Militias – Asia Times

Militias are a symptom, not a cure

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain May 24, 2023May 24, 2023

With global attention focused on deadly clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces in Khartoum, another militia halfway around the world was locked in battle against its own national military: the Wagner Group, which tussled with the Russian army in Ukraine’s Luhansk Oblast. It was just one of many operations recently waged […]

US Mideast policy emboldens Iran-backed militias in Syria

by Haid Haid May 2, 2023May 2, 2023

To stem Iraq’s drug trade, rein in the militias

by Haid Haid May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

Understanding the war in Ukraine

by Vijay Prashad March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Iraq’s politics at the mercy of a militia bullet

by Daniel Williams October 13, 2021October 15, 2021

Time for Iraq’s militias to lay down arms

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Iraqi PM must face down Iran and its militias

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain September 15, 2020September 15, 2020

Iran, Iraq, Middle East

Elections won’t free Iraq from its greatest scourge – Iran

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain November 22, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar’s Wa hold the key to war and peace

by Bertil Lintner September 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Iran, Iraq, Middle East

Integration of militias could strengthen Iran

by Faisal Al Yafai July 12, 2019February 18, 2020

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meets Syrian troops in eastern Ghouta on March 18, 2018. Photo: Sana handout via Reuters

Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Syria’s policy on ‘loyalist militias’ incubating future problems

by Haid Haid November 21, 2018

People hold flags and carry a banner reading 'We condemn and denounce the attacks of the Turkish government against our people in Afrin' during a protest against Turkish attacks on Afrin, in Hasaka, Syria, on January 18, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Rodi Said

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia faces complex choices on how to play the Kurdish card

by Khalid Ibn Muneer January 22, 2018

Raw opium is prepared for smoking in an opium field in western Myanmar in this December 28, 2014 file photo. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, India, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Myanmar has a drug problem

by Bertil Lintner March 9, 2017February 18, 2020

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