Militia

US State Dept. offers $10m. reward for Hamidawi, leader of Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia

The US State Department offered up to $10 million for information on Ahmad al-Hamidawi, leader of Kataib Hezbollah, responsible for deadly attacks on US facilities and the kidnapping of US citizens.

Mourners march in the funeral of a Kataib Hezbollah terrorist after a US airstrike on a Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters near the Iraq-Syria border, pictured in Baghdad, March 2, 2026.
Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s Reconstruction and Development Coalition Party celebrate, after election results were announced in Baghdad in November 2025.

Condemnations grow after attack on Kurdistan Regional President

AN IRANIAN ballistic missile on display in Tehran.

Iran struggles to assert control in Iraq amid strikes, militia attacks, tensions - analysis

A funeral ceremony is held at Al-Hussein Al-Askari Hospital for members of Popular Mobilization Forces who were killed in an attack in Al Anbar Province near the Syria border in Baghdadi Iraq on March 16, 2026.

Iranian-backed militias claim 30 killed, wounded in US airstrikes on base


US calls out Turkey's Syrian proxies for 'extensive human rights abuses' - opinion

BEHIND THE LINES: There are no independent enclaves remaining in Syria today. Everyone is working for someone else. In the case of northwest Syria, the Islamist factions that rule work for Turkey.

 A TURKISH soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria, in January 2018.

Somali forces capture major al Shabaab militia stronghold

The government has promised a second phase of the offensive that will go after al Shabaab in southern Somalia, the group's traditional heartland.

 A Somali security officer walks past a section of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022.

Jenin militia warns PA: ‘We won’t allow anyone to take our weapons’

In the ensuing clashes, protesters burned tires, blocked roads and threw stones at Palestinian security officers, who responded with tear-gas and stun grenades.

 Gunmen stand during the funeral of two Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen who were killed in an Israeli raid, in Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank May 10, 2023.

In blow to Lebanon’s economy, Gulf states tell citizens to stay away

Recent confrontations between Palestinian factions leave several dead, raising international apprehensions

 Lebanese army members stand on an observation tower during a Lebanese army media tour near the Lebanese-Israeli border

Niger coup leaders declare general Tiani head of state

"The President of the CNSP is the head of state. He represents the state of Niger in international relations," an officer said, reading out a statement.

Hundreds of supporters of the coup gather and hold a Russian and Nigers flags in front of the National Assembly in the capital Niamey, Niger July 27, 2023.

Revolution in Iran: The state of minorities, uprising against Tehran

The ‘Magazine’ meets Siamand Moeini, leader of PJAK, an Iranian Kurdish party and militia, to discuss the uprising in Iran.

 PJAK FIGHTERS take part in a ceremony, Qandil Mountains, 2022.

Why does Iran need 200,000 pro-Iran militiamen in Iraq? - analysis

A report alleges that the number of pro-Iran militiamen have grown so large that they are the third largest military force in Iraq.

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad

Russia says Wagner Group seizes two more areas in Ukraine's Bakhmut

The statement said Russian army paratroop units were supporting the claimed advance by holding back Ukrainian forces on the flanks.

 Wagner private military group centre opens in St Petersburg

New Palestinian militia surfaces in northern West Bank

The new group, Battalion of Martyr Omar Abu Laila, is named after a terrorist who shot and stabbed a soldier and a civilian near Ariel, killing them.

 Militants attend the funeral of Palestinian teen Hamzeh al-Ashqar, who was killed in clashes during an Israeli military raid, in Askar camp near Nablus, in the West Bank February 7, 2023.

Foreign mercenaries in Ukraine earning up to $3,000 salaries - Russian report

The Ukrainian military said that as of April 2022, roughly 20,000 foreigners from 52 countries have applied to enlist – including some Israeli nationals.

 Ben Grant and other foreign fighters from the UK pose for a picture as they are ready to depart towards the front line in the east of Ukraine following the Russian invasion, at the main train station in Lviv, Ukraine, March 5, 2022.