ConflictBarometer_2015
ConflictBarometer_2015
ConflictBarometer_2015
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MIDDLE EAST AND MAGHREB<br />
Name of conflict 1 Conflict parties 2 Conflict items Start Change 3 Int. 4<br />
Lebanon (Fatah al-Islam et<br />
al. Fatah)*<br />
Lebanon (Fatah al-Islam et<br />
al.)*<br />
Lebanon (March 14 Alliance<br />
March 8 Alliance)*<br />
Lebanon (Sunni militant<br />
groups)<br />
Fatah al-Islam, Jund al-Sham et al. vs.<br />
Fatah<br />
Fatah al-Islam, Palestinian Islamist<br />
groups vs. government<br />
March 14 Alliance vs. March 8 Alliance<br />
Jabhat al-Nusra, Sunni militant groups<br />
vs. government, Hezbollah<br />
subnational predominance 2007 3<br />
system/ideology 2006 1<br />
system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
secession, system/ideology,<br />
subnational predominance<br />
2005 1<br />
2014 4<br />
Lebanon (Sunni Alawite)* Sunni vs. Alawite subnational predominance 1975 3<br />
Libya (Federalists /<br />
Cyrenaica)*<br />
Libya (inter-tribal)<br />
Libya (opposition)<br />
Congress of the People of Cyrenaica,<br />
Council of Cyrenaica in Libya, Cyrenaica<br />
Federalists, Cyrenaica Transitional<br />
Council, Political Bureau of Cyrenaica vs.<br />
government<br />
Tibu vs. Awlad Suleiman tribe vs.<br />
Qaddadfa tribe vs. Tuareg vs. Zuwayya<br />
Operation Dignity forces, HoR, LNA, PFG<br />
vs. Libya Dawn alliance, ARSC, GNC,<br />
BRSC, DMSC<br />
autonomy, system/ideology 2012 1<br />
subnational predominance,<br />
resources<br />
system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
Mauritania (AQIM)* AQIM vs. government system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
Morocco (AQIM)* AQIM vs. government system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
Morocco (opposition)* Justice and Spirituality vs. government system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
Morocco (POLISARIO /<br />
Western Sahara)<br />
2012 4<br />
2011 5<br />
2007 3<br />
2003 2<br />
2011 3<br />
POLISARIO vs. government secession 1975 3<br />
Oman (opposition) opposition movement vs. government system/ideology 2011 1<br />
Saudi Arabia (AQAP)* AQAP vs. Saudi Arabia system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
1990 1<br />
Saudi Arabia (opposition)* opposition movement vs. government system/ideology 1990 3<br />
Saudi Arabia (Shiites)* Shiites vs. government system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
Syria (inter-opposition<br />
violence)<br />
Jabhat al-Nusra vs. Ahrar al-Sham vs.<br />
Islamist groups vs. NC<br />
system/ideology, subnational<br />
predominance, resources<br />
Syria (Kurdish groups)* KDPS, PYD vs. government autonomy, subnational<br />
predominance<br />
Syria (NC, Islamist groups <br />
KSC / Kurdish regions)*<br />
Syria (opposition)<br />
NC, Islamist groups vs. KSC<br />
NC, FSA, Jaish al-Fatah, Jaish al-Islam,<br />
al-Sham Front vs. government<br />
system/ideology, subnational<br />
predominance, resources<br />
system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
Syria Israel Syria vs. Israel territory, international power,<br />
resources<br />
1979 3<br />
2013 3<br />
1962 3<br />
2012 3<br />
2011 5<br />
1948 3<br />
Syria Turkey Syria vs. Turkey territory, international power 1946 3<br />
Syria USA* Syria vs. USA system/ideology, international<br />
power<br />
Syria, Iraq et al. (IS)<br />
Tunisia (AQIM et al.)<br />
Tunisia (opposition)*<br />
Turkey (Huda Par PKK /<br />
Kurdish Regions)*<br />
IS, Sunni tribes vs. YPG, Jabhat al-Nusra,<br />
FSA, al-Sham Front, KRG, Shiite militias,<br />
Sunni tribesmen, Taliban, Hezbollah,<br />
GNC, PFG, al-Houthis, Syria, Iraq,<br />
Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, France,<br />
Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey,Yemen,<br />
US-led coalition<br />
AQIM, various militant groups vs.<br />
government<br />
labor unions, Popular Front, Manich<br />
Msameh et al. vs. government<br />
2003 2<br />
system/ideology, resources 2014 5<br />
system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
2011 3<br />
system/ideology 2010 3<br />
Kurdish Nationalists vs. PKK system/ideology 1992 3<br />
Turkey (opposition groups) opposition groups vs. government system/ideology, national<br />
power<br />
2013 3<br />
Turkey (PKK) PKK vs. government autonomy 1974 5<br />
Turkey Iraq* Turkey vs. Iraq international power 1979 1<br />
Turkey Russia Turkey vs. Russia international power <strong>2015</strong> NEW 3<br />
Yemen (AQAP al-Houthi) AQAP vs. al-Houthi system/ideology, subnational<br />
predominance<br />
2010 3<br />
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