rebel group
Fighting the government
A rebel group is an armed organization that opposes and fights against an established government or ruling authority.
The term is relatively neutral—the same fighters might be called insurgents, freedom fighters, or terrorists depending on perspective.
Rebel groups range from small militias to large movements controlling significant territory: The rebel group seized the northern provinces.
Peace talks between the government and rebel groups collapsed.
- insurgentOne who revolts
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- guerrilla warfareIrregular combat using ambushes
- armed resistanceOrganized violent opposition
uprising · resistance · faction · revolutionary · partisan · separatist · militant · freedom fighter · paramilitary · terror cell · cell · underground · safe house · dissident · mutiny · liberation · armed struggle · hit and run
- nonstate actorsmilitia, insurgent, guerrilla, paramilitary, mercenary
- factionsfactions, faction, splinter party, blocs, offshoot
- guerrilla warfareguerrilla, guerrilla tactics, guerrilla fighter, partisan, partisan warfare
- African politicsNigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Pan-Africanism, Mali
- criminal groupsgang, mafia, cartel, mob, syndicate
rebel groupgovernment
Authority over a state
ruling party · sovereign state · central government · constitutional government · state
rebel groupregular army
Nation's permanent military force
standing army · national guard · police force · government forces · armed forces
rebel, group, rebels, rebelled, rebelling, rebellion, rebellious, rebelliously, rebelliousness