Gaza Israel Weekly Update: ceasefire is 10 months old. IDF holds 70% of Gaza, aid averages 85 trucks vs 600 required, 1,259 killed since truce.
War & Conflict
Active conflicts, military strategies, humanitarian crises, and the geopolitical causes driving armed disputes across the globe.
Russia-Ukraine war this week: Ukraine hit 7 Wildberries hubs disrupting $2B supply chain. North Korean missiles used. No ceasefire active.
Myanmar civil war started February 1, 2021. Over 100,000 killed, 3.6M displaced, junta holds 21% of territory. The crisis the world ignores.
Syria’s HTS-led government controls Damascus since December 8, 2024, amid 1,400 Alawites killed, Kurdish talks, and $216B reconstruction ahead.
Russia’s August 2026 missile barrages killed 17 in Kyiv as air defenses failed. The Poseidon nuclear torpedo, a 2-megaton city-flooding weapon, waits in Russia’s arsenal.
Iran’s shadow war with Israel spans 40 years of proxies, two direct missile barrages, a 2026 US strike, and 440 kg of unverified enriched uranium.
The India-Pakistan Kashmir dispute has produced 4 wars since 1947. Operation Sindoor struck 9 sites inside Pakistan, triggering a nuclear standoff.
The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of world oil. Its 2026 blockade became the largest oil supply shock in history, cutting IMF growth to 3.0%.
Sudan civil war between two former military allies traces to Darfur’s Janjaweed genocide, leaving 14 million displaced and famine confirmed.