armed

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Lebanon has condemned the attacks, saying they undermine its efforts to re-establish the state's exclusive control over armed groups' weapons.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Gen. Samaila Uba, spokesman for Nigeria’s armed forces, said in a release Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Born in 1970, Haddad assumed command of the armed wing in May last year following the killing of his immediate predecessor, also in an Israeli strike, according to a Hamas source.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Sinoguards provides armed guards to protect ships sailing out of Fujiarah and five other locations in Asia and Africa, according to its website.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein