• 01

  • Iraq: Mosul fighting intensifies, Iraqi army advances on north

• 02

  • Afghanistan: Taliban suffer heavy casualties in Uruzgan air and ground raids

  • Turkey: ISIS claims responsibility for nightclub terror attack that killed 39 people

• 03

  • Somalia: Death toll rises to 15 in bomb attack on AMISOM base in Mogadishu, claims terrorist group al-Shabaab

• 04

  • Yemen: Clashes with rebels, al-Qaeda kill 16 Yemeni soldiers

• 05

  • Philippines: Suspect Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) members storm Cotabato jail, 158 inmates freed

• 06

  • Turkey: Kurdish PKK militants behind Izmir car bombing, governor says

  • Ivory Coast: Ex-soldiers seize arms and take positions in the western town of Bouake

• 07

  • Iran: Iranian forces clash with Jaish al-Ahd terrorist group on Iran-Pakistan border

• 08

  • Syria: Car bomb kills 60 people in Azaz

• 09

  • Yemen: 68 killed in battles between Yemeni forces and Shiite Houthi rebels near strategic Bab al-Mandab strait

• 10

  • Nigeria: Biafra National Guard (BNG) vows to launch offensive against government

• 11

  • Afghanistan: 45 killed and nearly 100 injured in Kabul bomb blasts claimed by Taliban

  • South Sudan: Over 200 government forces join Riek Machar rebel movement

• 12

  • Burma-Myanmar: Fighting continue with no sign of letup in Kachin and Shan states

• 13

  • Mali: 5 soldiers killed by a landmine

• 14

  • Syria: Islamic State attacks Deir ez-Zor city

• 15

  • Ukraine: Army and rebels say new truce in east disrupted

• 16

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces retake Mosul university from ISIS, military spokesman says

• 17

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels crossed over from Uganda and clashed with army

• 18

  • Burma-Myanmar: Schools shut and families flee amid Namhsan clashes

• 19

  • Nigeria: Nigerian air force bombs refugee camp, over 100 dead

  • Mali: Dozens killed in suicide attack on Gao military camp in north

• 20

  • Gambia: West African forces moved into Gambia to oust the defeated president who refused to give up power

  • Mali: Al Mourabitoune, an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group, claims responsibility for suicide bombing

• 21

  • Afghanistan: 16 policemen killed as taliban rebels attacked police checkpoints in Kandahar province

  • Sudan: Sudanese government and Darfur rebel group Sudan Liberation Movement (Second Revolution) (SLM-SR) to sign peace deal next week

• 22

  • Egypt: 8 civilians killed in Sinai in clashes between army and ISIS terrorists

• 23

  • India: 2 soldiers of Assam Rifles killed in ambush by maoist militants near Jairampur

  • Yemen: Government claims to have seized Red Sea port of Mokha from Houthi rebels

• 24

  • Iraq: Iraqi army retakes eastern Mosul from ISIS, defense ministry reports

  • Kenya: Kenyan soldiers kill 7 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia

• 25

  • Mali: Mortar attack kills one UN peacekeeper in Mali

• 26

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab attacks Mogadishu hotel killing at least 28 people

• 27

  • Libya: Libyan National Army (LNA) has recaptured Ganfouda district from militants in Benghazi

• 28

  • Syria: Clashes break out between Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham group in Idlib

• 29

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab militants attack Kenyan military base in Somalia

• 30

  • Philippines: 15 militants of Abu Sayyaf and Maute groups killed in airstrikes in Lanao

• 31

  • South Sudan: Government forces and SPLM-IO rebels clashed in Upper Nile state

  • Ukraine: 7 Ukrainian troops killed in new clashes with Russia-backed rebels

February

• 01

  • Egypt: Islamic State (IS) terrorist group claims killing and wounding 20 Egyptian troops in Sinai

  • Afghanistan: U.S. airstrikes hit Taliban positions after attack on an Afghan army post

• 02

  • Philippines: New People’s Army (NPA) communist guerrillas end truce

• 03

  • Turkey: Turkish warplanes kill 51 Islamic State militants in Syria

• 04

  • Burma-Myanmar: Army committed mass killings and gang rapes in Rohingya people cleansing

• 05

  • Libya: Fursan Janzour Brigade and Tribes Army clash in western Tripoli leaving deaths and injuries

• 06

  • Yemen: Yemeni troops kill 7 Saudi soldiers in Najran and Jizan, pounded Saudi bases

• 07

  • Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expel Islamic State (ISIS) militants from key towns east Raqqa

• 08

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Over 40 people killed in clashes in central of the country

  • Burma-Myanmar: Uncharacteristic clashes break out between Ta’ang and Shan allied armed groups

• 09

  • Puntland: Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Village Hotel in Bosaso

• 10

  • Syria: Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels clash with Daesh terrorists inside al-Bab

• 11

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Over 50 members of Kamwina Nsapu militia killed in clashes by army

