11.   Since then, the two leaders and bitter arch-rivals have fought a countrywide war through their proxy militias.

12.   Syria has been using Hezbollah attacks on Israeli forces and their proxy militia as a card in peace talks with Israel that are expected to resume quickly under Barak.

13.   The strategy, which involved setting up outposts in Lebanon and equipping a Lebanese proxy militia, has come under increasing criticism as troop casualties rose.

14.   Two Iranian-backed guerrillas were killed in a battle with Israel and its proxy militia on Monday, Lebanese security sources said.

15.   With the departure of the Israelis, their proxy militia they had supported in an effort to leave a buffer against Hezbollah attacks rapidly imploded.

16.   Five villages near the zone were later shelled by the Israeli forces and their proxy militia, Lebanese police said.

17.   Guerrillas blasted two positions of the Israeli army and its proxy militia in south Lebanon with rockets and mortars on Thursday, police said.

18.   Hezbollah guerrillas rocketed an Israeli patrol and shelled positions of the Israeli army and its proxy militia in south Lebanon early Thursday prompting heavy retaliation, police said.

19.   Hezbollah spearheads attacks on the Israeli army and its proxy militia, the South Lebanon Army, in the occupied border strip.

20.   Hezbollah guerrillas launched widespread artillery and mortar attacks against positions of the Israeli army and its proxy militia in southern Lebanon Wednesday.