Tag: militias
US retaliatory attack against Iran-backed militias
Published 2024-01-23 23.10 share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left fullscreen Ain al-Asad Air Base in Iraq. Archive image. Photo: Nasser Nasser/AP/TT The US has carried out airstrikes against targets belonging to Iran-backed militias…
Booba indicted: the “pirate” and his digital militias, by Gérald Bronner
Elie Yaffa, better known as Booba, is a French singer who has enjoyed great commercial success since the early 2000s; which constitutes a tour de force in a genre –…
fighting between the M23 and Wazalendo militias reported in Masisi
In the east of the DRC, in the province of North Kivu, clashes between the M23 rebels, supported by Rwanda according to Kinshasa and several reports from United Nations experts,…
In Tripoli, a precarious calm after violent fighting between two militias
Heavy fighting in Libya between two militias, the 444 Brigade and the al-Radaa Force, on August 14 and 15, 2023 left at least 27 dead and 106 injured in the…
Libya: two militias clash in Tripoli, at least two dead and several injured
The UN mission in Libya calls for “de-escalation” and dialogue. Two armed groups have been clashing in the eastern and southern suburbs of Tripoli since Monday evening August 14. The…
the governors will be able to create private militias in certain cases
The Duma voted this Tuesday afternoon July 25 on one of the first stages of the modification of the age bracket of the conscription. The latter will increase, from January…
Russia: behind Wagner, these other growing militias
Convoy, Patriot, Enot… Their names are still largely under the radar. Unlike Wagner, these structures do not make headlines and, above all, do not openly challenge Vladimir Putin. But these…
Russia: Gazprom creates militias to fight in Ukraine
The Russian hydrocarbon giant Gazprom is also engaged on the Ukrainian front. In February 2023, the company obtained permission to create its own private militia and began recruiting volunteers from…
in Ituri, a dozen hostages executed by militias
In the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a dozen people taken hostage on March 25, 2023 were executed on March 26 about forty kilometers from Bunia, the…
New fighting between militias in eastern Congo
Published: Less than 20 min ago full screen Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Archive image. Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP/TT Fighting between rival armed groups and militias in eastern…