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militia

[mi-lish-uh] / mɪˈlɪʃ ə /
NOUN
citizen soldiers
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The government has appealed to parents to allow their children join the Basij volunteer militia – a key arm of state enforcement – to help guard checkpoints.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

“It’s up to Iran to say that the war is over,” Rowlands said, cautioning that Iranian militia allies can threaten other chokepoints, such as the Bab al-Mandeb Strait off Yemen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Iran, he reminded me, has around 90 million people and an estimated 200,000 in the armed militia and paramilitary forces.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The Basij is a volunteer militia controlled by the IRGC, with an estimated one million members.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In December of that year, the group learned that the British intended to seize a cache of ammunition being stored by a colonial militia near the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor, fifty miles north of Boston.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell



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