Afghanistan
Active
Pro-Govt
Anti-Govt
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan Province
National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
Afghanistan Freedom Front
Afghanistan Islamic National and Liberation Movement
Ahmad Khan Samangani Front
Historical
Saqqawists (1924 - 1931)
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (1975 - 2016)
Maktab al-Khidamat (1984 - 1989)
Afghanistan Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front (1979 - 1986)
Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan (1977 - 1989)
Afghan National Liberation Front (1978 - 1988)
Sazman-i Rihayi (1979 - 1986)
Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami (1979 - 1989)
Hezb-i Islami Khalis (1979 - 1989)
Ittehad-e Islami (1979 - 1989)
Mahaz-e Milli (1979 - 1989)
Harakat-i Islami (1979 - 1989)
Shura (1979 - 1989)
Sazman-i Nasr
(1987 - 1989)
Union of Islamic Fighters (1987 - 1989)
Harakat-i Islami (1989 - 2001)
Khost Protection Force (2001 - 2021)
Public Uprising Forces (2021)
Cambodia
Active
Historical
Khmer Issarak (1944 - 1954)
Committee of Liberation of the Southeast (1948 - 1962)
Khmer Issarak Association (1950 - 1953)
People’s Liberation Central Committee (1950 - 1953)
United Issarak Front (1950 - 1954)
Khmer People's Liberation Committee (1948 - 1949)
Khmer National Liberation Committee (1949 - 1953/1954)
Royal Khmer Armed Forces (1953 - 1970)
Khmer Serei (1959 - 1979)
Liberation Front of Kampuchea Krom (1964 - 1974)
United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (1964 - 1992)
Khmer National Armed Forces (1970 - 1975)
Royal Government of the National Union of Kampuchea (1970 - 1976)
National United Front of Kampuchea (1970 - 1975)
Khmer Rumdo (1970 - 1975)
Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation (1978 - 1981)
Kampuchea People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (1979 - 1993)
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (1982 - 1993)
Khmer Rouge (1951 - 1999)
Liberation Army of Kampuchea (1975 - 1979)
Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces (1979 - 1993)
China
Active
East Turkistan National Awakening Movement
Falun Gong
Turkistan Islamic Party
Triads
Maoist Communist Party of China
Historical
Three Guards (1042-1039 BCE)
Shang Loyalists (1042-1039 BCE)
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's Army (209-208 BCE)
Liu Bang's Army (206 BCE)
Seven States (154 BCE)
Lülin (17-25)
Red Eyebrows (17-27)
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (142-215)
Yellow Turban Army (184-205)
Heishan Bandit Confederacy (185-205)
Sun En's Army (399-403)
Yan (756-763)
Ch'iu Fu's Army (859-860)
Wang Xianzhi's Army (875-884)
Qi (875-884)
Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun's Army (993-995)
White Lotus (1200s-1945)
Red Turban Army (1351-1368)
Wokou (1540s-1567)
Shun (1630-1645)
Xi (1630-1647)
Kingdom of Tungning (1661-1683)
Three Feudatories (1673-1681)
Small Swords Society (1850-1855)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
Flower Flag Force (1856-1864)
Nian Militia (1851-1868)
Henan Army (1851-1868)
Army of the Taipings (1851-1868)
Five Banner Alliance (1856-1858)
Red Turban Army (1854-1856)
Dacheng Kingdom Army (1856-1861)
Pingnan Guo (1856-1873)
Black Flag Army (1860s-1885)
Yettishar (1865-1877)
Revive China Society (1894-1905)
Society of Righteous Harmonious Fists (1898-1901)
Independence Army (1900)
Heavenly Kingdom of the Great Mingshun (1903)
Huaxinghui (1904-1905)
Guangfuhui (1904-1905)
Yellow Sand Society
(1908-1980)
Women's Revolutionary Army (1911-1912)
Fengtian Clique (1911-1928)
Shanxi Clique (1911-1949)
Yunnan Clique (1911-1949)
Ma Clique (1911-1950)
Xinjiang Clique (1912-1934)
Sichuan Clique (1912-1938)
Anhui Clique (1916-1926)
Old Guangxi Clique (1916-1924)
Guizhou Clique (1916-1935)
Zhili Clique (1916-1927)
Red Spear Society (1920s-1953)
Spirit Soldiers
(1920-1926)
New Guangxi Clique (1923-1949)
First United Front (1923-1927)
Guominjun (1924-1934)
Young Kashgar Party (1933-1934)
