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764

Id: 2025-121 Summary: N/A Content: 764 is a decentralized transnational network of online nihilistic violent extremists, whose core beliefs are rooted in misanthropy (a hatred of humanity or the human race) and nihilism (the rejection of all religious, moral and social values, often accompanied by a belief that life is meaningless.). 764 members engage in criminal conduct around the world, seeking to destroy civilized society through violence and chaos, not as a step towards a new "state" but rather as an end itself. Members routinely use various social media and gaming platforms, particularly those with young and marginalized user bases, to lure, groom, and extort youth to commit violent and sexual acts, including self-harm. 764 members view sexual, psychological, and physical violence as entertainment, a way to achieve status and notoriety in-group, and ideological labour to erode social norms. 764 members disseminate instructional materials on how to effectively carry out these activities while avoiding detection. Elements of the network have increasingly focused on encouraging offline acts of violence. In February 2024, a 14-year-old 764 member from Alberta was charged with multiple offences, including child pornography and explosives-related crimes. Authorities allege the minor was active in extremist group chats and shared disturbing online content involving violence, weapons, self-harm, and sexual exploitation material. On January 4, 2025, a minor linked to 764 attacked a 55-year-old woman with a knife in Sweden, causing nonfatal injuries. The minor uploaded the video of the attack to social media from a 764-linked account. In January 2025, a teenager allegedly involved in the 764 network pled guilty to encouraging suicide, possessing a terrorism manual, and possessing child sexual abuse material in the United Kingdom. Published: 2025-12-08 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	764 is a decentralized transnational network of online nihilistic violent extremists, whose core beliefs are rooted in misanthropy (a hatred of humanity or the human race) and nihilism (the rejection of all religious, moral and social values, often accompanied by a belief that life is meaningless.). 764 members engage in criminal conduct around the world, seeking to destroy civilized society through violence and chaos, not as a step towards a new "state" but rather as an end itself. Members routinely use various social media and gaming platforms, particularly those with young and marginalized user bases, to lure, groom, and extort youth to commit violent and sexual acts, including self-harm. 764 members view sexual, psychological, and physical violence as entertainment, a way to achieve status and notoriety in-group, and ideological labour to erode social norms. 764 members disseminate instructional materials on how to effectively carry out these activities while avoiding detection. Elements of the network have increasingly focused on encouraging offline acts of violence. In February 2024, a 14-year-old 764 member from Alberta was charged with multiple offences, including child pornography and explosives-related crimes. Authorities allege the minor was active in extremist group chats and shared disturbing online content involving violence, weapons, self-harm, and sexual exploitation material. On January 4, 2025, a minor linked to 764 attacked a 55-year-old woman with a knife in Sweden, causing nonfatal injuries. The minor uploaded the video of the attack to social media from a 764-linked account. In January 2025, a teenager allegedly involved in the 764 network pled guilty to encouraging suicide, possessing a terrorism manual, and possessing child sexual abuse material in the United Kingdom.
id	2025-121
published	2025-12-08
summary	N/A
title	764
updated	Not yet reviewed

Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)

Id: 1 Summary: The Abdullah Azzam Brigades; the Brigades of Abdullah Azzam; the Brigades of the Martyr Abdullah Azzam; the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions; the Ziad al-Jarrah Battalion; the Yusuf al-'Uyayri Battalions; the Yusuf al-Ayiri Battalion; the Battalion of Sheikh Yusuf al-'Ayiri; and the Marwan Hadid Brigades. Content: The AAB is an Al Qaida affiliated militant group that follows Salafist ideology. The group is a fluid network organized into a number of regional battalions, including the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions based in Lebanon. The AAB has claimed responsibility for several rocket attacks in northern Israel and has also repeatedly articulated its intent to carry out attacks against Western targets in the Middle East. Since the start of protests in Syria, the AAB's communiqués have supported regime overthrow. AAB relies primarily on rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and suicide bombings. In 2014, the AAB claimed joint responsibility with Jabhat al-Nusra for rocket attacks in Hermel, Lebanon. The AAB also claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings near the Iranian cultural centre in Beirut, Lebanon, in February, 2014. AAB continued to operate with limited government control within Lebanon, primarily inside Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian refugee camps. These groups used the Palestinian camps to house weapons, shelter wanted criminals, and plan terrorist attacks. AAB did not claim responsibility for attacks between 2018-2020, and leadership announced its dissolution in the Levant (Syria) in November 2019. Published: 2015-06-29 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The AAB is an Al Qaida affiliated militant group that follows Salafist ideology. The group is a fluid network organized into a number of regional battalions, including the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions based in Lebanon. The AAB has claimed responsibility for several rocket attacks in northern Israel and has also repeatedly articulated its intent to carry out attacks against Western targets in the Middle East. Since the start of protests in Syria, the AAB's communiqués have supported regime overthrow. AAB relies primarily on rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and suicide bombings. In 2014, the AAB claimed joint responsibility with Jabhat al-Nusra for rocket attacks in Hermel, Lebanon. The AAB also claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings near the Iranian cultural centre in Beirut, Lebanon, in February, 2014. AAB continued to operate with limited government control within Lebanon, primarily inside Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian refugee camps. These groups used the Palestinian camps to house weapons, shelter wanted criminals, and plan terrorist attacks. AAB did not claim responsibility for attacks between 2018-2020, and leadership announced its dissolution in the Levant (Syria) in November 2019.
id	1
published	2015-06-29
summary	The Abdullah Azzam Brigades; the Brigades of Abdullah Azzam; the Brigades of the Martyr Abdullah Azzam; the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions; the Ziad al-Jarrah Battalion; the Yusuf al-'Uyayri Battalions; the Yusuf al-Ayiri Battalion; the Battalion of Sheikh Yusuf al-'Ayiri; and the Marwan Hadid Brigades.
title	Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)
updated	2024-06-07

Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)

Id: 2 Summary: Fatah Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Council of Fatah, Al-Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-the Revolutionary Council, Black June, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, Black September, Egyptian Revolution, Arab Fedayeen Cells, Palestine Revolutionary Council, Organization of Jund al Haq, Arab Revolutionary Council. Content: From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) was one of the most feared transnational terrorist organizations in the world, killing or wounding about 900 people in terrorist attacks in 20 countries. Founded by Abu Nidal in 1974, the goal of the ANO was to destroy the State of Israel, viewing armed struggle as the only method to liberate the people of Palestine. ANO was responsible for the November 1985 hijacking of an Egypt Air flight, which resulted in the death of at least 58 people, including a Canadian woman and her infant son. ANO was also responsible for the July 1988 explosion of two bombs near a cruise ship in Aegina, Greece killing 9, and the 1994 assassination of a Jordanian embassy diplomat in Beirut. Published: 2003-02-12 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) was one of the most feared transnational terrorist organizations in the world, killing or wounding about 900 people in terrorist attacks in 20 countries. Founded by Abu Nidal in 1974, the goal of the ANO was to destroy the State of Israel, viewing armed struggle as the only method to liberate the people of Palestine. ANO was responsible for the November 1985 hijacking of an Egypt Air flight, which resulted in the death of at least 58 people, including a Canadian woman and her infant son. ANO was also responsible for the July 1988 explosion of two bombs near a cruise ship in Aegina, Greece killing 9, and the 1994 assassination of a Jordanian embassy diplomat in Beirut.
id	2
published	2003-02-12
summary	Fatah Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Council of Fatah, Al-Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-the Revolutionary Council, Black June, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, Black September, Egyptian Revolution, Arab Fedayeen Cells, Palestine Revolutionary Council, Organization of Jund al Haq, Arab Revolutionary Council.
title	Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
updated	2024-06-07

Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)

Id: 3 Summary: Al Harakat Al Islamiyya (AHAI), Al Harakat-ul Al Islamiyya, Al-Harakatul-Islamia, Al Harakat Al Aslamiya, Abou Sayaf Armed Band (ASAB), Abu Sayaff Group, Abu Sayyef Group and Mujahideen Commando Freedom Fighters (MCFF) Content: Founded in the early 1990s, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is a militant Islamist group with links to Al Qaida and Jemaah Islamiyyah. Ostensibly, the group's goal is the establishment of an Islamic state governed by Sharia Law in the south Philippines. In practice, however, the ASG primarily uses terrorism for profit: kidnap-for-ransom, guerrilla warfare, mass-casualty bombings, and beheadings are particularly favoured tactics. In 2016, two Canadian nationals were beheaded after being kidnapped this group. On May 23, 2017, members of ASG's Islamic State (IS)-aligned Basilan faction, in alliance with other IS-aligned militants, launched a siege on Marawi City, Philippines, that lasted five months. At least 45 civilians were killed during the siege, and 1,780 hostages were rescued. ASG continues to engage in terrorism activities and guerilla warfare, clashing with and targeting the Philippines Armed Forces, as well as targeting Christian and western individuals, in addition to kidnapping local or foreign targets who appear financially able to pay ransoms. In 2021, ASG reportedly destroyed a bridge in the Basilan province with an improvised explosive device. Published: 2003-02-12 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Founded in the early 1990s, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is a militant Islamist group with links to Al Qaida and Jemaah Islamiyyah. Ostensibly, the group's goal is the establishment of an Islamic state governed by Sharia Law in the south Philippines. In practice, however, the ASG primarily uses terrorism for profit: kidnap-for-ransom, guerrilla warfare, mass-casualty bombings, and beheadings are particularly favoured tactics. In 2016, two Canadian nationals were beheaded after being kidnapped this group. On May 23, 2017, members of ASG's Islamic State (IS)-aligned Basilan faction, in alliance with other IS-aligned militants, launched a siege on Marawi City, Philippines, that lasted five months. At least 45 civilians were killed during the siege, and 1,780 hostages were rescued. ASG continues to engage in terrorism activities and guerilla warfare, clashing with and targeting the Philippines Armed Forces, as well as targeting Christian and western individuals, in addition to kidnapping local or foreign targets who appear financially able to pay ransoms. In 2021, ASG reportedly destroyed a bridge in the Basilan province with an improvised explosive device.
id	3
published	2003-02-12
summary	Al Harakat Al Islamiyya (AHAI), Al Harakat-ul Al Islamiyya, Al-Harakatul-Islamia, Al Harakat Al Aslamiya, Abou Sayaf Armed Band (ASAB), Abu Sayaff Group, Abu Sayyef Group and Mujahideen Commando Freedom Fighters (MCFF)
title	Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
updated	2024-06-07

Al Qaida

Id: 6 Summary: Al Jihad (AJ), Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), Vanguards of Conquest (VOC), The Islamic Army, Islamic Salvation Foundation, The Base, Group for the Preservation of the Holy Sites, Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places, World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, Usama Bin Ladin Network, Usama Bin Ladin Organization, Qa'idat al-Jihad Content: Founded in 1988 by Usama bin Laden, Al Qaida serves as the strategic hub and driver for the global Islamist terrorist movement. The group's goals include uniting Muslims to fight the United States and its allies, overthrowing regimes it deems "non-Islamic," and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries. Al Qaida activities include, but are not limited to, suicide attacks, simultaneous bombings, kidnappings, and hijackings. Al Qaida has forged ties and strategic control over other like-minded Islamist terrorist groups and has provided encouragement and inspiration to other affiliated and aligned groups around the world. The Al Qaida network has been directly or indirectly associated with bombings, such as the 1998 bombings of two United States embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, as well as the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. It perpetrated the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks of September 11, 2001, and though foiled, plotted to bomb the New York subway system in 2009. On October 13, 2020, the group issued a statement through its as-Shab Media Foundation reiterating a call to target Israeli and American interests in the region, specifically threatening U.S. and Israeli embassies, consulates, companies, and "combatant nationals". In June 2024, a senior Al Qaida leader, called for foreign fighters to migrate to Afghanistan to prepare to attack global targets, and praised and encouraged "sleeper cells" in Western countries as a "deterrent force" against further western "crimes." Al Qaida continues to publicly encourage its followers to carry out attacks against its perceived enemies. Published: 2002-07-23 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Founded in 1988 by Usama bin Laden, Al Qaida serves as the strategic hub and driver for the global Islamist terrorist movement. The group's goals include uniting Muslims to fight the United States and its allies, overthrowing regimes it deems "non-Islamic," and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries. Al Qaida activities include, but are not limited to, suicide attacks, simultaneous bombings, kidnappings, and hijackings. Al Qaida has forged ties and strategic control over other like-minded Islamist terrorist groups and has provided encouragement and inspiration to other affiliated and aligned groups around the world. The Al Qaida network has been directly or indirectly associated with bombings, such as the 1998 bombings of two United States embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, as well as the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. It perpetrated the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks of September 11, 2001, and though foiled, plotted to bomb the New York subway system in 2009. On October 13, 2020, the group issued a statement through its as-Shab Media Foundation reiterating a call to target Israeli and American interests in the region, specifically threatening U.S. and Israeli embassies, consulates, companies, and "combatant nationals". In June 2024, a senior Al Qaida leader, called for foreign fighters to migrate to Afghanistan to prepare to attack global targets, and praised and encouraged "sleeper cells" in Western countries as a "deterrent force" against further western "crimes." Al Qaida continues to publicly encourage its followers to carry out attacks against its perceived enemies.
id	6
published	2002-07-23
summary	Al Jihad (AJ), Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), Vanguards of Conquest (VOC), The Islamic Army, Islamic Salvation Foundation, The Base, Group for the Preservation of the Holy Sites, Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places, World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, Usama Bin Ladin Network, Usama Bin Ladin Organization, Qa'idat al-Jihad
title	Al Qaida
updated	2025-12-04

Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Id: 7 Summary: Ansar al-Shari'a (AAS), Al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Arabian Peninsula, Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Jazirat al- Arab, Al-Quaida Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Al-Quaida in the South Arabian Peninsula, and Al-Qaida in Yemen (AQY) Content: A Yemen-based affiliate of Usama bin Laden's Al Qaida (AQ) network, Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) announced its formation in January 2009. Its primary objectives are to cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of foreign influence – particularly Western military personnel and civilian contractors – and to establish a single Islamic caliphate in place of the existing regimes in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. AQAP's most prominent attacks have been suicide bombings; however, the group has also engaged in guerilla-style raids on military and security targets. It is also responsible for the failed December 25, 2009, attempt to detonate an explosive abroad a Northwest Airlines flight as the plane prepared to land in Detroit, and the 2015 attack on the office of the magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France. In February 2020, AQAP released a video claiming responsibility for a December 2019 attack where a Royal Saudi Air Force trainee opened fire in a classroom at the US Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, killing at least three US sailors and injuring eight others. In February 2022, AQAP militants kidnapped five UN workers that were released in August 2023 after a ransom was paid to AQAP. Published: 2010-12-23 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	A Yemen-based affiliate of Usama bin Laden's Al Qaida (AQ) network, Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) announced its formation in January 2009. Its primary objectives are to cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of foreign influence – particularly Western military personnel and civilian contractors – and to establish a single Islamic caliphate in place of the existing regimes in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. AQAP's most prominent attacks have been suicide bombings; however, the group has also engaged in guerilla-style raids on military and security targets. It is also responsible for the failed December 25, 2009, attempt to detonate an explosive abroad a Northwest Airlines flight as the plane prepared to land in Detroit, and the 2015 attack on the office of the magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France. In February 2020, AQAP released a video claiming responsibility for a December 2019 attack where a Royal Saudi Air Force trainee opened fire in a classroom at the US Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, killing at least three US sailors and injuring eight others. In February 2022, AQAP militants kidnapped five UN workers that were released in August 2023 after a ransom was paid to AQAP.
id	7
published	2010-12-23
summary	Ansar al-Shari'a (AAS), Al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Arabian Peninsula, Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Jazirat al- Arab, Al-Quaida Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Al-Quaida in the South Arabian Peninsula, and Al-Qaida in Yemen (AQY)
title	Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
updated	2024-06-07

Al Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)

Id: 8 Summary: Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent and Jamaat Qaidat al-Jihad fi Shibh al-Qarrah al-Hindiyah (Organization of the Base of Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent) Content: In a video released on September 3, 2014, Al Qaida (AQ) leader Ayman al-Zawahiri announced the creation of a new AQ affiliated group, AQIS. Al-Zawahiri named Asim Umar as leader of AQIS and Usama Mahmoud as spokesman. Since the announcement of its creation, AQIS has claimed responsibility for the September, 2014 attempt to hijack Pakistan Naval Ship Zulfiqar; the October, 2015 attacks on two publishers in Dhaka, Bangladesh; and several assassinations. In October 2019, there were reports that six AQIS militants had arrived in Karachi from Afghanistan with plans to reactivate their sleeper cell to carry out terrorist attacks. AQIS continued to propagate for violent jihad against Indian interests worldwide and against Indian government and military personnel. On October 2023, AQIS published a statement that praised the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, urging jihadists to kill citizens of Israel’s Western allies. Published: 2016-12-28 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	In a video released on September 3, 2014, Al Qaida (AQ) leader Ayman al-Zawahiri announced the creation of a new AQ affiliated group, AQIS. Al-Zawahiri named Asim Umar as leader of AQIS and Usama Mahmoud as spokesman. Since the announcement of its creation, AQIS has claimed responsibility for the September, 2014 attempt to hijack Pakistan Naval Ship Zulfiqar; the October, 2015 attacks on two publishers in Dhaka, Bangladesh; and several assassinations. In October 2019, there were reports that six AQIS militants had arrived in Karachi from Afghanistan with plans to reactivate their sleeper cell to carry out terrorist attacks. AQIS continued to propagate for violent jihad against Indian interests worldwide and against Indian government and military personnel. On October 2023, AQIS published a statement that praised the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, urging jihadists to kill citizens of Israel’s Western allies.
id	8
published	2016-12-28
summary	Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent and Jamaat Qaidat al-Jihad fi Shibh al-Qarrah al-Hindiyah (Organization of the Base of Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent)
title	Al Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)
updated	2024-06-07

Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

Id: 9 Summary: Tanzim Qaedat bi-Bilad al-Maghrab al-Islami, Tanzim al-Qa´ida fi bilad al-Maghreb al-Islamiya, The Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qa´ida Organisation in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qa´ida in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qa´ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, al-Qaïda dans les pays du Maghreb islamique, Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), Groupe salafiste pour la prédication et le combat, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat Content: AQIM is a militant Sunni Islamist extremist group which originated as the Groupe Islamique Armeé (Armed Islamic Group or GIA), an armed Islamist resistance movement to the secular Algerian government. In 1998, a splinter of the GIA declared its independence from the original group, believing the GIA's brutal tactics were hurting the Islamist cause. The Groupe salafiste pour la prédication et le combat (Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), as the new group named itself, gained support from the Algerian population by vowing to continue fighting the government while avoiding the indiscriminate killing of civilians. The GSPC officially merged with Al Qaida in September 2006, subsequently changing its name to AQIM, and announcing the name change in January 2007. Since its merger with Al Qaida, AQIM has also adopted a global jihad ideology, employing conventional terrorist tactics including guerilla-style ambushes and the use of improvised explosive devices against military personnel and truck bombs against government targets, in Algeria and West African countries. In 2016, 29 people were killed, including six Canadians, in an AQIM attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso. In March 2017, AQIM's Mali-based affiliate, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), was formed. On March 2, 2018, a coordinated attack by JNIM on the army headquarters and the French Embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, killed at least eight people and wounding more than 80 others. In January 2019, AQIM claimed responsibility for an attack on United Nations camp at Aguelhok in northern Mali, killing ten peacekeepers and wounding 25 others. AQIM is still active and continues its terrorist activities through armed attacks. Published: 2002-07-23 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	AQIM is a militant Sunni Islamist extremist group which originated as the Groupe Islamique Armeé (Armed Islamic Group or GIA), an armed Islamist resistance movement to the secular Algerian government. In 1998, a splinter of the GIA declared its independence from the original group, believing the GIA's brutal tactics were hurting the Islamist cause. The Groupe salafiste pour la prédication et le combat (Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), as the new group named itself, gained support from the Algerian population by vowing to continue fighting the government while avoiding the indiscriminate killing of civilians. The GSPC officially merged with Al Qaida in September 2006, subsequently changing its name to AQIM, and announcing the name change in January 2007. Since its merger with Al Qaida, AQIM has also adopted a global jihad ideology, employing conventional terrorist tactics including guerilla-style ambushes and the use of improvised explosive devices against military personnel and truck bombs against government targets, in Algeria and West African countries. In 2016, 29 people were killed, including six Canadians, in an AQIM attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso. In March 2017, AQIM's Mali-based affiliate, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), was formed. On March 2, 2018, a coordinated attack by JNIM on the army headquarters and the French Embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, killed at least eight people and wounding more than 80 others. In January 2019, AQIM claimed responsibility for an attack on United Nations camp at Aguelhok in northern Mali, killing ten peacekeepers and wounding 25 others. AQIM is still active and continues its terrorist activities through armed attacks.
id	9
published	2002-07-23
summary	Tanzim Qaedat bi-Bilad al-Maghrab al-Islami, Tanzim al-Qa´ida fi bilad al-Maghreb al-Islamiya, The Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qa´ida Organisation in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qa´ida in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qa´ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, al-Qaïda dans les pays du Maghreb islamique, Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), Groupe salafiste pour la prédication et le combat, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat
title	Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
updated	2024-06-07

Al Shabaab

Id: 10 Summary: Harakat Shabaab al Mujahidin, al Shabab, Shabaab, the Youth, Mujahidin al Shabaab Movement, Mujahideen Youth Movement, MYM, Mujahidin Youth, Hizbul Shabaab, Hisb'ul Shabaab, al-Shabaab al-Islamiya, Youth Wing, al Shabaab al-Islaam, al-Shabaab al-Jihad, the Unity of Islamic Youth, the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations Content: Al Shabaab is an organized but shifting Islamist group dedicated to establishing a Somali caliphate, waging war against the enemies of Islam, and removing all foreign forces and Western influence from Somalia. Although primarily active within Somalia, Al Shabaab has carried out mass-casualty attacks against civilians and military forces in countries that are considered hostile by the group, including Kenya and Ethiopia over the past two decades. It is the strongest, best organized, financed, and armed military group in Somalia, controlling the largest stretch of territory in southern Somalia. Al Shabaab has carried out suicide bombings and attacks using land mines and remote-controlled roadside bombs, as well as targeted assassinations against Ethiopian and Somali security forces, other government officials, journalists, and civil society leaders. It has also carried out suicide bombings in Uganda in retaliation for the presence of Ugandan peacekeeping forces in Somalia. In October 2017, Al Shabaab detonated two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices in Mogadishu, killing 512 people and injuring 312 others. In December 2019, Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for a bombing at a busy intersection on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 78 people and injuring at least 51. In October 2022, Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for detonating two Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices minutes apart near a busy Mogadishu intersection where the Ministry of Education building was located. The attack levelled buildings and burnt dozens of cars, killing at least 100 people were killed, and wounding an additional 300. The group is believed to be closely linked with Al Qaida and formally pledged allegiance to Usama bin Laden and his terrorist network. Published: 2010-03-05 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Al Shabaab is an organized but shifting Islamist group dedicated to establishing a Somali caliphate, waging war against the enemies of Islam, and removing all foreign forces and Western influence from Somalia. Although primarily active within Somalia, Al Shabaab has carried out mass-casualty attacks against civilians and military forces in countries that are considered hostile by the group, including Kenya and Ethiopia over the past two decades. It is the strongest, best organized, financed, and armed military group in Somalia, controlling the largest stretch of territory in southern Somalia. Al Shabaab has carried out suicide bombings and attacks using land mines and remote-controlled roadside bombs, as well as targeted assassinations against Ethiopian and Somali security forces, other government officials, journalists, and civil society leaders. It has also carried out suicide bombings in Uganda in retaliation for the presence of Ugandan peacekeeping forces in Somalia. In October 2017, Al Shabaab detonated two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices in Mogadishu, killing 512 people and injuring 312 others. In December 2019, Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for a bombing at a busy intersection on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 78 people and injuring at least 51. In October 2022, Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for detonating two Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices minutes apart near a busy Mogadishu intersection where the Ministry of Education building was located. The attack levelled buildings and burnt dozens of cars, killing at least 100 people were killed, and wounding an additional 300. The group is believed to be closely linked with Al Qaida and formally pledged allegiance to Usama bin Laden and his terrorist network.
id	10
published	2010-03-05
summary	Harakat Shabaab al Mujahidin, al Shabab, Shabaab, the Youth, Mujahidin al Shabaab Movement, Mujahideen Youth Movement, MYM, Mujahidin Youth, Hizbul Shabaab, Hisb'ul Shabaab, al-Shabaab al-Islamiya, Youth Wing, al Shabaab al-Islaam, al-Shabaab al-Jihad, the Unity of Islamic Youth, the Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of the Two Migrations
title	Al Shabaab
updated	2024-06-07

Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (AAMB)

Id: 101 Summary: AAMB, Al-Aqsa Intifada Martyrs' Group, Al-Aqsa Brigades, Martyrs of al-Aqsa group, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Battalion and Armed Militias of the Al-Aqsa Martyr Battalions Content: The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (AAMB) emerged at the outset of the 2000 Palestinian al-Aqsa intifada. AAMB’s ideological roots are in their allegiance to the Fatah, a left-wing political and military organization founded with the aim of wrestling Palestine away from Israeli control through low-intensity guerilla tactics. While AAMB is loyal to the Fatah, it is not under its direct control. Due to AAMB’s decentralized structure their funding is relatively ambiguous, though it’s believed that funding is mostly delivered from Iran through Hezbollah facilitators. Iran is thought to exploit AAMB’s lack of resources and decentralized leadership structure to ‘guide’ the organization in support to various AAMB cell’s anti-Israeli agenda. AAMB attacks Israeli military targets and Israeli settlers, aiming to expel Israeli presence from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and to establish an independent and sovereign Palestinian state there. On January 28, 2023, AAMB carried out a small-arms attack that killed seven Israeli civilians in East Jerusalem. On October 7, 2023 after Hamas launched an attack against Israel that claimed hundreds of lives, dozens of clashes between the Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups including AAMB, resulted in at least 12 reported fatalities. Published: 2003-04-02 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (AAMB) emerged at the outset of the 2000 Palestinian al-Aqsa intifada. AAMB’s ideological roots are in their allegiance to the Fatah, a left-wing political and military organization founded with the aim of wrestling Palestine away from Israeli control through low-intensity guerilla tactics. While AAMB is loyal to the Fatah, it is not under its direct control. Due to AAMB’s decentralized structure their funding is relatively ambiguous, though it’s believed that funding is mostly delivered from Iran through Hezbollah facilitators. Iran is thought to exploit AAMB’s lack of resources and decentralized leadership structure to ‘guide’ the organization in support to various AAMB cell’s anti-Israeli agenda. AAMB attacks Israeli military targets and Israeli settlers, aiming to expel Israeli presence from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and to establish an independent and sovereign Palestinian state there. On January 28, 2023, AAMB carried out a small-arms attack that killed seven Israeli civilians in East Jerusalem. On October 7, 2023 after Hamas launched an attack against Israel that claimed hundreds of lives, dozens of clashes between the Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups including AAMB, resulted in at least 12 reported fatalities.
id	101
published	2003-04-02
summary	AAMB, Al-Aqsa Intifada Martyrs' Group, Al-Aqsa Brigades, Martyrs of al-Aqsa group, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Battalion and Armed Militias of the Al-Aqsa Martyr Battalions
title	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (AAMB)
updated	2024-06-07

