List of ongoing Conflicts

Updated on June 17 2013

AFRICA:

(24 Countries and 115 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Central African Republic, Darfur, Democrati Republic of Congo, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Puntland, Somalia, Somaliland

Army

al-Qaeda Organization in the Maghreb (AQIM) or al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) since 2005 (known in the past as Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) since 2003)
Islamic Salvation Front (Fis)
Jamat Tawhid Wal Jihad Fi Garbi Afriqqiya (Movement for Monotheism and Jihad in West Africa) group has broken away since December 2011

Army	Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda - Military Position (FLEC-PM) secessionist movement from 1975 Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda - Armed Forces of Cabinda (Flec-Fac)

Central African Republic 7

Army

Seleka (coalition of 5 rebel groups) (has overthrown government and seized power in March 2013):
- Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP)
- Patriotic Convention for Saving the Country (CPSK) or Convention of Patriots of Salvation and Kodro (CPSK)
- Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR)
- Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC) or Democratic Front for the People of the Central African Republic (FDPC) or Democratic Forces for the People of Central Africa (FDPC)
- Alliance for Revival and Rebuilding (A2R)

Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (MLCJ)

Chad 1

Army	Union of Resistance Forces (URF)

Ivory Coast 1

Republican Forces of new-elected president Alassane Ouattara (ended on April 13, 2011)

“Invisible Commandos” militia

Democratic Republic of Congo 16

Army
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC or MONUSCO) composed by 59 countries

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) born on 1987 against Congo and Uganda armed forces
Popular Front for Justice in Congo
Independent Liberation Movement of the Allies known also as (Nzobo ya Lombo)
Mai Mai Yakutumba (Pro-government militia)
Mai Mai Gedeon allied to separatists in southern Katanga province
Mai Mai Sheka
Mai Mai Hume
Mai Mai Kifuafua
Mai Mai Raia Mutomboki has fought both FDLR (congolese army) and FARDC (rebels)
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) or Forces démocratiques pour la libération du Rwanda (FDLR) or ex-FAR / Interahamwe
Alliance des Patriotes pour un Congo Libre et Souverain (APCLS) or Alliance des patriotes pour un Congo libre et démocratique or Patriotic Alliance for Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS) operates in Masisi area west of Goma
Patriotes résistants congolais (PARECO)
Troops loyal to Bosco ‘Terminator’ Ntaganda military leader (who has defected from the Congolese army) have created the armed group March 23 Movement (M23) comprising of former members of the rebel National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP)
National Liberation Forces (FNL) Burundian rebels, mainly in South Kivu
Congo Defence Front (FDC) Fought Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels early 2012
Patriotic Resistance Forces of Ituri (FRPI) operates in Ituri Province near Uganda border

Djibouti 1

Army	Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD)

Egypt 4

Army

Takfir wal-Hijra (jihadist salafist group)
Jund al Sharia or the Soldiers of Islamic Law (since 2012)
-Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) or Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC) or Mujahedeen Shura Council (MSC) or Magles Shoura al-Mujahedeen or Magles Shoura al-Mujahadin or Mujahideen Shura Council of Jerusalem (active also in Sinai-Egypt ad in Gaza Strip) since 2011
al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula and its military wing Ansar al Jihad (since December 2011)

Eritrea 4

Army	Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama (DMLEK) Eritrean Salvation Front (ESF) Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) Continuing tensions of border with Ethiopia and Djibouti

Ethiopia 7

Army

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) fights for independence of Ogaden from Ethiopia Government since 1984 (accepted to lay down arms in April 2010. On October 12 2010 has signed a peace deal with Government. Since January 2012 figths are going on. On September 2012 started peace talks with Government.)
Ogaden National Liberation Army (ONLA) armed wing of ONLF
Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) fights for independence of Oromo from Ethiopia Government since 1973
Jijirama Oromo Liberation Front (Jijirama-OLF) da Gennaio 2012
United Western Somali Liberation Front (UWSLF) since 1970 (accepted to lay down arms in April 2010)
Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front or Afar Revolutionary Democratic Union Front (ARDUF)
Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice Freedom and Democracy

Kenya 2

Army	Muslim Youth Center (al-Qaeda-linked Somali militia in Kenya) Mombasa Republic Council (MRC) separatist group

Libya 4

National Transitional Council, together with help of Nato, at the end of October 2011 won civil war against Gadafi army
Army	Libyan Liberation Front (LLF) in Sahel Prisoner Omar Abdelrahman Group Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) or Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, since 2011 changed its name in Libyan Islamic Movement (LIM) or al-Harakat al-Islamiya al-Libiya, linked to al-Qaeda Imprisoned Omar Abdul Rahman Brigades, linked to al-Qaeda

Mali 9

Since January 12 2013 french army along with malian army (with help of armies of others african countries) are fighting radical islamist groups that have seized north of Mali.

