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, maintain, or to gain independence.

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.

Rebel groups by state

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

International

Afghanistan

Haqqani Network

Algeria

Angola

Burkina Faso

Cameroon
Further information: Anglophone Crisis

Central African Republic
Further information: Central African Republic conflict (2012–present) and Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

Chile
Further information: Mapuche conflict

Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco

China
Further information: Xinjiang conflict

East Turkestan Islamic Movement

Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Further information: Katanga insurgency, Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, Ituri conflict, Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, Kivu conflict, and Kamwina Nsapu rebellion

Egypt
Further information: Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present) and Sinai insurgency

Eritrea

Ethiopia
Main article: List of rebel groups in Ethiopia

France

Greece

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq
Further information: Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) and Combatants of the Iraq War
Group Strength
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 80,000–100,000[20]
Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation 100,000
Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order 5,000
Islamic Army of Iraq 10,000
General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries

Ireland

Italy

Lebanon

Libya
Further information: Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
  • ISIL in Libya

Mali
Further information: Northern Mali conflict
Group Strength
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad 10,000[21]
Ansar Dine 2,000
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
al-Qaeda 800
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Ansar al-Sharia (Mali)

Mexico

Mozambique

Myanmar (Burma)
Main article: List of insurgent groups in Myanmar

Main source: Myanmar Peace Monitor.

Nigeria
Further information: Islamist insurgency in Nigeria and Conflict in the Niger Delta
Group Strength
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 15,000
Ansaru
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta 15,000
Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force
Niger Delta Liberation Front 2,500
Niger Delta Avengers[29] 1,800
Biafra Avengers[30] 200
Red Egbesu Water Lions[31] 500
Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (ADFND)[32] 350
Adaka Biafra Marine Commandos[33] 100
Utorogun Liberation Movement (ULM)[34] 57
Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force[35] 150
Fulani herdsmen[36] 24000
Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF)[37] 2000
Red Scorpion 150[38]
Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta[39] 85
Niger Delta Red Squad[40] 400
Niger Delta Vigilante 4,000

Pakistan

Palestine

Paraguay
Further information: Insurgency in Paraguay

Peru
Further information: Internal conflict in Peru

Shining Path

Philippines
Further information: Civil conflict in the Philippines

Russia
Further information: Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Senegal

South Sudan
Further information: South Sudanese Civil War, Ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present), and Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

Sudan
Further information: War in Darfur and Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile

Syria
Main article: List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War

Main coalitions

Group Strength
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 50,000[20]
Syrian Salvation Government, Al-Fatah al-Mubin 15,000[54]
People's Protection Units 47,000
 40,000
al-Qaeda 15,000
Authenticity and Development Front 13,000
Jabhat al-Akrad 7,000
Levant Front
Abdullah Azzam Brigade
Sutoro
Syriac Military Council
Shammar
Asayish

Thailand
Further information: South Thailand insurgency

Tunisia
Further information: Insurgency in the Maghreb and ISIL insurgency in Tunisia

Turkey
Further information: Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present), Maoist insurgency in Turkey, DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey, Turkey–ISIL conflict, and List of illegal political parties in Turkey

Uganda
Further information: Allied Democratic Forces insurgency

Ukraine
Further information: War in Donbass
Group Strength
Donetsk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Republic		 10,000–20,000[56][57][58]

United Kingdom
Further information: Dissident Irish Republican campaign

Uzbekistan

Yemen
Further information: Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen, Shia insurgency in Yemen, and South Yemen insurgency
  • Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen
  • Wilayat Sanaa
  • Wilayat Aden-Abyan
  • Wilayah Lahij
  • Wilayah Green Brigade
  • Wilayah al-Bayda
  • Wilayah Shabwah
  • Wilayah Ataq
  • Wilayah Hadramawt
  • Southern Resistance

See also

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