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This is a list of active rebel groups that control territory around the world whose domains may be subnational, transnational, or international. 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.
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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.
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [24] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [25] is a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [13]
These groups include Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, [3] Boko Haram, [32] the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, [33] the Caucasus Emirate, [34] Abu Sayyaf, [35] Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, [36] the Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade, and Al-Shabaab. [37] The first instance of the conflict was during the rise of the Islamic State in northern and western Iraq in 2014.
Map of Boko Haram's territorial control on 10 April, over 2 months after the start of the 2015 West African offensive. On 23 January, a coalition of military forces from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger began a counter-insurgency campaign against Boko Haram. [148] In the early hours of 25 January, Boko Haram launched a major assault on the ...
This flag is also used by al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and Boko Haram. The design shows the shahada in an arrangement that includes the image of the historical "seal of Muhammad" (more precisely, the "seal" design is based on a 1980s facsimile of Ottoman era copies of letters ...