List of active rebel groups

This is a list of active rebel groups (i.e., non-governmental political groups seeking change through armed conflict) around the world whose domains may be subnational, transnational or international.

List

International organisations:

• Al-Qaeda^[1] (Islamist)
• Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami (Islamist)

Afghanistan:

• Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin^[2][3] (Islamist)

Algeria:

• Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (also operates Morocco, Mauritania, Niger and Mali (sometimes "Al Qaeda in the Sahel")^[4] (Islamist)

Angola:

• Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (various factions) (separatist nationalist)

Burma:

• Democratic Karen Buddhist Army^[5] (Buddhist/nationalist)
• Committee for Emergence of a Federal Union (CEFU)
  • Karen National Union^[6] (ethnic/Democratic)
  • Kachin Independence Organization^[7]
  • Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)
  • the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP)
    • Shan State Army-North (SSA-N)
    • Shan State Army-South^[8] (SSA-South)
  • New Mon State Party (NMSP)
  • Chin National Front (CNF)

Burundi:

• National Forces of Liberation^[9] (ethnic)

Chad:

• Union of Forces for Democracy and Development
• United Front for Democratic Change
• Rally of Democratic Forces
• National Accord of Chad
• Union of Forces for Democracy and Development–Fundamental
• Union of Resistance Forces
• Rally for Democracy and Liberty
• Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy

Colombia:

• National Liberation Army^[10] (ELN) (Marxist)
• Popular Liberation Army (Marxist)
• Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia^[11] (FARC) (Marxist)
• Black Eagles (rightwing paramilitary)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

• (See Rwanda, Uganda)

France:

• Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (Winemaker)
• National Liberation Front of Corsica (Corsican nationalism)

Greece:

• Sect of Revolutionaries (leftist/anarchist)
• Revolutionary Struggle (leftist/anarchist)
• Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (leftist/anarchist)

Haiti:

• National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti

India:

• Abhinav Bharat (Hindu nationalism)
• Communist Party of India (Maoist)^[12] (Marxist)
• Harkat-ul-Mujahideen^[13] (Islamist)
• Hizbul Mujahideen^[14] (Islamist)
• International Sikh Youth Federation ^[15] (Sikh)
• Jaish-e-Mohammed^[16] (Islamist)
• Khalistan Commando Force^[17] (Sikh)
• Khalistan Zindabad Force^[18] (Sikh)
• Lashkar-e-Taiba^[19] (also in Pakistan) (Islamist)
• National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isaac-Muivah (Christian)
• Students Islamic Movement of India^[20] (Islamist)
• United Jihad Council (Islamist)
• United Liberation Front of Assam^[21] (separatist)

Indonesia:

• Jemaah Islamiyah^[22] (also known to operate in other parts of South East Asia such as Singapore and the Philippines) (Islamist)
• South Moluccas - (Christian)
• Free Papua Movement

Italy:

• Informal Anarchist Federation (leftist/anarchist)

Iran:

• Jundullah (Baloch nationalism/Islamist Sunni)
• PJAK (affiliates of Turkey's PKK) (Kurdish nationalism)

Iraq:

• Al-Qaeda in Iraq^[23] (Islamist)
• Islamic Army in Iraq^[24] (Islamist)
• Mahdi Army^[25] (Islamist)

Lebanon

• Hezbollah
• Various Palestinian groups

Mexico:

• Popular Revolutionary Army^[26] (Marxist)
• Zapatista Army of National Liberation^[27] (anarcho-communist)

Nepal:

Nigeria:

• Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta^[28] (anarcho-communist)
• Boko Haram

Pakistan:

• Balochistan Liberation Army (Baloch nationalism)
• Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan^[29] (Islamist)

• Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi^[30] (Islamist)
• Fedayeen al-Islam^[31] (Islamist)

• Lashkar-e-Islam^[32] (Islamist)
• Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (Islamist)
• Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan^[33] (also operated in Kyrgzstan) (Islamist)
• Lashkar-e-Omar^[34] (Islamist)
• Balochistan Liberation Army

Palestine

• Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades
• Palestinian Islamic Jihad
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (various factions)
• Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade

Paraguay

• Paraguayan People's Army (leftist)

Peru:

• Shining Path^[35] (Maoist)

Philippines:

• Abu Sayyaf (Al-Harakat Al-Islamiyya)^[36] (Islamist)
• Moro National Liberation Front (nationalist)
• Moro Islamic Liberation Front^[37] (Islamist)
• Rajah Sulaiman Movement^[38][39] (Islamist)
• Misuari Renegade/Breakaway Group^[40] (?)
• Philippine Raja Solaiman Movement^[40] (Islamist)
• New People's Army^[41] (Communist)
• Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 (Communist)
• Alex Boncayao Brigades (Communist)

Russia:

• Caucasus Mujahadeen (Islamist)

• Ingush Jamaat (Islamist)
• Shariat Jamaat (Islamist)
• Yarmuk Jamaat (Islamist)
• Kataib al-Khoul (Islamist)

Rwanda:

• Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (also active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)^[38] (ethnic)

Somalia:

• Al-Shabaab^[42] (Islamist)

Sudan:

• Union of Forces for Democracy and Development
• Rally of Democratic Forces (rebel group)
• National Movement for Reform and Development
• Justice and Equality Movement^[43]
• Sudan Liberation Movement/Army
• (See Uganda)

Thailand:

• Pattani United Liberation Organization (Islamist)

Turkey:

• Kurdistan Workers' Party^[44] (Kurdish nationalism/Marxist)
• Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (Kurdish nationalism/Marxist)

Uganda:

• Lord's Resistance Army (operates mainly in northern Uganda, but also in parts of Sudan and D.R. of the Congo).^[45] (Christian)

UK:

• Continuity Irish Republican Army: 1986–Present - (separatist/Irish nationalist)
• Irish National Liberation Army: 1974–Present, formal end to armed campaign in 2009 - (separatist/Irish nationalist/socialist)
• Óglaigh na hÉireann: 2006–Present - (separatist/Irish nationalist)
• Provisional Irish Republican Army: 1969–Present, formal end to armed campaign in 2005 - (separatist/Irish nationalist)
• Real Irish Republican Army: 1997–Present - (separatist/Irish nationalist]
• Republican Action Against Drugs: 2008–Present - (Vigilante/Irish nationalist)
• South Derry Independent Republican Unit: 2006–Present - (separatist/Irish nationalist)
• Real Ulster Freedom Fighters 2007–Present - (Loyalist/sectarian)
• Red Hand Defenders: 1998–Present - (Loyalist/Sectarian)
• Orange Volunteers: 1998–Present - (Loyalist/Sectarian)
• U.D.A./U.F.F./U.D.F./U.Y.M: 1971–Present, formal end to armed campaign in 2007 - (Loyalist)
• Ulster Volunteer Force: 1966–Present, formal end to armed campaign in 2007 - (Loyalist)

Yemen:

• Shabab al-Muomineen (Islamist)
• Houthis (separatist nationalism/ Islamist Shia)
• Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Islamist)

See also

• Violent non-state actor
• List of ongoing conflicts
• List of active autonomist and secessionist movements

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