Al-Ashtar Brigades

Id: 56 Summary: Saraya al-Ashtar, Al Ashtar Brigades, The Ashtar Brigades, Saraya Waad Allah, Wa'ad Allah Brigades, Islamic Allah Brigades, Imam al-Mahdi Brigades, al-Haydariyah Brigades Content: Al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB) is a Shia militant group supported by Iran which aims to overthrow Bahrain's Sunni monarchy. AAB was established in 2013 and has incited violence towards the Bahraini leadership. AAB has claimed responsibility for several bombings targeting security forces, including the February 14, 2014, attack on a minibus carrying police officers, which wounded several individuals; and the March 3, 2014, improvised explosive device attack which killed three policemen and injured several others. AAB also claimed responsibility for the killing of an off-duty police officer near Bahrain's capital city, Manama, on January 29, 2017. In 2019, AAB vowed to target American and British interests in Bahrain. On February 3, 2021, Bahrain security services foiled a bomb plot by alleged AAB affiliates. In May 2024, AAB claimed it launched a drone attack against the Israeli company Trucknet, representing the first time the Bahraini contingent of Iran's axis of resistance has actively taken part in the conflict against Israel. Published: 2019-06-21 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB) is a Shia militant group supported by Iran which aims to overthrow Bahrain's Sunni monarchy. AAB was established in 2013 and has incited violence towards the Bahraini leadership. AAB has claimed responsibility for several bombings targeting security forces, including the February 14, 2014, attack on a minibus carrying police officers, which wounded several individuals; and the March 3, 2014, improvised explosive device attack which killed three policemen and injured several others. AAB also claimed responsibility for the killing of an off-duty police officer near Bahrain's capital city, Manama, on January 29, 2017. In 2019, AAB vowed to target American and British interests in Bahrain. On February 3, 2021, Bahrain security services foiled a bomb plot by alleged AAB affiliates. In May 2024, AAB claimed it launched a drone attack against the Israeli company Trucknet, representing the first time the Bahraini contingent of Iran's axis of resistance has actively taken part in the conflict against Israel.
id	56
published	2019-06-21
summary	Saraya al-Ashtar, Al Ashtar Brigades, The Ashtar Brigades, Saraya Waad Allah, Wa'ad Allah Brigades, Islamic Allah Brigades, Imam al-Mahdi Brigades, al-Haydariyah Brigades
title	Al-Ashtar Brigades
updated	2025-12-04

Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (AGAI)

Id: 12 Summary: Islamic Group, (IG). Content: Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (AGAI) started in the early 1970s as an Islamist student movement on Egyptian campuses. By the late 1970s, the organization began to advocate change by force. Its primary goal was to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state governed by Sharia Law. Past AGAI attacks primarily targeted the police, government officials, informants, government sympathizers, foreign tourists, and Coptic Christians. AGAI claimed responsibility for the February 1993 bombing of a Café in Cairo which killed at least 3 people and wounded 15 others, including a Canadian. AGAI was also responsible for the e killing of 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians in Luxor, Egypt, in November 1997. Published: 2002-07-23 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (AGAI) started in the early 1970s as an Islamist student movement on Egyptian campuses. By the late 1970s, the organization began to advocate change by force. Its primary goal was to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state governed by Sharia Law. Past AGAI attacks primarily targeted the police, government officials, informants, government sympathizers, foreign tourists, and Coptic Christians. AGAI claimed responsibility for the February 1993 bombing of a Café in Cairo which killed at least 3 people and wounded 15 others, including a Canadian. AGAI was also responsible for the e killing of 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians in Luxor, Egypt, in November 1997.
id	12
published	2002-07-23
summary	Islamic Group, (IG).
title	Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (AGAI)
updated	2024-06-07

Al-Murabitoun

Id: 4 Summary: Mourabitounes, Al-Mourabitoun, Al-Morabitoune, Al-Mourabitoune and Les Almoravides Content: Al-Murabitoun, based in West Africa, is a terrorist organization established through a merger between the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa and al'Muwaqi'un Bil-Dima in August 2013. Al-Murabitoun's goal is to spread jihad across North Africa. The group was formed to strengthen efforts against French military forces and interests in the region. Al-Murabitoun has carried out terrorist activity, such as the February 8, 2014 kidnapping of five Malian aid workers near Gao, Mali. In 2015, Al-Murabitoun reaffirmed its continued adherence to the jihadist ideology of Al Qaida (AQ). It has also conducted joint operations with Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast. On March 2, 2017, Al-Murabitoun merged with three other groups, including AQIM's Sahara branch, to form Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an umbrella group which pledged allegiance to AQ. No incidents have been claimed or attributed to Al-Murabitoun since 2018. However, Al-Murabitoun fighters likely continue to participate in attacks claimed by JNIM. Published: 2014-06-02 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Al-Murabitoun, based in West Africa, is a terrorist organization established through a merger between the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa and al'Muwaqi'un Bil-Dima in August 2013. Al-Murabitoun's goal is to spread jihad across North Africa. The group was formed to strengthen efforts against French military forces and interests in the region. Al-Murabitoun has carried out terrorist activity, such as the February 8, 2014 kidnapping of five Malian aid workers near Gao, Mali. In 2015, Al-Murabitoun reaffirmed its continued adherence to the jihadist ideology of Al Qaida (AQ). It has also conducted joint operations with Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast. On March 2, 2017, Al-Murabitoun merged with three other groups, including AQIM's Sahara branch, to form Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an umbrella group which pledged allegiance to AQ. No incidents have been claimed or attributed to Al-Murabitoun since 2018. However, Al-Murabitoun fighters likely continue to participate in attacks claimed by JNIM.
id	4
published	2014-06-02
summary	Mourabitounes, Al-Mourabitoun, Al-Morabitoune, Al-Mourabitoune and Les Almoravides
title	Al-Murabitoun
updated	2024-06-07

Al-Muwaqi'un Bil Dima

Id: 5 Summary: Al Mouaquioune bi addimaa, Katibat al-Muqaoon bil-Dumaa, al-Muwaqun Bi-Dima, Al-Muawaqqi'un bi 'l-Dima al-Mouwakoune bi-Dimaa, al-Mua'qi'oon Biddam, Those Who Sign With Blood, El Mouwakaoune Bidame , Those Who Have Signed Through Blood, the Signatories for Blood, the Signatories in Blood and Those Who Sign in Blood. Content: In December 2012, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a former commander of Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), created al-Muwaqi'un Bil Dima (MBD), with the goal of deterring Western and African military intervention in northern Mali and imposing Sharia Law in North Africa. The MBD has carried out suicide bombing attacks and assaulted civilian facilities. For instance, the MBD claimed responsibility for the January 16, 2013 attack on the Tigantourine gas facility near the town of In Amenas in eastern Algeria. MBD militants, using assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank mines, took dozens of foreign and Algerian workers hostage that resulted in the deaths of at least 48 hostages. In August 2013, MBD merged with Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) to form Al-Murabitoun. Published: 2013-11-07 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	In December 2012, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a former commander of Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), created al-Muwaqi'un Bil Dima (MBD), with the goal of deterring Western and African military intervention in northern Mali and imposing Sharia Law in North Africa. The MBD has carried out suicide bombing attacks and assaulted civilian facilities. For instance, the MBD claimed responsibility for the January 16, 2013 attack on the Tigantourine gas facility near the town of In Amenas in eastern Algeria. MBD militants, using assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank mines, took dozens of foreign and Algerian workers hostage that resulted in the deaths of at least 48 hostages. In August 2013, MBD merged with Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) to form Al-Murabitoun.
id	5
published	2013-11-07
summary	Al Mouaquioune bi addimaa, Katibat al-Muqaoon bil-Dumaa, al-Muwaqun Bi-Dima, Al-Muawaqqi'un bi 'l-Dima al-Mouwakoune bi-Dimaa, al-Mua'qi'oon Biddam, Those Who Sign With Blood, El Mouwakaoune Bidame , Those Who Have Signed Through Blood, the Signatories for Blood, the Signatories in Blood and Those Who Sign in Blood.
title	Al-Muwaqi'un Bil Dima
updated	2024-06-07

Ansar al-Islam (AI)

Id: 13 Summary: The Partisans of Islam, Helpers of Islam, Supporters of Islam, Soldiers of God, Kurdistan Taliban, Soldiers of Islam, Kurdistan Supporters of Islam, Supporters of Islam in Kurdistan, Followers of Islam in Kurdistan, Ansar al-Sunna. Content: One of the most prominent anti-Coalition groups in Iraq, Ansar al-Islam (AI) is the product of a 2001 merger between various Kurdish militant Islamist factions. It maintains links to Al Qaida and elements of the group have also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State . AI's current goals are to expel all foreign forces from Iraq, counter the growing influence of Iraq's Shia and secular Kurdish communities, and to establish an independent Iraqi state governed by Sharia Law. In 2002, AI attempted to assassinate the Prime Minister of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan region of Kurdistan. In 2004, AI was responsible for a coordinated double suicide bombing on the respective headquarters of two Kurdish political parties that killed more than 60 people and wounded over 200 others. AI is also well-known for kidnapping and executing foreign hostages, often beheading their victims and posting video of the act on the Internet. On February 20, 2018, AI released a video on a Telegram channel displaying its Syria-based weapons development. AI claimed responsibility for an incident in 2021 when rockets fired at Jurin military camp in Syria injured at least two civilians. AI no longer supports Al Qaida operations and has grown increasingly independent in terms of propaganda, operations, and decision making since 2021. Published: 2004-05-17 Updated: 2024-06-17

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content	One of the most prominent anti-Coalition groups in Iraq, Ansar al-Islam (AI) is the product of a 2001 merger between various Kurdish militant Islamist factions. It maintains links to Al Qaida and elements of the group have also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State . AI's current goals are to expel all foreign forces from Iraq, counter the growing influence of Iraq's Shia and secular Kurdish communities, and to establish an independent Iraqi state governed by Sharia Law. In 2002, AI attempted to assassinate the Prime Minister of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan region of Kurdistan. In 2004, AI was responsible for a coordinated double suicide bombing on the respective headquarters of two Kurdish political parties that killed more than 60 people and wounded over 200 others. AI is also well-known for kidnapping and executing foreign hostages, often beheading their victims and posting video of the act on the Internet. On February 20, 2018, AI released a video on a Telegram channel displaying its Syria-based weapons development. AI claimed responsibility for an incident in 2021 when rockets fired at Jurin military camp in Syria injured at least two civilians. AI no longer supports Al Qaida operations and has grown increasingly independent in terms of propaganda, operations, and decision making since 2021.
id	13
published	2004-05-17
summary	The Partisans of Islam, Helpers of Islam, Supporters of Islam, Soldiers of God, Kurdistan Taliban, Soldiers of Islam, Kurdistan Supporters of Islam, Supporters of Islam in Kurdistan, Followers of Islam in Kurdistan, Ansar al-Sunna.
title	Ansar al-Islam (AI)
updated	2024-06-17

Ansar Dine

Id: 130 Summary: Ansar al-Dine, Ansar al-Din, Ancar Dine, Ansar ul-Din, Ansar Eddine, Defenders of the Faith, Jum'a Ansar al-din al-salafiya, Harakat Ansar al-Dine, Harakat Ansar al-Din, Ansar Din, Ansar ed dine, Ansar Dine Sud, Ansar Dine katiba (brigade) Khalid Ibn al-Walid Content: Ansar Dine is a Mali-based Salafist Islamic extremist group founded in late 2011 by its Tuareg leader Iyad ag Ghaly. Iyad ag Ghaly, the leader of Ansar Dine, also leads Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM), and Ansar Dine is considered to be a subgroup of JNIM. Its main objectives are to implement Sharia law across Mali and to expel foreign influence from the country. Although largely focused on Mali, Ansar Dine has worked in coordination with Al Qaida in the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM) and other Al Qaida-aligned groups, and has expressed support for a global jihadist ideology. Ansar Dine mainly targets Malian, French, and United Nations forces. It has also targeted civilians, including Westerners, for kidnapping. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Ansar Dine is a Mali-based Salafist Islamic extremist group founded in late 2011 by its Tuareg leader Iyad ag Ghaly. Iyad ag Ghaly, the leader of Ansar Dine, also leads Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM), and Ansar Dine is considered to be a subgroup of JNIM. Its main objectives are to implement Sharia law across Mali and to expel foreign influence from the country. Although largely focused on Mali, Ansar Dine has worked in coordination with Al Qaida in the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM) and other Al Qaida-aligned groups, and has expressed support for a global jihadist ideology. Ansar Dine mainly targets Malian, French, and United Nations forces. It has also targeted civilians, including Westerners, for kidnapping.
id	130
published	2021-02-03
summary	Ansar al-Dine, Ansar al-Din, Ancar Dine, Ansar ul-Din, Ansar Eddine, Defenders of the Faith, Jum'a Ansar al-din al-salafiya, Harakat Ansar al-Dine, Harakat Ansar al-Din, Ansar Din, Ansar ed dine, Ansar Dine Sud, Ansar Dine katiba (brigade) Khalid Ibn al-Walid
title	Ansar Dine
updated	2025-12-04

Ansarallah

Id: 131 Summary: N/A Content: Ansarallah (“Partisans of Allah”), commonly referred to as the Houthis, is a militant group that claims legitimacy as Yemen’s government, disregarding the internationally recognized government. Founded in 1992, Ansarallah initially focused on religious and cultural revivalism but later shifted to political activism, subsequently launching an armed rebellion against the government. The group opposes Israel and the United States and aligns itself with the Iranian-led “axis of resistance”, which includes Hamas and Hezbollah. In the context of the Israel-Hamas war, Ansarallah began disruptive strikes on commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea and other waterways, as well as strikes against Israel. The group is also known for its repressive conduct in areas under its control. The group arrests and detains peaceful protesters, restricts the rights of women and girls, and hinders Yemeni civilians from accessing life-saving humanitarian aid. Listed entities under the Criminal Code, such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force and Hezbollah, have provided Ansarallah with arms, training, and financial support, significantly enhancing the group’s capabilities and contributing to its destabilizing activities in the region. Published: 2024-12-02 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Ansarallah (“Partisans of Allah”), commonly referred to as the Houthis, is a militant group that claims legitimacy as Yemen’s government, disregarding the internationally recognized government. Founded in 1992, Ansarallah initially focused on religious and cultural revivalism but later shifted to political activism, subsequently launching an armed rebellion against the government. The group opposes Israel and the United States and aligns itself with the Iranian-led “axis of resistance”, which includes Hamas and Hezbollah. In the context of the Israel-Hamas war, Ansarallah began disruptive strikes on commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea and other waterways, as well as strikes against Israel. The group is also known for its repressive conduct in areas under its control. The group arrests and detains peaceful protesters, restricts the rights of women and girls, and hinders Yemeni civilians from accessing life-saving humanitarian aid. Listed entities under the Criminal Code, such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force and Hezbollah, have provided Ansarallah with arms, training, and financial support, significantly enhancing the group’s capabilities and contributing to its destabilizing activities in the region.
id	131
published	2024-12-02
summary	N/A
title	Ansarallah
updated	Not yet reviewed

Aryan Strikeforce

Id: 61 Summary: Aryan Strike Force, ASF Content: Founded in the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2010, the Aryan Strikeforce (ASF) is a neo-Nazi group which aims to carry out violent activities to overthrow governments, start a race war, and eradicate ethnic minorities. The ASF describes itself as a white nationalist organization with the goal to protect the honour of their women, children, and the future of their race and nation, using violence as a necessary tool to achieve its goals. ASF subscribes to the philosophy of decentralized leaderless resistance and has had chapters in the United Kingdom and the United States, and contacts in Eastern Europe, South America, South Africa, and Canada. Members of the group have been convicted of crimes in the United Kingdom and the United States involving the production of chemical weapons, preparing and possessing material useful to commit acts of terrorism, facilitating the transfer of bomb-making instructions, and attempting to secure illegal firearms. Of particular note, the ASF had planned a suicide bombing attack on counter-protestors during a November 2016 white supremacist rally in Pennsylvania. The group is associated with Combat 18, the armed branch of Blood & Honour, both listed entities in Canada, that has carried out violent actions including murders and bombings. Published: 2021-06-25 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Founded in the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2010, the Aryan Strikeforce (ASF) is a neo-Nazi group which aims to carry out violent activities to overthrow governments, start a race war, and eradicate ethnic minorities. The ASF describes itself as a white nationalist organization with the goal to protect the honour of their women, children, and the future of their race and nation, using violence as a necessary tool to achieve its goals. ASF subscribes to the philosophy of decentralized leaderless resistance and has had chapters in the United Kingdom and the United States, and contacts in Eastern Europe, South America, South Africa, and Canada. Members of the group have been convicted of crimes in the United Kingdom and the United States involving the production of chemical weapons, preparing and possessing material useful to commit acts of terrorism, facilitating the transfer of bomb-making instructions, and attempting to secure illegal firearms. Of particular note, the ASF had planned a suicide bombing attack on counter-protestors during a November 2016 white supremacist rally in Pennsylvania. The group is associated with Combat 18, the armed branch of Blood & Honour, both listed entities in Canada, that has carried out violent actions including murders and bombings.
id	61
published	2021-06-25
summary	Aryan Strike Force, ASF
title	Aryan Strikeforce
updated	Not yet reviewed

Asbat Al-Ansar (AAA) (The League of Partisans)

Id: 15 Summary: Osbat Al Ansar, Usbat Al Ansar, Esbat Al-Ansar, Isbat Al Ansar, Usbat-ul-Ansar, Band of Helpers, Band of Partisans, League of the Followers Content: God's Partisans, Gathering of Supporters, Partisan's League, Asbat Al-Ansar (AAA) is a Lebanese Islamist extremist group linked to Al Qaida. Its main objective is to promote the establishment of an Islamic state in Lebanon and it is opposed to Christian, secular, and Shia institutions in the country. Past targets have included the Lebanese state, as well as elements within the country AAA considers un-Islamic. For example, two AAA members attacked a Sidon court in 1999 and killed four people. The group has twice been involved in plots to assassinate the US Ambassador to Lebanon. Between 2005 and 2011, AAA members traveled to Iraq to fight against Coalition forces. Published: 2002-11-27 Updated: 2021-06-04

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content	God's Partisans, Gathering of Supporters, Partisan's League, Asbat Al-Ansar (AAA) is a Lebanese Islamist extremist group linked to Al Qaida. Its main objective is to promote the establishment of an Islamic state in Lebanon and it is opposed to Christian, secular, and Shia institutions in the country. Past targets have included the Lebanese state, as well as elements within the country AAA considers un-Islamic. For example, two AAA members attacked a Sidon court in 1999 and killed four people. The group has twice been involved in plots to assassinate the US Ambassador to Lebanon. Between 2005 and 2011, AAA members traveled to Iraq to fight against Coalition forces.
id	15
published	2002-11-27
summary	Osbat Al Ansar, Usbat Al Ansar, Esbat Al-Ansar, Isbat Al Ansar, Usbat-ul-Ansar, Band of Helpers, Band of Partisans, League of the Followers
title	Asbat Al-Ansar (AAA) (The League of Partisans)
updated	2021-06-04

Atomwaffen Division

Id: 160 Summary: AWD, National Socialist Order, NSO Content: Founded in the United States in 2015, the Atomwaffen Division (AWD) is a militant accelerationist neo-Nazi terror group, which has since expanded to the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and elsewhere. The group calls for acts of violence against racial, religious, and ethnic groups, and informants, police, and bureaucrats. AWD promotes a philosophy that individuals should carry out attacks against institutions and civilians to increase societal tensions, collapsing the government, and creating a National Socialist state for the white race out of the chaos. AWD has previously held training camps, also known as hate camps, where its members receive weapons and hand-to-hand combat training. AWD members have also carried out violent acts at public rallies, including the August 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In February 2025, two AWD members were found guilty in the U.S. for conspiring to damage Maryland's power grid. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Founded in the United States in 2015, the Atomwaffen Division (AWD) is a militant accelerationist neo-Nazi terror group, which has since expanded to the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and elsewhere. The group calls for acts of violence against racial, religious, and ethnic groups, and informants, police, and bureaucrats. AWD promotes a philosophy that individuals should carry out attacks against institutions and civilians to increase societal tensions, collapsing the government, and creating a National Socialist state for the white race out of the chaos. AWD has previously held training camps, also known as hate camps, where its members receive weapons and hand-to-hand combat training. AWD members have also carried out violent acts at public rallies, including the August 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In February 2025, two AWD members were found guilty in the U.S. for conspiring to damage Maryland's power grid.
id	160
published	2021-02-03
summary	AWD, National Socialist Order, NSO
title	Atomwaffen Division
updated	2025-12-04

Aum Shinrikyo (Aum)

Id: 16 Summary: Aum Shinri Kyo, Aum Supreme Truth, A. I. C. Comprehensive Research Institute, A. I. C. Sogo Kenkyusho and Aleph Content: Formed in Japan in 1987, Aum Shinrikyo (Aum) is a religious organization with a belief system that mixes various religions – primarily Buddhism – with science fiction and the prophecies of Nostradamus. Aum aimed to control Japan, then the world, and subsequently create a global utopian society. Originally peaceful in nature, the group became increasingly dangerous and violent, seeking to actively bring about Armageddon. In 1994 Aum committed its first sarin attack against Japanese civilians by releasing the nerve agent in Matsumoto, killing seven people and wounding more than a hundred others. In its most infamous attack, Aum released sarin in the Tokyo subway system in 1995, killing a dozen people and wounding thousands more. As of 2016, Aum continues to maintain facilities in Japan and Russia. Published: 2002-12-10 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Formed in Japan in 1987, Aum Shinrikyo (Aum) is a religious organization with a belief system that mixes various religions – primarily Buddhism – with science fiction and the prophecies of Nostradamus. Aum aimed to control Japan, then the world, and subsequently create a global utopian society. Originally peaceful in nature, the group became increasingly dangerous and violent, seeking to actively bring about Armageddon. In 1994 Aum committed its first sarin attack against Japanese civilians by releasing the nerve agent in Matsumoto, killing seven people and wounding more than a hundred others. In its most infamous attack, Aum released sarin in the Tokyo subway system in 1995, killing a dozen people and wounding thousands more. As of 2016, Aum continues to maintain facilities in Japan and Russia.
id	16
published	2002-12-10
summary	Aum Shinri Kyo, Aum Supreme Truth, A. I. C. Comprehensive Research Institute, A. I. C. Sogo Kenkyusho and Aleph
title	Aum Shinrikyo (Aum)
updated	2024-06-07

Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)

Id: 17 Summary: Babbar Khalsa (BK) Content: Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) is a Sikh terrorist entity that aims to establish a fundamentalist independent Sikh state called Khalistan (Land of the Pure) in what is presently the Indian state of Punjab. BKI activities include armed attacks, assassinations, and bombings. BKI has members outside of India in Pakistan, North America, Europe, and Scandinavia. In recent years, Indian police have arrested associates of BKI, recovering illegal arms and ammunition, and circumventing narco-smugglers seeking to procure weapons for BKI or provide the money to the terrorists and operatives of BKI. Published: 2003-06-18 Updated: 2024-06-07

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UUID 48808022-9e00-52ce-9d25-c4d1513c3f9c which can be used as unique global reference for Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) is a Sikh terrorist entity that aims to establish a fundamentalist independent Sikh state called Khalistan (Land of the Pure) in what is presently the Indian state of Punjab. BKI activities include armed attacks, assassinations, and bombings. BKI has members outside of India in Pakistan, North America, Europe, and Scandinavia. In recent years, Indian police have arrested associates of BKI, recovering illegal arms and ammunition, and circumventing narco-smugglers seeking to procure weapons for BKI or provide the money to the terrorists and operatives of BKI.
id	17
published	2003-06-18
summary	Babbar Khalsa (BK)
title	Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)
updated	2024-06-07

Blood & Honour (B&H)

Id: 59 Summary: N/A Content: Blood & Honour (B&H) is an international neo-Nazi network whose ideology is derived from the National Socialist doctrine of Nazi Germany. Through their armed branch, Combat 18 (C18), the group has carried out violent actions, including murders and bombings. B&H was founded in the United Kingdom in 1987 and grew during the 1990s, establishing branches throughout Europe by the end of the decade. B&H attacks have occurred in North America and in several EU-member states. In January 2012, four B&H members in Tampa, Florida, were convicted of the 1998 murder of two homeless men who were killed because the group considered them “inferior.” In February 2012, members of B&H and C18 firebombed a building occupied mostly by Romani families. B&H has continued to engage in terrorist activities, including events promoting Nazi symbolism and organizing concerts as a means to mobilize people. Published: 2019-06-21 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Blood & Honour (B&H) is an international neo-Nazi network whose ideology is derived from the National Socialist doctrine of Nazi Germany. Through their armed branch, Combat 18 (C18), the group has carried out violent actions, including murders and bombings. B&H was founded in the United Kingdom in 1987 and grew during the 1990s, establishing branches throughout Europe by the end of the decade. B&H attacks have occurred in North America and in several EU-member states. In January 2012, four B&H members in Tampa, Florida, were convicted of the 1998 murder of two homeless men who were killed because the group considered them “inferior.” In February 2012, members of B&H and C18 firebombed a building occupied mostly by Romani families. B&H has continued to engage in terrorist activities, including events promoting Nazi symbolism and organizing concerts as a means to mobilize people.
id	59
published	2019-06-21
summary	N/A
title	Blood & Honour (B&H)
updated	2024-06-07

