militant

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The kingdom intervened against the militant group a decade ago during Yemen’s civil war but later withdrew and reached a detente that lowered the risk of attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

The Puntland Forces managed to push IS-Somalia out of Bosaso at the start of 2025, but the militant group still controlled villages and small towns in the nearby al-Miskad mountains.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

A Rand report, Hezbollah’s Networks in Latin America, found that the militant group had a considerable network that was active in the Southern Hemisphere.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

The military had told residents of the Beirut suburbs as well as Lebanon's south -- both strongholds of Hezbollah -- to evacuate, warning of attacks against the militant group.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

She quickly rounded up a half dozen other militant students and within the hour, every blackboard on campus had scrawled on it: “Malcolm to speak, 12 noon, ice-cream-shop.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson