The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclusion are the following:
The 5 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct, violent deaths per year in battles between identified groups, in the current or previous calendar year. [2]
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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1948 | Asia | Myanmar | 180,000+ [3] [4] | 15,773 [5] [6] [7] [8] | 4,819 [9] | |
1948 | Asia | Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Yemen | 228,000–237,000+ [10] | 24,550–32,519 [11] [5] [a] [20] | 14,252–15,232+ [9] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] | |
2002 | Africa | Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Morocco, and Libya | 70,000+ [9] [26] [27] [28] [29] | 14,728 [5] [30] | 4,186 [9] | |
2014 | Europe | Russia and Ukraine | 180,000–220,000+ [31] [32] | 30,915 [5]–95,088+ [33] | 8,044 [9] | |
2023 | War in Sudan | Africa | Sudan | 15,500+ [5] [34] | 13,225 [5] [34] [35] | 3,091 [9] |
The 16 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. [2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program. [36]
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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1964 | South America | Colombia and Venezuela | 455,500+ [37] | 2,558 [5] | 639 [9] | |
1978 | Asia | Afghanistan and Pakistan | 1,454,000–2,584,468+ [38] | 1,041 [5] | 262 [9] | |
1991 | Africa | Somalia (including Somaliland) and Kenya | 359,300–1,000,000+ [39] [40] | 9,343 [5] [41] [42] | 1,981 [9] | |
1996 | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda | 10,500+ [43] [44] [45] [46] | 1,514 [5] | 481 [9] | |
1998 | Africa | Nigeria | 98,300+ [43] [47] [48] [49] [50] | 3,300 [5] [51] | 720 [9] | |
2003 | Asia | Iraq | 333,300–1,215,000+ [52] [53] [b] | 1,338 [5] | 307 [9] | |
2004 | Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Asia | Pakistan | 47,300–61,549+ [54] | 1,300 [5] | 428 [9] |
2004 | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi | 27,200+ [55] | 2,273 [5] | 800 [9] | |
2006 | North America | Mexico | 357,000-400,000 [56] [c] | 7,168 [5] | 2,181 [9] | |
2008 | Africa | Sudan and South Sudan | 388,200–400,000+ [58] | 1,249 [5] [59] | 361 [9] | |
2009 | Africa | Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad | 373,100 [60] | 5,182 [5] [61] | 1,936 [9] | |
2011 |
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Asia | Syria | 586,200–613,407+ [62] | 6,211 [5] [63] | 2,152 [9] |
2014 | Asia | Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Israel | 380,300 [64] | 3,381 [5] | 731 [9] | |
2017 | Anglophone Crisis | Africa | Cameroon and Nigeria | 7,000+ [65] | 338 [d]-1,042 [5] | 479 [9] |
2018 | Africa | Ethiopia | 180,800–600,000+ [66] | 3,830 [5] [67] | 2,714 [9] | |
2020 | North America | Haiti | 5,551+ [68] [69] [70] | 4,451 [5] [68] [71] | 1,554 [9] [72] [73] |
The 19 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100, and fewer than 1,000, direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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1918 | Asia | Iran and Iraq | 15,200–58,000+ [74] | 198 [5] | 205 [9] | |
1921 | Asia | Turkey, Iraq, Syria | 120,100+ [75] [76] | 136 [5] | 14 [9] | |
1943 | Jamaican political conflict | North America | Jamaica | 1,400+ [77] | 397 [5] | 90 [9] |
1947 | Asia | India and Pakistan | 200,700–2,000,000 [ citation needed] [78] |
706 [5] | 205 [9] | |
1948 | Asia | Pakistan and Iran | 21,400+ [79] | 600 [5] | 265 [9] | |
