- Transnational terror groups + branches | Al Qaeda | ISIS.
- Direct way – local terror operations.
- Transnationals | targets | USA | western countries | Al Qaeda | ISIS.
- Branches | targets | mostly local | country specific | AQ/ISIS branches.
- Transnational + branches | some major terror attacks | Al Qaeda | ISIS.
- Country specific | targets | a country | parts of its territory | like Hamas.
- Region specific | targets | a country + the region surrounding it | like Al Shabab.