List of active rebel groups

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This is a list of active rebel groups around the world whose domains may be subnational, transnational, or international. A "rebel group" is defined here as a polity that uses armed conflict in opposition to established government (or governments) for reasons such as to seek political change or to establish, maintain, or to gain independence.

Rebel groups by state[]

Rebel groups are listed by the states within which they operate.

Within state Rebel group Subgroups / Affiliates Conflict Year Established Leader References

 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Uganda 		Flag of ADF.png Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) None
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Kivu conflict
 1996 Musa Baluku [1]

 Algeria
 Bangladesh
 Burkina Faso
 Ivory Coast
 Chad
 Egypt
 Indonesia
 Iraq
 Israel
 Kenya
 Libya
 Mali
 Niger
 Nigeria
 Pakistan
 Russia
 Somalia
 Syria
 Tunisia
 Yemen 		Al-Qaeda 1988 Ayman al-Zawahiri [2][3][4]

 Afghanistan
 Algeria
 Bangladesh
 Burkina Faso
 Cameroon
 Ivory Coast
 Chad
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Egypt
 Indonesia
 India
 Iraq
 Iran
 Libya
 Mozambique
 Mali
 Niger
 Nigeria
 Pakistan
 Philippines
 Russia
 Saudi Arabia
 Somalia
 Syria
 Thailand
 Tunisia
 Turkey
 Yemen 		Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 1999 Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi [5][6][7][8][9]

 Afghanistan
 Iran
 Pakistan
 Syria
 Tajikistan 		Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami None 2002

 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Philippines
 Singapore
 Thailand 		Jemaah Islamiyah None 1993 Abu Bakar Baasyir

 Iraq
 Iran
 Syria
 Turkey 		Kurdistan Workers' Party 1978 Abdullah Öcalan

 Central African Republic
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 South Sudan
 Uganda 		Flag of Lord's Resistance Army.svg Lord's Resistance Army None 1987 Joseph Kony [10]

