militia
Example Sentences
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DUBAI—Video clips released by Iranian-backed Iraqi militias this week looked eerily familiar to anyone who has followed the war in Ukraine.
Long considered one of the world’s most formidable militias, Hezbollah was weakened by Israeli attacks over the past two years.
The attacks on Iran’s security chief and the head of the Basij militia could make leaders more cautious, complicating the communications needed to run the war.
Iran has long cultivated militia allies across the Middle East as a way to project power and as a deterrent against attack.
That same night, Israel got a tip from ordinary Iranians that the leader of the feared Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani, was holing up with his deputies in a tent in a wooded area in Tehran.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