Army

National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (MNLA) or National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) or Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) is a Tuareg Movement since October 2011. Declared Azawad independent state on April 6 2012
Northern Mali Tuareg Movement (MTNM)
National Committee for the Reestablishment of Democracy and the Restoration of the State (CNRDR) (army with coup d’etat overthrow government on March 21 2012)
Islamic movement Ansar Dine (Helpers of Religion or Defenders of the Faith) linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Islamic Movement for Azawad (IMA) (split from Ansar Dine in January 2013)
Al-Qaeda in West Africa (AQWA)
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA or MUJAO) or Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) or Mouvement Unicité et Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (MUJAO) born by a split of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the middle of 2011
Patriots’ Resistance Movement for the Liberation of Timbuktu since June 2012 (opposes the secession of northern Mali by MNLA and Ansar Dine)
Katibat Moulathamine or Masked Brigade or al-Mua’qi’oon Biddam (Those who Sign with Blood) Brigade or Signatories In Blood or Khaled Abul Abbas Brigade led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar who left al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in December 2012

Mauritania 2

Army	Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) or al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) since 2005 (know in the past as Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) since 2003) Ansar Allah group linked to al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

Nigeria 5

Army

Mend (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta)
Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF)
Boko Haram (islamic sect) since 2002
Ansaru or Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa (islamist group since January 2012)
Ombatse sect
Are also reported continuing ethnic and religious clashes between muslims and christians in Plateau state

Puntland 1

Army	Galgala militia (rebel fighters loyal to sheikh Mohamed Said Atom) Often there are clashes with Somaliland army

Rwanda 1

Esercito

Rwanda Hutu militia

Senegal 1

Army	Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) or Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC) (fighting since 1982 and now divided in 3 factions)

Somalia 10

Army

African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
- Uganda
- Kenya
- Burundi
- Sierra Leone
- Djibouti
- Nigeria
- Ghana
- Cameroon
- Mali
- Senegal
- Zambia

Sufi Militia Ahlu Sunna Wal-jamaca (ASWJ) (islamist group pro-government against al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam since March 17 2010)
Ras kamboni movement, pro somali government, active in Jubaland or Azania
Shabelle Valley Administration (SVA) (militia of Shabelle Valley, pro somali government even though is not recognized by Central Government)

Al-Shabaab somali islamist group (in December 2011 has changed its name in Imaarah Islamiya)
Hizbul Islam or Islamic Party islamist group (born on 4 February 2009 by the union of 4 groups)
Hisb al-Islam
Rahanweyn Resistance Army or Reewin Resistance Army (RRA) active in Somalia’s State of Southwestern since 1995
Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI) or Al-Etihad Al-Islamiya
Warlord Ali Khalif Galaydh and its loyal tribal militia

Somaliland 3

Army	Sool, Sanag, Cayn (SSC) Northern Somalia Unionist Movement (NSUM) and its army wing Sool Sanaag Cayn Army (SSCA) (splinter group of SSC) Tribal militia loyal to Somalia’s former Prime Minister, Ali Khalif Galayr (searching to create Khaatumo State) Often there are clashes with Puntland army

Sudan 11

Government fights also Darfur population from 2003. Are also reported continuing clashes with rebels:

Army

Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) since 2002
Popular Defence Forces (PDF) (pro government paramilitary group)

Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) alliance formed by 5 groups:
- Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) or Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) or Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army North (SPLM/A-N) and its military wing Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N)
- Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) since 2006 (had signed a ceasefire with Government on February 2010. New peace talks in Doha on October 2012. Signed ceasefire agreement on February 2013.).
- Justice and Equality Movement-Military Council (JEM-MC) or JEM-Military Council (JEM-MC) faction (Peace talks in Doha on December 2012).
- Sudan Liberation Movement Abdel Wahid (SLM-Nur) Abdul Wahid al Nur faction and its armed wing Sudan Liberation Army-Abdel Wahid (SLA-AW) or Sudan’s Liberation Movement of Abdel Wahid Nur (SLM-AW) or Darfur Front for Injustice Rebuttal (signed peace deal on March 18 2013)
- Sudan Liberation Movement Minni Minnawi (SLM-Minnawi) or Sudan Liberation Movement of Mani Arkoi Minnawi (SLM-MM) and its armed wing Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minnawi (SLA-MM) active in Darfur

