The GNC , based in western Libya and backed Self_motion by various different militias ( mainly Libya Dawn in the west and Libya Shield in the east ) with some support from Qatar , Sudan and Turkey , initially accepted Receiving the results of the 2014 election Choosing , but rejected Response them after the Supreme Constitutional Court nullified an amendment regarding the roadmap for Libya 's transition and HoR elections Choosing .

Due to controversy about constitutional amendments , the HoR refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to take office from GNC in Tripoli , which was controlled Control by powerful militias from the western coastal city of Misrata .

In addition to those three factions , there are also smaller rival groups : the Islamist Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries , led by Ansar al-Sharia , which has had the support of the GNC and was defeated Conquering in Benghazi in 2017 ; the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 's ( ISIL 's ) Libyan provinces ; the Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna which expelled Removing ISIL from Derna in July 2015 and was later itself defeated Conquering in Derna by the Tobruk government in 2018 ; as well as many militias and armed groups , whose allegiances often change Change .

Some members of the GNC had a conflict of interest due to associations with militias and were accused Judgment_communication of channeling government funds towards some armed groups and allowing others to conduct Action assassinations and kidnappings .

Israeli government is convinced Coming_to_believe that Iran is interested in creating Creating territorial contiguity from Iran to the Mediterranean and in transferring Military_operation military forces – including naval vessels , fighter planes and thousands of troops – to permanent bases in Syria and is trying to `` Lebanonize '' Syria and take over Military_operation using Using Shi'ite militias , as it had done with Hezbollah in Lebanon .

over the years , clashes Hostile_encounter between rival ethnic militias have resulted in Causation a large number of casualties Catastrophe and displaced hundreds of thousands of people .

By late 1980 , the Iranian regular forces and the Revolutionary Guard ousted Change_of_leadership the Kurdish militants from their strongholds , but groups of Kurdish militants kept executing sporadic attacks Attack against Iranian militias .

the south lebanon conflict Hostile_encounter ( unk ) or the security zone conflict Hostile_encounter in lebanon refers to 15 years of warfare Hostile_encounter between the lebanese christian proxy militias sla with military and logistic support Supporting of israel defense Defending forces Military_operation against lebanese muslim guerrillas led by the unk hezbollah , within what was defined Statement as the `` security zone '' in south lebanon .

In earlier conflicts Hostile_encounter prior to the 1982 Israeli invasion Attack , including Operation Litani , Israel attempted to eradicate PLO bases from Lebanon and support Supporting Christian Maronite militias .

Despite this Israeli success in eradicating PLO bases and its partial withdrawal in 1985 , the Israeli invasion Attack increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the severity of conflict Hostile_encounter with local Lebanese militias and resulted in Causation the consolidation of several local Shia Muslim movements in Lebanon , including Hezbollah and Amal , from a previously unorganized Destroying guerrilla movement in the south .

There was widespread fear Change_sentiment in the aftermath , and white militias organized Arranging in retaliation Revenge in opposition to the slaves .

Approximately 120 slaves and free blacks were murdered Killing by militias and mobs in the area .

in may 1991 , the militias were dissolved Dispersal , with the exception of hezbollah , while the lebanese armed forces began Process_start to slowly rebuild Building as lebanon 's only major non-sectarian institution .

The Assyrian civilian population of upper Mesopotamia ( the Tur Abdin region , the Hakkâri , Van , and Siirt provinces of present-day southeastern Turkey , and the Urmia region of northwestern Iran ) was forcibly relocated Departing and massacred Killing by the Ottoman army , together with other armed and allied Collaboration Muslim peoples , including Kurds , Chechens and Circassians , between 1914 and 1920 , with further attacks Attack on unarmed Bearing_arms fleeing Escaping civilians conducted Action by local Arab militias .

Thousands organised Arranging into militias , battling Hostile_encounter the ÁVH and Soviet troops .

The wave of initial revolutions Change_of_leadership and protests faded by mid-2012 , as many Arab Spring demonstrations Social_event were met with Come_together violent responses Response from authorities , as well as from pro-government militias , counter-demonstrators and militaries .

There were a number of proxy forces—most notably the People 's Mujahedin of Iran siding with Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdish militias of the KDP and PUK siding with Iran .

The Pakistan Army , which had the backing of Islamists , created Creating radical religious militias – the Razakars , Al-Badr and Al-Shams – to assist Assistance it during raids Attack on the local populace .

