List of active rebel groups

This is a list of active rebel groups around the world. 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
Multinational:   Democratic Republic of the Congo   Uganda	Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)	None	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Kivu conflict Ituri conflict	1996	Musa Baluku	[1]
Multinational:   Algeria   Bangladesh   Burkina Faso   Chad   Egypt   Indonesia   Iraq   Israel   Ivory Coast   Kenya   Libya   Mali   Niger   Nigeria   Pakistan   Somalia   Tunisia   Yemen	Al-Qaeda	Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Al-Shabaab Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen) Ansaru Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Kurdistan Brigades Salafia Jihadia United Army For Palestine Freedom	Afghanistan conflict Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Yemeni Civil War Insurgency in the Maghreb Northern Mali conflict Insurgency in Balochistan War in North-West Pakistan Somali Civil War Insurgency in Egypt Libyan Crisis (2011–present)	1988	Saif al-Adel	[2] [3] [4]
Multinational:   Afghanistan   Algeria   Bangladesh   Burkina Faso   Cameroon   Chad   Democratic Republic of the Congo   Egypt   India   Iraq   Iran   Ivory Coast   Libya   Mozambique   Mali   Malaysia   Niger   Nigeria   Pakistan   Philippines   Russia   Saudi Arabia   Somalia   Syria   Thailand   Tunisia   Turkey   Yemen	Islamic State	Allied Democratic Forces (parts of) Caucasus Province Central Africa Province City of Monotheism and Monotheists (MTM) Dawlah Islamiya Hind Province Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Islamic State in Somalia Janood-ul-Khalifa-e-Hind Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi Katibah Nusantara Khorasan Province Pakistan Province Sahel Province Sons of the Call for Tawhid and Jihad Turkey Province West Africa Province Yemen Province	Islamic State–Taliban conflict Yemeni Civil War Insurgency in the Maghreb Northern Mali conflict War in North-West Pakistan Somali Civil War Syrian Civil War Insurgency in Egypt Turkey–ISIL conflict Moro insurgency in the Philippines Iraqi insurgency (2017–present) Libyan Crisis (2011–present) Boko Haram insurgency Gaza–Israel conflict Kivu conflict Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Insurgency in Cabo Delgado Ituri conflict	1999	Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi	[5] [6] [7] [8]
Multinational:   Afghanistan   Iran   Pakistan   Syria   Tajikistan	Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami	None	Afghanistan conflict War in North-West Pakistan Syrian Civil War	2002
Multinational:   Iraq   Iran   Syria   Turkey	Kurdistan Workers' Party	People's Defence Forces Free Women's Units Civil Protection Units	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Syrian Civil War	1978	Abdullah Öcalan
Multinational:   Central African Republic   Democratic Republic of the Congo   South Sudan   Uganda	Lord's Resistance Army	None	Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Central African Republic Civil War	1987	Joseph Kony	[9]
Afghanistan	Afghanistan Freedom Front	None	Afghanistan conflict	2022
	National Resistance Front of Afghanistan	None		2021	Ahmad Massoud
	Warriors of Khazaristan	None		2021		[10]
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	Anti-balaka Central African Patriotic Movement Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation Union for Peace in the Central African Republic	Central African Republic Civil War	2020	François Bozizé (alleged)
Chile	Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco	Lafkenche Mapuche Resistance [11]	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
	National Liberation Army (ELN)	None		1964	Antonio Garcia	[12]
	Popular Liberation Army (EPL)	None		1967
	FARC dissidents	None		2016	Gentil "Cabuyo" Duarte
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Bundu dia Kongo (BDK)	None	Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Kivu conflict Kamwina Nsapu rebellion	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
	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 (M23)	None		2012	Bertrand Bisimwa
Egypt	Al Furqan Brigades	None	Insurgency in Egypt	2013
	Hasm Movement	None		2015
Ethiopia	Fano	Wollo Fano Gojjam Fano Gondar Fano Shewa Fano Amhara People's Army	War in Amhara	2018
	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
India	Hizbul Mujahideen	Dukhtaran-e-Milat [13]	Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir	1989	Sayeed Salahudeen	[14] [15]
	Jaish-e-Mohammed	• Lashkar-e-Mustafa [16] • Kashmir Tigers [17]		2000	Masood Azhar	[18]
	Lashkar-e-Taiba	None		1986	Hafiz Muhammad Saeed	[19]
	United Jihad Council	Al-Badr Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Hizbul Mujahideen Jaish-e-Mohammed Lashkar-e-Taiba		1994
	National Socialist Council of Nagaland	None	Insurgency in Northeast India	1980	Thuingaleng Muivah
	United Liberation Front of Asom	None		1979		[20]
	Communist Party of India (Maoist)	None	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	2004	Nambala Keshava Rao	[21]
	Maoist Communist Party of Manipur	None		2011
	International Sikh Youth Federation	None		1987	Lakhbir Singh Rode	[22]
	Khalistan Zindabad Force	None		1988	Ranjit Singh Neeta	[12]
	Students' Islamic Movement of India	None		1977		[23]
Indonesia	Free Papua Movement	None	Papua conflict	1963	Mathias Wenda
	Jamaah Ansharusy Syariah (JAS)	None
	Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD)	None
	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	Western Iran clashes Iran–PJAK conflict	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	Salah Al-Mukhtar
Ireland	Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)	None	Dissident Irish republican campaign	1994	Continuity Army Council
	New Irish Republican Army	None		2012	Army Council
Italy	Informal Anarchist Federation	None		2003
Libya	Green Resistance	None	Libyan Crisis (2011–present)	2014
	Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade	None
	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	[24]
Mexico	Popular Revolutionary Army	None		1996	Edmundo Reyes	[25]
	Zapatista Army of National Liberation	None	Chiapas conflict	1983		[26]
Mozambique	Al-Shabaab	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	[27]
	Shan State Army - South (SSA-S)	None		1996	Yawd Serk	[28]
	United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)	Arakan Army (AA) Arakan Liberation Army (ALA/ALP) Chin National Front (CNF) Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO/KIA) Karen National Union (KNU) Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) Lahu Democratic Union (LDU) New Mon State Party (NMSP) Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNLA) Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) Shan State Army - North (SSA-N/SSPP) Wa National Organisation (WNO)		2011	Nai Hong Sar	[29] [30]
	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			[31]
	Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (ADFND)	None				[32]
	Biafra Avengers	None				[33]
	Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force	None				[34]
	Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF)	None				[35]
	Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta	None		2004	Henry Okah
	Niger Delta Avengers	None		2016		[36]
	Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force	None		2004
	Niger Delta Red Squad	None				[37]
	Red Egbesu Water Lions	None				[38]
	Red Scorpion	None				[39]
	Utorogun Liberation Movement (ULM)	None				[40]
	Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta	None				[41]
	Ansaru	None	Islamist insurgency in Nigeria	2012
	Boko Haram	None		2002	Abu Umaimata
	Lakurawa	None		2016	Ameer Habib Tajje
	Fulani herdsmen	None	Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria	1999		[42]
Pakistan	Baloch Republican Army	None	Insurgency in Balochistan	2007	Brahumdagh Bugti	[43]
	Balochistan Liberation Army	None		2000	Hyrbyair Marri
	Jaish ul-Adl	None		2012	Salahuddin Farooqui
	Lashkar-e-Islam	None	Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	2004	Zala Khan Afridi	[44]
	Tehrik-i-Taliban	Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Tariq Gidar Group Lashkar-e-Islam		2007	Noor Wali Mehsud	[45] [46] [47]
	Lashkar-e-Jhangvi	None		1996
	Lashkar-e-Omar	None		2002	Qari Abdul Hai	[48]
	Sipah-e-Sahaba	None		1985	Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi
Palestine	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades	None		2000
	Army of Islam	None		2006	Mumtaz Dughmush
	Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine	National Resistance Brigades		1968	Nayef Hawatmeh
	Hamas	Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades		1987	Khaled Mashal
	Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine	Al-Quds Brigades		1987	Ziyad al-Nakhalah / Abd Al Aziz Awda
	Lions' Den	None		2022
	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine	Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades		1967	Ahmad Sa'adat
	Popular Resistance Committees	Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades		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	Militarized Communist Party of Peru	None	Internal conflict in Peru	1992	Comrade José
	Shining Path	None		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	[49]
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
	Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition	None		2013	Riek Machar
Sudan	Sudanese Awakening Revolutionary Council	None	War in Darfur	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
	Janjaweed	None	Sudanese civil war (2023)	1987
	Rapid Support Forces	None		2013	Hemedti
	Sudan Liberation Movement (al-Nur)	None		2006	Abdul Wahid al-Nur
	Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (al-Hilu)	None		2017	Abdelaziz al-Hilu
	Tamazuj	None
Syria	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria	Army of Revolutionaries Asayish People's Protection Units Kurdish Front Sutoro Syriac Military Council Women's Protection Units	Syrian Civil War	2013	Îlham Ehmed / Mansur Selum
	Coastal Shield Brigade	None		2025	Muqdad Fatiha
	Junud al-Makhdi	Jamaat Bulgar Jaish al-Shomal al-Islami		2016	Sayfuddin al-Tatari
	So Be Steadfast Operations Room	Ansar al-Din Front		2020
	Syrian Free Army	None		2016	Muhammad Farid
	Syrian Interim Government	1st Coastal Division 21st Combined Force Authenticity and Development Front Fastaqim Union Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo Free Idlib Army Jabhat Thuwar Saraqib Liwa Ahrar Souriya Mountain Hawks Brigade Northern Division Sham Liberation Army Syrian Liberation Front Syrian National Army Syrian Turkmen Brigades Jaych al-Charkiya		2013	Anas al-Abdah
	Syrian Popular Resistance	None		2024
	Syrian Salvation Government	Military Operations Command		2017	Ali Keda	[50]
	Islamic Resistance Front in Syria	None		2024
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	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	Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist Kurdistan Workers' Party Maoist Communist Party Marxist–Leninist Communist Party Marxist–Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Maoist insurgency in Turkey	2016
	Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front	None	DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey Maoist insurgency in Turkey	1994
	Turkish Islamic Jihad	None
Uganda	Uganda Coalition for Change (UCFC)	None		2021		[51]
United Kingdom	Arm na Poblachta	None	Dissident Irish republican campaign	2017
	Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)	None		1994	Continuity Army Council
	New Irish Republican Army	None		2012	Army Council
	Real Ulster Freedom Fighters	None		2007
Yemen	Houthi movement	Supreme Political Council	Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)	1994	Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi
	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

• List of rebel groups that control territory
• List of guerrilla movements
• List of designated terrorist organizations
• List of ongoing military conflicts
• Lists of active separatist movements
• Violent non-state actor

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