Darfur 3:
- Sudan Liberation Movement – Revolutionary Forces (SLM-RF) since 2006
- National Redemption Front (NRF) since 2006
- Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) group, includes 10 smaller rebel groups since February 2010 (has signed a ceasefire with Sudanese Government on July 14 2011)

South Sudan 16

Army

National Transitional Council (NTC) (formed by 4 rebel groups SSLA, SSDM, NDF and SSDF)
South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) militia of Peter Gadet Yak (peace agreement with government on April 2013)
South Sudan Democratic Movement (SSDM) or South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A) and its military wing South Sudan Democratic Army (SSDA) of George Athor Deng (peace agreement with government on April/Maggio 2013)
National Democratic Front (NDF)
South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF) (peace agreement with government on Maggio 2013)
People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) (affiliate to Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M))
Philip Bepan militia (active in South Sudan)
The National Democratic Front since September 25 2011
Gatluak Gai militia (active in South Sudan)
Militia Gabriel Tang, also called Tang Ginye (active in South Sudan)
David Yau Yau forces
Johnson Oliny ethnic militia
Ultan Abdel Bagi Ayii Akol militia
Peter Lorot militia
South Sudan People Liberation Movement and its military wing (South Sudan People Liberation Army) (SSPLM/SSPLA) led by Major General Tong Lual Ayat (since December 2011)
South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) (peace agreement with government on April 2013)

Uganda 3

Army	Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) born on 1987 against Uganda and Congo armed forces Al-Shabaab somali islamist group Allied Democratic Forces - National Liberation Army of Uganda (ADF / NALU) rebels active in Democratic Republic of Congo in North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema and Katanga provinces

Western Sahara 1

Army	Polisario Front against Maroc occupation

ASIA:

(15 Countries and 113 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: North Korea, South Korea, Afghanistan, Burma-Myanmar, Pakistan

Afghanistan 8

Army

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) (49 countries)
- Albania
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxemburg
- Macedonia
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- New Zeland
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Tonga
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States

Haqqani Network
Peshawar Shura (east Afghanistan)
Quetta Shura
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) since 1977
Hezb-e Islami Khalis (HIK) since 1979
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Mullah Dadullah Front since May 2012

Burma-Myanmar 26

Army
Karen Border Guard Force (BGF)

11 Members of the Alliance United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC):
- Etnic militia of Karen National Union (KNU) whose armed wing is Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) since 1949 (signed ceasefire on January 2012)
- Karenni Army (KA) armed wing of Karenni National Progressive party (KNPP)
- New Mon State Party (NMSP) (signed first deal of ceasefire with Government on February 1 2012)
- Pa-O National Liberation Organization (PNLO) (signed cease-fire on August 25 2012)
- Chin National Front (CNF) (signed ceasefire agreement on 2012 December 9)
- Kachin Independence Army (KIA) armed wing of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) (signed cease-fire on May 2013)
- Shan State Progress Party / Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) Shan State Army-North (SSA-North) (signed ceasefire on January 2012)
- Arakan Liberation Army (ALA) armed wing of Arakan Liberation Party (ALP)
- Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF)
- Lahu Democratic Union (LDU)
- Wa National Organization (WNO)

Restoration Council of Shan State/ Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) (informally accepted ceasefire on November 2011)
etnic militia of Kokang (Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA or NDAA) or Kokang Democracy Party or Eastern Shan State Army (ESSA) since 1989
Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) formerly known as the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), (reached ceasefire with government on November 2011)
Brigade 5 faction within (DKBA) (reached ceasefire with government on November 2011)
God’s Army (was an offshoot of the Karen National Union)
Shan rebels of Myanmar Peace and Democracy Front (MPDF)
United Wa State Army (UWSA) armed wing of United Wa State Party (UWSP) since 1989 (UWSA signed ceasefire with government on 6 September 2011)
Lahu National Democratic Front [LNDF]
Mong Tai Army (MTA)
Kuki National Army (KNA)
Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA) since 1993 armed wing of Zomi Revolutionary Organization (ZRO)
Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)
All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) or All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF)

China 1

Army	East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) or Turkistan Islamic Movement (TIM)

