The South Sudan Army, already a collection of militias, will further fragment into tribal militias.
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Pro-Turkish Sunni militias have their own color, as do the pro-American Syrian Sunni militias.
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In places non-state militias are stronger than states, whereas state forces have degenerated into ragtag militias.
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"Sabratha city has been liberated from the militias — the Dabbashi militias and their alliance," said Operations Room spokesman Saleh Graisia.
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According to some estimates, the Kurdish militias offer an additional 240,000 fighters, while the Shia militias offer up to 120,000.
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Iran, using the militias it controls inside Iraq, could attack the U.S. forces as these militias have done in the past.
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In the vision of Madison, it would be states leading their militias, the militias consisting of the able-bodied male population.
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Protesters targeted pro-Iranian militias in Basra in July 2018, but the militias have cracked down on dissent in recent months.
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Back in the '90s, we did have racists militias which were called white militias that had KKK members, Aryan Nation members.
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Instead, a number of forces — the government, opposition militias, Kurdish militias, pockets of the Islamic State — will control sections of territory.
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Iranian militias, together with Iranian-backed militias from Lebanon, have been fighting side by side with Syrian regime forces against the rebels.
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DRC government forces, pro-government militias (the Bana Mura), and anti-government militias were all found to have committed atrocities against civilians.
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Benghazi-based AGOCO congratulated Haftar's forces "on the success and progress in its striving against extremist terrorist militias and militias which steal public funds".
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The transformation of wartime militias into prominent political actors is exemplified by the evolution of Shiite militias in Iraq into versions of Lebanon's Hezbollah.
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They have turned to militias for protection against jihadists and rival ethnic groups, though the militias have themselves used their weapons to settle scores.
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They have armed militias, the Lebanese Hezbollah, Makateeb Hezbollah, militias in Iraq; they're arming the Houthis in Yemen, launching missiles in the Gulf states.
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From the Saudi perspective, the Iranians keep feeding the militias, in Lebanon, in Syria, in Yemen — and the militias are the opposite of the state.
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He claims to be eradicating militias and building a professional army, but his forces depend heavily on militias, some of whom have committed war crimes.
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Stretches of Syria are now held by various internationally backed opposition groups, including Kurdish militias, moderate rebel militias, and jihadist brigades, some linked to al-Qaeda.
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The Syrian civil war has long since become a militia war pitting dozens of pro-regime militias against an even greater number of anti-regime militias.
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And Turkish jets and artillery attacked pro-government militias for a second day, keeping them from reaching the northwestern city of Afrin to reinforce Kurdish militias.
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And Turkish jets and artillery attacked pro-government militias for a second day, keep them from reaching the northwestern city of Afrin to reinforce Kurdish militias.
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In a statement on Sunday AGOCO congratulated Haftar's forces "on the successes and progresses in its striving against extremist terrorist militias and militias which steal public funds".
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"He (Haftar) considers that the GNA is completely infested by militias and it is not for him to negotiate with representatives of these militias," the official said.
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And Turkish jets and artillery attacked pro-government militias for a second day to keep them from reaching the northwestern city of Afrin to reinforce Kurdish militias.
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These included pro-government militias, rebels fighting for a more democratic state, Islamist extremists, and militias from ethnic and religious minorities seeking to protect their areas from attack.
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As the militias and the United States — effectively fighting on the same side — drove the Islamic State out of territory it controlled in Iraq, the militias gained influence.
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The Iranians sent their militias, their Quds force and militias that they recruited from Iraq and other places and Hezbollah, to Syria to fight in support of Bashar Assad.
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The government forces are fragmented and dependent on help from Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiite militias, as well as Syrian pro-government militias with foreign and private backers.
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Often, Shiite militias backed by Iran were the culprits, and two recent high-profile kidnappings in Iraq are widely believed to be the work of militias with ties to Iran.
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Building support for the GNA required co-opting Islamist militias and others - and it gave those militias the legitimacy they lacked, which is playing into the chaos in Libya today.
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Abadi has promised to rein in the militias but it is a daunting task and Iraqi and Western officials say he is too weak to take on the militias directly.
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Syrian troops supported by Iranian-backed militias have also crossed to the eastern side of the river, increasing their presence in an area where U.S.-backed militias have also advanced.
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It divided authority over militias between the national and state governments, but gave the lion's share of authority — including the power to organize, arm and discipline the militias — to Congress.
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Al-Muhandis had "consolidated control over the bulk of pro-Iranian Shia militias inside Iraq" and his death has left a leadership vacuum that could set loose those militias, explained Silliman.
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After the American invasion of 2003, Iraqi Shiite militias aligned with Iran killed hundreds of Americans, and those same militias have taken on an important role in fighting the Islamic State.
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"It's tit for tat: You have [ISIS] attacking the Shia militias, and then the Shia militias attacking, in turn, the people who are rightly or wrongly giving them sanction," he explains.
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Among the groups competing for those rewards are: Sunni Arab tribal militias looking to expand control over territory ahead of the next provincial elections; Shiite Turkmen militias aiming to cleanse Sunni Turkmens from the area; Shiite Arab militias seeking a bigger say in government; and Kurdish groups wishing to consolidate control over disputed territories.
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A mix of Iraqi army, police, anti-terrorism units, Sunni tribal militias and what are known as the Popular Mobilization Units -- Shia-dominated militias trained by Iran -- are participating in the offensive.
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"Iranian militias that are in Iraq, now that the fight against Daesh and ISIS is coming to a close, those militias need to go home," Tillerson said on Sunday in Saudi Arabia.
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In the main, the South had refused to commit her militias to the war against the British during the American Revolution out of fear that, if the militias departed, slaves would revolt.
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At the time, the Quds Force passed technology and training to Iraqi Shiite militias that allowed the militias to make powerful explosives that could penetrate armored vehicles used by the American military.
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It turned post-6900 Iraqi factionalism to its advantage, sponsoring Shia militias that killed American soldiers; when the Iraqi army dissolved during ISIS's June 2628 offensive, those militias became integral to Iraq's survival.
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But given that the vast array of Iran-linked Shiite militias in Iraq have not yet been targeted, the move also signals that, at least for now, the "pushback" against militias is limited.
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A mix of Iraqi army, police, anti-terrorism units, Sunni tribal militias and what are known as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) -- Shia-dominated militias trained by Iran -- are participating in the offensive.
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" But Tillerson's host, Iraq Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, tersely replied that the militias would stay, insisting the militias were part of Iraq and symbolized "the hope of the country and the region.
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Both countries used proxy militias to plunder Congo's mineral resources.
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An array of militias in Iraq receive support from Iran.
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Peace would also put the ethnic militias out of business.
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Just fuel for heating (Maslow' hierarchy of needs!) Thanks militias!
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But the Mehdi Army also clashed with other Shiite militias.
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Governments in the Sahel should start by disarming the militias.
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Those militias have not publicly commented on the recent incidents.
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Militias are proliferating; a cycle of ethnic violence has begun.
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His LNA continues to fight militias aligned with the GNA.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks hate crimes and militias.
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Qassem Soleimani, who had led Iraqi Shiite militias against them.
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Only much later, they start to train fighters and militias.
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But the militias have also created headaches for the government.
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Militias still hold real power and living conditions have deteriorated.
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They had killed 15 members of the militias, he said.
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During hostilities, trains and cars were often halted by militias.
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Their presence fuels resentment with Kurdish, Sunni and Yezidi militias.
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There were 276 active militias in 2015, Mr. Lenz said.
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Shia militias in #Iraq are proxies of & controlled by #Iran.
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Disarming the militias is one of Abadi's most delicate challenges.
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He hopes that Baghdad and its militias will rebuild Sinjar.
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It's been a long time since I thought about militias.
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There's this competition between the Iraqi government and the militias.
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No guys into scary militias and a compound in Montana?
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Others have joined local militias to get a regular wage.
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We don't have militias or traffickers here — we are free.
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But that wasn't the end of border militias in Arizona.
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Those militias, backed by Iran, once fought and killed Americans.
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We're not going to go in and destroy the militias.
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It provoked states, terrorists and militias that opposed its presence.
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Militias backed by Rwanda and Uganda energetically loot Congo's minerals.
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Sleepy armed men who belonged to unidentified militias lounged nearby.
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Police and local militias drove the protesters back with bullets.
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And then those who were involved with clan militias again.
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These militias' dialogue is indicative of the latest zombie trend.
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"This refers to military operations by Russia and the Syrian regime around Aleppo and recent attacks by PYD militias in North Syria," Steinmeier said, referring to a Syrian Kurdish party and its associated militias.
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"Iranian militias that are in Iraq, now that the fight against Daesh and ISIS is coming to a close, those militias need to go home," he said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State.
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Here's the news: • A showdown in Syria: Militias loyal to the government of President Bashar al-Assad reclaimed the northwestern enclave of Afrin, in a setback for the monthlong Turkish assault on Kurdish militias there.
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He also headed Iran's role in arming, training and directing anti-ISIS Shiite militias; the American attack that killed him also killed the powerful leader of Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Syrian militias have captured a town south of the city of Raqqa where Islamic State ran a major military base and training camp, a spokesman for the militias said on Tuesday.
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They called on Iran to stop funding "militias" and "terrorist organizations".
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He can use his influence to bring the militias into line.
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Tensions are high between Kurdish fighters and Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias.
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Iranian advisers and Iran-backed militias are embedded with Syrian troops.
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Shiite clerics became powerful leaders and held sway over large militias.
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In the aftermath, their militias fought turf wars and ran rackets.
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This time, he was soon caught by a group of militias.
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It made no mention of Macron's call to dismantle the militias.
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Ethnic militias have divided the country into a patchwork of fiefdoms.
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Eight foreign countries became embroiled, along with dozens of local militias.
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Anyway, Americans built up armed militias, and we know the rest.
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Turkey says the Kurdish militias are part of a terrorist group.
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Clashes between the militias and ISIS left hundreds of combatants dead.
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There are many guns in the hands of pro-regime militias.
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General Haftar may also hope that western militias will switch sides.
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But militias are recruiting children faster than humanitarians can free them.
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And even militias are swayed by the prospect of more commerce.
