Sentence examples for backing one faction from inspiring English sources

The assault on her motorcade came on a day Clinton spoke at the newly re-opened U.S. consulate in Alexandria, addressing accusations the United States, which had long supported former President Hosni Mubarak, of backing one faction or another in Egypt following his ouster last year.

Why are the people who've been insisting there's a monolithic evil called "Islamofascism" suddenly backing one Iranian faction over another?

"He'd back one faction against another, and when the dirty work was done he'd turn on the faction he had backed so they didn't get too powerful.

One faction is headed by Crown Prince Abdullah, the de facto monarch today, backed by most of the Faisal branch of the royals; one Faisal is foreign minister.

While the shutdown is broadly unpopular, the one faction that supports it – self-described Tea Party supporters – has developed a formidable track record in backing conservative primary challengers to Republican incumbents.

The party split soon after, with one faction heading off to form the British National Party and another seeking to create a new conflation of back-to-the-land ecology, racial mysticism and terrorism called the Third Position.

One faction feels committed to try.

Rival factions thereafter fell out among themselves precipitating the rise of one faction, the Taliban.

One faction, including Ms. Boudin, wanted to join the Black Liberation Army.

One faction sought help from its old foe, the Zetas.

One faction complains that the community's imperfections are exaggerated.