India 35

Army

Islamics separatists of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) since 1977
Hizbul Mujahideen (HuM) or Hezb-ul Mujahedeen (HuM) since 1989
Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) since 1989
Maoists of Orissa since 2004
Maoists Naxalites of Communist Party of India (CPI) of Jharkhand since 1967
Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) dal 1980
Rebels of Assam of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) since 1979 (ceased fire was signed with Government on September 4 2011)
People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA)
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army
Indian Mujahideen since 2008
Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA)
People’s Liberation Front of India (ANI)
Al-Badr

Manipur Peoples Liberation Front (Organization formed by 3 separatist groups)
- People’s Liberation Army of Manipur (PLA) (insurgent group in Manipur state)
- United National Liberation Front (UNLF) since 1964 (insurgent group in Manipur state)
- People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) since 1977 (insurgent group in Manipur state)

Adivashi Peoples Army (APA) (laid down arms in January 2011)
All Adivashi National Liberation Army (AANLA) (laid down arms in January 2011)
Santhal Tiger Force (STF) (laid down arms in January 2011)
Birsa Commando Force (BCF) (laid down arms in January 2011)
Adivashi Cobra Military of Assam (ACMA) (laid down arms in January 2011)
Kuki Liberation Organisation (KLO) and its army wing Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) (laid down arms in January 2011)
Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) (laid down arms in January 2011)
Hmar People’s Convention (HPC) (laid down arms in January 2011)
United Kukigam Defence Army (UKDA) (laid down arms in January 2011)
People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI)
National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) since 1989
All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) since 1990
United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK)
Naga Revolutionary Front (NRF)
Katampur Liberation Organization (KLO)
Tritya Prastuti Committee (TPC) maoist rebels
Sometimes are reported clashes at border between India army and Pakistan army

Indonesia 4

Army	Free Papua Movement (FPM) o Free Papua Merdeka (OPM) o Organasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah or Jemaah Islamiah (JI), linked to al-Qaeda, since 1993 few separatist rebel groups in Aceh FAI Informal Anarchist Federation, Indonesia Section

Kazakhstan 1

Army	Kazakh Mujahideen (islamist group)

Koreas

Skirmishes at border between North Korea and South Korea

Kyrgyzstan 1

Army	Hizb ut-Tahrir (islamist group)

Nepal

Army	People’s Liberation Army (PLA), armed wing of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) since 1994 (signed peace agreement on January 2012)

Pakistan 17

Army

Rebels of Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let)
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or Pakistani Taliban
Fights between regular army and talibans rebels in (South Waziristan since 2008)
Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) since 2000
Shahzain Bugti’s movement (Balochistan separatists)
United Baloch Army
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)
Punjab Taliban or Tehrik-e-Taliban Punjab
Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade (AASB) linked to al-Qaeda
Haqqani Network lead by Jalaluddin Haqqani in North Waziristan linked to al-Qaeda since 2006
Jihad Islami
313 Brigade (a unit of organisation of Bangladesh militant group called Harkat-ul-Jihad al Islami (HUJI))
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi or Lashkar-e Jhangvi Al-Alami
Jund al-Khilafah or Soldiers of the Caliphate
Harkat-ul Mujahideen al-Alami
Lashkar-e-Islam (LEI) or Lashkar-e-Islami (LEI) or Lashkar-i-Islam (LEI)
Sometimes are reported clashes between Pakistan army and India army, first war was on 1949

Philippines 6

Army

Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) since 1990 (islamic separatist group)
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) since 1978 (islamic separatist group) Reached peace deal with government on October 2012
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) since 1969
Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) since 1994
New People’s Army (NPA) (armed wing of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)) since 1969, (truce with government since December 20 2012 to January 15 2013)
Royal Army of the Sultanate of Sulu

Sri Lanka 2

Army	Upsurging People’s Force since 2006 People’s Liberation Front

Tajikistan 3

Army	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) based in Tajikistan Armed groups lead by Mirzokhouja Ahmadov and Mullo Sayriddin (surrendered to Government Forces on October 2010) Islamic movement Hizb ut-Tahrir

Thailand 4

Army

National Revolutionary Front Coordinate Patani Malay (BRN-C) or Barisan Revolusi Nasional Patani-Melayu-Koordinasi (BRN-Coordinate)
Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu Patani (BRN) or National Revolution Front (BRN) (March 2013 started peace talks)
Patani Liberation Army (PLA)
Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) since 2004

