Pro-Government Militias

Pro-Government Militia Website

Groups Targeting: rebels, insurgents, or other armed group

CountryGroups
Lebanon Druze Militia
Syria Al-Saiqa
Ba'th Battalions
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Arab Nationalist Guard
Sootoro (Syriac Protection Office)
Liwa Fatemiyoun
People's Army (al-Jaysh al Sha'bi)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Brigade
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (The League of the Righteous)
Badr Organization
Desert Falcons (Suqur al-Sahra)
Dhu-al-Fiqar Battalion (Liwa Dhulfiqar)
Fatah al-Intifada
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (The Movement of God the Outstanding)
Jerusalem Brigade (al-Quds al-Filastini Brigade)
Lebanese Hezbollah
Liwa al-Imam al-Husayn (The Brigade of Imam Hasan)
Liwa al-Youm al-Mawud (Promised Day Brigades)
National Defence Force
Popular Committees (al-Lijan al-Sha'biyah)
Sariyya al-Tali'a al-Khurasani (The Vanguards of Khurasani Unit)
Shabiha
Slavonic Corps
Syrian Resistance (Muqawama Suriya)
The National Ideological Resistance in Syria (al-muqawama al-wataniya al-'aqa'idiya fi Souria)
Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigades (Master of Martyrs)
Sri Lanka Yellow Cats
Green Tigers
People's Revolutionary Red Army
The Eagles of the Highlands
Civil Defence Committees (CDC)
Home Guard/Civil Defence Force
Karuna Group/Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP)
People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE)
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO)
Black Cats
Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP)
Philippines Forward Command-FC's
Civilian Home Defence Force (CHDF)
Manticao Village Defence Force
Citizens Against Communism Army (CACA)
Ilagas
Alamara
Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGU)
Civilian Volunteer Organisation (CVO)
Greenans
Kuratong Baleleng
Magahat-Bagani
Manila Crusaders for Peace and Democracy
Pulahan
Sagrado Corazon / Tadtad
The Lost Command
Alsa Masa
El Tigre
Nakasaka
National Alliance for Democracy
4Ks
Ampatuan Militia
Kadre
Liberia Wild Geese
Government of Liberia (GOL) militias
Jungle Fire Militia/Unit
Small Boys' Unit
National Patriotic Front of Liberia
United Liberation Movement for Democracy - Johnson (ULIMO-J)
United Liberation Movement for Democracy - Kromah (ULIMO-K)
Mexico PRI-ista Paramilitary Groups
Rural Defense Corps (autodefensas)
White Guards (Guardias Blancas)
Yugoslavia Chetniks
Israel Civil Guard
Settlers
Village Leagues
Afghanistan Ismaili militia
Achekvai tribal militia
Ittehad Islami
Southern tribal militia
Village defence force
Sherzai
Anti-Taliban Militia
Kandak Amniate Uruzgan
Forces of Ismael Khan / Herat Militia
Hizb-e-Wahdat
Mohammed Qasim Fahim (informal)
Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli
Jamaat Islami
Mohammed Qasim Fahim (semi-official)
Thailand Anti-Muslim death squad
Rangers (Thahan Phran)
Pro-Government death squad
Village Defence Volunteers (Chor Ror Bor)
Village Protection Volunteers (Or Ror Bor)
Volunteer Defence Corps (Or Sor)
Papua New Guinea Sandline International
Bougainville Resistance Force
Peru Rondas Campesinas (Semi-Official)
Colina Group
Comando Rodrigo Franco
Rondas Campesinas (Informal)
Madagascar Youth Awareness
South Sudan Youth Militia
Spain Anti-Terrorist Liberation Group (GAL)
Sudan Anyanya II
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
Arab Pastoralists
People's Police
Popular Defence Forces (PDF)
South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SSLM/A)
Sudan Liberation Movement/Army - Minni Minnawi Faction (SLM/A-MM)
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - Nasir Faction (SPLM/A-Nasir)
Sudan People's Liberation Army - Bahr el Ghazal Group (SPLA Bahr el Ghazal)
Murahaleen
Janjaweed
Rapid Support Force (RSF)
South Sudan Defence Forces - Tanginya Faction (SSDF Tanginya)
South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF)
South Sudan Unity Movement/Army (SSUM/A)
Murle Forces
Fertit Militiamen (Peace Army)
Mundari Commandos
Equatoria Defence Force (EDF/Khartoum)
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - United (SPLM/A-United)
Toposa Tribesmen
Ambororo
South Sudan Defence Forces - informal (SSDF - informal)
Mozambique People's militia and vigilance brigades
Naparama
El Salvador Civil Defence Patrols
Death Squads
Nigeria Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF)
Icelanders / Niger Delta Vigilante
Myanmar (Burma) Democratic Karen Buddhist Army
Former Communist Party Militia
People's Militia
Union Solidarity and Development Association
Ka Kwe Ye-kky
Mali Ganda Izo
Mouvement patriotique malien Ghanda Koy aka Ganda Koy
