Sentence examples for a major fighting from inspiring English sources

Some quickly pointed the finger at a major fighting group based in Homs, Al Farouq Brigade, which is considered Islamist but is opposed to Mr. Absi's hard-line ideology.

The YPG has emerged as a major fighting force in northern Syria in the past two years, becoming a key ally of the US-led coalition against IS.

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's decision to designate a major fighting faction within the Syrian opposition as a terrorist group came at a bad time for U.S. relations with the rebels, a former top State Department official told The Huffington Post on Tuesday.

After a month without any major fighting between the armies, Washington was forced to withdraw his army north to the town of White Plains in southeastern New York when the British moved north into Westchester County and threatened to trap Washington further south on Manhattan.

Krsnik, along with Robert Sommerville, is a former Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry member, which is one of Canada's major regular forces regiments that served extensively in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, a scene of major fighting against the Taliban insurgency.

Now, as refugees have flooded back to Afghanistan — three million have returned since the fall of the Taliban brought an end to major fighting — the houses have mostly been reoccupied.

Abdulkarim was part-way through a residency in Aleppo when major fighting broke out in 2012.

Until the winter of 1864, the town's location in a mountainous region had protected it from major fighting.

Passmore received a minor for leaving the crease and a major for fighting.

Cloutier received a minor penalty for leaving the crease, a major for fighting, a misconduct and game misconduct.

Purinton was initially assessed an instigator penalty as well as a major for fighting and a game misconduct.