{
  "compiled": "2026-10-25",
  "basis": "Compiled from public conflict trackers and reporting (UCDP, International Crisis Group, ACLED and CFR summaries) as known up to mid-2026. Situations change quickly: the live Attacks and News layers show what is being reported right now.",
  "levels": {
    "war": "Major armed conflict: sustained fighting between armed forces or large armed groups",
    "conflict": "Armed conflict or insurgency with regular deadly clashes",
    "tension": "Ceasefire, frozen conflict or high tension with periodic violence"
  },
  "items": [
    { "id": "ukraine", "name": "Russia–Ukraine war", "level": "war", "c": [34.5, 48.8], "r": 560, "since": "2022 (fighting since 2014)", "where": "Ukraine, western Russia", "summary": "Full-scale war since Russia's invasion in February 2022. Front line across eastern and southern Ukraine; long-range drone and missile strikes on both sides." },
    { "id": "gaza", "name": "Israel–Gaza war", "level": "war", "c": [34.4, 31.4], "r": 60, "since": "October 2023", "where": "Gaza Strip, Israel", "summary": "War that began with the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. A ceasefire framework from October 2025 has been fragile, with continuing deadly incidents and a severe humanitarian crisis." },
    { "id": "sudan", "name": "Sudan civil war", "level": "war", "c": [29.5, 14.0], "r": 650, "since": "April 2023", "where": "Sudan (Darfur, Kordofan, Khartoum)", "summary": "War between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. One of the world's largest displacement and hunger crises." },
    { "id": "myanmar", "name": "Myanmar civil war", "level": "war", "c": [96.0, 21.5], "r": 500, "since": "2021", "where": "Myanmar", "summary": "Fighting between the military government and ethnic armed organisations and resistance forces since the 2021 coup; air strikes on populated areas are frequent." },
    { "id": "drc", "name": "Eastern DR Congo conflict", "level": "war", "c": [28.9, -1.2], "r": 330, "since": "2022 (decades of violence)", "where": "North and South Kivu, Ituri", "summary": "M23/AFC rebels took Goma and Bukavu in early 2025; peace agreements signed in 2025 have not ended fighting. Many other armed groups are active." },
    { "id": "sahel", "name": "Central Sahel insurgencies", "level": "war", "c": [-1.0, 14.0], "r": 750, "since": "2012", "where": "Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger", "summary": "Jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda (JNIM) and the Islamic State fight military governments and allied forces; attacks on civilians and blockades of towns." },
    { "id": "nigeria", "name": "Nigeria: insurgency and banditry", "level": "conflict", "c": [9.5, 11.5], "r": 550, "since": "2009", "where": "Northeast and northwest Nigeria, Lake Chad", "summary": "Boko Haram and ISWAP in the northeast; armed bandit groups and kidnappings in the northwest; farmer-herder violence in the Middle Belt." },
    { "id": "somalia", "name": "Somalia: al-Shabaab insurgency", "level": "conflict", "c": [45.0, 3.5], "r": 450, "since": "2006", "where": "Somalia", "summary": "Government and African Union forces against al-Shabaab; Islamic State cells in Puntland." },
    { "id": "ethiopia", "name": "Ethiopia: Amhara and Oromia conflicts", "level": "conflict", "c": [38.5, 10.5], "r": 450, "since": "2023 (Amhara)", "where": "Amhara and Oromia regions", "summary": "Federal forces fight Fano militias in Amhara and the Oromo Liberation Army in Oromia; tensions in Tigray after the 2020–2022 war." },
    { "id": "southsudan", "name": "South Sudan instability", "level": "conflict", "c": [31.5, 7.5], "r": 400, "since": "2013", "where": "South Sudan", "summary": "Renewed clashes between government and opposition-aligned forces since 2025 and local violence threaten the 2018 peace deal." },
    { "id": "yemen", "name": "Yemen conflict", "level": "conflict", "c": [45.5, 15.5], "r": 420, "since": "2014", "where": "Yemen, Red Sea", "summary": "Houthi (Ansar Allah) authorities hold the north; front lines with government-aligned forces; Houthi attacks on shipping and Israel, and foreign air strikes." },
    { "id": "syria", "name": "Syria: post-war violence", "level": "conflict", "c": [38.5, 35.0], "r": 330, "since": "2011", "where": "Syria", "summary": "The Assad government fell in December 2024. The transitional government faces sectarian violence, Islamic State attacks, tensions with Kurdish-led forces and Israeli strikes." },