Boko Haram

Id: 18 Summary: Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal-Jihad (JAS, People of the Tradition of the Prophet for Preaching and Striving / Group Committed to Propagating the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad) Content: Boko Haram is a Salafist jihadist group operating in northern Nigeria whose ultimate objective is to overthrow the Nigerian government and implement Sharia Law. The group desires a political system in Nigeria modeled after how the Taliban now rules Afghanistan. Its tactics include small arms attacks, the use of improvised explosive devices, suicide bombings, and kidnappings. Boko Haram conducted a suicide bomb attack against the United Nations compound in Abuja, Nigeria in August 2011, killing 23 people. In April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped a Canadian nun and two Italian priests in Cameroon. A few days later, in Nigeria, the group kidnapped 276 schoolgirls. In 2015, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and Boko Haram renamed itself the "Islamic States West Africa Province". However, the Islamic State appointed Abu Musab al-Barnawi as leader of Islamic States West Africa Province, resulting in the formation of two rival factions; one loyal to Shekau operating under the Boko Haram banner, and the other (Islamic States West Africa Province) led by Barnawi. During the first nine months of 2016, Boko Haram was responsible for nearly 400 deaths in Nigeria, and approximately 850 deaths in 2017. In many of its attacks Boko Haram used children, particularly young girls, as suicide bombers. Boko Haram also repeatedly targets farmers, loggers, and herders, accusing them of passing information about the group to soldiers and the militia fighting them. In November 2020, armed assailants on motorcycles took 50 farmers from a village in northeastern Nigeria, into a building where they slit their throats. Later, additional bodies were found nearby, bringing the total number of deceased to 76. In addition, the militants abducted about a dozen women from the village. The Shekau faction of Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident. In the most recent attack on August 12, 2023, Boko Haram militants rounded up 10 farmers and shot them dead while they were working in their field in the village of Maiwa, Borno. Published: 2013-12-24 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Boko Haram is a Salafist jihadist group operating in northern Nigeria whose ultimate objective is to overthrow the Nigerian government and implement Sharia Law. The group desires a political system in Nigeria modeled after how the Taliban now rules Afghanistan. Its tactics include small arms attacks, the use of improvised explosive devices, suicide bombings, and kidnappings. Boko Haram conducted a suicide bomb attack against the United Nations compound in Abuja, Nigeria in August 2011, killing 23 people. In April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped a Canadian nun and two Italian priests in Cameroon. A few days later, in Nigeria, the group kidnapped 276 schoolgirls. In 2015, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and Boko Haram renamed itself the "Islamic States West Africa Province". However, the Islamic State appointed Abu Musab al-Barnawi as leader of Islamic States West Africa Province, resulting in the formation of two rival factions; one loyal to Shekau operating under the Boko Haram banner, and the other (Islamic States West Africa Province) led by Barnawi. During the first nine months of 2016, Boko Haram was responsible for nearly 400 deaths in Nigeria, and approximately 850 deaths in 2017. In many of its attacks Boko Haram used children, particularly young girls, as suicide bombers. Boko Haram also repeatedly targets farmers, loggers, and herders, accusing them of passing information about the group to soldiers and the militia fighting them. In November 2020, armed assailants on motorcycles took 50 farmers from a village in northeastern Nigeria, into a building where they slit their throats. Later, additional bodies were found nearby, bringing the total number of deceased to 76. In addition, the militants abducted about a dozen women from the village. The Shekau faction of Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident. In the most recent attack on August 12, 2023, Boko Haram militants rounded up 10 farmers and shot them dead while they were working in their field in the village of Maiwa, Borno.
id	18
published	2013-12-24
summary	Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal-Jihad (JAS, People of the Tradition of the Prophet for Preaching and Striving / Group Committed to Propagating the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad)
title	Boko Haram
updated	2024-06-07

Caucasus Emirate

Id: 19 Summary: Imarat Kavkaz and Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus Content: The Caucasus Emirate is a Sunni Salafist Islamist extremist network which formed in October 2007. Its goal is to overthrow the secular governments in the North Caucasus republics and establish an Islamic emirate governed under the Salafist interpretation of Sharia Law. The Caucasus Emirate has carried out terrorist activities in Russia and the North Caucasus republics that range from ambushes with small arms, targeted assassinations using snipers, improvised explosive devices, and suicide bombings. Since November 2014, many of the network's leaders have switched their allegiance to the Islamic State. On February 22, 2017, a Caucasus Emirate spokesman called for militants in Chechnya to target Russian infrastructure and military facilities. In April 2020, Russian authorities arrested three suspected members of Caucasus Emirate who had plotted an attack at a retail shopping facility in the Khanty-Mansiysk City of Lyantor in Siberia. According to a Russian news agency, the suspects were in possession of an improvised explosive device, weapons and ammunition. The Caucasus Emirate’s operational presence in North Caucasus has been in steady decline since the mid-2010s. This decline has been attributed to the Russian security services’ counterterrorism efforts, which included many senior Caucasus Emirate leaders being captured and killed. Published: 2013-12-24 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The Caucasus Emirate is a Sunni Salafist Islamist extremist network which formed in October 2007. Its goal is to overthrow the secular governments in the North Caucasus republics and establish an Islamic emirate governed under the Salafist interpretation of Sharia Law. The Caucasus Emirate has carried out terrorist activities in Russia and the North Caucasus republics that range from ambushes with small arms, targeted assassinations using snipers, improvised explosive devices, and suicide bombings. Since November 2014, many of the network's leaders have switched their allegiance to the Islamic State. On February 22, 2017, a Caucasus Emirate spokesman called for militants in Chechnya to target Russian infrastructure and military facilities. In April 2020, Russian authorities arrested three suspected members of Caucasus Emirate who had plotted an attack at a retail shopping facility in the Khanty-Mansiysk City of Lyantor in Siberia. According to a Russian news agency, the suspects were in possession of an improvised explosive device, weapons and ammunition. The Caucasus Emirate’s operational presence in North Caucasus has been in steady decline since the mid-2010s. This decline has been attributed to the Russian security services’ counterterrorism efforts, which included many senior Caucasus Emirate leaders being captured and killed.
id	19
published	2013-12-24
summary	Imarat Kavkaz and Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus
title	Caucasus Emirate
updated	2024-06-07

Combat 18 (C18)

Id: 60 Summary: N/A Content: Blood & Honour (B&H) is an international neo-Nazi network whose ideology is derived from the National Socialist doctrine of Nazi Germany. Through their armed branch, Combat 18 (C18), the group has carried out violent actions, including murders and bombings. B&H was founded in the United Kingdom in 1987 and grew during the 1990s, establishing branches throughout Europe by the end of the decade. B&H and C18 attacks have occurred in North America and in several EU-member states. In January 2012, four B&H members in Tampa, Florida, were convicted of the 1998 murder of two homeless men who were killed because the group considered them “inferior.” In February 2012, members of B&H and C18 firebombed a building occupied mostly by Romani families, including children, in Aš, Czech Republic. C18 serves as B&H’s armed and radical branch, advocating white supremacy, antisemitism and islamophobia, and the movement is present internationally. In 2020, the German government banned C18 in Germany because of its goals and activities. Published: 2019-06-21 Updated: 2024-06-07

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UUID 300a7955-a4e1-5808-a33f-1b35e84d4e31 which can be used as unique global reference for Combat 18 (C18) in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	Blood & Honour (B&H) is an international neo-Nazi network whose ideology is derived from the National Socialist doctrine of Nazi Germany. Through their armed branch, Combat 18 (C18), the group has carried out violent actions, including murders and bombings. B&H was founded in the United Kingdom in 1987 and grew during the 1990s, establishing branches throughout Europe by the end of the decade. B&H and C18 attacks have occurred in North America and in several EU-member states. In January 2012, four B&H members in Tampa, Florida, were convicted of the 1998 murder of two homeless men who were killed because the group considered them “inferior.” In February 2012, members of B&H and C18 firebombed a building occupied mostly by Romani families, including children, in Aš, Czech Republic. C18 serves as B&H’s armed and radical branch, advocating white supremacy, antisemitism and islamophobia, and the movement is present internationally. In 2020, the German government banned C18 in Germany because of its goals and activities.
id	60
published	2019-06-21
summary	N/A
title	Combat 18 (C18)
updated	2024-06-07

Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

Id: 2025-02-20-1 Summary: Jalisco Cartel New Generation, CJNG Content: Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) is a transnational criminal organization notorious for its extreme and brazen use of violence as a tool to intimidate and assert its authority. CJNG maintains its stronghold in the western states of Mexico including Jalisco, but its operations extend throughout the country. CJNG is known for their innovative use of rigging drones to drop explosives, a violent tactic adopted from insurgent groups. CJNG’s use of armed drones and other tactics, such as public executions and kidnappings, against communities go beyond intimidation, as they seek to instill terror and depopulate communities to facilitate their takeover of territories and routes. CJNG has links to known terrorist entities, including the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The primary activities conducted by CJNG include drug dealing, prostitution, extortion, kidnapping, and assassination. In January 2025, the Toronto Police Service seized 835kg of cocaine linked to CJNG, marking the largest drug haul in Toronto’s history. Published: 2025-02-20 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) is a transnational criminal organization notorious for its extreme and brazen use of violence as a tool to intimidate and assert its authority. CJNG maintains its stronghold in the western states of Mexico including Jalisco, but its operations extend throughout the country. CJNG is known for their innovative use of rigging drones to drop explosives, a violent tactic adopted from insurgent groups. CJNG’s use of armed drones and other tactics, such as public executions and kidnappings, against communities go beyond intimidation, as they seek to instill terror and depopulate communities to facilitate their takeover of territories and routes. CJNG has links to known terrorist entities, including the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The primary activities conducted by CJNG include drug dealing, prostitution, extortion, kidnapping, and assassination. In January 2025, the Toronto Police Service seized 835kg of cocaine linked to CJNG, marking the largest drug haul in Toronto’s history.
id	2025-02-20-1
published	2025-02-20
summary	Jalisco Cartel New Generation, CJNG
title	Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación
updated	Not yet reviewed

Cártel de Sinaloa

Id: 2025-02-20-2 Summary: CDS, Sinaloa Cartel, La Federación (The Federation), Sinaloa Organized Crime Group, Organización del Pacífico (The Pacific Cartel), Organización Guzman-Loera (The Guzman-Loera Organization) Content: Factions include: Cártel de Sinaloa-Mayo Zambada (also known as Sinaloa Cartel-Mayo Zambada; CDS-MZ; La Mayiza; Los del Mayo; Los Mayitos), and Cártel de Sinaloa-Menores (also known as CDS-Menores, Sinaloa Cartel-Minors, Los Chapitos, Los Chapiza). Cártel de Sinaloa is one of the oldest criminal organizations in Mexico, and one of the most violent and prolific drug trafficking organizations in the world. Based in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Cártel de Sinaloa operates in at least 47 countries around the world, including Canada. The cartel uses coercion, bribery, intimidation, and violence to expand its territory and establish political control in its areas of operation. Cártel de Sinaloa has links to multiple known terrorist entities, including the National Liberation Army (ELN), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and Iran-backed Hezbollah. In March 2024, Cártel de Sinaloa, through one of its factions, took 66 people including 18 children, hostage in Mexico’s Culiacán municipality as retribution. As of 2021, Cártel de Sinaloa has used drones for deadly aerial attacks in Northern Mexico and surrounding areas. Published: 2025-02-20 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Factions include: Cártel de Sinaloa-Mayo Zambada (also known as Sinaloa Cartel-Mayo Zambada; CDS-MZ; La Mayiza; Los del Mayo; Los Mayitos), and Cártel de Sinaloa-Menores (also known as CDS-Menores, Sinaloa Cartel-Minors, Los Chapitos, Los Chapiza). Cártel de Sinaloa is one of the oldest criminal organizations in Mexico, and one of the most violent and prolific drug trafficking organizations in the world. Based in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Cártel de Sinaloa operates in at least 47 countries around the world, including Canada. The cartel uses coercion, bribery, intimidation, and violence to expand its territory and establish political control in its areas of operation. Cártel de Sinaloa has links to multiple known terrorist entities, including the National Liberation Army (ELN), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and Iran-backed Hezbollah. In March 2024, Cártel de Sinaloa, through one of its factions, took 66 people including 18 children, hostage in Mexico’s Culiacán municipality as retribution. As of 2021, Cártel de Sinaloa has used drones for deadly aerial attacks in Northern Mexico and surrounding areas.
id	2025-02-20-2
published	2025-02-20
summary	CDS, Sinaloa Cartel, La Federación (The Federation), Sinaloa Organized Crime Group, Organización del Pacífico (The Pacific Cartel), Organización Guzman-Loera (The Guzman-Loera Organization)
title	Cártel de Sinaloa
updated	Not yet reviewed

Cártel del Golfo

Id: 2025-02-20-3 Summary: Gulf Cartel, CDG Content: Factions include: Los Escorpiones (the Scorpions), Los Ciclones (the Cyclones), Los Rojos, Los Metros, and Las Panteras (the Panthers). Cártel del Golfo (CDG) is one of the largest organized crime groups operating in the north of Mexico and is comprised of different factions whose primary aim is securing their drug and weapons trafficking business between Mexico and the U.S. They frequently engage in activities against rival organized crime groups and Mexican security forces. Alliances and infighting between the factions are common with each vying for control over several criminal economies, primarily in the state of Tamaulipas along the U.S.-Mexico border. The primary activities conducted by the CDG are drug trafficking, illicit firearms trafficking, human trafficking, facilitation of illegal immigration, extortion, contract killing, and operational protection and security. In March 2023, four American citizens were kidnapped by members of the CDG faction group, los Escorpiones, as they were driving to a medical procedure in Matamoros, Mexico from Texas. Two individuals were killed. Published: 2025-02-20 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Factions include: Los Escorpiones (the Scorpions), Los Ciclones (the Cyclones), Los Rojos, Los Metros, and Las Panteras (the Panthers). Cártel del Golfo (CDG) is one of the largest organized crime groups operating in the north of Mexico and is comprised of different factions whose primary aim is securing their drug and weapons trafficking business between Mexico and the U.S. They frequently engage in activities against rival organized crime groups and Mexican security forces. Alliances and infighting between the factions are common with each vying for control over several criminal economies, primarily in the state of Tamaulipas along the U.S.-Mexico border. The primary activities conducted by the CDG are drug trafficking, illicit firearms trafficking, human trafficking, facilitation of illegal immigration, extortion, contract killing, and operational protection and security. In March 2023, four American citizens were kidnapped by members of the CDG faction group, los Escorpiones, as they were driving to a medical procedure in Matamoros, Mexico from Texas. Two individuals were killed.
id	2025-02-20-3
published	2025-02-20
summary	Gulf Cartel, CDG
title	Cártel del Golfo
updated	Not yet reviewed

Cárteles Unidos

Id: 2025-02-20-4 Summary: The United Cartels, CU Content: Factions include: Cartel del Abuelo (also known as Cartel Tepalcatepec), Los Viagras, Los Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templar), La Nueva Familia Michoacana (also known as The New Michoacán Family; LNFM), La Familia Michoacana (also known as The Michoacán Family; La Familia), Los Blanco De Troya (White Trojans). Cárteles Unidos (CU) is an alliance between a number of Mexican criminal groups to combat Jalisco New Generation Cártel (CJNG)’s entrance into the Michoacán state. The current incarnation of the CU consists of Cartel del Abuelo (a.k.a. Cartel Tepalcatepec), Los Viagras, Los Caballeros Templarios and Los Blanco de Troya. The strategic goals of the entity include protecting its influence over the Michoacán state, as well as keeping control of drug trafficking routes and its share in local illicit economies including drug production and the extortion of ranchers, and avocado and lime producers. The CU furthers its goals by destabilizing their region of operation. It does so through the use of violence, inflicting terror onto the local population, in order to gain and maintain control. Since the start of their conflict with CJNG in 2019, the entity has used various displays of military might, violence, hostage taking, extortion, seizing land, destruction of public infrastructure, and attacks against local law enforcement to destabilize the area, intimidate the public, and assert their dominance to facilitate their activities. In September 2020, CU operatives drove military tanks through the town of Bonifacio Moreno in Aguililla and recorded themselves heavily armed, showing off how they rode in a war tank through the streets, warning CJNG that this territory belonged to them. In 2021, there were reports that the entity used drones to drop gunpower bombs over the region, wounding two members of the Michoacán state police force. In December 2024, two soldiers were killed and five others were injured from a landmine explosion, after CU used dismembered bodies to lure the soldiers to where the landmine was set. Published: 2025-02-20 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Factions include: Cartel del Abuelo (also known as Cartel Tepalcatepec), Los Viagras, Los Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templar), La Nueva Familia Michoacana (also known as The New Michoacán Family; LNFM), La Familia Michoacana (also known as The Michoacán Family; La Familia), Los Blanco De Troya (White Trojans). Cárteles Unidos (CU) is an alliance between a number of Mexican criminal groups to combat Jalisco New Generation Cártel (CJNG)’s entrance into the Michoacán state. The current incarnation of the CU consists of Cartel del Abuelo (a.k.a. Cartel Tepalcatepec), Los Viagras, Los Caballeros Templarios and Los Blanco de Troya. The strategic goals of the entity include protecting its influence over the Michoacán state, as well as keeping control of drug trafficking routes and its share in local illicit economies including drug production and the extortion of ranchers, and avocado and lime producers. The CU furthers its goals by destabilizing their region of operation. It does so through the use of violence, inflicting terror onto the local population, in order to gain and maintain control. Since the start of their conflict with CJNG in 2019, the entity has used various displays of military might, violence, hostage taking, extortion, seizing land, destruction of public infrastructure, and attacks against local law enforcement to destabilize the area, intimidate the public, and assert their dominance to facilitate their activities. In September 2020, CU operatives drove military tanks through the town of Bonifacio Moreno in Aguililla and recorded themselves heavily armed, showing off how they rode in a war tank through the streets, warning CJNG that this territory belonged to them. In 2021, there were reports that the entity used drones to drop gunpower bombs over the region, wounding two members of the Michoacán state police force. In December 2024, two soldiers were killed and five others were injured from a landmine explosion, after CU used dismembered bodies to lure the soldiers to where the landmine was set.
id	2025-02-20-4
published	2025-02-20
summary	The United Cartels, CU
title	Cárteles Unidos
updated	Not yet reviewed

Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)

Id: 20 Summary: National Liberation Army and the Army of National Liberation Content: Founded in 1964, the ELN's principal aim is to "seize power for the people" and establish a revolutionary government. The group believes foreign involvement in Colombia's oil industry violates the country's sovereignty and foreign companies are unfairly exploiting Colombia's natural resources. ELN activities include kidnapping, hijacking, bombing, extortion, and guerrilla warfare. In its attacks, the ELN primarily targets the Colombian oil industry, political events, and political figures. Improvised explosive device attacks against energy targets are common, as illustrated by the group’s frequent attacks on a pipeline owned by the state oil company. The ELN has occasionally also utilized vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks. On March 29, 2023, the ELN attacked a military unit securing a northern pipeline with long-range weapons and improvised explosive devices, killing nine personnel and wounding at least eight others. Between February 23 and 26, 2022, the ELN held an armed strike across Colombia to protest the government's economic and social policies. The ELN blew up a bridge, set fire to vehicles, blocked roads and set off bombs that injured eight people during the first day. The ELN has also expanded into Venezuela, and has been described as a binational guerrilla group. After the disarmament of FARC militants in 2017, ELN militants have filled their territorial vacuum. Published: 2003-04-02 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Founded in 1964, the ELN's principal aim is to "seize power for the people" and establish a revolutionary government. The group believes foreign involvement in Colombia's oil industry violates the country's sovereignty and foreign companies are unfairly exploiting Colombia's natural resources. ELN activities include kidnapping, hijacking, bombing, extortion, and guerrilla warfare. In its attacks, the ELN primarily targets the Colombian oil industry, political events, and political figures. Improvised explosive device attacks against energy targets are common, as illustrated by the group’s frequent attacks on a pipeline owned by the state oil company. The ELN has occasionally also utilized vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks. On March 29, 2023, the ELN attacked a military unit securing a northern pipeline with long-range weapons and improvised explosive devices, killing nine personnel and wounding at least eight others. Between February 23 and 26, 2022, the ELN held an armed strike across Colombia to protest the government's economic and social policies. The ELN blew up a bridge, set fire to vehicles, blocked roads and set off bombs that injured eight people during the first day. The ELN has also expanded into Venezuela, and has been described as a binational guerrilla group. After the disarmament of FARC militants in 2017, ELN militants have filled their territorial vacuum.
id	20
published	2003-04-02
summary	National Liberation Army and the Army of National Liberation
title	Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)
updated	2024-06-07

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)

Id: 21 Summary: Basque Homeland and Liberty, Euzkadi Ta Azkatasuna, Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna, Basque Nation and Liberty, Basque Fatherland and Liberty and Basque Homeland and Freedom. Content: The Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) was formed in 1959 and is headquartered in the Basque provinces of Spain and France. It has been responsible for attacks on Spanish and French interests domestically and abroad. ETA aims to create an independent Basque state that would contain the six Basque provinces of Spain and France, as well as the Navarra province of Spain. ETA activities include bombings, assassinations and kidnappings. In July 2009, ETA claimed responsibility for the bombing of a police barracks in Spain which wounded at least 40 people, including 6 children. In May 2018, ETA officially dissolved. However, European authorities have continued to pursue criminal charges against former members of ETA. ETA is said to have killed over 800 people and carried out some 1,600 terrorist attacks since its formation. Published: 2003-04-02 Updated: 2021-06-04

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content	The Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) was formed in 1959 and is headquartered in the Basque provinces of Spain and France. It has been responsible for attacks on Spanish and French interests domestically and abroad. ETA aims to create an independent Basque state that would contain the six Basque provinces of Spain and France, as well as the Navarra province of Spain. ETA activities include bombings, assassinations and kidnappings. In July 2009, ETA claimed responsibility for the bombing of a police barracks in Spain which wounded at least 40 people, including 6 children. In May 2018, ETA officially dissolved. However, European authorities have continued to pursue criminal charges against former members of ETA. ETA is said to have killed over 800 people and carried out some 1,600 terrorist attacks since its formation.
id	21
published	2003-04-02
summary	Basque Homeland and Liberty, Euzkadi Ta Azkatasuna, Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna, Basque Nation and Liberty, Basque Fatherland and Liberty and Basque Homeland and Freedom.
title	Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)
updated	2021-06-04

Fatemiyoun Division

Id: 58 Summary: Fatemioun Brigade, Fatemioun Military Division, Fatemiyoun, Fatemiyoun Battalion, Fatemiyoun Force, Fatemiyyun, Liwa Fatemiyoun, Liwa al-Fatemiyon, Fatemiyon Brigade, Fatemiyon Division, Fatemiyoun Brigade Content: The Fatemiyoun Division (FD) is a Hazara Shiite militia fighting in Syria comprised mainly of Afghan refugees recruited from Iran and Afghanistan. The group is directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force, which, along with Hizballah, provides support and training to FD in order to advance Iran's regional agenda by participating in regional conflicts. Originally deployed to protect Shiite shrines in Syria, in November 2017, the group vowed to continue to fight alongside Iran's axis of resistance. The FD has also been active in parts of Afghanistan where it has fought mostly against anti-Shiite Muslim or anti-Iranian groups. In December 2024, the entity participated in the defense of the Assad regime against rebel groups throughout Syria. In January 2025, Iranian officials confirmed FD would not be disbanded and would continue to plan strategies to fight against Israel. Published: 2019-06-21 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	The Fatemiyoun Division (FD) is a Hazara Shiite militia fighting in Syria comprised mainly of Afghan refugees recruited from Iran and Afghanistan. The group is directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force, which, along with Hizballah, provides support and training to FD in order to advance Iran's regional agenda by participating in regional conflicts. Originally deployed to protect Shiite shrines in Syria, in November 2017, the group vowed to continue to fight alongside Iran's axis of resistance. The FD has also been active in parts of Afghanistan where it has fought mostly against anti-Shiite Muslim or anti-Iranian groups. In December 2024, the entity participated in the defense of the Assad regime against rebel groups throughout Syria. In January 2025, Iranian officials confirmed FD would not be disbanded and would continue to plan strategies to fight against Israel.
id	58
published	2019-06-21
summary	Fatemioun Brigade, Fatemioun Military Division, Fatemiyoun, Fatemiyoun Battalion, Fatemiyoun Force, Fatemiyyun, Liwa Fatemiyoun, Liwa al-Fatemiyon, Fatemiyon Brigade, Fatemiyon Division, Fatemiyoun Brigade
title	Fatemiyoun Division
updated	2025-12-04

Front de Libération du Macina

Id: 580 Summary: FLM, Macina Liberation Front, MLF, Massina Liberation Front, Katiba Massina, Massina Brigade, Macina Brigade, Katiba Macina, Katibat Macina, Ansar Dine Macina, Harakat Ansar al-Din Macina Brigade, Ansar al-Din South, Macina Batallion, Macina Liberation Movement, MLM, La Force de Libération du Macina, ML Movement, Massina Liberation Movement, Ansar al-Din Macina Brigade, Katibat Macina – Ansar Dine, Ansar al-Din Macina Content: Emerging in January 2015, Front de Libération du Macina (FLM) is a Mali-based Islamist extremist group. A constituent of Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM), FLM has targeted Malian and international security forces, civilians (including Westerners, teachers, imams, and local officials), and those it perceives as not adhering to its interpretation of Islam. The group's main objective has been to liberate the Fulani, mainly Muslim people scattered across 21 different African countries, from Malian government "oppression." On November 20, 2015, militants from various groups including FLM carried out a gun attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, killing over 20 people. More than 170 people were taken hostage during the siege, including three Canadians. Between June 18 and 19, 2022, FLM militants attacked three villages in central Mali—Diallassagou, Dianweli, and Deguessagou—killing at least 132 civilians and setting fire to many buildings. JNIM claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Malian government specifically accuses FLM. On February 12, 2025, militants killed 16 people and wounded several in the Ségou area of Mali for their refusal to follow Islamic law as dictated by FLM, and local sources attribute the attack to the FLM. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Emerging in January 2015, Front de Libération du Macina (FLM) is a Mali-based Islamist extremist group. A constituent of Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM), FLM has targeted Malian and international security forces, civilians (including Westerners, teachers, imams, and local officials), and those it perceives as not adhering to its interpretation of Islam. The group's main objective has been to liberate the Fulani, mainly Muslim people scattered across 21 different African countries, from Malian government "oppression." On November 20, 2015, militants from various groups including FLM carried out a gun attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, killing over 20 people. More than 170 people were taken hostage during the siege, including three Canadians. Between June 18 and 19, 2022, FLM militants attacked three villages in central Mali—Diallassagou, Dianweli, and Deguessagou—killing at least 132 civilians and setting fire to many buildings. JNIM claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Malian government specifically accuses FLM. On February 12, 2025, militants killed 16 people and wounded several in the Ségou area of Mali for their refusal to follow Islamic law as dictated by FLM, and local sources attribute the attack to the FLM.
id	580
published	2021-02-03
summary	FLM, Macina Liberation Front, MLF, Massina Liberation Front, Katiba Massina, Massina Brigade, Macina Brigade, Katiba Macina, Katibat Macina, Ansar Dine Macina, Harakat Ansar al-Din Macina Brigade, Ansar al-Din South, Macina Batallion, Macina Liberation Movement, MLM, La Force de Libération du Macina, ML Movement, Massina Liberation Movement, Ansar al-Din Macina Brigade, Katibat Macina – Ansar Dine, Ansar al-Din Macina
title	Front de Libération du Macina
updated	2025-12-04

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)

