Conflicts in 1983

The Iran–Iraq War began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran in September 1980. After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations, which became effective in August 1988. The war caused around 500,000 deaths, making it the deadliest conventional war ever fought between regular armies of developing countries.

1983 conflict in Grenada involving US and Cuban led forces

Martial Law introduced by the government of the People's Republic of Poland, to suppress democratic mouvents and Solidarnosc activity

kurdish rebellion in Iran

armed conflict in Malaysia from 1968 to 1989

The Gukurahundi was a series of mass killings and genocide in Zimbabwe which were committed from 1983 until the Unity Accord in 1987. The campaign targeted mainly the Ndebele ethnic group and supporters of opposition leader Joshua Nkomo. The name derives from a Shona language term which loosely translates to "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains".

communist insurgency in Malaysia

overthrow of Somali communism and Somali socialism in Somalia

coup that brought Thomas Sankara to power

war over land control of Lake Chad islands

part of the Lebanese Civil War

1984 battle of the Soviet–Afghan war

1983–2025 conflict

Attempted overthrow of President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo