Civil conflict in the Philippines

The civil conflict in the Philippines as of February 2019, consists of an insurgency pitting Government forces against Maoist rebels, that began in 1969 during the rule of Ferdinand Marcos.[8][9][10][11]

• the CPP–NPA–NDF rebellion
• the Moro conflict (until February 2019)[12]

Civil conflict in the Philippines
Date March 29, 1969 – present (51 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) Location Philippines Status Ongoing 1996 Final Peace Agreement reached between the Government and MNLF[1] 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the Government and MILF[2] Ongoing insurgency between the Government and Communist rebels
Belligerents
Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines Philippine National Police	Communists: Communist Party NPA ...full list Bangsamoro: MNLF (Until 1996) MILF (Until 2014)	Jihadist groups: Abu Sayyaf (1991–present)[3][4] Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters(2008–present) Maute group (2013–2017)[5][6][7]

List of clashes between MNLF, MILF and the military

• February 2000 Operation Valiancy
• March 2000 Operation Audacity
• July 2000 Battle of Camp Abubakar
• November 2001 2001 Misuari rebellion
• February 2003 Battle of the Buliok Complex
• July 2007 Basilan beheading incident
• August 2008 North Cotabato conflict
• September 2013 Zamboanga City crisis

List of clashes between the military and Jihadist groups

• June 2001 Siege of Lamitan
• January 2014 Operation Darkhorse
• April 2014 Battle of Basilan
• January 2015 Mamasapano clash
• February 2016 Butig clash
• April 2016 Battle of Tipo-Tipo
• Summer 2016 Sulu and Basilan Clashes
• November 2016 Butig clash
• January 2017 Kidapawan jail siege
• May 2017 Bohol clashes
• May 2017 Battle of Marawi

Casualties by year

Extreme Islamists Vs the Government

Year	Government forces	Abu Sayyaf	Maute Group	BIFF	AKP	Civilians
2014		27 killed, 38 wounded in the whole year[13]		52 killed (in Operation Darkhorse)[14]
2015	44 killed (in Mamasapano clash)	133 killed, 164 wounded (only in Sulu) in the whole year[15]		139 killed (February 25 – March 22)[16][17]
2016	18+ (Battle of Tipo-Tipo in April) 15 killed (in late August)[18]	31 killed (April 9 – April 14)[19] 157 killed, 159 wounded (July – December 21)[20]	55 killed (in late February)[21] 22 killed (May 26 – May 28)[22] 61 killed (November 26 – November 30)[23]	24 killed (in late February)[24]
2017		149 killed (before May 17)[25]	15 killed (January 26)[26] 36 killed (April 21 – April 24)[27][28][29]
Battle of Marawi	168 killed,[30]	978 killed,[31]				87 civilians dead (40 due to illness),[32][33]
2018	2 killed, 2 wounded		Dissolved	5 killed
Total in 2018
Total	228+ killed	1,578+ killed

Note: Some casualties from small-scale conflicts are not given.

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