List of active rebel groups
This is a list of active rebel factions around the world whose domains may be subnational, transnational or international. A "rebel group" is defined here as a political group that uses armed conflict in opposition to established government or governments for reasons such as to seek political change or to establish or maintain or to gain independence.
Groups that control territory
The following rebel groups control a certain amount of land or territory. Such control may be contested and might be temporary or fluctuating especially within situations of conflict.
It does not include the governments of stable breakaway states or other states with limited recognition.
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Territory controlled | Notes | Headquarters |
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Mali War Somali Civil War Yemeni Civil War |
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Tinzaouaten (Mali)[4] Jilib (Somalia)[5] | |
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War in Afghanistan Sinai insurgency Boko Haram insurgency Syrian Desert campaign Somali Civil War Yemeni Civil War |
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Designated a terrorist organization by the United Nations[12] | Unknown |
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War in Afghanistan | 1996 | ![]() |
Taliban controlled territory is also shared with Uzbek Islamists. | Quetta[16] |
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Anglophone Crisis | 2019 | Several villages in Lebialem department of Southwest Province in Cameroon.[17] | Ambazonia declared independence on 1 October 2017, the Red Dragon militia controlling parts of Lebialem is nominally loyal to the Interim Government of Ambazonia. | Unknown |
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Central African Republic Civil War | 2012 | Northern and eastern parts of CAR. See detailed map | Various groups | Depending on group |
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2015 | Northern CAR | Kaga-Bandoro [18] | |||
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Mai-Mai | Kivu conflict | 2015 | Parts of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo[19] | Various groups | Depending on group |
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Big parts of North Kivu province[20] | Pinga | ||||
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Mali War | 2012 | Parts of northern Mali[21] | Kidal[22] | |
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Chiapas conflict | 1994 | Parts of northern Chiapas.[23] | Established various de facto autonomous socialist regions. | Oventik[24] |
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Kachin conflict | 2011 | Parts of Kachin State in northern Myanmar.[25] | Military wing of Kachin Independence Organisation | Laiza |
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Internal conflict in Myanmar | 1989 | Northeastern Myanmar; Wa Self-Administered Division.[26] | Military wing of the United Wa State Party | Pangkham[27] | |
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South Sudanese Civil War | 2013 | Territories west of Bentiu, Unity.[28] | Ceasefire since 22 February 2020 | Juba[29] |
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Sudan–SRF conflict | 2011 | Parts of South Kordofan state and Blue Nile state.[30] | Kauda[31] | |
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Syrian Civil War | 2017 | Large portion of Idlib Governorate in North West Syria.[32] | Faction within the Syrian Civil War that is in opposition to the Syrian government. | Idlib[32] |
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2016 | Small pocket in the Syrian Desert adjacent to the Jordanian border and the Iraqi border.[33][34] | Faction within the Syrian Civil War that is in opposition to the Syrian government and in alignment with the United States. | Al-Tanf[34] | ||
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2011 | Territories in the north and east of Syria, mostly north of the Euphrates River. | Faction within the Syrian Civil War that is allied to the Syrian government and opposed by Turkey. | Qamishli | ||
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2017 | Border areas of Northern Syria.[35] | Faction within the Syrian Civil War that is in opposition to the Syrian government and in alignment with Turkey. | Azaz[36] | ||
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War in Donbass | 2014 | Parts of the Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine.[37] | Declared independence on 7 April 2014. Recognition of this group as an independent state has been granted by the partially-recognised state of South Ossetia.[38] | Donetsk |
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Parts of the Luhansk region in Eastern Ukraine.[37] | Declared independence on 12 May 2014. Recognition of this group as an independent state has been granted by the partially-recognised state of South Ossetia.[39] | Luhansk | |||
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Yemeni Civil War | 2017 | ![]() |
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The Houthi movement controls the capital of Yemen,[43] but is not recognized by the international community. | Sa'dah |
Rebel groups by state
Rebel groups are listed by the states within which they operate.
