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  Ongoing around the world
  (Updates 2017 to Present)
• 
  Maghreb (African Sahara)
  Al-Qaeda in the Islamic M. - area of activity

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  Central African Republic
  (civil war)
• 
  Ethiopia
  (civil war)
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  Libya
  (civil conflict / Islamic State)
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  Mali, Burkina Faso
  & SW Niger
  (civil war)
• 
  Myanmar
  (Civil war)
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  Pakistan (in North-West)
  (Taliban and Al-Qaeda)
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  Somali
  (civil war)
• 
  Sudan
  (civil war)
• 
  Syria
  (civil war)
• 
  Ukraine
  (Russian intervention; the internal component of the conflict is debatable)
• 
  Yemen
  (Civil and others countries)

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  Haiti
  (Gang war – areas of activity)
• 
  Mexico
  (Mexican Drug War – areas of activity)
• 
  Philippines
  (New People's Army rebellion – areas of minor activity)
• 
  South Sudan
  (Ethnic violence after civil war – areas of activity)

Note: Comments "areas of activity" means that this is not territorial control is shown.

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  Cameroon
  (Bakassi conflict)
• 
  Cameroon
  (Anglophone crisis)
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  DR Congo (in East)
  (Kivu conflict)
• 
  DR Congo (in East)
  (Kivu – M23 offensive)
• 
  Gaza−Israel
  (Israel–Hamas war / ceasefire)
• 
  Lebanon−Israel
  (Israel–Hezbollah conflict / ceasefire)
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  Mozambique
  (insurgency in Cabo Delgado)
• 
  Nigeria
  (Boko Haram islamists)
• 
  Nigeria
  (South Nigeria insurgency)
• 
  Senegal
  (Casamance conflict)

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  Iraq, Lebanon, Syria
  (civil and national wars, War against the Islamic State)
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  Iraq, Lebanon, Syria
  (civil and national wars, War against the Islamic State)
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  Iraq, Lebanon, Syria
  (2014 to 2016 change)
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  Northern Iraq
  (Civil war in Iraq)
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  Northern Aleppo governorate
  (Turkish intervention)
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  Aleppo governorate
  (Islamic State in Syria)
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  Aleppo Rif
  (civil war in Syria)
• 
  Benghazi area
  (parts formerly held by Islamic State in Libya)
• 
  Rif Dimashq
  (Damascus area in Syria)
• 
  Daraa
  (Jordan / Syria)
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  Darfur
  (war in Darfur)
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  Deir ez-Zor
  (Islamic State in Syria)
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  Hama
  (war in Syria)
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  Hasaka
  (Kurd war in Syria)
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  Homs
  (Islamic State in Syria)
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  Latakia governorate
  (war in Syria)
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  Mosul
  (2015, war in Iraq)
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  Mosul
  (war in Iraq)
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  Mosul
  (war in Iraq)
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  Najran (North area)
  (Saudi war in Yemen)
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  Qalamoun
  (Lebanon / Syria)
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  Qamishli
  (Turkey / Syria)
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  Raqqa
  (Islamic State in Syria)
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  Raqqa
  (Kurd war in Syria)
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  Sambisa Forest (Nigeria)
  (Boko Haram islamists)
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  Sinai
  (Islamic State in Egypt)
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  Waziristan (Pakistan)
  (Taliban and Al-Qaeda)