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Iran holds sway over the Baghdad government and Iraq's Shi'ite militias.
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These heavily armed militias often set up roadblocks and charge tolls.
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Even Iranians are divided over the regime's support for the militias.
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Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite militias are backed and trained by Iran.
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An army cannot unify with militias so they must be dismantled.
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The document referred to sanctions that would "target militias and commanders".
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Rebel groups and militias still control large swathes of the territory.
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In the west, militias from Zintan are blocking the main pipeline.
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But instead of helping them, politicians enrich themselves and their militias.
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Militias were believed to be an important defense against that occurring.
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It also forcibly conscripted civilians into the army or loyalist militias.
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It has carried out two offensives against Kurdish militias since 2016.
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Border militias have been conducting vigilante operations against suspected undocumented immigrants.
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Until then, Iraq's factions and militias had little incentive to coöperate.
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McAuliffe has suggested that the militias constrained law enforcement's initial response.
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Christian militias responded to Seleka abuses by attacking the Muslim minority.
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Iranian advisers are training Shiite militias fighting in Iraq and Syria.
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Militias affiliated with each government are also fighting for territorial control.
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When the Iraqi Army fled the battlefield, these militias stepped in.
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Rights groups say many more have been killed by unofficial militias.
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In Syria, Trump aided the Kurdish militias allied with Syrian Christians.
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There are other well-trained outlaw militias in the region, too.
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Militias in Brazil are different from paramilitary groups in other countries.
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That said, drug gangs and militias have different opponents as well.
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The army and Iranian-backed militias are advancing towards the city.
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Anti-democratic Salafi militias are taking on the role of police.
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Representatives of Iraqi militias and Yemen's Houthi rebels maintain a presence.
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By that time, he said, militias were operating all over Belém.
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They all knew the militias, or were even friends with them.
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Iran-backed militias in Iraq can do limited damage as well.
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He headed Iran's efforts to direct allied militias in the region.
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And Italy enlisted Libyan militias to stifle migration across the Mediterranean.
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During the nineties, most of Liberia was controlled by rival militias.
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Shiite militias in Iraq have been photographed with American-made weapons.
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The border protection agency should have nothing to do with militias.
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Many militias fighting under its banner are more concerned about Gen.
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Iranian forces, Hezbollah and other Shi'ite Muslim militias also back Assad.
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Heller that the Second Amendment says "yeah, sure" to armed militias.
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There was no public comment on those attacks from the militias.
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Some militias have attacked Iraqi bases where Americans are stationed, too.
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These neighborhoods are largely controlled by colectivos, or pro-government militias.
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Iraqi militias have shares in construction, trade and car import companies.
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Local officials blamed Iran-backed Shi'ite militias for the Basra incident.
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If the militias want to turn on the problems, they can.
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Turkey's army and allied Syrian rebels attacked villages held by U.S.-allied militias near the city of Manbij in northern Syria on Wednesday, a spokesman for the militias said, an escalation of Turkey's military campaign there.
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Although Sunni militias are reported to have taken part in the Falluja offensive, their role has been overshadowed by that of Iranian-backed Shia militias who are documented to have previously engaged in attacks against Sunni civilians.
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While opponents accuse the Iran-backed Iraqi militias of human rights abuses against civilians, which the groups deny, the militias fought Islamic State extremists and helped keep them from overrunning Iraq in 2014 after Iraq's army collapsed.
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Driving from east to west, the groups governing the roads morphed from the Peshmerga into the Iraqi Army into a variety of Shiite-connected militias and finally into militias run by the Syrian Kurds and Turkish Kurds.
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Those nations also dislike the Islamist militias in Tripoli -- whom they fear share much with the Muslim Brotherhood -- yet support from these same militias has been central to building local support for the new UN-backed government.
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Shirqat, on the Tigris river 100 km south of Mosul, has been surrounded by Iraqi troops and Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim militias allied to the government but so far the militias have not participated in the operation.
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From the Iranian perspective, it would be counter-intuitive to withdraw militias who provide it with unparalleled influence and these militias, in any case, far outnumber and outweigh the forces that Russia has deployed on the ground.
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" Asked about remarks this week by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Iranian-armed Shiite Muslim militias serving with the Iraqi military should be disbanded, General Funk said some of the militias "have to be dealt with.
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Iran has killed and wounded American servicemen and women with IED's supplied to their IRGC militias in Iraq even as they aid the Taliban in Afghanistan, vicious militias in Syria, and child-warrior recruiting terrorists in Yemen.
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The splinters are jagged ones, with rival militias continually scrambling for dominance.
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For some militias, cannibalism is just another way to terrify one's enemies.
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"Iran's militias have vile objectives and represent a real threat," he added.
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Iranian-backed militias are also believed to be deployed in the area.
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Italy has paid off local militias, which hold migrants in abysmal conditions.
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They direct attacks against Shia militias, especially ones composed of ethnic Turkmens.
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One American life was lost at the hands of Iranian backed militias.
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Anti-immigrant armed militias posted videos and fundraised through Facebook for months.
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However, the militias' links with Mr Bolsonaro's government may provoke a backlash.
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The Syrian government and Shi'ite Muslim militias deny targeting civilians in fighting.
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Iranian-backed militias are creeping closer to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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Its allies include Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iraqi Shi'ite militias.
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The LNA refers to forces allied to the Tripoli government as militias.
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The uprising shattered Libya into a collection of fiefs ruled by militias.
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Revenge killings by Shia militias have been rarer than many had feared.
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The possible participation of Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias is stirring controversy, however.
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Many smaller groups have carved out territory controlled by their own militias.
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Aiding militias, even indirectly, does not foster stability in Libya, he says.
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This is anathema to Israel, which sees the militias as Iranian pawns.
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Threats from armed militias then forced the closure of the capitol altogether.
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Maduro and his allies have even created pro-government militias called "colectivos".
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Does that mean we should expect more action like this from militias?
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The Iraqi forces include army, special forces, Kurdish peshmerga and Shi'ite militias.
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He signed ceasefires with ethnic militias and business deals with neighboring countries.
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American militias are another group of increasingly visible, violent, usually white guys.
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And in a prime example of militias moving their activity from the
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He declined to give his name for fear of reprisals by militias.
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Separatist militias cannot take the towns; the army cannot take the bush.
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As often happens in lengthy civil wars, militias have filled the vacuum.
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It's hard to tell where the militias end and the state begins.
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He needed to neutralize militias, placate the Israelis, or satiate the Syrians.
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These risks are amplified if Iran leans on proxies or allied militias.
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More significantly, the expansion of militias across the country poses a threat.
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How effective are the newly formed Christian militias in the Nineveh Plain?
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Militias that had previously fought each other have rallied against Mr Haftar.
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That cycle can be seen especially in the rise of vigilante militias.
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In 2001, American-led Afghan militias drove the Taliban from the capital.
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These militias played a critical role in defeating the Syrian rebel groups.
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So the militias tend to play up their role in the conflict.
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Local militias running the camps say they cannot detain foreign nationals forever.
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But the Iranians maintained the militias may have acted on their own.
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Local officials blamed Iran-backed Shi'ite militias for one of the incidents.
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The country is split between rival governments, each backed by local militias.
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The Kurdish militias are regarded by Turkey as dangerous, autonomy-minded insurgents.
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The Iranian-backed Shiite militias have been fighting alongside the Iraqi regulars.
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Arab militias besieged Jewish Jerusalem, denying food and water to 21917,21 civilians.
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Meanwhile, mayhem among armed militias is spreading in the Central African Republic.
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Militias, neo-Nazis and other groups have vowed to swarm the capitol.
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I ask Linkous if there are also civilian militias in the area.
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Their brutal rule gave rise to the Christian militias, who opposed them.
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After vowing revenge, the jihadist militias stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
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Soleimani organized militias fighting al Qaeda-linked groups from Syria to Yemen.
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Compaore was often called upon to negotiate with militias in the region.
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Iran could call upon proxy militias in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
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It was an embarrassment in the country's often-politicized crackdown on militias.
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The militias also stopped attacking the American forces who returned to Iraq.
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Shia militias in Iraq likely still want a piece of the action.
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It accused government forces of arming local militias to attack neighboring communities.
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Shi'ite militias have previously been accused of killing and abducting American nationals.
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And many leaders of the Misurata militias are more concerned about Gen.
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The same militias conspire with some members of Libyan coast guard units.
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U.S.-backed militias are also closing on Islamic State's Syrian stronghold, Raqqa.
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Troops from most other tribes have regrouped to form their own militias.
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A stable state, important for the region, cannot coexist with unlawful militias.
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Pro-Assad militias arrived in Syria from Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iran.
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The militias are overwhelmingly Shiite and, most analysts agree, beholden to Iran.
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These attacks were mainly carried out by Iraqi militias under IRGC orders.
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Iran supplied the ground troops needed to defeat the anti-government militias.
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We aim to encircle the city and ensure the militias are evicted.
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Meanwhile, the Saudis wrote checks to Sunni militias, who never stayed bought.
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But both had stalled, she said; power still rested with the militias.
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And one of the most notorious militias is the Niger Delta Avengers.
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Representatives of those militias have not publicly commented on the recent incidents.
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Its troops had allied with Kurdish militias and other partners on the ground (in Iraq it was the Iraqi army and Shiite militias) to wrest back territory seized by the extremists across a swath of Iraq and Syria.
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Stories abound of bank staff tipping off militias about certain clients' wealth for kidnapping and extortion, militias laundering cash through real estate deals made under false names, and businessmen scamming government funds through false deals involving letters of credit.
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"We've had it up to the neck with the militias," said Junat Gul, a resident of Qaisar district in the northern province of Faryab on the border with Turkmenistan, where militias and Taliban insurgents have been battling for months.
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In Syria, two rival campaigns raced across the country's east this year driving back Islamic State — the Syrian army backed by Russia, Iran and Shi'ite militias, and an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias backed by the United States.
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You got other militias, and husbands and wives, people coming from Oregon, Indiana.
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City police alone are too weak against the firepower of the gangster militias.
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Exultant armies and militias now occupy the ground once held by the caliphate.
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Some militias dumped bodies in cemeteries, mixing them with the bones of others.
