• 01

  • Colombia: Colombia agrees ceasefire with 5 main armed groups

• 03

  • Ukraine: Ukraine claims 400 Russian soldiers killed in strike in Makiivka, Moscow says 63

• 04

  • Cameroon: Military crushes separatist rebellion in Ambazonia English-speaking region

• 06

  • Russia: Putin orders truce for 36 hours in Ukraine but Kyiv won’t take part

• 12

  • Ukraine: Ukraine says Russian claims about control of Soledar untrue, fighting continues

• 14

  • Ukraine: Drone footage shows Ukrainian forces trapping fighters from Russia’s Wagner Group in a lethal crossfire

• 18

  • Sudan: 2 Darfur former rebel groups and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) form a special joint force

• 20

  • Somalia: Army downed over 40 al-Shabaab militants and destroyed anti-aircraft autocannon

• 24

  • Ukraine: Over 100 Russian soldiers buried under rubble after Ukrainian strike on a military base

• 26

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fresh clashes erupted between M23 rebels and government forces

• 27

  • Russia: Russia strikes Ukraine’s cities hours after Western countries pledge tanks to Kyiv

• 29

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels take eastern town of Kitshanga, army claims tactical retreat

• 31

  • Pakistan: Mosque suicide bomber kills 59 people and wounds over 150, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack

February

• 03

  • Israel: Israel carries out airstrikes on Gaza Strip

• 06

  • Ukraine: Ukraine prepares for renewed Russian offensive

• 08

  • Indonesia: West Papua Liberation Army (WPLA) separatist rebels take New Zealand pilot hostage in Papua

• 11

  • Somaliland: At least 24 dead in fighting between army and militias in Las Anod

• 14

  • Colombia: Colombia and National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels resume peace talks in Mexico after ceasefire confusion

• 17

  • Rwanda: Rwanda accuses Democratic Republic of the Congo soldiers of attack on army border post

• 20

  • Ukraine: Kyiv confirms almost 143,000 Russian losses since the beginning of the war

• 23

  • Burma-Myanmar: Over 20 military junta forces killed in 3 days of resistance attacks

• 24

  • Cameroon: Scores killed in battles between army and Ambazonia separatists

  • Ukraine: World shows solidarity with Ukraine on anniversary of Russian invasion

• 27

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels capture more ground as fighting intensifies with government forces

March

• 02

  • Ukraine: Armed forces may pull out of key city of Bakhmut

• 05

  • Somaliland: More than 200 killed and nearly 700 wounded in clashes between security forces and local clans

• 07

  • Burma-Myanmar: 35 military junta forces killed in 3 days of resistance attacks

• 10

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels clash with army in east after failed ceasefire

• 12

  • Russia: Russian advance in Bakhmut in Ukraine could come with heavy losses

• 14

  • Puntland: Al-Shabaab and Islamic State (ISIS) militants clashed in Somalia

• 17

  • Burma-Myanmar: Military junta deploys more troops for offensive in Karenni State

• 19

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels pull back in east as regional force deploys

• 21

  • Somaliland: Clashes between SSC-Khatumo forces and Somaliland army accused of killing prisoners

• 23

  • Syria: Syria says Israel attacked Aleppo airport without causing casualties

• 24

  • Yemen: 10 soldiers killed as fighting with Houthis resumes in Marib

• 27

  • Somaliland: Somaliland escalates war on Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) Somali unification movement

• 30

  • Ukraine: Ukraine hits Russian-held city deep behind front line as talk of counteroffensive grows

April

• 02

  • Pakistan: Army says 4 soldiers killed in attack near Iran border

• 03

  • South Sudan: South Sudanese troops join regional force in east Democratic Republic of the Congo

• 07

  • Israel: Israel targeted by rocket fire from Gaza and Lebanon at start of Passover

• 10

  • Ukraine: Heavy losses among Wagner group force Russia to deploy elite army units to storm Bakhmut

• 16

  • Sudan: Army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) battle over key sites leaving 56 civilians dead

• 18

  • Ukraine: Unprecedented bloody battles in Bakhmut, reports Ukrainian military

• 21

  • Sudan: 320 Sudanese soldiers flee to Chad amid deadly clashes

• 24

  • Sudan: Diplomats and foreign nationals evacuated due to violent fighting

• 26

  • Ukraine: Gun battle between Wagner group and Russian troops

• 30

  • Russia: Enemy drones hit Sevastopol, Russia blames Ukraine for Crimea oil reservoir fire

May

• 04

  • Russia: Russia says Ukraine tried to kill Putin with night-time drone attack on Kremlin

• 10

  • Israel: Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip kill 3 Islamic Jihad senior operatives and at least 10 civilians

• 15

  • Ukraine: Ukraine says its forces captured over 10 Russian enemy positions in Bakhmut

• 17

  • Sudan: Airstrikes hit Khartoum as fighting between army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies

• 22

  • Russia: Putin claims capture of Bakhmut as Ukraine insists battle not over

• 24

  • Russia: Anti-Putin Russians say they launched a cross-border attack from Ukraine

• 28

  • Ukraine: Ukrainian army shells Russian positions at occupied Berdiansk

• 30

  • Kosovo: Nato soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters

June

• 01

  • Burma-Myanmar: Intense clashes in Chin and Shan States leave 19 dead

• 04

  • Ukraine: Zelensky says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive

• 06

  • Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters stormed a military base killing 54 Uganda soldiers

