Mapping Militants

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The Mapping Militants Project identifies patterns in the evolution of militant organizations in specified conflict theatres and provides representations of changing relationships among groups. Relationships are traced in interactive timeline-diagrams or “maps,” which provide visual representations of how inter-group relationships such as rivalries and alliances change over time. The maps are linked to group profiles, which compile open-source news and data on militant organizations to provide a comprehensive, fully cited report on each group. Click on the name of a map on the list below to display a list of profiles associated with that map. Click on the name of the profile for the full report. Scroll down further to the Maps section to link to the interactive visual “maps” or diagrams of inter-group relationships.
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Profiles
View an alphabetical list of all militant organization profiles included in the Mapping Militants Project.
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Profiles
- Aleppo
- Colombia
- Global Al Qaeda
- Global Islamic State
- Iraq
- Italy
- North Africa
- North Caucasus
- Northern Ireland
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
Aleppo
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Ahrar al-Sham | 2011 | Active |
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (Formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) | 2011 | Active |
Hezbollah | 1983 | Active |
Kata'ib Hezbollah | 2007 | Active |
Liwa al-Tawhid | 2012 | 2014 |
The Islamic State | 2002 | Active |
Colombia
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
April 19 Movement | 1974 | 1989 |
Bandas Criminales | 2006 | Active |
National Liberation Army (Colombia) | 1964 | Active |
Popular Liberation Army | 1967 | 1991 |
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army | 1964 | Active |
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia | 1997 | 2006 |
Global Al Qaeda
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Abu Sayyaf Group | 1991 | Active |
Al Qaeda | 1988 | Active |
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | 2009 | Active |
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent | 2014 | Active |
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb | 1998 | Active |
Al Qaeda in Yemen | 2000 | 2009 |
Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions | 2007 | Active |
Al Shabaab | 2006 | Active |
Ansar al-Islam | 2001 | 2014 |
Boko Haram | 2002 | Active |
Egyptian Islamic Jihad | 1979 | 1998 |
Haqqani Network | 1970 | Active |
Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen | 1985 | Active |
Harkat-ul-Jihadi al-Islami | 1984 | Active |
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (Formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) | 2011 | Active |
Islamic Army in Iraq | 2003 | Active |
Jaish-e-Mohammed | 2000 | Active |
Jemaah Islamiyah | 1993 | Active |
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi | 1995 | Active |
Lashkar-e-Taiba | 1990 | Active |
Lashkar-e-Zil | 2002 | Active |
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group | 1998 | Active |
Mujahideen Army | 2004 | Active |
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | 2007 | Active |
The Islamic State | 2002 | Active |
The Taliban | 1994 | Active |
The Those Who Sign in Blood Brigade | 2012 | 2013 |
Global Islamic State
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Abu Sayyaf Group | 1991 | Active |
Al Qaeda | 1988 | Active |
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | 2009 | Active |
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb | 1998 | Active |
Ansar al-Islam | 2001 | 2014 |
Ansar al-Shariah (Tunisia) | 2011 | Active |
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters | 2010 | Active |
Boko Haram | 2002 | Active |
Caucasus Emirate | 2007 | Active |
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (Formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) | 2011 | Active |
Hezbollah | 1983 | Active |
Jemaah Islamiyah | 1993 | Active |
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | 2007 | Active |
The Islamic State | 2002 | Active |
The Islamic State - Sinai Province | 2011 | Active |
The Taliban | 1994 | Active |
Iraq
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
1920s Revolution Brigades | 2003 | Active |
Al Qaeda | 1988 | Active |
Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions | 2007 | Active |
Al-Tawhid Islamic Front | 2001 | 2001 |
Ansar al-Islam | 2001 | 2014 |
Ansar al-Sunna Shariah | 2007 | Active |
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq | 2006 | Active |
Badr Organization of Reconstruction and Development | 2012 | Active |
Hamas Iraq | 2007 | Active |
Hezbollah | 1983 | Active |
Islamic Army in Iraq | 2003 | Active |
Islamic Movement of Kurdistan | 1987 | Active |
Jaysh Rijal al-Tariqa al-Naqshbandia (JRTN) | 2006 | Active |
Kata'ib Hezbollah | 2007 | Active |
Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada | 2013 | Active |
Mahdi Army | 2003 | Active |
Mujahideen Army | 2004 | Active |
