UCDP
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is the world’s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war, with a history of almost 40 years. Its definition of armed conflict has become the global standard of how conflicts are systematically defined and studied.
UCDP GED: Organized Violence in 2018

UCDP GED map showing fatal events in 2018 by type of violence.
UCDP GED: Middle East 2018

UCDP GED map showing fatal events in the Middle East in 2018 by type of violence.

UCDP Bulletin no. 5. Afghanistan. The deadliest conflict in the world.