Id: 22 Summary: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo, FARC-EP) Content: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, after the initials in Spanish) was founded in 1964 as the armed wing of the Communist Party in Colombia. While FARC had some urban presence, it was always an overwhelmingly rural guerrilla organisation. Originally, FARC was guided by its goal of overthrowing the current government in Colombia and replacing it with a leftist, anti-American regime that would force all United States interests out of Colombia and Latin America. FARC activities include bombings, hijackings, assassinations, and the kidnapping of Colombian officials and Westerners. In September 2016, FARC entered into a demobilization process with the Colombian government and signed a Peace Accord which formally brought an end to 52 years of armed conflict. Under the deal certain FARC commanders disarmed, demobilized, and participated in reintegration efforts and key leaders have become political actors within Colombia’s Congress. The Colombian Government has recognized that demobilized FARC members who adhere to the commitments under the 2016 Peace Accord would no longer be labelled as terrorists. In January 2021, the FARC political party changed its name to Comunes and accordingly, Comunes is not captured by this listing. While the vast majority of FARC combatants have demobilized and participate in the peace process, it is important to recognize that certain groups refused to disarm and claim to be the true continuation of FARC. For example, in August 2019, a FARC commander, Iván Márquez, called on his followers to re-take up arms, announcing a “new phase of the armed struggle” and asserting that the guerrilla group carries the same: FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army). On June 25, 2021, a helicopter approaching the city of Cucuta with Colombian President Ivan Duque and other officials aboard was hit by bullets. A still-mobilized FARC commander took responsibility for the attack. Published: 2003-04-02 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, after the initials in Spanish) was founded in 1964 as the armed wing of the Communist Party in Colombia. While FARC had some urban presence, it was always an overwhelmingly rural guerrilla organisation. Originally, FARC was guided by its goal of overthrowing the current government in Colombia and replacing it with a leftist, anti-American regime that would force all United States interests out of Colombia and Latin America. FARC activities include bombings, hijackings, assassinations, and the kidnapping of Colombian officials and Westerners. In September 2016, FARC entered into a demobilization process with the Colombian government and signed a Peace Accord which formally brought an end to 52 years of armed conflict. Under the deal certain FARC commanders disarmed, demobilized, and participated in reintegration efforts and key leaders have become political actors within Colombia’s Congress. The Colombian Government has recognized that demobilized FARC members who adhere to the commitments under the 2016 Peace Accord would no longer be labelled as terrorists. In January 2021, the FARC political party changed its name to Comunes and accordingly, Comunes is not captured by this listing. While the vast majority of FARC combatants have demobilized and participate in the peace process, it is important to recognize that certain groups refused to disarm and claim to be the true continuation of FARC. For example, in August 2019, a FARC commander, Iván Márquez, called on his followers to re-take up arms, announcing a “new phase of the armed struggle” and asserting that the guerrilla group carries the same: FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army). On June 25, 2021, a helicopter approaching the city of Cucuta with Colombian President Ivan Duque and other officials aboard was hit by bullets. A still-mobilized FARC commander took responsibility for the attack.
id	22
published	2003-04-02
summary	Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo, FARC-EP)
title	Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)
updated	2024-06-07

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

Id: 23 Summary: Gulabudin Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin Khekmatiyar, Gulbuddin Hekmatiar, Gulbuddin Hekmartyar, Gulbudin Hekmetyar, Golboddin Hikmetyar and Gulbuddin Hekmetyar Content: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the group Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), promotes an extreme Islamist anti-Western ideology with the objective of overthrowing the Afghan administration and creating an Islamic state. Hekmatyar has declared his intention to wage jihad against foreign troops and interests in Afghanistan until all occupation forces would be driven out. He has perpetrated indiscriminate attacks against civilians, government officials and foreign officers. In 2006, Hekmatyar pledged allegiance to Al Qaida leader Usama bin Laden and vowed to join Al Qaida's holy war. On May 18, 2016, Afghanistan's government signed a draft peace agreement with HIG. In July 2016, Hekmatyar ordered his followers to fight against the Taliban in support of the Islamic State. Published: 2005-05-24 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the group Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), promotes an extreme Islamist anti-Western ideology with the objective of overthrowing the Afghan administration and creating an Islamic state. Hekmatyar has declared his intention to wage jihad against foreign troops and interests in Afghanistan until all occupation forces would be driven out. He has perpetrated indiscriminate attacks against civilians, government officials and foreign officers. In 2006, Hekmatyar pledged allegiance to Al Qaida leader Usama bin Laden and vowed to join Al Qaida's holy war. On May 18, 2016, Afghanistan's government signed a draft peace agreement with HIG. In July 2016, Hekmatyar ordered his followers to fight against the Taliban in support of the Islamic State.
id	23
published	2005-05-24
summary	Gulabudin Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin Khekmatiyar, Gulbuddin Hekmatiar, Gulbuddin Hekmartyar, Gulbudin Hekmetyar, Golboddin Hikmetyar and Gulbuddin Hekmetyar
title	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
updated	2024-06-07

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Faction of the Hezb-e Islami, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG)

Id: 24 Summary: N/A Content: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's faction of the Hezb-e Islami, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), espoused a radical Islamist anti-Western ideology, with the goal of eliminating all Western influence in Afghanistan, and creating an Islamic state. Hekmatyar's men were reputed to be the most effective mujahideen group to fight against the Soviet occupation and the most extreme of all Afghan fighters. Drawing support from Pakistan, HIG now has a presence in much of Afghanistan and is an important component of resistance forces in the country. HIG is known to cooperate with Al Qaida and the Taliban, and has a history of engaging in terrorist activities including killings, torture, kidnappings and forcible detainment, and attacking political figures. HIG often targets civilians, journalists, and foreign aid workers. On May 18, 2016, after over two months of negotiations, Afghanistan's Republic-era government signed a draft peace agreement with the HIG. Published: 2006-10-23 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's faction of the Hezb-e Islami, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), espoused a radical Islamist anti-Western ideology, with the goal of eliminating all Western influence in Afghanistan, and creating an Islamic state. Hekmatyar's men were reputed to be the most effective mujahideen group to fight against the Soviet occupation and the most extreme of all Afghan fighters. Drawing support from Pakistan, HIG now has a presence in much of Afghanistan and is an important component of resistance forces in the country. HIG is known to cooperate with Al Qaida and the Taliban, and has a history of engaging in terrorist activities including killings, torture, kidnappings and forcible detainment, and attacking political figures. HIG often targets civilians, journalists, and foreign aid workers. On May 18, 2016, after over two months of negotiations, Afghanistan's Republic-era government signed a draft peace agreement with the HIG.
id	24
published	2006-10-23
summary	N/A
title	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Faction of the Hezb-e Islami, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG)
updated	2024-06-07

Hamas (Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya) (Islamic Resistance Movement)

Id: 25 Summary: N/A Content: Hamas, the Arabic acronym for the group Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya, is a radical Islamist-nationalist terrorist organization that emerged from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1987. It uses political and violent means to pursue its goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel. Since 1990, Hamas has been responsible for terrorist attacks against both civilian and military targets. Hamas has been one of the primary groups involved in suicide bombings aimed at Israelis since the start of the Al-Aqsa intifada in September 2000. In 2006, Hamas participated in and won Palestinian parliamentary elections, leading to negotiations between the group and the Palestinian Authority over the establishment of a unity government. In 2007, however, Hamas overthrew the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip and seized power of the coastal territory. Although the group's political leadership resides in Damascus, Hamas uses the Gaza Strip as a base for terrorist operations aimed against Israel. Published: 2002-11-27 Updated: 2021-06-04

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content	Hamas, the Arabic acronym for the group Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya, is a radical Islamist-nationalist terrorist organization that emerged from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1987. It uses political and violent means to pursue its goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel. Since 1990, Hamas has been responsible for terrorist attacks against both civilian and military targets. Hamas has been one of the primary groups involved in suicide bombings aimed at Israelis since the start of the Al-Aqsa intifada in September 2000. In 2006, Hamas participated in and won Palestinian parliamentary elections, leading to negotiations between the group and the Palestinian Authority over the establishment of a unity government. In 2007, however, Hamas overthrew the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip and seized power of the coastal territory. Although the group's political leadership resides in Damascus, Hamas uses the Gaza Strip as a base for terrorist operations aimed against Israel.
id	25
published	2002-11-27
summary	N/A
title	Hamas (Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya) (Islamic Resistance Movement)
updated	2021-06-04

Haqqani Network

Id: 26 Summary: N/A Content: The Haqqani Network is an Afghan and Pakistani insurgent group described as one of the most powerful and violent organizations in the region. The Haqqani Network is an Islamist militant organization whose primary goal includes reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and supporting the reemergence of the Afghan Taliban’s authority over the country. The Haqqani Network also believe Western forces must be removed from the country. Under its current leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Haqqani Network is committed as well to supporting global jihad, including armed conflict to expand the Islamic world. The Haqqani Network has historically cooperated with Taliban factions and has been called the most lethal arm of the Taliban. The Haqqani Network functions as an autonomous branch of the Taliban that carries out operational attacks and serves as a conduit for other terrorist organizations’ activities. The group is also known to maintain close ties to Al Qaida. The Haqqani Network poses a significant local threat. The Haqqani Network has been responsible for many of the highest-profile attacks in Afghanistan. Haqqani Network operations account for about one-tenth of attacks on coalition troops, and about 15 percent of casualties. The Haqqani Network was the first group to adopt the use of suicide bombers for attacks in Afghanistan. The Haqqani Network uses large vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, suicide vests, and swarming attacks, which captured headlines and created doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to protect its civilians without NATO support. The Haqqani Network specializes in coordinated attacks, favours a military-centric approach, via armed struggle, committing high-profile assassination attempts, suicide attacks, and waging a war of insurgency against the West. Published: 2013-05-09 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The Haqqani Network is an Afghan and Pakistani insurgent group described as one of the most powerful and violent organizations in the region. The Haqqani Network is an Islamist militant organization whose primary goal includes reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and supporting the reemergence of the Afghan Taliban’s authority over the country. The Haqqani Network also believe Western forces must be removed from the country. Under its current leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Haqqani Network is committed as well to supporting global jihad, including armed conflict to expand the Islamic world. The Haqqani Network has historically cooperated with Taliban factions and has been called the most lethal arm of the Taliban. The Haqqani Network functions as an autonomous branch of the Taliban that carries out operational attacks and serves as a conduit for other terrorist organizations’ activities. The group is also known to maintain close ties to Al Qaida. The Haqqani Network poses a significant local threat. The Haqqani Network has been responsible for many of the highest-profile attacks in Afghanistan. Haqqani Network operations account for about one-tenth of attacks on coalition troops, and about 15 percent of casualties. The Haqqani Network was the first group to adopt the use of suicide bombers for attacks in Afghanistan. The Haqqani Network uses large vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, suicide vests, and swarming attacks, which captured headlines and created doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to protect its civilians without NATO support. The Haqqani Network specializes in coordinated attacks, favours a military-centric approach, via armed struggle, committing high-profile assassination attempts, suicide attacks, and waging a war of insurgency against the West.
id	26
published	2013-05-09
summary	N/A
title	Haqqani Network
updated	2024-06-07

Harakat al-Sabireen (HaS)

Id: 57 Summary: Al-Sabirin Movement for Supporting Palestine, Al-Sabireen Movement for Supporting Palestine, Al-Sabirin, Al-Sabireen, a-Sabrin organization, Al-Sabireen for the Victory of Palestine, HISN, HOSN, The Sabireen Movement, HESN, Movement of Those Who Endure With Patience, Movement of the Patient Ones Content: Harakat al-Sabireen (HaS) is an Iranian-backed Shia group which has operated in the Gaza Strip since 2014. Although founded in Gaza, it also operates in the West Bank. HaS espouses an ideology which rejects a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine and calls for the destruction of Israel. HaS adopts Iran’s sectarian approach of Islamic ideology in the area, and is reported to have strong, direct ties to Iran. HaS’ aims as of 2015 were to establish a powerful, Hizballah-style proxy for Iran in Gaza, which would serve as a strong reminder to Hamas that Iran has alternatives. HaS has fired rockets into Israel and targeted Israeli army patrols using explosive devices. Members of HaS have claimed they fight against Israel alongside Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Iran’s Qods Force, assisted by the Palestinian Operations department of Hizballah, has financed and provided media exposure to HaS. Since 2019, HaS reportedly has not been operational, bowing to earlier pressure from Hamas in the area. Published: 2019-06-21 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Harakat al-Sabireen (HaS) is an Iranian-backed Shia group which has operated in the Gaza Strip since 2014. Although founded in Gaza, it also operates in the West Bank. HaS espouses an ideology which rejects a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine and calls for the destruction of Israel. HaS adopts Iran’s sectarian approach of Islamic ideology in the area, and is reported to have strong, direct ties to Iran. HaS’ aims as of 2015 were to establish a powerful, Hizballah-style proxy for Iran in Gaza, which would serve as a strong reminder to Hamas that Iran has alternatives. HaS has fired rockets into Israel and targeted Israeli army patrols using explosive devices. Members of HaS have claimed they fight against Israel alongside Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Iran’s Qods Force, assisted by the Palestinian Operations department of Hizballah, has financed and provided media exposure to HaS. Since 2019, HaS reportedly has not been operational, bowing to earlier pressure from Hamas in the area.
id	57
published	2019-06-21
summary	Al-Sabirin Movement for Supporting Palestine, Al-Sabireen Movement for Supporting Palestine, Al-Sabirin, Al-Sabireen, a-Sabrin organization, Al-Sabireen for the Victory of Palestine, HISN, HOSN, The Sabireen Movement, HESN, Movement of Those Who Endure With Patience, Movement of the Patient Ones
title	Harakat al-Sabireen (HaS)
updated	2024-06-07

Harakat ul-Mudjahidin (HuM)

Id: 27 Summary: Al-Faran, Al-Hadid, Al-Hadith, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Harakat ul-Mujahideen, Harakat al- Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Ansar, Harakat ul-Ansar, Harakat al-Ansar, Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami, Harkat Mujahideen, Harakat-ul-Mujahideen al-Almi, Holy Warriors Movement, Movement of the Mujahideen, Movement of the Helpers, Movement of Islamic Fighters, Al Qanoon, Jamiat ul-Ansar Content: Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HuM) is a Pakistan-based radical Kashmiri Islamist organization. It seeks Pakistani rule for the Indian territory of Kashmir and also calls for a war against America and India. To achieve these objectives, HuM employs various methods that include hijacking as well as kidnapping and executing foreigners and Indian government officials. The group has links with Al Qaida, and is also a signatory to the Al Qaida-issued 1998 fatwa (religious decree) against the U.S. and Israel. Between 2017 and December 2021, there were no reports of HuM terrorist attacks. There are no known reports of the HuM ceasing or renouncing terrorist activities. Published: 2002-11-27 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HuM) is a Pakistan-based radical Kashmiri Islamist organization. It seeks Pakistani rule for the Indian territory of Kashmir and also calls for a war against America and India. To achieve these objectives, HuM employs various methods that include hijacking as well as kidnapping and executing foreigners and Indian government officials. The group has links with Al Qaida, and is also a signatory to the Al Qaida-issued 1998 fatwa (religious decree) against the U.S. and Israel. Between 2017 and December 2021, there were no reports of HuM terrorist attacks. There are no known reports of the HuM ceasing or renouncing terrorist activities.
id	27
published	2002-11-27
summary	Al-Faran, Al-Hadid, Al-Hadith, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Harakat ul-Mujahideen, Harakat al- Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Ansar, Harakat ul-Ansar, Harakat al-Ansar, Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami, Harkat Mujahideen, Harakat-ul-Mujahideen al-Almi, Holy Warriors Movement, Movement of the Mujahideen, Movement of the Helpers, Movement of Islamic Fighters, Al Qanoon, Jamiat ul-Ansar
title	Harakat ul-Mudjahidin (HuM)
updated	2024-06-07

HASAM (Harakat Sawa'd Misr)

Id: 28 Summary: Harakah Sawa’d Misr, Hassam, The Hasam Movement, Hasm, Hassm, the Hassm Movement, Harikat Souaid Misr, Harakah Sawa'id Misr, the Movement of Egypt's Arms, the Movement of Egypt's Forearms and the Arms of Egypt Movement Content: HASAM portrays itself as a nationalist movement attempting to overthrow the government of Egypt. HASAM announced its existence on July 16, 2016, when it claimed responsibility for an attack in Tameeya, Egypt, which left two policemen dead and one injured. Since then, HASAM has primarily targeted the Egyptian security apparatus, which the organization describes as enablers of the regime. In addition to other attacks, HASAM claimed responsibility for the March 26, 2017, bombing in Qalyubia governorate which wounded 5 members of Egypt's security forces; the May 1, 2017, night time attack on an Egyptian police patrol which killed at least 3 policemen; and, the July 20, 2017, shooting attack on a police convoy in which 1 officer was killed and 3 more were wounded. Evidence of terrorist activities date from 2016 until 2019, and include bombings, attacks, killings, and use of improvised explosive devices. Published: 2019-02-11 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	HASAM portrays itself as a nationalist movement attempting to overthrow the government of Egypt. HASAM announced its existence on July 16, 2016, when it claimed responsibility for an attack in Tameeya, Egypt, which left two policemen dead and one injured. Since then, HASAM has primarily targeted the Egyptian security apparatus, which the organization describes as enablers of the regime. In addition to other attacks, HASAM claimed responsibility for the March 26, 2017, bombing in Qalyubia governorate which wounded 5 members of Egypt's security forces; the May 1, 2017, night time attack on an Egyptian police patrol which killed at least 3 policemen; and, the July 20, 2017, shooting attack on a police convoy in which 1 officer was killed and 3 more were wounded. Evidence of terrorist activities date from 2016 until 2019, and include bombings, attacks, killings, and use of improvised explosive devices.
id	28
published	2019-02-11
summary	Harakah Sawa’d Misr, Hassam, The Hasam Movement, Hasm, Hassm, the Hassm Movement, Harikat Souaid Misr, Harakah Sawa'id Misr, the Movement of Egypt's Arms, the Movement of Egypt's Forearms and the Arms of Egypt Movement
title	HASAM (Harakat Sawa'd Misr)
updated	2024-06-07

Hizballah

Id: 30 Summary: Hizbullah, Hizbollah, Hezbollah, Hezballah, Hizbullah, The Party of God, Islamic Jihad (Islamic Holy War), Islamic Jihad Organization, Islamic Resistance, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Ansar al-Allah (Followers of God/Partisans of God/God's Helpers), Ansarollah (Followers of God/Partisans of God/God's Helpers), Ansar Allah (Followers of God/Partisans of God/God's Helpers), Al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Islamic Resistance), Organization of the Oppressed, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization of Right Against Wrong and Followers of the Prophet Muhammed. Content: One of the most technically capable terrorist groups in the world, Hizballah is a radical Shia group ideologically inspired by the Iranian revolution. Its goals are the liberation of Jerusalem, the destruction of Israel, and, ultimately, the establishment of a revolutionary Shia Islamic state in Lebanon, modelled after Iran. Formed in 1982 in response to Israel's invasion of Lebanon, Hizballah carried out some of the most infamous terror attacks of the Lebanese civil war, such as the suicide bombings of the barracks of United States Marines and French paratroopers in Beirut, as well as the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. While all other Lebanese militias disarmed at the end of Lebanon's civil war in 1990, Hizballah continued to fight, waging a guerilla war against Israeli troops stationed in southern Lebanon. Following Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hizballah attacks against Israeli forces continued, concentrated on the disputed Shebaa Farms area. In 2006, Hizballah provoked Israel's invasion of Lebanon by kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing 8 others. On January 3, 2018, Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah announced that the group was working "to obtain all kinds of weapons that would enable it to achieve victory in the next war." In September 2019, Hizballah fired anti-tank missiles into a small farming community along the Lebanese border with Israel. Published: 2002-12-10 Updated: 2021-06-04

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content	One of the most technically capable terrorist groups in the world, Hizballah is a radical Shia group ideologically inspired by the Iranian revolution. Its goals are the liberation of Jerusalem, the destruction of Israel, and, ultimately, the establishment of a revolutionary Shia Islamic state in Lebanon, modelled after Iran. Formed in 1982 in response to Israel's invasion of Lebanon, Hizballah carried out some of the most infamous terror attacks of the Lebanese civil war, such as the suicide bombings of the barracks of United States Marines and French paratroopers in Beirut, as well as the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. While all other Lebanese militias disarmed at the end of Lebanon's civil war in 1990, Hizballah continued to fight, waging a guerilla war against Israeli troops stationed in southern Lebanon. Following Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hizballah attacks against Israeli forces continued, concentrated on the disputed Shebaa Farms area. In 2006, Hizballah provoked Israel's invasion of Lebanon by kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing 8 others. On January 3, 2018, Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah announced that the group was working "to obtain all kinds of weapons that would enable it to achieve victory in the next war." In September 2019, Hizballah fired anti-tank missiles into a small farming community along the Lebanese border with Israel.
id	30
published	2002-12-10
summary	Hizbullah, Hizbollah, Hezbollah, Hezballah, Hizbullah, The Party of God, Islamic Jihad (Islamic Holy War), Islamic Jihad Organization, Islamic Resistance, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Ansar al-Allah (Followers of God/Partisans of God/God's Helpers), Ansarollah (Followers of God/Partisans of God/God's Helpers), Ansar Allah (Followers of God/Partisans of God/God's Helpers), Al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Islamic Resistance), Organization of the Oppressed, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization of Right Against Wrong and Followers of the Prophet Muhammed.
title	Hizballah
updated	2021-06-04

Hizbul Mujahideen

Id: 300 Summary: HM, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Content: Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) was formed in 1989 as a militant Kashmiri liberation group, when an armed insurgency against Indian rule first broke out in the Kashmir valley. The group's primary goal is to unite the Indian and Pakistan-administered Kashmir into Pakistan. HM has launched attacks on Indian nationals, tourists, security forces, politicians, and military targets within the territories of Jammu and Kashmir. The group has also abducted and killed police officers and informants. HM's tactics include abductions, assassinations, and armed assaults with guns and explosives. In April 2025, 26 people were killed and 17 injured in India-administered Kashmir from gunfire by suspected militants belonging to "Kashmir Resistance", a front group for HM, alleged by Indian police. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) was formed in 1989 as a militant Kashmiri liberation group, when an armed insurgency against Indian rule first broke out in the Kashmir valley. The group's primary goal is to unite the Indian and Pakistan-administered Kashmir into Pakistan. HM has launched attacks on Indian nationals, tourists, security forces, politicians, and military targets within the territories of Jammu and Kashmir. The group has also abducted and killed police officers and informants. HM's tactics include abductions, assassinations, and armed assaults with guns and explosives. In April 2025, 26 people were killed and 17 injured in India-administered Kashmir from gunfire by suspected militants belonging to "Kashmir Resistance", a front group for HM, alleged by Indian police.
id	300
published	2021-02-03
summary	HM, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
title	Hizbul Mujahideen
updated	2025-12-04

Indian Mujahideen (IM)

Id: 31 Summary: Indian Mujahedeen; Indian Mujahidin; and Islamic Security Force – IM (ISF–IM) Content: The IM is a Sunni Islamist militant group, consisting primarily of former members of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The IM is best understood as a label for a relatively amorphous, decentralized network that operates through a number of modules across India. The IM's stated goal is to carry out terrorist actions against non-Muslims, for their oppression of Muslims. The group's primary method of attack is multiple coordinated bombings in crowded areas against economic and civilian targets to maximize terror and casualties. The group has also organized training in Pakistan with militant Islamist groups such as Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a listed entity under the Criminal Code. The IM were found to have conducted a July 13, 2011 attack in which three explosive devices were detonated consecutively in separate locations in Mumbai, Maharashtra. At least 22 people were killed and 131 others wounded. As of 2018, media reports suggest that IM has been trying to revive itself following a series of arrests of its key operatives, internal disagreement between leaders, and defections. There are no reports of IM claiming responsibility for any terrorist incidents between January 2019 and November 2021. In 2022, IM had reportedly set a target of preparing more than 200 sleeper cell members in 2022 in some areas of Bihar-Bengal, Nepal. Published: 2016-12-28 Updated: 2024-06-07

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UUID 5670d36a-a8a5-55a0-8a25-db21a2a74db4 which can be used as unique global reference for Indian Mujahideen (IM) in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	The IM is a Sunni Islamist militant group, consisting primarily of former members of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The IM is best understood as a label for a relatively amorphous, decentralized network that operates through a number of modules across India. The IM's stated goal is to carry out terrorist actions against non-Muslims, for their oppression of Muslims. The group's primary method of attack is multiple coordinated bombings in crowded areas against economic and civilian targets to maximize terror and casualties. The group has also organized training in Pakistan with militant Islamist groups such as Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a listed entity under the Criminal Code. The IM were found to have conducted a July 13, 2011 attack in which three explosive devices were detonated consecutively in separate locations in Mumbai, Maharashtra. At least 22 people were killed and 131 others wounded. As of 2018, media reports suggest that IM has been trying to revive itself following a series of arrests of its key operatives, internal disagreement between leaders, and defections. There are no reports of IM claiming responsibility for any terrorist incidents between January 2019 and November 2021. In 2022, IM had reportedly set a target of preparing more than 200 sleeper cell members in 2022 in some areas of Bihar-Bengal, Nepal.
id	31
published	2016-12-28
summary	Indian Mujahedeen; Indian Mujahidin; and Islamic Security Force – IM (ISF–IM)
title	Indian Mujahideen (IM)
updated	2024-06-07

International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy - Canada (IRFAN – CANADA)

Id: 32 Summary: International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy, International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy (Canada), IRFAN, IRFAN – Canada, IRFAN Society Content: The International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy-Canada (IRFAN-Canada) is a not for profit organization operating in Canada. Between 2005 and 2009, IRFAN-Canada transferred approximately $14.6 million worth of resources to various organizations with links to Hamas. IRFAN is an entity that has knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of, or in association with Hamas, and used its status as a charitable organization to fund Hamas, a listed terrorist entity. Published: 2014-04-24 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy-Canada (IRFAN-Canada) is a not for profit organization operating in Canada. Between 2005 and 2009, IRFAN-Canada transferred approximately $14.6 million worth of resources to various organizations with links to Hamas. IRFAN is an entity that has knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of, or in association with Hamas, and used its status as a charitable organization to fund Hamas, a listed terrorist entity.
id	32
published	2014-04-24
summary	International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy, International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy (Canada), IRFAN, IRFAN – Canada, IRFAN Society
title	International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy - Canada (IRFAN – CANADA)
updated	2024-06-07

International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)

