Terrorism Profiles

The Mackenzie Institute maintains a robust and up to date list of the worlds largest threats. Click the profiles below to learn more about each group.

  A

Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Al Qaida (Core)
Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Al Shabaab
Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade (AAMB)
Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya (AGAI)
Al-Ittihad Al-Islam (AIAI)
Al-Mourabitoun
Al-Muwaqi’un Bil Dima
Ansar al-Islam (AI)
Ansar al-Sharia Libya (ASL)
Ansar al-Sharia Tunisia (AST)
Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
Asbat Al-Ansar (AAA) (The League of Partisans)
Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)

  B

Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)
Boko Haram

  C

Caucasus Emirate

  D

Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Cephesi (DHKP/C)

  E

Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ)
Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)
Euskad ta Askatasuna (ETA)

  F

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)

  G

Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain (GICM)
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Faction of the Hezb-e Islami, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG)

  H

Hamas-ul-Jihad-ul-Islamic (HuJI)
Haqqani Network
Harakat ul-Mudjahidin (HuM)
Hizballah

  I

International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy-Canada
International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)
Islamic State Algeria (ISA)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Islamic Army of Aden (IAA)
Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force (QF)
Islamic State – Sinai Province (ISSP)
Islamic State (IS)
Islamic State Algeria (ISA)

  J

Jabhat Al-Nusra (Al-Nusra Front)
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)
Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan
Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA)
Jaysh Al-Muhajirin Wal-Ansar (JMA)
Jemah Islamiyyah (JI)

  K

Kahane Chai (KACH)
Khorasan
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

  L

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

  M

Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA)

  P

Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Genera Command (PFLP-GC)
Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA)

  S

Saved Sect
Sendero Luminoso (SL)
Soldiers of Al Aqsa

  T

Tehrik Nefaz-e Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM)
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Teyre Azadiye Kurdistan (TAK)
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

  T

World Tamil Movement (WTM)