Civil War
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Kurdish forces have been controlling swathes of Syria's oil-rich north and north-east, much of it gained during the civil war and the fight against the Islamic State group over the past decade.
From BBC
Kurdish forces control swathes of Syria's oil-rich north and northeast, much of which they captured during the country's civil war and the fight against the Islamic State group over the past decade.
From Barron's
Kurdish forces took control of swathes of Syria's oil-rich north and northeast during the country's civil war and the fight against the Islamic State group over the past decade.
From Barron's
He provides sharp observations on the Easter Rising of 1916, the war for independence and the civil war of the early 1920s.
Mr. Stephens does his best to excuse this failure of judgment, arguing that Commodus was likely to start a civil war if he were pushed aside.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
