Wars in the World

Wars and Main Events on 2011

• January

  • 02

    • Yemen: Government releases more than 400 al-Houthi rebel prisoners

  • 04

    • Egypt: Suicide car bomber kills 21 people at copt church in Alexandria

  • 07

    • South Sudan: South Sudan General Athor, a renegade general, and South Sudan signed ceasefire agreement days before referendum

  • 08

    • Kosovo: Qatar recognizes officially Kosovo independence

  • 09

    • Sudan: Today referendum for South Sudan secession

  • 10

    • Greece: Anarchists of Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire announced creation of international anarchist net with italian Fai (Informal Anarchist Federation)

    • Spain: Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasun (ETA) called permanent ceasefire

  • 13

    • South Sudan: 4 Gatluak Gai militias killed and 26 captured in Unity State

  • 15

    • Kosovo: Guinea-Bissau recognizes officially Kosovo independence

  • 16

    • Iraq: Kurdish security forces seize arms held by Ansar al-Islam islamist group and arrested one of its members in Arbil

  • 17

    • Tunisia: Battle around presidential palace after deposed president Ben Ali fled

  • 18

    • South Sudan: For UN and international observers, referendum on independece has been a success

  • 19

    • Afghanistan: Insurgents joined to government in surrounding areas of Faryab province

  • 20

    • Guyana: Guyana has become the sixth latin american country to recognise Palestine as independent state with borders in the 1967

  • 23

    • Darfur: Sudan Armed Forces clashed with Justice and Equality Movement and Sudan Liberation Movement Minnawi faction, 21 killed

  • 26

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Wal-jamaca (ASWJ) clashed in Galguduud region

  • 27

    • Nepal: Maoists gave up to control 19.000 former fighters

  • 29

    • India: 9 naxalites maoist rebels killed in fighting with indian police

  • 31

    • Philippines: New People’s Army rebels killed 5 policemen

• February

  • 01

    • After violent protests in Tunisia, Algeria, Albania and Egypt, now it’s time of Yemen

  • 03

    • Mauritania: Army foiled planned al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) attack

  • 05

    • Cambodia: Military confrontation between Cambodia and Thailand near Preah Vihear temple continues

  • 06

    • Pakistan: Military operation against main bastion for al-Qaeda in Sagi and Dawezai areas, almost 22.000 people fled

  • 08

    • Cambodia: Thai army shelled and destroyed part of Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple

    • Sudan: Sudan president accepted South Sudan secession after results of referendum

  • 09

    • Russia: Doku Umarov, most wanted chechen terrorist of islamic extremist group Caucasus Mujahideens, claimed responsibility for Domodedovo airport bombing

  • 11

    • Kosovo: Sultanate of Oman recognizes officially Kosovo independence

  • 12

    • South Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) retake control of Fangak from forces loyal to General Athor

  • 13

    • Somaliland: Fighting erupts in Kalshale between troops and Sool, Sanag, Cayn (SSC) militia

  • 15

    • Somalia: Clashes in Mogadishu between Government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers against al-Shabaab fighters, 9 killed

  • 16

    • South Sudan: Clashes with George Athor’s rebels have caused more than 200 died in Jonglei State

  • 17

    • Further border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia armed forces

  • 18

    • Puntland: More than 250 troops in Puntland defected positions to form a militia

  • 19

    • Puntland: Officials arrest commander of terrorist group Sool Sanaag and Cayn (SSC)

  • 22

    • Somaliland: Clashes in Buhodle between Somaliland forces and Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SCC) rebel group

  • 24

    • Libya: It’s civil war, Al Arabiya reports at least 10.000 dead and 50.000 wounded

    • Somalia: Somali army, African Union forces and pro-government Sufi militants launched attack against al-Shabaab rebels

• March

  • 01

    • Ethiopia: Clashes at border with Kenya and Somalia between army against al-Shabaab and Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)

  • 02

    • Senegal: Senegal has cut diplomatic ties with Iran and accused Tehran of supplying weapons to Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC)

