stronghold

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Before and after the March bloodshed, authorities carried out a massive arrest campaign in predominantly Alawite areas, which are also former Assad strongholds.

From Barron's

Mingling Cubism, Dada, abstraction, Constructivism and Surrealism, he occupied his own avant-garde stronghold.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beyond Syria, Islamic State retains strongholds in parts of Africa and Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal

The incident in Jenin in the northern West Bank, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups, was filmed from several angles, including by AFP.

From Barron's

However, the army said on Tuesday that the RSF had attacked the town of Babanusa, the army's last stronghold in West Kordofan state.

From BBC