    { "id": "lebanon", "name": "Israel–Hezbollah", "level": "tension", "c": [35.6, 33.3], "r": 90, "since": "2023", "where": "Southern Lebanon, northern Israel", "summary": "Ceasefire since November 2024, with frequent Israeli strikes reported in Lebanon." },
    { "id": "haiti", "name": "Haiti gang violence", "level": "conflict", "c": [-72.3, 18.6], "r": 90, "since": "2021", "where": "Port-au-Prince and Artibonite", "summary": "Armed gang coalitions control most of the capital; an international security mission supports the police." },
    { "id": "mexico", "name": "Mexico: cartel violence", "level": "conflict", "c": [-103.0, 22.5], "r": 800, "since": "2006", "where": "Mexico (Sinaloa, Michoacán, Guerrero, Guanajuato and others)", "summary": "Fighting between and against criminal groups; one of the highest homicide counts in the world." },
    { "id": "colombia", "name": "Colombia: armed groups", "level": "conflict", "c": [-74.5, 7.5], "r": 380, "since": "1964", "where": "Catatumbo, Cauca and other regions", "summary": "ELN, FARC dissident factions and the Clan del Golfo fight each other and the state; mass displacement in Catatumbo in 2025." },
    { "id": "pakistan", "name": "Pakistan: northwest and Balochistan", "level": "conflict", "c": [68.5, 30.5], "r": 500, "since": "2007", "where": "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan; Afghanistan border", "summary": "Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and Baloch separatist attacks; deadly Pakistan–Afghanistan border clashes in October 2025." },
    { "id": "kashmir", "name": "India–Pakistan (Kashmir)", "level": "tension", "c": [75.0, 34.0], "r": 230, "since": "1947", "where": "Kashmir, Line of Control", "summary": "Missile and drone exchanges in May 2025 after an attack in Pahalgam, followed by a ceasefire. Long-running militancy in Indian-administered Kashmir." },
    { "id": "mozambique", "name": "Mozambique: Cabo Delgado", "level": "conflict", "c": [40.0, -12.5], "r": 200, "since": "2017", "where": "Cabo Delgado", "summary": "Islamic State-linked insurgency in the far north." },
    { "id": "cameroon", "name": "Cameroon: Anglophone crisis and Lake Chad", "level": "conflict", "c": [11.5, 7.5], "r": 380, "since": "2016", "where": "Northwest, Southwest and Far North regions", "summary": "Separatist conflict in the English-speaking regions; Boko Haram attacks in the Far North." },
    { "id": "car", "name": "Central African Republic", "level": "conflict", "c": [21.0, 6.6], "r": 400, "since": "2012", "where": "Central African Republic", "summary": "Armed groups fight government forces and allied foreign personnel; peace deals only partly holding." },
    { "id": "iraq", "name": "Iraq: militant attacks", "level": "tension", "c": [43.5, 34.5], "r": 300, "since": "2003", "where": "Iraq", "summary": "Islamic State remnants; armed factions; occasional foreign strikes." },
    { "id": "libya", "name": "Libya: divided state", "level": "tension", "c": [17.0, 28.0], "r": 600, "since": "2011", "where": "Libya", "summary": "Rival governments in the west and east; periodic armed clashes in Tripoli." },
    { "id": "israel_iran", "name": "Israel–Iran confrontation", "level": "tension", "c": [51.4, 33.0], "r": 600, "since": "2024", "where": "Iran, Israel", "summary": "Direct strikes in 2024 and a 12-day war in June 2025 that included US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites; ceasefire since, with high tension." },
    { "id": "thai_cambodia", "name": "Thailand–Cambodia border", "level": "tension", "c": [103.6, 14.4], "r": 150, "since": "2025", "where": "Thai–Cambodian border", "summary": "Deadly border fighting in July 2025, followed by a ceasefire." },
    { "id": "west_papua", "name": "Papua (Indonesia)", "level": "conflict", "c": [138.5, -4.0], "r": 400, "since": "1960s", "where": "Indonesian provinces of Papua", "summary": "Low-level separatist insurgency and security operations." },
    { "id": "korea", "name": "Korean Peninsula", "level": "tension", "c": [127.5, 38.3], "r": 120, "since": "1953 (armistice)", "where": "Korean DMZ", "summary": "Armistice, not a peace treaty; military tension and missile tests." }
  ]
}