Id: 33 Summary: N/A Content: The International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) was founded in 1984 in the United Kingdom as an international branch of the All India Sikh Students' Federation (AISSF), with centres in several countries, including Canada. ISYF’s Canadian branch was disbanded in 2002. The ISYF is a Sikh organization whose aim is to promote Sikh philosophy and the establishment of an independent Sikh nation called Khalistan. Since 1984, ISYF was responsible for a number of low-intensity bombings, assassinations, and kidnappings, which targeted Hindus, moderate Sikhs, and Indian government officials. ISYF was also implicated in a range of failed bomb and firearm attacks. The ISYF collaborates and/or associates with a number of Sikh terrorist organizations, including Babbar Khalsa International. In 2023, a number of ISYF associates, including its chief, were arrested for allegedly smuggling arms, ammunition, drugs and explosives across the Punjab border. Published: 2003-06-18 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) was founded in 1984 in the United Kingdom as an international branch of the All India Sikh Students' Federation (AISSF), with centres in several countries, including Canada. ISYF’s Canadian branch was disbanded in 2002. The ISYF is a Sikh organization whose aim is to promote Sikh philosophy and the establishment of an independent Sikh nation called Khalistan. Since 1984, ISYF was responsible for a number of low-intensity bombings, assassinations, and kidnappings, which targeted Hindus, moderate Sikhs, and Indian government officials. ISYF was also implicated in a range of failed bomb and firearm attacks. The ISYF collaborates and/or associates with a number of Sikh terrorist organizations, including Babbar Khalsa International. In 2023, a number of ISYF associates, including its chief, were arrested for allegedly smuggling arms, ammunition, drugs and explosives across the Punjab border.
id	33
published	2003-06-18
summary	N/A
title	International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)
updated	2024-06-07

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)

Id: 34 Summary: IMU, O'zbekiston Islomiy Harakati, Harakat ul-Islamiyyah, Islamic Movement of Turkestan, Islamic Party of Turkestan (IPT), and IMU-IPT Content: The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) is a terrorist organization whose primary goal is to overthrow the government of Uzbekistan and install an Islamic, Sharia-driven government. The IMU has employed kidnapping, armed attacks against government installations, cross-border incursions, and coordinated efforts with other terrorist groups, such as Al Qaida and the Taliban. IMU focused predominantly on attacks against international forces in Afghanistan. The IMU has attacked Westerners and has declared its intentions to continue to work with groups with "similar objectives". The IMU did not claim any responsibility for attacks between 2018 and 2021. In August 2021, a United Nations sanctions monitoring team reported that IMU remains under the control of the Taliban and that its forces continue to operate in northern Afghanistan. Published: 2003-04-02 Updated: 2024-06-07

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UUID c2c50ec3-d968-5516-8cf3-eb7b240ae694 which can be used as unique global reference for Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) is a terrorist organization whose primary goal is to overthrow the government of Uzbekistan and install an Islamic, Sharia-driven government. The IMU has employed kidnapping, armed attacks against government installations, cross-border incursions, and coordinated efforts with other terrorist groups, such as Al Qaida and the Taliban. IMU focused predominantly on attacks against international forces in Afghanistan. The IMU has attacked Westerners and has declared its intentions to continue to work with groups with "similar objectives". The IMU did not claim any responsibility for attacks between 2018 and 2021. In August 2021, a United Nations sanctions monitoring team reported that IMU remains under the control of the Taliban and that its forces continue to operate in northern Afghanistan.
id	34
published	2003-04-02
summary	IMU, O'zbekiston Islomiy Harakati, Harakat ul-Islamiyyah, Islamic Movement of Turkestan, Islamic Party of Turkestan (IPT), and IMU-IPT
title	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
updated	2024-06-07

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Id: 2024-02 Summary: Pasdaran (Guardians), Sepah, and Sepah-e-Pasdaran Enghelab Islami Content: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’s goal is to safeguard the Iranian regime against internal and external threats. It is a key part of Iran’s security and intelligence community, controls Iran’s ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle arsenal, conducts overseas operations, and is Iran’s main link to its regional proxies (collectively known as the “Axis of Resistance”), including Canadian-designated terrorist entities such as Hizballah and Hamas. IRGC forces are comprised of IRGC-Ground Forces, IRGC-Navy, IRGC-Aerospace Force, the Basij Forces, the Al-Qods Force (IRGC-QF, listed on Canada’s Terrorist Entities List since 2012), as well as a counter intelligence directorate and representatives of the Supreme Leader of Iran. The IRGC is heavily involved in commercial and business activities in Iran, controlling multiple commercial entities and wielding influence across a wide range of sectors within the Iranian economy. The profits from these activities are used to support the full range of the IRGC’s illicit operations, including support for terrorism. With the knowledge, support, and direction of the Iranian regime, the IRGC has knowingly carried out terrorist acts utilizing its intelligence organization and the IRGC-QF, and has knowingly acted in association with listed terrorist entities, such as IRGC-QF, Hizballah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Published: 2024-06-19 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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UUID 4edb9446-0e04-58e7-90dc-856bbf0afd74 which can be used as unique global reference for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’s goal is to safeguard the Iranian regime against internal and external threats. It is a key part of Iran’s security and intelligence community, controls Iran’s ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle arsenal, conducts overseas operations, and is Iran’s main link to its regional proxies (collectively known as the “Axis of Resistance”), including Canadian-designated terrorist entities such as Hizballah and Hamas. IRGC forces are comprised of IRGC-Ground Forces, IRGC-Navy, IRGC-Aerospace Force, the Basij Forces, the Al-Qods Force (IRGC-QF, listed on Canada’s Terrorist Entities List since 2012), as well as a counter intelligence directorate and representatives of the Supreme Leader of Iran. The IRGC is heavily involved in commercial and business activities in Iran, controlling multiple commercial entities and wielding influence across a wide range of sectors within the Iranian economy. The profits from these activities are used to support the full range of the IRGC’s illicit operations, including support for terrorism. With the knowledge, support, and direction of the Iranian regime, the IRGC has knowingly carried out terrorist acts utilizing its intelligence organization and the IRGC-QF, and has knowingly acted in association with listed terrorist entities, such as IRGC-QF, Hizballah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
id	2024-02
published	2024-06-19
summary	Pasdaran (Guardians), Sepah, and Sepah-e-Pasdaran Enghelab Islami
title	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
updated	Not yet reviewed

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force (IRGC-QF)

Id: 35 Summary: Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Islami (Pasdaran), Sepah-e Qods, Qods/Quds, al Quds, al Quds Force, Qods/Quds Force, Qods Corps, Jerusalem Corps, Jerusalem Force and Qods Force. Content: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force is the clandestine branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responsible for extraterritorial operations, and for exporting the Iranian Revolution through activities such as facilitating terrorist operations. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force provides arms, funding and paramilitary training to extremist groups, including the Taliban, Lebanese Hizballah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC). On June 1, 2023, United States Department of Treasury designated Shahram Poursafi for providing and attempting to provide material support on behalf of the Qods Force to a transnational murder plot. The plot involved targeting a former U.S. national security advisor —possibly in retaliation for the January 2020 death of IRGC-QF commander Qasem Soleimani. Published: 2012-12-17 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force is the clandestine branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responsible for extraterritorial operations, and for exporting the Iranian Revolution through activities such as facilitating terrorist operations. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force provides arms, funding and paramilitary training to extremist groups, including the Taliban, Lebanese Hizballah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC). On June 1, 2023, United States Department of Treasury designated Shahram Poursafi for providing and attempting to provide material support on behalf of the Qods Force to a transnational murder plot. The plot involved targeting a former U.S. national security advisor —possibly in retaliation for the January 2020 death of IRGC-QF commander Qasem Soleimani.
id	35
published	2012-12-17
summary	Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Islami (Pasdaran), Sepah-e Qods, Qods/Quds, al Quds, al Quds Force, Qods/Quds Force, Qods Corps, Jerusalem Corps, Jerusalem Force and Qods Force.
title	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force (IRGC-QF)
updated	2024-06-07

Islamic State

Id: 36 Summary: Daesh, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, ISIS, Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham, Al Qaida in Iraq, al-Qaida in Iraq, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Al Qaeda in Iraq, AQI, AQI-Zarqawi, al-Tawhid, al-Tawhid and al-Jihad, Kateab al-Tawhid, Brigades of Tawhid, Monotheism and Jihad Group, Al Qaida of the Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaida Group of Jihad in Iraq, Al-Qa'ida of Jihad in Iraq, Al-Qaida Group of Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, The Organization of Jihad's Base in the Country of the Two Rivers, The Organization of al-Jihad's Base of Operations in the Land of the Two Rivers, The Organization of al-Jihad's Base of Operations in Iraq, The Organization of al-Jihad's Base in Iraq, The Organization of al-Jihad's Base in the Land of the Two Rivers, The Organization Base of Jihad/Country of the Two Rivers, The Organization Base of Jihad/Mesopotamia, Al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, Tanzim al-Qaeda al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidain, Tanzeem Qa'idat al Jihad/Bilad al Raafidaini, Jama'at Al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad, JTJ, Islamic State of Iraq, Islamic State in Iraq, ISI, Mujahidin Shura Council, Unity and Holy Struggle, Unity and Holy War, Unity and Jihad Group, al-Zarqawi Network. Content: The Islamic State is a Sunni jihadist group that seeks to sow civil unrest in Iraq and the Levant with the aim of establishing a single, transnational Islamic state based on Sharia Law, replacing the Iraqi and Syrian governments. The group was originally created in Jordan in the early 1990s under the name Bayat al Imam. The group associated with Al Qaida Core's senior leadership in 1999 and fought alongside Al Qaida Core and the Taliban during the US strikes in Afghanistan in late 2001. The group then transferred to Iraq in anticipation of the US -led invasion, and, in October 2004, formally renamed itself "Al Qaida in Iraq" (AQI). The group has also operated under the name of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). In 2013, the group renamed itself the "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL). In June 2014, the group renamed itself "Islamic State". The Islamic State's tactics include suicide attacks using vehicles and improvised explosive devices, armed attacks, hostage takings, and video-taped beheadings. In June and August 2017, IS claimed responsibility for three vehicular ramming attacks in the UK and Spain. These attacks killed at least 27 people, including two Canadians. In July 2021, a bomb killed at least 35 civilians and wounded at least 60 others at Al-Wuhailat market in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq. The attack targeted a Shia majority neighbourhood on the eve of the Eid Al-Adha holiday. IS claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was a suicide bombing. In April 2023, IS militants killed at least 16 civilians and 10 security forces in Syria, and in February 2023 IS militants shot and killed at least 46 civilians and seven domestic military members. The militants carried out the attack when the civilians were harvesting truffles. Published: 2012-08-20 Updated: 2024-06-07

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UUID 9b357c0b-03cf-56db-ab38-0e89b13847c3 which can be used as unique global reference for Islamic State in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	The Islamic State is a Sunni jihadist group that seeks to sow civil unrest in Iraq and the Levant with the aim of establishing a single, transnational Islamic state based on Sharia Law, replacing the Iraqi and Syrian governments. The group was originally created in Jordan in the early 1990s under the name Bayat al Imam. The group associated with Al Qaida Core's senior leadership in 1999 and fought alongside Al Qaida Core and the Taliban during the US strikes in Afghanistan in late 2001. The group then transferred to Iraq in anticipation of the US -led invasion, and, in October 2004, formally renamed itself "Al Qaida in Iraq" (AQI). The group has also operated under the name of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). In 2013, the group renamed itself the "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL). In June 2014, the group renamed itself "Islamic State". The Islamic State's tactics include suicide attacks using vehicles and improvised explosive devices, armed attacks, hostage takings, and video-taped beheadings. In June and August 2017, IS claimed responsibility for three vehicular ramming attacks in the UK and Spain. These attacks killed at least 27 people, including two Canadians. In July 2021, a bomb killed at least 35 civilians and wounded at least 60 others at Al-Wuhailat market in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq. The attack targeted a Shia majority neighbourhood on the eve of the Eid Al-Adha holiday. IS claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was a suicide bombing. In April 2023, IS militants killed at least 16 civilians and 10 security forces in Syria, and in February 2023 IS militants shot and killed at least 46 civilians and seven domestic military members. The militants carried out the attack when the civilians were harvesting truffles.
id	36
published	2012-08-20
summary	Daesh, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, ISIS, Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham, Al Qaida in Iraq, al-Qaida in Iraq, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Al Qaeda in Iraq, AQI, AQI-Zarqawi, al-Tawhid, al-Tawhid and al-Jihad, Kateab al-Tawhid, Brigades of Tawhid, Monotheism and Jihad Group, Al Qaida of the Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers, Al-Qaida Group of Jihad in Iraq, Al-Qa'ida of Jihad in Iraq, Al-Qaida Group of Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, The Organization of Jihad's Base in the Country of the Two Rivers, The Organization of al-Jihad's Base of Operations in the Land of the Two Rivers, The Organization of al-Jihad's Base of Operations in Iraq, The Organization of al-Jihad's Base in Iraq, The Organization of al-Jihad's Base in the Land of the Two Rivers, The Organization Base of Jihad/Country of the Two Rivers, The Organization Base of Jihad/Mesopotamia, Al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, Tanzim al-Qaeda al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidain, Tanzeem Qa'idat al Jihad/Bilad al Raafidaini, Jama'at Al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad, JTJ, Islamic State of Iraq, Islamic State in Iraq, ISI, Mujahidin Shura Council, Unity and Holy Struggle, Unity and Holy War, Unity and Jihad Group, al-Zarqawi Network.
title	Islamic State
updated	2024-06-07

Islamic State East Asia

Id: 361 Summary: ISEA, Daesh's East Asia Province, Islamic State-Philippines, Ansharul Khilafah Philippines, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters – Bungos, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters – Abubakar, Jama'atu al-Muhajirin wal Ansar fil Filibin, Dawlah Islamiyah, Islamic State Lanao, Maute Group, Islamic State Ranao, Dawlatul Islamiyah Waliyatul Masrik, Islamic State Sunrise Province Content: Islamic State East Asia (ISEA) is a violent extremist group based in the Philippines and comprised of a number of violent extremist organizations who have pledged allegiance to Daesh. ISEA is officially recognized by the Islamic State as an affiliate. ISEA's primary objective is to establish an Islamic state under Shariah law in the Philippines. The groups comprising ISEA include the Abu Sayyaf Group, a terrorist entity that is linked to a number of high-profile kidnappings and executions, including the beheading of two Canadians in 2016. In May 2017, ISEA conducted a large-scale attack on Marawi City, Philippines, killing a substantial number of security forces and civilians. The group laid siege to the city for five months, during which a number of Christian hostages were executed. In December 2023, ISEA militants claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Catholic Mass in Marawi City, which killed at least four people and injured 50 others. On February 18, 2024, the ISEA claimed responsibility for an attack against Philippine Armed Forces members, killing six and injuring four soldiers in Lanao del Norte. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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UUID b64327f0-08ce-5f7d-b24e-01925ac9375f which can be used as unique global reference for Islamic State East Asia in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	Islamic State East Asia (ISEA) is a violent extremist group based in the Philippines and comprised of a number of violent extremist organizations who have pledged allegiance to Daesh. ISEA is officially recognized by the Islamic State as an affiliate. ISEA's primary objective is to establish an Islamic state under Shariah law in the Philippines. The groups comprising ISEA include the Abu Sayyaf Group, a terrorist entity that is linked to a number of high-profile kidnappings and executions, including the beheading of two Canadians in 2016. In May 2017, ISEA conducted a large-scale attack on Marawi City, Philippines, killing a substantial number of security forces and civilians. The group laid siege to the city for five months, during which a number of Christian hostages were executed. In December 2023, ISEA militants claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Catholic Mass in Marawi City, which killed at least four people and injured 50 others. On February 18, 2024, the ISEA claimed responsibility for an attack against Philippine Armed Forces members, killing six and injuring four soldiers in Lanao del Norte.
id	361
published	2021-02-03
summary	ISEA, Daesh's East Asia Province, Islamic State-Philippines, Ansharul Khilafah Philippines, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters – Bungos, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters – Abubakar, Jama'atu al-Muhajirin wal Ansar fil Filibin, Dawlah Islamiyah, Islamic State Lanao, Maute Group, Islamic State Ranao, Dawlatul Islamiyah Waliyatul Masrik, Islamic State Sunrise Province
title	Islamic State East Asia
updated	2025-12-04

Islamic State in Libya

Id: 380 Summary: Daesh in Libya, IS-Libya, Islamic State – Libya, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-Libya, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham – Libya, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Libya, Wilayat Barqa, Wilayat Barqah, Wilayat Fezzan, Wilayat Tripolitania, Wilayat Tarablus, Wilayat al-Tarabulus, Tripoli Province, Barqa Province, Barqah Province, Fezzan Province Content: Islamic State in Libya (IS-Libya) is a violent extremist group and an officially recognized IS-branch formed by Libyan foreign fighters, who had fought as part of the Daesh-affiliated Battar Brigade, and returned to Libya from Syria. The group follows an extreme interpretation of Islam that is anti-Western and promotes sectarian violence. IS-Libya has aimed to remove the United Nations-backed transitional Government of National Accord in Libya. The group targets civilians and police officers and has used suicide bombings to advance its objectives. In May 2018, suicide bombers stormed Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli, killing at least a dozen people in an attack. In September 2018, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of Libya's main oil company National Oil Corp, opening fire on staff and killing two employees. IS-Libya claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in June 2021, which killed two people at a checkpoint in the southern Libyan city of Sebha. IS-Libya has also claimed responsibility for three additional attacks in 2022. According to a UN Security Council report in 2024, IS-Libya has continued to operate in remote areas of Libya, funding its activities through human trafficking and gold mining. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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UUID 5b6bd45b-aee7-5ae0-aac6-bf69cbbe8465 which can be used as unique global reference for Islamic State in Libya in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	Islamic State in Libya (IS-Libya) is a violent extremist group and an officially recognized IS-branch formed by Libyan foreign fighters, who had fought as part of the Daesh-affiliated Battar Brigade, and returned to Libya from Syria. The group follows an extreme interpretation of Islam that is anti-Western and promotes sectarian violence. IS-Libya has aimed to remove the United Nations-backed transitional Government of National Accord in Libya. The group targets civilians and police officers and has used suicide bombings to advance its objectives. In May 2018, suicide bombers stormed Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli, killing at least a dozen people in an attack. In September 2018, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of Libya's main oil company National Oil Corp, opening fire on staff and killing two employees. IS-Libya claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in June 2021, which killed two people at a checkpoint in the southern Libyan city of Sebha. IS-Libya has also claimed responsibility for three additional attacks in 2022. According to a UN Security Council report in 2024, IS-Libya has continued to operate in remote areas of Libya, funding its activities through human trafficking and gold mining.
id	380
published	2021-02-03
summary	Daesh in Libya, IS-Libya, Islamic State – Libya, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-Libya, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham – Libya, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Libya, Wilayat Barqa, Wilayat Barqah, Wilayat Fezzan, Wilayat Tripolitania, Wilayat Tarablus, Wilayat al-Tarabulus, Tripoli Province, Barqa Province, Barqah Province, Fezzan Province
title	Islamic State in Libya
updated	2025-12-04

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara

Id: 362 Summary: ISGS, Daesh in the Greater Sahara, ISIS in the Greater Sahara, Islamic State of the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Islamic Sahel, ISIS-GS Content: Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State in May 2015. The group has operated and has carried out attacks in the Mali-Niger-Burkina Faso tri-border area. ISGS's primary objective is the replacement of regional governments with a hardline Salafi-jihadist caliphate in the Sahel region governed by Sharia law. ISGS regularly targets regional security and military forces, including Niger Gendarmerie forces, Burkina Faso security services, and Malian soldiers. The group claimed responsibility for the killing of a Canadian geologist in January 2019 and was suspected of attacking a Canadian mining company convoy the same year. In February 2024, ISGS claimed responsibility for an attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in the village of Essakane, Mali, killing at least 12 people. In December 2024, IS Sahel militants on motorbikes attacked a market in the town of Chatoumane, Niger, killing 91 soldiers and at least 40 civilians. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State in May 2015. The group has operated and has carried out attacks in the Mali-Niger-Burkina Faso tri-border area. ISGS's primary objective is the replacement of regional governments with a hardline Salafi-jihadist caliphate in the Sahel region governed by Sharia law. ISGS regularly targets regional security and military forces, including Niger Gendarmerie forces, Burkina Faso security services, and Malian soldiers. The group claimed responsibility for the killing of a Canadian geologist in January 2019 and was suspected of attacking a Canadian mining company convoy the same year. In February 2024, ISGS claimed responsibility for an attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in the village of Essakane, Mali, killing at least 12 people. In December 2024, IS Sahel militants on motorbikes attacked a market in the town of Chatoumane, Niger, killing 91 soldiers and at least 40 civilians.
id	362
published	2021-02-03
summary	ISGS, Daesh in the Greater Sahara, ISIS in the Greater Sahara, Islamic State of the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Islamic Sahel, ISIS-GS
title	Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
updated	2025-12-04

Islamic State Khorasan Province

Id: 37 Summary: Islamic State in the Khorasan Province, Islamic State Khorasan, Islamic State – Khorasan, IS Khorasan, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan (ISIL-K), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Khorasan (ISIS-K), Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham – Khorasan (ISIS-K), Wilayat Khorasan, Daesh Khorasan, ISIL's South Asia Branch, ISIS Wilayat Khorasan, Islamic State's Khorasan Province, South Asian chapter of ISIL, ISIL Khorasan (ISIL-K), Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State, Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan (ISWK), Khorasan branch of ISIS Content: Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) is a violent Sunni extremist group, officially recognized by the Islamic State as an affiliate based in Khorasan, a historic region extending over parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran. The objective of ISKP is to establish the "wilayat" (province) of Khorasan as part of the global IS caliphate. Since IS announced the establishment of ISKP in January 2015, the group has carried out suicide bombings, small arms attacks, and abductions against civilians, aid organizations and security forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan. ISKP has demonstrated its ability to carry out high profile attacks, including against Western interests. ISKP claimed responsibility for the June 2016 bomb attack in Kabul that targeted a bus carrying security guards contracted by the Canadian Embassy, which killed at least 14 people. On August 26, 2021, ISKP attacked the Abbey Gate at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, killing at least 170 civilians and wounding 150 others. U.S. service personnel were among those killed and at least 15 U.S. troops were injured. ISKP has also expanded operations beyond Afghanistan, including the January 30, 2024, explosions in Kerman, Iran, at a memorial for Qassim Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, that killed at least 84 people and wounded 211. On March 22, 2024, four gunmen attacked the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow, Russia, firing at civilians, killing at least 137 people and wounding at least 180. Central IS claimed responsibility for the attack. In February 2025, a suicide attacker targeted a branch of the New Kabul Bank in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing at least five and injuring seven. ISKP claimed responsibility for the attack. Published: 2018-05-23 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) is a violent Sunni extremist group, officially recognized by the Islamic State as an affiliate based in Khorasan, a historic region extending over parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran. The objective of ISKP is to establish the "wilayat" (province) of Khorasan as part of the global IS caliphate. Since IS announced the establishment of ISKP in January 2015, the group has carried out suicide bombings, small arms attacks, and abductions against civilians, aid organizations and security forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan. ISKP has demonstrated its ability to carry out high profile attacks, including against Western interests. ISKP claimed responsibility for the June 2016 bomb attack in Kabul that targeted a bus carrying security guards contracted by the Canadian Embassy, which killed at least 14 people. On August 26, 2021, ISKP attacked the Abbey Gate at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, killing at least 170 civilians and wounding 150 others. U.S. service personnel were among those killed and at least 15 U.S. troops were injured. ISKP has also expanded operations beyond Afghanistan, including the January 30, 2024, explosions in Kerman, Iran, at a memorial for Qassim Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, that killed at least 84 people and wounded 211. On March 22, 2024, four gunmen attacked the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow, Russia, firing at civilians, killing at least 137 people and wounding at least 180. Central IS claimed responsibility for the attack. In February 2025, a suicide attacker targeted a branch of the New Kabul Bank in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing at least five and injuring seven. ISKP claimed responsibility for the attack.
id	37
published	2018-05-23
summary	Islamic State in the Khorasan Province, Islamic State Khorasan, Islamic State – Khorasan, IS Khorasan, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan (ISIL-K), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Khorasan (ISIS-K), Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham – Khorasan (ISIS-K), Wilayat Khorasan, Daesh Khorasan, ISIL's South Asia Branch, ISIS Wilayat Khorasan, Islamic State's Khorasan Province, South Asian chapter of ISIL, ISIL Khorasan (ISIL-K), Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State, Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan (ISWK), Khorasan branch of ISIS
title	Islamic State Khorasan Province
updated	2025-12-04

Islamic State West Africa Province

Id: 381 Summary: ISWAP, Daesh’s West Africa Province, ISIS-West Africa, ISIS West Africa, ISIS West Africa Province, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria West Africa Province, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-West Africa, West Africa Province, Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyya, Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah, Islamic State in West Africa, ISIS-WA, ISIL-WA Content: Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) was formed in March 2015. The group's primary objective has been to replace the Nigerian Government and establish an Islamic state with a strict interpretation of Sharia Law. ISWAP has access to military-grade small-arms and heavy weapons. The group has focused its attacks on regional security and military targets and has kidnapped and executed foreign aid workers. On December 25, 2019, ISWAP fighters attacked Christians in Nigeria's Borno State, and killed eight people with machine gun fire, and captured two others. A day later, also in Borno State, a video was released of the group's fighters executing 11 people identified as Christians. ISWAP also claimed responsibility for a July, 2022 attack on the Kuje Custodial Centre, a major prison in Abuja, Nigeria, which allowed upwards of 800 inmates to escape. Since January 2025, ISWAP has escalated its insurgency and has overrun Nigerian security positions in Borno State, Nigeria. For example, ISWAP claimed responsibility for a wave of assaults in May 2025, attacking bases in New Marte, Dikwa, and Rann, as well as road infrastructure like the Damboa-Maiduguri corridor. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) was formed in March 2015. The group's primary objective has been to replace the Nigerian Government and establish an Islamic state with a strict interpretation of Sharia Law. ISWAP has access to military-grade small-arms and heavy weapons. The group has focused its attacks on regional security and military targets and has kidnapped and executed foreign aid workers. On December 25, 2019, ISWAP fighters attacked Christians in Nigeria's Borno State, and killed eight people with machine gun fire, and captured two others. A day later, also in Borno State, a video was released of the group's fighters executing 11 people identified as Christians. ISWAP also claimed responsibility for a July, 2022 attack on the Kuje Custodial Centre, a major prison in Abuja, Nigeria, which allowed upwards of 800 inmates to escape. Since January 2025, ISWAP has escalated its insurgency and has overrun Nigerian security positions in Borno State, Nigeria. For example, ISWAP claimed responsibility for a wave of assaults in May 2025, attacking bases in New Marte, Dikwa, and Rann, as well as road infrastructure like the Damboa-Maiduguri corridor.
id	381
published	2021-02-03
summary	ISWAP, Daesh’s West Africa Province, ISIS-West Africa, ISIS West Africa, ISIS West Africa Province, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria West Africa Province, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-West Africa, West Africa Province, Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyya, Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah, Islamic State in West Africa, ISIS-WA, ISIL-WA
title	Islamic State West Africa Province
updated	2025-12-04

