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Al-Murabitun, also known as The Sentinels, is a militant group formed from the merger of the al-Mulathamun Battalion and Tawhid Wal Jihad in West Africa (TWJWA) in August 2013. Led by veteran extremist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the group aims to unite Muslims across North and West Africa in jihad against Westerners and to liberate Mali from…
Since its inception in 2007, Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has emerged as a formidable force challenging the stability and security of Pakistan and the wider region. Born out of an alliance of militant networks, TTP’s objectives are rooted in a fervent opposition to the Pakistani government and a desire to impose its strict interpretation of…
The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) and the Kurdistan People’s Congress (Kongra-Gel or KGK) have been two prominent actors in the landscape of Turkish domestic terrorism, each with its distinct ideologies, tactics, and objectives. DHKP/C, born out of factional infighting in 1994, holds a Marxist-Leninist stance, vehemently opposing US and NATO presence in Turkey alongside…
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ), a militant organization rooted in anti-Shia ideology, has been a significant force in Pakistan’s landscape since its inception in 1996. Founded as a splinter group of Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, LJ has espoused a Deobandi interpretation of Sunni Islam, seeking to establish a Deobandi-dominated state in Pakistan. This has led to a relentless campaign of…
The Haqqani Network, a shadowy and formidable force entrenched in the volatile landscape of Afghanistan and Pakistan, emerges as a significant player in the complex theater of Islamist militancy. Founded by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a prominent figure in the Afghan anti-Soviet resistance, this Sunni Islamist militant organization has evolved into a lethal insurgent group with deep-rooted…
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continues to cast a dark shadow over the border regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR), and South Sudan, despite years of concerted international efforts to dismantle the group. Established in 1988 by Joseph Kony, the LRA has inflicted untold suffering on civilians,…
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT), also known as the Army of the Righteous, is a militant organization that has gained notoriety for its activities primarily focused on the Kashmir region. Emerging in the early 1990s as the military wing of Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad, a Pakistan-based Islamic fundamentalist missionary organization, LT has conducted numerous attacks against Indian troops and civilian targets…
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stands as a testament to the complex web of geopolitical conflicts, sectarian tensions, and extremist ideologies that have ravaged the Middle East and beyond. Emerging from the chaos of the Syrian civil war and the power vacuums in Iraq, ISIL has morphed into a formidable terrorist…
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is an Indonesia-based clandestine terrorist network established in the early 1990s. Its primary goal is to establish an Islamic state covering southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, and the southern Philippines. The network’s operatives received training in camps located in Afghanistan and the southern Philippines, and they began carrying out attacks in…
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) is an extremist group based in Pakistan, founded by Masood Azhar in the early 2000s. Operating under various names like the Army of Mohammed, Khudamul Islam, and Tehrik ul-Furqaan, its primary objectives are to unite Kashmir with Pakistan and expel foreign troops from Afghanistan. Despite being outlawed by Pakistan in 2002, JEM continues…