  • 03

    • Libya: Libyan rebels said repulsed Government attack

  • 04

    • South Sudan: Dozens killed in fresh South Sudan clashes between army and George Athor’s rebels

  • 05

    • Libya: More Zawiyah fighting, Gaddafi loyal forces use tanks

  • 07

    • Libya: Fighters regroup, head towards Bin Jawad

  • 08

    • Libya: Jets bomb anti-Gaddafi strongholds like Ras Lanuf, Ben Jawad and Zawiyah

  • 09

    • Libya: Gaddafi loyal forces strikes rebel-held Ras Lanuf and Zawiyah

  • 10

    • Libya: Fierce fighting across Libya, insurgents have retake Zawiya

  • 11

    • Libya: 200 soldiers arrived by sea entered in Ras Lanuf, clashes with rebels

  • 12

    • Libya: Rebels appeal for France and Great Britain air strikes against Gaddafi forces

    • South Sudan: Clashes erupted in Upper Nile state between army and George Athor rebel fighters

  • 13

    • Libya: Libyan troops defect near rebel-held Misrata

  • 14

    • Libya: Qaddafi forces claim capture of rebel stronghold of Brega, rebels denied

  • 15

    • Libya: Gaddafi forces attacked Ajdabiya

  • 16

    • Libya: Libyan rebels lose Zwara, last stronghold west of Tripoli

  • 17

    • Libya: Gaddafi forces surrounded Ajdabiya and Misrata

  • 18

    • Libya: Qaddafi forces mass outside rebels’ western stronghold Misrata

    • Libya: United Nations approves possible military action against Libya

  • 19

    • Libya: World leaders agree on using military force in Libya

    • Libya: French jets enter libyan airspace to counter Gaddafi forces attacks

  • 20

    • Libya: United Nations forces strike libyan air-defense targets

    • Libya: Gaddafi vows ‘long war’ after US and allies pounded Libya

  • 21

    • Gaza Strip: New clashes between Israel army and Palestinian Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades (EQB)

  • 22

    • Libya: American official says Gaddafi’s progress stopped

  • 23

    • Libya: Libya forces attack civilians in Misrata, third largest city of country

    • Libya: Gaddafi promises victory amid ongoing western attacks

  • 25

    • Libya: Nato to take command of military operations of Libya campaign

  • 26

    • Libya: Western strikes boost rebels’ bid to take key Libyan city of Ajdabiyah

    • Libya: Libyan rebels take control of Ajdabiyah town

    • Libya: Libyan rebels say forces reach Brega town

  • 28

    • Libya: Libyan opposition heads west with new victories

    • Libya: Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte seized by rebels

  • 30

    • Libya: Rebel fighters have fled from Bin Jawad and Ras Lanuf after coming under heavy attack by Gaddafi troops

• April

  • 01

    • Ivory Coast: Yamoussoukro official capital city falls to opposition

  • 03

    • Ivory Coast: Abidjan in grip of fierce fighting

  • 04

    • Libya: Libyan rebels form crisis team to run occupied areas

  • 05

    • Libya: Brega recaptured by rebels

    • Ivory Coast: Pro-Ouattara forces launch presidential palace assault

  • 07

    • Ivory Coast: Besieged Gbagbo forces repelled attack

  • 09

    • Israel: Israeli strikes hit Gaza killing two Hamas militants

  • 10

    • Iraq: Iraqi forces attacked Iranian People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) rebels at Camp Ashraf

  • 11

    • Gaza Strip: Palestinian official says Israel and Gaza militants agreed to a cease-fire

    • Ivory Coast: Ivory Coast’s outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo captured by french and U.N. forces

  • 12

    • Dagestan: Fierce fighting between policemen and mujahideen in Tsuntin district, 12 killed

