The CIA World Factbook Edition 2022 Terrorism

Terrorist group(s) In 9 editions of 36.

Terrorist group(s) was published in 9 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2017 to 2025. The 2022 edition carries it in 86 entries, in its Terrorism section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2022 edition
86
the first edition with it
2017
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Terrorist group(s)” (2020 to 2025), “Terrorist groups - foreign based” (2017 to 2019) and “Terrorist groups - home based” (2017 to 2019).

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Africa

26 entries

Algeria

  • al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM);
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) – Algeria;
  • al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T

Benin

  • al-Qa’ida (Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen);
  • Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS);
  • Boko Haram

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Burkina Faso

  • Ansarul Islam;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS);
  • al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun);
  • Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Cameroon

Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Chad

Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - West Africa (ISIS-WA)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISIS-DRC)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Cote d'Ivoire

al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM); Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Djibouti

al-Shabaab

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Egypt

  • Army of Islam;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province (ISIS-SP);
  • al-Qa’ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Ethiopia

al-Shabaab; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Kenya

al-Shabaab; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Libya

  • Ansar al-Sharia groups;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Libya (ISIS-L);
  • al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun);
  • al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Mali

  • Ansar al-Dine;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS);
  • Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM);
  • al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Mauritania

Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

Morocco

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Mozambique

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Mozambique (ISIS-M)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Niger

  • Boko Haram;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS);
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa (ISIS-WA);
  • Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM);
  • al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Nigeria

  • Boko Haram;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa;
  • Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Senegal

Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

Somalia

al-Shabaab; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Somalia

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

South Africa

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Sudan

  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • al-Qa’ida;
  • Harakat Sawa’d Misr

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Tanzania

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Mozambique (ISIS-M)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Togo

Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Tunisia

  • Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) network in Tunisia;
  • al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Uganda

al-Shabaab; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Democratic Republic of Congo (ISIS-DRC)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Asia

11 entries

Afghanistan

  • Haqqani Taliban Network;
  • Harakat ul-Mujahidin;
  • Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami;
  • Islamic Jihad Union;
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K);
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force;
  • Jaish-e-Mohammed;
  • Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah);
  • Lashkar i Jhangvi;
  • Lashkar-e Tayyiba;
  • al-Qa’ida;
  • al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS);
  • Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

note 1: as of mid-2022, TTP was reportedly the largest component of foreign terrorist fighters in Afghanistan, with an estimated 3-4,000 armed fighters operating primarily along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border

note 2: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T

Azerbaijan

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Bangladesh

  • Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in Bangladesh (ISB);
  • al-Qa'ida;
  • al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

India

  • Harakat ul-Mujahidin;
  • Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami;
  • Hizbul Mujahideen;
  • Indian Mujahedeen;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – India;
  • Jaish-e-Mohammed;
  • Lashkar-e Tayyiba;
  • al-Qa’ida;
  • al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent;
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Maldives

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Nepal

Indian Mujahedeen

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Pakistan

  • Haqqani Network;
  • Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami;
  • Harakat ul-Mujahidin;
  • Hizbul Mujahideen;
  • Indian Mujahedeen;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan (ISIS-K);
  • Islamic State of ash-Sham – India;
  • Islamic State of ash-Sham – Pakistan;
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan;
  • Jaish-e-Mohammed;
  • Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah);
  • Lashkar i Jhangvi;
  • Lashkar-e Tayyiba;
  • Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP);
  • al-Qa’ida;
  • al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Russia

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Sri Lanka

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Tajikistan

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Uzbekistan

  • Islamic Jihad Union;
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Khorasan (ISIS-K)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Europe

23 entries

Albania

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T

Austria

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Belgium

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Bulgaria

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Denmark

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

European Union

see individual EU member states

France

  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • al-Qa'ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Germany

  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • al-Qa'ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Greece

  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • Revolutionary Struggle;
  • Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Hungary

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Ireland

  • Continuity Irish Republican Army;
  • New Irish Republican Army;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Italy

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Kosovo

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Netherlands

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

North Macedonia

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Poland

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Portugal

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Romania

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Spain

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); al-Qa’ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Sweden

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Switzerland

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

United Kingdom

  • Continuity Irish Republican Army;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • New Irish Republican Army;
  • al-Qa'ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Middle East

13 entries

Bahrain

al-Ashtar Brigades; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note 1: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

note 2: in addition to the al-Ashtar Brigades and the IRGC/Qods Force, Saraya al-Mukhtar (aka The Mukhtar Brigade) is an Iran-backed terrorist organization based in Bahrain, reportedly receiving financial and logistic support from the IRGC; Saraya al-Mukhtar's self-described goal is to depose the Bahraini Government with the intention of paving the way for Iran to exert greater influence in Bahrain; the group was designated by the US as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in Dec 2020

Cyprus

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Gaza Strip

  • Army of Islam;
  • Abdallah Azzam Brigades;
  • al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade;
  • HAMAS;
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Sinai Province (ISIS-SP);
  • Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem;
  • Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ);
  • Palestine Liberation Front;
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP);
  • PFLP-General Command

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Iran

  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah);
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK);
  • al-Qa’ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Iraq

  • Ansar al-Islam;
  • Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq;
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al-Naqshabandi;
  • Kata'ib Hizballah;
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Israel

  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine;
  • Palestinian Islamic Jihad

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Jordan

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Lebanon

  • Abdallah Azzam Brigades;
  • al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade;
  • Asbat al-Ansar;
  • HAMAS;
  • Hizballah;
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • al-Nusrah Front (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham);
  • Palestine Liberation Front;
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP);
  • PFLP-General Command

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Saudi Arabia

  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • al-Qa’ida;
  • al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Syria

  • Abdallah Azzam Brigades;
  • Ansar al-Islam;
  • Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq;
  • Hizballah;
  • Hurras al-Din;
  • Islamic Jihad Union;
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • Kata'ib Hizballah;
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK);
  • Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem;
  • al-Nusrah Front (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham);
  • al-Qa'ida;
  • Palestine Liberation Front;
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP);
  • PFLP-General Command

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU);
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force;
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK);
  • al-Qa'ida;
  • Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

West Bank

  • Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade;
  • HAMAS;
  • Kahane Chai;
  • Palestine Islamic Jihad;
  • Palestine Liberation Front;
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Yemen

  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Yemen;
  • al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

North America

2 entries

Canada

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Hizballah

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

United States

  • Hizballah;
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force;
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • al-Qa'ida;
  • Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LeT)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Oceania

2 entries

Australia

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

New Zealand

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

South America

6 entries

Argentina

Hizballah

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Brazil

  • Hizballah (2022)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Colombia

  • National Liberation Army (ELN);
  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP);
  • Segunda Marquetalia

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Paraguay

  • Hizballah (2022)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Peru

Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Venezuela

  • National Liberation Army (ELN);
  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP);
  • Segundo Marquetalia

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Southeast Asia

3 entries

Indonesia

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (aka Jemaah Anshorut Daulah); Jemaah Islamiyah

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Malaysia

  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
  • Jemaah Islamiyah (JI);
  • Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Philippines

  • Abu Sayyaf Group;
  • Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA);
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – East Asia (ISIS-EA) in the Philippines

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2022, “Terrorist group(s)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/terrorist-group-s/2022.

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