Sentence examples for armed fighting from inspiring English sources

The armed fighting seemed to signal another turn in the uprising.

"They could not do anything against the peaceful protesters on Maidan; they are hardly going to withstand armed fighting units".

The definition of war in the Cambridge advanced learner's dictionary is, "armed fighting between two or more countries or groups".

The focus for the UK should be to work mostly in the background through existing and new channels to advise, network, train and provide non-military services to armed fighting groups in different parts of the country.

In the absence of armed fighting, the conflict plays out at organized protests, in parliament, and in the courts — all arenas where the Turkish government retains far more authority than the Kurdish minority.

The cemetery was twice the scene of armed fighting: once in 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars, when it was overrun by Russians in the Battle of Paris, and a second time in May 1871, during the turmoil of the Paris Commune, when 147 Communards were slaughtered there.

So Chechnya will carry on much as before: a corrupt, unstable mess of competing armed bands, fighting over oil, selling arms and terrorising the population.

Last week, James Westphal, undersecretary of the Army, had already spoken of an "armed insurgency" in Mexico, and the possibility of sending "armed and fighting" troops across the border to prevent a "takeover of government".

The area has long been held by armed groups fighting Assad's rule.

"We're with the political opposition," said Mr. Nasser, distinguishing such opposition from the armed militias fighting the government.

Since then, it has evolved into a civil war, with armed brigades fighting Mr. Assad's forces across the country.