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An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority. [1] [2] [3] The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irregular forces face a large, well-equipped, regular military force state adversary. [4]
Insurgency in Balochistan: 2012 Salahuddin Farooqui: Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz: None Khuzestan conflict: 2005 Habib Jabor / Saddam Hattem: Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) None 2001 People's Mujahedin of Iran: None 1965 Maryam Rajavi Iraq: Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order: None Insurgency in ...
Confederate States of America: Seven Southern slave states seceded from the United States of America in response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. [21] Four more Southern states seceded in response to Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion. [22] These states formed the Confederate States of America.
Revolutionary People's Vanguard (Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária - VPR) (1966-1971) National Liberation Command (Comando de Libertação Nacional - COLINA) (1967–1969) Araguaia guerrilla (Guerrilha do Araguaia) (1966–1975) Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Brazil) (Movimento Nacionalista Revolucionário - MNR) (1966–1967)
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.
As of 2020, violence still reigns over Central America. [17] A common legacy of the Central American crisis was the displacement and destruction of indigenous communities, especially in Guatemala where they were considered potential supporters of both the government and guerrilla forces. [9]
Throughout most of the year, the US government maintained high-level talks with the Taliban, in an effort to secure a peace deal with the insurgency. However, a suicide bombing in Kabul on 7 September 2019 which killed 11 people and one American soldier prompted the US president to break-off peace talks with the Taliban. [216]
His view is supported by others, who see the strategy as still viable in the 21st century. [ 15 ] While combat operations against insurgents are often successful, some authors conclude that combat operations themselves make it very difficult to win support for the government, "hold" operations are rarely successful, and guerrillas easily adapt ...