1954 | Asia | India and Bhutan | 40,500 [80] | 540 [5] | 95 [9] | |
1962 | Papua conflict | Asia | Indonesia | 100,100–500,000 [81] | 179 [5] | 41 [9] |
1967 | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | Asia | India | 13,100–14,369+ [82] | 360 [5] | 75 [9] |
1969 | Asia | Philippines | 165,500–213,000 [83] | 580 [5] | 147 [9] | |
1988 | Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea | Oceania | Papua New Guinea | 15,000–20,000 [84] [85] | 337 [9] | 96 [9] [86] |
1999 | Asia | Bangladesh | 1,800+ [5] [87] | 328 [5] [88] | 103 [9] | |
1999 | Ituri conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 65,800+ [89] | 830 [5] | 75 [9] |
2003 | Africa | Nigeria and Cameroon | 2,600 [90] | 150 [5] | 340 [9] | |
2006 | Conflict for control of favelas in Rio | South America | Brazil | 700–14,383 [91] | 41 [92]–336 [9] | 10 [9] |
2012 | Central African Republic Civil War | Africa | Central African Republic and Cameroon | 14,500+ [43] | 546 [5] | 213 [9] |
2016 | Philippine drug war | Asia | Philippines | 32,200 [93] | 269 [5] | 55 [9] |
2017 | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado | Africa | Mozambique and Tanzania | 6,300+ [94] | 321 [5] | 188 [9] |
2021 | Asia | Azerbaijan and Armenia | 39,800–49,000+ [95] | 594 [5] [96] [97] | 4 [9] | |
2022 | Honduran gang crackdown | North America | Honduras | 100+ [98] [99] [100]–700 [9] | 100 [98] [101] [102]–647 [9] | 148 [9] |
The 16 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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2017 | Europe | Russia | 160,000+ [103] | 10 [9] | 0 [9] | |
1948 | Korean conflict | Asia | North Korea and South Korea | 3,000,000 | 12 [5] | 0 [9] |
1963 | Katanga insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,400+ [5] [104] | 2 [5] | 0 [9] |
1970 | Africa | Morocco and Western Sahara | 14,000–21,000+ | 38 [5] | 19 [9] | |
1975 | Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 30,000 [105] | 66 [5] | 16 [9] |
1980 | Internal conflict in Peru | South America | Peru | 70,000 [106] | 75 [5] | 10 [9] |
1981 | Africa | Egypt | 6,000–7,353+ [43] [107] [108] | 21 [5] | 3 [9] | |
1982 | Casamance conflict | Africa | Senegal | 5,000+ [109] | 48 [5] | 13 [9] |
1987 | Lord's Resistance Army insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan | 100,000+ [110] | 3 [5] | 0 [9] |
1989 | Georgian–Ossetian conflict | Asia | Georgia (including South Ossetia) | 1,614+ [111] | 2 [112] [113] [114] | 0 [9] |
2004 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | Thailand | 7,294 [115] | 57 [5] | 17 [9] |
2005 | Insurgency in Paraguay | South America | Paraguay | 145+ [e] [55] | 10 [5] | 0 [9] |
2011 | Africa | Libya | 30,000–43,000 [43] [116] | 89 [5] [117] | 29 [9] | |
2016 | Insurgency in Northern Chad | Africa | Chad | 644 [118] | 37 [5] | 0 [9] |
2018 | South America | Ecuador | 14,218+[ citation needed] | 60 [5] | 22 [119] [120] | |
2022 | Salvadoran gang crackdown | North America | El Salvador | 235 [121] | 56 [5] | 7 [9] |
Rank | 2020 [f] | 2021 [f] | 2022 [f] | 2023 [f] | ||||
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Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | |
1 | Mexico | 34,512 [g] | Afghanistan | 42,223 | Ethiopia | 109,600+ | Ukraine | 95,088+ |
2 | Afghanistan | 30,974 | Yemen | 31,048 | Ukraine | 100,000+ | Palestine | 22,205+ |
3 | Yemen | 19,561 | Ethiopia | 22,800 | Myanmar | 20,206 | Myanmar | 15,773 |
4 | Syria | 7,620 | Mexico | 18,811 [g] | Mexico | 14,254 [g] | Sudan | 13,225 |
