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Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist. [1] The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and former national governments, and inter-governmental organizations. Such designations have often had a ...
The countries most heavily affected by terrorism in 2013 were, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria. Four terrorist groups, ISIL, Boko Haram, the Taliban, and al-Qa'ida, claimed 66 per cent of deaths in 2013. Among OECD countries, Turkey and Mexico reported the highest deaths in 2013 losing 57 and 40 lives respectively.
The GTD defines a terrorist attack as "the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non‐state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation." [2]
The GTD describes itself as the "most comprehensive unclassified data base on terrorist events in the world" and includes over 200,000 terrorist attacks in its 2021 version. [2] The entire database (about 80 MB Excel file and 9 MB geodatabase file) is available for download via the website. [4] The GTD includes more than 95,000 bombings .
A new study has revealed the most dangerous and most peaceful countries in the world for 2023.. The 17th edition of the annual Global Peace Index (GPI), produced by the Institute for Economics and ...
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.
The United States has added a key anti-Pakistani militant group and its al-Qaida branch to its list of “global terrorists,” triggering sanctions against the groups amid a resurgence of ...
Jihadist groups in the Arab world (8 C) B. Boko Haram (3 C, 10 P) ... Pages in category "Jihadist groups" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total.