 Afghanistan
 Pakistan 		Flag of the Taliban Taliban Mullah Dadullah Front 1994 Hibatullah Akhundzada
 Afghanistan Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin None War in Afghanistan 1975 Gulbuddin Hekmatyar [11][12]
Fidai Mahaz None 2013 Mullah Najibullah
Flag of Taliban.svg Haqqani network None 1980s Sirajuddin Haqqani
 Angola Republic of Cabinda FLEC Cabinda War 1975 António Bento Bembe
 Burkina Faso Ansar ul Islam None Insurgency in the Maghreb 2016
 Cameroon  Ambazonia List of Ambazonian militant groups Anglophone Crisis 2017 Samuel Ikome Sako
 Central African Republic Central African Republic Coalition of Patriots for Change Central African Republic Civil War 2020 François Bozizé (alleged)
Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice None 2008
 Chile Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco None Mapuche conflict 1998
 China East Turkestan Islamic Movement None Xinjiang conflict 1988 Abdullah Mansour
 Colombia Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia None 2001
Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific None
National Liberation Army (ELN) None 1964 [13]
Popular Liberation Army (EPL) None 1967
FARC dissidents None 2016
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) None 1986
CODECO None 1970s
(CORAK) None
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) None 2000
None
Mai-Mai None 1960s
Mai Mai Kata Katanga None 2011
None
None
None
None
(M27) None
National Coalition of the People for the Sovereignty of Congo None 2017 William Yakutumba
Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI) None 2005
None
Patriotic Resistance Front of Ituri (FRPI) None 2002 Cobra Matata
Popular Front for Justice in the Congo (FPJC) None 2008
(CPK) None
Raia Mutomboki None 2005
None
Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) None 2001 Bosco Ntaganda
 Egypt Al Furqan Brigades None 2013
Ansar al-Sharia None 2012
Egyptian Islamic Jihad None 1979 Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif
Hasm Movement None 2015
Soldiers of Egypt None 2013
 Ethiopia Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front None 1998
Ogaden National Liberation Front None Insurgency in Ogaden 1984
Flag of the Sidama Liberation Front.png Sidama Liberation Front None 1999
Tigray People's Liberation Front Tigray Defense Forces Tigray War 1975 Debretsion Gebremichael
 France Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (CRAV) None 1907
 Greece Black Star None
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei None 2008
Popular Fighters Group None 2013
Revolutionary Struggle None 2003
Sect of Revolutionaries None 2009
 India Hizbul Mujahideen None Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir 1989 Sayeed Salahudeen [14][15]
Jaish-e-Mohammed None 2000 Masood Azhar [16]
Lashkar-e-Taiba None 1986 Hafiz Muhammad Saeed [17]
United Jihad Council None 1994
National Socialist Council of Nagaland None Insurgency in Northeast India 1980 Thuingaleng Muivah
Ulfa logo.svg United Liberation Front of Asom None 1979 [18]
Communist Party of India (Maoist) None Naxalite–Maoist insurgency 2004 Nambala Keshava Rao [19]
Maoist Communist Party of Manipur None 2011
International Sikh Youth Federation None 1987 Lakhbir Singh Rode [20]
Khalistan Zindabad Force None 1988 [13]
Students' Islamic Movement of India None 1977 [21]
 Indonesia Flag of Eastern Indonesian Mujahideen (Mujahidin Indonesia Timur).svg East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) None 2010
Morning Star flag.svg Free Papua Movement None Papua conflict 1963 Mathias Wenda
Jamaah Ansharusy Syariah (JAS) None
Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) None
Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) None 2008 Abu Bakar Ba'asyir
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) None 1993 [22]
South Moluccas None 1950
 Iran Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan None Western Iran clashes 1945 Mustafa Hijri
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan None 2000 Abdullah Mohtadi
Kurdistan Freedom Party None 1991 Hussein Yazdanpanah
Kurdistan Free Life Party None 2004 Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi
Jaish ul-Adl None Insurgency in Balochistan 2012
Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz None Khuzestan conflict 2005 /
Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) None 2001
People's Mujahedin of Iran None 1965 Maryam Rajavi
 Iraq Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order None Insurgency in Iraq 2006 Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Logo of the Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation.png Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation None 2007
General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries None 2014
IAILogo.png Islamic Army in Iraq None 2003
 Ireland Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) None Dissident Irish republican campaign 1994 Continuity Army Council
Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) None 1997 Army Council
 Italy Informal Anarchist Federation None 2003
 Libya Brigade 93 None Libyan Crisis (2011–present) 2012
Green Resistance None 2014
Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade None
Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries 2014
Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya None 2007
Libya Zintan Brigades None 2011
 Mali Ansar al-Sharia None Mali War 2012
Azawad National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad None 2011 Bilal Ag Acherif [23]
 Mexico Popular Revolutionary Army None 1996 [24]
Zapatista Army of National Liberation None Chiapas conflict 1983 [25]
 Mozambique Ansar al-Sunna None Insurgency in Cabo Delgado 2015