• 12

  • Philippines: Clashes between military and New People’s Army (NPA) erupt in 3 Mindanao provinces

• 13

  • India: Kashmir encounter leaves 2 soldiers, 4 militants and 2 civilians dead

• 14

  • Syria: Kurdish female fighters clash with Turkey’s military in Amude town

• 15

  • Pakistan: 14 killed and over 100 wounded in Lahore blast claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar taliban group

  • Syria: Dozens killed as Tahrir al-Sham and Jund al-Aqsa jihadists clash in Idlib

• 16

  • Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks Mifa village near Chibok

• 17

  • Turkey: 3 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants killed in clashes with army in Tunceli province

  • Pakistan: Pakistani forces kill and arrest dozens of militants after Islamic State shrine bombing

• 18

  • Afghanistan: Islamic State (IS) terrorists kill 17 soldiers in Nangarhar province

  • Nigeria: Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri foiled by army, deaths reported

• 19

  • Algeria: Algerian troops kill 14 militants in clashes in the Bouira province

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces launch offensive to liberate western Mosul from Islamic State (IS)

• 20

  • Somalia: Death toll from car bomb in busy market in Mogadishu rises to 34

• 21

  • Burma-Myanmar: 2 soldiers injured after clash with militants in Rakhine State

  • Ukraine: Ukraine accuses rebels of breaking truce as Western concern rises

• 22

  • Pakistan: Jamaat-ul Ahrar taliban faction claims responsibility for Tangi courthouse attack

• 23

  • Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters enter Islamic State (IS) held Deir al-Zour province

• 24

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces retake Mosul airport from ISIS militants

• 25

  • Libya: Fighting between Ghaniwa and Burki armed forces in Abu Salim district intensifies, 10 people killed

• 26

  • Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish journalist Shifa Gardi killed by roadside bomb in Mosul

• 27

  • Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan and Armenia report armed clashes in Nagorno Karabakh conflict area

• 28

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces battling ISIS reach Mosul bridge

March

• 01

  • Afghanistan: 12 policemen killed in Taliban attack in Helmand province

• 02

  • Burma-Myanmar: 160 killed in clashes with 4 ethnic rebel groups in Shan State

  • Syria: Syrian army recaptures Palmyra aided by Russian air force

• 03

  • Kenya: Kenyan soldiers kill 57 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia

• 04

  • Libya: Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) militias seize Libyan biggest oil port of Sidra

• 05

  • Iraq: Peshmerga Rojava Forces and Sinjar Protection Units clashed in Sinjar

  • Mali: 4 islamic extremist groups to merge in Mali, new group called Support of Islam and Muslims pledges allegiance to al-Qaeda

• 06

  • Yemen: Security officials say al-Qaeda militants killed 11 soldiers

• 07

  • Burma-Myanmar: Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) Kokang rebels attack Laukkai hotel

• 08

  • Iraq: Iraqi troops recapture Mosul museum and Government buildings from ISIS

• 09

  • Afghanistan: Gunmen disguised as doctors attack military hospital in Kabul, ISIS claims responsibility

• 10

  • Syria: Several hundred U.S. marines deployed to battle ISIS in Raqqa

• 11

  • Burma-Myanmar: Thousands flee Laukkai clashes between army and the Northern Alliance rebels

• 12

  • Syria: At least 40 Iraqi pilgrims slain in Damascus bombings

  • Libya: Haftar forces are mobilizing for battle to retake oil terminals

• 13

  • Afghanistan: 31 taliban militants killed by security forces in Helmand

• 14

  • Nigeria: Army intensifies attacks on Boko Haram terrorist group

• 15

  • Libya: Haftar East Libyan forces claims recapture 2 key oil ports

  • Syria: Syrian army thwarts ISIL attack from several axes in Deir Ezzor

• 16

  • Burma-Myanmar: Army suffers casualties in multiple clashes with Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) rebels

• 17

  • South Sudan: National Salvation Front (NAS) rebel group demands re-start of peace process

• 18

  • Ukraine: 4 Ukrainian soldiers killed in clashes with separatists in Donbass

• 19

  • India: 8 maoists and 2 policemen killed in encounter in Dantewada

• 20

  • Syria: Syrian forces and rebels fight fierce clashes in northeast Damascus

• 21

  • Somalia: Heavy fighting erupted between Somali and Ethiopian soldiers against al-Shabaab fighters near Baidoa

• 22

  • Syria: Rebels launch second Damascus attack in 3 days

• 23

  • United Kingdom: London terror attack, police confirms 5 dead and 40 injured

• 24

  • Egypt: 10 Egyptian soldiers killed in clashes with jihadists in central Sinai

  • Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban capture city of Sangin

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims to kill 17 soldiers in southwestern Somalia attack

• 25

  • Russia: 6 Russian troops and 6 rebels killed as insurgents attacked a military base in Chechnya