Uzbekistan 1

Army	Uzbekistan’s Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) or Islamic Jihad Group (IJG)

EUROPE:

(8 Countries and 62 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Chechnya, Dagestan

France 2

Since January 12 2013 french army along with malian army (with help of armies of others african countries) are fighting islamist radical groups that have seized north of Mali.
Army	National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) or Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC) or Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale Corsu (FLNC) previously divided in Brigades Révolutionnaires Corses (BRC) Armée de Libération Nationale Corse (ALNC) against french presence in the isle since 1976

Georgia

After war between Georgia and Russia/Abkazia/South Ossezia in 2008, sometimes have been reported tensions at border

Greece 14

Army

Revolutionary Struggle (Ea)
Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire (Spf)
Sect of Revolutionaries (SR)
Zero Tolerance (anarchist group)
Cospirazione delle cellule di fuoco/Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/ Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale (IRF)
Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale (IRF)/ Cospirazione delle cellule di fuoco/ Gruppi rivoluzionari per la diffusione del terrore nucleo dei vandali.
Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale (IRF)/ Complicità terrorista guerrieri dell’abisso comando Severino di Giovanni
Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale (IRF)/Condotte devianti per la diffusione del terrorismo rivoluzionario/ Cellula d’azione anarchica
Cellula di Solidarietà Rivoluzionaria-Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)
Fronte Rivoluzionario Anarchico/condotte devianti per la diffusione del terrorismo rivoluzionario/Cellula di attacco riflessivo
FAI/Cell of Aggressive Coscience
Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale (IRF)/Cospirazione cellule di fuoco/ Gruppi rivoluzionari per la diffusione del terrore/ Cellula Anormal-Heretics
“Partnership of Anarchist Organizations” Wild Freedom
Instigators of Social Explosions

Italy 25

Army

Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)//Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale (FRI) (FAI/FRI)
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Cellula Rivoluzionaria Lambros Fountas since 2003
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Cooperativa Artigiana fuoco e affini (occasionalmente spettacolare)/Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Brigata 20 Luglio/Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale (FRI)
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Sorelle in armi nucleo Mauricio Morales/ Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Solidarietà Internazionale
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Rivolta Animale
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Nucleo Rivoluzionario Horst Fantazzini
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Cellule contro il Capitale il Carcere i suoi Carcerieri e le sue Celle
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Cellule armate per la solidarietà internazionale
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Rivolta Anonima Terribile (RAT)
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Cellule metropolitane
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Narodnaja Vojla
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/Cellula Olga (maybe it refers on Olga Ekonomidou, member of Cospirazione delle cellule di fuoco - Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale (FAI-(FRI))
Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/gruppo 22 maggio (since May 2012)
Il Silvestre (anarchist ecologist group)
Gruppi armati patriottici (Gap) since 2011
Nucleo Galesi per i Pac (Proletari Armati per il Comunismo)
Movimento Armati Proletari
Movimento Fronte Rivoluzionario since 2011
Gruppi Armati Proletari (GAP) (since May 2012, to confirm reliability)
Brigate Rosse, Brigata Gino Liverani ‘Diegò’ (since May 2012, to confirm reliability)
Nar Nucleo Armato Rivoluzionario Giuseppe Valerio Il Giusta (Nar) (since May 2012, to confirm reliability)
Animal Liberation Front
New Red Brigade - C.A.C. (existence not confirmed)

Nagorno-Karabakh

Clashes at Nagorno-Karabakh border between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Northern Ireland 9

Army

Ulster Defense Association (UDA) since 1971 claims its actions in Northern Ireland under name of Ulster Freedom Fighters (Protestant)
Red Hand Defenders since 1998 (Protestant)
Ulster Young Militants since 1974 (Protestant)
Ulster Resistance since 1989 (Protestant)
Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) (Protestant)
Orange Volunteers since 1998 (Protestant)
Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) or The Continuity IRA since 1986 (republican paramilitary group)
Real Irish Republican Army or Real Ira since 1997 (Republican)
Irish Republican Army (created by former members of the Provisional IRA) since April 2011

