Ten officers taken hostage on March 8 by Armenian militia in return for arms were released on March 11, following negotiations with officers from Russia.
Arab Christian and Armenian militia has around 150 fighters.
At least, he said, there had been no new reports for several days of Armenian militias harassing Azerbaijani villages on the fringes of the small enclave.
The French soldiers were foreign to the region and they were using Armenian militia to acquire their intelligence.
Ottoman troops were repeatedly defeated in their engagements with the Armenian militia.
These were generally referred to as Armenian militia.
Armenian militia also played a role in the Georgia-Abkhazia War of 1992-1993.
The Sasun uprising was the resistance of the Armenian militia in the Sassoun region.
The Sasun Resistance by the Armenian militia against the Ottoman Empire may refer to:
After weeks of confrontation, the Armenian militia had no ammunition left.