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This is a list of active separatist movements in Asia. Separatism can include autonomism and secessionism, [1] despite the fact that independence is the primary goal of many separatist movements. Many separatist movements arise as a result of religious, racial, social, and cultural disparities between certain peoples and the majority or ruling ...
It originated in 1948 [58] as an ethnic and religious separatist insurgency in the historical Malay Patani Region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand and parts of a fourth, but has become more complex and increasingly violent since the early 2000s from drug cartels, [59] [60] oil smuggling networks, [31] [61] and sometimes ...
Thailand: Barisan Revolusi Nasional: None South Thailand insurgency: 1963 Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani: None 1995 Nasoree Saesang: Islamic Liberation Front of Patani: None 1947 Tengku Mahmud Mahyiddin / Tengku Abdul Jalal: Patani United Liberation Organisation: None 1968 Runda Kumpulan Kecil: None 2000 Rorhing Ahsong Tunisia: Okba Ibn Nafaa ...
Malaysia's facilitator said Wednesday that the Thai government and Muslim separatist rebels in southern Thailand have agreed in principle on a roadmap to try to end a decades-long Muslim insurgency.
Muslim separatist groups in the Philippines (Mindanao and other regions: Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Abu Sayyaf), in Thailand (see also South Thailand insurgency), in India (see also Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir), in the People's Republic of China (Xinjiang: East Turkestan Islamic Movement), Tanzania (Zanzibarian separatist movements), in ...
Status: Separatist groups disbanded, surrender agreement signed with government. People: Karbi. Militant organisation: Karbi Longri N.C. Hills Liberation Front, United People's Democratic Solidarity; Proposed state: Hemprek Kangthim; Status: Separatist movement crushed. Groups disbanded, surrender agreement signed with government.
The "four star" is becoming increasingly powerful steadily gaining support and loyalty from separatist from different groups forcing different fractions to join their ranks. On 26 July 2009, the president of PULO and the Emir of the Movement of Mujahidin Islam Patani (GMIP), Cikgume Kuteh, made an official agreement to join forces.
The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring areas of Arabia, Anatolia and Iran. It currently encompasses the area from Egypt , Turkey and Cyprus in the west to Iran and the Persian Gulf in the east, [ 1 ] and from Turkey and Iran in the north, to Yemen and Oman in the south.