  • 14

    • Somalia: In Somalia has been created new state of Azania

  • 15

    • Libya: Rebels warn of Misrata impending government massacre

  • 16

    • Libya: Migrants flee Misrata to seek medical treatment

  • 17

    • Libya: Misrata, a city under siege

  • 19

    • Ethiopia in threat to oust Eritrea’s regime

  • 21

    • Somalia: Somali forces and al-Shabaab confront in Mogadishu

  • 23

    • Thailand and cambodian armies clashed on border, 6 killed

    • Libya: Libyan soldiers say army retreating from Misrata

  • 25

    • South Sudan: 55 rebels killed in clashes between Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and militia Gabriel Tang (Tang-Ginye)

  • 26

    • Italy: Italian air force can bomb Libya military targets

  • 28

    • Thailand and Cambodia toward war

  • 29

    • Tunisia: Libyan forces are clashing with rebels and tunisian troops to regain control of border post of Dehiba Wazen

• May

  • 02

    • Osama Bin Laden leader of al-Qaeda is dead, killed by USA forces in pakistani city of Abbottabad

  • 03

    • Somalia: The new semi-state within the semi-state, Rasa-Asayr State within Puntland State

    • Clashes continued at border between armies of Cambodia and Thailand

  • 04

    • India: Naxalite maoists of Communist Party of India (CPI) kill 8 cops in Jharkhand

  • 07

    • Afghanistan: Coordinated attacks of talibans hit Kandahar

  • 09

    • Dagestan: Fierce fightings between special forces and mujahideen taking place in Dagestan’s Kizlyar district

  • 10

    • Libya: Misrata rebels say they have pushed back government troops

  • 11

    • South Sudan: Philip Bepan rebels attacked Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) killing 82 people in Warrap State raid

  • 12

    • Libya: Rebels say they captured Misrata airport

  • 13

    • Somalia: Ahlu Sunna Waljama (ASWJ) and al-Shabaab fighters clashed in Galguduud

    • Pakistan: 80 killed, 140 hurt in Charsadda in 2 suicide attacks, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility

  • 17

    • Somalia: African Union peacekeepers win territory from al-Shabaab somali rebels

  • 19

    • Ethiopia: Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels say government troops killed more than 100 civilians

  • 21

    • Thailand: Army confirms death of four Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) insurgents killed in a gun battle

  • 22

    • Northern Ireland: Small blast rattles Northern Ireland’s Londonderry, claimed by Irish Republican Army

  • 24

    • South Sudan: North Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) fought against Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and seized Abyei town, 15000 fled

  • 27

    • Serbia: Captured Ratko Mladic in Lazarevo (Vojvodina), top serbian war crimes suspect

  • 28

    • South Sudan: North Sudan armed forces mass additional troops, tanks, artillery near Abyei town

  • 30

    • Yemen: Zinjibar town in Abyan Province seized by fighters from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

• June

  • 01

    • Somaliland: Puntland army attacked Somaliland army barrack near Tukaraq village

  • 02

    • Yemen: Clashes between government soldiers and Hashed tribesmen in capital southern Sanaa

  • 06

    • Libya: Nato starts deploying attack helicopters on Libya

  • 07

    • Libya: Libyan rebels retake western mountain town of Yafran

  • 08

    • South Sudan: Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) say attacked by Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) in South Kordofan

    • Libya: Thousands of troops loyal to Gaddafi advance toward Misrata

  • 11

    • South Sudan: Ambush in Unity State left 23 dead between Sudan’s People Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers and civilians

  • 12

    • Syria: Syrian army enter Jisr Al-Shughur and clashed with armed groups

  • 14

    • Sudan: Sudanese president agrees to withdraw Sudan Army Forces (SAF) from Abyei in South Sudan

    • Libya: Rebels advances in western mountains cities

  • 15

    • Dagestan: Leader Rustam Radzhabov and four militants of Caspian Terrorist Group killed in gunfights in Dagestan

  • 17

    • Nigeria: Boko Haram islamist militant group hits police headquarters in Abuja, 2 killed

  • 18

    • Yemen: Heavy gunshots between army and mujahideen of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) ad Aden

    • Libya: Libyan rebels attack artillery positions of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in Dafniya town, 20 miles west of Misurata

  • 19

    • Somalia: 25 people killed and 50 injured in clashes between al-Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Wal-jamaca militia (ASW) in Beledweyne town

