Groups such as al-Qaeda and the Red Army Faction fall into this category.
Defeating the terror group will depend on the militias, and that depends on Libya's existing factions falling into line behind a unity government which, lacking backing by the two parliaments, has sketchy constitutional authority.
Parliament cannot function without a speaker, but neither side is prepared to nominate a candidate and see their own faction fall into minority.
A state-supported industry or military faction can fall from favor.
Now it must mediate among growing internal factions without falling apart.
He worked hard over several months to persuade rebellious factions to fall into line behind Trump, who, among others, had alienated the 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney, the Bush family, as well as a handful of outspoken senators such as Susan Collins.
The success of a postdoc's appointment, which can only last 5 or 6 years, is evaluated by "the number of papers published, the authorship rank, the renewal of [the postdoc's annual] contracts, and other factions that fall entirely within the discretion of the [principal investigator (PI)].
In the second episode, Islamist factions, rapidly falling under the more radical influence of Zawahiri and his rich Saudi acolyte Osama bin Laden, join the Neo-Conservative-influenced Reagan Administration to combat the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.
After seizing power, the several ethnic factions of the Mujahedeen fell apart in civil war.
Eventually, he joined the "Mao faction," rising and falling with its inner-party fortunes.