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Observers say militias based on people's ethnicity are arming up and squaring off.
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Allied Iranian militias moved away from areas that they thought might be targeted.
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Maliki also made political alliances with violent Shia militias, infuriating and terrifying Sunnis.
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Loyalist militias from Iraq, Lebanon and Iran also operate their own secret sites.
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Machar, from the minority Nuer group, controlled a loose network of tribal militias.
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In some cases, those attacks have led to revenge killings by Shiite militias.
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Both militias were formally organized and announced several years into the Syrian War.
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But if Shia militias are unleashed another bout of sectarian killings might ensue.
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It has poured other Shia militias into Syria from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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In Syria, it is working with an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias.
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When the genocidal Hutu militias fled into Congo, he hunted and slaughtered them.
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Sources on both sides said pro-government militias were mobilized in large numbers.
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Polling suggests most residents fear the militias, perhaps even more than drug gangs.
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"It's precisely this stamp of approval that the militias seek," says Mr Araujo.
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The government denies that and says it has no links to the militias.
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Amiri said the militias were not receiving direct U.S. support in the battle.
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Local militias and regional powers are racing to create facts on the ground.
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They are also keeping a wary eye on the militias of General Haftar.
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He urged the government to reinforce with militias with weapons rather than police.
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The mayor of Sabha describes his town as "under occupation" by foreign militias.
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An umbrella grouping of all Iraq's Shi'ite militias is estimated at 150,000 fighters.
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Headquarters, economic offices, and checkpoints manned by militias are to be shut down.
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Government troops and allied militias have held a tight grip on the city.
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But Cooter explained to me that militias have a complex tapestry of motivations.
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Western countries that back the militias, the source says, "turn a blind eye".
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As one of the largest rebel militias, JAN intermingles with less extreme groups.
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But it usually favours strong client militias within weak states, as in Lebanon.
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The army and pro-government militias are still combing parts of east Aleppo.
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Iran and its client militias in Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan provide ground forces.
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Iran's favorite militias in Iraq got as much as $1 billion a year.
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At least some of its forces would fight, as would pro-regime militias.
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Hundreds of thousands of people retreated into separate enclaves controlled by sectarian militias.
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"And we need to stop thinking of these people as militias," he continued.
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Extremist militias are preparing for the possibility of a "gun grabbing" Clinton presidency.
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Hardline Iranian-backed Iraqi militias regularly threaten to attack Americans inside the country.
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The militias of Misrata, who are stronger foes, lie in wait for him.
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But it is beholden to the militias in the west that back it.
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We lived in a land of militias, where there was no state whatsoever.
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Larger cells carried out massacres and skirmished with local militias and federal troops.
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They enlisted everyone they knew in Iraq to help, including the Shiite militias.
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Local militias running the camps say they cannot detain other countries' citizens forever.
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Tehran and its allied Shi'ite Muslim militias back Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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He has set a tight deadline for the militias to comply: July 31.
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Turkey began a bombing campaign against American-backed Kurdish militias in northern Syria.
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Lebanese militias, led by Hezbollah, quickly emerged to resist the May 17 treaty.
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The Italian government struck deals with Libyan militias to hold back migrant departures.
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Three members of pro-government militias were also wounded in the attack. Nov.
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The plans also would designate some Iraqi Shiite militias as foreign terrorist organizations.
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Much of Libya fell into chaos, with militias dominating its cities and neighborhoods.
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Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011, with rival cities and militias competing for power.
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The video, produced by Paco Raberta, chops between placid scenes and armed militias.
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Those governments, or militias working with them, have imposed tremendous suffering on migrants.
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In the past, U.S. officials have attributed Katyusha rocket attacks to such militias.
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Two border police officers were killed and two pro-government militias were wounded.
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Meanwhile, the army's own Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement of 2015 excludes the biggest militias.
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The title refers to a neighborhood where protesters clashed with federally supported militias.
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Which bring us back to the militias' original configuration as extralegal death squads.
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Various Yemeni militias, together with some 193,000 Sudanese paramilitaries, have staged ground attacks.
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The militias captured a nearby airfield, but did not assault the city itself.
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The US supports and arms the Kurdish militias, because they help fight ISIS.
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This money flowed straight to militias that carried out atrocities on the ground.
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Armed militias might emerge in the suburbs, as they once did in Ireland.
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Iranian-backed militias continue to attack bases in Iraq where Americans are deployed.
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Iran-backed militias in Iraq have attacked bases where U.S. forces are located.
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The militias took his death personally, three members said, and decided to respond.
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They play war, dividing into teams of ISIS fighters and anti-ISIS militias.
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But the C.I.A.-backed militias are deeply controversial within the wider Afghan population.
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They achieved this by partnering with and supporting militias throughout the Middle East.
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Militias and Yemen's powerful Al Qaeda branch have gained ground in the chaos.
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In Libya, terrorist-affiliated militias stole sensitive hardware such as night-vision goggles.
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Meanwhile extremist militias continue to control capital and derail search for political solution.
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Iran continued to covertly support militias and meddle in other countries&apos affairs.
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Turkey is attacking America's allies, and Russian militias have fired on American troops.
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And the militias have been quite cruel to Sunni civilians since taking over.
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It looks like there's no need to legalize militias in Brazil, after all.
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Turkey, backed by Syrian militias, has gained ground in recent days in Afrin.
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Some self defense militias have been accused of murder, kidnapping, and drug trafficking.
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" While there's no formal research that can definitively sort the dangerous militias from the harmless ones, in Cooter's opinion, "only about ten percent of militias—and I think that's overly generous honestly—look like they ought to be cause for concern.
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It blocked Kurdish militias from taking the same area to unite their two semiautonomous enclaves along the border with Turkey, which is fighting its own internal war with Kurdish militias, which it sees as inseparable from the ones in Syria.
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In many of the largest battles, Shia PMF militias have played a larger role than indigenous Sunni militias—they've made up a third of the forces recapturing Ramadi and Fallujah and two-thirds of the fighters retaking Baiji and Tikrit.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Saudi official has visited northern Syria with a U.S. envoy to discuss reconstruction of Raqqa, which Kurdish and Arab militias backed by a U.S.-led coalition, captured from Islamic State on Tuesday, an adviser to the militias said.
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Read: These Iraqi Militias Are Prepared to Fight the U.S. if It Starts a War with Iran Home to numerous Iran-linked militias and some 5,200 U.S. troops, Iraq could become an early battleground if both sides resort to military conflict.
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The U.S. Treasury accused Lomuro of recruiting and organizing militias to attack opposition forces, and Juuk of failing to remove forces from the battlefield as agreed, stirring up violence with rival tribes and preparing militias for the possibility of renewed violence.
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The U.S. Treasury accused Lomuro of recruiting and organizing militias to attack opposition forces, and Juuk of failing to remove forces from the battlefield as agreed, stirring up violence with rival tribes and preparing militias for the possibility of renewed violence.
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On the ground, it had the full backing of Hezbollah and other Shia militias.
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In December, U.S. troops were photographed inside Libya but left after local militias objected.
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They claim security forces and Iranian-backed militias are deliberately shooting into the crowds.
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Detention centres, run by different militias and other groups, already exist all over Libya.
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In 2014 Islamist Militias forced the internationally-recognized government to flee the capital Tripoli.
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Militias in Libya today can be just as brutal as Mr Qaddafi's regime was.
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Shia militias have taken over the old city, and chased out its Sunni inhabitants.
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The statute extends specifically to government militaries and government-supported armed groups like militias.
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It seemed that on the Sunni frontier, the Shiite militias had put down markers.
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The RSF grew out of the Arab Janjaweed militias accused of atrocities in Darfur.
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Bashir's government denied that the militias had burned villages and raped and executed civilians.
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With Shiite militias in the fight, there is a good chance of sectarian strife.
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Others are exposed to revenge attacks from embittered neighbours or Syria's many unruly militias.
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The militias have blamed Israel and the United States for some of the attacks.
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Images resurfaced of black Africans being detained by militias in cages in Tripoli zoo.
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Anti-government "patriot" groups and militias soared again following Obama's election win in 153.
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The mayhem is metastasising into a broader conflict between ethnic militias, farmers and herders.
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Mr Ferrando of DRACO admits that militias were "not a priority" in the past.
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But battle-hardened Shia Arab militias have massed at the edge of the province.
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Though it styles itself an army, the LNA is really a patchwork of militias.
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Rebel commanders say they have already seen soldiers from Iranian-backed militias pulling back.
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Bayati told Reuters that any reports of militias operating on their own were false.
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Militias from the port city of Misrata have vowed to block the LNA's advance.
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His LNA is a hotch-potch of militias bound by mutual interests and money.
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Hundreds waved flags as they danced and cheered the Syrian army and affiliated militias.
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These militias have harassed opposition politicians and supporters, says Human Rights Watch, a watchdog.
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The Syrian Democratic Forces are an alliance of militias in northern and eastern Syria.
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In many other areas there are militias supposedly defending people but they're actually parasitic.
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Libya has been ruling by warring militias since the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
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The usual cranks—accelerationists, drone-potters, libertarians, militias—they all had a field day.
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In Libya they also involve the warring militias through whose territory the migrants pass.
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They reserved the right to respond to "violations by Assad's regime and its militias".
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In Iraq, Iranian-backed militias and their Iranian advisers helped Iraq defeat Islamic State.
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With elections in Iraq next year, the militias are looking toward a political role.
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Iran is also helping to establish Shiite militias to fight for the Assad regime.
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Across Mexico, vigilante militias, called autodefensas, had formed, and were operating outside the law.
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Musab said al Shabaab had taken all weapons from the militias during the attack.
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Organization, have their own armed forces on the ground in the key militias of
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And Iran can force militias from Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Iran to leave Syria.
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"By our count, there are 40 militias and gangs in Tripoli," Mr. Mesmari said.
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The area is a bastion of Iranian-backed militias led by Lebanon's Hezbollah group.
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It is also home to large and partisan militias, many with ties to Iran.
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Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite militias are also fighting Islamic State near the Kirkuk fields.
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But the war created the militias, it created extremists like ISIS and al Qaeda.
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Several Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias operate in Diyala, which lies between Baghdad and Iran.