• 08

  • Ukraine: Nova Kakhovka dam breach takes Ukraine war into uncharted territory

• 09

  • Ukraine: Ukraine launches highly anticipated counteroffensive against Russia with Western arms

• 13

  • Ukraine: Ukraine claims recapture of 7 villages in early stages of counteroffensive

• 17

  • Sudan: Rebel mobilisation of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu in south raises fears of conflict spreading

• 19

  • Uganda: At least 41 people dead after Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attack linked to Islamic State (IS) on Ugandan school

• 24

  • Russia: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner group boss, is leading an armed rebellion in Russia

• 25

  • Russia: Wagner group chief says he ordered his Russian mercenaries to halt march on Moscow and return to Ukraine

July

• 04

  • Israel: Israeli forces launch biggest military operation in West Bank’s Jenin since 2002

• 10

  • Sudan: Army air strike kills at least 22 people in Omdurman

• 19

  • Cameroon: Separatist rebels killed 10 civilians

• 23

  • Armenia: Prime Minister says war with Azerbaijan very likely unless peace treaty signed

• 28

  • Niger: Soldiers say President Amadou Abdramane has been removed by coup d’etat

• 31

  • Niger: Coup d’etat leaders warn against military intervention by ECOWAS

August

• 06

  • Ethiopia: Multiple injuries as Ethiopian military and Fano militia clashed in Amhara region

• 10

  • Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independent Army (KIA) seizes 3 key military junta outposts

• 13

  • Yemen: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) attack kills secessionist commander and three fighters of Security Belt Forces

• 15

  • Ukraine: Putin’s forces strike eastern towns after Kyiv makes gains in Bakhmut

• 21

  • Burma-Myanmar: 3 rebel army chiefs predict rapid fall of military junta

• 24

  • Russia: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash in Russia

• 27

  • Libya: Libyan National Army (LNA) launches operations against Chad rebels along border

• 30

  • Gabon: Coup d’etat, the army cancels elections and seizes power

September

• 03

  • Syria: Syrian intra-rebel fighting leaves 1 dead in Aleppo

• 10

  • Niger: Niger military accuses France of deploying forces with view to intervention

• 17

  • Mali: Army and northern tuareg rebels report dozens killed in clashes

• 20

  • Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan launches a military operation against Nagorno-Karabakh and demands surrender

• 23

  • Nagorno-Karabakh: Armed forces of breakaway Artsakh Republic surrender weapons and military equipment to Azerbaijani military

• 27

  • Ukraine: Ukrainian forces strike Russian command post with a Himars missile in Kherson region

• 29

  • Nagorno-Karabakh: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will cease to exist from Jan 1 2024, say the authorities

October

• 01

  • Kosovo: Kosovo demands Serbia withdraw troops from border

• 03

  • Indonesia: 5 from the West Papua Liberation Army (WPLA) fighters killed in clash with police

• 07

  • Israel: Israel declares state of war after Hamas fires 5,000 rockets from Gaza Strip

• 09

  • France: Blue night in Corsica as 20 homes targeted by National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) independentist group

• 11

  • Palestine: Al-Qassam Brigades launches rocket barrage at Ashkelon in Israel

• 12

  • Egypt: Egypt claims it warned Israel that Gaza could explode before Hamas assault

• 14

  • Israel: Israel tells 1.1 million people in Gaza to evacuate toward south. UN says order is impossible

• 16

  • Ukraine: Russia’s Avdiivka offensive is failing, says top Ukrainian officer

• 18

  • Palestine: Hundreds killed in explosion at Gaza hospital

• 20

  • Russia: Russia carries out new overnight air strikes on Ukraine

• 24

  • Burma-Myanmar: Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) strikes back at Myanmar junta’s Mandalay offensive

• 26

  • Israel: Netanyahu says Israel is preparing ground invasion of Gaza

November

• 03

  • Israel: Israel says it has completed the encirclement of Gaza City

• 06

  • Ukraine: Russians launch missile strike on Donetsk region’s Avdiivka

• 12

  • Mali: Malian army closes on Tuareg rebel town of Kidal

• 15

  • Mali: Military junta recaptured Kidal stronghold of Tuareg rebels

• 17

  • Burma-Myanmar: More Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India

• 21

  • Ukraine: Ukrainian army says advancing at Dnipro river as drones target capitals

• 24

  • Israel: Qatar says 13 hostages to be released after Israel-Hamas truce starts at 7 am on Friday

December

• 03

  • Israel: Israeli offensive moves south in Gaza, driving up death toll a day after truce with Hamas ends

• 06

  • Ukraine: Russia loses over 9,000 troops to capture Ukraine wasteland

• 11

  • Ukraine: Ukrainian forces beat back waves of Russian attacks along active frontlines

• 19

  • Yemen: US, UK forces down 15 drones over Red Sea as Houthis vow to keep up attacks on Israel

• 24

  • Burma-Myanmar: Brotherhood Alliance seizes another ethnic zone in Shan State

• 25

  • Somalia: Over 130 al-Shabaab militants killed by army

• 27

  • Ukraine: Ukrainian army says retreated to outskirts of town of Maryinka claimed by Moscow

• 31

  • Ukraine: Ukraine launches attacks on Russian border regions after Putin’s barbaric aerial bombardment