insurgency

Example Sentences

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The group had never really taken part in the insurgency, instead keeping its areas of control safe from both the regime and its Islamist opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal

Citing two unnamed senior government officials, the paper said the Canadian response model centers on insurgency‑style tactics, like those used in Afghanistan by fighters who resisted Soviet and later US forces.

From Barron's

“For now, the UAE seems focused on soft power in southwestern Yemen, much like it has done in Somaliland. Whether that eventually turns into backing an armed insurgency is an open question,” Al-Basha said.

From Los Angeles Times

In the three years since, Ethiopia's government has been grappling with a violent insurgency, waged by the Fano rebels, who now control large parts of its northern Amhara region.

From BBC

A UN peacekeeping mission and French forces were deployed in 2013 to deal with the escalating insurgency - both have left since the junta took over.

From BBC