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The militias stole cattle and other property under the same understanding, the team said.
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Allied bombers would carry out additional airstrikes to support the militias on the ground.
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In addition to backing from state militias, the senators have also received financial support.
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Around Baghdad, you pass through checkpoints manned by a number of different nasty militias.
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His militias destroyed 440 Mayan villages and murdered up to 75,000 mainly indigenous people.
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"You had to pay off militias every time you moved a ship," he said.
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To invite Shiite militias into Mosul would prompt a huge backlash from local residents.
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It said pro-government militias had pounded rebel outposts with artillery gunfire and rockets.
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Four days later, the White House blamed militias supported by Iran for the attack.
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Iran may not have full control over the militias it has armed in Yemen.
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In autumn, the Kurds kidnapped nine Lafarge employees and transferred them to local militias.
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The local militias running the camps say they cannot detain other countries' citizens forever.
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Local militias running the camps said that they cannot detain other countries' citizens forever.
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Two pro-government militias were killed and five more were wounded in the explosion.
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A coalition of militias from around the region has stymied the assault by Gen.
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It also pays for Afghan and Iraqi Shia militias fighting in Iraq and Syria.
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Iraqi officials say they have warned militias tied to Iran against provoking U.S. forces.
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Mr. Erdogan vowed to continue on to Manbij and oust the Kurdish militias there.
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The militias appeared to have halted their advance in the face of Turkish bombardment.
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Shiite militias dominate the so-called popular mobilization forces incorporated into the Iraqi Army.
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Soon he's working as a field medic for rebel militias fighting Bashar al-Assad.
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But the Iraqi military is working hand in hand with Iran-backed Shiite militias.
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Combatants are increasingly non-state actors, including local militias, guerilla movements, or terrorist organizations.
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Their first escalation may well be in Iraq, where they back pro-Iranian militias.
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Several officials from Iraqi militias backed by Iran were also killed in the attack.
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In Iraq, Shiite militias harassed U.S. troops, firing rockets at bases used by Americans.
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Iranian-backed militias protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, storming the security post.
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Often they are malign: for example, the militias who charge locals "taxes" for "protection".
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"As a result of the shelling, 25 Syrian militias were injured," the statement said.
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Sunnis accuse the militias of widespread human rights abuses against them, which they deny.
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Police and masked militias fired at the protesters, leaving more than 200 people dead.
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Iraqi Shi'ite militias have fought on Assad's side against Syrian rebels and Islamic State.
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Murtda fled militias in Basra, afraid that he would be either detained or killed.
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Iran's support of militias, he said, was "a tricky model of expansion to counter."
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The avocado orchards were safe as well, guarded by another set of uniformed militias.
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And now the local militias fighting for oil control have made conditions even worse.
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There is no question that, during the Cold War, the US did do a great deal of meddling in Latin America, supporting horrific right-wing dictators and militias, often against Soviet-backed left-wing dictators and militias (and sometimes against democratically elected leftists).
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Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias intervened in Syria to turn the tide against anti-government rebels; Shiite militias in Iraq gained influence by fighting the Islamic State; and Houthi rebels in Yemen took over much of the country, including the capital, Sana.
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ISTANBUL — Militias loyal to the Syrian government swept into the northwestern enclave of Afrin on Thursday in support of Kurdish militias, reclaiming the territory and stealing a march on Turkish forces that have been battling toward the city for nearly a month.
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In September he successfully negotiated a ceasefire among the militias fighting in and around Tripoli.
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The Eldarats deny supporting the two militias, which the UAE contends are linked to terrorism.
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Militias soon form to defend or seize control of swimming pools and other water sources.
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With law enforcement stretched thin, some tribes have formed armed militias to protect their lands.
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Iran was actively involved in the killing of American troops using Shia militias for years.
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The checkpoint was manned jointly by the army and government-backed militias, the official said.
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"Yesterday evening there was a big mobilization by Iranian militias in Aziza," the official added.
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This has coincided with a march toward the Syrian border by Shi'ite militias from Iraq.
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The latest advance has been aided by thousands of new reinforcements including Iranian-backed militias.
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Fighting between rival militias in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, left dozens of people dead.
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When militias start getting formed, I'm going after government officials when I have a team.
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The militias needed civilians for shelter and intelligence, and trained fighters not to outrage them.
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The deaths were partly a result of factional fights between several of the Shiite militias.
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These were the first attacks by Shia militias on American targets in Iraq since 2011.
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Backed by Russian air power and Iran-backed militias, Assad has retaken most of Syria.
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In Libya, where rival militias have been warring for control since the fall of Col.
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The Bundy clan, however, has also drawn support from militias and radical anti-government groups.
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Weary of the democratic process, Mr Sadr and his rivals are again readying their militias.
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The most likely explanation is that militias, ethnic insurgents and the army are all involved.
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American and European Special Operations forces could help advise and assist those militias, officials said.
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"Government institutions were handed back and the (southern) militias withdrew," a government source told Reuters.
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Clashes between militias in the central town of Bria have killed five people, he added.
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Today there is no national army and no national police force, only multiple overlapping militias.
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Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous is the umbrella organization for the militias' military offensive in Sirte.
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The area around it is in effect a war zone, home to over 100 militias.
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"Libya has three governments at the moment; there are 100 militias in Tripoli," she said.
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The militias are most active in Mali, which has battled a jihadist insurgency since 2012.
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America, despite having no more militias, remains "a free state", as do many other countries.
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Israel, for example, is privately seething at Russia's refusal to restrain Iranian militias in Syria.
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The country's protracted peace process with ethnic militias has generated an impressive edifice of deliberation.
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They said the militias follow the orders of the prime minister and his military commanders.
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A lack of strong regular army units allows the militias to remain the dominant players.
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"Appropriate measures will be taken to confront and deter these terrorist militias," bin Salman said.
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Mr Abadi should merge the militias that helped vanquish IS into Iraq's regular security forces.
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Yet the fractious local militias guarding Sirte still have no real control over the territory.
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Abadi has yet to decide whether the Shi'ite militias will take part in the offensive.
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Iran, which backs militias in Syria including Lebanon's Hezbollah, would also oppose any U.S. intervention.
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He is the author of a forthcoming book on Shia militias in Iraq and Syria.
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From there, they regularly attack US and Iraqi troops, Kurdish forces and local Shiite militias.
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Given this patchwork of governments and militias, Libya is tense, on the verge of implosion.
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Part of the problem is Misrata militias are affiliated with the Islamist government controlling Tripoli.
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That fight has been led not by Iraq's army but by Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias.
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In Iraq, Tehran is backing pro-Iranian militias, while in Lebanon it is supporting Hezbollah.
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The government also deploys armed militias known as "colectivos" to intimidate and beat up protestors.
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FDLR is a rebel group composed in part of former Rwandan soldiers and Hutu militias.
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This week, militias allied to Damascus deployed to Afrin to help fight the Turkish assault.
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Militias have proliferated, killing and displacing villagers, kidnapping foreigners and shutting down eco-tourist spots.
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History books aside, militias and militiamen can also be involved in some pretty awful things.
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Hifter said his forces had launched airstrikes targeting rival militias on the outskirts of Tripoli.
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It documents reported violations and abuses by governments, but also by terrorist groups and militias.
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Additionally, Iraq has no laws against homosexuality, but militias are known to execute suspected gays.
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Over the years scores of ethnic militias have taken up arms against the central government.
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Sunni Arabs in Anbar Province have reported a rising number of kidnappings by Shiite militias.
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U.S.-backed Iraqi government forces and Iranian-supported Shi'ite militias recaptured the region last year.
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Iran supports President Bashar al-Assad's government in Damascus, while Saudi Arabia supports rebel militias.
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Iran has proxies throughout the region, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and various militias in Iraq.
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It has also provided for Shia militias and their commanders and politicians in neighboring Iraq.
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Pro-government militias have even recruited some of these Al-Qaeda fighters into their ranks.
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This practice has been carried out by rebel militias and some that support the government.
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Iraq hosts thousands of US troops and also is home to powerful Iranian-backed militias.
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Turkey conducted airstrikes in both northern Syria and northern Iraq this week, targeting Kurdish militias.
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Only a month later did Mr. Putin acknowledge that the "militias" had been Russian troops.
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Iran also wielded Shiite militias to control Iraqi streets and undermine the American-led occupation.
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And there was a video online showing rebels kicking prisoners from the Kurdish-led militias.
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The Georgia Security Force is noteworthy among militias for its acute Islamophobia, Mr. Pitcavage said.
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It controls numerous militias that undermine the authority of the state and pursue sectarian aims.
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Its support for the Dogon and Bambara militias has backfired spectacularly and fuelled the conflict.
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Without job opportunities, youth are more likely to turn to gangs, militias, and terrorist organizations.
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Any attack by Shia militias against U.S. should be treated as an attack from Iran.
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That means maintaining discipline in the Iraqi army and holding the Shiite militias in check.
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The militias captured Tal Afar's airport, on the outskirts of the town, earlier this year.
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"It is not a unity government, just a rebranding of Misratan militias," says Mr Pack.
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In the city of Tikrit, the government deployed Shiite militias to help the army's forces.
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The United States should withhold support if these militias take part in the Mosul operation.
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Troops from the United Nations mission opened fire to repel the militias, a witness said.
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It will also expose American troops to attack by pro-Turkish and pro-Iran militias.
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His Libyan National Army is, in fact, a coalition of militias and regular army units.
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Russia and Iran forged ties with pro-regime militias, which in turn built economic fiefs.
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In the '90s, the Michigan Militia claimed 103,000 members and inspired militias throughout the country.
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The militias did not include formal army troops, but they flew the Syrian government flag.
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Mr. Erdogan, for his part, demanded that the U.S. end its support for Kurdish militias.
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Iraqi officials this week warned the Iran-linked militias to refrain from provoking the Americans.
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The Trump administration blamed Shiite militias tied to Iran for the rocket attacks in Basra.
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It was instead home to anti-Assad militias and at least one C.I.A.-trained group.
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Bashir's government denied allegations that the militias had burned villages and raped and executed civilians.
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The affected provinces, North Kivu and Ituri, are a conflict zone, rife with armed militias.
