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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.
Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK)
Insurgency Overview The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is a Kurdish militant and political organization founded in 1978 by Abdullah...
Patrick Pearson
May 23, 2023
Syriac Union Party (SUP)
Introduction & Overview The Syriac Union Party (ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ - SUP) is an Assyrian/Syriac political organisation and political party...
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
May 4, 2023
Hamas
Insurgency Overview The ‘Islamic Resistance Movement’ (also known as Hamas, or Ḥarakah al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah) is a Palestinian...
Michael Archer
Apr 26, 2023
Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL)
Insurgency Overview Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and also the Islamic State of Iraq...
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Apr 15, 2023
Yemeni National Resistance Forces (NRF)
Insurgency Overview The National Resistance Forces (NRF), or Joint Forces, is a loose coalition of three separate fighting forces in the...
Miles O'Reilly
Mar 22, 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...
Orlando Miceli
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...
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Mar 19, 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...
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Mar 11, 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...
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Feb 28, 2023
Lion's Den
Introduction The Lion’s Den group, in Arabic ‘Arīn al-Usūd, is a recently-formed militia which is active in Palestine’s West Bank and...
Jean Franco
Jan 13, 2023
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
Introduction & Overview The Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan is a left-wing organization fighting for Kurdish rights and...
Daniel Hall
Dec 29, 2022
Free Syrian Army (FSA)
Insurgency Overview The Free Syrian Army (FSA) is a Syrian nationalist rebel organisation that took part in the Syrian Civil War as part...
Oliver Mizzi
Dec 26, 2022
Peshmerga
Group Overview Born out of the struggle for Kurdish independence in the 1940s, the Peshmerga are the military force of Kurdistan, an...
Will Reaume
Dec 22, 2022
Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK)
Insurgency Overview The Free Life Party of Kurdistan (Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê - PJAK) is a Kurdish armed group fighting against...
Daniel Hall
Nov 29, 2022
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)
Group Overview Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), known more commonly as Tahrir al-Sham, is an active militant Sunni Islamist group active in...
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Nov 4, 2022
Houthi Movement
Group Overview Formed in 1992, the Houthi Movement is an Islamist political group that originates from northern Yemen (5). Founded by...
Will Reaume
Nov 4, 2022
Al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula (AQSP)
Insurgency Overview Al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula (AQSP) is an Egyptian jihadist organisation that was formed during a merger of...
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Oct 24, 2022
Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (IQB)
Insurgency Overview The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (also spelled Ezzedine al-Din al-Qassam Brigades and abbreviated as IQB and EQB)...
Jonathan Cole
Oct 18, 2022
Kurdish Hezbollah
Group Overview Kurdish Hezbollah (also known as ‘Turkish Hezbollah’ or sometimes simply ‘Hizbullah’) is an armed Sunni Islamist group...
Will Reaume
Oct 10, 2022
Saraya Al-Mukhtar (SM)
Insurgency Overview Saraya Al-Mukhtar (“SM”), also known as The Chosen Brigades, is a Bahraini militant group primarily comprised of...
Bianca Bridger
Oct 4, 2022
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