militia

October 6, 2021

Iraq’s militias seek to consolidate political power in vote

BAGHDAD (AP) — Among the candidates running in Iraq’s general elections this week is a leader in one of the…

January 10, 2021

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq denounced on Saturday as “unacceptable” a US decision to blacklist the leader of a state umbrella…

March 5, 2019

(Reuters) – Qassem Soleimani’s role in a political crisis in Iran highlights the influence of the leader of the Revolutionary…

November 21, 2018

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya expects to end a long-running liquidity crisis by early 2019 as a foreign currency tax…

August 14, 2018

CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says it’s concerned over a Libyan militia forcing 1,900 displaced people out of…

August 29, 2017

Under a deal backed by Italy, Libya’s struggling government in Tripoli has paid militias implicated in trafficking to now prevent…

August 23, 2017

Thousands of Iranian-backed fighters in Syria’s central desert region are advancing east, bringing Tehran closer to its goal of securing…

February 21, 2015

Houthi militiamen opened fire on protesters in the central Yemeni city of Ibb on Saturday, killing one person and wounding…

January 22, 2015

The Yemeni cabinet tendered its resignation to President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on Thursday after a two-day siege of the prime…

March 2, 2014

Alexandria security claims to have arrested an armed group linked to the Muslim Brotherhood for committing acts of violence.