Sentence examples for capturing territory from inspiring English sources

AU troops last week embarked on an offensive against the rebels, capturing territory during fierce battles.

The declaration last week of adherence to Isis by Boko Haram, the Islamist group capturing territory and kidnapping girls in Nigeria, led to widespread publicity.

Séléka began capturing territory earlier this month, and has now seized control of around a dozen towns including four regional capitals in the mineral-rich state.

The group has been advancing in both Iraq and neighbouring Syria, capturing territory in a campaign to set up a militant enclave straddling the border.

Unsurprisingly, they have won victories against Isis and the non-Isis Syrian armed opposition, the YPG supported by US air strikes capturing territory 250 miles long between the Tigris and Euphrates along Syria's border with Turkey.

That is how desperate this country has become as gangs and Mexican drug cartels run fever-wild, capturing territory and corrupting institutions so that Guatemala will remain a safe haven for cocaine, guns, money laundering and new recruits.

But the British lacked the forces to hold captured territory.

Militants have taken advantage of the chaos to capture territory in the south.

The objective of the 10-year campaign was clearly to capture territory, the researchers concluded.

Israel's leaders expected that similar pressures would be applied regarding newly captured territory.

He added : "This conflict has allowed Al Qaeda to capture territory in Yemen, including a military base and a port.