A boy walks inside the damaged office of Asaib Ahl al-Haq paramilitary group after an attack during clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in Basra, Iraq September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani 

A man walks amidst the debris of the destroyed office of Asaib Ahl al-Haq paramilitary group after an attack during clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants, in Basra, Iraq September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani 

People look at the destroyed office of Asaib Ahl al-Haq paramilitary group after an attack during clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in Basra, Iraq September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani 

A man with the nom de guerre Rusyn, the Carpathian Sich battalion acting commander, sits on a couch at the group's base in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 1, 2022. The Carpathian Sich is one of several paramilitary nationalist groups that began as volunteers in 2014, when Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and backed pro-Russian armed separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE BATTALION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Members of the Carpathian Sich battalion train during an exercise for new recruits at a shooting range, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, June 30, 2022. The Carpathian Sich is one of several paramilitary nationalist groups that began as volunteers in 2014, when Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and backed pro-Russian armed separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE BATTALION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Members of the Carpathian Sich battalion prepare targets depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin during an exercise for new recruits at a shooting range in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, June 30, 2022. The Carpathian Sich is one of several paramilitary nationalist groups that began as volunteers in 2014, when Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and backed pro-Russian armed separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE BATTALION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

The leader of Operation Dudula, Nhlanhla "Lux" Dlamini, wearing paramilitary-style camouflage gear rip a picture bearing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, which was stuck onto a coffin, during his address to supporters outside the magistrate's court in Roodepoort, South Africa, March 28, 2022. Picture taken March 28, 2022. RUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko 

The leader of Operation Dudula, Nhlanhla "Lux" Dlamini, wearing paramilitary-style camouflage gear gestures as he addresses supporters outside the magistrate's court in Roodepoort, South Africa, March 28, 2022. Picture taken March 28, 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko 

A woman holds a candle as women gather during the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

A woman stands during the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

A woman reacts during the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women gather during the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women gather during the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women gather during the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women gather during the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women gather during the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women gather during the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women hold hands as they gather after the guilty verdict in trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women gather after the guilty verdict in trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women gather after the guilty verdict in trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women gather after the guilty verdict in trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women react after the guilty verdict in the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women react after the guilty verdict in the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women react after the guilty verdict in the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women of the indigenous Achi group attend the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women of the indigenous Achi group attend the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Members of the media photograph women attending the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women of the indigenous Achi group attend the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women of the indigenous Achi group attend the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women of the indigenous Achi group attend the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

A woman reacts after the guilty verdict in the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Women react after the guilty verdict in the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

A woman reacts after the guilty verdict in the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Women react after the guilty verdict in the trial of five former Guatemalan paramilitaries charged with the rape of 36 women from the indigenous Achi group from 1981 to 1985 during the Central American country's decades-long civil war, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria 

Members of Kataib Imam Ali paramilitary group ride a vehicle during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Basra, Iraq May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani 

A member of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group holds a Palestinian flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Basra, Iraq May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group burn Israeli and U.S. flags ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group wave flags and travel in vehicles as they take part in a parade ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group wave Palestinian flags and travel in a vehicle as they take part in a parade ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

A member of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group holds an Iraqi flag and travels in a vehicle as he takes part in a parade ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

A member of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group holds an Iraqi flag and travels in a vehicle as he takes part in a parade ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group hold flags and travel in vehicles as they take part in a parade ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group burn Israeli and U.S. flags ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

A member of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group burns an Israeli flag ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group burn Israeli and U.S. flags ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group burn Israeli and U.S. flags ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group burn Israeli and U.S. flags ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group wave Palestinian flags and travel in a vehicle as they take part in a parade ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

A member of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group holds a flag of Kataib Hezbollah as he takes part in a parade ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Members of Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group wave flags and travel in vehicles as they take part in a parade ahead of the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani 

Mohammed Mohi, spokesman for Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group attends an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Iraq October 11, 2020. REUTERS/John Davison 

U.S. Army Apache helicopter flies near the U.S. Embassy and a poster of Qais al-Khazali, leader of the militant group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, hanged on a buliding, during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani 

U.S. Army Apache helicopter flies near by the U.S. Embassy and a poster of Qais al-Khazali, leader of the militant group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, being hanged on a buliding during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani 

A member of Hashd al-Shaabi waves a flag of Kataib Hezbollah militia group during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani 

Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) fighters carry coffins of members of Kataib Hezbollah militia group, who were killed by U.S. air strikes in Qaim district, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani 

Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) fighters carry coffins of members of Kataib Hezbollah militia group, who were killed by U.S. air strikes in Qaim district, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani 

Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) fighters carry coffins of members of Kataib Hezbollah militia group, who were killed by U.S. air strikes in Qaim district, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani 

Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) fighters carry coffins of members of Kataib Hezbollah militia group, who were killed by U.S. air strikes in Qaim district, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani 

Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) fighters carry coffins of members of Kataib Hezbollah militia group, who were killed by U.S. air strikes in Qaim district, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani