GENERAL LIST OF COUNTRIES AND OTHER ACTORS
ORGANISATIONS/INTERNATIONAL ACTORS:
ASEAN
AU (African Union)
CIS
EU (European Union; also EC – European Community)
GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council – Arab Gulf states)
NATO
Al-Qaeda
UN (United Nations – as organisation)
REGIONS:
Africa
East-Africa
Asia
East-Asia (North-East Asia + South-East Asia according to SIPRI definition)
South-Asia
North-East-Asia (according to SIPRI definition China + Japan + Koreas + Taiwan + Mongolia; formerly Far-East)
South-East-Asia (according to SIPRI definition)
Central-Europe
East-Europe
CEE
Europe
Middle-East
South-America (formerly also A.Latin-America)
Third-World
COUNTRIES:
ABK (Abkhazia; formerly A.GEO-GA – for Abkhazi rebels in Georgia)
APF
AFG (Afghanistan)
AFG-AF
AFG-AM
AFG-AN
AFG-Taliban (Afghanistan Taliban rebels; formerly also A.AFG-AT)
ALB (Albania)
ALG (Algeria)
ALG-AI
AND (Andorra)
ANG (Angola)
ANG-UNITA (Angola – UNITA rebels; formerly A.ANG-AU)
ANG-Rebels (Angola rebels incl. FNLA + FLEC)
ARG (Argentina).ARM (Armenia)
AST (Austria)
AUS (Australia)
AZB (Azerbaijan)
BAH (Bahrain)
BAN (Bangladesh)
BAR (Barbados)
BAS (Bahamas)
BDI (Burundi)
BEL (Belgium)
BEN (Benin)
BF (Burkina Faso; ex-Upper Volta)
BHU (Bhutan)
BIA (Biafra)
Bin-Laden
BLR (Belarus)
BLZ (Belize)
BOL (Bolivia)
BOS (Bosnia)
BOS-BC (Bosnia Croat rebels)
BOS-BS (Bosnia Serb rebels)
BOT (Botswana)
BRA (Brazil)
BRU (Brunei)
BUL (Bulgaria)
CAM (Cameroon)
CAN (Canada)
CAP (Cape Verde).CAR (Central African Republic)
CAR-Rebels
CHA (Chad)
CHA-Rebels (general for any rebel force in Chad)
CHE (Chile)
CHI (China; PRC)
CMB (Cambodia)
CMB-Rebels
COL (Colombia)
COL-CA (Colombia – FARC rebels)
COL-CE
COL-CU
COM (Comoros)
CON (Congo; Republic of the Congo; Congo-Brazzaville)
COS (Costa Rica)
CRO (Croatia)
CUB (Cuba)
CYP (Cyprus)
CZR (Czechia; until 2018 Czech Republic)
DEN (Denmark)
DCA
DJI (Djibouti)
DOM (Dominican Republic)
DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo; formerly A.ZAI for Zaire; also Congo-Kinshasa)
DRC-Rebels (Democratic Republic of the Congo or Zaire or Congo-Kinshasa rebel forces)
ECU (Ecuador)
EGY (Egypt)
EGY-Rebels (Rebel groups in Egypt; incl Wilayat Sinai)
EQU
ERI (Eritrea)
EST (Estonia)
ET (Timor l’Este; East Timor)
ETH (Ethiopia)
A.ETH-Rebels (Rebel groups in Ethiopia; incl ELF + EPLF Eritrean rebels).
A.FIN (Finland)
A.FJI (Fiji)
A.FRA (France)
A.FRG (Germany; West Germany; Federal Republic of Germany)
A.FSM (Micronesia; Federated States of Micronesia)
A.FYU
A.GAB (Gabon)
A.GAM (Gambia)
A.GBI
A.GDR (East Germany; German Democractic Republic)
A.GEO (Georgia)
A.GEO-GA (old code for Abkhazia rebels in Georgia; use A.ABK)
GHA (Ghana)
GND (Grenada)
GRE (Greece)
GUA (Guatemala)
GUI (Guinea)
GUY (Guyana)
HAI (Haiti)
HK (Hong Kong)
HON (Honduras)
HUN (Hungary)
ICE (Iceland)
IND (India)
IND-IJ
IND-IU
INS (Indonesia)
INS-IG
INS-IR
IRA (Iran)
IRA-II
IRE (Ireland)
IRQ (Iraq)
IRQ-IN
IRQ-KRG (Iraq – Kurdistan Regional Government; formerly also A.IRQ-Peshmerga – armed forces of KRG)
IRQ-Kurds (Kurdish rebels in IRQ; incl. KDP – Kurdistan Democratic Party (XIK in ATDB) + PUK – Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (XIA in ATDB); for Kurdistan Regional Government – use A.IRQ-KRG)
IRQ-Rebels (Rebel forces in IRQ – other than listed above)
ISI (ISIS – Islamic State in Iraq and Syria; or ISIL – Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant; or IS – Islamic State)
ISR (Israel)