Second United Front (1936-1945)
Tibet Improvement Party (1939-1950)
Chushi Gangdruk (1958-1974)
East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party (1969-1989)
United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan (1969-2001)
East Turkestan Liberation Organization (2000-2003)
First United Front (1923-1927)
Collaborators
Collaborationist Chinese Army (1937-1945)
Resistance
Big Swords Society (1931-1945)
Jilin Self-Defence Army (1931-1932)
Northeastern People's Revolutionary Army (1931-1940)
Anti-Japanese Army for the Salvation of the Country (1931-1942)
Heilungkiang National Salvation Army (1932)
Northeast Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army (1932)
Chinese People's National Salvation Army (1932-1938)
Northeastern Loyal and Brave Army (1932-1938)
Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (1935-1945)
Second United Front (1936-1945)
Chinese Red Army (1931-1945)
Eighth Route Army (1937-1945)
National Revolutionary Army (1937-1945)
East River Column (1939-1942)
Hong Kong Kowloon Brigade (1942-1943)
British Army Aid Group (1942-1945)
India
Anti-Government
Naxalites[1]
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Janashakti
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Naxalbari (1997 - 2014)
Communist Party of United States of India
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Mahadev Mukherjee)
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War (until 2004)
Maoist Communist Centre of India (until 2004)
People's Liberation Army of Manipur
Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta Samaj (until 2002)
Maoist Communist Party of Manipur
Kangleipak Communist Party
Tamil Nadu Liberation Army
Pro-Government
Salwa Judum (Peace March/Purification Hunt) (2005 - 2011)
Kuer Sena (1979 - 1990s)
Ranvir Sena (1994 - 2000)
Bhumi Sena (1982 - 1990)
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Jaish-e-Mohammed
Hizbul Mujahideen
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind
Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
Liwa Zainebiyoun
Al-Badr
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Hind Province
Khalistan Liberation Force
Babbar Khalsa
Khalistan Commando Force (until 2011)
Dal Khalsa
United Liberation Front of Asom
Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (until 2021)
National Democratic Front of Boroland (until 2020)
Dima Halam Daogah (until 2013)
United People's Democratic Solidarity (until 2014)
Kamtapur Liberation Organisation
Bodo Liberation Tigers Force
Adivasi Cobra Force
Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam
National Socialist Council of Nagaland
Naga National Council (1946 - 1956)
Bru National Liberation Front
Hmar People's Convention-Democracy
Mizo National Front (1966)
Kuki National Organization
Zomi Revolutionary Army
People’s United Liberation Front
Maoist Communist Party of Manipur
Coordination Committee
Hmar People's Convention
National Socialist Council of Nagaland
National Liberation Council of Taniland
Garo National Liberation Army
United Liberation Front of Asom
Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council
Indonesia
Active
Defunct
Iran
Iraq
Pro-Government
Iraqi Turkmen Front
Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas
Free Mosul Movement
Martyrs of Salahuddin
Hezbollah
Iraqi Communist Party
Mukhtar Army
Nineveh Plain Protection Forces
Qaraqosh Protection Committee
The Brigade of the Spirit of God Jesus, Son of Mary
PMF
Badr Organization
Liwa Ali al-Akbar
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr
Turkmen Brigades
Saraya al-Jihad
Quwat Wa'ad Allah
Kata'ib al-Imam Ali
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
Kata'ib Hezbollah
Babylon Brigade
Jaysh al-Mu'ammal
Peace Companies
Pro-KRG
KDP Peshmerga
PUK Peshmerga
PSDK Peshmerga
PDKI Peshmerga
PAK Peshmerga
Dwekh Nawsha (2014-2018)
Nineveh Plain Forces (2015-2017)
Tiger Guards
ISIS and their associates
Pro-PKK
People's Defense Forces
Free Women's Units
Beth-Nahrin National Council