Imghad and Allies Tuareg self-defence group/ Gatia
Ethiopia Kebele Militia/ Urban Dwellers' association/ Peasants' associations/ neighbourhood committees
People's Militia/ Regional Militia/ Zonal Militia/ Territorial Peoples' Militia/ Territorial Militias/ Peasant Militia
Weyane Militia/ TPLF Militia/ Tigray People's Liberation Front Militia
Yemen (formerly: Yemen Arab Republic) Popular Committees
Malaysia RELA
Somalia Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama'a
Raskamboni / Raas Kaambooni
Barre Hiiraale's Militia
Gurgurte Militia
Switzerland Gladio P26
India Special Police Officers (SPO)
Home Guard
Salwa Judum
Village Defence Committee Himachal
Village Defence Committee Kashmir
Village Defence Force Punjab
Ikhwan-ul-Muslimoon
Iraq Awakening groups / Sahwa
Peace Brigades / Mahdi Army
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
Fedayeen Saddam
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Suhada (KSS)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
Popular Army / Jerusalem Army
Popular Mobilization Force / Hashd al-Shaabi
Saddam Kurdish Militia-Jash
Badr Brigade
Peshmerga Kurdish Militia
Guyana Phantom Death Squad
Serbia Tsar Lazar Guards
Egypt Popular Committees
Pakistan Community Police
Jamaat-i-Islami
Khasadar
Levies
MQM Haqiqi
Muttahida Qaumi Movement
Tribal Militia / Lashkars
Indonesia Aitarak
Anti Aceh-Separatist Front
Anti Free Aceh Movement Front
Berantas
Death Squad (II)
Darah Integrasi
Defenders of the Homeland (PETA)
Halilintar
Hansip/Linmas
Laskar Merah Putih
Makikit
Naga Merah
Pam Swakarsa
Pemuda Pancasila
Pro-Integration Fighters PPI
Satgas Merah Putih
Team Alfa
Team Saka
Team Sera
Wanra
United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army
Tajikistan Popular Front
Nepal Anti-Maoist vigilantes
Ukraine Aidar Battalion
Azov
Battalion Ivano-Frankivsk
Dnipro-1
Donbas Battalion
Oplot
Myrotvorets (Peacemaker)
Shakhtarsk
Ukrayina battalion
Guatemala Civilian Defence Patrols (informal)
Civilian Defence Patrols (semi-official)
Secret Anti-Communist Army
Libya 17 February Martyrs Brigade
Al-Qa'qa' Brigade
Al-Sa'iqa Brigade
Al-Sawaiq Brigade for Protection
Al-Zintan Revolutionaries' Military Council
Amazonian Guard
Libya Revolutionaries' Operations Room (LROR)
Misratan Union of Revolutionaries (Misrata Brigades)
Special Deterrent Force (Anti-crime unit)
Supreme Security Committee (SSC)
The Libya Shield Force (National Shield)
Tripoli Military Council
Albania Volunteers
Algeria Communal Guards
Municipal Guards
Ninjas
Groups for Legitimate Defense (aka Patriots)
Angola People's Defence Organization (ODP)
People's Vigilante Brigades
Executive Outcomes
Civil Defence Organization (ODC)
Argentina Triple A (Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance)
"Working Group" Death Squad
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)
Islami Chhatra Shibir/ Jamaat-e-Islami
Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB)
Bosnia-Herzegovina Patriotic League
Mujahidin Unit
Burundi Guardians of Peace
Congo Brazzaville Cobras
Ninjas
Zulus / Zoulous
Aubevillois
Congo Kinshasa White Legion
Mai Mai (Mayi Mayi)
ALiR (Army for the Liberation of Rwanda)
FDD (Forces for the Defence of Democracy)
FNL (National Liberation Forces)
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)
Special Presidential Division
Georgia The Horsemen aka Mkhedrioni
National Guard
White Legion
Forest Brothers
The Hunters
Gamsakhurdia Peoples Brigades
Iran Revolutionary Guard
Basij militia
Macedonia Macedonian Lions
Nicaragua Sandinista Popular/People's Militias
Rwanda Impuzamugambi
Sierra Leone Kamajors
Executive Outcomes
The 'Bokkie' Crew
West Side Boys
Civil Defense Forces/ Kamajors/ Kapras/ Donso/ Gbethis
Tamaboro
South Africa Inkatha aka Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe
Turkey Village Guards
Anti-Kurd Death Squads
Hizbullah
Grey Wolves
JiTEM
Uganda Special Force Vigilante
Amuka
Rhino Defence Force
Arrow militia
Local Defence Units
Venezuela Peasant/Campesino Militia
Zimbabwe People's Militia
Russia Chechen Death Squads
Kadyrovtsy
Pro-government Chechen militia
Volunteer People's Militia
Cambodia Provincial and Village Militia
Central African Republic Chadian Special Guard
Liberators
Seleka
China Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)
Cote d'Ivoire Front for the Liberation of the Greater West
Young Patriots
Student Federation of Cote d'Ivoire (FESCI)
East Timor Government hit squad
Colombia Death To Kidnappers (Muerte a Secuestradores)
Paramilitary Self Defence Groups/Death Squads (semi-official)
Rural Defence Groups / Convivir
Soldiers from my Town
The United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC)