations
- ^ "PRESS RELEASE: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rise by 22 per cent in 2014". United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015.
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- ^ "Deadliest Year for the ANSF: Mohammadi". TOLOnews. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015. "In the last six months, 5,503 Taliban insurgents have been killed"
- ^ "Iraq Body Count".
- ^ "Iraq 2014: Civilian deaths almost doubling year on year". Iraq Body Count. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
Combining the 17,000 civilian deaths recorded by IBC with the above wide range of combatant deaths of 4,000–30,000, suggests a total of between 21,000 and 47,000 people have been killed in war-related violence in Iraq during 2014.
- ^ "UN Casualty Figures for December; 2014 deadliest since 2008 in Iraq". UNAMI. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
From 01 January to 31 December 2014, UNAMI recorded a total minimum number of 35,408 civilian casualties (12,282 killed and 23,126 injured).
- ^ John Campbell. "Nigeria Security Tracker". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ "ACLED Version 5 (1997–2014)". Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. Retrieved 13 January 2015. 1,317 killed in Cameroon
- ^ "Boko Haram's Bloodiest Year Yet: Over 9,000 Killed, 1.5 Million Displaced, 800 Schools Destroyed in 2014". Christian Post. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Monica Mark. "Thousands flee as Boko Haram seizes military base on Nigeria border". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2015. "More than 10,000 people were killed last year"
- ^ "76021 people killed in Syria in 2014". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "South Sudan is dying, and nobody is documenting these deaths". Agence France Presse. 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Death Toll in 2014's Bloodiest Wars Sharply Up on Previous Year" (PDF). Project for the Study of the 21st Century. 17 March 2015.
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- ^ "Mexico police find mass grave and severed heads in Michoacan". BBC News. 7 February 2014.
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- ^ "Leo Zuckermann – 23 meses del sexenio de Peña: 18,663 ejecuciones". Excélsior. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Leo Zuckermann – 25 meses del sexenio de Peña: 19,944 ejecuciones". Excélsior. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Libya Body Count". Libya Body Count. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Yemen in 2014: 1500 Killed as Extremist Shiites took over Gov't, battled al-Qaeda: What Next?". Informed Comment. 31 December 2014.
- ^ Anadolu Ajansı (c) 2011. "7,700 Yemenis killed in 2014". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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- ^ "Sectarian Violence in Pakistan". Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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- ^ "At least 28 die in 'terrorist' attack at Chinese train station: reports". Reuters. 1 March 2014.
- ^ "BBC News – Xinjiang station attack: President Xi Jinping urges action". BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "BBC News – Urumqi attack kills 31 in China's Xinjiang region". BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "BBC News – China Xinjiang: Police kill 13 attackers". BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Almost 100 killed during attacks in China's Xinjiang last week". Reuters. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "40 rioters dead in Luntai county violence in Xinjiang". Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Army commander in eastern Congo killed in ambush". Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ "32 Ugandan rebels killed during fighting with DR Congo army – Global Times". Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Congolese military says it killed 230 Ugandan rebels – The Times of India". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014.
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- ^ "Rebels kill more than 20 people in east Congo village". Reuters. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Sud-Kivu: les FARDC tuent 3 rebelles burundais du FNL à Muhungu – Radio Okapi". Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "DR Congo: Surrendered Fighters Starve in Camp – Human Rights Watch". Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "DR Congo: Army, UN Failed to Stop Massacre – Human Rights Watch". Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Inter-communal Conflict in Sudan". Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "In 2014, there were 525 victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus". Caucasian Knot. 19 February 2015.