Shengal Alliance
Armed Forces of the Poor and Oppressed
Ba'ath Party Loyalists
Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
Islamic Army in Iraq
Free Iraqi Army
Supreme Command For Jihad and Liberation
General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries
Defunct
Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn
Ansar al-Islam
1920 Revolution Brigades
Al-Awda
Jeish Muhammad
Hamas of Iraq
Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance
Mujahideen Army (Iraq)
Jaish al-Rashideen
Free Iraqi Army
Islamic State of Iraq
Soldiers of Heaven
Promised Day Brigade
Japan
日本革命的共産主義者同盟 (Japan Revolutionary Communist League)
革命的共産主義者同盟全国委員会 (Japan Revolutionary Communist League, National Committee)
日本革命的共産主義者同盟革命的マルクス主義派 (Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction))
Defunct
Japanese Red Army (1971-2001)
East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front (1972-1975)
Laos
Historical
Red Flags (1865 - 1890)
Striped Flags (1865 - 1890)
Lao Issara (1945 - 1949)
Lao People's Liberation Army/Pathet Lao (1950 - 1975)
Royal Lao Armed Forces (1959 - 1975)
Neutralist Armed Forces (1960 - 1970)
Patriotic Neutralists (1963 - 1974)
United Front for the Liberation of Laos (1975 - 1990s)
Hmong insurgents (1975 - 2008)
Lao National Liberation Front (1980 - 1990s)
Malaysia
Active
Abu Sayyaf
Moro Pirates
Sulu Sultanate (Jamalul Kiram III faction)
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Moro National Liberation Front
Geng 04
Geng 08
Geng 30
Geng 24
Geng 18
Geng 36
Geng 35
Geng 303
Al-Ma'unah
PEKIDA (Tiga Line)
Historical
Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (1941-1945)
Malayan National Liberation Army (1948 - 1960, 1968 - 1989)
North Kalimantan National Army (1956 - 1990)
Communist Party of Indonesia (1963 - 1966)
People's Liberation Army of Thailand (1968 - 1983)
Sarawak People's Guerilla Force (1971 - 1990)
North Kalimantan People's Army (1971 - 1990)
Malaysian Mujahideen Movement (1990s - 2014)
Hai San Secret Society (1820s-unknown)
Al-Aqram
(1994-unknown)[2]
Myanmar
Pro-Govt
Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
KNU/KNLA Peace Council
Pyusawhti Militias
Pa-O National Army
Rohingya Solidarity Organisation
Shanni Nationalities Army
United Wa State Army
Zomi Revolutionary Army
Anti-Govt
All Burma Students' Democratic Front
Arakan Liberation Army
Bamar People's Liberation Army
Chin National Army
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Brigade 5
Federal Union Army
Karen National Defence Organisation
Karen National Liberation Army
Karenni National People's Liberation Front
National Socialist Council of Nagaland
Northern Alliance
People's Defence Force
People's Liberation Army of Burma
Pa-O National Liberation Army
Shan State Army - South
Historical
Pro-Government
Kachin Defense Army (1961-2010)
New Democratic Army – Kachin (1989-2009)
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (1994-2010)
Anti-Government
Burmese Mujahideen (1948-1954)
Shan United Revolutionary Army (1960-1996)
Shan State Army (1964-1975)
Rohingya Liberation Army (1972-1974)
Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (1986-1996)
Shan State National Army (1995-2005)
God's Army (1997-2006)
Rohingya National Army (1998-2001)
Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors (1999-2013)
Monland Restoration Army (2001-2012)
Collaborators
Burma Independence Army (1941-1942)
Arakan Defense Army (1941-1944)
Chin Defense Army (1941-1944)
Burma Defence Army (1942-1943)
Burma National Army (1943-1944)
Resistance
Anti-Fascist Organisation (1944-1945)
People's Liberation Army of Burma (1941-1945)
Burma National Army (1944-1945)
Patriotic Burmese Forces (1945)
Pakistan
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
al-Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Lashkar-e-Islam
Jundallah
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
Turkistan Islamic Party
Islamic State
Baloch Republican Army
Baluch Liberation Front
United Baloch Army