• 26

  • Yemen: Coalition air strikes kill 16 Houthi rebels

• 27

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fighters of Kamwina Nsapu militia decapitate 42 police officers in ambush

• 28

  • Spain: Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) announces full disarm by April 8 2017

• 29

  • Iraq: A bankrupt Islamic State (IS) struggling to pay its fighters

• 30

  • Burma-Myanmar: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army muslim militants deny terrorist links

• 31

  • Bangladesh: 8 militants, including a woman, blew themselves with a grenade in Nasirpur

April

• 01

  • Philippines: 12 killed in clashes between troops and New People’s Army communist rebels

• 02

  • Syria: Syrian army forces retake control of ground from rebels in Hama

• 03

  • Nigeria: 3 suicide bombers killed in the latest Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri

  • Russia: Russia blames terrorists for Saint Petersburg subway blast that kills at least 10 people

• 04

  • Thailand: 12 police injured in attack by suspected insurgents in south of the country

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kamwina Nsapu armed group kills 8 people in the south

• 05

  • Syria: 70 killed, including children, in worst chemical attack in years

• 06

  • Pakistan: Taliban attack kills 6 people, including census workers

• 07

  • Colombia: Government and National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels agree to deescalate fighting

  • Spain: Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) will be fully disarmed Saturday 8 April 2017

  • Syria: U.S. launches cruise missile strike on Syria after chemical weapons attack

• 08

  • Burma-Myanmar: Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) clashed with Burma army

  • France: Basque separatists Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) deliver weapons inventory to French police on Disarmament Day

• 09

  • Syria: Dozens of Islamic State (ISIS) members killed in clashes with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Tabqa

  • Egypt: Dozens killed as 2 attacks target coptic christians in Egypt, until now no terrorist group claimed responsibility

• 10

  • Egypt: Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group claims responsibility for Palm Sunday churches bombings

• 11

  • Yemen: More than 40 soldiers, Houthi rebels and civilians dead in clashes in the last 24 hours

  • Philippines: 3 militiamen killed and 17 troops hurt in clashes with Abu Sayyaf in Basilan

• 12

  • Somalia: Kenyan army kills 15 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

• 13

  • Iraq: Airstrike kills 15 Islamic State (IS) militants in western Mosul

• 14

  • Afghanistan: US drops mother of all bomb on ISIS-Khorasan in Afghanistan

  • North Korea: US may launch strike if North Korea moves to test nuclear weapon

• 15

  • Pakistan: 12 killed during military raid in central Pakistan

• 16

  • South Sudan: Clashes in Raga town between government forces and the main rebel group kill at least 14 people

  • Syria: At least 100 killed in Syria, suicide bomber attacked evacuation buses

• 17

  • South Sudan: Rebels claim defeating South Sudanese army in several areas

• 18

  • Pakistan: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Ehsanullah Ehsan Taliban leader surrenders to police

• 19

  • Mali: French and Malian armed forces kill 12 Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) extremists after attack on army camp

• 20

  • Egypt: Islamic State (IS) claims attack near St. Catherine monastery

  • Afghanistan: 10 rebels killed and 13 wounded in clashes with security forces in Kandahar

• 21

  • France: Isis claims responsibility for Paris shooting attack that left one police officer dead

• 22

  • Iraq: Iraq forces free 11 year old Yazidi girl in Mosul

  • Kenya: Kenyan forces killed 52 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

• 23

  • Afghanistan: 140 soldiers killed in Taliban attack on military base in Mazar-i-Sharif

• 24

  • Syria: Israeli army kills 3 National Defense Forces (NDF) militants in Quneitra province

• 25

  • India: Maoist rebels kill 24 CRPF policemen in Chhattisgarh

• 26

  • Turkey: Turkey expands strikes against Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq

  • Philippines: 36 members of Maute terrorist group killed and 3 soldiers hurt in Lanao del Sur clashes

• 27

  • Afghanistan: 91 killed in Taliban and ISIS militants clashes in north of the country

• 28

  • Iran: 9 border guards killed after clashes with Army of Justice Balochistan terrorists

• 29

  • Yemen: Over 30 Saudi-led fighters killed by Houthi forces in northern Yemen

• 30

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Clashes between Mai-Mai Nyatura rival factions kill 29 people in east

May

• 01

  • Syria: Airstrikes on Raqqa as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advance in Tabqa

• 02

  • France: French forces kill more than 20 militants near Mali-Burkina Faso border

  • Central African Republic: Scores killed in ethnic clashes left 45 people dead

• 03

  • Burma-Myanmar: Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) reports renewed clashes with Burmese army in northern Shan State

• 04

  • Egypt: 8 Sinai Province alleged militants killed after clashes with tribe Al-Tarabin in North Sinai

• 05

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces launch new offensive against Islamic State (IS) in Mosul

• 06

  • Syria: Syria ceasefire in 4 zones to start Saturday

  • South Sudan: Army captures rebel headquarters in Raja

• 07

  • Pakistan: Clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces at border

• 08

  • Afghanistan: Afghan families flee as Taliban take key northern district in offensive against government forces

