Sentence examples for controlled parts from inspiring English sources

Today Mr. Shirzai controlled parts of the city and was sitting in the governor's mansion.

At its height, it controlled parts of the government, and took hostages.

Mr. Osman was a descendant of Osman I, the Anatolian ruler who in 1299 established the kingdom that eventually controlled parts of Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Both Britain and France controlled parts of Cameroon until 1961, when it gained independence and became a single country split into 10 semi-autonomous administrative regions.

The same would apply, to a lesser degree, to an outcome in which Russia, while notionally accepting Ukrainian sovereignty, covertly controlled parts of that country.

The Sperrgebiet was extremely rich in diamonds, the mining of which was strictly controlled; parts of the area are still mined.

The village of Panj Kot, just 2km (1.2 miles) from the "line of control" dividing Kashmir's Pakistani- and Indian-controlled parts, is eight hours' walk from the nearest market.

Aman Setu, or Peace Bridge, is on the Line of Control, the volatile, disputed border dividing the Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir.

Although the insurgency has waned, Kashmir continues to be a heavily militarized area and the Line of Control, the disputed border between the Indian-controlled and Pakistan-controlled parts of Kashmir, has witnessed an increasing number of violent incidents.

Islamic State fighters stormed the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus on Wednesday, continuing their push into regime-controlled parts of Syria and battling mostly local Palestinian groups as they seized control of some sections of the besieged camp.

Human rights groups have said that Mr. Sankoh does not want peacekeepers in rebel-controlled parts of eastern Sierra Leone because he fears they will interfere with a lucrative diamond smuggling operation he controls there.