International
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)[44] Al-Qaeda[45] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant- Abu Sayyaf (ASG)
- Army of the Islamic State
- Boko Haram
- Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
- Islamic State in Somalia
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Algeria Province
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Libya Province
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen Province
- Janood-ul-Khalifa-e-Hind
- Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT)
- Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem
- Sons of the Call for Tawhid and Jihad
- City of Monotheism and Monotheists (MTM)
- Maute Group
- Ansar Khalifah Philippines
Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami (Islamist)- Jemaah Islamiyah (Islamist)
Kurdistan Workers' Party Lord's Resistance Army Taliban
Afghanistan
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin[46][47] (Islamist) Taliban- Dadullah Front
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Fidai Mahaz (2013–present) (Islamist)
Algeria
Al-Qaeda (Salafi jihadist) Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (also operates Morocco, Mauritania, Niger and Mali (sometimes "Al Qaeda in the Sahel")[48][49]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Salafi jihadist)
Angola
Argentina
Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
ex-Séléka- Anti-balaka
Lord's Resistance Army- Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation
- Revolution and Justice
China
Colombia
- The Black Eagles (right-wing paramilitary)
- Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (Paramilitarism)
- Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific (Indigenous rights)
National Liberation Army[50] (ELN) (Marxist) Popular Liberation Army (EPL) (Hoxhaist) Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia[51] (FARC) (Marxist) FARC dissidents (various fronts)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- M27
- Mai-Mai
- National Forces of Liberation
- RUD-Urunana
- Nyatura
FDLR- Mai Mai Sheka
- Mai Mai Yakutumba
- Raia Mutomboki
- FNI
- FRPI
- FPJC
- Mai-Mai Simba
- UPC
- Forces for Renewal
- Mai Mai Yakutumba
Mai Mai Kata Katanga Mai Mai Gédéon CORAK CPK ADF Lord's Resistance Army- Kamwina Nsapu militia
- Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) (Kongo nationalism)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant- City of Monotheism and Monotheists (MTM)
- National Coalition of the People for the Sovereignty of Congo
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
France
Greece
India
Communist Party of India (Maoist)[53] (Communist)- Hizbul Mujahideen[54][55] (Separatist)
- International Sikh Youth Federation[56]
Jaish-e-Mohammed[57] (Islamist)- Indian Mujahideen
- Khalistan Commando Force[58]
- Khalistan Zindabad Force[50]
Lashkar-e-Taiba[59] (also in Pakistan) (Islamist) Maoist Communist Party of Manipur National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Isaac-Muivah- Students Islamic Movement of India[60] (Islamist)
- United Jihad Council (separatist)
United Liberation Front of Assam[61] (separatist)
Indonesia
- Jemaah Islamiyah[62] (also known to operate in other parts of South East Asia such as Singapore and the Philippines) (JI) (Islamist)
Free Aceh Movement (separatist) South Moluccas (separatist) Free Papua Movement (separatist) Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) (Islamist)- Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) (Islamist)
- Jamaah Ansharusy Syariah (JAS) (Islamist)
- Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) (Islamist)
Iran
Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz (Arab nationalist)- Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (Democratic socialist/Kurdish nationalist) Jaish ul-Adl (Salafi jihadist)- Jundullah (Salafi jihadist)
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish nationalism/Revolutionary socialism) Kurdistan Free Life Party (Democratic Confederalism/Kurdish nationalism) Kurdistan Freedom Party (Kurdish nationalism) People's Mujahedin of Iran (Islamic Marxism)
Iraq
Group | Strength |
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80,000–100,000[63] |
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100,000 |
Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order | 5,000 |
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10,000 |
General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries |
Ireland
- Continuity Irish Republican Army: 1994–present (separatist/Irish nationalist)
- Real IRA: 1997–present (separatist/Irish nationalist)
Libya
- Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade
New General National Congress
- ISIL in Libya
Zintan Brigade Brigade 93 Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya
Mali
Mexico
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Main source: Myanmar Peace Monitor.