• 09

  • Philippines: A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel and 1 soldier killed in armed clashes

• 10

  • Thailand: Car bomb wounds 60 people at supermarket in Pattani, blamed muslim militants

• 11

  • Iraq: Iraqi army captures more neighborhoods in northwest Mosul, clashes ongoing

• 12

  • Yemen: Houthi militia leader killed in battles with Popular Resistance Forces in Shabwa

• 13

  • Egypt: Sinai tribes rise against Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group

• 14

  • Ivory Coast: Rebel soldiers block access to second largest city of the country

• 15

  • Iraq: 10 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members killed in Turkish airstrikes on Kurdistan borders

• 16

  • Ukraine: Donbass militia report Ukrainian army shelled Donetsk and Lugansk republics

• 17

  • Afghanistan: 32 militants killed by government forces in northern Afghanistan

• 18

  • South Korea: President Moon Jae-In warns high chance of clashes with North Korea

• 19

  • South Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO) rebels withdraw from town of Yei for civilians’ safety

• 20

  • Libya: Clashes between armed forces and a rival militia in south kill over 140 people

• 21

  • Afghanistan: Taliban fighters launch coordinated attacks killing 20 securitymen

• 22

  • Nigeria: Nigeria troops kill 13 Boko Haram extremists and arrest 10 others in clashes at Lake Chad

• 23

  • Central African Republic: 22 dead in clashes betwen Seleka Muslim coalition and anti-Balaka Christian militias in Bria town

  • United Kingdom: Manchester Arena terrorist attack killed 22 people at Ariana Grande gig by bomber named as Salman Abedi

• 24

  • Philippines: 1 soldier killed and 8 others wounded in clashes with Abus Sayyaf and Maute terrorist groups in Marawi

• 25

  • Philippines: 13 Maute fighters dead in clashes with government troops in Marawi City

  • Sudan: Sudan says captured Darfur rebel commanders are alive

• 26

  • Syria: Syrian army advances south toward rebel-held area

• 27

  • Egypt: Egypt launches airstrikes on terrorist camps in Libya after 24 Coptic Christians killed

• 28

  • Afghanistan: Taliban attack Afghan army base killing 15 soldiers

  • Libya: Terrorist jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia announces its dissolution

• 29

  • Sudan: 21 Sudanese troops killed in Yemen

• 30

  • Philippines: Army in full control of Marawi city occupied by Maute terrorist group

• 31

  • Iraq: Baghdad blasts kill 27 people as Iraqi forces battle ISIS in Mosul

June

• 01

  • Afghanistan: At least 90 killed and hundreds wounded after bomb exploded in Kabul

• 02

  • Yemen: Arab coalition forces restore order at Aden international airport after clashes

• 03

  • Libya: Khalifa Haftar forces and ISIL fighters launch simultaneous attacks government forces

• 04

  • Kenya: At least one dead in al-Shabaab attack on Fafi town near Somalia border

  • United Kingdom: London Bridge, Borough Market and Vauxhall terrorist attacks, at least 6 dead, van hits pedestrians then 3 men got out and stabbed people

• 05

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces retake Baaj town from Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists

• 06

  • Syria: Russia-backed Syrian army expels Islamic State (ISIS) militants from eastern Aleppo

• 07

  • Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched operation to liberate Raqqa from ISIS

• 08

  • Iran: Parliament and Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum hit by terrorist attacks of Islamic State (ISIS)

• 09

  • Puntland: Armed al-Shabaab fighters storm military base, over 60 people killed

• 10

  • Yemen: Airstrike in Sanaa kills 4 people and leaves dozens injured

• 11

  • Philippines: 13 Philippine marines killed in battle against islamist militants

• 12

  • Nigeria: Boko Haram terrorists raid Adamawa village for food and medical supplies

• 13

  • Ukraine: 7 soldiers killed in clashes with rebels in east

• 14

  • Syria: Syrian army clashes with Islamic State (ISIS) in west Raqqa

• 15

  • Afghanistan: 4 killed and 5 injured, suicide bomber has targeted Taliban splinter group run by Mullah Rasoul

• 16

  • Somalia: 31 killed in al-Shabaab attack on a restaurant in Mogadishu capital

• 17

  • Russia: Russia says it may have killed Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria

• 18

  • Afghanistan: Afghan forces recapture Tora Bora by ISIS terrorist group

  • Djibouti: Djibouti says Eritrean soldiers occupy disputed area

• 19

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces begin assault on Mosul’s old city

  • Mali: At least 2 dead in Bamako, Mali Resort attack by Suspected jihadi terrorists

• 20

  • Turkey: 1 soldier killed and 2 injured in clashes with PKK terrorists in Diyarbakır

• 21

  • Somalia: At least 10 people killed by car bomb in Mogadishu claimed by al-Shabaab