- ^ "ACLED Version 5 (1997–2014)". ACLED. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Suicide bombing in Lebanon; 3 killed. 2 February 2014". CNN. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Soldier and civilian killed in clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli. 16 March 2014. Soldier and civilian killed in clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli
- ^ "Syria-linked sectarian clash in Lebanon kills 3". Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Al-Jazeera. Lebanon car bomb kills Hezbollah leader. 17 March 2014. "At least four people, including a local leader of the group, dead in latest attack related to war in neighbouring Syria." [1]
- ^ "29 killed so far in n. Lebanon fighting. 23 March 2014". The Daily Star Newspaper – Lebanon. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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- ^ "Soldiers killed by Lebanon car bomb. 29 March 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "7 killed in south Lebanon clashes. 7 April 2014". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Minor explosion in n. Lebanon kills two children. 17 April 2014". The Daily Star Newspaper – Lebanon. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Bomb Kills 2 Lebanese Soldiers Near Border With Syria". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Suicide bomber hits Hezbollah in Lebanon, soldier executed". Yahoo News. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Battle of Arsal
- ^ "Lebanese army battles gunmen at Syria border, 16 killed". Reuters. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Hezbollah strikes Nusra Front positions near Syria border, Iran says". Haaretz.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "BBC News – Lebanese army raids Syrian refugee camps in Arsal". BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "17 al-Nusra and 10 Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon clashes". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "French army kills 11 suspected militants in northern Mali". Reuters. 24 January 2014.
- ^ "French, Mali troops kill 10 suspected Islamist militants". Reuters. 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Mali bomb blast kills five Chadian UN peacekeepers". GlobalPost. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Suspected al Qaeda-linked militants decapitate Tuareg man in Mali". Reuters. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "9 peacekeepers killed in Mali, United Nations says - CNN.com". CNN. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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- ^ "PressTV-Iran forces kill PJAK terrorists: Cmdr". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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- ^ "Burma Buddhists kill scores of Muslims, says UN". thestar.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Four Killed as Fighting Flares in Northern Burma: Kachin Rebels". Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Clashes in Myanmar's Shan State Leave Two Government Soldiers Dead". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Member of armed gang killed in shootout in Timika, Papua". Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Top news stories local and from around the world – MSN Philippines". Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Indonesian Military kill OPM Member in Papua Raid". Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "OPM Fighting Drags On in Papua's Mulia Subdistrict as Residents Suffer Effects – The Jakarta Globe". The Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Armed civilian group leader shot dead". Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "PNG – Indonesian border opens, then closes as OPM strikes". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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- ^ "One Killed, Two Injured in Papua Armed Ambush of Food Convoy". The Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Two Indonesian police killed in Papua". Radio New Zealand. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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- ^ Agencies. "Fresh unrest rocks Indonesia's Papua province". Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Gov't troops, NPA clash anew in Northern Mindanao". www.sunstar.com.ph. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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- ^ "AFP arrests alleged NPA leader as NPA claims more tactical offensives". Davao Today. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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- ^ "2 soldiers killed in ambush by suspected NPA rebels". GMA News. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Philippine Army says nine rebels killed". Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ "Philippine troops battle hardline Muslim rebels opposed to new peace deal". 27 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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- ^ "Peru's security forces killed three members of Shining Path rebel group". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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- ^ "Turkish army says PKK killed officer with remote-controlled explosives". TodaysZaman. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "PressTV-Kurdish Teen killed in Turkey clashes". Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Three soldiers, 6 PYD militants killed in clash on Syria border". TodaysZaman. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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- ^ "Paramilitaries Are Still Murdering Zapatistas in Mexico". VICE News. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Eritrean rebels claim to have killed dozens of intelligence agents". Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "Eritrean rebels kill 7 intelligence agents". Sudan Tribune. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Ituri : la FRPI accusée d'exactions dans plusieurs villages". Radio Okapi. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Gulf of Aden Security Review – January 2, 2014 – Critical Threats". Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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- ^ "BBC News – Algeria: AQIM militants kill 14 soldiers in mountains". BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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- ^ "Niger Delta Pirates Seize Police Gunboat, Kill Four Policemen And Kidnap Six Oil Workers In Bayelsa". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Mozambique: Renamo Kills One, Injures Five in Muxungue Ambush". allAfrica. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ NSNBC. "The independent Mozambican newspaper Medifax reported that six FIR troops have been killed in clashes with Renamo insurgents in the Homoine District..." [4]
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