insurgency
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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 campaign, he leaned heavily into his self-proclaimed nickname "The Tiger," sharing AI-generated images of himself as a fanged tiger and the only candidate willing to wage war on crime and insurgency.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The militant leader threatened to target Saudi oil facilities if Riyadh, which led a coalition against the Houthi insurgency more than a decade ago, goes back to war in Yemen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Wagner first arrived in the country in 2018 under a security pact with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to quash the insurgency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The catalyst for the change was the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular insurgency in four counties of western Pennsylvania protesting an excise tax on whiskey.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Ethiopia also continues to grapple with armed insurgencies in Oromia and Amhara, the country's two most-populous regional states.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
He warned of a "spillover" of fighting from separate insurgencies in the neighbouring Sahel.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The West African country has long been afflicted by civil war, foreign military interventions, and Islamist insurgencies.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
The attack comes as Pakistan's security forces battle intensifying insurgencies in southern and northern provinces that border Afghanistan.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
The government continues to struggle with Muslim insurgencies in the south.
From The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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