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Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Arab tribes have continued and grown after Syrian Army forces withdrew from the ...
People affiliated with such groups, including the leader of the largest, the Oath Keepers, were present during last week’s mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. Armed groups of men identifying as Oath ...
Israel has struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and Bedouin tribes clash with Druze militias.
The fighting had threatened to unravel Syria's post-war political transition and brought further military intervention by ...
Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with ...
Militias tend to be heavily armed and highly suspicious of the federal government. Some on the fringes have planned large-scale attacks against government and other targets.
Armed militias don't have legal authority, but today there is little standing in their way. Safia Samee Ali and Brandy Zadrozny. Updated Tue, September 1, 2020 at 6:24 PM UTC. 11 min read.
Eleven heavily armed, self-professed militia members were arrested near Boston Saturday, ending an overnight stand off that shut down a major U.S. Interstate at the start of the Independence holiday.
Armed Right-Wing Groups Aren’t ‘Militias’—We Need to Stop Calling Them That. 7 minute read. A right-wing group gathers at Jefferson Square, the site of the Breonna Taylor memorial ...
An armed militia group of private citizens has agreed to leave their encampment near the U.S.-Mexico border after officials expressed concerns about them brandishing weapons on public property ...
Only the original email talking about "trucks of armed militia" was leaked to the press. The Washington Post reported on the alleged threat on the afternoon of October 13, ...
Keever said while there have been unconfirmed reports of “truck loads of militia men” in the area, the details in this case do not bear that out. “This was a lone individual,” Keever said.