Second Soran Unit | 1998 | 2001 |
Shariah Committee of Ansar al-Sunnah | 2007 | Likely inactive |
The Islamic State | 2002 | Active |
Italy
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Armed Proletarian Nuclei | 1974 | 1978 |
Armed Revolutionary Nuclei | 1977 | 1988 |
New Order | 1953 | 1978 |
October 22 Circle | 1969 | 1971 |
Partisan Action Groups | 1969 | 1972 |
Prima Linea | 1976 | 1983 |
Red Brigades | 1970 | 1984 |
Red Brigades Fighting Communist Party | 1981 | 1988 |
Red Brigades Guerrilla Party | 1981 | 1982 |
Red Brigades Walter Alasia | 1980 | 1983 |
North Africa
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Al Qaeda | 1988 | Active |
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb | 1998 | Active |
Ansar al-Shariah (Libya) | 2011 | Active |
Ansar al-Shariah (Tunisia) | 2011 | Active |
Ansar Dine | 2011 | Active |
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group | 1995 | 2010 |
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group | 1998 | Active |
Mouvement pour l’Unification et le Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (MUJAO) | 2011 | 2013 |
The Islamic State | 2002 | Active |
The Those Who Sign in Blood Brigade | 2012 | 2013 |
North Caucasus
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Al Qaeda | 1988 | Active |
Caucasus Emirate | 2007 | Active |
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 1991 | 2007 |
International Islamic Peacekeeping Brigade | 1998 | 2003 |
Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Brigade | 1999 | 2009 |
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment | 1996 | 2003 |
Northern Ireland
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Official Irish Republican Army | 1969 | 2010 |
Pakistan
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Al Akhtar Trust | 2000 | Active |
Al Qaeda | 1988 | Active |
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent | 2014 | Active |
Al Rashid Trust | 1996 | 2001 |
Asian Tigers | 2010 | Active |
Balochistan Liberation Army | 2000 | Active |
Balochistan Liberation Front | 1964 | Active |
Balochistan Republican Army | 2006 | Active |
Haqqani Network | 1970 | Active |
Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen | 1985 | Active |
Harkat-ul-Jihadi al-Islami | 1984 | Active |
Islami-Jamiat-Taliba | 1947 | Active |
Jaish-e-Mohammad | 2000 | Active |
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar | 2014 | Active |
Lashkar-e-Islam | 2004 | Active |
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi | 1995 | Active |
Lashkar-e-Taiba | 1990 | Active |
Lashkar-e-Zil | 2002 | Active |
Nazir Group | 2006 | Active |
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan | 1985 | Active |
Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi | 1994 | Active |
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | 2007 | Active |
The Taliban | 1994 | Active |
Zain Group | 2007 | Active |
Philippines
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Abu Sayyaf Group | 1991 | Active |
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters | 2010 | Active |
Communist Party of the Philippines–New People's Army | 1968 | Active |
Moro Islamic Liberation Front | 1977 | Active |
Moro National Liberation Front | 1972 | Active |
Somalia
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama | 1991 | Active |
Al Ittihad Al Islamiya | 1984 | 1997 |
Al Qaeda | 1988 | Active |
Al Shabaab | 2006 | Active |
Hizbul Islam | 2009 | 2013 |
Islamic Courts Union | 2000 | 2007 |
Ras Kamboni Brigade | 2008 | 2010 |
Ras Kamboni Movement | 2010 | Active |
Sri Lanka
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students | 1975 | 1990 |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam | 1972 | 2009 |
People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam | 1980 | 1987 |
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 1977 | 1987 |
Syria
Name | Founded | Disbanded |
---|---|---|
Ahrar al-Sham | 2011 | Active |
Al Qaeda | 1988 | Active |
Ansar al-Sham | 2012 | 2017 |
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq | 2006 | Active |
Badr Organization of Reconstruction and Development | 2012 | Active |
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (Formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) | 2011 | Active |
Hezbollah | 1983 | Active |
Jaysh al-Islam | 2013 | Active |
Jund al-Aqsa | 2013 | 2016 |
Kata'ib Hezbollah | 2007 | Active |
Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada | 2013 | Active |
Liwa al-Haqq | 2012 | 2014 |
Liwa al-Tawhid | 2012 | 2014 |
Suqour al-Sham | 2011 | 2015 |
The Islamic State | 2002 | Active |
The Southern Front | 2014 | Active |
Maps
International

GLOBAL AL-QAEDA

GLOBAL ISLAMIC STATE
Middle East and Africa

ALEPPO

IRAQ

NORTH AFRICA

SOMALIA

SYRIA
South and East Asia

PHILIPPINES

SRI LANKA
Central Asia

NORTH CAUCASUS

PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN -- ALL
Europe

ITALY

NORTHERN IRELAND
Latin America

COLOMBIA
Map images created using ggmap. D. Kahle and H. Wickham. ggmap: Spatial Visualization with ggplot2. The R Journal, 5(1), 144-161. http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2013-1/kahle-wickham.pdf