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During his 27 years as a congressman, Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly supported death squads and militias.
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It wouldn't be a principal sponsor for militias and terrorist groups throughout the Middle East.
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Inevitably, the militias are even more corruptible and less accountable than the police they replaced.
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Although the militias may be armed and trained by Iran, the militia members are Iraqis.
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Nujaba, which has about 10,000 fighters, is one of the most important militias in Iraq.
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Vigilante groups of local residents formed militias to hunt down any refugees who got through.
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The political faction that represents these militias hopes to choose the next prime minister candidate.
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Italy has been accused of paying off militias in Libya to keep migrants at bay.
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Taking a cue from the president, right-wing militias now have antifa in their sights.
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The latest revelations come days after Iran-backed militias attacked the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
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Mr. de Merode argues that jobs would prevent idle, poor young men from joining militias.
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But Iran-affiliated militias in Iraq also appeared willing to take advantage of the moment.
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It's not unusual for their leaders to have small, heavily armed private militias protecting them.
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It also drew sharp criticism and serious threats of reprisals from Iraq's Iranian-backed militias.
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Some of the attacks hit the town of Derna, a base of several Islamist militias.
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Such a zone would also be a bulwark against Iranian-backed militias in Northern Iraq.
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U.S.-backed Iraqi government forces and Iranian-supported Shi'ite militias retook the region last year.
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The government tried to keep the militias out of Falluja to avoid antagonizing Sunni residents.
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It has since been under a tight siege by Syrian army and pro-government militias.
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Both militias offer political support to Somalia's U.N.-backed government, based in the capital Mogadishu.
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These have corroded the Afghan army and permeate the Afghan police and anti-Taliban militias.
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Fighting has continued between General Hifter's forces and militias loosely affiliated with Mr. Sarraj's government.
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Fighting has continued between General Hifter's forces and militias loosely affiliated with Mr. Sarraj's government.
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But those militias, backed by intelligence contractors, have repeatedly been accused of violence against civilians.
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From the militias' point of view, all Sunni civilians are potential ISIS recruits and collaborators.
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The orchard owners use that money to fund militias that guard and police the town.
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The militias deny carrying out such attacks, saying any incidents were isolated and not systematic.
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Meanwhile, there is already friction between the Iraqi security forces and Shia militias, Sunni militias and other smaller fighting forces; reports of summary executions on civilians liberated from ISIS control have already surfaced, threatening to pit Shia armed troops against Sunni and Kurdish troops.
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He said Iraqi forces coordinate with both the Syrian army, which is backed by Russia, Iran and Iran-backed Shi'ite militias, and the U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias known as the Syrian Democratic Forces opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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He can order the Treasury Department to draw up new sanctions on Iran-backed militias in Syria, and ask the State Department to designate these militias as foreign terror organizations based on their clear ties to Hezbollah and various Iran-backed Iraqi terror groups.
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" In a news conference on Sunday with Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Tillerson said that "Iranian militias that are in Iraq, now that the fight against Daesh and ISIS is coming to a close, those militias need to go home.
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Some residents say Iranian-backed local militias now hold sway in strategically located southern Syria, bordering Jordan and Israel's Golan Heights to the west, and that the militias act with impunity since the central government is too weak to impose its authority on the area.
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Then militias refused to disarm, neighbors fanned a civil war, and the Islamic State found refuge.
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Amman is concerned about the expanding influence of Tehran-backed militias in southern Syria, diplomats say.
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Iranian support for Shia militias during the Iraq War after 2005 is a prime example here.
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It's now virtually deserted but for the Iraqi army units and Iranian-backed, majority-Shiite militias.
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The campaign involves a 100,000-strong force of Iraqi troops, Shi'ite militias and Sunni tribal fighters.
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The new government, though ostensibly backed by some powerful militias, has failed to gain broad support.
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He has since called in the army and militias, imposed curfews and cut off the internet.
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Malian authorities have come under fire for failing to disarm militias or beat back Islamist insurgents.
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The area is a bastion of Iranian-backed militias including Hezbollah, according to Western intelligence sources.
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For the most part, though, Shia militias have avoided entering Mosul or attacking its Sunni citizens.
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The same gangs still operate, much like the clan-based militias that plague Somalia on land.
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Some told him they wished he was dead, or that militias had never supported his family.
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Our politicians and militias are stooges for Iran, they gave them import licences for all this.
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During the Fox News interview aired Monday, Bolsonaro brushed off allegations linking him to Rio's militias.
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As a congressman, Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's populist president, defended militias, though he is more careful now.
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Houthi militias had "nothing to do with this act," the Houthi-affiliated SABA news agency reported.
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Iraq's Sunnis must fight both Islamic State terrorists and Iraqi government-backed Shi'ite militias, he said.
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In Iraq, Iran backs several Shi'ite Muslim militias which have positions close to U.S. military installations.
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Davutoglu said Syria's government, which he accused of backing Syrian Kurdish militias, is also to blame.
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Revenge killings, often by local militias or police, have followed, pushing the death toll still higher.
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Local Sunni soldiers patrol the centre of Fallujah, while Shia militias stay on the city's outskirts.
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In Libya, human-rights advocates warn that the militias holding back migrants also engage in trafficking.
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Militias have repeatedly taken advantage of the power vacuums that have emerged after Islamic State defeats.
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Militias from the port city of Misrata are deploying to Tripoli to counter the LNA's advance.
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The peshmerga, Iraqi military and Shi'ite Muslim militias joined forces to defeat Islamic State in 2017.
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He has been aided by Russia's air force and Iran-backed Shi'ite militias including Lebanon's Hezbollah.
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At the extreme, militias, drug cartels and others are using commercial and consumer drones as weapons.
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The toll for November includes Iraqi army, police in combat, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and allied militias.
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Twenty-eight hundred more urban "militias" registered themselves, and over 0.43,000 guerrillas were released from prison.
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Iraq's Shiite militias now have their own TV stations, construction businesses, and even sponsor soccer clubs.
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Like the Underground Resistances and Techno Militias that populate the history of Detroit, the Radio Dept.
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Local officials blamed the Shi'ite militias for one of the incidents, but Iran has not commented.
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Or with having to deal with a Baghdad government beholden to Tehran and its Shi'ite militias.
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But years of underfunding and destruction by militias had forced it to focus on damaged infrastructure.
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Worse yet, Iran went as far as firing missiles at U.S. Navy destroyers via Houthi militias.
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Militias are on the rise again, and some say they are a potential domestic terrorism threat.
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Some of these guns leak into local bazaars, or are seized when militias capture government arsenals.
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Mr Haftar's forces and militias from Zintan have the ability to cut off pipelines further south.
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It may all be just bluster, but recent precedent shows militias engaged in just such confrontations.
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Israel has threatened Assad about the presence of Iranian-backed militias and Iranian bases in Syria.
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Clashes between militias loyal to Saleh and Houthi gunmen have worsened an already grave humanitarian situation.
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But he, too, is deeply suspicious of the Misurata militias, because they are dominated by Islamists.
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Now Baghdad has suppressed the protests with Iranian-backed militias and the U.S.-trained Iraqi army.
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In some European countries, we see armed militias making a comeback to protect villages from migrants.
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The nearest military activity involving the Houthi militias was more than 35 miles away, he said.
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U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces and tribal militias and moderate opposition groups in Syria have contributed.
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Sudanese government forces, assisted by nomadic militias known as the janjaweed, continued their "scorched earth" campaign.
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In recent weeks, Syria's government and Iranian-backed militias have stepped up attacks in the city.
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They were controlled by Kurds, various Christian and Shia militias, as well as the Iraqi army.
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In Iraq, that meant the official Iraqi army as well as tribal leaders and Shia militias.
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The militias and the Baghdad government say any such abuses were isolated incidents and not widespread.
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Syria is in collapse, with Iran, its militias and jihadist terrorist groups roaming the country freely.
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The areas are controlled by Shi'ite militias, including Kata'ib Hezbollah, one of the closest to Iran.
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In February militias backed by American air strikes destroyed its base in Sabratha, in the west.
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Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011 and the civil war among competing militias that has continued since.
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The Kurdish militias have clashed previously with rebels in Aleppo, who shelled the Sheikh Maksoud area.
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Some say they have received death threats and had land seized by armed pro-government militias.
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And the first two modern-day militias were the Michigan Militia and the Militia of Montana.
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Some people were fearful of the terrorism that it was allegedly inciting, so they left militias.
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The city of Aleppo, Syria's largest, is now nearly surrounded by regime forces and allied militias.
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Khalifa Hifter, the military strongman whose forces routed the last Islamist militias from Benghazi in December.
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The bands of right-wing Hindus who seize the cows are operating essentially as private militias.
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Iranian proxy militias could also decide to attack American troops in Iraq if talks fall apart.
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Along with federal, local and state law enforcement, we are well beyond the need for militias.
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These provinces are plagued with marauding militias who continually battle in an anarchic state of affairs.
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"This is a liberation," Mr. Tammo said of the departure of the Kurdish militias from Afrin.
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This army also created and oversees militias that are major players in the behemoth meth business.
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Some have asked aid workers where they were when militias were carrying out massacres of civilians.
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Last month, the Kurdish-led militias captured a major natural gas field upstream of Sunday's advance.
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When the fight against ISIS subsided, the militias showed little inclination to disarm and go home.
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Several times, rival militias have formed coalitions that later fragmented, pitting former allies against each other.
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Iran has deepened its ties with militias in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, undercutting their governments.
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In addition, many villages have their own Mai Mai, a catchall word for self-defense militias.
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The regime should invest in its own people instead of bankrolling dictators, terrorists, missiles and militias.
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Terrorists have capitalized on and inflamed the breaches, which often pit local militias against one another.
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The Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), the umbrella grouping of mostly Shi'ite militias, numbers around 150,000 men.
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But in 2017, the government decided to disband the militias and stopped making payments to them.
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Even the Afghan government has worked through local militias and warlords whose existence undermines its authority.
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In Syria, the American government is working with Syrian Kurdish militias whom Turkey views as terrorists.
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The American decision to ally with Kurdish militias set the stage for Turkey's invasion this week.
