Denis Voroshilov. Now the world is still 42 armed conflict, in 2014 they become victims of 180 thousand people, 70 thousand people more than in 2012, said the head of the research group transnational threats and political risk at London's branch of the American international Institute for strategic studies (IISS) Nigel Inkster.

"now we note 42 in the world of the ongoing conflict, including civil war. The driving factors of the conflict are both local, national and transnational. According to our information, in 2014 the victims of the conflict became 180 thousand people, in 2012 the victims were 110 thousand, in 2008 - 56 thousand people, " said Inkster, introducing into the environment an annual report on the results of the research happening in the world of armed conflict.

According to the expert, the most severe and prolonged the conflict occurs in the Syrian Arab Republic, where the existing military units to confront not only the armed opposition, but also the terrorist group "Islamic state" associated with " al-Qaeda ".

"the Syrian Arab Republic became a field for the civil war, the Assad regime support of Russia and Iran. The Syrian government will face opposition grouping " Islamic state ". Just the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic for all the years of instability have lost their lives and damaged 200 thousand people, " said Inkster.

according to him, anxiety researchers also causing clashes in Yemen and Iraq. Speaking about Ukraine, the expert said about the danger of collisions between the States " in the area.

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