Islamic State – Bangladesh

Id: 360 Summary: Daesh – Bangladesh Content: Islamic State – Bangladesh is a violent extremist group that was formed in August 2014, when a group of unidentified Bangladeshi nationals pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and vowed to organize Bengali Muslims under the leadership of IS Chief Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi. The group's primary goal is uniting the world under one Muslim caliphate. To achieve this, the group encourages followers in Bangladesh to target the country's political leaders, parliamentarians, and members of the security forces and law enforcement, as well as non-Muslims. The group was thought to have been led by a now deceased Canadian-Bangladeshi, who was one of two masterminds of the 2016 attack on the Holey Artisan café in Dhaka resulting in the deaths of twenty two people, mostly foreigners. Members were likely responsible for a February 2020 improvised explosive device explosion at a traffic police box in Chittagong, among other attacks. Investigative reports from 2024 indicate IS-B members in Bangladesh prisons continue to conduct online communication and operations to coordinate terrorist activities and generate funds. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Islamic State – Bangladesh is a violent extremist group that was formed in August 2014, when a group of unidentified Bangladeshi nationals pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and vowed to organize Bengali Muslims under the leadership of IS Chief Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi. The group's primary goal is uniting the world under one Muslim caliphate. To achieve this, the group encourages followers in Bangladesh to target the country's political leaders, parliamentarians, and members of the security forces and law enforcement, as well as non-Muslims. The group was thought to have been led by a now deceased Canadian-Bangladeshi, who was one of two masterminds of the 2016 attack on the Holey Artisan café in Dhaka resulting in the deaths of twenty two people, mostly foreigners. Members were likely responsible for a February 2020 improvised explosive device explosion at a traffic police box in Chittagong, among other attacks. Investigative reports from 2024 indicate IS-B members in Bangladesh prisons continue to conduct online communication and operations to coordinate terrorist activities and generate funds.
id	360
published	2021-02-03
summary	Daesh – Bangladesh
title	Islamic State – Bangladesh
updated	2025-12-04

Islamic State – Democratic Republic of the Congo

Id: 62 Summary: IS-DRC, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Democratic Republic of the Congo, ISIS-DRC, Daesh – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Allied Democratic Forces, ADF, Madina at Tauheed Wau Mujahedeen, City of Monotheism and Holy Warriors, Islamic State Central Africa Province, ISCAP, Wilayat Central Africa, Wilayah Central Africa, Wilayah Central Africa Media Office, Wilayat Wasat Ifriqiyah, ISIS-Central Africa Content: In April 2019, the Islamic State (IS) announced the creation of Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP). ISCAP is composed of two separate, geographically distinct insurgencies—one in northern Mozambique and one in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) being conducted by Islamic State – Democratic Republic of the Congo (IS-DRC). In July 2019, IS released a video of Musa Baluku, the leader of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist-affiliated rebel group based in DRC, pledging allegiance to the leader of IS. Several members of the ADF disagreed with the pledge and split away from the larger group that year. Since the pledge, many of the ADF’s activities have been claimed by IS under the regional banner of ISCAP. IS-DRC has been responsible for attacks in eastern DRC against civilians and military targets. On May 13, 2020, IS issued two communiqués, the first claiming that fighters captured and killed three Congolese soldiers in North Kivu Province, DRC. The second claimed that fighters shot and killed 10 people after opening fire on a crowd of Christians in Iringite, a city near Beni, DRC. Both attacks were confirmed by local media as perpetrated by the ADF. On October 20, 2020, the ADF attacked Kangbayi central prison in Beni, DRC, and freed over 1,300 prisoners. Both the ADF and IS claimed responsibility for the attack. Published: 2021-06-25 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	In April 2019, the Islamic State (IS) announced the creation of Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP). ISCAP is composed of two separate, geographically distinct insurgencies—one in northern Mozambique and one in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) being conducted by Islamic State – Democratic Republic of the Congo (IS-DRC). In July 2019, IS released a video of Musa Baluku, the leader of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist-affiliated rebel group based in DRC, pledging allegiance to the leader of IS. Several members of the ADF disagreed with the pledge and split away from the larger group that year. Since the pledge, many of the ADF’s activities have been claimed by IS under the regional banner of ISCAP. IS-DRC has been responsible for attacks in eastern DRC against civilians and military targets. On May 13, 2020, IS issued two communiqués, the first claiming that fighters captured and killed three Congolese soldiers in North Kivu Province, DRC. The second claimed that fighters shot and killed 10 people after opening fire on a crowd of Christians in Iringite, a city near Beni, DRC. Both attacks were confirmed by local media as perpetrated by the ADF. On October 20, 2020, the ADF attacked Kangbayi central prison in Beni, DRC, and freed over 1,300 prisoners. Both the ADF and IS claimed responsibility for the attack.
id	62
published	2021-06-25
summary	IS-DRC, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Democratic Republic of the Congo, ISIS-DRC, Daesh – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Allied Democratic Forces, ADF, Madina at Tauheed Wau Mujahedeen, City of Monotheism and Holy Warriors, Islamic State Central Africa Province, ISCAP, Wilayat Central Africa, Wilayah Central Africa, Wilayah Central Africa Media Office, Wilayat Wasat Ifriqiyah, ISIS-Central Africa
title	Islamic State – Democratic Republic of the Congo
updated	Not yet reviewed

Islamic State – Sinai Province (ISSP)

Id: 38 Summary: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis; Ansar Jerusalem; Islamic State – Sinai State Content: Islamic State – Sinai Province (ISSP), formerly known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, is a Sunni Salafist Islamist extremist group based in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, which first appeared in 2011. The primary objective of the group is the formation of an Islamic state in Egypt under Sharia Law. The primary targets of ISSP's violence include the Egyptian military and security services, Israeli interests, and Israeli economic interests. They have carried out repeated attacks against security forces, politicians, and civilians in Egypt using small arms, improvised explosive devices, vehicle-born improvised explosive devices, and surface-to-air missiles. In November 2014, ISSP pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State (IS), and expanded its targets to include tourist sites, Western interests, Western embassies, and the media. In August 2015, ISSP claimed to have beheaded a Croatian national kidnapped and taken hostage in Cairo in July. Two months later, ISSP claimed responsibility for downing Russian airliner KGL9268 over the Sinai through an improvised explosive device killing all 224 passengers aboard. ISSP continues to conduct cross-border attacks against Israel, including firing several rockets in February, April, and October 2017. In 2022, ISSP ranked ninth of the top 20 groups with the largest number of attributed deaths at 71. In May of that year, at least eleven members of the Egyptian military had been killed in an armed attack on the Sinai Peninsula on a water-lifting station east of the Suez Canal. ISSP claimed responsibility for the attack. Published: 2015-04-07 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Islamic State – Sinai Province (ISSP), formerly known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, is a Sunni Salafist Islamist extremist group based in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, which first appeared in 2011. The primary objective of the group is the formation of an Islamic state in Egypt under Sharia Law. The primary targets of ISSP's violence include the Egyptian military and security services, Israeli interests, and Israeli economic interests. They have carried out repeated attacks against security forces, politicians, and civilians in Egypt using small arms, improvised explosive devices, vehicle-born improvised explosive devices, and surface-to-air missiles. In November 2014, ISSP pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State (IS), and expanded its targets to include tourist sites, Western interests, Western embassies, and the media. In August 2015, ISSP claimed to have beheaded a Croatian national kidnapped and taken hostage in Cairo in July. Two months later, ISSP claimed responsibility for downing Russian airliner KGL9268 over the Sinai through an improvised explosive device killing all 224 passengers aboard. ISSP continues to conduct cross-border attacks against Israel, including firing several rockets in February, April, and October 2017. In 2022, ISSP ranked ninth of the top 20 groups with the largest number of attributed deaths at 71. In May of that year, at least eleven members of the Egyptian military had been killed in an armed attack on the Sinai Peninsula on a water-lifting station east of the Suez Canal. ISSP claimed responsibility for the attack.
id	38
published	2015-04-07
summary	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis; Ansar Jerusalem; Islamic State – Sinai State
title	Islamic State – Sinai Province (ISSP)
updated	2024-06-07

Islamic State-Mozambique

Id: 2025-122 Summary: IS-Mozambique, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Mozambique (ISIS-Mozambique), Ansar al-Sunna, Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jamma (ASWJ), Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabaab in Mozambique, Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP or ISCA), Wilayah Mozambique, Mozambique Province, and Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP) Content: Islamic State-Mozambique (IS-M) is an armed insurgent group based in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado Province that seek to supplant the secular state with Islamic Sharia law-based governance, turning the region into a caliphate. The group emerged in 2015 in the northern districts of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, transitioning from a religious sect to an armed insurgent group. Its first attack took place on October 5, 2017. In 2019, IS-M was formally incorporated into the Islamic State Central Africa Province and, in May 2022, the Islamic State formally recognized IS-M as an official Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) branch. IS-M has repeatedly executed complex operations, held territory, and regularly seeks to infiltrate civilian populations and security forces. The group relies on relatively autonomous cells with flexible chains of command and has at times conducted cross-border attacks into southern Tanzania. In May 2024, it was estimated the IS-M insurgency had killed over 6,500 people and displaced over 1.3 million. On April 11, 2024, IS-M targeted a helicopter of the Mozambican forces with various weapons, causing it to crash and killing the pilot and an onboard officer. Between February 27 and 28, 2024, IS-M fighters attacked three Christian villages in Chiure, beheading one man and burning two churches, one school, and 23 houses. Published: 2025-12-08 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Islamic State-Mozambique (IS-M) is an armed insurgent group based in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado Province that seek to supplant the secular state with Islamic Sharia law-based governance, turning the region into a caliphate. The group emerged in 2015 in the northern districts of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, transitioning from a religious sect to an armed insurgent group. Its first attack took place on October 5, 2017. In 2019, IS-M was formally incorporated into the Islamic State Central Africa Province and, in May 2022, the Islamic State formally recognized IS-M as an official Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) branch. IS-M has repeatedly executed complex operations, held territory, and regularly seeks to infiltrate civilian populations and security forces. The group relies on relatively autonomous cells with flexible chains of command and has at times conducted cross-border attacks into southern Tanzania. In May 2024, it was estimated the IS-M insurgency had killed over 6,500 people and displaced over 1.3 million. On April 11, 2024, IS-M targeted a helicopter of the Mozambican forces with various weapons, causing it to crash and killing the pilot and an onboard officer. Between February 27 and 28, 2024, IS-M fighters attacked three Christian villages in Chiure, beheading one man and burning two churches, one school, and 23 houses.
id	2025-122
published	2025-12-08
summary	IS-Mozambique, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Mozambique (ISIS-Mozambique), Ansar al-Sunna, Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jamma (ASWJ), Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabaab in Mozambique, Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP or ISCA), Wilayah Mozambique, Mozambique Province, and Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP)
title	Islamic State-Mozambique
updated	Not yet reviewed

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)

Id: 39 Summary: Jaish-i-Mohammed (Mohammad, Muhammad, Muhammed), Jaish-e-Mohammad (Muhammed), Jaish-e-Mohammad Mujahideen E-Tanzeem, Jeish-e-Mahammed, Army of Mohammed, Mohammed's Army, Tehrik Ul-Furqaan, National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty and Army of the Prophet. Content: Founded in early 2000, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is an Islamist extremist group based in Pakistan. Its objectives are to absorb the Indian-administered areas of Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan and ultimately establish an Islamist state in the country. JeM is committed to using indiscriminate terror tactics to achieve its objectives, including targeting foreigners and political representatives of foreign states. Between 2016 and 2018, JeM has carried out at least four attacks targeting police and military camps. These attacks killed at least 23 people, including soldiers, policemen, and civilians. The purpose of some of these attacks was to target family quarters, hospitals, and to take women and children hostage. In November 2020, four JeM affiliated militants attacked security forces at a checkpoint in the Nagrota area of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. Two officers were injured and a large cache of firearms, ammunition, and explosives were seized by security forces. Published: 2002-11-27 Updated: 2021-06-04

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content	Founded in early 2000, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is an Islamist extremist group based in Pakistan. Its objectives are to absorb the Indian-administered areas of Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan and ultimately establish an Islamist state in the country. JeM is committed to using indiscriminate terror tactics to achieve its objectives, including targeting foreigners and political representatives of foreign states. Between 2016 and 2018, JeM has carried out at least four attacks targeting police and military camps. These attacks killed at least 23 people, including soldiers, policemen, and civilians. The purpose of some of these attacks was to target family quarters, hospitals, and to take women and children hostage. In November 2020, four JeM affiliated militants attacked security forces at a checkpoint in the Nagrota area of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. Two officers were injured and a large cache of firearms, ammunition, and explosives were seized by security forces.
id	39
published	2002-11-27
summary	Jaish-i-Mohammed (Mohammad, Muhammad, Muhammed), Jaish-e-Mohammad (Muhammed), Jaish-e-Mohammad Mujahideen E-Tanzeem, Jeish-e-Mahammed, Army of Mohammed, Mohammed's Army, Tehrik Ul-Furqaan, National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty and Army of the Prophet.
title	Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)
updated	2021-06-04

Jama’at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin

Id: 382 Summary: JNIM, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, Jama’ah Nusrah al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Jamaat Nosrat al-Islam wal-Mouslimin, Jama’a Nusrah al-Islam wa al-Muslimin, Islam and Muslims’ Support Group, Group for Support of Islam and Muslims, Group to Support Islam and Muslims, Group of Support for Islam and All Muslims, Group for Supporting Islam and Muslims, Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans, Union for Supporting Islam and Muslims, NIM, GSIM, GNIM, Rassemblement pour la victoire de l’islam et des fidèles, RVIF Content: Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is a Mali-based violent extremist group formed in March 2017, through the merging of four Al Qaida-aligned groups: Ansar Dine, the Front de Liberation du Macina, Al Qaida in the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM)'s Sahara branch, and Al-Murabitoun. The group's main goals have been to implement Sharia law across the Sahara region and expel foreign influence. JNIM is an official affiliate of Al Qaida in Mali and mainly targets regional, French, and United Nations forces. It also targets locations frequented by foreigners, including hotels and restaurants, and holds foreigners hostage for ransom. JNIM's tactics include improvised explosive devices (IED), vehicle-borne IEDs, suicide bombings, rocket and mortar attacks, and complex small arms attacks. In November 2018, JNIM claimed a suicide attack against a UN base in Gao, and specifically identified Canadian, British, and German forces as being among the "Crusader invader forces." In a second statement, JNIM identified the United Nations Mine Action Service as its intended target. JNIM is also suspected of carrying out an August 2017 attack on a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in which two Canadians were among at least 19 people killed. In August 2024, JNIM attacked hundreds of civilians near the town of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, killing at least 133 people, including dozens of children, and injuring at least 200 more. JNIM claimed responsibility for the attack, and videos filmed by JNIM show militants shooting at unarmed people. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is a Mali-based violent extremist group formed in March 2017, through the merging of four Al Qaida-aligned groups: Ansar Dine, the Front de Liberation du Macina, Al Qaida in the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM)'s Sahara branch, and Al-Murabitoun. The group's main goals have been to implement Sharia law across the Sahara region and expel foreign influence. JNIM is an official affiliate of Al Qaida in Mali and mainly targets regional, French, and United Nations forces. It also targets locations frequented by foreigners, including hotels and restaurants, and holds foreigners hostage for ransom. JNIM's tactics include improvised explosive devices (IED), vehicle-borne IEDs, suicide bombings, rocket and mortar attacks, and complex small arms attacks. In November 2018, JNIM claimed a suicide attack against a UN base in Gao, and specifically identified Canadian, British, and German forces as being among the "Crusader invader forces." In a second statement, JNIM identified the United Nations Mine Action Service as its intended target. JNIM is also suspected of carrying out an August 2017 attack on a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in which two Canadians were among at least 19 people killed. In August 2024, JNIM attacked hundreds of civilians near the town of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, killing at least 133 people, including dozens of children, and injuring at least 200 more. JNIM claimed responsibility for the attack, and videos filmed by JNIM show militants shooting at unarmed people.
id	382
published	2021-02-03
summary	JNIM, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, Jama’ah Nusrah al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Jamaat Nosrat al-Islam wal-Mouslimin, Jama’a Nusrah al-Islam wa al-Muslimin, Islam and Muslims’ Support Group, Group for Support of Islam and Muslims, Group to Support Islam and Muslims, Group of Support for Islam and All Muslims, Group for Supporting Islam and Muslims, Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans, Union for Supporting Islam and Muslims, NIM, GSIM, GNIM, Rassemblement pour la victoire de l’islam et des fidèles, RVIF
title	Jama’at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin
updated	2025-12-04

James Mason

Id: 63 Summary: James Nolan Mason Content: James Nolan Mason is a life-long American neo-Nazi born on July 25, 1952. He has been an active neo-Nazi since he was 14 years old, when he joined the youth group of the American Nazi Party in 1966. Mason is responsible for publishing a series of newsletters in the 1980s, which promoted the idea of lone actors conducting terrorist attacks against the United States government in order to bring about the collapse of society and a race war. Mason’s collective works, published as a book called Siege , have served as the ideological grounding for neo-Nazi groups such as Atomwaffen Division (AWD), which is a listed terrorist entity in Canada, and serves as the backbone for the AWD’s worldview and training program. Mason has also provided tactical direction on how to operate a terrorist group and has met with members of AWD, where he coached them on propagandizing murder and genocide. AWD has used Mason to speak on their behalf by releasing audio recordings of him reading the group’s messaging. Mason and Siege have also been cited as the ideological foundation of Feuerkrieg Division and Sonnenkrieg Division, groups that have been proscribed as terrorist entities in the United Kingdom. Published: 2021-06-25 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	James Nolan Mason is a life-long American neo-Nazi born on July 25, 1952. He has been an active neo-Nazi since he was 14 years old, when he joined the youth group of the American Nazi Party in 1966. Mason is responsible for publishing a series of newsletters in the 1980s, which promoted the idea of lone actors conducting terrorist attacks against the United States government in order to bring about the collapse of society and a race war. Mason’s collective works, published as a book called Siege , have served as the ideological grounding for neo-Nazi groups such as Atomwaffen Division (AWD), which is a listed terrorist entity in Canada, and serves as the backbone for the AWD’s worldview and training program. Mason has also provided tactical direction on how to operate a terrorist group and has met with members of AWD, where he coached them on propagandizing murder and genocide. AWD has used Mason to speak on their behalf by releasing audio recordings of him reading the group’s messaging. Mason and Siege have also been cited as the ideological foundation of Feuerkrieg Division and Sonnenkrieg Division, groups that have been proscribed as terrorist entities in the United Kingdom.
id	63
published	2021-06-25
summary	James Nolan Mason
title	James Mason
updated	Not yet reviewed

Jaysh Al-Muhajirin Wal-Ansar (JMA)

Id: 40 Summary: Jaish al-Muhajireen wal Ansar, Jaysh al-Muhajireen wa'l-Ansar, Army of Migrants and Supporters, Army of the Emigrants and Helpers, Muhajireen Brigade, Mujahideen Army. Content: JMA is a jihadist militant group operating primarily in the Aleppo area of northern Syria. The goal of JMA is to topple Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's government. JMA is led by Chechens from Russia's North Caucasus, and the group's membership consists of approximately 1000 fighters, most of them foreign. JMA has taken part in joint operations with other jihadist groups in Syria such as the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra. JMA's tactics include the use of large suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, ground assaults, hostage taking and kidnapping, including foreign nationals and Syrian civilians loyal to Assad. No incidents have been claimed or attributed to JMA distinctly since 2013. However, in the past decade, JMA fighters participated in attacks that were claimed by other terrorist entities, such as IS. JMA fighters, now under the name of Liwa Muhajirin Wal-Ansar (LMA) are still active in Latakia, Aleppo, and Idlib, targeting Syrian regime forces. Published: 2014-10-30 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	JMA is a jihadist militant group operating primarily in the Aleppo area of northern Syria. The goal of JMA is to topple Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's government. JMA is led by Chechens from Russia's North Caucasus, and the group's membership consists of approximately 1000 fighters, most of them foreign. JMA has taken part in joint operations with other jihadist groups in Syria such as the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra. JMA's tactics include the use of large suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, ground assaults, hostage taking and kidnapping, including foreign nationals and Syrian civilians loyal to Assad. No incidents have been claimed or attributed to JMA distinctly since 2013. However, in the past decade, JMA fighters participated in attacks that were claimed by other terrorist entities, such as IS. JMA fighters, now under the name of Liwa Muhajirin Wal-Ansar (LMA) are still active in Latakia, Aleppo, and Idlib, targeting Syrian regime forces.
id	40
published	2014-10-30
summary	Jaish al-Muhajireen wal Ansar, Jaysh al-Muhajireen wa'l-Ansar, Army of Migrants and Supporters, Army of the Emigrants and Helpers, Muhajireen Brigade, Mujahideen Army.
title	Jaysh Al-Muhajirin Wal-Ansar (JMA)
updated	2024-06-07

Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI)

Id: 41 Summary: Jemaa Islamiyah, Jema'a Islamiyya, Jema'a Islamiyyah, Jema'ah Islamiyah, Jema'ah Islamiyyah, Jemaa Islamiya, Jemaa Islamiyya, Jemaah Islamiyya, Jemaa Islamiyyah, Jemaah Islamiah, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jemaah Islamiyyah, Jemaah Islamiya, Jamaah Islamiyah, Jamaa Islamiya, Jemaah Islam, Jemahh Islamiyah, Jama'ah Islamiyah, Al-Jama'ah Al Islamiyyah, Islamic Group and Islamic Community Content: Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI) has its roots in Darul Islam, a violent radical movement that advocated the establishment of Islamic law in Indonesia. JI subscribes to a Salafist interpretation of Islam and aims to establish an Islamic caliphate spanning Indonesia, Malaysia, southern Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, and the southern Philippines. JI has had cells throughout much of Southeast Asia and targets what it sees as enemies of Islam. JI has been responsible for a series of bank robberies, hijackings, and several major bombings of civilian targets, such as the 2002 attack on a night club in Bali, which killed 202 people and injured 500 others, including Canadians citizens. Published: 2003-04-02 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI) has its roots in Darul Islam, a violent radical movement that advocated the establishment of Islamic law in Indonesia. JI subscribes to a Salafist interpretation of Islam and aims to establish an Islamic caliphate spanning Indonesia, Malaysia, southern Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, and the southern Philippines. JI has had cells throughout much of Southeast Asia and targets what it sees as enemies of Islam. JI has been responsible for a series of bank robberies, hijackings, and several major bombings of civilian targets, such as the 2002 attack on a night club in Bali, which killed 202 people and injured 500 others, including Canadians citizens.
id	41
published	2003-04-02
summary	Jemaa Islamiyah, Jema'a Islamiyya, Jema'a Islamiyyah, Jema'ah Islamiyah, Jema'ah Islamiyyah, Jemaa Islamiya, Jemaa Islamiyya, Jemaah Islamiyya, Jemaa Islamiyyah, Jemaah Islamiah, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jemaah Islamiyyah, Jemaah Islamiya, Jamaah Islamiyah, Jamaa Islamiya, Jemaah Islam, Jemahh Islamiyah, Jama'ah Islamiyah, Al-Jama'ah Al Islamiyyah, Islamic Group and Islamic Community
title	Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI)
updated	2024-06-07

Kahane Chai (Kach)

Id: 42 Summary: Meir's Youth, No'ar Meir, Repression of Traitors, State of Yehuda, Sword of David, Dikuy Bogdim, DOV, Judea Police, Kahane Lives, Kfar Tapuah Fund, State of Judea, Judean Legion, Judean Voice, Qomemiyut Movement, Way of the Torah and Yeshiva of the Jewish Idea, Kach, and Kahane Movement Content: Kahane Chai (Kach) is a marginal, extremist Jewish entity whose goal is the restoration of the biblical state of Israel, replacing democracy with theocracy. Kahane Chai (Kach) advocates expelling Arabs from Israel, expanding Israel's boundaries to include the occupied territories and parts of Jordan, and the strict implementation of Jewish law in Israel. Kahane Chai (Kach) has openly espoused violence against Arabs and the Israeli government as a viable method for establishing a religiously homogenous state. Its activities have included threats to government officials and infrastructure, grenade attacks, armed violence, and bombings. Published: 2005-05-24 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Kahane Chai (Kach) is a marginal, extremist Jewish entity whose goal is the restoration of the biblical state of Israel, replacing democracy with theocracy. Kahane Chai (Kach) advocates expelling Arabs from Israel, expanding Israel's boundaries to include the occupied territories and parts of Jordan, and the strict implementation of Jewish law in Israel. Kahane Chai (Kach) has openly espoused violence against Arabs and the Israeli government as a viable method for establishing a religiously homogenous state. Its activities have included threats to government officials and infrastructure, grenade attacks, armed violence, and bombings.
id	42
published	2005-05-24
summary	Meir's Youth, No'ar Meir, Repression of Traitors, State of Yehuda, Sword of David, Dikuy Bogdim, DOV, Judea Police, Kahane Lives, Kfar Tapuah Fund, State of Judea, Judean Legion, Judean Voice, Qomemiyut Movement, Way of the Torah and Yeshiva of the Jewish Idea, Kach, and Kahane Movement
title	Kahane Chai (Kach)
updated	2024-06-07

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

Id: 43 Summary: Partya Karkeren Kurdistan, Kurdistan Labor Party, Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress, KADEK, Kurdistan People's Congress, Kurdistan Halk Kongresi (KHK), People's Congress of Kurdistan and Kongra-Gel Content: Formally established in Turkey in 1978 by Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK / KADEK) is a Kurdish political party whose main goal is the creation of an independent Kurdish state in southeast Turkey and in northern Iraq, a region that is part of the traditional territory of the Kurdish people. The PKK has conducted guerrilla ambushes and hit‐and‐run attacks on Turkish army convoys and outposts, typically using assault rifles, remote‐controlled improvised explosive devices, and rocket‐propelled grenades. Its activities include attacking the Turkish military, diplomats and Turkish businesses at home and in some western European cities. It has also been known to bomb resorts and kidnap tourists in an attempt to destabilize tourism in Turkey. In September 2022, PKK militants claimed that they had targeted a police station, in the Bagok mountain region of Turkey, with firearms and killed one police officer, and wounded at least one other. In October 2023, suicide bombers detonated an explosive device near an entrance of Turkey’s Interior Ministry, wounding two police officer. Turkish authorities identified one of the attackers as a member of the PKK. Published: 2002-12-10 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Formally established in Turkey in 1978 by Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK / KADEK) is a Kurdish political party whose main goal is the creation of an independent Kurdish state in southeast Turkey and in northern Iraq, a region that is part of the traditional territory of the Kurdish people. The PKK has conducted guerrilla ambushes and hit‐and‐run attacks on Turkish army convoys and outposts, typically using assault rifles, remote‐controlled improvised explosive devices, and rocket‐propelled grenades. Its activities include attacking the Turkish military, diplomats and Turkish businesses at home and in some western European cities. It has also been known to bomb resorts and kidnap tourists in an attempt to destabilize tourism in Turkey. In September 2022, PKK militants claimed that they had targeted a police station, in the Bagok mountain region of Turkey, with firearms and killed one police officer, and wounded at least one other. In October 2023, suicide bombers detonated an explosive device near an entrance of Turkey’s Interior Ministry, wounding two police officer. Turkish authorities identified one of the attackers as a member of the PKK.
id	43
published	2002-12-10
summary	Partya Karkeren Kurdistan, Kurdistan Labor Party, Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress, KADEK, Kurdistan People's Congress, Kurdistan Halk Kongresi (KHK), People's Congress of Kurdistan and Kongra-Gel
title	Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
updated	2024-06-07

