Association of Security Forces of Belarus (BYPOL)
Insurgency Overview Following the contentious 2020 Presidential election in Belarus, which saw incumbent Alexander Lukashenko claim...
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Our Database is an information hub on global political movements and insurgencies. Our writers are entirely neutral on all issues covered, and this archive does not in any way seek to condone violence or extremism. The journalistic objective of The Modern Insurgent is to create a purely informative database of scholarly articles and analyses of political movements.
Orlando Miceli
Mar 19, 2023
Shabiha
Note: This is not the official flag of the Shabiha, but rather a reproduction containing the flag of Syria (as this is the country they...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Mar 19, 2023
People’s Defense Units (YPG)
Introduction & Overview The People's Defense Units (YPG - Yekîneyên Parastina Gel) are a Kurdish militia based in Syria and is the main...
599
Andi Basro
Mar 12, 2023
Abu Sayyaf (Islamic State - East Asia Province)
Insurgency Overview Abu Sayyaf, also known as the Islamic State - East Asia Province, is a jihadist separatist insurgency operating in...
461
Anonymous Author
Mar 11, 2023
Defend the Atlanta Forest (DTF)
Insurgency Overview Defend the Atlanta Forest, also known as Atlanta Forest Defenders, (DTF) is part of a decentralized social movement...
374
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Mar 11, 2023
Ahrar al-Sharqiya
Insurgency Overview Ahrar al- Sharqiya, also known as Tajammu Ahrar al-Sharqiya is an armed Syrian rebel group active in the Aleppo...
325
Ethan Rooney
Mar 7, 2023
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C)
Insurgency Overview The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) is a militant Marxist group which is based in Turkey and...
364
Will Reaume
Mar 3, 2023
Grey Wolves
Insurgency Overview Formed in 1968 as a paramilitary wing of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the Grey Wolves are a fascist...
701
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Feb 28, 2023
Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem
Insurgency Overview The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSCEJ – for ease of reading – the group does not use this...
333
Liam Coyle
Feb 28, 2023
Sheikh Mansur Battalion (SMB)
Insurgency Overview The Sheikh Mansur Battalion (SMB) is a Chechnian volunteer peacekeeping unit fighting for Ukraine since the start of...
494
Liam Coyle
Feb 28, 2023
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Insurgency Overview The American Indian Movement (AIM) is a political organization advocating for the rights and interests of Native...
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Liam Coyle
Feb 28, 2023
Myanmar People's Defence Force (PDF)
Insurgency Overview The Myanmar People’s Defence Force (PDF) is a citizen militia formed to combat the military dictatorship which came...
488
Orlando Miceli
Feb 28, 2023
National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC)
Introduction & Overview The FLNC (Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale Corsu, Corsican National Liberation Front) was founded in 1976 as a...
594
Giulio Rimondo
Feb 24, 2023
Naxalite Movement
Insurgency & Overview The Naxalites (नक्सली आंदोलन) are an Indian Marxist-Leninist-Maoist political-military movement, which combines...
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