• 22

  • Central African Republic: 100 people killed in clashes between Anti-Balaka Christian militia and FPRC Muslim rebels

• 23

  • Cameroon: Double Boko Haram suicide attack kills 6 civilians in Kolofata

• 24

  • Pakistan: Multiple terror attacks across Pakistan leave 62 dead and 100 injured, claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JUA)

• 25

  • Israel: Israeli jets hit several targets in Syria in return to rocket attacks

• 26

  • Colombia: Police arrest 8 People’s Revolutionary Movement (MRP) militants in deadly mall explosion

• 27

  • Chad: 8 soldiers killed in clashes with Boko Haram insurgents

• 28

  • Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/North (SPLM/N)-Agar says Sudanese army attacking its positions in Blue Nile

• 29

  • Burma-Myanmar: Army clashes with Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) rebels in region where journalists held

• 30

  • Yemen: 6 soldiers and 14 Shiite rebels killed in battle for Marib central province

July

• 01

  • Lebanon: Lebanon refugee camps hit by 5 suicide bombers

• 02

  • Yemen: Several al-Houthi rebel leaders killed in clashes across Yemen

• 03

  • Central African Republic: At least 15 killed in fresh clashes between UN peacekeepers and former Seleka fighters

• 04

  • Afghanistan: Taliban block Baghlan-Kunduz highway as clashes continue

• 05

  • Libya: Fierce fighting as Libyan National Army (LNA) close in on last Benghazi holdout

• 06

  • Kenya: Al-Shabaab militants kill at least 3 policemen in day-long gun battle in Pandanguo

• 07

  • Afghanistan: 7 insurgents killed in Faryab clashes with security forces

• 08

  • Egypt: Islamic State (IS) claims attack in Sinai Peninsula that killed 23 soldiers

• 09

  • Iraq: Iraqi security forces liberate old Mosul city

• 10

  • Libya: Heavy clashes between rival factions break out east of Tripoli

• 11

  • Puntland: 18 al-Shabaab fighters killed by Puntland security forces

• 12

  • Syria: Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says

• 13

  • Nigeria: 19 people killed in Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri

• 14

  • South Sudan: South Sudan admits launching offensives in rebel stronghold in Pagak

• 15

  • Afghanistan: U.S. forces kill Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) - Khorasan Province leader in Kunar

• 16

  • Egypt: 2 German female tourists and 5 policemen killed by terrorists

• 17

  • Mali: Tuareg separatists of Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) and Gatia pro-government militia clashed in Anefi town

• 18

  • Syria: Fighting intensifies between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Islamic State (IS) militants in Raqqa

• 19

  • Pakistan: 3 killed in new round of Pakistan and India border clashes

• 20

  • Ukraine: Fresh clashes kill 2 servicemen as rebels plan a new state called Malorossiya

• 21

  • Somalia: Allied forces launch fresh offensive against al-Shabaab militants

• 22

  • Afghanistan: 30 policemen killed in ambush by taliban militants in Badakhshan

• 23

  • Lebanon: 15 Hezbollah fighters and a Lebanese mediator killed in clashes with Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham (JFS) militants

• 24

  • Afghanistan: Taliban fighters attacked police and captured 2 districts of Taywara and Kohistan

• 25

  • Libya: Libyan National Army (LNA) of Haftar clashed with rival factions in Benghazi

• 26

  • France: Libya rivals al-Sarraj and Haftar agree to ceasefire and elections after Paris talks

• 27

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mai-Mai Sheka wanted warlord surrenders to U.N. forces

• 28

  • Mali: Dozens killed in clashes between Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA) and Gatia group before UN helicopter crash

• 29

  • Nigeria: Boko Haram militants kill dozens of people in northeast

• 30

  • Yemen: Army launches huge offensive on southern Saudi military sites

• 31

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab terrorists kill 24 African Union troops

August

• 01

  • South Sudan: Thousands of Machar-led fighters defect to new rebel group National Salvation Front (NSF)

• 02

  • Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture more ground in Raqqa

• 03

  • Libya: General Haftar orders bombing of Italian warships requested by Sarraj

• 04

  • Nigeria: Boko Haram attack kills 6 people

• 05

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: 250 people killed in ethnic based massacres by Kamwina Nsapu and Bana Mura militias, says UN

• 06

  • Syria: Army of Revolution Commando rebels kill capture Iranian allied militants near Zakf military base

• 07

  • Afghanistan: Joint Taliban-ISIS attack kills dozens of people, Afghan officials say

• 08

  • Iraq: Islamic State (IS) claims over 60 Iraqi soldiers killed in suicide bombing

• 09

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Security forces kill at least 14 Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) separatist rebels

• 10

  • Burma-Myanmar: Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and army clashes in Namhsan displace over 100 people

• 11

  • Philippines: 5 Abu Sayyaf members and 2 soldiers killed in Sulu clash

• 12

  • Somalia: 19 killed in clashes between al-Shabaab fighters and forces loyal to Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansour

• 13

  • Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters linked for the first time eastern and western parts of Raqqa

• 14

  • India: 3 Hizbul Mujahideen fighters and 2 Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir clash

• 15

  • Burkina Faso: Suspected islamist militants kill 18 people in attack on restaurant in Ouagadougou

• 16

  • Nigeria: 3 Boko Haram bombers kill 20 people in Mandarari

• 17

  • Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/North (SPLM-N) Agar and al-Hilu factions clash again in Blue Nile

• 18

  • Spain: Barcelona terror attack, 13 killed and several injured, Islamic State (IS) claims responsibility

  • Spain: Second terror attack halted, police say, after 13 killed and 100 injured in Barcelona

• 19

  • Yemen: Army takes control of strategic heights in Saada

• 20

  • Philippines: 6 killed amid further Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) clashes

  • Lebanon: Lebanese army and Hezbollah declare offensives on Islamic State at Syrian border

• 21

  • Iraq: Iraqi troops launch offensive to liberate Tal Afar city from Islamic State (IS) terrorists

• 22

  • Syria: Russian air strikes kill more than 200 ISIS militants in Deir Ez-Zor

• 23

  • Central African Republic: Fresh clashes erupt in Bria between anti Balaka and ex Seleka militants

• 24

  • Yemen: Saudi-led air strikes hit hotel killing 60 people including civilians and rebels

• 25

  • Iraq: Peshmerga ward off Islamic State (IS) militants massive attack south of Kirkuk

• 26

  • Burma-Myanmar: 71 dead in Rohingya militants attack on police stations and army base

  • South Sudan: SPLA controls Pagak but fighting with SPLA-IO continue in surrounding areas

• 27

  • Nigeria: 27 dead after Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages

  • Burma-Myanmar: Security forces fire on fleeing Rohingya

• 28

  • India: 9 maoist rebels surrender in Dantewada

• 29

  • Russia: Russia says 3 officers killed in separate Dagestan clashes

• 30

  • Afghanistan: Taliban claim Kabul suicide bombing near U.S. embassy

• 31

  • Iraq: Peshmerga forces kill 130 Islamic State (IS) militants escaping from Tel Afar

September

• 01

  • Syria: Just outside Damascus the battle still rages over Ghouta one of the last rebel-held enclaves

• 02

  • Philippines: 3 soldiers die and 52 others hurt in fresh clashes erupted in Marawi

• 03

  • Puntland: At least 10 killed and 35 others injured in explosions in Af Urur town

  • Burma-Myanmar: Violent clashes trigger wave of refugees

• 04

  • Somalia: Dozens of Jubaland soldiers killed in al-Shabaab militants raid at dawn

• 05

  • Libya: Libyan forces launch air attacks on Islamic State (IS) fighters

• 06

  • Colombia: Government and National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels agree temporary ceasefire

• 07

  • Philippines: Army and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) armed group join forces in Marawi

• 08

  • Israel: Israel airstrikes hit Syria military facility

• 09

  • Iraq: Peshmerga forces ambush a group of Islamic State (IS) militants in Tal Afar, killed 6 jihadists

• 10

  • Ukraine: Russia is preparing for huge war with west, warns Ukrainian president

• 11

  • Burma-Myanmar: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) declares temporary ceasefire amid humanitarian crisis

• 12

  • Egypt: Islamic State (IS) militants attack police convoy in Sinai, killed 18 policemen

• 13

  • Syria: Army expands control in al-Jafra area in Deir Ezzor and arrests a group of ISIS terrorists in Salamiyeh countryside

• 14

  • Yemen: Officer and 3 troops killed by Houthi shelling in Taiz province

• 15

  • Iraq: ISIS attacks in Nasiriyah restaurant kill at least 83 people

• 16

  • United Kingdom: London subway attack injures at least 29 people as Islamic State (IS) claims responsibility

• 17

  • Yemen: 20 Houthi armed rebels killed in clashes with army

• 18

  • Pakistan: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claims responsibility for Bajaur Agency roadside blast

  • Afghanistan: 15 Taliban insurgents killed in Uruzgan airstrikes

• 19

  • Nigeria: 15 people killed in Boko Haram terrorist attack in Borno

• 20

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces launch offensive against Islamic State (IS) in Anbar province

• 21

  • Mali: 1 soldier dead and UN base attacked

• 22

  • Syria: Turkey and the opposition bombing Syrian regime positions

• 23

  • Mali: Rival Tuareg groups of Coordination of the Movements of Azawad and Platform group sign a new ceasefire agreement

• 24

  • Libya: 11 killed and over 30 injured in fighting between Wadi Brigade and Brigade 48 in Sabratha

  • Kosovo: President Hashim Thaci, within this year an army of Kosovo

  • Kurdistan and Catalonia are voting on independence, welcome to the age of secession

• 25

  • Iraq: Iraqi Kurds to go ahead with independence vote despite threats

• 26

  • North Korea: North Korea says it will shoot down US bombers after declaration of war