La Familia Michoacana

Id: 2025-02-20-5 Summary: The Michoacán Family, La Familia Content: Factions include: Los Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templar), La Nueva Familia Michoacana (also known as the New Michoacán Family; LNFM). La Familia Michoacana (LFM) is a criminal organization based in Michoacán state, Mexico, that follows a quasi-Christian fundamentalist ideology which focuses on their “divine right” to carry out activities. LFM and its successor groups see themselves as protectors and “defenders of the people” against other organized crime groups operating in the region, despite themselves being a source of instability and violence in the regions where they operate. LFM has engaged in fighting with other organized crime groups and civilians in an effort to maintain regional control. To present day, ongoing conflicts involving LFM have generated terror among the population and has displaced residents through indiscriminate violence. In December 2023, LFM kidnapped 14 residents in Texcaltitlán, demanding local residents hand over the leaders of an uprising that killed ten of LFM’s gunmen. Published: 2025-02-20 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Factions include: Los Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templar), La Nueva Familia Michoacana (also known as the New Michoacán Family; LNFM). La Familia Michoacana (LFM) is a criminal organization based in Michoacán state, Mexico, that follows a quasi-Christian fundamentalist ideology which focuses on their “divine right” to carry out activities. LFM and its successor groups see themselves as protectors and “defenders of the people” against other organized crime groups operating in the region, despite themselves being a source of instability and violence in the regions where they operate. LFM has engaged in fighting with other organized crime groups and civilians in an effort to maintain regional control. To present day, ongoing conflicts involving LFM have generated terror among the population and has displaced residents through indiscriminate violence. In December 2023, LFM kidnapped 14 residents in Texcaltitlán, demanding local residents hand over the leaders of an uprising that killed ten of LFM’s gunmen.
id	2025-02-20-5
published	2025-02-20
summary	The Michoacán Family, La Familia
title	La Familia Michoacana
updated	Not yet reviewed

La Mara Salvatrucha

Id: 2025-02-20-6 Summary: MS-13 Content: La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is a transnational criminal organization primarily operating out of El Salvador, with a significant presence in Honduras, Guatemala, and the United States. In El Salvador, MS-13 has evolved from its origins as a street gang into a criminal-economic-military-political power. MS-13 has engaged in widespread, targeted killings of law enforcement and other state officials; the indiscriminate killings of civilians; have used violence to shut down or seize control of vital public services; have established military-style training camps for its members; and have obtained military weapons in order to instill terror and enforce their will on the state and populace. In 2019 in El Salvador, MS-13 put a fake body in an abandoned car to lure police officers into a car-bomb attack, wounding two officers. In March 2022, El Salvador declared a state of emergency after MS-13 and other entities went on a killing spree resulting in a total of 87 homicides in 72 hours. Published: 2025-02-20 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is a transnational criminal organization primarily operating out of El Salvador, with a significant presence in Honduras, Guatemala, and the United States. In El Salvador, MS-13 has evolved from its origins as a street gang into a criminal-economic-military-political power. MS-13 has engaged in widespread, targeted killings of law enforcement and other state officials; the indiscriminate killings of civilians; have used violence to shut down or seize control of vital public services; have established military-style training camps for its members; and have obtained military weapons in order to instill terror and enforce their will on the state and populace. In 2019 in El Salvador, MS-13 put a fake body in an abandoned car to lure police officers into a car-bomb attack, wounding two officers. In March 2022, El Salvador declared a state of emergency after MS-13 and other entities went on a killing spree resulting in a total of 87 homicides in 72 hours.
id	2025-02-20-6
published	2025-02-20
summary	MS-13
title	La Mara Salvatrucha
updated	Not yet reviewed

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)

Id: 44 Summary: Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Jhangvie, Laskar-e- Jhangvi, Lashkare Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Jhangwi, Lashkar-i-Jhangwi, Jhangvi Army, Lashkar-e Jhangvi, Lashkar Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Jhanvi (LeJ), Lashkar-i-Jangvi, Lashkar e Jhangvi, Lashkar Jangvi, Laskar e Jahangvi Content: As a radical Islamist group reportedly linked to Al Qaida, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) aims to establish an Islamist Sunni state in Pakistan based on Sharia Law – through the use of violence if necessary – and to have all Shiites declared non-believers. It is reputed as being one of the most violent Islamist extremist organizations in Pakistan. Responsible for killing hundreds of Shiites since its formation in 1996, LJ was behind some of the worst incidents of sectarian violence in Pakistan's history. It has also been accused of involvement in the killing of Shia Muslim civilians in Afghanistan in 1997, 2011, and 2013, as well as the beheading of United States journalist Daniel Pearl in February 2002 and a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad in September 2008, which killed 53 people. In October 2015, for example, a group of LJ members conducted a suicide attack at a Shiite mosque in Bolan, Baluchistan, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 13. More recently, in June 2017, LJ claimed responsibility for a double suicide bombing at a crowded market in Parachinar, Pakistan, which killed at least 67 people and wounded over 200 others. On August 18, 2023, in Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan, three LJ militants shot and killed a local Pakistan People’s Party leader, identified as Amjad Hussain. LJ in a statement claimed responsibility for killing him for being Shia. Published: 2003-06-18 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	As a radical Islamist group reportedly linked to Al Qaida, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) aims to establish an Islamist Sunni state in Pakistan based on Sharia Law – through the use of violence if necessary – and to have all Shiites declared non-believers. It is reputed as being one of the most violent Islamist extremist organizations in Pakistan. Responsible for killing hundreds of Shiites since its formation in 1996, LJ was behind some of the worst incidents of sectarian violence in Pakistan's history. It has also been accused of involvement in the killing of Shia Muslim civilians in Afghanistan in 1997, 2011, and 2013, as well as the beheading of United States journalist Daniel Pearl in February 2002 and a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad in September 2008, which killed 53 people. In October 2015, for example, a group of LJ members conducted a suicide attack at a Shiite mosque in Bolan, Baluchistan, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 13. More recently, in June 2017, LJ claimed responsibility for a double suicide bombing at a crowded market in Parachinar, Pakistan, which killed at least 67 people and wounded over 200 others. On August 18, 2023, in Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan, three LJ militants shot and killed a local Pakistan People’s Party leader, identified as Amjad Hussain. LJ in a statement claimed responsibility for killing him for being Shia.
id	44
published	2003-06-18
summary	Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Jhangvie, Laskar-e- Jhangvi, Lashkare Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Jhangwi, Lashkar-i-Jhangwi, Jhangvi Army, Lashkar-e Jhangvi, Lashkar Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Jhanvi (LeJ), Lashkar-i-Jangvi, Lashkar e Jhangvi, Lashkar Jangvi, Laskar e Jahangvi
title	Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)
updated	2024-06-07

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)

Id: 45 Summary: Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) (Society for Preaching), al-Anfal Trust, Tehrik-e-Hurmate-e-Rasool, al Mansoorian (The Victorious), Army of the Pure, Paasban-e-Kashmir (Kashmir Brigade), Paasban-i-Ahle-Hadith (Ahle-Hadith Brigade), Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-i-Toiba (LiT), Lashkar-i-Taiba (Holy Regiment), Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) (Army of the Righteous), Lashkar-e-Taibyya, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (Army of the Pure and Righteous), Lashkar-e-Taiba (Righteous Army), Lashkar-Taiba (Army of the Good), Lashkar e Toiba, Lashkar e Taiba, Lashkar-E-Tayyaba, Lashkar e Tayyiba Content: Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) is a Pakistan-based, radical organization established in the late 1980s that operates in the Indian states of Kashmir and Jammu. LeT is also active in Afghanistan in areas along the border with Pakistan. Its overall objective is to force the accession of Indian administered Kashmir to Pakistan and to create two Islamist-run states, in the North and in the South of India. LeT's activities include suicide bombings and armed attacks on civilians, government officials and the Indian security forces. The United Nations Security Council reported in 2020 that LeT facilitates the trafficking of terrorist fighters into Afghanistan to act as experts on improvised explosive devices. Moreover, LeT is responsible for carrying out targeted assassinations against government officials and others. The group has a long standing relationship with Al Qaida. LeT has fostered ties with various Islamist militant groups including the Indian Mujahideen, the Haqqani Network, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and the Taliban. LeT's most infamous operation was the 60-hour terror attack in Mumbai on November 26-28, 2008. The LeT has targeted security personnel such as in the December 2014 attack at a Mohara artillery camp that killed 17 people including soldiers and policemen, and the February 2016 attack on a police convoy that killed two police officers and injured 10 others. On May 14, 2020, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle at a military facility in Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan, killing six 6 people and injuring at least 19 others. Published: 2003-06-18 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) is a Pakistan-based, radical organization established in the late 1980s that operates in the Indian states of Kashmir and Jammu. LeT is also active in Afghanistan in areas along the border with Pakistan. Its overall objective is to force the accession of Indian administered Kashmir to Pakistan and to create two Islamist-run states, in the North and in the South of India. LeT's activities include suicide bombings and armed attacks on civilians, government officials and the Indian security forces. The United Nations Security Council reported in 2020 that LeT facilitates the trafficking of terrorist fighters into Afghanistan to act as experts on improvised explosive devices. Moreover, LeT is responsible for carrying out targeted assassinations against government officials and others. The group has a long standing relationship with Al Qaida. LeT has fostered ties with various Islamist militant groups including the Indian Mujahideen, the Haqqani Network, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and the Taliban. LeT's most infamous operation was the 60-hour terror attack in Mumbai on November 26-28, 2008. The LeT has targeted security personnel such as in the December 2014 attack at a Mohara artillery camp that killed 17 people including soldiers and policemen, and the February 2016 attack on a police convoy that killed two police officers and injured 10 others. On May 14, 2020, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle at a military facility in Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan, killing six 6 people and injuring at least 19 others.
id	45
published	2003-06-18
summary	Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) (Society for Preaching), al-Anfal Trust, Tehrik-e-Hurmate-e-Rasool, al Mansoorian (The Victorious), Army of the Pure, Paasban-e-Kashmir (Kashmir Brigade), Paasban-i-Ahle-Hadith (Ahle-Hadith Brigade), Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-i-Toiba (LiT), Lashkar-i-Taiba (Holy Regiment), Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) (Army of the Righteous), Lashkar-e-Taibyya, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (Army of the Pure and Righteous), Lashkar-e-Taiba (Righteous Army), Lashkar-Taiba (Army of the Good), Lashkar e Toiba, Lashkar e Taiba, Lashkar-E-Tayyaba, Lashkar e Tayyiba
title	Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)
updated	2024-06-07

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Id: 46 Summary: The Tamil Tigers, the Eellalan Force, the Ellalan Force, the Tiger Movement, the Sangilian Force, the Air Tigers, the Black Tigers (Karum Puligal), the Sea Tigers, the Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS) and the Women's Combat Force of Liberation Tigers (WCFLT) Content: Founded in 1976, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a Sri Lankan-based terrorist organization that seeks the creation of an independent homeland called "Tamil Eelam" for Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil minority. Over the years, the LTTE has waged a violent secessionist campaign with the help of ground, air, and naval forces, as well as a dedicated suicide bomber wing. LTTE tactics have included full military operations, terror attacks against civilian centres, and political assassinations, such as the successful assassinations of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi and Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa. The LTTE has also had an extensive network of fundraisers, political and propaganda officers, and arms procurers operating in Sri Lanka and within the Tamil diaspora. Although the LTTE was militarily defeated in May 2009, subversion, destabilization, and fundraising continue, particularly in the diaspora. As of June 2022, there have been no known LTTE attacks in Sri Lanka since the group’s military defeat in 2009. However, weakened remnants of LTTE continue to operate in Sri Lanka and in Tamil Nadu, India. In addition, the LTTE has an international fundraising and procurement network that continues to exist. Published: 2006-04-08 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Founded in 1976, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a Sri Lankan-based terrorist organization that seeks the creation of an independent homeland called "Tamil Eelam" for Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil minority. Over the years, the LTTE has waged a violent secessionist campaign with the help of ground, air, and naval forces, as well as a dedicated suicide bomber wing. LTTE tactics have included full military operations, terror attacks against civilian centres, and political assassinations, such as the successful assassinations of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi and Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa. The LTTE has also had an extensive network of fundraisers, political and propaganda officers, and arms procurers operating in Sri Lanka and within the Tamil diaspora. Although the LTTE was militarily defeated in May 2009, subversion, destabilization, and fundraising continue, particularly in the diaspora. As of June 2022, there have been no known LTTE attacks in Sri Lanka since the group’s military defeat in 2009. However, weakened remnants of LTTE continue to operate in Sri Lanka and in Tamil Nadu, India. In addition, the LTTE has an international fundraising and procurement network that continues to exist.
id	46
published	2006-04-08
summary	The Tamil Tigers, the Eellalan Force, the Ellalan Force, the Tiger Movement, the Sangilian Force, the Air Tigers, the Black Tigers (Karum Puligal), the Sea Tigers, the Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS) and the Women's Combat Force of Liberation Tigers (WCFLT)
title	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
updated	2024-06-07

Maniac Murder Cult

Id: 2025-123 Summary: Maniacs: Cult of Killing; Manyaki; Kult Ubiystva, MKY; M.K.Y. and MKU Content: Maniac Murder Cult (MMC) is an ideologically motivated violent extremist group founded in 2018. While primarily based in Russia and Ukraine, its members are found around the world. MMC adheres to a nihilistic national socialist, militant accelerationist, and neo-Nazi ideology believing in the necessity of violent, nihilistic actions to promote fear and chaos to further the perceived collapse of Western society. MMC operates online and also seeks to mobilize offline violence, promoting violence and violent acts against racial and ethnic minorities, the Jewish community, individuals experiencing homelessness and/or mental illness, and other groups it deems as "undesirables". A primary objective of MMC is for its adherents to be viewed as the most sadistic threat actors, and share instructional material on a variety of tactics, including how to attack prospective victims and avoid detection. Members are required to record and share their violent activities in a bid to inspire and mobilize further extremism. On January 22, 2025, a 17-year-old student shot and killed a schoolmate at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee. According to prosecutors, the shooter said he had been acting on behalf of the MMC, and his manifesto named MMC's leader Mikhail Chkhikvishvili as his inspiration. In early 2025, a 19-year-old from Winnipeg was arrested and charged for allegedly spray-painting racist and antisemitic graffiti. The 19-year-old was later charged with four terrorism-related changes after an investigation found links to MMC. In August 2024, an individual wearing a tactical vest adorned with Nazi symbols livestreamed himself stabbing approximately five people outside a mosque in Eskisehir, Türkiye. A manifesto attributed to the attacker included explicit references to violent statements made by Chkhikvishvili. Before the attack, the attacker distributed violent propaganda, including MMC's ideological and its instructional manual, the Hater's Handbook, via a link to encrypted channels. Published: 2025-12-08 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Maniac Murder Cult (MMC) is an ideologically motivated violent extremist group founded in 2018. While primarily based in Russia and Ukraine, its members are found around the world. MMC adheres to a nihilistic national socialist, militant accelerationist, and neo-Nazi ideology believing in the necessity of violent, nihilistic actions to promote fear and chaos to further the perceived collapse of Western society. MMC operates online and also seeks to mobilize offline violence, promoting violence and violent acts against racial and ethnic minorities, the Jewish community, individuals experiencing homelessness and/or mental illness, and other groups it deems as "undesirables". A primary objective of MMC is for its adherents to be viewed as the most sadistic threat actors, and share instructional material on a variety of tactics, including how to attack prospective victims and avoid detection. Members are required to record and share their violent activities in a bid to inspire and mobilize further extremism. On January 22, 2025, a 17-year-old student shot and killed a schoolmate at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee. According to prosecutors, the shooter said he had been acting on behalf of the MMC, and his manifesto named MMC's leader Mikhail Chkhikvishvili as his inspiration. In early 2025, a 19-year-old from Winnipeg was arrested and charged for allegedly spray-painting racist and antisemitic graffiti. The 19-year-old was later charged with four terrorism-related changes after an investigation found links to MMC. In August 2024, an individual wearing a tactical vest adorned with Nazi symbols livestreamed himself stabbing approximately five people outside a mosque in Eskisehir, Türkiye. A manifesto attributed to the attacker included explicit references to violent statements made by Chkhikvishvili. Before the attack, the attacker distributed violent propaganda, including MMC's ideological and its instructional manual, the Hater's Handbook, via a link to encrypted channels.
id	2025-123
published	2025-12-08
summary	Maniacs: Cult of Killing; Manyaki; Kult Ubiystva, MKY; M.K.Y. and MKU
title	Maniac Murder Cult
updated	Not yet reviewed

Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA)

Id: 47 Summary: MOJWA, Mouvement pour l'unicité et le jihad en Afrique de l'Ouest, MUJAO, Jamat Tawhid wal Jihad fi Garbi Afriqqiya and Jamaat Tawhid Wal Jihad Fi Garbi Ifriqiya. Content: The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa is a splinter group of al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. Formed in 2011, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) seeks to spread jihad across West Africa and establish a strict form of Sharia Law. The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa has carried out terrorist activities including kidnappings, small arms attacks, improvised explosive devices attacks, and suicide bombings. On May 23, 2013, MOJWA and al'Muwaqi'un Bil-Dima (MBD) launched twin suicide attacks against a Nigerien army base and a French uranium mine in Niger, killing 25 people. MOJWA merged with MBD to form Al-Murabitoun, in August 2013. Published: 2014-06-02 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa is a splinter group of al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. Formed in 2011, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) seeks to spread jihad across West Africa and establish a strict form of Sharia Law. The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa has carried out terrorist activities including kidnappings, small arms attacks, improvised explosive devices attacks, and suicide bombings. On May 23, 2013, MOJWA and al'Muwaqi'un Bil-Dima (MBD) launched twin suicide attacks against a Nigerien army base and a French uranium mine in Niger, killing 25 people. MOJWA merged with MBD to form Al-Murabitoun, in August 2013.
id	47
published	2014-06-02
summary	MOJWA, Mouvement pour l'unicité et le jihad en Afrique de l'Ouest, MUJAO, Jamat Tawhid wal Jihad fi Garbi Afriqqiya and Jamaat Tawhid Wal Jihad Fi Garbi Ifriqiya.
title	Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA)
updated	2024-06-07

Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)

Id: 48 Summary: PLF-Abu Abbas Faction, Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FLP) Content: The Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) is a small, armed splinter group allied to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Its objective is the destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. First founded in 1961 by Ahmad Jibril, the group operates primarily in Europe, Israel, Lebanon and other areas in the Middle East. During its most active period, it is known to have conducted several high-profile attacks, including the October 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro. Published: 2003-11-13 Updated: 2024-06-07

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UUID b2019668-c91e-537b-ab94-7dd8c285ccf6 which can be used as unique global reference for Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	The Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) is a small, armed splinter group allied to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Its objective is the destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. First founded in 1961 by Ahmad Jibril, the group operates primarily in Europe, Israel, Lebanon and other areas in the Middle East. During its most active period, it is known to have conducted several high-profile attacks, including the October 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro.
id	48
published	2003-11-13
summary	PLF-Abu Abbas Faction, Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FLP)
title	Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
updated	2024-06-07

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

Id: 49 Summary: Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami fi Filistin, Saraya Al-Quds (The Jerusalem Brigades), Al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad, Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction, Palestinian Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi, PIJ-Shaqaqi Faction, PIJ-Shallah Faction, Islamic Jihad of Palestine, Islamic Jihad in Palestine, Abu Ghunaym Squad of the Hizballah Bayt Al-Maqdis, Al-Quds Squads, Al-Awdah Brigades, Islamic Jihad Palestine (IJP), Islamic Jihad – Palestine Faction and Islamic Holy War Content: Founded in the late 1970s, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is one of the most violent Palestinian terrorist groups. The PIJ maintains that armed struggle by the Palestinian people, in tandem with active support from the Arab and Muslim worlds, is the only viable strategy for achieving its objectives - the destruction of Israel and the complete liberation of Palestine. The PIJ was among the first to use suicide bomb attacks against Israel. In 1995, two PIJ suicide bombers executed a coordinated attack at a bus stop in Beit Lid, killing 19 people and wounding 61. PIJ claimed responsibility for the October 3, 2015, knife attack in Jerusalem which killed 2 Israeli men and wounded the wife and child of one of the deceased. On February 23, 2020, rockets were fired toward southern Israel after Israel said it had killed a Palestinian militant who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence. PIJ launched several rockets at Israel by the time the ceasefire was announced. Published: 2002-11-27 Updated: 2021-06-04

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UUID 154882c7-9c4f-533d-8ab0-2da3aef5c287 which can be used as unique global reference for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	Founded in the late 1970s, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is one of the most violent Palestinian terrorist groups. The PIJ maintains that armed struggle by the Palestinian people, in tandem with active support from the Arab and Muslim worlds, is the only viable strategy for achieving its objectives - the destruction of Israel and the complete liberation of Palestine. The PIJ was among the first to use suicide bomb attacks against Israel. In 1995, two PIJ suicide bombers executed a coordinated attack at a bus stop in Beit Lid, killing 19 people and wounding 61. PIJ claimed responsibility for the October 3, 2015, knife attack in Jerusalem which killed 2 Israeli men and wounded the wife and child of one of the deceased. On February 23, 2020, rockets were fired toward southern Israel after Israel said it had killed a Palestinian militant who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence. PIJ launched several rockets at Israel by the time the ceasefire was announced.
id	49
published	2002-11-27
summary	Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami fi Filistin, Saraya Al-Quds (The Jerusalem Brigades), Al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad, Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction, Palestinian Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi, PIJ-Shaqaqi Faction, PIJ-Shallah Faction, Islamic Jihad of Palestine, Islamic Jihad in Palestine, Abu Ghunaym Squad of the Hizballah Bayt Al-Maqdis, Al-Quds Squads, Al-Awdah Brigades, Islamic Jihad Palestine (IJP), Islamic Jihad – Palestine Faction and Islamic Holy War
title	Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
updated	2021-06-04

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Id: 51 Summary: Halhul Gang, Halhul Squad, Palestinian Popular Resistance Forces, PPRF, Red Eagle Gang, Red Eagle Group, Red Eagles, Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, Al-Jibha al-Sha'biya lil-Tahrir Filistin Content: Formed in 1967, the goals of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) are the destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of a communist government in Palestine. During the 1970s, the group took part in some of the boldest terrorist attacks of the period, such as hijacking three civilian airliners in one day and storming the Vienna headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). In 2000, the PFLP turned increasingly to the use of suicide bombers, guerilla tactics, car bombings, and mortar strikes. The PFLP was also responsible for the first assassination of a cabinet minister in Israel's history, killing Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in 2001. In 2014, the PFLP claimed responsibility for a November gun and knife attack at an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in West Jerusalem that killed 6 people. On June 16, 2017, two coordinated attacks targeting Israeli police officers were carried out near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's walled old city. In September 2019, the Israeli security forces arrested four PFLP members allegedly responsible for remotely detonating an improvised explosive device in the West Bank that killed an Israeli teenager and seriously wounded two family members. Published: 2003-11-13 Updated: 2021-06-04

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content	Formed in 1967, the goals of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) are the destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of a communist government in Palestine. During the 1970s, the group took part in some of the boldest terrorist attacks of the period, such as hijacking three civilian airliners in one day and storming the Vienna headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). In 2000, the PFLP turned increasingly to the use of suicide bombers, guerilla tactics, car bombings, and mortar strikes. The PFLP was also responsible for the first assassination of a cabinet minister in Israel's history, killing Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in 2001. In 2014, the PFLP claimed responsibility for a November gun and knife attack at an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in West Jerusalem that killed 6 people. On June 16, 2017, two coordinated attacks targeting Israeli police officers were carried out near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's walled old city. In September 2019, the Israeli security forces arrested four PFLP members allegedly responsible for remotely detonating an improvised explosive device in the West Bank that killed an Israeli teenager and seriously wounded two family members.
id	51
published	2003-11-13
summary	Halhul Gang, Halhul Squad, Palestinian Popular Resistance Forces, PPRF, Red Eagle Gang, Red Eagle Group, Red Eagles, Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, Al-Jibha al-Sha'biya lil-Tahrir Filistin
title	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
updated	2021-06-04

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC)

Id: 50 Summary: Al-Jibha Sha'biya lil-Tahrir Filistin-al-Qadiya al-Ama Content: Founded in 1968, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC) is an Islamist Communist group committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel. The group is opposed to any negotiation with Israel and believes solely in a military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was the first Palestinian group to use suicide squads: in 1974, three members attacked Qiryat Shemona and killed 18 people before dying in a battle with Israeli soldiers. The PFLP-GC has used barometric bombs to blow up aircraft, parcel-explosives sent through the mail as well as motorized hang-gliders in a guerilla raid into Israel. During the 1990s, the PFLP-GC limited its activities to training and equipping other terrorist groups, such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In December 2015, PFLP-GC claimed responsibility for the firing of three rockets on Northern Israel in retaliation for the assassination of a Hizballah member in Syria. Published: 2003-11-13 Updated: 2021-06-04

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content	Founded in 1968, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC) is an Islamist Communist group committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel. The group is opposed to any negotiation with Israel and believes solely in a military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was the first Palestinian group to use suicide squads: in 1974, three members attacked Qiryat Shemona and killed 18 people before dying in a battle with Israeli soldiers. The PFLP-GC has used barometric bombs to blow up aircraft, parcel-explosives sent through the mail as well as motorized hang-gliders in a guerilla raid into Israel. During the 1990s, the PFLP-GC limited its activities to training and equipping other terrorist groups, such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In December 2015, PFLP-GC claimed responsibility for the firing of three rockets on Northern Israel in retaliation for the assassination of a Hizballah member in Syria.
id	50
published	2003-11-13
summary	Al-Jibha Sha'biya lil-Tahrir Filistin-al-Qadiya al-Ama
title	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC)
updated	2021-06-04