5 | Nigeria | 7,172 | Myanmar | 11,114 | Yemen | 7,133 | Nigeria | 8,505 |
6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,162 | Nigeria | 9,687 | Somalia | 6,484 | Burkina Faso | 8,486 |
7 | Azerbaijan (including Artsakh) | 6,110 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,283 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,254 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8,342 |
8 | Somalia | 2,950 | Syria | 5,828 | Syria | 5,639 | Mexico | 7,168 |
9 | Mali | 2,734 | Somalia | 3,532 | Mali | 4,793 | Syria | 6,211 |
10 | Iraq | 2,436 | Iraq | 2,605 | Burkina Faso | 4,700 | Mali | 4,285 |
11 | Burkina Faso | 2,268 | Burkina Faso | 2,358 | Iraq | 4,181 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,902 |
12 | South Sudan | 2,245 | South Sudan | 1,986 | Afghanistan | 3,930 | Ethiopia | 3,830 |
13 | Ethiopia | 1,813 | Mali | 1,911 | Nigeria | 3,780 | Yemen | 3,169 |
14 | Mozambique | 1,696 | Central African Republic | 1,704 | Niger | 3,000 | Pakistan | 2,116 |
15 | Libya | 1,484 | Sudan | 1,584 | Colombia | 2,276 | Haiti | 2,014 |
16 | Cameroon | 1,447 | Niger | 1,454 | South Sudan | 1,731 | Colombia | 1,932 |
17 | Philippines | 1,316 | Colombia | 1,399 | Sudan | 1,327 | Israel | 1,410 |
18 | India | 783 | Mozambique | 1,194 | Cameroon | 943 | Iraq | 1,335 |
19 | Colombia | 765 | Cameroon | 790 | Mozambique | 916 | South Sudan | 1,240 |
20 | Myanmar | 650 | Palestine | 484 | Pakistan | 900 | Cameroon | 1,042 |
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4,700 rebel supporters died and 2,100 are missing, with unconfirmed similar casualty figures on the opposing side.
the conflict killed at least 500 people a year in 2012 and 2013.
The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclusion are the following:
The 5 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct, violent deaths per year in battles between identified groups, in the current or previous calendar year. [2]
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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1948 | Asia | Myanmar | 180,000+ [3] [4] | 15,773 [5] [6] [7] [8] | 4,819 [9] | |
1948 | Asia | Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Yemen | 228,000–237,000+ [10] | 24,550–32,519 [11] [5] [a] [20] | 14,252–15,232+ [9] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] | |
2002 | Africa | Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Morocco, and Libya | 70,000+ [9] [26] [27] [28] [29] | 14,728 [5] [30] | 4,186 [9] | |
2014 | Europe | Russia and Ukraine | 180,000–220,000+ [31] [32] | 30,915 [5]–95,088+ [33] | 8,044 [9] | |
2023 | War in Sudan | Africa | Sudan | 15,500+ [5] [34] | 13,225 [5] [34] [35] | 3,091 [9] |
The 16 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. [2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program. [36]
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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1964 | South America | Colombia and Venezuela | 455,500+ [37] | 2,558 [5] | 639 [9] | |
1978 | Asia | Afghanistan and Pakistan | 1,454,000–2,584,468+ [38] | 1,041 [5] | 262 [9] | |
1991 | Africa | Somalia (including Somaliland) and Kenya | 359,300–1,000,000+ [39] [40] | 9,343 [5] [41] [42] | 1,981 [9] | |
1996 | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda | 10,500+ [43] [44] [45] [46] | 1,514 [5] | 481 [9] | |
1998 | Africa | Nigeria | 98,300+ [43] [47] [48] [49] [50] | 3,300 [5] [51] | 720 [9] | |