• 27

  • Ethiopia: Hundreds dead in ethnic clashes between Oromo and Somali groups

  • Philippines: New People’s Army (NPA) rebels flee Batangas City training camp after clashes with army

• 28

  • Iraq: 6 killed in ISIS militants attack, clashes in Iraq

• 29

  • Iraq: 92% of Iraqi Kurds voted in favor of independence

• 30

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab attack on Somali military base kills 12 soldiers

October

• 01

  • Libya: ISIS regroups in Sirte outskirts as US strikes leave several militants dead

• 02

  • 2 killed in France and 5 injured in Canada in 2 terror attacks

• 03

  • United States of America: Islamic State claims responsibility for Las Vegas mass shooting, police say no connection

  • Cameroon: At least 17 killed in clashes between security forces and Governing Council of Ambazonia separatist movement

• 04

  • Cameroon: Several killed as anglophones declare independent State of Ambazonia

• 05

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16 Mai Mai militiamen killed in clashes with army in east

  • South Sudan: Clashes between armed forces and Riek Machar rebels leave nearly 100 dead

• 06

  • Afghanistan: More than 100 dead in Uruzgan in clashes between Taliban and army

  • Libya: More than 90 killed in clashes between militias partly fuelled by crackdown on migrants

• 07

  • Syria: Hay’at Tahrir al Sham al-Qaeda linked fighters launch new attack in Syria

• 08

  • Libya: Clashes in east Tripoli between members of 42 Battalion and the Abdul Raouf Al-Jabari Brigade

• 09

  • Israel: Rocket fired from Gaza strikes southern Israel

• 10

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2 UN peacekeepers killed in Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels attack in North Kivu

• 11

  • Spain: Catalonia independence declaration signed and suspended

  • Yemen: 18 Yemeni rebels killed in clashes near Saudi border

• 12

  • Puntland: Al-Shabaab militants attack a checkpoint near Bosaso killing 5 people

• 13

  • Afghanistan: 5 taliban killed in clashes with security forces in Jawzjan

• 14

  • Kurdistan: Kurdish troops on high alert as Iraqi forces mass near Kirkuk

• 15

  • Somalia: Twin car bombings kill at least 50 people in Mogadishu, still no claim

• 16

  • Syria: US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rebels begin final assault on ISIS in Raqqa

  • Somalia: More than 230 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history

• 17

  • Kurdistan: Iraqi military attack on Kirkuk is a declaration of war, Peshmerga say

• 18

  • Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) liberate Raqqa from Islamic State (ISIS) terror group

  • Philippines: President Duterte declares Marawi freed from Maute and Abu Sayyaf terrorists

• 19

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Jihadists claiming to be Islamic State in Central Africa (ISCA) call for militants to join them in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Middle East caliphate crumbles

• 20

  • Afghanistan: Taliban kill dozens of Afghan troops in a Kandahar military base

• 21

  • Egypt: 14 policemen killed in clashes in Giza province

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces clash with Peshmerga Kurdish fighters in Altun Kupri

• 22

  • Afghanistan: Islamic State (ISIS) claims responsibility for mosque attack

• 23

  • Niger: 13 soldiers killed in latest attack, blamed Islamic State in the Sahel new terrorist group

• 24

  • Afghanistan: Dozens of Taliban dead in infighting between 2 rival groups

• 25

  • Iraq: Fierce clashes with Islamic State near Mosul says Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary unit

• 26

  • Syria: Free Syrian Army (FSA) militia prepares offensive to seize Manbij from Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)

• 27

  • India: Security forces kill 3 Maoist rebels in central India

• 28

  • Spain: Catalonia declares independence from Spain

• 29

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Mogadishu hotel blast that killed 23 people, including 3 kids

• 30

  • South Sudan: Born new rebel group National Resistance Front/Army (NRF/A)

• 31

  • Ukraine: Militants launched 15 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbass in last day

November

• 01

  • Libya: 15 killed in airstrikes on the city of Derna

• 02

  • Yemen: 26 killed and 9 wounded in Saudi airstrike in the capital

• 03

  • Ethiopia: Hundreds of Ethiopian troops entered in Somalia to back fight against al-Shabaab

• 04

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces retake town of Al-Qaim from Islamic State (IS) jihadists

  • Syria: Syrian army liberates Deir el-Zor from Islamic State (IS)

• 05

  • Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) group vowed to resume hostilities

• 06

  • Yemen: 21 killed in fierce clashes between security forces and the Islamic State (IS) militants in Aden

• 07

  • Ukraine: Government says Russia-backed separatists violated cease-fire using heavy artillery

• 08

  • Libya: Clashes between Operation Dignity forces and Shura Council fighters resume in Benghazi despite claims of liberation by Haftar

• 09

  • Nigeria: 42 insurgents killed in Madagali as soldiers repel Boko Haram attacks

• 10

  • Syria: Army captures last Islamic State (IS) stronghold in Syria

• 11

  • Uganda: Uganda ready to deploy 5,000 troops in Somalia outside African Union and UN mandate

