Within state
|
Rebel group
|
Subgroups / Affiliates
|
Conflict
|
Year Established
|
Leader
|
References
|
Multinational: Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda
|
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
|
None
|
|
1996
|
Musa Baluku
|
[1]
|
Multinational: Algeria Bangladesh Burkina Faso Chad Egypt Indonesia Iraq Israel Ivory Coast Kenya Libya Mali Niger Nigeria Pakistan Russia Somalia Syria Tunisia Yemen
|
Al-Qaeda
|
|
|
1988
|
Saif al-Adel
|
[2][3][4]
|
Multinational: Afghanistan Algeria Bangladesh Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Indonesia India Iraq Iran Ivory Coast Libya Mozambique Mali Niger Nigeria Pakistan Philippines Russia Saudi Arabia Somalia Syria Thailand Tunisia Turkey Yemen
|
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
|
|
|
1999
|
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
|
[5][6][7][8][9]
|
Multinational: Afghanistan Iran Pakistan Syria Tajikistan
|
Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami
|
None
|
|
2002
|
|
|
Multinational: Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand
|
Jemaah Islamiyah
|
None
|
|
1993
|
Abu Bakar Baasyir
|
|
Multinational: Iraq Iran Syria Turkey
|
Kurdistan Workers' Party
|
|
|
1978
|
Abdullah Öcalan
|
|
Multinational: Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo South Sudan Uganda
|
Lord's Resistance Army
|
None
|
|
1987
|
Joseph Kony
|
[10]
|
Afghanistan
|
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
|
None
|
Afghanistan conflict
|
1975
|
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
|
[11][12]
|
Fidai Mahaz
|
None
|
2013
|
Mullah Najibullah
|
|
National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
|
None
|
2021
|
Ahmad Massoud
|
|
Warriors of Khazaristan
|
None
|
2021
|
|
[13]
|
Angola
|
Republic of Cabinda
|
FLEC
|
Cabinda War
|
1975
|
António Bento Bembe
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
Ansar ul Islam
|
None
|
Insurgency in the Maghreb
|
2016
|
Abdoul Salam Dicko
|
|
Cameroon
|
Ambazonia
|
List of Ambazonian militant groups
|
Anglophone Crisis
|
2017
|
Samuel Ikome Sako
|
|
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
|
Toumou Deya Gilbert
|
|
Chile
|
Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco
|
Lafkenche Mapuche Resistance[14]
|
Mapuche conflict
|
1998
|
Héctor Llaitul
|
|
Weichán Auka Mapu
|
None
|
2011
|
Collective leadership
|
|
China
|
East Turkestan Islamic Movement
|
None
|
Xinjiang conflict
|
1988
|
Abdullah Mansour
|
|
Colombia
|
Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia
|
None
|
|
2001
|
Dario Antonio Úsuga
|
|
Indigenous Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Pacific
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
National Liberation Army (ELN)
|
None
|
|
1964
|
Antonio Garcia
|
[15]
|
Popular Liberation Army (EPL)
|
None
|
|
1967
|
|
|
FARC dissidents
|
None
|
|
2016
|
Gentil "Cabuyo" Duarte
|
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Bundu dia Kongo (BDK)
|
None
|
|
1986
|
Ne Muanda Nsemi
|
|
CODECO
|
None
|
1970s
|
|
|
Coordination for a Referendum on Self-determination for Katanga (CORAK)
|
None
|
|
|
|
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)
|
None
|
2000
|
|
|
Kamwina Nsapu militia
|
None
|
|
|
|
Mai-Mai
|
None
|
1960s
|
|
|
Mai Mai Kata Katanga
|
None
|
2011
|
|
|
Mai Mai Gédéon
|
None
|
|
|
|
Mai Mai Sheka
|
None
|
|
|
|
Mai-Mai Simba
|
None
|
|
|
|
Mai Mai Yakutumba
|
None
|
|
|
|
March 27 Movement (M27)
|
None
|
|
|
|
National Coalition of the People for the Sovereignty of Congo
|
None
|
2017
|
William Yakutumba
|
|
Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI)
|
None
|
2005
|
Peter Karim Udaga
|
|
Nyatura