All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) DKBA-5[67] Shan State Army – North (SSA-N) Shan State Army – South (SSA-S)[68] United Wa State Army (UWSA)- United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)[69]
Kachin Independence Organization (KIO/KIA)[70] (Ethnic/Self determination)- Arakan Army (AA)
- New Mon State Party (NMSP)
Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) (SSPP /SSA) Karen National Union (KNU)[71] (ethnic/Democratic) Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) Chin National Front (CNF)- Lahu Democratic Union (LDU)
- Arakan National Council (ANC), Arakan Liberation Army (ALA)
Pa-O National Liberation Organisation (PNLO)- Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF)
- Wa National Organisation (WNO)
Nigeria
Group | Strength |
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15,000 |
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15,000 |
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2,500 |
Niger Delta Avengers[72] | 1,800 |
Biafra Avengers[73] | 200 |
Red Egbesu Water Lions[74] | 500 |
Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (ADFND)[75] | 350 |
Adaka Biafra Marine Commandos[76] | 100 |
Utorogun Liberation Movement (ULM)[77] | 57 |
Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force[78] | 150 |
Fulani herdsmen[79] | 24000 |
Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF)[80] | 2000 |
Red Scorpion | 150[81] |
Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta[82] | 85 |
Niger Delta Red Squad[83] | 400 |
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4,000 |
Pakistan
Baloch Republican Army[84] (Baloch nationalism) Balochistan Liberation Army (Baloch nationalism) Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan[85] (Deobandi/Wahabi Islam)
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi[86] (Deobandi Islam)- Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
- Fedayeen al-Islam[87] (Deobandi Islam)
- Jundallah (Pakistan)
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[88] (also operated in Kyrgyzstan) (Deobandi/Wahabi Islam)
- Lashkar-e-Islam[89] (Deobandi Islam)
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (Deobandi/Wahabi) Sectarian)- Sipah-e-Sahaba (Deobandi/Wahabi Sectarian)
- Lashkar-e-Omar[90] (Deobandi/Wahabi Islam)
Palestine
Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad- Al-Quds Squads
- Popular Resistance Committees
- Abu Samhadana clan
- Army of Islam (Gaza Strip)
- Fatah Revolutionary Council
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Army of the Islamic State
Paraguay
Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) Armed Peasant Association (ACA) (only remnants still active) Army of Marshal López (Ejército del Mariscal López, EML)
Peru
Philippines
Moro National Liberation Front Moro Islamic Liberation Front[92] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Abu Sayyaf[93]
- Maute Group
Rajah Sulaiman movement[94][95]- Jemaah Islamiyah
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters- Ansar Khalifa Philippines
Republic of the Congo
Russia
- Vilayat Nokhchicho
- Ingush Jamaat
- Shariat Jamaat
- Yarmuk Jamaat
South Sudan
Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement-in-Opposition South Sudan Liberation Movement Nuer White Army South Sudan Democratic Movement Lord's Resistance Army[96]
Sudan
Syria
Main coalitions
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50,000[63] |
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50,000[97] |
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47,000 |
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40,000 |
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15,000 |
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13,000 |
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7,000 |
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Thailand
Tunisia
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Ansar al-Sharia Al-Qaeda Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade
Turkey
Civil Protection Units- Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (Maoist Party Centre)
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front- Islamic Party of Kurdistan
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[98] Kurdistan Communities Union Kurdistan Freedom Hawks Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front Turkish Hezbollah- Turkish Islamic Jihad
Uganda
Lord's Resistance Army (operates mainly in northern Uganda, but also in parts of Sudan and D.R. of the Congo).[99] Allied Democratic Forces (Also active in Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Ukraine
Group | Strength |
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10,000–20,000[100][101][102] |
United Kingdom
- Continuity Irish Republican Army: 1994–present (separatist/Irish nationalist)
- Real Irish Republican Army: 1997–present (separatist/Irish nationalist)
- Orange Volunteers: 1998–present (Ulster loyalist/sectarian)
- Real Ulster Freedom Fighters: 2007–present (Ulster loyalist/sectarian)
- Red Hand Defenders: 1998–present (Ulster loyalist/sectarian)
- Irish Republican Liberation Army 2008–present (separatist/Irish nationalist)
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula- Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
- Islamic Jihad of Yemen
- Wilayat Sanaa
- Wilayat Aden-Abyan
- Wilayah Lahij
- Wilayah Green Brigade
- Wilayah al-Bayda
- Wilayah Shabwah
- Wilayah Ataq
- Wilayah Hadramawt
- Southern Resistance
See also
- List of guerrilla movements
- List of designated terrorist organizations
- List of ongoing military conflicts
- Lists of active separatist movements
- List of active communist armed groups
- Violent non-state actor
- Compare to Sovereign state
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