  • Libya: Recent clashes in Tripoli kill 70 people

• 12

  • Sudan: Rapid Support Forces (RSF) clash with Sudan Army Movement-Revolutionary Forces (SAM-RF) rebels in North Darfur

• 13

  • Yemen: 23 al-Houthi militants killed in clashes in Baydha

• 14

  • Iraq: Turkish jets strike Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) positions in Kurdistan

• 15

  • Burma-Myanmar: Clashes between army and Arakan Army (AA) fighters escalate in Chin State

• 16

  • Zimbabwe: Army seizes power, Mugabe confined but safe

• 17

  • Egypt: Army killed 3 militants and arrested 74 others in Sinai

• 18

  • Iraq: Iraqi forces retake last town under Islamic State (IS) control

• 19

  • Syria: Syrian army clashes with Islamic State (IS) in Abu Kamal

• 20

  • Yemen: Al-Qaeda loses major stronghold of Mahfad in south

• 21

  • Ukraine: Militants launched 26 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

• 22

  • Lebanon: Army told to be ready for war with Israel after defeating ISIS and al-Qaeda

• 23

  • Somalia: US airstrikes kill over 100 al-Shabaab militants

• 24

  • Somalia: Clashes renew between local militias in Galkayo amid ceasefire deal

• 25

  • Egypt: 235 Egyptians killed in terror attack on Al Rawda mosque

• 26

  • Mali: 4 UN peacekeepers and 1 Malian soldier killed in 2 separate attacks

• 27

  • Sudan: Musa Hilal fighthers kill 10 members of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur

• 28

  • Somalia: 10,000 people forced to flee due to ongoing clashes between al-Shabaab militants and government forces

• 29

  • Ukraine: Militants shell Donbass villages recently liberated by army

• 30

  • Philippines: 15 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed by soldiers in Batangas clashes

December

• 01

  • Yemen: Armed clashes erupted among allied rebels Houthi and General People’s Congress (GPC) supporters

• 02

  • Israel: Israeli warplanes launch airstrike near Damascus in Syria

• 03

  • Iraq: Iraq deploys army near Peshmerga front and threatens to seize areas southeast Sulaimani

• 04

  • Yemen: Former president Saleh officially announces dissolution of partnership with Houthis militia

• 05

  • South Sudan: 2 rebel groups merge in NPAM/F of South Sudan

• 06

  • Philippines: 7 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and 2 soldiers killed in Mindanao clashes

• 07

  • Burma-Myanmar: Clashes between Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Shan State Army-North (SSA-N)

• 08

  • Israel: Israel strikes Gaza militant posts after rockets fired at Israel by Al-Tawheed Brigades

• 09

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: At least 14 U.N. peacekeepers killed in Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel attack

• 10

  • Iraq: Iraq declares final victory over Islamic State (IS)

• 11

  • Syria: Clashes between Islamic State (IS) and Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) in Idlib province

• 12

  • Iraq: Armed clashes broke out between Iraqi and Kurdish troops

• 13

  • South Sudan: Clashes between Dinka rival cattle herders leave more than 170 dead

• 14

  • Yemen: At least 35 killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes

• 15

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab suicide bomber kills at least 17 people at a police academy

• 16

  • Afghanistan: 14 Afghan soldiers killed by Taliban in Helmand province

• 17

  • Yemen: Army liberates most of Bihan as Houthis flee from Shabwa

• 18

  • Nigeria: Troops captured 220 Boko Haram insurgents in north-east

• 19

  • Burma-Myanmar: Battles continue in western Kachin State

  • Italy: Italy to withdraw half of its troops from Iraq

• 20

  • Yemen: Houthis fire a ballistic missile at Saudi capital Riyadh

• 21

  • Egypt: Egyptian forces clash with islamic militants near Sinai airport

• 22

  • Puntland: Puntland deploys army in Galgala hills

• 23

  • Philippines: 5 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) militants killed in north Cotabato clashes

• 24

  • South Sudan: SPLM-In Opposition rebel leader Riek Machar declares cessation of hostilities

• 25

  • Ukraine: Ukrainian authorities and separatist rebels agree on major prisoner exchange

• 26

  • Uganda: Army says killed over 100 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

• 27

  • Iraq: 4 policemen killed and injured in bomb blast, clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in Kirkuk

• 28

  • Burma-Myanmar: Mortar rounds fall on Laiza and on gold and amber mines

• 29

  • Afghanistan: Suicide attack kills 41 people in Kabul, Islamic State (ISIS) claims responsibility

  • Egypt: Egypt says 10 killed in terror attack outside Coptic church

• 30

  • Israel: Israel strikes Gaza Strip in response to 3 rockets fire

• 31

  • Syria: Fierce clashes between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Islamic State (IS) terrorists in eastern Euphrates river