List of active rebel groups

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 political group seeking change through armed conflict in opposition to an established government or governments.

Groups which control territory
The following rebel groups control a certain amount of land or territory. Such control might be temporary, contested or fluctuating within a state of war.

It does not include the governments of stable breakaway states or other states with limited recognition.

Other Groups
Other rebel groups are listed by the states within which they operate. Because the above list of rebel groups controlling territory may be incomplete, this list may still contain some groups which do control territory.

International

 * Al-Qaeda (Islamist)
 * Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami (Islamist)

Afghanistan

 * Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (Islamist)

Algeria

 * Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (also operates Morocco, Mauritania, Niger and Mali (sometimes "Al Qaeda in the Sahel") (Islamist)

Angola

 * Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (various factions) (separatist nationalist)

Bangladesh

 * Jamat-e-Islami

Burma

 * Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Buddhist/nationalist)
 * Committee for Emergence of a Federal Union (CEFU)
 * Karen National Union (ethnic/Democratic)
 * Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)
 * the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP)
 * Shan State Army-North (SSA-N)
 * Shan State Army-South (SSA-South)
 * New Mon State Party (NMSP)
 * Chin National Front (CNF)
 * Arakan Liberation Army (ALA)

Central African Republic

 * Séléka
 * UFDR
 * CPJP
 * CPSK
 * FDPC
 * FPR

China

 * East Turkestan Independence Movement

Colombia

 * National Liberation Army (ELN) (Marxist)
 * Popular Liberation Army (Marxist)
 * Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) (Marxist)
 * Black Eagles (rightwing paramilitary)

Ethiopia

 * Ogaden National Liberation Front

France

 * Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (Winemaker)
 * National Liberation Front of Corsica (Corsican nationalism)

Greece

 * Sect of Revolutionaries (leftist/anarchist)
 * Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (leftist/anarchist)

Haiti

 * National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti

India

 * Communist Party of India (Maoist) (Marxist)
 * Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (Islamist)
 * Hizbul Mujahideen (Islamist)
 * International Sikh Youth Federation (Sikh)
 * Jaish-e-Mohammed (Islamist)
 * Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh)
 * Khalistan Zindabad Force (Sikh)
 * Lashkar-e-Taiba (also in Pakistan) (Islamist)
 * National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isaac-Muivah (Christian terrorism)
 * Students Islamic Movement of India (Islamist)
 * United Jihad Council (Islamist)
 * United Liberation Front of Assam (separatist)

Indonesia

 * Jemaah Islamiyah (also known to operate in other parts of South East Asia such as Singapore and the Philippines) (Islamist)
 * South Moluccas - (Christian)
 * Free Papua Movement

Israel

 * Palestine Liberation Organization (Islamist)
 * The Popular Resistance Committees (Islamist)
 * Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Islamist)

Italy

 * Informal Anarchist Federation (leftist/anarchist)

Iran

 * Jundullah (Baloch nationalism/Islamist Sunni)
 * PJAK (affiliates of Turkey's PKK) (Kurdish nationalism)

Iraq

 * Al-Qaeda in Iraq (Islamist)
 * Islamic Army in Iraq (Islamist)
 * Mahdi Army (Islamist)

Lebanon

 * Hezbollah

Mali

 * National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad

Mexico

 * Popular Revolutionary Army (Marxist)
 * Zapatista Army of National Liberation (anarcho-communist)

Mozambique

 * Renamo

Nigeria

 * Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (anarcho-communist)
 * Boko Haram

Pakistan

 * Baloch Republican Army (Baloch nationalism)
 * Balochistan Liberation Army (Baloch nationalism)
 * Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (Islamist)
 * Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (Islamist)
 * Fedayeen al-Islam (Islamist)
 * Lashkar-e-Islam (Islamist)
 * Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (Islamist)
 * Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (also operated in Kyrgzstan) (Islamist)
 * Lashkar-e-Omar (Islamist)
 * Al-Rashid Trust (Extremist Groups)
 * Al-Akhtar Trust (Extremist Groups)
 * Rabita Trust (Extremist Groups)
 * Ummah Tamir-e-Nau (Extremist Groups)

Palestine

 * Palestine Liberation Organization
 * Fatah
 * Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
 * Force 17
 * Tanzim
 * Fatah Hawks
 * Abu-Arish brigades
 * al-Awda Brigade
 * Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
 * Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
 * Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades
 * Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
 * Palestine Liberation Front
 * Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
 * Qawasameh tribe
 * Morbiton (People's Army)
 * Palestinian Islamic Jihad
 * Al-Quds Squads
 * Popular Resistance Committees
 * Abu Samhadana clan
 * Army of Islam (Gaza Strip)
 * Fatah Revolutionary Council

Paraguay

 * Paraguayan People's Army (leftist)

Peru

 * Shining Path (Maoist)

Philippines

 * Abu Sayyaf (Al-Harakat Al-Islamiyya) (Islamist)
 * Moro National Liberation Front (nationalist)
 * Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Islamist)
 * Rajah Sulaiman Movement (Islamist)
 * Misuari Renegade/Breakaway Group (?)
 * Philippine Raja Solaiman Movement (Islamist)
 * New People's Army (Communist)

Russia

 * Caucasus Mujahadeen (Islamist)
 * Ingush Jamaat (Islamist)
 * Shariat Jamaat (Islamist)
 * Yarmuk Jamaat (Islamist)
 * Kataib al-Khoul (Islamist)

Rwanda

 * Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (also active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) (ethnic)

Senegal
Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance

South Sudan

 * Rebel forces of David Yau Yau

Sudan

 * Union of Forces for Democracy and Development
 * Rally of Democratic Forces (rebel group)
 * National Movement for Reform and Development

Syria

 * Free Syrian Army
 * Syrian Islamic Liberation Front
 * Idlib Martyrs' Brigade
 * Syrian Islamic Front
 * Al-Nusra Front
 * Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
 * Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
 * Fatah al-Islam
 * Authenticity and Development Front
 * Ghuraba al-Sham
 * Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade
 * Jund al-Sham
 * 🇮🇶 Free Iraqi Army
 * Farjul Islam
 * Sharibiyin tribe militants
 * Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade
 * Future Movement
 * Democratic Union Party (PYD)
 * People's Protection Units (YPG)
 * Asayiş
 * Ghuraba al-Sham

Thailand

 * Pattani United Liberation Organization (Islamist)

Turkey

 * Kurdistan Workers' Party (Kurdish nationalism/Marxist)
 * Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (Kurdish nationalism/Marxist)

Uganda

 * Lord's Resistance Army (operates mainly in northern Uganda, but also in parts of Sudan and D.R. of the Congo). (Christian)
 * Allied Democratic Forces (Also active in Democratic Republic of the Congo)

United Kingdom

 * Continuity Irish Republican Army: 1994–present (separatist/Irish nationalist)
 * Real Irish Republican Army: 1997–present (separatist/Irish nationalist)
 * Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group): 2009–present (separatist/Irish nationalist)
 * Republican Action Against Drugs: 2008–present (vigilante/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)

Yemen

 * Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Islamist)