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| conflict     = The Troubles
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| conflict   = The Troubles
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| caption     = Top left: [[Free Christian Army|FCA]] with artillery, 1989<br />Top right: [[Alhaz Freedom Fighters|AFF]] bombing in Avergís, 2015<br />Bottom left: Riot police on fire after molotov attack, 2019<br />Bottom right: [[Brotherhood of Allah]] fighters, 1964
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| date        = 1960-present<br /><small>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=10|day1=1|year1=1960}})</small>
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| place        = [[Terranihil]]
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* 1952 – present
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* {{small|({{age|1952}} years)}}
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| place      = [[Terranihil]], with spillovers into [[Pavulturilor]]
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| status      = [[List of ongoing armed conflicts|Ongoing]]
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* [[Terranilian Armed Forces|Armed Forces]]
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* [[Terranilian Police Force|Police Forces]]
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* [[Progressive Guard]]
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'''Supported by:'''<br />{{flag|Morova}} {{small|(2020)}}
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'''Pro-government forces:'''
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* [[Astrian Protection Units]] {{small|(since 1979, support denied by government)}}
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* [[White Sun]] {{small|(since 1980, support denied by government)}}
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{{Collapsible list
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| [[National Defense Legion]] (1959-1980)
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| [[Knights of Astera]] (1964-1977)
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| combatant1= {{Flag|Terranihil}}<br/>
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| combatant2  = '''Right-wing forces:'''
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*[[Terranilian Armed Forces|TAF]]<br/>
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* {{flagicon image|Free christian army 1.png}} [[Free Christian Army]] {{small|(since 2002)}}
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*[[Department of Internal Security|DIS]]<br/>
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* {{flagicon image|Jewish Army flag.jpg}} [[Jewish Army for the Liberation of Alaia]] {{small|(since 2008)}}
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*[[Progressive Guard]]<br/>
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{{Collapsible list
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*[[Terranilian Police Force|TPF]]<br />
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'''Supported by:'''<br/>
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| [[Terranilian Nationalist Party]] (1982-1997)
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[[File:Willdavie-flag.png|23px]] [[Willdavie]]<br/>
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| [[Vaktrian Militant Church]] (1972-1989)
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[[File:Morovan flag.jpg|23px]] [[Morova]] <small>(2020)</small>
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| [[Red Cross Militia]] (1945-1974)
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}}
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'''Supported by:'''<br />{{flag|Creeperopolis}} {{small|(alleged, denied)}}<br />{{flagicon image|FALANGE.png}} [[Anti-Deltinian Armed Forces of Liberation|FALANGE]] {{small|(since 2020, alleged)}}
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* {{flagicon image|FRENAMI.png}} [[Militarist Nationalist Front]] {{small|(alleged)}}
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{{flag|Pavulturilor}}
 
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[[File:VA flag.png|23px|border]] [[Vigilant Atheists]]<br/>
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'''Islamic forces:'''<br />[[Sayf al-Islam]] {{small|(since 2007)}}  
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{{Collapsible list
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'''Supported by:'''<br/>{{Flag|Terranihil}} <small>(alleged, denied)</small>
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| title = Former:
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| [[Green Brotherhood]] (1976-2005)
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| [[Order of Safa]] (1984-2002)
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| combatant2 =[[File:Free_christian_army_1.png|border|23px|border]] [[Free Christian Army|FCA]]<br/>
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}}
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'''Supported by:'''<br/>[[File:FALANGE.png|23px]] [[Anti-Deltinian Armed Forces of Liberation|FALANGE]]<br/>
 
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{{flag|Creeperopolis}} <small>(alleged, denied)</small><br/>
 
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[[File:HRM Flag.png|23px|border]] [[Holy Resistance Movement|HRM]]<br/>
 
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[[File:Flag of Malgax.png|23px]] [[Malgax]] <small>(alleged)</small><br/>
 
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[[File:Flag of the Heavenly State of God.png|23px]] [[Heavenly State of God|HSG]]
 