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Outside the detention center, militias patrolled the streets in pickup trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns.
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Militias it supports have allegedly executed Kurdish civilians and, according to Foreign Policy, freed ISIS captives.
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TRIPOLI, Libya — Russia has sent hundreds of mercenaries to back militias laying siege to Libya's capital.
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Roads controlled by Somali national forces or militias feature many unpredictable fees and robberies are frequent.
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There, powerful drug gangs and paramilitary militias battle each other for turf, while all confront police.
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It brings to mind militias in rural areas, or unhinged preppers posting conspiracy theories on YouTube.
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Steamships were the engines of European civilization, bearing merchants, missionaries and militias into Africa's uncolonized interior.
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Elsewhere, the Italian government has struck deals with smuggling militias to cut human trafficking to Europe.
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The general used the same strategy to empower a network of proxy shi'a militias in Iraq.
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Finally, in Iraq, Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militias have pushed west to the border with Syria.
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The Badr Organization, or the Badr Brigade, is one of the largest militias within the PMF.
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On New Year's Eve, Shiite militias and their supporters stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad.
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Turkey, which has cast the Kurdish militias as terrorists, has vociferously objected to such a move.
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About 400 people in Basra protested against the air strikes, demonstrating in support of the militias.
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Some of this money made its way to militias like Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis' Kataib Hezbollah.
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Mr. Shahlai was known as a main organizer of financing for Shiite militias in the region.
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Anti-government protestors initially blamed supporters of Iran-backed Iraqi militias, which have attacked past protests.
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In Syria "Iran brings its militias, supports (heavily-armed Lebanese Shi'ite group) Hezbollah," Le Drian said.
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A Pentagon program supports other rebel groups working with Kurdish militias to fight the Islamic State.
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Assad is backed in the war by Russia's air force, Iran and Shi'ite militias including Hezbollah.
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Some say they have received death threats and had land seized by armed pro-government militias.
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The army and allied militias there have retaken most of the eastern half of the city.
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She suffered repeated rapes at the hands of her jailers, who she says were Libyan militias.
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Iranian-backed militias, led by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, poured thousands of fighters into the city.
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Iran-backed Shi'ite militias, including Hezbollah, have helped Damascus regain control of swathes of the country.
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Mohamed Sharif was a student in Mogadishu, Somalia, an urban war zone terrorized by rival militias.
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The areas are controlled by Shi'ite militias, including Kata'ib Hezbollah, one of the closest to Iran.
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In Syria, American-backed militias have surrounded Raqqa, the group's capital, and breached its historic walls.
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"I do not think that paying militias is a solution in the long run," Prince said.
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Iraq's Iranian-backed militias have increasingly posed a problem for both Iraq and the United States.
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The senior U.S. official said Abadi has pledged to bring the militias under Baghdad's control himself.
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Iran-backed militias sowed "terrorism and sectarian strife" between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, the communique said.
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And we were following the fighting in northern Syria, where Turkey attacked U.S.-backed Kurdish militias.
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Scenes of tent cities, terrorist blasts, and rebel militias are also presented with ground-level clarity.
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This helped Tehran attract Shia militias from Iraq and Lebanon that would fight for Iranian interests.
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The Iraqi state budget allocated $1 billion for the militias during the war with Islamic State.
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In Iraq, Tehran backs several Shi'ite Muslim militias which have positions close to U.S. military installations.
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Not only did Russia invade Ukraine, snatching the Crimean peninsula and backing militias fighting the government in Kiev, but Western powers did little other than impose sanctions on Russia and consider, though not follow through on, sending arms to Ukraine to fend off pro-Kremlin militias.
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Falluja: Years of battle Iran-trained Shia fighters The forces participating in the offensive are a mix of Iraqi army, police, anti-terrorism units, Sunni tribal militias and what are known as the Popular Mobilization Units, or PMU -- Shia-dominated militias well-armed and trained by Iran.
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Crops are destroyed, and African farmers have been beaten, abducted and murdered by Arab militias and settlers.
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This is despite the signing of a peace agreement by almost all of the country's armed militias.
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He should also equip Sunni militias with heavy weapons and appoint them guardians of their embattled communities.
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U.S. forces have deployed in areas held by Kurdish-led militias during the fight against Islamic State.
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Oil production facilities have been hit over the years by terrorist attacks and takeovers by warring militias.
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Although most of the militias were disbanded, little effort was made to reintegrate their members into society.
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In a bloody escalation of urban warfare, renegade militias have overthrown the HAP party of the DRS.
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The U.S. military has accused Iran of stoking violence in Iraq by funding, training and equipping militias.
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"It is too late for dialogue now," says a former fighter with one of the separatist militias.
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They burned six plantations and fought off white militias for a week before the rebellion was ended.
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Training up Libyan coastguards, a good idea in theory, may prove ineffective; they may belong to militias.
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According to officials, the clashes erupted when Shiite militias attacked a house belonging to a Peshmerga officer.
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A Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against Houthi militias, who are aligned with Iran.
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Rebel factions have already accused the army and Iranian-backed militias of ceasefire violations in Eastern Ghouta.
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The Shia militias ruling his home town in Diyala province, he says, won't give him a permit.
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In the Central African Republic, clashes between Muslim and Christian militias have resulted in thousands of deaths.
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The militias have also been accused of a host of abuses, including kidnappings and sectarian revenge killings.
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Taken together this amounts to asking Iran to change its entire security doctrine of backing Shia militias.
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Brazil's heavily armed drug gangs and paramilitary militias easily get weapons smuggled over the country's porous borders.
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Much of the rest of the capital is already divvied up between 100 or so other militias.
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The protesters' anger has been increasingly directed at political parties with ties to Iran and their militias.
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As it turned out, Korean militias played an important role in kicking the Japanese out in 1945.
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Armed militias regularly pressure distributors to divert power supplies to their own neighbourhoods leaving others without electricity.
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And now that ISIS has been effectively decimated, YPG militias are freed up for operations against Turkey.
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"Iran has created a Frankenstein with the Shi'ite militias in Iraq," said the Western diplomat in Beirut.
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This gave little incentive to the Kurdish militias to join in the fight against the Assad government.
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The militias are so brutal and ill-disciplined that they almost certainly increase support for the jihadists.
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Militias, which are backed by the army, and ethnic armed groups, which are not, control these areas.
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Mr Serraj, in turn, reportedly struck deals with the militias and brought them onto the government payroll.
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The federal government has taken decisive steps to combat organised crime in general and militias in particular.
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The militias in Rio de Janeiro emerged to combat drug gangs in the city's violent hillside favelas.
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The Syrian army — supported by Russian air power and Iran-backed militias — secured al-Sukhna this month.
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As the war winds down, he should start demobilising Shia militias and absorbing some into Iraqi units.
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Urged on by Iran, Iraq and its various state-financed Shia militias could take the other side.
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An earlier report that said militias are in full control of the city has been knocked down.
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The Taif agreement that ended Lebanon's long civil war in 1989 disarmed all sectarian militias bar Hizbullah's.
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Iran has trained and armed Shi'ite militias collectively known as Popular Mobilization forces to counter Islamic State.
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Somalia may have been brought to its knees by decades of dictatorship, civil war, clan militias, etc.
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Iranian forces and the militias they back played a crucial role defeating IS in Iraq and Syria.
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Regional militias, like the one that attacked the US consulate in Benghazi that September, grew in influence.
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Hariri, alas, was killed by a car-bomb in 2005 after calling on Lebanon's militias to disarm.
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The Shia militias, meanwhile, have pledged allegiance to the Iraqi government despite maintaining worrying links to Iran.
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Kurdish and Shia militias have provided the manpower that the ISF lacked before the rise of ISIS.
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Efforts to contain it have been undermined by mistrust of health workers and violence by armed militias.
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Much of the DRC is embroiled in violence, with constant conflict between rebel militias and the government.
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Iran proliferates them to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iraqi and Syrian militias.
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Some U.S. officials then perceived him as a weak leader who needed the backing of the militias.
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Erdogan is determined that Turkish-backed rebels capture the city to prevent Kurdish militias from doing so.
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Kagame was also accused of arming anti-government militias such as the M23 rebels in eastern DRC.
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The RSF grew out of Arab militias accused of committing atrocities in the western state of Darfur.
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Thousands of Syrians are slowly starving, living under sieges imposed by their own government and allied militias.
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It fears Shi'ite militias, which on Saturday joined the offensive west of Mosul, will provoke ethnic bloodletting.
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U.S. intelligence had showed militias positioning rockets near bases housing U.S. forces, according to Iraqi security sources.
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Russia has also stepped into negotiations with militias in CAR, adding to Western misgivings about its presence.
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In Mosul, it is religious authorities, not militias, that are seeking property, particularly older shrines and mosques.
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The militias, in turn, perceive in continued American involvement in Iraq a plan to partition the country.
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The fighting exposes the GNA's vulnerability to militias that gained influence during and after Libya's 2011 uprising.
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It spawned competing sectarian and ethnic militias which jostled to dominate the Middle East after the Ottomans.
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Soldiers from the African Union, a continental organization, battled against them, with help from Somali clan militias.
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But given the coming fight likely with the Iranian-backed Shiite militias, U.S. aid must be accelerated.
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They question the allegiances of the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Shiite militias controlling their Sunni-majority city.
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Many of these militias once fought the United States, and some of their leaders were considered terrorists.
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Late Monday, pro-government militias stormed though camps for the displaced, searching for jihadist supporters, activists said.
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That means private, unregulated and unauthorized militias -- operating wholly outside public accountability -- are prohibited by state law.
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By then, however, the Jewish community had organised itself, forming militias, a parliament and a nascent government.
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Such visions are often, it seems, accompanied by torch wielding men and border militias with attack dogs.
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"We will not distinguish between attacks from Shia militias in #Iraq & the #IRGC that controls them," Sen.
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When hundreds of pro-regime forces attacked U.S.-backed militias, matters could have spun out of control.
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"Local officials and leaders secured this agreement with the militias with the U.N.'s blessing," he said.
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"The militias of treason are finished and their leader has been killed," it said in a statement.
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But within three days, the site was appropriated and occupied by the dominant sectarian parties and militias.