  • 21

    • Colombia: Car bomb by National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group injures 17 people

  • 23

    • Darfur: Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) rebels said Sudan army attacked their positions in Jabel Marra region

    • Syria: Syrian troops massing on border in the Khirbat al-Jouz area, hundreds fleed in panic crossing turkish border

  • 25

    • Burma-Myanmar: New war front opened between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and burmese troops in Puta-O

    • Somaliland: Sool, Sanag, Cayn (SSC) militia begin peace talks with Somaliland Government

  • 26

    • Mali: Mauritania army claims to have destroyed al-Qaeda camp in Mali

  • 28

    • Libya: Clashes between rebels and army near town of Bir al-Ghanam at 30 km south of Zawiya

    • Sudan: Sudanese government bombs Kurchi village in South Kordofan whose people is enrolled in Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA)

  • 29

    • Turkey: Turkish police targeted in two separate bomb attacks by alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels

• July

  • 01

    • Colombia: Medellin-Caribbean roadway closed after deadly Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack

  • 03

    • Somalia: African Union mission in Somalia (Amisom) confirmed deployment of almost 3000 troops of Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) into Mogadishu

  • 05

    • Libya: Gaddafi forces intercept in Janzour arms from Qatar

  • 06

    • South Sudan: Countdown to independence on July 9 agenda approved

    • Libya: Libyan rebels launched an offensive near capital

  • 07

    • Yemen: Joint Meeting Parties (JMPs) armed group killed two soldiers in Taiz province

  • 08

    • South Sudan is counting down the hours until it becomes the world’s newest nation on Saturday 9 July

  • 09

    • South Sudan today has become officially an independent nation

  • 10

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attacked town of Toribio killing 3 people and injuring 70

  • 12

    • Libya: Rebel forces will launch an assault on Gharyan town

  • 13

    • Nigeria: Clashes between Boko Haram islamist sect and military forces, residents flee from city of Maiduguri

    • India: Three blasts rock Mumbai, 20 dead and 113 injured. Blamed Indian Mujahideen islamist group

  • 15

    • Darfur: Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) rebel group signed peace accord with Sudan Government

    • Turkey: 13 turkish soldiers dead, 7 wounded in clash with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

  • 16

    • Burma-Myanmar: 2 government military aircrafts bombed Shan State Army-South (SSA-South) and Shan State Army-North (SSA-North) troops

  • 17

    • Libya: Rebels suffer heavy casualties in battle for Brega

  • 18

    • Yemen: Fighting erupts in Zinjibar in Abyan province between army backed by hundreds of tribesmen against anti-government tribal forces and islamic militants

  • 20

    • Iran: Fighting between Iran army and kurdish rebels of Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê (PJAK) or Party of Free Life of Kurdistan

    • Libya: Libyan troops kill 8 rebels near eastern oil town of Brega

  • 21

    • Peru: Shining Path attacked a military base killing two soldiers in Apurimac river valley

  • 22

    • Chechnya: Fightings in mountains between local forces and mujahideen, dozens killed and wounded

    • Norway: Car bomb in Oslo and shooting in Utoya left 17 killed and many wounded, revenged by islamic group Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami (Helpers of Global Jihad)

  • 25

    • Norway: Police says Oslo suspect (Anders Behring Breivik) admits facts in massacre, unknown group Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami (Helpers of Global Jihad) is not responsable for attack

    • Puntland: Puntland and Galgala islamist militia led by Mohamed Said Atom agreed on ceasefire

  • 26

    • Azania: Somali parliamentarians oppose the New Azania state administration

  • 27

    • Sudan: Army arrested commander of rebel group Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) - South Kordofan Sector (Hamad)

  • 28

    • Kosovo: Kosovo policeman dies after botched border raid at checkpoints of Jarinje and Brnjak

  • 29

    • Libya: Libyan rebels military leader Abdel Fattah Younes killed

  • 30

    • Russia: Some chechen commanders reaffirm loyalty to Doku Umarov leader of Caucasus Emirate

  • 31

    • Syria: Syrian tanks storm city of Hama, more than 120 killed

• August

  • 02

    • China: Government blamed East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) separatist group for having attacked Xinjiang region, 11 dead

  • 03

    • Libya: Libyan rebels said counter-attack at Zlitan by Gadhafi forces has been repelled

  • 04

    • Yemen: Yemen air force killed at least 200 soldiers of republican guard in Arhab district

  • 05

    • Libya: Gaddafi forces claim control of Zlitan town

    • Gaza Strip: Second night of israeli strikes on Gaza after rocket fire, 5 people injured

  • 06

    • Somalia: Islamist fighters al-Shabaab withdrew from Mogadishu

  • 07

    • Libya: Libyan rebels claim hold on western town of Bir al-Ghanam

  • 09

    • Somalia: Armed conflict between army and al-Shabaab fighters rocks Gedo region

  • 10

    • Darfur: SPLM South Kordofan, SLM Abdul Wahid al Nur and SLM Minni Minnawi factions agree to overthrow sudanese government, JEM rebuffs alliance

  • 11

    • North Korea and South Korea exchanged fire twice near border

    • Egypt: Takfir wal-Hijra, jihadist salafist islamist group, resurges in el Arish in Egypt

  • 12

    • Somaliland and Puntland, battle in northern town of Taleh in Sool region

  • 13

    • Somaliland: Somaliland warns Puntland it will firmly retaliate to any further provocation

    • Dagestan: Russia says Dagestan rebels commander Abdullah Magomedaliyev killed in raid

  • 14

    • Syria: At least 20 killed in anti-regime protesters in Damascu and in the town of Kahn Sheikhun in Idlib province

    • Algeria: At least 33 wounded in police station kamikaze attack in the city of Tizi Ouzou, until now no one claimed attack

  • 15

    • Libya: Rebels enter in key libyan town of Zawiya

    • Syria: Syrian forces shell city of Latakia for third day

  • 17

    • Turkey: 7 soldiers killed and 11 wounded in clashes with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

  • 18

    • Israel: Israel kills Kamal Nirab leader of Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) in Gaza airstrike

  • 19

    • Israel: Continuous palestinian missiles after Israel bombs 12 terrorist targets in Gaza

    • Libya: Libyan rebels take control of Zlitan, Gaddafi last eastern line of defense destroyed

  • 20

    • Libya: Libyan rebels claim to have seized eastern oil terminal Brega

    • Turkey: Turkey bombards Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels in Iraq

  • 21

    • Libya: Libyan rebels try to reach capital Tripoli to aid revolt

  • 22

    • Libya: Little resistance as rebels enter in Tripoli, captured 2 Qaddafi’s sons

    • Libya: Libyan rebels are in Green Square in center of Tripoli, less than 3 km from Gaddafi’s bunker

    • Libya: Gaddafi loyalists defend his compound with tanks

    • Gaza Strip: Hamas agrees to enforce cease-fire on Gaza factions after 5 days of cross-border violence

    • Libya: Rebels are advancing toward Gaddafi’s bunker

    • Somalia: Battle for Mogadishu rages on between al-Shabaab and government forces

  • 23

    • South Sudan: Clashes between Murle and Lou Nuer communities in Jonglei State, killed 600 and wounded 750

    • Turkey: Turkey says it killed 100 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) kurdish rebels in Iraq

    • Libya: Rebels focus attacks on libyan leader’s Bab Al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli

    • Libya: Rebels capture Qaddafi’s compound in Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli

  • 24

    • Libya: More than 400 killed and more than 2000 wounded in battle for Tripoli in 2 days

  • 25

    • Libya: Clashes between chief of staff of the libyan armed forces and rebels

    • Israel: 5 killed in Gaza by israeli air strikes, rockets fired from Gaza to Israel