 
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'''Defunct:'''<br/>[[Knights of Hégeis]]<br/>
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'''Opposition forces:'''
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* [[Terranilian Democratic Forces]] {{small|(since 1974)}}
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* [[Kavardan Defense Forces]] {{small|(since 1955)}}
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* [[Aramean Union Party]] {{small|(since 1997)}}
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* [[The Resistance]] {{small|(since 2018)}}
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{{Collapsible list
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| title = Former:
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| [[Free Aramea Party]] (1975-1997)
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| [[Communist Revolutionary Army]] (1954-1970)
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| [[Aramean Independence Movement]] (1964-1968)
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| [[Aramean Liberation Army]] (1956-1968)
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| [[Praxis Harp]] (1957-1966)<!--Praxis First-->
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}}
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'''Supported by:'''<br />{{flag|Paleocacher}}
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| commander1  = {{plainlist|
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* {{flagdeco|Terranihil}} [[Draıčren Armǎk]]
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* {{flagdeco|Terranihil}} [[Vazho Kelsath]]
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* {{flagdeco|Terranihil}} [[Jon Krizhor]]{{KIA}}
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* {{flagdeco|Terranihil}} [[Žiel Igevin]] †
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* {{flagdeco|Terranihil}} [[Merol Bróth]] †
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* {{flagdeco|Terranihil}} [[Andru Nolgóf]] †
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* {{flagdeco|Terranihil}} [[Omar Lornif]]{{KIA}}
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* {{flagicon image|VA flag.png}} [[Mige Ert]]
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* {{flagicon image|VA flag.png}} [[Akim Sicolt]]
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}}
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| commander2  =
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{{plainlist|
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* {{flagicon image|Free christian army 1.png}} [[Josef Ichigožt]]
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* {{flagicon image|Free christian army 1.png}} [[Muza Chilmariem]]{{KIA}}
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* {{flagicon image|TMFF flag.png}} [[Abd al-Rahman Škramentes]]
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* {{flagicon image|TMFF flag.png}} [[Rauia Ibrahim]]
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* {{flagicon image|TMFF flag.png}} [[Muamet Thezmar]]{{KIA}}
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* {{flagicon image|DFLT flag.png}} [[Enók Avók]]
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* {{flagicon image|DFLT flag.png}} [[Mikel Therúnk]]{{executed}}
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* {{flagicon image|DFLT flag.png}} [[Jožua Mógrais]]{{KIA}}
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* [[Jona Chiltadam]]{{POW}}
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}}
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| strength1  = {{plainlist|
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* {{flagdeco|Terranihil}} 1,188,000
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* {{flagicon image|VA flag.png}} 150
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| strength2  = {{plainlist|
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* {{flagicon image|Free christian army 1.png}} 2,500
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* {{flagicon image|TMFF flag.png}} 3,000
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* {{flagicon image|DFLT flag.png}} 150
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of ZZW (Jewish Military Union).svg}} 250
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}}
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| casualties3 = 12,600 dead
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| combatant3 = [[File:TMFF_flag.png|23px]] [[Alhaz Freedom Fighters|AFF]]<br />
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[[The Troubles]] ([[Terranilian language|Terranilian]]: ''Kǐrsevaṭ'') is a low intensity asymmetric [[List of Ongoing Armed Conflicts|ongoing conflict]] in [[Terranihil]] between Terranilian security forces, left-wing guerrillas, nationalist militias, religious extremists, and crime syndicates. It began in May of 1952 following the [[Progressive Coup]] in which the [[National Progressive Party|National Progressive Party (PPF)]] took power of the country and instituted policies suppressing political opposition and restricting the freedoms of [[Demographics of Terranihil|religious and ethnic minorities]]. This led to multiple armed groups engaging in violence with each other and the Terranilian government.
  
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'''Supported by:'''<br />[[File:FlagofIslamicSac.png|23px|border]] [[Greater Sacramento]] <small>(alleged)</small>
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The conflict has spread throughout Terranihil and spilled over into [[Lyoa]]. Other nations and armed groups have supported combatants in the Troubles.
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'''Defunct:'''<br />[[File:Muslim Brotherhood Emblem.jpg|20px]] [[Brotherhood of Allah]]<br/>[[Sayf al-Islam]]<br/>[[Hizbul Mujahideen]]
 
  
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| combatant4 = [[File:DFLT_flag.png|23px|border]] [[Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Terranihil|DFLT]]<br />
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The motives of the combatants vary from group to group. The left-wing militants, which include..., claim to be fighting for social justice and/or democracy. Ethnic and religious nationalist groups, which include..., claim to fight for self-determination and improved rights for their group. Astrian, Christian, and Muslim religious extremists, including..., have varying motivations based on their belief systems. Other right-wing paramilitaries include..., who claim to defend against incursions from ethnic and religious minorities and left-wing guerrillas. The Terranilian government claims to be fighting for stability, unity, and the values of [[national progressivism]]. Additionally, crime syndicates have engaged in the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and people.
  