Members of the Pakistani military and supporting militias engaged in mass murder Killing , deportation Removing and genocidal rape Committing_crime .

Nearby states also sent Sending militias to the region .

In the following few weeks , his growing Expansion army of nonconformists , artisans and farm workers fought Quarreling a series of skirmishes with local militias and regular soldiers commanded Control by Louis de Duras , 2nd Earl of Feversham and John Churchill , who later became Becoming the Duke of Marlborough .

During the nine-month-long Bangladesh War Hostile_encounter for Liberation , members of the Pakistani military and supporting Islamist militias from Jamaat-e-Islami killed Killing between 300,000 and 3,000,000 people and raped Bodily_harm between 200,000 and 400,000 Bangladeshi women , according to Bangladeshi and Indian sources , in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape .

Biharis faced Perception_active reprisals from Bengali mobs and militias and from 1,000 to 150,000 were killed Killing .

This incident Protest led to Causation violence Violence in Al Anbar Governorate between the Iraqi Army and a loose alliance of tribal militias and other groups fighting Hostile_encounter alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) .

though at a low level , rebel Hostile_encounter activity continues and violence Violence occasionally erupts Process_start between zapatista supporters Supporting and unk militias along with the government .

although their advance was slowed by guerrilla activity , the japanese defeated Conquering the formosan forces ( a mixture of regular chinese units and local hakka militias ) whenever they attempted to make a stand .

The eastern parts of the country had been destabilized Destroying due to the Rwandan genocide and other regional conflicts , and in many areas state authority had already collapsed Destroying , with infighting militias , warlords , and rebel groups ( some allies , other enemies of Mobutu ) in power .

though the zairean government attempted to put up Military_operation an effective resistance , and was supported Supporting by allied militias as well as sudan , mobutu 's regime collapsed Destroying in a matter of months .

It began Process_start the Strategic Hamlet Program in which scattered Dispersal rural populations in South Vietnam were uprooted Removing from their ancestral farmlands and resettled Placing into fortified villages defended Defending by local militias .

The defeat Conquering of the military coup in Barcelona was a great success for the Republic , although after the defeat Conquering of the Francoists it became Becoming clear that the workers ' militias - in particular , the anarcho-syndicalist militias - were the ones that really controlled Control the city .

The defeat Conquering of the military coup in Barcelona was a great success for the Republic , although after the defeat Conquering of the Francoists it became Becoming clear that the workers ' militias - in particular , the anarcho-syndicalist militias - were the ones that really controlled Control the city .

This strike finally ended Process_end some 45 days later , after it was put down by local and state militias , and federal troops .

The city and state governments organized Arranging armed militias , aided Assistance by national guard , federal troops and private militias organized Arranging by the railroads , who fought Hostile_encounter against the workers .

The city and state governments organized Arranging armed militias , aided Assistance by national guard , federal troops and private militias organized Arranging by the railroads , who fought Hostile_encounter against the workers .

Fearing the social disruption , many cities built Building armories to support Supporting their militias ; these defensive buildings still stand Placing as symbols of the effort to suppress Control the labor unrest of this period .

Franco 's veteran colonial troops , or `` regulares '' , under General Yague , along with air cover supplied Supply by Nazi Germany , routed Motion_directional the Republican militias in their path .

Most of the Republican defenders of Madrid ( c.90 % ) were militias , raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by left-wing political parties or trade unions , who elected Choosing their own leaders .

Grassroots community assemblies Building called Name_conferral 'Soviets ' , which were dominated Control by soldiers and the urban industrial working Employment class , initially permitted Preventing_or_letting the Provisional Government to rule , but insisted Statement on a prerogative to influence the government and control Control various militias .

The Bolsheviks turned Becoming workers ' militias under their control Control into the Red Guards ( later the Red Army ) over which they exerted substantial control Control .

The resistance Defending broke out Process_start during the Caucasus Campaign Military_operation , in which the Dashnak militias were supported Supporting by the Imperial Russian army to oppose Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Ottomans .

A much greater issue has been the role of militias which fought Hostile_encounter in the civil war and their role in the new Libya .

Some have refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to disarm , and cooperation with the NTC has been strained , leading to Causation demonstrations against militias and government action to disband such groups or integrate Cause_to_amalgamate them into the Libyan military .

During the 1971 Bangladesh war for independence , members of the Pakistani military and supporting Islamist militias called Name_conferral the Razakars raped between 200,000 and 400,000 Bangladeshi women and girls in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape .