insurgency
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Since then, Iraqi forces have fought Islamic State remnants engaged in a low-level insurgency around the country’s remote areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
For Niger's government, Saturday's mutiny highlights that the military is dealing not only with an external insurgency, but also signs of discontent within its own ranks.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
"Breaking this cycle demands action on two fronts," the report said, including "disrupting the financial flows that now underwrite an insurgency".
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Then, in a last-ditch effort to fend off Hong’s insurgency, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who had previously suspended his campaign, reentered the race less than a month before polls opened.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
During the Vietnam War, John and Marti Peterson spent three perilous years together in neighboring Laos, where John trained and advised a guerrilla army to fight the communist insurgency there.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
That was followed by a long-promised "national dialogue", in which some 4,000 delegates gathered to discuss the country's many challenges, including its deep ethnic divides and ongoing insurgencies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
But his supporters credited him with a tough crackdown on violent insurgencies and implementation of social programmes to help some of the country's poorest.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Cepeda was central to Petro’s signature plan, Total Peace, designed to de-escalate conflict with the country’s hybrid groups that are part insurgencies, part drug gangs, each numbering thousands of fighters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
The West African country has long been afflicted by civil war, foreign military interventions, and Islamist insurgencies.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
They discussed plans for catching in time and throttling by joint action any sporadic insurgencies by which the experimentally minded might endeavour to test their strength of leadership.
From The Roof Tree by Lee F. Conrey
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Middle School
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The Middle East and Central Asia - High School
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