a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) in opposition to a civil authority or government
Insurgents are people who are fighting against the government or army of their own country. By early yesterday, the insurgents had taken control of the country's main military air base. = rebel. one of a group of people fighting against the government of their own country, or against authority = rebel (present participle of insurgere , from surgere )