    • Libya: Rebels say they have Gaddafi surrounded

  • 26

    • Libya: Tripoli airport under control of rebels

    • Libya: Gaddafi forces halt rebel advance on road to Sirte

    • Libya: Heavy fighting in Abu Salim district in Tripoli

    • Nigeria: 16 killed in bomb blast at UN building in Abuja claimed by Boko Haram

  • 27

    • Algeria: 2 killed and 2 injured in Boumerdes province by al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terror attacks

  • 28

    • Pakistan; US claims to have killed number 2 of al-Qaeda, Atiyah Abdur Rahman, in North Waziristan

  • 29

    • Iraq: At least 24 dead in Baghdad mosque attack, until now no one has claimed suicide bomb attack

  • 30

    • Turkey: Turkey says up to 160 kurd rebels killed in northern Iraq strikes

  • 31

    • Chechnya: Double suicide attack hit Grozny, 7 killed and 18 wounded

• September

  • 01

    • Burma-Myanmar: United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) forms peace group for Government talks

    • Burma-Myanmar: 7 Burma Army soldiers killed in fighting with Kachin Independence Army (KIA) troops at Lungja hillside

  • 02

    • Puntland: Puntland government forces continue anti-terrorism operations against al-Shabaab in Galkayo

  • 04

    • India: India signs peace pact with Assam rebels of United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa)

  • 05

    • Libya: Push into Bani Walid to start soon after peaceful talks end in stalemate

  • 06

    • Pakistan: Younis al-Mauritani, al-Qaeda’s foreign minister captured in Quetta

  • 07

    • Yemen: 4 soldiers killed in Zanjibar, fights continue with extremists group Ansar al-Sharia

  • 08

    • India: Blast killed 11, injured 91 in New Delhi, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI) claimed attack

    • Somalia: Fierce battle in southern Somalia between government forces and al-Shabaab

  • 10

    • Libya: Revolutionaries enter Gaddafi loyalist town of Bani Walid

    • Libya: Gaddafi forces resist Bani Walid attack

  • 11

    • Afghanistan: 77 american soldiers wounded and 2 afghan civilians died in a taleban truck bombing attack

  • 12

    • Libya: Libyan opposition advances on Sirte after suspending an earlier attack on Bani Walid

  • 13

    • Yemen: 3 government troops killed, 4 wounded in al-Qaeda landmine explosion in the southern province of Abyan

    • Afghanistan: Talibans claim responsibility for attacks in embassies and NATO compounds in central Kabul, 6 killed and 15 wounded

  • 15

    • Yemen: Clashes in southern Yemen between government forces and al-Qaeda islamist militants, 14 killed

  • 16

    • Pakistan: Al-Qaeda’s operations chief, Abu Hafs al-Shahri, killed in US drone strike

    • Libya: Rebels enter Bani Walid after losing 11 of their men in Sirte battle

  • 21

    • Turkey: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denies responsibility for deadly Ankara explosion

  • 22

    • Dagestan: Killed and wounded in a double terror attack in dagestani capital Makhachkala

  • 23

    • Tuvalu: Abkhazia and South Ossetia officially recognized by Tuvalu

  • 24

    • Libya: Libyan rebels clashed with pro-Gaddafi forces in Sirte

  • 26

    • Palestine: President Mahmoud Abbas submits request for UN recognition of Palestine as full member state in world

  • 27

    • Libya: Anti-Kadhafi fighters capture port of Sirte

  • 28

    • Kosovo: Clashes between Nato troops and serb protesters on border between Kosovo and Serbia, 10 wounded

  • 29

    • Afghanistan: Taliban attacks kill 10 in southern Afghanistan

  • 30

    • Yemen: Yemen claims al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) cleric Anwar al Awlaki killed in airstrike

• October

  • 02

    • Somalia: Calm returns in Dhobley after fierce fights between soldiers backed by Raskamboni group and al-Shabaab fighters

  • 03

    • Papua New Guinea: Tribal clashes between Agarabi and Kamano kill 15 people in Kainantu

  • 04

    • Somalia: Truck bomb in Mogadishu kills 70, al-Shabaab claimed responsability for attack

