insurgent groups
Fighting the government
Insurgent groups are organized forces that rebel against established authority, typically a government.
The term usually describes armed movements using guerrilla tactics rather than conventional warfare: Insurgent groups controlled much of the countryside.
Unlike terrorists, insurgents generally seek territorial control or political power rather than purely symbolic violence, though the labels often blur depending on who's speaking.
- Mau Mau UprisingKenyan anticolonial insurgency, 1950s
- Al-QaedaIslamist militant organization
- TalibanAfghan Islamist movement
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- HezbollahLebanese Shiite militant organization
foreign fighters · guerrilla warfare · guerrilla tactics · hit and run · asymmetric warfare · ethnic tensions · Zapatistas · tribal alliances · anti-colonialism · liberation movements · freedom fighters · clandestine networks · shadow government · separatism · nonstate · grassroots support · recruitment · revolution
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- insurgentsinsurgent, guerrillas, guerrilla, rebel, resistance fighters
insurgent groupsgovernment forces
Military under state control
standing armies · security forces · federal troops · police forces · national guard