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'''Supported by:'''<br/>[[File:Lyoa Flag.png|23px|border]] [[Lyoa]] <small>(2020)</small>
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More than 65,000 people have been killed in the Troubles, about half of whom are civilians, and several hundred thousand more people have been displaced
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[[File:Flag of ZZW (Jewish Military Union).svg|23px]] [[Terranilian Resistance|Resistance]]
 
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'''Defunct:'''<br/>[[Anti-Virátist Coalition]]
 
  
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== Background ==
  
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Political and ethnic violence in modern Terranihil has its beginnings in the early days of the republic. Despite the [[Republican Party|Republican Party's]] stated goal of upholding religious freedoms, discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities was prevelant on institutional and individual levels. Some people found the unitary power of the state to be oppressive to their people. The [[Cepezans Movement]], a [[Islam|Muslim]] and [[Kavardan nationalism|Kavardan nationalist]] political party and militia, was the most active armed group in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It came into conflict with Terranilian security forces and Astrian and Vaktrian nationalists on several occasions. [[Aramean nationalism]] was also growing in the early 20th century.  
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| commander1 = [[File:Flag_terranihil_new_2.png|border|23px]] [[Dreichren Ermák]]<br />[[File:Flag_terranihil_new_2.png|border|23px]] [[Vazho Kelsath]]<br />[[File:Flag_terranihil_new_2.png|border|23px]] [[Jon Krizhor]] †<br />[[File:Flag_terranihil_new_2.png|border|23px]] [[Žiel Igevin]] †<br />[[File:Flag_terranihil_new_2.png|border|23px]] [[Merol Bróth]] †<br />[[File:VA flag.png|23px|border]] [[Mige Ert]]<br />[[File:VA flag.png|23px|border]] [[Akim Sicolt]] †
 
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| commander2 = [[File:Free_christian_army_1.png|border|23px|border]] [[Josef Ichigožt]]<br />[[File:Free_christian_army_1.png|border|23px|border]] [[Muza Chilmariem]] †
 
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| commander3 = [[File:TMFF_flag.png|23px|border]] [[Rauia Ibrahim]]<br />[[File:TMFF_flag.png|23px|border]] [[Muamet Thezmar]] †
 
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| commander4 = [[File:DFLT_flag.png|23px|border]] [[Mikel Therúnk]]<br />[[File:DFLT_flag.png|23px|border]] [[Jožua Mógrais]] †
 
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| commander5 =
 
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| strength1 = [[File:Flag_terranihil_new_2.png|border|23px]] 1,188,000<br/>[[File:VA flag.png|23px|border]] 150
 
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| strength2 = [[File:Free_christian_army_1.png|border|23px|border]] 2,500
 
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| strength3 = [[File:TMFF_flag.png|23px|border]] 3,000
 
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| strength4 = [[File:DFLT_flag.png|23px|border]] 150<br/>[[File:Flag of ZZW (Jewish Military Union).svg|23px]] 250
 
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[[The Troubles]] ([[Terranilian Language|Terranilian]]: ''Sen Koisten''), is an [[List of Ongoing Armed Conflicts|ongoing conflict]] in [[Terranihil]] which began in 1960. Although the conflict has been concentrated in a few major cities, the violence has spread throughout Terranihil, [[Póniepa]], [[Lyoa]] and [[Malgax]]. The conflict is mostly fueled by religious differences between [[Atheism in Terranihil|atheists]], [[Islam in Terranihil|Muslims]] and [[Christianity in Terranihil|Christians]], though there is also an ethnic aspect.  
 
  
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The [[National Progressive Party|National Progressive Party (NPP)]] has implemented many laws which restrict religious practice since its rise to power in the [[Progressive Revolution]] in 1941; however, violence against religious people significantly increased after the [[Assassination of Omar Lornif|assassination of Omar Lornif]], the second [[Chairman of the National Progressive Party|Chairman of the NPP]] and [[Žep Virát|Žep Virát's]] right-hand man, on October 1, 1960 by a radical Muslim caused uproar among atheists and the NPP. The Terranilian government responded by arresting and executing about 200 Muslims who were supposedly involved in the assassination. The government increased restrictions on places of worship and religious attire in public of both Muslims and Christians. Furthermore, in the month following the assassination, many Muslims and Christians were killed by atheist protestors seeking retribution. This prompted mass protests and the formation of several religious paramilitary organizations intent on ending the NPP's discrimination and violence against Muslims and Christians.  
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Left-wing violence stems back from the growth of workers' unions and the spread of socialist thought in opposition to the capitalist policies of the [[Liberal Democratic Party|Liberal Democratic Party (PḌL)]]. The anarchist [[Revolutionary Brigade]] engaged in sabatoge operations against the [[Quebecshirite-Terranilian Petroleum Company|Quebecshirite-Terranilian Petroleum Company (CPQT)]] and organized protests. In 1921, the short-lived [[Terranilian People's Republic]] was founded in the [[Upa Forest]] in northwest Terranihil by a group of communist guerillas. In 1934, the short-lived [[Minaltar Commune]] was established by left-wing soldiers. [[Hezenism]], an [[Islamic socialism|Islamic socialist]] ideology with its roots in the Cepezans Movement, came to prevelance in Kavarda in the 1930s.
  
