Hot spots where war may break out or escalate in 2025

Published January 6, 2025 4:00am ET



The year 2024 featured the continuation, escalation, or reignition of wars across the globe, from Myanmar in Southeast Asia to wars across the Levant.

2024 saw the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the escalation of the war in Ukraine, the sudden reignition of the Syrian civil war, the continuation of the Myanmar civil war, the escalation of the Sudanese civil war, the continuation of the war in Gaza, and the conflict in the Red Sea involving the Houthis.

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