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Iran is pushing even Iraqi militias aligned with Tehran to threaten to exit the U.S. with violence.
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In the United States, many local militias are armed and have taken issue with some government policies.
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In Syria, Iran is embedding Shia militias, some of which come from as far away as Pakistan.
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In the past, militias have stormed government buildings, attacked parliament and even briefly kidnapped a prime minister.
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In turn, Turkish forces and pro-Turkey militias in Syria stormed the now-unprotected Kurdish-held areas.
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Shiite militias, feeling they deserve credit for "defeating" ISIS, are loath to leave Sunni and Yezidi areas.
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A small military force armed with machine guns could handily defeat African militias with spears and rifles.
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The country is currently split between governments in the east and west and an array of militias.
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The parts were then allegedly sent to Shia militias in Iraq and used in improvised explosive devices.
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Amnesty International reported Tuesday that the Emirates are "recklessly" providing Yemeni militias with U.S. and European arms.
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Since then the militias have become more assertive, riding around cities in vehicles flying their own flags.
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Sadr sees the militias as a threat to his role as a kingmaker in Iraq's turbulent politics.
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Israel wants Iranian forces, Hezbollah and pro-Iranian Shia militias out of Syria in any future deal.
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The militias report to Iraq's prime minister, who is a Shi'ite under the country's unofficial governance system.
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The area is a bastion of Iranian-backed militias including Hezbollah group, according to Western intelligence sources.
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Many of the strongmen control their own armed militias and are complicit in serious human rights violations.
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The C.I.A. has also used members of these indigenous militias to develop informant networks and collect intelligence.
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Five members of the Popular Mobilization militias were wounded as well, according to the Iraqi Joint Command.
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Some of those parties, as well as some militias, are supported by Iran, which is majority Shiites.
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But in the Trump era, militias are making headlines again, and memories are flooding back with them.
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The Turkish president, for his part, demanded that the United States end its support for Kurdish militias.
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Those militias are now under the Iraqi government's command, but a few have deep ties to Iran.
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The emergence of militias and the near-collapse of the Congolese state resulted in a protracted struggle.
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If it does, it will be in direct conflict with Russia, Iran, Syria, and hostile Shia militias.
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Iranian-backed militias were crucial in both operations, and intense Russian airstrikes also assisted the Syrian government.
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Many Kurdish civilians would likely flee the area if the Kurdish militias lose control of northern Syria.
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There are about 30 militias in Iraq with at least 125,000 active-duty fighters and varying loyalties.
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Iran-backed militias operating in Iraq, however, have launched dozens of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops.
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But they also note that criminals and militias are behind at least some of the recent attacks.
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But those Kurdish militias are allied with American Special Forces, which said they would resist any attack.
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Administration officials are looking to force Iran to withdraw its troops and militias it supports in Syria.
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Iranian-backed militias have been some of the most active frontline troops fighting against the Islamic State.
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But so far, power in Tripoli and Western Libya remains divided among rival local or Islamist militias.
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Iraqi troops, including Shiite Muslim militias incorporated into Iraq's armed forces, are already in the Kirkuk area.
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In the distance were the hills where she spent nine days running from soldiers and Buddhist militias.
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The U.S. and Iranian-backed militias have engaged in a series of escalating confrontations in recent weeks.
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"When militias start getting formed I'm going after government officials when I have a team," he wrote.
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The people there said they had come to block the entry of colectivos, or government-aligned militias.
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"Some of the terrorists are now in Tripoli and hiding in the militias there," the spokesman, Col.
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And four years after the battle against the Islamic State officially ended, the Iranian-backed militias remain.
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He did not provide a breakdown of how many of them came from militias tied to Iran.
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While the coalition forces held back on the battlefield to evacuate civilians, the Shia militias would not.
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Soleimani had built up proxy militias abroad, creating an arc of Iranian influence across the Middle East.
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They speak a variety of languages, and some groups have formed their own militias, which sometimes clash.
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Our fighting force is prepared to meet & overcome threats from malign actors, including Iran & its proxy militias.
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"Because he sees when militias come to my home, they come with the weapons," Mr. Lalqaraghuli said.
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Iran's government supports militias that attack Saudi territory and undermine the internationally recognized central government of Yemen.
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For an Iraqi security apparatus marbled through with Iran-backed militias, these were acts to be avenged.
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They have fought Islamic State militants alongside Iraqi government forces, which include Shiite militias supported by Iran.
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In Iraq, Iran has redeployed militias originally formed to battle American troops to fight the Islamic State.
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The government has deployed violence-prone plainclothes militias to discourage more demonstrators from pouring onto the streets.
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It will be more dangerous for U.S. troops in Afghanistan where Shia militias have become more active.
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The Iraqi government in Baghdad relied heavily on those Iranian-backed militias in the fight against ISIS.
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The Iran-backed Iraqi militias in recent months have once again begun to threaten or attack Americans.
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In Syria, the rebellion against Bashar al-Assad was also falling into the hands of Islamist militias.
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The militias that fight over Yemen's land must be replaced by the exclusive authority of the state.
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With authority fragmented, there was little effective crime fighting and some militias even participated in criminal networks.
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That in itself is notable, as Iran often targets the U.S. through proxy militias beyond its borders.
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Saudi Arabia, ruled by a Sunni Muslim monarchy, accuses Iran of weakening Arab states by funding militias.
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Iran and Turkey oppose Kurdish independence and Shi'ite militias funded by Tehran are gaining influence across Iraq.
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The militias report to Iraq's prime minister, who is a Shi'ite under the country's unofficial governance system.
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He said he gets frequent death threats from both the Sunni Islamic State and the Shi'ite militias.
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American volunteer fighting ISIS with the Kurdish militias caught his first pokeman on the Mosul front line.
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Amid violence by militias and mobs on both sides, huge numbers of Jews and Arabs were displaced.
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Erdoğan is furious at the U.S.'s decision this month to directly arm Kurdish militias in Syria.
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Kata'ib Hezbollah is part of a group of Iraqi militias collectively known as Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).
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Elissa Slotkin, a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst who worked in Iraq focusing on Iranian-backed militias.
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More recently, Iran-backed militias in Iraq have conducted numerous rocket attacks on bases hosting US forces.
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President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's government has vowed to disarm the militias but has struggled to do so.
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And one of Iran's top military leaders reportedly told militias in Iraq to prepare for a war.
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In December, U.S. airstrikes and militias aligned with the Government of National Accord, drove ISIS from Sirte.
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Although these militias vary in terms of the nature of the ideological commitment and receive a range of military and economic support from the Iranian regime, it's clear that Iran has succeeded in broadening and deepening its network of militias in the region over the last five years.
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"Iranian militias that are in Iraq, now that the fight against Daesh and [the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)] is coming to a close, those militias need to go home," Tillerson said during a joint press conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh.
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She pressed for a secret American program that supplied arms to rebel militias, an effort never before confirmed.
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Libya is split between rival governments in the east and west, each backed by an array of militias.
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Tehran has vast sway over the government, led by fellow Shi'ites, and trains and funds powerful Shi'ite militias.
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As those sides and local militias jostled for power, ISIS saw an opportunity to claim territory for itself.
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There was the rise of the insurgency, al Qaeda in Iraq, Shia militias, the sectarian bloodletting, and ISIS.
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The Basra headquarters for many of the militias also were burned down in the course of the week.
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Some US-backed militias have fought the Syrian government, but US troops were there to help defeat ISIS.
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The area first came under scrutiny after a confrontation between US forces and pro-regime militias last June.
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The deal requires Kurdish militias to withdraw from a "safe zone," but that zone hasn't been properly defined.
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Violence erupted again in 2013 when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted Bozize, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militias.
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Many might yet cling to IS, fearful of revenge attacks at the hands of Shia or Yazidi militias.
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The government called them Popular Mobilization Units (PMUs), but few recognize them as anything other than Shia militias.
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In Iraq, meanwhile, Iranian-backed militias are fighting alongside American-supported Iraqi security forces against Islamic State (IS).
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Iran backs a number of Iraqi Shi'ite militias which have grown more powerful after helping defeat Islamic State.
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Many Misurata residents — and the city's militias — despise Hifter and view him as another dictator in the making.
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Calling on anti-government militias to stand up to "militarized federal agents" is "an excellent tactic," Hunt said.
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The Syrian army is backed by Russian war planes and Lebanese and Iraqi Shi'ite militias supported by Iran.
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At the start, ISIS was better equipped, and the Kurdish militias in Kobane were essentially surrounded by ISIS.
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But few investors dare inject money into a country where sheikhs and militias wield more influence than judges.
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One trick is not always to deploy the navy, but the coastguard and "maritime militias", when intimidating neighbours.
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To reclaim rebel-held areas, he will need to rely heavily on Shia militias from Iran and Iraq.
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Iran has a record of subversive action and supporting allied militias in the region—and of attacking shipping.
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Unlike drug-traffickers, who also control plenty of neighbourhoods in Rio, militias have close connections to the state.
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Neighboring Turkey has said the truce does not cover Syrian Kurdish militias it considers to be terrorist organizations.
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"Militias can give protection to anyone so it has become easy to get into the business," Monzini said.
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There are no citizen militias that can take on the US military, as much as they may try.
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And he might add the Peshmerga to the Iraqi government's payroll, as was done for the Shia militias.
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Turkey said it would launch a new offensive in Syria against Kurdish militias that are backed by America.
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In an age of asymmetric warfare against militias rather than states, the IDF produces few obvious military heroes.
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More recently, it has allowed Shia militias backed by Iran to set up camp on the Saudi border.
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Under Poroshenko the army, backed by volunteer militias, pushed the separatists out of several towns and contained them.
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However much the militias have improved the Iraqi government's ability to fight ISIS, their loyalty remains in question.
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The Druze, followers of an esoteric offshoot of Islam, have kept their own local militias in the area.
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The hideously complicated patchwork of alliances, both national and local, meant villages were attacked repeatedly by different militias.
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Somalia has been in turmoil since 1991, hit by decades of conflict at the hands of clan militias.
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Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, which has about 10,000 fighters, is one of the most important militias in Iraq.