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The main participants in the Troubles are Muslim paramilitaries such as the [[Alhaz Freedom Fighters]] and the [[Brotherhood of Allah]], Christian paramilitaries such as the [[Free Christian Army]], the Terranilian government, and pro-NPP paramilitaries such as the [[Vigilant Atheists]]. Other minor combatants include the [[Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Terranihil]] and the [[Póniepa|Póniepan Armed Forces]]. The Muslim and Christian paramilitaries use guerilla warfare against Terranilian security forces, as well as attack infrastructure, commercial, and political targets. The insurgents frequently target atheist civilians and occasionally other religious groups. Pro-NPP paramilitaries target Muslim and Christian civilians, as well as insurgents. The Terranilian government acts in an anti-insurgent role, but has been accused of targeting innocent civilians and colluding with pro-NPP paramilitaries; Terranilian police and the [[Departments of Terranihil|Department of Internal Security (DIS)]] are the forces in combat with insurgents.  
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Following the [[Ashura Revolution]] and transfer of power to the [[Communist Party of Terranihil|Communist Party of Terranihil (PKT)]], nationalist groups had increased membership, including the [[Red Cross Party|Red Cross Party (PKK)]] and the [[Vaktrian Union]].  
  
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More than 11,500 people have been killed in the conflict, of whom 59% were civilians, 25% were Terranilian security forces and 16% were paramilitaries. The violence has been consistant from the beginning of the conflict until today.  
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The [[Progressive Coup]] happened on 12 May 1952, in which a group of [[national progressivism|national progressive]] army officers took control of the [[Revolutionary Command Committee]] and arrested the communist president [[Enkart Vaslast]]. The new president [[Arkašter Emvǎran]] instituted [[Sentanism|Sentanist]] ultranationalist policies, prioritizing the rights of [[Astrianism|Astrian]] [[Vaktrians]] over other ethnic and religious groups. Civil rights and freedoms of speech, the press, and religion significantly deteriorated under the [[National Progressive Party|National Progressive Party (PPF)]]. The PPF banned several opposition parties, including the anarchist [[Syndicalist Workers Party (Terranihil)|Syndicalist Workers Party]], the [[Hezenism|Hezenist]] [[Islamic Socialist League]], and the [[Aramean Socialist Liberation Party]]. The Red Cross Party was kept illegal due to its Christian fundamentalism and Creeperian fascist ties. This led to increased activity among militant groups.  
  
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== Early conflict ==
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Red Cross Militia
  
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Terranihil has been a place of religious conflict ever since the spread of Christianity in the 4th century and Islam in the 7th century. Christians, Muslims and pagans were in near constant conflict from the 6th to the 13th century. The [[Devraifian Wars]] in which the [[Kingdom of Terranihil]] conquered and reunited Terranihil is considered the last religious war of Terranihil, but religious rebelions and insurgencies have continued. The kingdom, which was ruled by pagans, restricted Judeo-Christian practices, disqualified Christians and Muslims from high government positions and violently suppressed religious protests and opposition. The 15th to 19th century saw the conversion of most pagans to atheism.
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=== Leftist resistance ===
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The National Progressive Party's overthrow of the Communist Party's rule immediately led to protests and riots throughout the country. Much of the Communist Party did not initially recognize the PPF following Emvǎran's attempts to rebrand the entire Communist Party as the PPF. A new Communist Party split off and intended to participate in the new government; however, some communists refused to be pushed aside and wanted to reinstate communist rule. The [[Communist Revolutionary Army]] (KİK)<!--Kaın İnklaptun Komunast--> formed in 1954 with the goal of overthrowing the PPF. It mainly operated in [[Minaltar]] and more broadly western Terranihil. Initially, the Communist Party publically distanced itself from the KİK.
  
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The later years of absolute monarchy and the shift to a constitutional monarchy in 1609 saw more leniency by the ruling class and an increase in religious freedoms. After the [[Terranilian Civil War]] (1879-1890), which was mostly politically motivated rather than religiously, the [[Terranihil|Republic of Terranihil]] was established, which saw an era of cooperation by all religious groups.
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Following the ban of the Islamic Socialist League and suppression of Hezenism, an [[Islamic socialism|Islamic socialist]] ideology first prominent in [[Kavarda]], the [[Kavardan Defense Forces]] (MTZ)<!--vaktrian; Harkmıaŧ Čıast Melgačast -- malgan: Melgače Tenbarne Zešaxaxe--> formed in 1955 with the goal of gaining independence for Kavarda. The [[Aramean Liberation Army]] (SBA)<!--Siyata Bkiarota Aremeya--> became the armed wing of the banned Aramean Socialist Party in 1956. [[Praxis Harp]] formed as an armed group from members of the banned Syndicalist Workers Party.
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[[File:Aflaq funeral.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Lornif's coffin carried by [[Chairman of the National Progressive Party|Andru Nolgóf]]]]
 
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In 1941, the [[National Progressive Party|National Progressive Party (NPP)]] gained control of the country in the [[Progressive Revolution]]. The party is strictly atheist and antireligious. Žep Virát, the founder of the NPP and its first [[Chairman of the National Progressive Party|chairmen]], who served from 1938 to 1954, passed many laws that decreased the religious rights of Muslims and Christians, but religious insurgent activity was not prevalent. The [[Etlan insurgency]] from 1944 to 1956 is considered a conflict separate from the Troubles because it was mostly a politically motivated conflict, though some religiously motivated insurgent groups such as the [[Militant Christian Socialists]] were involved.  
 