Russia 11

Army

Caucasus Mujahideens also called Mujahideen of Idel Ural (Independentist chechen islamic militia in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan since 1991)
islamic separatist Movement of North Caucasus Emirate (Independentist islamic militia chechen in Ingushetia and Dagestan since 1991)
Caucasus Emirate (Independentist chechen islamic militia in Chechnya)
Commando delle Province Kabarda, Balkaria e Karachai
Riyad-us-Saliheen Martyrs’ Brigade (Ingush Mujahideen Commander)
Far Eastern guerrillas
Mujahideen Command of Province of Ingushetia or Mujahideen Command of the Province of Ghalghaycho of the Caucasus Emirate
Jamaat Nogai (Nogai Battalion) wahabite islamist group
Caspian terrorist group (present in Dagestan)
ELF Russia Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI)/International Network of action e solidarity/Fronte Rivoluzionario Internazionale
Tatarstan’s mujahedin (to verify if exists)

Spain 1

Army	Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Eta) Basque Country separatist group since 1968 (October 20 2011 has declared a definitive cessation of its armed activity)

MIDDLE EAST:

(8 Countries and 113 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Yemen

Iran 3

Army

sunni group Jundallah or Soldiers of God or People’s Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI) since 2003
Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê (PJAK) or Party of Free Life of Kurdistan since 2004
People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) or Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) or Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK) or Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) left-wing Islamic group or People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) or People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) (based in Iraq, but against Islamic Republic of Iran) since 1965

Iraq 30

Army
American/english Army
Sahwa a Qaim or Sons of Iraq or National Council for the Awakening of Iraq or Awakening Council (pro-government militia)

Ba’athists
Wahhabiti
Salafi Islamists
Shia militias or Mahdi militia or Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) led by Moqtada al-Sadr since 2003 (military activity suspended on 2008)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) merged with al-Nusra Front) (linked to al-Qaeda) since April 2013
Mujahideen Shura Council (11 sunni groups)
Alliance Ilfh al-Motaiyabin (Alliance of scented)
Ansar al-Islam or Jund Al-Islam (Soldiers of Islam) (kurdish sunni islamist group) since 2001
Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization left-wing Islamic group or People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) (based in Iraq, but against Islamic Republic of Iran) since 1965
Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami (Helpers of Global Jihad)
Jaish al-Tariqa al-Nakshabandi or Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al-Naqshabandi or Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order or Naqshbandi Army (sunni islamist militant group)
Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) o Khazali Network (Shia Insurgent group)
Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance since 2004
al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (”Group of Monotheism and Jihad”) or Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (QJBR) since 2004
al-Qaeda Kurdish Battalions (AQKB)
Southern State of al-Qaeda
Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI)
Badr Brigade (military wing of the Badr Organisation)
Army of Pride and Dignity (in Anbar Province) since April 2013

Front for Jihad and Change(formed by 8 groups)
- 1920 Revolution Brigades
- Jaish al-Rashideen
- Jaish al-Muslimeen
- Islamic Movement of Iraq’s Mujahideen
- Jund al-Rahman
- Saraya al-Dawa wa’l Ribaat
- Empowerment Brigades
- Battalions of Muhammed al-Fatih

Israel 41

Army

Hamas (since 1987) armed and political group
- Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (EQB) or Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades (EQB) or Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades (EQB) (armed wing)

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) (since 1970) armed group
- Al-Quds Brigades (Jerusalem brigades) (armed wing)

The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) (since 2000) armed group
- Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades (armed wing)

Al-Ahrar Movement
- Al-Ansar Brigades (armed wing)

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (since 1964) armed group
- Marxist-secular Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (since 1967) armed group
- Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades (armed wing)
- Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) (since 1969) political party
- Abu Nidal organization (ANO) or Fatah - the Revolutionary Council (FRC) (since 1974) armed group
- Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) (since 1977) armed group
- Arab Liberation Front (ALF) (since 1969) political party
- As-Sa’iqa or Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War (VPLW) (since 1966) political party
- Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF) (since 1967) political party
- Palestinian Arab Front (PAF) (since 1968) minor faction
  - Fatah or Movement for the National Liberation of Palestine (since 1960) political party
  - Tanzim (since 2000) militant armed faction
  - Force 17 (since 1970) (now as Palestinian Presidential Guard) armed group
  - Fatah Special Operations Group (Fatah-SOG) or Martyrs of Tel Al Za’atar, Hawari, and Amn Araissi (since 1970) armed group no more actvie
  - Ahmed Abu Reish Brigade armed group
  - Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (since 2000) armed group
  - Al-’Asifah (since 1964) armed wing

More armed groups:
- Holy Jihad Brigades (since 2006) gruppo armato
- Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna (Iraq salafi group that has a Gaza armed faction) armed group