 Myanmar All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) None Internal conflict in Myanmar 1988 Than Khae
DKBA-5 None 2010 Saw Mo Shay [26]
Shan State Army - South (SSA-S) None 1996 Yawd Serk [27]
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) 2011 [28][29]
United Wa State Army None 1989 Bao Youxiang
 Nigeria Flag of Biafra.svg Indigenous People of Biafra Eastern Security Network Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria 2012 Nnamdi Kanu
None Conflict in the Niger Delta [30]
(ADFND) None [31]
None [32]
None [33]
(JNDLF) None [34]
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta None 2004 Henry Okah
Niger Delta Avengers None 2016 [35]
Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force None 2004
None [36]
None [37]
None [38]
(ULM) None [39]
None [40]
Ansaru None Islamist insurgency in Nigeria 2012
Fulani herdsmen None Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria 1999 [41]
 Pakistan Baloch Republican Army None Insurgency in Balochistan 2007 Brahumdagh Bugti [42]
Balochistan Liberation Army None 2000 Hyrbyair Marri
Jaish ul-Adl None 2012 Salahuddin Farooqui
Lashkar-e-Islam None Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2004 Mangal Bagh [43]
Tehrik-i-Taliban 2007 Noor Wali Mehsud [44][45][46]
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi None 1996
Lashkar-e-Omar None 2002 [47]
Sipah-e-Sahaba None 1985 Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi
 Palestine Army of Islam None 2006 Mumtaz Dughmush
Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades 1987 Ismail Haniyeh
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine 1987 Ziyad al-Nakhalah / Abd Al Aziz Awda
Popular Resistance Committees 2000
 Paraguay Armed Peasant Association (ACA) None Insurgency in Paraguay 2014
(Ejército del Mariscal López, EML) None
Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) None 2006
 Peru Shining Path None Internal conflict in Peru 1960s Abimael Guzmán
 Philippines Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters None Civil conflict in the Philippines 2008
Communist Party of the Philippines New People's Army 1968 Benito Tiamzon [48]
Rajah Sulaiman Movement None 1991 Ahmed Santos [49][50]
 Senegal Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance None Casamance conflict 1982
 South Sudan Nuer White Army None Ethnic violence in South Sudan 1991
South Sudan South Sudan Democratic Movement None 2010 John Uliny
South Sudan Liberation Movement None 1999 Peter Gadet
Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition None 2013 Riek Machar
 Sudan Alliance of Revolutionary Forces of West Sudan None War in Darfur 2006
Liberation and Justice Movement None 2010
National Movement for Reform and Development None 2004
National Redemption Front None 2006 Ahmed Diraige
Sudanese Awakening Revolutionary Council None 2014 Musa Hilal
Sudan Revolutionary Front
  • Justice and Equality Movement
  • Sudan Liberation Movement/Army
  • Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
  • War in Darfur
 2011 Abdelaziz al-Hilu / Abdul Wahid al Nur / Gibril Ibrahim / Minni Minnawi
Eastern Front None 2004 Musa Mohamed Ahmed
Rashaida Free Lions None 1999 Mabrouk Mubarak Salim
 Syria Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Syrian civil war 2013 Îlham Ehmed / Mansur Selum
Revolutionary Commando Army None 2016
Syrian Interim Government 2013 Anas al-Abdah
Syrian Salvation Government 2017 Ali Keda [51]
 Thailand Barisan Revolusi Nasional None South Thailand insurgency 1963
Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani None 1995
Islamic Liberation Front of Patani None 1947 /
Patani United Liberation Organisation None 1968
Runda Kumpulan Kecil None 2000
 Tunisia ShababFlag.svg Ansar al-Sharia None Insurgency in the Maghreb 2011
ShababFlag.svg None
 Turkey Civil Protection Units None Kurdish–Turkish conflict 2015
Islamic Party of Kurdistan None 1979 Muhammad Salih Mustafa
Kurdistan Communities Union None 2005 Abdullah Öcalan
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks None 2004
Turkish Hezbollah None 1983
Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (Maoist Party Centre) None Maoist insurgency in Turkey 1987
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front None 1970
Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement 2016
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front None
  • DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
  • Maoist insurgency in Turkey
 1994
Turkish Islamic Jihad None
 Ukraine Donetsk People's Republic Donetsk People's Republic None War in Donbass 2014 Denis Pushilin [52][53][54]
Luhansk People's Republic Luhansk People's Republic None 2014 Leonid Pasechnik
 United Kingdom Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) None Dissident Irish republican campaign 1994 Continuity Army Council
Irish Republican Liberation Army None 2008
Orange Volunteers None 1998
Red Hand Defenders None 1998
Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) None 1997 Army Council
Real Ulster Freedom Fighters None 2007
 Yemen Houthi movement Supreme Political Council 1994 Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi
South Yemen Southern Movement Southern Transitional Council 2007 Aidarus al-Zoubaidi

Groups that control territory[]

Main article: List of rebel groups that control territory

Groups that "control territory" are defined as any group that hold any populated or inhabited town, city, village, or defined area that is under the direct administration or military control of the group. Such control may be contested and might be temporary or fluctuating, especially under the circumstance of conflict. It does not include the governments of stable breakaway states or other states with limited recognition.

See also[]

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