  
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On October 1, 1960, [[Abdulkader Hamdi]], a Muslim who had previously been arrested for possible religious extremism, assassinated Chairman [[Omar Lornif]] in the streets of [[Guršaun]] with a pistol. The NPP and the atheist populace at large were outraged. The Terranilian government executed Hamdi, and then arrested and executed about 200 Muslims who were supposedly associated with him. Furthermore, atheist mobs seeking retribution killed about 70 Muslims and 11 Christians in the week following the assassination. The government increased restrictions on both Muslims and Christians by closing down several mosques and churches, banning all religious attire from Guršaun, [[Intemil]], [[Tolongen]] and several other atheist majority cities, and putting [[Avergís]], the largest Muslim city in Terranihil and Hamdi's home city, under martial law.
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There were right-wing groups that were opposed to the PPF, such as the Red Cross Party's armed wing was the [[Red Cross Militia]]. This group had strong influences from [[Creeperian Fascism]], which the National Progressive's condemned. The Red Cross Militia came into conflict with the Terranilian government, left-wing groups, and other right-wing groups that were pro-government.
  
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The [[National Defense Legion (Terranihil)|National Defense Legion]] was a national progressivist militia formed mostly by members of the Terranilian military and police that conducted extra-judicial killings of government opponents.
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The arrests and executions by the Terranilian government and rioters and the increased persecution of Muslims and Christians prompted mass protests mostly in Avergís and Hégeis. Despite being under martial law and public meetings of more than five people being temporarily banned, thousands of Muslims in Avergís protested the government in October of 1960. Protests against increased persecution and vigilante killings in Hégeis also occurred but to a lesser extent. Police attempted to put down protests by deploying tear gas and arresting protesters.
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== Aramean War (1964-1968) ==
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[[File:Manifestació 27 d'agost.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Muslim protesters in Avergís on October 9, 1960]]
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On October 11, several protesters engaged in physical altercations with police, who then deployed tear gas. Protestors began throwing rocks at police and started several fires. The police, although reportedly instructed by the Avergísian police chief to not open fire as to not escalate the situation, shot at protestors. Many protestors rushed the police and overwhelmed and attacked several officers. One protester rammed officers with a car. After two hours of continuous conflict, the police and [[Gelvált Évtan Chinsesé|GÉC (Armed Special Police)]] suppressed the protest. Ten police officers and 88 protesters were killed. This is known as the [[October Massacre (Terranihil)|October Massacre]].
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Th Aramean War was a conflict between Terranilian security forces and the [[Aramean Independence Movement]]. The war also included wider conflicts involving far-left and far-right militant groups both within and without Alaia. The Terranilian military used its air supremacy to destroy Aramean Independence targets and push the militants into hiding. Terranihil's use of indiscriminant bombings has been described as a war crime. Terranihil launcheded a full land invasion in which it captured key Aramean Independence Movement officials and occupied the region. Pytabia remined under marshal law until 1972, and the Terranilian military withdrew most of its forces.  
  
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Protests continued for forty more days and spread to other cities, including [[Intemil]] and [[Guršaun]]. In Hégeis, several thousand people protested the government's actions and demonstrated their solidarity for the Muslim deaths in Avergís. On November 1, many Christians in Hégeis protested the kidnapping of political enemies by Terranilian forces. An incident similar to the October Massacre occured in which protesters and police began fighting and the police opened fire. About twenty Christians were killed.
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More than 350 protesters and thirty police officers were killed in total from October 1 to November 20. The Terranilian police and the [[Departments of Terranihil|Department of Internal Security (DIS)]] continued to restrict religious practice and enforce draconian punishments against Muslims and Christians. The police eventually quelled the protests; however, altercations between police and religious citizens continued, as did the kidnappings, arrests and executions.
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Before 1960, insurgent groups were small and disorganized to the point of being unrecognized by the Terranilian government as major threats; individual actors like Abdulkader Hamdi were more common. After the protests and mass shootings, Muslims and Christians began organizing groups to fight against the Terranilian government. Most citizens were. unwilling to take up arms against the government; the minority that did tended to be ideologically extreme, hence the formation of militant Islamic and Christian groups.
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In Avergís, a small number of Alhaz Muslim men who managed the now destroyed [[Alawal Mosque]] formed the [[Brotherhood of Allah]], an Islamic militant group intent on ending government control over the Muslim majority east of Terranihil. They recruiting in the many mosques of Avergís and the surrounding cities. Public knowledge of the Brotherhood of Allah was unknown until January 17, 1961, when the group attacked and killed two police officers on patrol. The Terranilian government responded by arresting twenty Muslims who likely unrelated to the murders. The brotherhood committed several similar small attacks throughout 1962.
 