Armed groups linked to al-Qaeda
- Army of Islam (Jaysh al-Islam) or Organisation of al-Qaeda in Palestine or Palestine Army of Islam or Tawhid Al Jihad or Jihad Brigades operating in Gaza Strip (split by Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades). armed group
- Jund Ansar Allah (Allah warriors) (since 2008) armed group
- Fatah al-Islam (since 2006) armed group
- Jaljalat (since 2009) operating in Gaza Strip. armed group
- Lions of the mujahideen in Palestine (since 2010) armed group
- Mohammed Bin Moslama Brigade (salafite group)
- Abu al-Hareth
- Jaysh al-Umma or Jaish al-Umma or Jaish al- Ummah or Army of the Nation or Army of the Faithful
- Masada al Mujahideen
- Jaish al Mu’minun or Jaish al-Muminun or Army of Believers
- Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin o Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem o Tawhid and Jihad o One God and Holy War o The Armies of Monotheism and Jihad in Palestine
- -Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) or Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC) or Mujahedeen Shura Council (MSC) or Magles Shoura al-Mujahedeen or Magles Shoura al-Mujahadin or Mujahideen Shura Council of Jerusalem (active also in Sinai-Egypt ad in Gaza Strip) since 2011

Lebanon 5

Army	Islamist group Fatah al-Islam since 200 Jund al-Sham Osbat al-Ansar or Usbat Al-Ansar (Band of Supporters) since 1990 Hezbollah armed wing since (1982) Abdullah Azzam Brigades since 2009 (linked to al-Qaeda)

Saudi Arabia 1

Army	Houthis rebels since 2009

Syria 15

fights between regular army (Civil war is going on) (Occasional clashes between turkish and syrian armies since Octobeer 2012)

Army

Sirian Resistance (Alawites, pro al-Assad):
- al-Muqawamah al-Suriyah
- al-Lijan al-Sha’biyah
- Hezbollah (pro-Assad fighters from Lebanon)
- Shabiha (pro-Assad fighters)
- Iran provide logistic and operative help to syrian army
- North Korea (yet to confirm) provide logistic and operative help to syrian army

Syrian Revolution Co-ordinating Union in north near Turkish border since 2011.

Free Syrian Army (FSA or Esl) called itself the “al-Farouq brigade of the Free Syrian Army” (FSA) since 2011:
- Farouq Brigades or Al Faruq Brigade (present in Homs, Idlib and Aleppo)
- Al-Tawhid Brigade or Al-Tawheed Brigade(present in Aleppo)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ex Al-Nusra Front or Jubhat al Nusra or Jabhat al-Nusra or Front for the Defence of the Syrian People since May 2012 (islamist group) merged with Islamic State of Iraq) since April 2013
Hamza Abdualmuttalib (rebel jihadist group)
Syrian Islamic Front
Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG)
Yarmouk Martyrs’ Brigade
Revolutionary Movement in Syria
U.S.,Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and European countries provide logistic and operative help to syrian rebels

Turkey 4

(fights between regular army (Clashes between turkish and syrian armies since October 2012)

Army

Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels since 1978 (cease-fire concluded on February 2011. New cease-fire since March 21 2013)

People’s Defense Forces (HPG) (armed wing of PKK)

Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) since 2004
Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP/C) since 1978

Yemen 14

Army

al-Houthi or Houthis (Shiite Muslim rebels) since 2004
Shia rebels in the northern governorate of Saada
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Al-Janoob al-Har - the Free South (Southern separatist movement)
Southern Secessionist Movement or South Yemen Movement or Southern Separatist Movement or Harak (since 2007)
Aden-Abyan Army since October 2010
Ansar al-Sharia or Partisans of Islamic Law (linked with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP))
Joint Meeting Parties (JMPs)
Partisans of Sharia (linked to al-Qaeda)
Islamic Jihad Group
Salafi (Sunni Islamist group)
Supporters of al-Sharia (group linked to al-Qaeda)
Popular Resistance Committees (pro-army militia)
Clashes between troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh against troops supporting Gen Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar who has defected to the opposition and tribesmen from the Hashid tribal confederation

AMERICAS:

(5 Countries and 25 between drug cartels, militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Colombia, Mexico

Chile 2

Army	Frente Internacional Rivoluzionario/Comando Insurrecional Aracely Romo Comando 8 de dicembre Coordinamento Internacional FAI

