Armed Groups

Discover the complexities of terrorism and armed conflicts through our comprehensive database. Our resource offers in-depth profiles of violent groups of all faiths and ideologies.

  • Houthi Movement

    The Houthi movement is an armed Islamist terrorist organisation based in Yemen. A large Zaydi Shia clan originating from Yemen’s northern Saada province, the group originally sought to revive Zaydi traditions in Yemen.

  • Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

    AQIM is a Salafi-Jihadist organisation that aims to overthrow governments in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Mali and the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate. The group’s attacks have shown significant interest in targeting security forces of these countries.

  • Daesh-Khorasan

    The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known by its Arabic acronym Daesh in Khorasan - or Daesh-K, named after an old term of the region, is an affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) active in South Asia and Central Asia.