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[[File:High.jpeg|thumb|left|230px|NPP headquarters after the Brotherhood of Allah bombing, 1962.]]
 
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On December 8, 1962, after the police fatally shot two Muslim teenagers who they wrongly beleived were suspects for a crime, the Brotherhood of Allah detonated a car bomb in the NPP's headquarters in Avergís, killing thirteen people. This was the first major terrorist attack of the Troubles. At the time, the brotherhood likely had about sixty members; however, it began to rapidly grow in numbers following the attack. By the end of 1964, the group was estimated to have over two hundred "brothers". It also began recruiting in other cities such as [[Intemil]]. In May 17, 1964, a sixteen year old boy detonated an IED in a crowded hotel in [[Intemil]], killing himself and thirty others, which marked the Brotherhood of Allah's first major attack outside of Avergís. A similar attack occured in December of 1965, in a hotel in Avergís.
 
  
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The Terranilian government responded to the attacks with the typical mass arrests and executions. The Brotherhood of Allah's founder, [[Sachet Mumateni]] in 1966. The loss of the founder destabilized the group until [[Gor Amír]] took lead of the brotherhood. Amír beleived it was time for Avergís to take a stand against the Terranilian government. He led the group in carrying out more spectacular attacks, rather than the mostly low level insurgent activity under Mumateni. On April 2, 1968 at 2 AM, about forty members of the Brotherhood of Allah attacked a police station in Avergís. They successfully entered the station and killed all of twenty police officers within. They stole weapons and files and fled the scene. About half of the attackers were killed, but they had demonstrated that they were able to carry out outright attacks on Terranilian law enforcement.
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On Christmas day, 1969, after much preparation, Amír and two hundred Brotherhood of Allah members stormed the capitol building of Avergís in a plan to take control of the city. They succesfully captured the building and took forty hostages, including several city assembly members. They not only secured the building but also held a two kilometer radius zone around the building. After five hours of fighting, the police and GÉC forces had pushed the Brotherhood of Allahd back into the capitol building. The police attempted to negotiate with the hostage takers for seven more hours. They had determined that out of the thirty remaining hostages, twenty-seven were Muslim. The DIS and [[Terranilian Army]] disregarded the hostages and initiated an attack on the capitol building. The army successfully killed all of the attackers, including Amír, and recaptured the capitol; however, all forty hostages were killed. The attack became known as the [[Christmas Day Battle]].
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On December 28, 1959, several men kidnapped and beat to death an atheist police officer in Hégeis and left his body at his family's doorsteps. The attackers also vandalized the home with the phrase "We are the Knights of Hégeis". A similar attack against two homosexuals occured on January 11, 1960 and another against a Muslim woman on February 22. The police arrested nineteen year old [[Dan Marth]] for both of the attacks, who admitted that he was part of a group of young men calling themselves [[Knights of Hégeis]]. From 1960 to 1962, the group killed thirty people. Several arrests of men from ages seventeen to twenty-four were made.
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In 1963, [[Jona Chiltadam]], a retired army veteran, became the leader of Knights of Hégeis. He turned the group away from the murders of individual targets to larger scale terrorist attacks similar to those of the Brotherhood of Allah. On June 12, 1963, they detonated an IED at [[Hener Halm Radio Station]] for mocking [[Jesus Christ]] and the Bible. The attack killed no one but signified Knights of Hégeis's change to legitimate insurgents.
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The failure of the Christmas Day Battle destabilized the Brotherhood of Allah. The insurgents carried out a few minor attacks in 1970 and 1971. In September of 1971, many members of the Brotherhood of Allah left the group and formed [[Hizbul Mujahideen]], which mainly operated in northwestern Terranihil, while the Brotherhood of Allah was mainly in the southwest. Hizbul Mujahideen conducted several suicide bombings from 1971 to 1976. Hizbul Mujahideen ran an underground newspaper which frequently mocked Chairman [[Merol Bróth]] for being bisexual.
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After the [[Alhok Massacre]] on November 3, 1972, in which the Terranilian police killed thirty-two Muslim men, Hizbul Mujahideen perpetrated the [[Tolongen wedding massacre]] in revenge, killing twelve atheists at a wedding in [[Tolongen]].
 
