Sentence examples for controlled the province from inspiring English sources

Led by Andal Ampatuan Sr., the governor of Maguindanao, the Ampatuans have controlled the province as their fief since early this decade.

In the north the Houthis, who follow the Zaidi school of Shia Islam, have more or less controlled the province of Saada since the uprising of 2011.

The patriarch of the clan that has long controlled the province of Maguindanao in the southern Philippines, Andal Ampatuan Sr., gathered his sons, brothers and other guests at the dinner table six days before the killings of 57 political rivals and journalists last November, said the witness, Lakmudin Salio.

Mohammad Naeem, the governor of Helmand, has reportedly said that the takeover of the base by his forces can go ahead because they are now able to control the province without foreign help.

Although many of the exchanges today related to specific killings, the two men sparred over one of the deepest divisions between Serbs and Albanians: whether Albanians recognize Serbia as controlling the province of Kosovo "I recognize Kosovo as Kosovo, outside Serbia," Mr. Barani said.

After the failure of these endeavours, the ambitious Sayf al-Dawla turned towards Syria, where he confronted the ambitions of the Ikhshidids of Egypt to control the province.

The British were to control the provinces of Baghdad and Basra and have influence further north.

Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-backed President, exercises little political control outside Kabul and is struggling to undercut the authority of local warlords, who effectively control the provinces.

The Houthis, who are widely believed to be supported by Iran, already control the provinces of Saada and Omran north of the capital.

But George's rival, the Hungarian king Matthias I, continued to claim the Bohemian throne and to control the provinces of Moravia, Silesia, and Upper and Lower Lusatia.

The Spanish still controlled the southern provinces of the Netherlands, and the threat of invasion remained.