Lashkar-e-Balochistan
Balochistan Liberation Army
Philippines
Active
Moro National Liberation Front
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
New People's Army
Revolutionary Proletarian Army
Abu Sayyaf
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
Ansar Khalifa Philippines
Communist Party of the Philippines
Defunct groups
Alex Boncayao Brigade
Maute group
Rajah Sulaiman Movement
Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao
Cordillera People's Liberation Army
Syria
Pro-Govt
Active
National Defence Forces
Baqir Brigade
Tribes of Manbij Regiment
Forces of the Fighters of the Tribes
Guardians of the Dawn
As-Sa'iqa
Eagles of the Whirlwind
Amal Movement (denied by Amal)
Arab Nationalist Guard
Syrian Resistance
Jaysh al-Muwahhideen
Forces of Abu Ibrahim
Bayraq al-Suwayda
Mountain Brigade
Gozarto Protection Forces – Sootoro
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
Liwa al-Quds
Galilee Forces
Fatah al-Intifada
Palestine Liberation Army
Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
Free Palestine Movement
Liwa Assad Allah al-Ghalib fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Liwa Zainebiyoun
Lions of Hussein
Lions of Hussein (until 2015)
al-Berri tribe
Tayy tribe
Al-Baggara tribe
Raqqawi tribe
al-Jihesh tribe
Firma group
Mukhtar Army
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region
Hezbollah
Quwat al-Ridha
Wagner Group
Popular Mobilization Forces
Defunct
Promised Day Brigade (2008-2014)
Ba'ath Brigades (2012-2018)
Slavonic Corps (2013)
Desert Hawks Brigade (2013-2017)
Qalamoun Shield Forces (2014-2018)
Syrian National Resistance (2016-2017)
FSA
Active
Syrian National Army
Jaysh al-Izza
Authenticity and Development Front
National Front for the Liberation of Syria
Leon Sedov Brigade
Army of Free Tribes
Maghaweir al-Thowra
Lions of the East Army
Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo
Joint Operations Rooms
Grey Wolves
Muslim Brotherhood
Free Iraqi Army
The Army of Islam Group in Jerusalem
Defunct
Shields of the Revolution Council (2013-2014)
The White Shroud (2014-???)
Salafi Jihadists
Active
Al-Qaeda
So Be Steadfast Operations Room
Ajnad al-Kavkaz
Junud al-Makhdi
Alwiya al-Furqan
Turkistan Islamic Party
Islamic Jihad Union
Malhama Tactical
Junud al-Sham
Movement of Salah al-Din the Kurd
Defunct
Fatah al-Islam (2012-2013)
Ghuraba al-Sham (2013)
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (2013)
Caucasus Emirate (2011-2017)
Muhajirin wa-Ansar Alliance (2014-2015)
Liwaa al-Umma (2012-2015)
Jama'at Ansar al-Furqan in Bilad al Sham (2017)
Rouse the Believers Operations Room (2018-2020)
Rojava
Active
Syrian Democratic Forces
People's Defense Units
Women's Protection Units
Shammar tribe
Army of Revolutionaries
Northern Democratic Brigade
Northern Sun Battalion
Raqqa Hawks Brigade
Liwa Owais al-Qorani
Jaysh al-Salam/Liberation Brigade
Syriac-Assyrian Military Council
Al-Shaitat tribe
Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade
Harabiyya tribe
Ajeel tribe
Al-Baggara tribe
Zubayd tribe
Manbij Military Council
Al-Bab Military Council
Jarabulus Military Council
Deir ez-Zor Military Council
Asayish
Manbij Internal Security Forces
Raqqa Internal Security Forces
Deir ez-Zor Internal Security Forces
Sutoro
Self-Defense Forces
Civilian Defense Force
Kurdistan Workers' Party
International Freedom Battalion
Armed Forces of the Poor and the Oppressed
Workers Peasants Liberation Army of Turkey
People's Liberation Army (MKP)
People's Partisan Forces
United Freedom Forces
Marxist–Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction)
Leninist Guerrilla Union
Revolutionary Union for Internationalist Solidarity
Michael Israel Brigade
Anarchist Struggle
Henri Krasucki Brigade
Bob Crow Brigade
No Surrender Motorcycle Club
Sinjar Alliance
Peshmerga
Defunct
Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa (2012-2018)
KDP Peshmerga (2014-2015)
Revolutionary Headquarters (2014-2017)
Syrian National Resistance (2016-2017)
Elite Forces (2016-???)