|
None
|
|
|
|
Patriotic Resistance Front of Ituri (FRPI)
|
None
|
2002
|
Cobra Matata
|
|
Popular Front for Justice in the Congo (FPJC)
|
None
|
2008
|
David Mbadu
|
|
Progressive Katanga Congress (CPK)
|
None
|
|
|
|
Raia Mutomboki
|
None
|
2005
|
Isaac Chirambiza
|
|
RUD-Urunana
|
None
|
|
|
|
Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC)
|
None
|
2001
|
Bosco Ntaganda
|
|
March 23 Movement
|
None
|
2012
|
Bertrand Bisimwa
|
|
Egypt
|
Al Furqan Brigades
|
None
|
|
2013
|
|
|
Ansar al-Sharia
|
None
|
2012
|
Ahmed Ashush
|
|
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
|
None
|
1979
|
Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif
|
|
Hasm Movement
|
None
|
2015
|
|
|
Soldiers of Egypt
|
None
|
2013
|
|
|
Ethiopia
|
Oromo Liberation Army
|
|
Oromo conflict
|
2020
|
Kumsa Diriba
|
|
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
|
Dukhtaran-e-Milat[16]
|
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
|
1989
|
Sayeed Salahudeen
|
[17][18]
|
Jaish-e-Mohammed
|
• Lashkar-e-Mustafa[19]
• Kashmir Tigers[20]
|
2000
|
Masood Azhar
|
[21]
|
Lashkar-e-Taiba
|
None
|
1986
|
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
|
[22]
|
United Jihad Council
|
None
|
1994
|
|
|
National Socialist Council of Nagaland
|
None
|
Insurgency in Northeast India
|
1980
|
Thuingaleng Muivah
|
|
United Liberation Front of Asom
|
None
|
1979
|
|
[23]
|
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
|
None
|
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
|
2004
|
Nambala Keshava Rao
|
[24]
|
Maoist Communist Party of Manipur
|
None
|
2011
|
|
|
International Sikh Youth Federation
|
None
|
|
1987
|
Lakhbir Singh Rode
|
[25]
|
Khalistan Zindabad Force
|
None
|
|
1988
|
Ranjit Singh Neeta
|
[15]
|
Students' Islamic Movement of India
|
None
|
|
1977
|
|
[26]
|
Indonesia
|
East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT)
|
None
|
|
2010
|
Ali Kalora
|
|
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
|
[27]
|
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
|
Salahuddin Farooqui
|
|
Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz
|
None
|
Khuzestan conflict
|
2005
|
Habib Jabor / Saddam Hattem
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
Salem al-Aawar
|
|
Green Resistance
|
None
|
2014
|
|
|
Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade
|
None
|
|
|
|
Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries
|
|
2014
|
Mustafa al-Sharksi
|
|
Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya
|
None
|
2007
|
Issa Abdel Majid Mansur
|
|
Zintan Brigades
|
None
|
2011
|
Kalifah Shahub
|
|
Mali
|
Ansar al-Sharia
|
None
|
Mali War
|
2012
|
|
|
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
|
None
|
2011
|
Bilal Ag Acherif
|
[28]
|
Mexico
|
Popular Revolutionary Army
|
None
|
|
1996
|
Edmundo Reyes
|
[29]
|
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
|
None
|
Chiapas conflict
|
1983
|
|
[30]
|
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
|
[31]
|
Shan State Army - South (SSA-S)
|
None
|
1996
|
Yawd Serk
|
[32]
|
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)
|
|
2011
|
Nai Hong Sar
|
[33][34]
|
United Wa State Army
|
None
|
1989
|
Bao Youxiang
|
|
Nigeria
|
Indigenous People of Biafra
|
Eastern Security Network
|
Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
|
2012
|
Nnamdi Kanu
|
|
Adaka Biafra Marine Commandos
|
None
|
Conflict in the Niger Delta
|
|
|
[35]
|
Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (ADFND)
|
None
|
|
|
[36]
|
Biafra Avengers
|
None
|
|
|
[37]
|
Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force
|
None
|
|
|
[38]
|
Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF)