Colombia 3

Army	Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) since 1964 (Peace-talks with government will be in Oslo on October 2012. Announced cease-fire since November 20 2012 to January 20 2013)) National Liberation Army (ELN) since 1964 Los Urabeños paramilitary group since 2001

Ecuador 1

Army	Armed Revolutionary Insurgent Forces of Ecuador

Mexico 17

Army

Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ezln), peaceful revolutionary, active in Chiapas State since 1994
Sinaloa Cartel (Mexican drug Cartel)
Juarez Cartel (Mexican drug Cartel) with its armed wing La Linea
Los Zetas Cartel (Mexican drug Cartel)
Gulf Cartel (Mexican drug Cartel)
Tijuana Cartel (Mexican drug Cartel)
La Familia Cartel (Mexican drug Cartel)
Beltrán-Leyva Cartel (Mexican drug Cartel)
Celulas Autonomas de Revolucion Inmediata Praxedis G. Guerriero.
Federacion Anarquista Informal/Acrata
Frente de Liberacion de la Tierra (FLT)/ Red Internacional de accion y solidaridad Grupo Informal Anti-civilizacion
Frente de Liberacion de la Tierra (FLT)/ Federacion Anarquista Informal- Red Global
Nucleo Insurrecto Sole-Baleno de las Celulas Autonomas de revolucion inmediata Praxedis

Guerriero/FAI

Comando de Individuos Libres, Peligrosos, Salvajes e Incendiarios por la Peste Negra /FAI/Red Global
Ludditas contra la domesticacion de la naturalezza Salvaje/FAI/Red Global
Celula Eco Anarquista por el ataque directo/FAI/Red Global
Brigada de accion Revolucionaria por la propaganda por el hecho y la accion armada-Simon Radowisky/FAI/ Red Global

Peru 2

Esercito

Shining Path (Partido Comunista del Perú - Sendero Luminoso, PCP-SL) since 1969
Circulo de accion Iconoclasta/FAI

TOTAL:

Number of Countries involved in wars	60
Number Militias-guerrillas and separatist groups involved	428

Regions and autonomous provinces that are struggling for Independence:

Africa:
Autonomous region or province struggling for independence	Country
Cabinda	(Angola)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ogaden Oromo	(Ethiopia)
Western Sahara	(Maroc)
Somaliland	(Somalia)
Darfur	(Sudan)

Asia:
Autonomous region or province struggling for independence	Country
Kachin Karen Shan State North Shan State South Chin State New Mon State Palaung State United Wa State	(Burma-Myanmar)
Kashmir Karen Orissa Nagaland Assam Bodoland Tripura	(India)
Papua Aceh	(Indonesia)
Balochistan	(Pakistan)
Tamil	(Sri Lanka)
Patani Malay Nation	(Thailandia)

Europe:
Autonomous region or province struggling for independence	Country
Corsica	(France)
Northern Ireland	(United Kingdom)
Nagorno-Karabakh	(Azerbaijan)
Chechnya	(Russia)
Basque Country	(Spain-France)
Trasnistria	(Moldova)
Abkhazia South Ossetia	(Georgia)

Middle East:
Autonomous region or province struggling for independence	Country
Kurdistan	(Iran, Iraq, Turkey)
Palestine	(Israel)

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AFRICA:

(24 Countries and 115 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Central African Republic, Darfur, Democrati Republic of Congo, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Puntland, Somalia, Somaliland

ASIA:

(15 Countries and 113 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: North Korea, South Korea, Afghanistan, Burma-Myanmar, Pakistan

EUROPE:

(8 Countries and 62 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Chechnya, Dagestan

MIDDLE EAST:

(8 Countries and 113 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Yemen

AMERICAS:

(5 Countries and 25 between drug cartels, militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Colombia, Mexico

TOTAL:

Regions and autonomous provinces that are struggling for Independence:

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List of ongoing Conflicts

AFRICA:

(24 Countries and 115 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Central African Republic, Darfur, Democrati Republic of Congo, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Puntland, Somalia, Somaliland

ASIA:

(15 Countries and 113 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: North Korea, South Korea, Afghanistan, Burma-Myanmar, Pakistan

EUROPE:

(8 Countries and 62 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Chechnya, Dagestan

MIDDLE EAST:

(8 Countries and 113 between militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Yemen

AMERICAS:

(5 Countries and 25 between drug cartels, militias-guerrillas, separatist groups and anarchic groups involved)

Hot Spots: Colombia, Mexico

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Regions and autonomous provinces that are struggling for Independence:

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