2003 | Asia | Iraq | 333,300–1,215,000+ [52] [53] [b] | 1,338 [5] | 307 [9] | |
2004 | Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Asia | Pakistan | 47,300–61,549+ [54] | 1,300 [5] | 428 [9] |
2004 | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi | 27,200+ [55] | 2,273 [5] | 800 [9] | |
2006 | North America | Mexico | 357,000-400,000 [56] [c] | 7,168 [5] | 2,181 [9] | |
2008 | Africa | Sudan and South Sudan | 388,200–400,000+ [58] | 1,249 [5] [59] | 361 [9] | |
2009 | Africa | Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad | 373,100 [60] | 5,182 [5] [61] | 1,936 [9] | |
2011 |
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Asia | Syria | 586,200–613,407+ [62] | 6,211 [5] [63] | 2,152 [9] |
2014 | Asia | Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Israel | 380,300 [64] | 3,381 [5] | 731 [9] | |
2017 | Anglophone Crisis | Africa | Cameroon and Nigeria | 7,000+ [65] | 338 [d]-1,042 [5] | 479 [9] |
2018 | Africa | Ethiopia | 180,800–600,000+ [66] | 3,830 [5] [67] | 2,714 [9] | |
2020 | North America | Haiti | 5,551+ [68] [69] [70] | 4,451 [5] [68] [71] | 1,554 [9] [72] [73] |
The 19 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100, and fewer than 1,000, direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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1918 | Asia | Iran and Iraq | 15,200–58,000+ [74] | 198 [5] | 205 [9] | |
1921 | Asia | Turkey, Iraq, Syria | 120,100+ [75] [76] | 136 [5] | 14 [9] | |
1943 | Jamaican political conflict | North America | Jamaica | 1,400+ [77] | 397 [5] | 90 [9] |
1947 | Asia | India and Pakistan | 200,700–2,000,000 [ citation needed] [78] |
706 [5] | 205 [9] | |
1948 | Asia | Pakistan and Iran | 21,400+ [79] | 600 [5] | 265 [9] | |
1954 | Asia | India and Bhutan | 40,500 [80] | 540 [5] | 95 [9] | |
1962 | Papua conflict | Asia | Indonesia | 100,100–500,000 [81] | 179 [5] | 41 [9] |
1967 | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | Asia | India | 13,100–14,369+ [82] | 360 [5] | 75 [9] |
1969 | Asia | Philippines | 165,500–213,000 [83] | 580 [5] | 147 [9] | |
1988 | Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea | Oceania | Papua New Guinea | 15,000–20,000 [84] [85] | 337 [9] | 96 [9] [86] |
1999 | Asia | Bangladesh | 1,800+ [5] [87] | 328 [5] [88] | 103 [9] | |
1999 | Ituri conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 65,800+ [89] | 830 [5] | 75 [9] |
2003 | Africa | Nigeria and Cameroon | 2,600 [90] | 150 [5] | 340 [9] | |
2006 | Conflict for control of favelas in Rio | South America | Brazil | 700–14,383 [91] | 41 [92]–336 [9] | 10 [9] |
2012 | Central African Republic Civil War | Africa | Central African Republic and Cameroon | 14,500+ [43] | 546 [5] | 213 [9] |
2016 | Philippine drug war | Asia | Philippines | 32,200 [93] | 269 [5] | 55 [9] |
2017 | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado | Africa | Mozambique and Tanzania | 6,300+ [94] | 321 [5] | 188 [9] |
2021 | Asia | Azerbaijan and Armenia | 39,800–49,000+ [95] | 594 [5] [96] [97] | 4 [9] | |
2022 | Honduran gang crackdown | North America | Honduras | 100+ [98] [99] [100]–700 [9] | 100 [98] [101] [102]–647 [9] | 148 [9] |
The 16 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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2017 | Europe | Russia | 160,000+ [103] | 10 [9] | 0 [9] | |
1948 | Korean conflict | Asia | North Korea and South Korea | 3,000,000 | 12 [5] | 0 [9] |