|
None
|
|
|
[39]
|
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
|
None
|
2004
|
Henry Okah
|
|
Niger Delta Avengers
|
None
|
2016
|
|
[40]
|
Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force
|
None
|
2004
|
|
|
Niger Delta Red Squad
|
None
|
|
|
[41]
|
Red Egbesu Water Lions
|
None
|
|
|
[42]
|
Red Scorpion
|
None
|
|
|
[43]
|
Utorogun Liberation Movement (ULM)
|
None
|
|
|
[44]
|
Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta
|
None
|
|
|
[45]
|
Ansaru
|
None
|
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
|
2012
|
|
|
Fulani herdsmen
|
None
|
Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
|
1999
|
|
[46]
|
Pakistan
|
Baloch Republican Army
|
None
|
Insurgency in Balochistan
|
2007
|
Brahumdagh Bugti
|
[47]
|
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
|
[48]
|
Tehrik-i-Taliban
|
|
2007
|
Noor Wali Mehsud
|
[49][50][51]
|
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
|
None
|
|
1996
|
|
|
Lashkar-e-Omar
|
None
|
|
2002
|
Qari Abdul Hai
|
[52]
|
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
|
Al-Quds Squads
|
|
1987
|
Ziyad al-Nakhalah / Abd Al Aziz Awda
|
|
Popular Resistance Committees
|
Abu Samhadana clan
|
|
2000
|
Ayman al-Shashniya
|
|
Paraguay
|
Armed Peasant Association (ACA)
|
None
|
Insurgency in Paraguay
|
2014
|
|
|
Army of Marshal López (Ejército del Mariscal López, EML)
|
None
|
|
|
|
Paraguayan People's Army (EPP)
|
None
|
2006
|
Osvaldo Villalba
|
|
Peru
|
Shining Path
|
None
|
Internal conflict in Peru
|
1960s
|
Abimael Guzmán
|
|
Philippines
|
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
|
None
|
Civil conflict in the Philippines
|
2008
|
Ustadz Karialan
|
|
Communist Party of the Philippines
|
New People's Army
|
1968
|
Benito Tiamzon
|
[53]
|
Rajah Sulaiman Movement
|
None
|
1991
|
Ahmed Santos
|
[54][55]
|
Senegal
|
Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance
|
None
|
Casamance conflict
|
1982
|
|
|
South Sudan
|
Nuer White Army
|
None
|
Ethnic violence in South Sudan
|
1991
|
Bordoang Leah
|
|
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
|
Tijani Sese
|
|
National Movement for Reform and Development
|
None
|
2004
|
Khalil Abdallah
|
|
National Redemption Front
|
None
|
2006
|
Ahmed Diraige
|
|
Sudanese Awakening Revolutionary Council
|
None
|
2014
|
Musa Hilal
|
|
Sudan Revolutionary Front
|
|
|
2011
|
Abdelaziz al-Hilu / Abdul Wahid al Nur / Gibril Ibrahim / Minni Minnawi
|
|
Janjaweed
|
None
|
|
1987
|
|
|
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
|
Muthanna Tala
|
|
Syrian Interim Government
|
|
2013
|
Anas al-Abdah
|
|
Syrian Salvation Government
|
|
2017
|
Ali Keda
|
[56]
|
Thailand
|
Barisan Revolusi Nasional
|
None
|
South Thailand insurgency
|
1963
|
|
|
Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani
|
None
|
1995
|
Nasoree Saesang
|
|
Islamic Liberation Front of Patani
|
None
|
1947
|
Tengku Mahmud Mahyiddin / Tengku Abdul Jalal
|
|
Patani United Liberation Organisation
|
None
|
1968
|
|
|
Runda Kumpulan Kecil
|
None
|
2000
|
Rorhing Ahsong
|
|
Tunisia
|
Ansar al-Sharia
|
None
|
Insurgency in the Maghreb
|
2011
|
|
|
Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade
|
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
|
İsa Altsoy
|
|
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
|
|
1994
|
|
|
Turkish Islamic Jihad
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Uganda
|
Uganda Coalition for Change (UCFC)
|
None
|
|
2021
|
|
[57]
|
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
|
|
Southern Movement
|
Southern Transitional Council
|
2007
|
Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
|
|