ISR-IP (Israel – PLO rebels; only for PLO operating against Israel)
ITA (Italy)
IVO (Côte d’Ivoire; Ivory Coast)
IVO-Rebels ( (rebel forces in Côte d’Ivoire – Ivory Coast; formerly A.IVO-IF)
JAM (Jamaica)
JAP (Japan)
JAP-JA
JOR (Jordan)
KAZ
KEN (Kenya)
KON (North Korea; DPRK)
KOS (South Korea; ROK)
KUW (Kuwait)
KYR
LAO (Laos)
LAO-LO
LAT (Latvia)
LEB (Lebanon)
LEB-LH (Lebanon-Hizbollah/Hezbollah; XLH code for database)
LEB-LS
LES (Lesotho)
LIB (Liberia)
LIT (Lithuania)
LUX (Luxembourg)
LYA (Libya)
LYA-BE
MAC
MAC-MN
MAD
MAL (Malaysia)
MAR (Marshall Islands)
MAU
MEX (Mexico)
MLI (Mali)
MLI-MNLA (Mali – MNLA)
MLV
MOL (Moldova)
A.MON (Mongolia)
A.MOR (Morocco)
A.MOZ (Mozambique)
A.MRA (Mauritania)
A.MTA (Malta)
A.MTG
A.MWI (Malawi)
MYA (Myanmar; ex-Burma)
MYA-MU (Myanmar – United Wa State rebels)
NAM (Namibia)
NCY (Northern Cyprus)
NEP (Nepal)
NEP-NM (Nepal – Maoist rebels)
NET (Netherlands)
NGK (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; incl formerly M.Nagorno-Karabagh)
NIC (Nicaragua)
NIG (Nigeria)
NIR (Niger)
NOR (Norway)
NZ (New Zealand)
OMA (Oman)
PA (Palestina)
PA-PH (Palestina – Hamas rebels)
PA-PIJ (Palestina – Palestinian Islamic Jihad rebels)
PAK (Pakistan)
PAL (Palau)
PAN (Panama)
PAP (Papua New Guinea)
PAR (Paraguay)
PER (Peru)
A.PHI (Philippines)
A.PHI-NPA (Philippines – NPA rebels; New People’s Army)
A.PHI-PI
A.PHI-PQ
A.PLO
A.POL (Poland)
POR (Portugal)
POR-FRELIMO (Portugal-FRELIMO – FRELIMO rebels in Portugese colony Mozambique)
POR-PNLA
POR-MPLA
POR-PAIGC
QAT (Qatar)
ROM (Romania)
RUS (Russia)
RUS-RC
RWA (Rwanda)
SA (South Africa; RSA)
SAH (Saharawi; Western Sahara)
SAL (El Salvador)
SAL-Rebels (incl. FMLN)
SAU (Saudi Arabia)
SEN (Senegal)
SER (Serbia)
SEY (Seychelles)
SIE (Sierra Leone)
SIN (Singapore)
SLK (Slovakia)
SLO (Slovenia)
SLU (Saint Lucia)
SM
SOA (Somaliland)
SOL (Solomon Islands)
SOM (Somalia)
SOM-Shabaab
SOM-UIC (Somalia – Union of Islamic Courts; XSI in ATDB)
SOM-SC
SOM-Rebels (Somalia rebels – all other rebel groups in SOM)
SPA (Spain)
SPA-ETA
SRI (Sri Lanka)
SRI-SL
STP
SUD (Sudan)
SSD (South Sudan – since 2005; formerly A.SUD-SS)
SSD-Rebels (South Sudan rebels – all rebel groups in SSD)
SUR (Suriname)
SWA (Swaziland)
SWE (Sweden)
SWI (Switzerland)
SYR (Syria)
SYR-Rebels (Syria rebels – all rebel groups in SYR)
TAI (Taiwan; ROC)
TAJ
TAN (Tanzania)
THA (Thailand)
TOG (Togo)
TON (Tonga)
TRI (Trinidad)
TRK (Turkmenistan)
TUN (Tunisia)
TUR (Turkey)
TUR-PKK (Turkey – PKK rebels; formerly A.TUR-TP)
TUV (Tuvalu)
UAE (United Arab Emirates; also for individual emirates part of UAE)
UGA (Uganda)
UGA-UL (Uganda – LRA/Lord’s Resistance Army rebels)
UK (United Kingdom)
UK-UI (United Kingdom – IRA/Irish Republican Army rebels)
UKR (Ukraine)
UKR-Rebels (Ukraine rebels – all rebel groups in UKR).
URU (Uruguay)
USA (United States of America)
USR (Soviet Union; USSR) – defunct since 1992 but use for USR as supplier before break-up of USR.
UZB (Uzbekistan)
VEN (Venezuela)
VN (Viet Nam; North Vietnam until 1975 when united w. South Vietnam – VNS)
XA
YEM (Yemen; united North + South Yemen)
YEM-Rebels (Yemen rebels – all rebel groups in YEM)
YEN (North Yemen) – merged with YES to YEM: use YEN only for articles on old YEN.
YES (South Yemen) – merged with YEN to YEM: use YES only for articles on old YES.
YUG (Yugoslavia) – broken up 1992.
YUG-YK (Yugoslavia Kosovo rebels)
ZAM (Zambia)
ZIM (Zimbabwe; ex-Rhodesia)
ZIM-Rebels (rebel groups in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia; incl. ZANU/ZIPRA + ZAPU)