1963 | Katanga insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,400+ [5] [104] | 2 [5] | 0 [9] |
1970 | Africa | Morocco and Western Sahara | 14,000–21,000+ | 38 [5] | 19 [9] | |
1975 | Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 30,000 [105] | 66 [5] | 16 [9] |
1980 | Internal conflict in Peru | South America | Peru | 70,000 [106] | 75 [5] | 10 [9] |
1981 | Africa | Egypt | 6,000–7,353+ [43] [107] [108] | 21 [5] | 3 [9] | |
1982 | Casamance conflict | Africa | Senegal | 5,000+ [109] | 48 [5] | 13 [9] |
1987 | Lord's Resistance Army insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan | 100,000+ [110] | 3 [5] | 0 [9] |
1989 | Georgian–Ossetian conflict | Asia | Georgia (including South Ossetia) | 1,614+ [111] | 2 [112] [113] [114] | 0 [9] |
2004 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | Thailand | 7,294 [115] | 57 [5] | 17 [9] |
2005 | Insurgency in Paraguay | South America | Paraguay | 145+ [e] [55] | 10 [5] | 0 [9] |
2011 | Africa | Libya | 30,000–43,000 [43] [116] | 89 [5] [117] | 29 [9] | |
2016 | Insurgency in Northern Chad | Africa | Chad | 644 [118] | 37 [5] | 0 [9] |
2018 | South America | Ecuador | 14,218+[ citation needed] | 60 [5] | 22 [119] [120] | |
2022 | Salvadoran gang crackdown | North America | El Salvador | 235 [121] | 56 [5] | 7 [9] |
Rank | 2020 [f] | 2021 [f] | 2022 [f] | 2023 [f] | ||||
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Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | |
1 | Mexico | 34,512 [g] | Afghanistan | 42,223 | Ethiopia | 109,600+ | Ukraine | 95,088+ |
2 | Afghanistan | 30,974 | Yemen | 31,048 | Ukraine | 100,000+ | Palestine | 22,205+ |
3 | Yemen | 19,561 | Ethiopia | 22,800 | Myanmar | 20,206 | Myanmar | 15,773 |
4 | Syria | 7,620 | Mexico | 18,811 [g] | Mexico | 14,254 [g] | Sudan | 13,225 |
5 | Nigeria | 7,172 | Myanmar | 11,114 | Yemen | 7,133 | Nigeria | 8,505 |
6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,162 | Nigeria | 9,687 | Somalia | 6,484 | Burkina Faso | 8,486 |
7 | Azerbaijan (including Artsakh) | 6,110 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,283 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,254 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8,342 |
8 | Somalia | 2,950 | Syria | 5,828 | Syria | 5,639 | Mexico | 7,168 |
9 | Mali | 2,734 | Somalia | 3,532 | Mali | 4,793 | Syria | 6,211 |
10 | Iraq | 2,436 | Iraq | 2,605 | Burkina Faso | 4,700 | Mali | 4,285 |
11 | Burkina Faso | 2,268 | Burkina Faso | 2,358 | Iraq | 4,181 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,902 |
12 | South Sudan | 2,245 | South Sudan | 1,986 | Afghanistan | 3,930 | Ethiopia | 3,830 |
13 | Ethiopia | 1,813 | Mali | 1,911 | Nigeria | 3,780 | Yemen | 3,169 |
14 | Mozambique | 1,696 | Central African Republic | 1,704 | Niger | 3,000 | Pakistan | 2,116 |
15 | Libya | 1,484 | Sudan | 1,584 | Colombia | 2,276 | Haiti | 2,014 |
16 | Cameroon | 1,447 | Niger | 1,454 | South Sudan | 1,731 | Colombia | 1,932 |
17 | Philippines | 1,316 | Colombia | 1,399 | Sudan | 1,327 | Israel | 1,410 |
18 | India | 783 | Mozambique | 1,194 | Cameroon | 943 | Iraq | 1,335 |
19 | Colombia | 765 | Cameroon | 790 | Mozambique | 916 | South Sudan | 1,240 |
20 | Myanmar | 650 | Palestine | 484 | Pakistan | 900 | Cameroon | 1,042 |
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4,700 rebel supporters died and 2,100 are missing, with unconfirmed similar casualty figures on the opposing side.
the conflict killed at least 500 people a year in 2012 and 2013.