  • 05

    • Ogaden: Ogaden National Liberation Army (ONLA) forces attacked chinese oil exploration site

  • 07

    • South Sudan: New rebel group, The National Democratic Front, led by Jack Deng emerges in South Sudan

    • Sudan: 25000 fled to Ethiopia to escape Blue Nile fighting between army and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) rebels

  • 08

    • Libya: Libyan fighters assault main Gaddafi loyalists base in Sirte, 8 killed and 15 wounded

  • 09

    • Burma-Myanmar: 40 Burma Army soldiers killed by Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in one day in Kachin State

  • 10

    • Somalia: 20 die in battle for Mogadishu between al-Shabaab fighters and African Union (AU) soldiers

    • Syria: More than 30 killed in Syrian clashes

  • 12

    • Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka releases 1800 former Tamil Tiger rebels

  • 13

    • Puntland: Puntland warns Somaliland President to not enter in Sanaag region. Militias loyal to Puntland in high alert

    • Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) rebels captured an important frontline position of Burma army

  • 15

    • Afghanistan: US base in eastern Afghanistan attacked by talibans, 4 killed and 2 wounded

  • 16

    • Kenya: Kenyan troops enter in Somalia to attack al-Shabaab rebels

  • 18

    • Libya: Capture of Bani Walid almost complete, National Transitional Council says

    • Kenya: Kenyan troops advance towards the Somali town of Afmadow

  • 19

    • Turkey: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants killed 24 turkish soldiers, army enters in Iraq in retaliation

  • 20

    • Libya: Muammar Qaddafi killed, Sirte, last stronghold falls to libyan forces

  • 22

    • Spain: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Eta) lays down its arms for a definitive cessation of its armed activity

  • 23

    • Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack kills other 10 soldiers

  • 25

    • Somalia: 3 people killed in clashes in outskirts of Elwak town between government somali and kenyan soldiers against al-Shabaab

  • 26

    • Philippines: Army offensive against Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels in the south of the country

  • 27

    • Burma-Myanmar: 4 burmese soldiers killed in fighting between army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) troops and People’s Army fighters

  • 28

    • Kenya: Al-Shabaab leaders contacted kenyan government to negotiate

  • 30

    • Israel: Israel launches fresh air strike on Al-Quds Brigades, armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Gaza, raising death toll to 11

  • 31

    • Somalia: Suspected kenyan fighter jets strikes kill 10 and wounded 45 in Jilib town

• November

  • 01

    • Sudan: Army kills hundreds of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) rebels in South Kordofan

  • 02

    • Colombia: 3 soldiers killed, 11 injured in Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attacks

  • 04

    • Sudan: Army seizes People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) rebel stronghold of Kurmuk in Blue Nile state

  • 05

    • Colombia: Colombian army kills Alfonso Cano, leader of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

  • 06

    • Nigeria: Over 136 dead in Boko Haram islamist group bomb attacks in Yobe and Borno states

  • 08

    • South Sudan: South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SSLM/A) captured Nhialdiew town after battling Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) forces

    • Somaliland: Army clashed with militia in Erigavo city, 4 dead

  • 10

    • Burma-Myanmar: Democratic Karen Buddhist Army’s (DKBA) Brigade 5 reached ceasefire with Naypyidaw

  • 11

    • Afghanistan: 3 policemen, 5 taliban suicide bombers dead in Paktia clash

  • 12

    • Yemen: 8 injured in clashes between militants of Southern Secessionist Movement and yemeni forces in Aden

  • 13

    • Sudan: 4 rebel groups formed alliance Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) to oust president Bashir

  • 15

    • India: Maoist rebels call off ceasefire in West Bengal

    • Syria: Fighting between pro and anti-government forces in Deraa province, dozens killed

  • 16

    • Syria: Army defectors attack military intelligence base in Harasta

  • 18

    • Somalia: Battle between al-Shabaab islamist rebels and Government and African Union troops in Mogadishu