Proud Boys

Id: 510 Summary: N/A Content: The Proud Boys are an ideologically motivated violent extremist group formed in 2016 that engages in political violence. The group embraces a white supremacist and antisemitic ideology, viewing themselves as warriors and patriots defending the traditional American way of life and family values by opposing progressive policies and social justice movements (e.g., Black Lives Matter). Comprised of semi-autonomous chapters, the group and its members have openly encouraged, planned, and conducted violent activities against those they perceive to be opposed to their ideology and political beliefs. The group regularly attends Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests as counter-protesters, often engaging in violence targeting BLM supporters. In October 2018, members of the Proud Boys attacked four people who were protesting a speech by the Proud Boys founder, Gavin McInnes. Two members of the Proud Boys were convicted for their role in the attack; video footage showed one of the convicted, and others exalting about "smashing" the head of a "foreigner". On January 6, 2021, the Proud Boys played a pivotal role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Leaders of the group planned their participation by setting out objectives, issuing instructions, and directing members during the insurrection. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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UUID baeaba76-3649-526c-bd65-68642bad06dc which can be used as unique global reference for Proud Boys in MISP communities and other software using the MISP galaxy

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content	The Proud Boys are an ideologically motivated violent extremist group formed in 2016 that engages in political violence. The group embraces a white supremacist and antisemitic ideology, viewing themselves as warriors and patriots defending the traditional American way of life and family values by opposing progressive policies and social justice movements (e.g., Black Lives Matter). Comprised of semi-autonomous chapters, the group and its members have openly encouraged, planned, and conducted violent activities against those they perceive to be opposed to their ideology and political beliefs. The group regularly attends Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests as counter-protesters, often engaging in violence targeting BLM supporters. In October 2018, members of the Proud Boys attacked four people who were protesting a speech by the Proud Boys founder, Gavin McInnes. Two members of the Proud Boys were convicted for their role in the attack; video footage showed one of the convicted, and others exalting about "smashing" the head of a "foreigner". On January 6, 2021, the Proud Boys played a pivotal role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Leaders of the group planned their participation by setting out objectives, issuing instructions, and directing members during the insurrection.
id	510
published	2021-02-03
summary	N/A
title	Proud Boys
updated	2025-12-04

Russian Imperial Movement

Id: 511 Summary: RIM, Russkoie Imperskoe Dvizhenie, Russkoe Imperskoye Dvizheniye, RID, Imperial Legion, Russian Imperial Legion, RIL, Saint Petersburg Imperial Legion Content: The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) is an ideologically motivated violent extremist, nationalist group formed in 2002 and based in Russia, that has advocated for a return to Tsarist Russia and sought to create a mono-ethnic state led by a Russian autocratic monarchy. RIM's ideology is white supremacist, monarchist, ultra-nationalist, pro-Russian Orthodox, and antisemitic. Its members espouse xenophobic, Islamophobic, racist and anti-LGBTQ+ views. Group members and sympathizers have been linked to violent activity outside of Russia, and have sought to build ties to neo-Nazi organizations in Europe and the U.S. to offer them paramilitary training and bomb making instructions. In 2015, RIM co-founded the World National Conservative Movement (WNCM), a transnational movement ideologically aligned against the Western principles of 'liberalism, multiculturalism and tolerance, according to its own manifesto. RIM leaders intended the WNCM to facilitate the sharing of tactical skills across peer organizations and promote their own paramilitary training program. Furthermore, RIM has donated money to foreign neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups associated with the WNCM and provided training to members who have carried out bomb plots in their own countries. In 2016, RIM provided training to two Swedes who then bombed a bookstore café, a refugee shelter, and a campground that housed asylum seekers. RIM's paramilitary faction has also been present in conflicts in Ukraine, Syria, and Libya. RIM continues to train and sent fighters to Ukraine through its paramilitary faction, the Russian Imperial Legion, to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) is an ideologically motivated violent extremist, nationalist group formed in 2002 and based in Russia, that has advocated for a return to Tsarist Russia and sought to create a mono-ethnic state led by a Russian autocratic monarchy. RIM's ideology is white supremacist, monarchist, ultra-nationalist, pro-Russian Orthodox, and antisemitic. Its members espouse xenophobic, Islamophobic, racist and anti-LGBTQ+ views. Group members and sympathizers have been linked to violent activity outside of Russia, and have sought to build ties to neo-Nazi organizations in Europe and the U.S. to offer them paramilitary training and bomb making instructions. In 2015, RIM co-founded the World National Conservative Movement (WNCM), a transnational movement ideologically aligned against the Western principles of 'liberalism, multiculturalism and tolerance, according to its own manifesto. RIM leaders intended the WNCM to facilitate the sharing of tactical skills across peer organizations and promote their own paramilitary training program. Furthermore, RIM has donated money to foreign neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups associated with the WNCM and provided training to members who have carried out bomb plots in their own countries. In 2016, RIM provided training to two Swedes who then bombed a bookstore café, a refugee shelter, and a campground that housed asylum seekers. RIM's paramilitary faction has also been present in conflicts in Ukraine, Syria, and Libya. RIM continues to train and sent fighters to Ukraine through its paramilitary faction, the Russian Imperial Legion, to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
id	511
published	2021-02-03
summary	RIM, Russkoie Imperskoe Dvizhenie, Russkoe Imperskoye Dvizheniye, RID, Imperial Legion, Russian Imperial Legion, RIL, Saint Petersburg Imperial Legion
title	Russian Imperial Movement
updated	2025-12-04

Samidoun

Id: 2024-03 Summary: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Content: Samidoun is an international network of organizers and activists that claims to be campaigning for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The organization, which emerged in 2011, maintains at least 20 chapters across 12 countries, including Canada, the United States and France, amongst others. Samidoun also operates a chapter in Iran, which Canada has designated as a State Supporter of Terrorism. Many Palestinian prisoners for which Samidoun advocates for release have ties to terrorism, assassinations and countless attacks against Israel. Samidoun's ideology revolves exclusively around the worldview that Israel and Zionism are the greatest danger to the Middle East and the world. Their main goals are the destruction of Israel and establishing a Palestinian state in its place. To achieve this goal, Samidoun advocates all kinds of activities, including violence. The organization helps advance the interests of other listed terrorist entities such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on social media and in public protests. According to open sources, Samidoun has close links with the PFLP, which is a listed terrorist entity in Canada, the United States and the European Union. The leadership of Samidoun is composed of reported current and former members of the PFLP. Published: 2024-10-15 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Samidoun is an international network of organizers and activists that claims to be campaigning for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The organization, which emerged in 2011, maintains at least 20 chapters across 12 countries, including Canada, the United States and France, amongst others. Samidoun also operates a chapter in Iran, which Canada has designated as a State Supporter of Terrorism. Many Palestinian prisoners for which Samidoun advocates for release have ties to terrorism, assassinations and countless attacks against Israel. Samidoun's ideology revolves exclusively around the worldview that Israel and Zionism are the greatest danger to the Middle East and the world. Their main goals are the destruction of Israel and establishing a Palestinian state in its place. To achieve this goal, Samidoun advocates all kinds of activities, including violence. The organization helps advance the interests of other listed terrorist entities such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on social media and in public protests. According to open sources, Samidoun has close links with the PFLP, which is a listed terrorist entity in Canada, the United States and the European Union. The leadership of Samidoun is composed of reported current and former members of the PFLP.
id	2024-03
published	2024-10-15
summary	Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
title	Samidoun
updated	Not yet reviewed

Sendero Luminoso (SL)

Id: 52 Summary: Shining Path, Partido Comunista del Peru en el Sendero Luminoso de Jose Carlos Mariategui, Communist Party of Peru on the Shining Path of Jose Carlos Mariategui, Partido Comunista del Peru, Communist Party of Peru, The Communist Party of Peru by the Shining Path of Jose Carlos Mariategui and Marxism, Leninism, Maoism and the Thoughts of Chairman Gonzalo, Revolutionary Student Front for the Shining Path of Mariategui, Communist Party of Peru - By Way of the Shining Path of Mariategui, PCP - por el Sendero Luminoso de Mariategui, PCP and PCP-SL Content: Established in 1980, Sendero Luminoso (SL) is a splinter group of the Communist Party of Peru. Its objective is to destroy existing Peruvian institutions and replace them with a communist peasant revolutionary regime which would eliminate foreign influence from the country. SL's area of operations is limited to Peru, with most of its activities in rural areas, but some of its attacks have taken place in the capital, Lima. Its tactics include indiscriminate bombing campaigns, political assassinations, as well as armed attacks against civilians and foreign interests in Peru. In March 2017, suspected SL snipers attacked a police convoy in Cumumpiari, killing three officers. On May 23, 2021, sixteen people were killed, including children, by alleged SL militants in San Miguel del Ene village. The SL said it was behind the attack and left pamphlets warning civilians to not vote in upcoming elections. Published: 2003-02-12 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	Established in 1980, Sendero Luminoso (SL) is a splinter group of the Communist Party of Peru. Its objective is to destroy existing Peruvian institutions and replace them with a communist peasant revolutionary regime which would eliminate foreign influence from the country. SL's area of operations is limited to Peru, with most of its activities in rural areas, but some of its attacks have taken place in the capital, Lima. Its tactics include indiscriminate bombing campaigns, political assassinations, as well as armed attacks against civilians and foreign interests in Peru. In March 2017, suspected SL snipers attacked a police convoy in Cumumpiari, killing three officers. On May 23, 2021, sixteen people were killed, including children, by alleged SL militants in San Miguel del Ene village. The SL said it was behind the attack and left pamphlets warning civilians to not vote in upcoming elections.
id	52
published	2003-02-12
summary	Shining Path, Partido Comunista del Peru en el Sendero Luminoso de Jose Carlos Mariategui, Communist Party of Peru on the Shining Path of Jose Carlos Mariategui, Partido Comunista del Peru, Communist Party of Peru, The Communist Party of Peru by the Shining Path of Jose Carlos Mariategui and Marxism, Leninism, Maoism and the Thoughts of Chairman Gonzalo, Revolutionary Student Front for the Shining Path of Mariategui, Communist Party of Peru - By Way of the Shining Path of Mariategui, PCP - por el Sendero Luminoso de Mariategui, PCP and PCP-SL
title	Sendero Luminoso (SL)
updated	2024-06-07

Taliban

Id: 53 Summary: Afghan Taliban, Movement of Islamic Students, Taleban, Islamic Movement of the Taliban (De Talebano Islami Ghurdzang or Tehrik) and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (De Afghanistan Islami Emarat) Content: The Taliban are an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan. The Taliban's main objectives are the removal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan, and the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Since the Taliban takeover and establishment of their de facto authority in 2021, the Taliban have refocused their efforts on internal cohesion and demonstrating authority domestically. The Taliban has used terrorist tactics, including the extensive use of improvised explosive devices and suicide bombings, to further their political objectives and are known to attack civilian targets, government compounds, military targets in built-up urban areas, as well as infrastructure projects. In 2011, the Taliban were responsible for the majority of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and carried out a number of attacks on girls' schools in particular. In January 2018, the Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in Kabul which utilized an ambulance as a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device to kill at least 95 people and wound more than 150. The Taliban have publicly carried out widespread and systemic violence, including beatings, torture, forced amputation, forced disappearances, public executions, and extrajudicial killings. In July 2020, a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the Shah Wali Kot police district headquarters in Kandahar. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack that killed three police officers and wounded at least 14 others, both civilians and police. Both before and after the formation of the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Taliban have focused on the targeting of civilians for moral and political offences. This includes severe restrictions on women and girls in all aspects of public life, including dress code, education and employment, as well as strict enforcement of religious observance, such as attendance for men in mosques at prayer time. Public floggings and executions have become a common occurrence again since their reintroduction following the takeover in 2021. For example, in December 2022, 27 men and women were publicly flogged in a stadium in the northern province of Parwan on a variety of charges and in June 2024, 63 men and women were publicly flogged in the northern Sari Pul province. Published: 2013-05-09 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The Taliban are an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan. The Taliban's main objectives are the removal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan, and the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Since the Taliban takeover and establishment of their de facto authority in 2021, the Taliban have refocused their efforts on internal cohesion and demonstrating authority domestically. The Taliban has used terrorist tactics, including the extensive use of improvised explosive devices and suicide bombings, to further their political objectives and are known to attack civilian targets, government compounds, military targets in built-up urban areas, as well as infrastructure projects. In 2011, the Taliban were responsible for the majority of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and carried out a number of attacks on girls' schools in particular. In January 2018, the Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in Kabul which utilized an ambulance as a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device to kill at least 95 people and wound more than 150. The Taliban have publicly carried out widespread and systemic violence, including beatings, torture, forced amputation, forced disappearances, public executions, and extrajudicial killings. In July 2020, a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the Shah Wali Kot police district headquarters in Kandahar. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack that killed three police officers and wounded at least 14 others, both civilians and police. Both before and after the formation of the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Taliban have focused on the targeting of civilians for moral and political offences. This includes severe restrictions on women and girls in all aspects of public life, including dress code, education and employment, as well as strict enforcement of religious observance, such as attendance for men in mosques at prayer time. Public floggings and executions have become a common occurrence again since their reintroduction following the takeover in 2021. For example, in December 2022, 27 men and women were publicly flogged in a stadium in the northern province of Parwan on a variety of charges and in June 2024, 63 men and women were publicly flogged in the northern Sari Pul province.
id	53
published	2013-05-09
summary	Afghan Taliban, Movement of Islamic Students, Taleban, Islamic Movement of the Taliban (De Talebano Islami Ghurdzang or Tehrik) and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (De Afghanistan Islami Emarat)
title	Taliban
updated	2024-06-07

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Id: 54 Summary: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Tehrik-I-Taliban Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban, Pakistani Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban, Tehrik Taliban-I-Pakistan, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Content: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was founded in December 2007 as an umbrella organization for pro-Taliban groups operating mostly in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North West Frontier Province), Pakistan. It was led, first, by militant commander Baitullah Mehsud and, following his death, by Hakimullah Mehsud. The TTP aims to create a Taliban-style Islamic emirate under Sharia law, beginning in Pakistan's tribal areas and later extending to include Muslims elsewhere. The TTP strives to unite pro-Taliban groups in FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and looked to assist the Afghan Taliban in their campaign against former President Karzai and international forces in Afghanistan. In 2018, the TTP redirected its fighters away from indiscriminately attacking civilian and religious minorities, advocating instead for targeted violence against the Pakistan’s military personnel and intelligence operatives. Additionally, in 2020, the TPP reduced their regional and global aspiration, rather focusing on their war with the Pakistani state. The TTP has conducted numerous armed, bomb and suicide attacks to achieve its objectives. The TTP has also engaged in criminal activity, such as extortion, theft, robbery and kidnapping for ransom to support its terrorist operations. The TTP maintains links to Al Qaida, Lashka-e-Jahngvi and Jaish-e-Mohammed, all listed terrorist groups under Canada's Criminal Code. Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the Afghan Taliban released hundreds of TTP militants from prisons in Kabul. The TTP publicly renewed its pledge of allegiance to the Afghan Taliban and has since enjoyed operational freedom in Afghanistan. On May 23, 2023, at least 50 TTP militants targeted an oil and gas exploration site in Mainji Khel, Pakistan, killing four personnel and two private guards. Published: 2011-07-05 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was founded in December 2007 as an umbrella organization for pro-Taliban groups operating mostly in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North West Frontier Province), Pakistan. It was led, first, by militant commander Baitullah Mehsud and, following his death, by Hakimullah Mehsud. The TTP aims to create a Taliban-style Islamic emirate under Sharia law, beginning in Pakistan's tribal areas and later extending to include Muslims elsewhere. The TTP strives to unite pro-Taliban groups in FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and looked to assist the Afghan Taliban in their campaign against former President Karzai and international forces in Afghanistan. In 2018, the TTP redirected its fighters away from indiscriminately attacking civilian and religious minorities, advocating instead for targeted violence against the Pakistan’s military personnel and intelligence operatives. Additionally, in 2020, the TPP reduced their regional and global aspiration, rather focusing on their war with the Pakistani state. The TTP has conducted numerous armed, bomb and suicide attacks to achieve its objectives. The TTP has also engaged in criminal activity, such as extortion, theft, robbery and kidnapping for ransom to support its terrorist operations. The TTP maintains links to Al Qaida, Lashka-e-Jahngvi and Jaish-e-Mohammed, all listed terrorist groups under Canada's Criminal Code. Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the Afghan Taliban released hundreds of TTP militants from prisons in Kabul. The TTP publicly renewed its pledge of allegiance to the Afghan Taliban and has since enjoyed operational freedom in Afghanistan. On May 23, 2023, at least 50 TTP militants targeted an oil and gas exploration site in Mainji Khel, Pakistan, killing four personnel and two private guards.
id	54
published	2011-07-05
summary	Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Tehrik-I-Taliban Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban, Pakistani Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban, Tehrik Taliban-I-Pakistan, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
title	Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
updated	2024-06-07

Terrorgram Collective

Id: 2025-124 Summary: N/A Content: The Terrorgram Collective is a network of channels, group chats and users promoting white supremacist ideology on the digital communication platform Telegram. Emerging in the late 2010s, its members have solicited terrorist attacks against politicians, government officials, government buildings, energy facilities, and groups seen as "enemies of the white race". Terrorgram publishes terrorist guides and white supremacist propaganda dedicated to motivating mass killings - including the glorification of past terrorist attacks, calls to kill police and politicians, car bomb tutorials, and guides for sabotaging critical infrastructure. Terrorgram influencers are credited with inspiring and facilitating terrorist actions. On October 12, 2022, a 19-year-old individual frequently active in Terrorgram channels shot three people at a gay bar in Bratislava, Slovakia, killing two people and himself. His manifesto thanked the Terrorgram Collective for guiding him, and key Terrorgram figures claimed credit following the attack. On July 10, 2024, an 18 year-old was arrested for plotting an attack on an energy facility in New Jersey. Before his arrest, he was active in Terrorgram group chats, where he consumed and spread Terrorgram Collective material. The youth had told an undercover FBI agent to use tactics recommended in videos posted to Terrorgram channels. On August 8, 2025, a member of Terrorgram pled guilty in the United States to soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, among other charges after being arrested in September 2024 alongside another Terrorgram member. She had admitted to serving as the leader of the Terrorgram Collective between July 2022 and September 2024, during which she provided guidance to equip individuals to carry out attacks. Published: 2025-12-08 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	The Terrorgram Collective is a network of channels, group chats and users promoting white supremacist ideology on the digital communication platform Telegram. Emerging in the late 2010s, its members have solicited terrorist attacks against politicians, government officials, government buildings, energy facilities, and groups seen as "enemies of the white race". Terrorgram publishes terrorist guides and white supremacist propaganda dedicated to motivating mass killings - including the glorification of past terrorist attacks, calls to kill police and politicians, car bomb tutorials, and guides for sabotaging critical infrastructure. Terrorgram influencers are credited with inspiring and facilitating terrorist actions. On October 12, 2022, a 19-year-old individual frequently active in Terrorgram channels shot three people at a gay bar in Bratislava, Slovakia, killing two people and himself. His manifesto thanked the Terrorgram Collective for guiding him, and key Terrorgram figures claimed credit following the attack. On July 10, 2024, an 18 year-old was arrested for plotting an attack on an energy facility in New Jersey. Before his arrest, he was active in Terrorgram group chats, where he consumed and spread Terrorgram Collective material. The youth had told an undercover FBI agent to use tactics recommended in videos posted to Terrorgram channels. On August 8, 2025, a member of Terrorgram pled guilty in the United States to soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, among other charges after being arrested in September 2024 alongside another Terrorgram member. She had admitted to serving as the leader of the Terrorgram Collective between July 2022 and September 2024, during which she provided guidance to equip individuals to carry out attacks.
id	2025-124
published	2025-12-08
summary	N/A
title	Terrorgram Collective
updated	Not yet reviewed

The Base

Id: 540 Summary: N/A Content: The Base is an ideologically motivated violent extremist group founded in 2018. The group has been primarily active in the U.S. and promotes a nihilistic and accelerationist rhetoric— an ideology embraced by white supremacists who have determined that a societal collapse is both imminent and necessary. They advocate for violent actions to create chaos, incite a race war, and establish a white ethno-state. The Base has distributed manuals for lone-wolf terror attacks, bomb making, counter-surveillance, and guerilla warfare to its members. The group also organized training camps in weaponry and military tactics around North America. The network specifically seeks to recruit individuals with military experience so that they can leverage their training. In March 2025, The Base called for targeted assassinations and attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine. On Telegram, the group offered cash for volunteer recruits to carry out attacks on critical infrastructure, military and police personnel and vehicles, government buildings, and Ukrainian politicians, particularly in the capital Kyiv and other cities. Published: 2021-02-03 Updated: 2025-12-04

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content	The Base is an ideologically motivated violent extremist group founded in 2018. The group has been primarily active in the U.S. and promotes a nihilistic and accelerationist rhetoric— an ideology embraced by white supremacists who have determined that a societal collapse is both imminent and necessary. They advocate for violent actions to create chaos, incite a race war, and establish a white ethno-state. The Base has distributed manuals for lone-wolf terror attacks, bomb making, counter-surveillance, and guerilla warfare to its members. The group also organized training camps in weaponry and military tactics around North America. The network specifically seeks to recruit individuals with military experience so that they can leverage their training. In March 2025, The Base called for targeted assassinations and attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine. On Telegram, the group offered cash for volunteer recruits to carry out attacks on critical infrastructure, military and police personnel and vehicles, government buildings, and Ukrainian politicians, particularly in the capital Kyiv and other cities.
id	540
published	2021-02-03
summary	N/A
title	The Base
updated	2025-12-04

The Bishnoi Gang

Id: 102 Summary: Lawrence Bishnoi Gang, Bishnoi Group, Lawrence Bishnoi Group, Bishnoi Crime Group Content: The Bishnoi Gang is a transnational criminal organization operating primarily out of India. They have a presence in Canada, and are active in areas with significant diaspora communities. The Bishnoi Gang generates terror in the communities in which they operate through their involvement in extortions and intimidation. The Bishnoi Gang also engages in murder, shootings and arson. The Bishnoi Gang creates a climate of insecurity for Canadians in diaspora communities as it targets them, their prominent community members, their businesses, as well as cultural figures within the community. Published: 2025-09-29 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	The Bishnoi Gang is a transnational criminal organization operating primarily out of India. They have a presence in Canada, and are active in areas with significant diaspora communities. The Bishnoi Gang generates terror in the communities in which they operate through their involvement in extortions and intimidation. The Bishnoi Gang also engages in murder, shootings and arson. The Bishnoi Gang creates a climate of insecurity for Canadians in diaspora communities as it targets them, their prominent community members, their businesses, as well as cultural figures within the community.
id	102
published	2025-09-29
summary	Lawrence Bishnoi Gang, Bishnoi Group, Lawrence Bishnoi Group, Bishnoi Crime Group
title	The Bishnoi Gang
updated	Not yet reviewed

Three Percenters

Id: 64 Summary: 3%ers, III%ers, Threepers Content: Three Percenters are a decentralized entity within the broader anti-government militia movement in the United States. The name “Three Percenters” is a reference to a false belief that the number of Americans who fought against the British during the Revolutionary War amounted to only three percent of the population at the time. The entity has a presence in the United States and Canada. Three Percenters have been linked to bomb plots targeting United States federal government buildings and Muslim communities. In November 2015, a Three Percenter was arrested and eventually convicted of shooting and wounding five men at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Most notably, in 2020, two of the group's leaders directed a plot to kidnap the Governor of Michigan that involved acquiring and detonating explosives to divert police attention from the kidnapping, as well as public executions of public officials by hanging them on live television. Published: 2021-06-25 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Three Percenters are a decentralized entity within the broader anti-government militia movement in the United States. The name “Three Percenters” is a reference to a false belief that the number of Americans who fought against the British during the Revolutionary War amounted to only three percent of the population at the time. The entity has a presence in the United States and Canada. Three Percenters have been linked to bomb plots targeting United States federal government buildings and Muslim communities. In November 2015, a Three Percenter was arrested and eventually convicted of shooting and wounding five men at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Most notably, in 2020, two of the group's leaders directed a plot to kidnap the Governor of Michigan that involved acquiring and detonating explosives to divert police attention from the kidnapping, as well as public executions of public officials by hanging them on live television.
id	64
published	2021-06-25
summary	3%ers, III%ers, Threepers
title	Three Percenters
updated	Not yet reviewed

Tren de Aragua

Id: 2025-02-20-7 Summary: TdA, Los Gollegos Content: Tren de Aragua is a transnational criminal organization that originated out of prisons in Northern Venezuela. While Venezuela remains their stronghold, Tren de Aragua has solidified their presence in Colombia, Peru and Chile, with members also located in Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and the United States. Tren de Aragua uses crime, violence, and intimidation to gain control in new territories. It has used intimidation and corruption to influence local government institutions with the purpose of expanding their territory and increasing illicit activities. Tren de Aragua’s activities include extortion, kidnapping, drug trafficking, contract killings, car theft, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, and hostage taking. As of 2024, Tren de Aragua has been using car bombs and other explosives in their attacks. In June 2024, multiple New York City Police Department police officers were shot or assaulted by Tren de Aragua members. Published: 2025-02-20 Updated: Not yet reviewed

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content	Tren de Aragua is a transnational criminal organization that originated out of prisons in Northern Venezuela. While Venezuela remains their stronghold, Tren de Aragua has solidified their presence in Colombia, Peru and Chile, with members also located in Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and the United States. Tren de Aragua uses crime, violence, and intimidation to gain control in new territories. It has used intimidation and corruption to influence local government institutions with the purpose of expanding their territory and increasing illicit activities. Tren de Aragua’s activities include extortion, kidnapping, drug trafficking, contract killings, car theft, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, and hostage taking. As of 2024, Tren de Aragua has been using car bombs and other explosives in their attacks. In June 2024, multiple New York City Police Department police officers were shot or assaulted by Tren de Aragua members.
id	2025-02-20-7
published	2025-02-20
summary	TdA, Los Gollegos
title	Tren de Aragua
updated	Not yet reviewed

World Tamil Movement (WTM)

Id: 55 Summary: N/A Content: The World Tamil Movement was created in 1986 and became a known and leading front organization for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Canada. The leadership of the WTM acts at the direction of the LTTE and has been instrumental in fundraising in Canada on behalf of the LTTE. WTM representatives canvas for donations amongst the Canadian Tamil population, and have been involved in acts of intimidation and extortion to secure funds. The WTM has not been involved in recent terrorist plots, however the group still plays a facilitating role for LTTE’s terrorist activities through fundraising on behalf of the LTTE. Published: 2008-06-13 Updated: 2024-06-07

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content	The World Tamil Movement was created in 1986 and became a known and leading front organization for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Canada. The leadership of the WTM acts at the direction of the LTTE and has been instrumental in fundraising in Canada on behalf of the LTTE. WTM representatives canvas for donations amongst the Canadian Tamil population, and have been involved in acts of intimidation and extortion to secure funds. The WTM has not been involved in recent terrorist plots, however the group still plays a facilitating role for LTTE’s terrorist activities through fundraising on behalf of the LTTE.
id	55
published	2008-06-13
summary	N/A
title	World Tamil Movement (WTM)
updated	2024-06-07