A Defense Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely with the media, said Friday that there were three attacks by Iran-backed militias on U.S. facilities in Iraq and Syria.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/11/17/israel-poised-to-expand-ground-offensive-beyond-northern-gaza-strip/

After the militias took items of value, civilians would pick apart the rest: furniture, tables, books, even the roofs of buildings.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202308100013.html

Almadaoji proposed plot to start a conflict within the United States by inciting violence between the federal government and anti-government militias.

Source: https://njtoday.news/2023/02/02/iraqi-born-us-citizen-gets-10-years-in-prison-in-plot-to-join-isis-trigger-maga/

Another, lesser-noted part of the agreement—the continuation, and possible deepening, of a fragile cease-fire in Yemen, where Iraqi- and Saudi-backed militias have been waging a deadly civil war—is an unequivocally positive step.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/china-iran-saudi-arabia-mediation.html?via=rss

A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen’s conflict in 2015, months after the Iran-backed Houthi militias seized the capital of Sanaa in 2014, forcing the internationally recognized government into exile in Saudi Arabia.

Source: https://wtop.com/world/2023/03/syria-hopes-iran-saudi-agreement-will-ease-regional-tension/

Bakhmut has suffered the heaviest fighting over the past few months, with tens of thousands of Russian soldiers, mercenary fighters and pro-Russian militias mobilised to capture it.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1731477/Ukraine-war-Russia-Vladimir-Putin-spring-offensive-shelling-eastern-Donbas

Entire villages and neighbourhoods there have been destroyed, civilians buried in mass graves and officials assassinated for their ethnic background by the RSF and allied Arab militias.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/sudan-conflict-mediation-peace-talks-6119807-Jul2023/

Footage appears to show low-flying Russian Su-34s dropping bombs on anti-Putin militias and missing the target, says reportbusinessinsider.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/15c786584dcd22ad?ref=ff

Fr. Elvis Mbangsi sustained fractures when the militias, suspected to be separatist fighters in Cameroon, shot him in both legs and the left hand in the Tuesday, September 26 incident.

Source: https://www.cameroononline.org/127644-2/

He believes his brother may have been targeted by local militias, or perhaps he tried to get to Europe.

Source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/we-only-ate-rice-for-a-week-yemeni-sudanese-refugees-struggle-to-survive-in-jordan/

He said, it is also important for the armed forces and the local militias to establish bases in the liberated areas to avoid the loss of those areas once again.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202301180037.html

His forces have been supported by clan militias, African Union troops, and the United States.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202301140137.html

Igor Girkin, a nationalist and former Federal Security Service officer who helped Russia annex Crimea in 2014 and then organize pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine, claimed “the number of dead and wounded runs into many hundreds.”

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/01/02/russian-fires-drone-stamped-with-happy-new-year-in-kyiv/

“Iran-backed militias have made 29 attacks against U.S. targets in Syria and Iraq just since October without any show of force by American forces,” Daftari explained.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/biden-on-back-foot-as-iran-proxies-hit-us-troops-in-syria-can-expect-more-not-less-attacks-2023-03-24.html

Iranian-backed militias from proxy groups have launched attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria, leading to fears a wider Middle Eastern war could explode.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1849440/iran-us-troop-attacks-israel-hamas-war-gaza

Israel also says it targets arms shipments believed to be bound for the militias.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/israel-missiles-western-city-masyaf-hama-province-syria-8491857/

It would be more Iran proxies, you know, like Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran-backed Shi’ia militias, but if Iran gets directly involved, then we would have to put them on the list,' he said.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12640643/US-draws-plans-use-military-force-Iran-enters-Israel-war-Congress-writes-legislation-ahead-necessary-Middle-East-conflict-intensifies.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Law enforcement can infiltrate and destroy violent militias, terror cells, and other threats, but that will not prevent unstable young men from searching for causes to justify their massacres—if they even bother with such ideas.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/lost-boys-violent-narcissism-angry-young-men/672886/?utm_source=feed

Locals report the army has stepped up efforts to reinforce such pro-junta ethnic militias in the region to challenge the opposition who control the area.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64935833?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Many Arab states, however, have remained adamantly opposed to Israel’s right to exist, joined since 1979 by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxy militias, notably Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/why-israel-is-judged-differently/2023/04/23/