  • 20

    • Somalia: Ethiopian troops crossed into Somalia

  • 22

    • Somalia: 40 al-Shabaab militias injured in fightings in Lower Juba

  • 23

    • Burma-Myanmar: Karen National Union (KNU), Shan State Army-South (SSA-South) and Chin National Front (CNF) informally agree ceasefire with Government

  • 24

    • Sudan: Sudanese army seize new Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebel position in Blue Nile

    • India: Kishanji, top Maoist rebel leader, killed in gunbattle in West Bengal

  • 26

    • Syria: Syrian dissidents to get arms and potential volunteers from Libya to fight Assad’s regime

  • 27

    • Senegal: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance separatists kill 10 civilians in restive southern region of Casamance

  • 28

    • Iran: Iran threatens to target Turkey if attacked by Israel or America

  • 29

    • Israel: Western Galilee attacked from southern Lebanon, Israel retaliates and warns

    • Lebanon: Abdullah Azzam Brigades, al-Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for Israel rocket attack

• December

  • 01

    • Somalia: 11 al-Shabaab defectors fighters surrendered to Somali government

  • 02

    • Yemen: 5 killed and 25 injured in Government attacks in Taiz province

  • 03

    • India: Blast at Oil India Limited (OIL) installation in Assam, claimed by United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) rebels

  • 04

    • Sudan: Army captures strategic Sudan People’s Liberation Army North (SPLA-N) rebel border camps in South Kordofan

  • 05

    • Kazakhstan: 5 militants of Jund al-Khilafah (Soldiers of the Caliphate) and 2 police killed in a firefight in Almaty

  • 06

    • Iraq: Deadly bomb attacks on Shia pilgrims in Iraq killed 30 people, suspected a sunni islamist militant group Jaish al-Tariqa al-Nakshabandi

  • 07

    • Afghanistan: Twin Afghanistan blasts kill 59 on shiite holy day

  • 08

    • Somalia: Fights in Mogadishu between government soldiers backed by African Union forces and al-Shabaab fighters

  • 10

    • Syria: At least 36 dead in clashes with security forces

  • 11

    • Syria: Army and hundreds of defectors battling in Busra al-Harir and Lujah

  • 12

    • Burma-Myanmar: Arakan Liberation Army (ALA) and burmese army clashed in Paletwa

  • 14

    • Somaliland: Clash erupted between pro-Somaliland and pro-Puntland militia in Sool province

  • 15

    • Libya: Several killed in fighting between El-Mashasha and Zintan militians in south west of Tripoli

    • Syria: 40 dead in troops raid in Hama town

  • 17

    • South Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) forces killed 7 soldiers loyal to renegade General George Athor

  • 18

    • Burma-Myanmar: Clashes erupted near Tavoy between army and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)’s Brigade 4

  • 19

    • Somalia: Kenyan forces destroyed al-Shabaab training camps

  • 21

    • South Sudan: South Sudan Democratic Army (SSDA) rebel leader George Athor killed in Central Equatoria

    • Syria: Since signing arab accord, over 200 dead in 2 days in Syria

  • 22

    • Senegal: Army clashed with Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC) rebels, 12 deaths

  • 23

    • Darfur: Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels said marching on Khartoum

    • Syria: Syria blames al-Qaeda for twin suicide attacks in Damascus, at least 40 dead and 100 wounded

  • 24

    • Pakistan: Suicide attack by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) caused 5 killed, 18 injured in Bannu

  • 25

    • Nigeria: Over 61 killed in clashes between Boko Haram and police in Maiduguri

  • 26

    • Nigeria: Christmas bomb attacks kill 40 in Nigeria, Boko Haram islamic sect claimed

    • Darfur: Rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) killed

  • 29

    • Yemen: Armed forces kill 6 al-Qaeda militants, call themselves as the Partisans of Sharia, in Abyan province

  • 30

    • Somalia: Clashes erupted in Mogadishu between army backed by African Union troops against al-Shabaab militants

  • 31

    • Gaza Strip: Israeli raid in Gaza kills and wounds militants of Army of Islam

    • Pakistan: Car bombing claimed by Balochistan Liberation Army separatists kills 10 people