Sentence examples for area held by from inspiring English sources

He fled from the Republican north to France, returning later to an area held by Francisco Franco's victorious rebels.

Aleppo, once Syria's commercial capital, is divided into a western portion controlled by the government and an eastern area held by rebels.

The Arabs rode across the border on Turkish tanks and now have their sights set on the town of al-Bab, the most western area held by Isis.

The only other district whose party lead is changing is the 16th, in the Syosset-Woodbury area, held by the Legislature's Democratic presiding officer, Judith A. Jacobs.

French officials said they had asked Washington to speed up its contribution by sending drones to improve surveillance over the vast area held by the rebels.

The German army invaded Italy in August 1132 and by the following June occupied all of Rome except the area held by Anacletus' faction.

"All the victims were in areas held by the opposition.

And in recent days there have been reports that dozens of civilians have been wounded in areas held by insurgents and areas held by the government.

The Local Coordination Committees, an activist group, also reported the air strikes in areas held by Isis.

Centred on Brest city, it was formed in 1939 from areas held by Poland from 1919.

Many are fleeing areas held by the Islamic State, and they are doing so in contravention of Isis edicts.