The armed hijackers terrified the passengers.

Pakistan s armed forces repeated targets of suicide bombers have become demoralized.

The branches of the military are the army, the navy and the air force.

Hejaz is the most populated region in Saudi Arabia.

Armenians and Azerbaijanis have not clashed militarily for more than a decade and a half.

In Catia, Caracas, a traditionally chavista area, voters were surrounded by armed people.

The front lines were archers with a line of foot soldiers armed with spears behind.

France signed up for membership but later refused to submit her armed forces to NATO's central command.

Most Southeast Asian countries are, indeed, now busily modernizing their armed forces. So far, most have done so without compromising their autonomy in security matters.

Most Southeast Asian countries are, indeed, now busily modernizing their armed forces.

ARM President of Senegal Macky Sall made the decision to send soldiers to Saudi Arabia.

The generals have always placed the institution of the military above all else, including rulers from their own ranks.

Heavily armed bands of modern day pirates in speedboats are terrorizing ships in Somalia s coastal waters.

The United States Armed Forces are the federal military forces of the United States.

U.S. backed forces say they have seized full control of Manbij from Islamic State

Armed soldiers stand on guard during an operation to control anti coup protesters in Bangkok.

The armed forces occupying the area have also committed rapes as well as other types of sexual abuses against women and young girls.

The average size of the military formation in peacetime is about 5,500 of whom about 2,700 are conscripts.

In the late evening of April 15, 1986, the United States launched a series of air strikes on ground targets in Libya.

The numerous militias, groups, gangs, and individuals who own and use weapons must be controlled.

Health Public expenditure was at 1.8 of the GDP in 2004, whereas private expenditure was at 5.0 .

It's no secret that Ukraine's armed forces have been woefully unsupported by the state for the entirety of Ukraine's post Soviet history.

As far as the government is concerned, it has not known how to govern across the board, for both supporters and non supporters. Citizens who benefit from social programmes and who join the Citizen Power Cabinets are mostly supporters of the FSLN.

But we do know that the alternatives increasing sanctions, military strikes, and perhaps war would have unforeseeable consequences.

And there are armed rebels from the Free Syrian Army with girlfriends they cannot see until the regime falls.

However, this will remain a futile mission until the armed forces are professionalized and depoliticized through reorientation to external defense, border security, and special operations.

The Armenian military was formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and with the establishment of the Ministry of Defence in 1992.

Myanmar military at the border shot fire Rohingya, who areabout to cross Bangladesh to escape killing by military and extremists Rakhine pic.twitter.com t5vnRdUyLk M Rafique ( Rafiquerhg) August 26, 2017

The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran () include the IRIA (), the IRGC () and the Law Enforcement Force ().

In the meantime, US forces must support Iraqi efforts to strengthen the country s own military and security forces, while simultaneously disbanding all militias.

This Iranian fifth column is believed to stretch from Beirut via Damascus, Gaza to Baghdad and finally from Iran to Saudi Arabia to Yemen. Recent armed clashes between Hezbollah and the Lebanese government are, it is said, just another sign of Iran s hegemonic reach.

I subscribe to New Scientist, and recently it had an article about how the U.S. Army was training bumblebees to sniff out explosives.

After the continued neglect by India of the Kashmiri demand for UN mandated self determination, in 1989 a popular armed struggle broke out in the region.

They consist of the Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force, Syrian Arab Air Defense Force, and several paramilitary forces.

These riches are, however, a source of misery for Papuans, ensuring Indonesia's powerful military maintains a suffocating presence.

Moreover, Iran s claim to leadership in the Muslim world is being undermined by the conflict in Iraq, where Iran supports the Shia militias that are killing Sunnis.

Reliance on a self promoting tycoon like Thaksin is not the best way to boost democracy, but nor is reliance on military coups and kingly intervention.

Hamas and other armed groups, I know, have launched rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip that have killed civilians in Israeli towns and villages.

But I also have witnessed how Israel has retaliated with air strikes and armed incursions into the Gaza Strip, including Jabalia.

Since then, Ukraine's armed forces led by the Defense Ministry itself have repeatedly solicited donations from the public, to fund the war effort in Donetsk and Luhansk.

Indeed, were NATO and the US military ever to leave Asia, the threat of war would increase, heavily disrupting trade, and Asia s economic dynamism would not survive.

Militancy has seen an uptick in Afghanistan in recent years, amid a reduced US military presence and the failure of the administration of President Ashraf Ghani to cement authority over the country.

Overall, there are at least 60 such operating restrictions known as caveats on European troops, preventing commanders from deploying military assets where they are most needed.

After recalling the various crimes committed against women, such as rape, by the jihadists during the occupation, Georges added

Many of these women are socially conservative, strongly supportive of the armed forces, and religious and yet they crave equality as strongly as any leftist vegetarian in Birkenstocks.