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    2 days ago · A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. [1] [2] Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests.

  2. Jul 6, 2024 · Greek mercenary from Achaea who served in the Carthaginian garrison at Lilybaeum while it was besieged by the Romans during the First Punic War. Foiled a plot by Gallic mercenaries to surrender Lilybaeum to the enemy. Leader of the Gallic mercenaries in the Carthaginian army during the First Punic War.

  3. 3 hours ago · Unable to earn enough at home, Syrian opposition fighters are travelling via Turkey to Niger to work as mercenaries.

  4. Jun 27, 2024 · Mercenary meatgrinder: The price of Bakhmut. By Alia Brahimi. In Season 2, Episode 3 of the Guns for Hire podcast, host Alia Brahimi is joined by the Russian photographer and journalist, David Frenkel, to consider the staggering toll of the “Bakhmut meatgrinder.”

  5. Jun 23, 2024 · Reuters. Yevgeny Prigozhin led Wagner forces into the Russian city of Rostov virtually unopposed. Russia has effectively dismantled and replaced the Wagner Group in the year since the mercenaries...

  6. 6 days ago · With F-16 fighter jets about to enter the battle, a big question is how best to use them. Two airpower experts have a plan in mind.

  7. Jul 2, 2024 · Moscow is turning to a new mercenary group, Africa Corps, to train paid fighters from across the continent to fight its war in Ukraine