  
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On October 3, 1974, Hizbul Mujahideen attempted to assassinate Bróth while on a visit to [[Intemíl]]. Hizbul Mujahideen placed an IED near the entrance of the hotel that Bróth was staying at. However, the explosive accidently detonated too early and instead killed three Muslim civilians. The DIS increased its campaign efforts against the group after the attack until it became defunct in 1976.
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After losing much of its already decreasing membership to Hizbul Mujahideen of Islam in 1971, the Brotherhood of Allah collapsed in 1972. [[Sayful Islam]] formed from some of the Brotherhoods members. Hizbul Mujahideen overshadowed Sayful Islam as the more dangerous group from 1973 to 1975, as Sayful Islam had few members. However, it became more prominent after the decline of izbul Mijahideen. Sayful Islam killed over 230 people from 1973 to 1979. Its most deadly attack in the 1970s was the [[Andaluzian Yacht bombing]] in 1977, in which several Sayful Islam insurgents detonated two bombs on a commercial Yacht in the Andaluzian ocean, killing forty people.
 
  
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In February of 1973, [[Muza Chilmariem]], a fundamentalist Christian from [[Hégeis]], met with several other Christians, including [[Jon Vik]], an ex-member of Knights of Hégeis, and formed the [[Free Christian Army|Free Christian Army (FCA)]], a Christian insurgent group dedicated to combatting the Terranilian government. The group recruited heavily in Hégeis, with several old Knights of Hégeis members joining. Their first major attack was on February 28, 1973, in which detonated an IED near a police station, killing four police officers. The FCA also engaged in a string of killings of atheists, Muslims, and homosexuals from April 1973 to January 1974, which claimed forty lives and was most likely led by Vik. On January 20, 1974, Vik and Chilmariem got into a dispute which had been culminating for several months; Chilmariem and several other FCA members killed Vik and seven of his supporters in the [[Holi bar shooting]], which also claimed an additional six civilian lives.
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On September 2, 1974, the FCA assassinated [[Odri Honte]], a world famous Terranilian actor for insulting Christianity. On June 11, 1975, five FCA insurgents opened fire on a gay rights protest in Guršaun, killing thirty five people; only one of the shooters was caught. The FCA killed about 150 people from 1973 to 1975. They had grown to 130 insurgents by the end of 1975. The [[Militarist Nationalist Front]], or FRENAMI, had expressed public support for the FCA and possibly began providing the group with weapons in 1974.
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On April 23, 1977, Chilmariem and his family were arrested by Terranilian authorities after a raid conducted on his home. He and his wife were tortured for information and then executed by hanging. [[Joséf Frél]] took leadership of the FCA. In retaliation for Chilmariem's execution, the FCA bombed the courthouse at which he was tried on August 2, 1977, killing nine people. On March 6, 1979, the FCA assassinated the brother of Chairman [[Merol Bróth]]. The group remained stable under the new leadership and conducted several attacks from 1977 to 1979, killing 120 people.
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The Troubles
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Date
  • 1952 – present
  • (72 years)
Location
Terranihil, with spillovers into Pavulturilor
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

 Terranihil

Supported by:
 Morova (2020)

Pro-government forces:

Right-wing forces:

Supported by:
 Creeperopolis (alleged, denied)
FALANGE (since 2020, alleged)

 Pavulturilor

Islamic forces:
Sayf al-Islam (since 2007)

Opposition forces:

Supported by:
 Paleocacher
Commanders and leaders
Strength
Casualties and losses
12,600 dead

The Troubles (Terranilian: Kǐrsevaṭ) is a low intensity asymmetric ongoing conflict in Terranihil between Terranilian security forces, left-wing guerrillas, nationalist militias, religious extremists, and crime syndicates. It began in May of 1952 following the Progressive Coup in which the National Progressive Party (PPF) took power of the country and instituted policies suppressing political opposition and restricting the freedoms of religious and ethnic minorities. This led to multiple armed groups engaging in violence with each other and the Terranilian government.

The conflict has spread throughout Terranihil and spilled over into Lyoa. Other nations and armed groups have supported combatants in the Troubles.

The motives of the combatants vary from group to group. The left-wing militants, which include..., claim to be fighting for social justice and/or democracy. Ethnic and religious nationalist groups, which include..., claim to fight for self-determination and improved rights for their group. Astrian, Christian, and Muslim religious extremists, including..., have varying motivations based on their belief systems. Other right-wing paramilitaries include..., who claim to defend against incursions from ethnic and religious minorities and left-wing guerrillas. The Terranilian government claims to be fighting for stability, unity, and the values of national progressivism. Additionally, crime syndicates have engaged in the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and people.

More than 65,000 people have been killed in the Troubles, about half of whom are civilians, and several hundred thousand more people have been displaced

Background

Political and ethnic violence in modern Terranihil has its beginnings in the early days of the republic. Despite the Republican Party's stated goal of upholding religious freedoms, discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities was prevelant on institutional and individual levels. Some people found the unitary power of the state to be oppressive to their people. The Cepezans Movement, a Muslim and Kavardan nationalist political party and militia, was the most active armed group in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It came into conflict with Terranilian security forces and Astrian and Vaktrian nationalists on several occasions. Aramean nationalism was also growing in the early 20th century.

