Significant Ongoing Armed Conflicts, 2010: The following table shows where wars and armed conflicts are raging throughout the world in 2010. Find the year that war began and the major warring parties involved by region of conflict, including the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Main warring partiesYear began1 Middle East U.S. and UK vs. Iraq2003 Israel vs. Palestinians1948 Yemen: Government forces vs. the rebel group Shabab al-Moumineen (The Youthful Believers)2004 Turkey: Government forces vs. the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK)1999 Asia Afghanistan: U.S., UK, and Coalition Forces vs. al-Qaeda and Taliban2001 India vs. Kashmiri separatist groups/Pakistan1948 India vs. Assam insurgents (various)1979 Philippines vs. Mindanaoan separatists (MILF/ASG)1971 Sri Lanka vs. Tamil Eelan21978 Africa Algeria vs. Armed Islamic Group (GIA)1991 Somalia vs. rival clans and Islamist groups1991 Sudan vs. Darfur rebel groups2003 Uganda vs. Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)1986 Europe Russia vs. Chechen separatists1994 Latin America Colombia vs. National Liberation Army (ELN)1978 Colombia vs. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)1978 Colombia vs. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)1990 NOTE: As of Oct. 2009. 1. Where multiple parties and long-standing but sporadic conflict are concerned, date of first combat deaths is given. 2. 2002 cease-fire collapsed in 2006. Sources:Project Ploughshares, www.ploughshares.ca,and news sources.