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"The southern forces are maybe 60,000 when you factor in tribal forces and other militias," Bin Fareed said.
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The RSF grew out of Arab militias accused of carrying out atrocities in Sudan's western region of Darfur.
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Since December, security forces have stepped up military operations against Kurdish youth militias involved in urban warfare there.
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To date, encounters with Assad regime forces and the Iranian-backed militias have been characterized as self-defense.
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If that sparks fighting it could split Somalia's security forces, which are composed mostly of clan-based militias.
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Libya remains fertile ground for traffickers as local militias and a rival government in Tobruk compete for power.
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Iranian backed militias are entrenched in the vast desert area around the zone, according to regional intelligence sources.
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Then the Syrian army -- backed by pro-Iranian militias and supported by controversial Russian air strikes -- broke through.
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The Russian-backed Syrian army and allied militias then crossed into Raqqa province this week from neighboring Aleppo.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, backed by Russia, Iran and Shi'ite militias, is attending the Geneva talks.
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Law enforcement seems particularly afraid of militias, and that's unsurprising considering they're the likeliest targets of militia gunfire.
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Mr Serraj, a businessman with little political experience, has received pledges of support from several militias and municipalities.
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As national institutions have been split and weakened, militias and criminal networks have infiltrated and sometimes controlled them.
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The Nujaba group, which has about 10,000 fighters, is now one of the most important militias in Iraq.
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Iran and Turkey are training, arming and directing rival Kurdish militias, say Kurdish intelligence chiefs from both sides.
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Backed by Iran, the militias fear an independent Kurdistan would split Iraq, giving them and Tehran less influence.
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Several militias under the SDF banner pledged support to Jarablus Military Council after it reported the Turkish bombing.
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By the end of the day, those militias had managed to expel the Islamic State fighters from Teleskof.
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And new ones have recently sprung up, like the militias in the Nyunzu area that have killed hundreds.
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That marginalization and revenge attacks by Shi'ite militias were seen as contributing to the rise of Islamic State.
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We've trained with people of all races and even religious beliefs before ... Are there racist militias out there?
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The SDF has accepted pro-regime militias into its ranks and has been arresting vocal anti-Assad activists.
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Turkey considers the Kurdish militias in Syria a threat, saying they are allied with Kurdish insurgents in Turkey.
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The Syrian army and pro-government militias have been seeking in recent days to gain new ground there.
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In the ensuing weeks, Houthi militias also stepped up their attacks across the border, using rockets and missiles.
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As Sunni governments collapsed and Sunni militias turned to jihadism, Riyadh would be left with few reliable proxies.
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First, the U.S. needs to continue to pressure the Iraq government to remove Shiite militias from the north.
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At the same time, Iran fueled the growth of Syrian pro-government militias, preferring to work with them.
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Turkey, with its military deployment in Iraq, has sought to counter the influence of Iran and its militias.
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" Warning against the involvement of the militias, he said, "They should be prepared for what they will face.
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Washington says Turkish attacks on Kurdish-aligned militias damage a U.S.-backed coalition that is fighting Islamic State.
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It is clear that the current U.S. administration has a consistent attitude towards non-state actors and militias.
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His militias were accused by human rights groups of atrocities including burning villages and raping and killing civilians.
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Although, the armed militias that were here -- many were warriors who fought Gadhafi's regime -- did make things harder.
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But now they stay away, fearing arrest by the predatory militias that prowl the streets of the capital.
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As rebels rallied around Sunni Islamist slogans, Assad drew on allies including Shi'ite Islamist militias backed by Iran.
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Turkey has not agreed any truce with Kurdish militias in Syria, spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told a news conference.
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Shia militias, which were funded by the Iraqi government to fight ISIS, have threatened to retake the city.
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Local militias were engaged in battles elsewhere, so the city was vulnerable to the advance of British troops.
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In order to do so, he travels to the place where it all began: the Michigan State militias.
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The monitoring group estimated 14 of those killed were fighters from militias loyal to Bashar al Assad's government.
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In a 2012 massacre, numerous witnesses reported at the time, hundreds were killed with knives by government militias.
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In recent weeks, militias aligned with the government have made significant progress in taking back territory from ISIS.
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One of the most pressing tasks is the establishment of legitimate security forces, which will require dismantling militias.
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The militias' supporters denied reports that American or British special forces had joined the final push into Surt.
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It said the fighters were likely "Mai Mai" self-defense groups - militias originally created to resist Rwandan invasions.
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Televised images showed police shooting unarmed protesters, and pro-government militias assaulting pensioners and students with baseball bats.
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At times there has been Christian-Muslim fighting, but these days the militias are less ideological than entrepreneurial.
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Over the weekend, Turkish troops launched an aerial and ground assault on American-allied Kurdish militias in Syria.
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Videos uploaded on social media by citizen journalists clearly showed Emirati-manufactured military gear deployed by Sudanese militias.
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It is building Shiite shrines and strengthening Shiite militias that it hopes to use as leverage against Israel.
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Some soldiers in the historically secular Syrian army have become more religious after joining Iran-backed Shiite militias.
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They included Arab militias that oppose the Syrian government and did not want to live under its rule.
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But militias with varying political and economic objectives have continued to destabilize the country, especially the eastern provinces.
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"Governor Noor had brought some of the groups under control — the thieves, the irresponsible militias," Mr. Shuja said.
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An Afghan commando was killed; another commando and two pro-government militias were wounded in the fighting. Nov.
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This summer, Mr. McGurk was the target of assassination threats from Iranian-backed militias and demonstrators in Iraq.
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The perpetrators were rebels believed to be linked to ethnic Hutu militias involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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Security forces and pro-government militias created uncounted makeshift dungeons at schools, stadiums, offices, military bases and checkpoints.
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But beneath the calm is a town under tightfisted control, enforced by militias accountable only to their paymasters.
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The Iranian-backed militias are also in control of large stretches of the frontier on the Iraqi side.
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Muammar el-Qaddafi, with two competing governments backed by militias scrambling for control of the oil-producing country.
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Rebel militias, like the Kachin Independence Army in Myanmar's north, have also been accused of using land mines.
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In Syria, government-allied militias swept into the northwestern town of Afrin, above, in support of Kurdish forces.
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The offensive has been reinforced by elite army units and Iranian-backed militias, the defectors and residents said.
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The sites targeted in Iraq are bases of Iranian-backed militias which may have been storing Iranian missiles.
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Iran has built and continues to back powerful militias with thousands of fighters it has trained in Syria.
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It is these militias, which could have as many as 20,000 fighters, that give Iran its true muscle.
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But instead of leaving the country, he said, the militias appeared to be shifting their sights toward Israel.
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The region has better roads and water connections, but is more dangerous because many militias operate in it.
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" Pompeo added: "We've made clear that the Iraqi Shi'a militias are funded, trained and equipped by the Iranians.
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In a statement on Saturday, Mr. Jangi said all Shiite militias had left the city two days ago.
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Separatists in Cameroon's English-speaking regions have been fighting with government forces and government-backed militias for years.
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Demobilized soldiers, right-wing militias and fervent communists all fought for their competing visions of the postwar order.
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The pro-Iranian demonstrators were mostly from Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias.
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Pre-existing patronage networks have been shattered and replaced by semi-independent warlords, militias or local governing bodies.
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Led by politicians sympathetic to Iran, the Iraqi authorities tacitly allowed Iran-allied militias to attack the group.
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Nor do diplomats expect Iran to step back from its support for proxy militias or halt covert attacks.
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And in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, countless children serve in the militias.
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It had in its command a variety of militias that the Iraqi government did not have control over.
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He developed and shaped Shia militias as tools of Iranian coercion, leverage and intimidation in the Middle East.
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Many such militias are technically part of Iraq's security forces and are known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
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The Pentagon blames the militias for the deaths of more than 600 U.S. troops from 2003 to 2011.
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Ethnic militias, some with government support, carry out massacres, which have pushed more people into the militants' arms.
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How many Iranian tax dollars did you spend funding Suleimani's militias in Lebanon and Syria and Yemen today?
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The rally has drawn interest from militias and extremist groups across the country, raising security concerns in Richmond.
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As the news spreads, conspiracy theorists stoke violence against Resonants, militias establish covert internment camps and barricades arise.
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Iran-backed militias in Iraq have used mortars and rockets to attack bases where U.S. forces are located.
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It was the latest embarrassment in an often-politicized crackdown on militias in a country rife with them.
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The protest on Friday was extremely orchestrated and also had the support of Iran-backed militias in Iraq.
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Mr. Suleimani built this empire of militias while betting that America would steer clear of an outright confrontation.
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We heard that militias aligned with President Assad had attacked one of the convoys and killed four men.
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If they're responsible for the arming and training of these militias, we're going to go to the source.
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Israel already attacked the militias twice this past summer, and no doubt is prepared to do so again.
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It's unclear what this will mean in practice as there is no requirement for the militias to disarm.
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Iran is a key backer of the Assad regime, and its militias assisted in much of the fighting.
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Erdogan is determined that the Turkish-backed rebels capture the city to prevent Kurdish militias from doing so.
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Televised images showed police shooting unarmed protesters, and pro-government militias assaulting pensioners and students with baseball bats.
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Several migrants said that the Asma boys can belong to either criminal gangs, militias or the Libyan police.
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A complex matrix of links exists between the government and various militias who run some of the camps.
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That job leaves him vulnerable in Iraq, where influential Iranian-backed militias oppose the presence of U.S. troops.
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Their vulnerability leaves them open to accusations of spying, kidnapping for ransom and harassment from militias, Smith said.
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They live with armed militias, and the institutions are not clear as they are in the West Bank.
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The Venezuelan army has more than 100,85033 troops, and there are hundreds of thousands more within government militias.
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The militias, who have been a bulwark against Islamic State's advances, say they are protecting Iraq from terrorists.
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Sectarian parties plunder official resources to build up militias and buy support, while providing little for the people.
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They asked that their names not be published for fear of being targeted by security forces or militias.
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Meanwhile, Syrian Kurdish fighters have accused the Turkish-backed militias in Syria fighting them of committing war crimes.
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A statement by the YPG/YPJ, the Kurdish militias in the SDF, dedicated the victory to their leader.
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