Left-wing violence stems back from the growth of workers' unions and the spread of socialist thought in opposition to the capitalist policies of the Liberal Democratic Party (PḌL). The anarchist Revolutionary Brigade engaged in sabatoge operations against the Quebecshirite-Terranilian Petroleum Company (CPQT) and organized protests. In 1921, the short-lived Terranilian People's Republic was founded in the Upa Forest in northwest Terranihil by a group of communist guerillas. In 1934, the short-lived Minaltar Commune was established by left-wing soldiers. Hezenism, an Islamic socialist ideology with its roots in the Cepezans Movement, came to prevelance in Kavarda in the 1930s.

Following the Ashura Revolution and transfer of power to the Communist Party of Terranihil (PKT), nationalist groups had increased membership, including the Red Cross Party (PKK) and the Vaktrian Union.

The Progressive Coup happened on 12 May 1952, in which a group of national progressive army officers took control of the Revolutionary Command Committee and arrested the communist president Enkart Vaslast. The new president Arkašter Emvǎran instituted Sentanist ultranationalist policies, prioritizing the rights of Astrian Vaktrians over other ethnic and religious groups. Civil rights and freedoms of speech, the press, and religion significantly deteriorated under the National Progressive Party (PPF). The PPF banned several opposition parties, including the anarchist Syndicalist Workers Party, the Hezenist Islamic Socialist League, and the Aramean Socialist Liberation Party. The Red Cross Party was kept illegal due to its Christian fundamentalism and Creeperian fascist ties. This led to increased activity among militant groups.

Early conflict

Leftist resistance

The National Progressive Party's overthrow of the Communist Party's rule immediately led to protests and riots throughout the country. Much of the Communist Party did not initially recognize the PPF following Emvǎran's attempts to rebrand the entire Communist Party as the PPF. A new Communist Party split off and intended to participate in the new government; however, some communists refused to be pushed aside and wanted to reinstate communist rule. The Communist Revolutionary Army (KİK) formed in 1954 with the goal of overthrowing the PPF. It mainly operated in Minaltar and more broadly western Terranihil. Initially, the Communist Party publically distanced itself from the KİK.

Following the ban of the Islamic Socialist League and suppression of Hezenism, an Islamic socialist ideology first prominent in Kavarda, the Kavardan Defense Forces (MTZ) formed in 1955 with the goal of gaining independence for Kavarda. The Aramean Liberation Army (SBA) became the armed wing of the banned Aramean Socialist Party in 1956. Praxis Harp formed as an armed group from members of the banned Syndicalist Workers Party.

Right-wing armed groups

There were right-wing groups that were opposed to the PPF, such as the Red Cross Party's armed wing was the Red Cross Militia. This group had strong influences from Creeperian Fascism, which the National Progressive's condemned. The Red Cross Militia came into conflict with the Terranilian government, left-wing groups, and other right-wing groups that were pro-government.

The National Defense Legion was a national progressivist militia formed mostly by members of the Terranilian military and police that conducted extra-judicial killings of government opponents.

Aramean War (1964-1968)

Main article: Aramean War

Th Aramean War was a conflict between Terranilian security forces and the Aramean Independence Movement. The war also included wider conflicts involving far-left and far-right militant groups both within and without Alaia. The Terranilian military used its air supremacy to destroy Aramean Independence targets and push the militants into hiding. Terranihil's use of indiscriminant bombings has been described as a war crime. Terranihil launcheded a full land invasion in which it captured key Aramean Independence Movement officials and occupied the region. Pytabia remined under marshal law until 1972, and the Terranilian military withdrew most of its forces.


Late 1960s and 1970s

1980s

Intifada

1990s

21st century

Militant groups

Syndicalist Workers Front FZS (57-66) -- Communist Revolutionary Army KİK (54-70) Kavardan Defense Forces MTZ (55-) Aramean Independence Movement (64-68) 

White Star Commandos (61-65)
Aramean Liberation Army SBA (56-68)

Red Cross Militia (45-74)

National Defense Legion (59-80) Knights of Astera (64-77) -- Terranilian Democratic Forces (74-

Free Aramea Party (75)

Vaktrian Militant Church (72)

Green Brotherhood (76) -- Terranilian Nationalist Party (82)

Order of Safa (84)

White Sun (80) Astrian Protection Units (79) (wing of Astrian Rights Party (75?)) -- Aramean Union Party (97) -- The Resistance (18-)

Free Christian Army (02-)

Sayf al-Islam (07-)

The Jewish Army for the Liberation of Alaia (08-)




Kavardan Defense Forces MTZ (55-)

Foreign involvement

Creeperopolis

Lyoa

Morova

Casualties

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