International Revolutionary People's Guerrilla Forces (2017-2018)
The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army (2017-2018)
ISIL
Active
Defunct
Liwa Dawud (2012-2014)
Group of the One and Only (2012-2016)
Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade (2012-2016)
Islamic Muthanna Movement (2012-2016)
Dokumacılar (2013-2017)
Jund al-Aqsa (2014-2017)
Jaysh al-Jihad (2015-2016)
Sri Lanka
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (1976-2009)
Thailand
Active
Malaccan Pirates
National Revolutionary Front (after 2001)
BRN-Koordinasi
National Revolutionary Front (1963 - 2001)
Runda Kumpulan Kecil
Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement
Islamic Liberation Front of Patani (after 2002)
Islamic Liberation Front of Patani (1986 - 2002)
- File:PULO.png Patani United Liberation Organisation
Jemaah Islamiyah
United Mujahideen Front of Pattani
Mayaki Cartel
Xaysana Cartel
Usman Cartel
Oil Smuggling Networks
Historical
Red Flags (1865 - 1890)
Striped Flags (1865 - 1890)
Khana Ratsadon (1926 - 1947)
National Salvation Group (1933)
Free Thai Movement (1941 - 1945)
People's Liberation Army of Thailand (1942 - 1990s)
National Liberation Front of Patani (1947 - 1986)
Lao People's Liberation Army/Pathet Lao (1950 - 1975)
Khmer Rouge (1951 - 1978)
Malayan National Liberation Army (1965 - 1983)
Kampuchea People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (1979 - 1993)
Malaysian Mujahideen Movement (1990s - 2014)
Turkey
Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front
Gülen movement
Grey Wolves
Kurdish Hezbollah
Turkish Revenge Brigade
Defunct
Peace at Home Council (2016)[4]
Revolutionary Headquarters (2009 - 2017)
Revolutionary Path (1977 - 1985)
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (1975 - 1997)
People's Liberation Army of Turkey (1970 - 1972)
People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey (1970 - 1972)
Revolutionary Youth Federation of Turkey (1965 - 1980)
Vietnam
Active
Historical
Trịnh lords (1545 - 1787)
Nguyễn lords (1558 - 1802)
Tây Sơn rebels (1772 - 1777)
Lê Văn Khôi's forces (1833 - 1835)
Black Flag Army (1860s - 1885)
Red Flags (1865 - 1890)
Striped Flags (1865 - 1890)
Hoàng Hoa Thám's forces (1884 - 1913)
Cần Vương movement (1885 - 1896)
Quang Phuc Army
(1912 - 1925)
Vietnamese Revolutionary Army (1930)
Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets (1930 - 1931)
Regional Committee of Trung Kỳ (1930 - 1931)
Red Self-Defense Force (1930 - 1931)
Viet Minh (1941 - 1951)
Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army (1944 - 1945)
Vietnam Liberation Army (1945)
Vanguard Youth (1945)
Vietnam National Defence Army (1945 - 1946)
Vietnam National Army (1946 - 1950)[5]
National Union Front (1945 - 1947)
Action Brigade (1942 - 1946)
Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party (1944 - 1947)
Bình Xuyên (1945 - 1960)
Vietnamese National Army (1949 - 1955)
National Revolutionary Committee (1955)
National All-Power United Front (1955)
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (1955 - 1975)
BAJARAKA (1958 - 1960)
National Liberation Front of South Vietnam/Viet Cong (1960 - 1977)
Central Highlands Liberation Front (1961 - 1964)
Front for the Liberation of Champa (1962 - 1964)
Buddhist Monk rebels (1963 - 1966)
Military Revolutionary Council of South Vietnam (1964)
Liberation Front of Kampuchea Krom (1964 - 1974)
United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (1964 - 1992)
Yemen
Pro-Government
Anti-Government
British Palestine
Haganah (1920-1949)
Irgun (1931-1948)
Lehi/Stern Gang (1940-1948)
Mahal (1939-1948)
Army of the Holy War (1947-1949)
Arab Liberation Army (1947-1948)
Central Committee of National Jihad in Palestine (1937-1939)
Black Hand (1930-1935)
Bangladesh
Mukti Bahini
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
East Pakistan Central Peace Committee
Razakar
Al-Badr
Al-Shams
- ↑ Naxalites aren't a single organisation, but rather a term for any militant group which claims to be the successor to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
- ↑ Al-Aqram is also known for its approach on economics, known as Arqamnomics. The three principles undergirding Arqamnomics were not to seek excessive profits or accumulate wealth, an Islamic economy were based on human energy, natural resources, expertise, knowledge, economic thinking, effort, consistency and prayers and finally, an economy free from riba (interest), monopoly, forbidden sources, unpaid loan, fraud and deception.
- ↑ Formerly a rebel group, later defected to the pro-govt forces
- ↑ This is the group responsible for the 2016 Turkish coup attempt. Many have accused it of having ties to the
Gülen hareketi (Gülen movement)
- ↑ not to be confused with the
Vietnamese National Army