militia
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"We have taken control of Mekelle and we are marching forward," a commander with a pro-government militia told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
One pro-government militia commander fighting in Tigray told the BBC that Eritrean soldiers were involved on the front lines.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
At age eighteen, he joined the Wiltshire militia in 1807.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
An “autodefensa,” or armed member of the town’s militia, checks a vehicle’s paperwork at one of the barricades erected to protect San Ángel Zurumucapio,.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The commander of the New Jersey state militia comes on the air.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
The rebels initially made advances in neighbouring Afar and Amhara states, working alongside local militias.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
But federal forces and pro-government militias have pushed them back and are heading north towards the capital, Mekelle, having seized the city's airport on Friday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
A previous confrontation in 2017 between those militias and Iraqi Kurdish forces, known as the peshmerga, ended with the Kurds having to back down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The U.S. conflict with Iran had already sparked a new war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah and pulled in Iraqi militias that had largely sat out three years of war in the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Often we were on the move at night, when it was cooler and harder for any militias that might be around to spot us.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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