Sentence examples for faction of an from inspiring English sources

Mr Lafazanis is the leader of Syriza's Left Platform, the radical faction of an already radical left-wing party.

DAKAR, Senegal — A splinter faction of an insurgent group of nomadic tribesmen fighting in northern Niger claimed on Tuesday that it had abducted a Canadian diplomat serving as the United Nations envoy to the country.

Since then, remnants of the group of no more than 200 fighters have been on the run from both Thai troops and the forces of Myanmar, the former Burma, where they are a splinter faction of an ethnic Karen insurgency.

"Such an initiative could emerge within a faction of an existing organisation or it could occur as a result of a dynamic of competition [for outside funds and recruits] between grouplets in an area with many actors.

PAGE A10 NIGER REBELS CLAIM KIDNAPPING A faction of an insurgent group of nomadic tribesmen fighting in northern Niger said that it had kidnapped a Canadian diplomat serving as the United Nations envoy to the country, then appeared to retract the claim.

Until his reported defection, Mr. Indahaadde led the militia of a faction of a key Islamic insurgent group, the Islamic Party.

In Bantam, another kingdom of Java, van Imhoff lent his support to the unpopular faction of a dynastic dispute, bringing on a popular uprising.

The main faction of a much-splintered, violent independence movement, the Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale Corsu (FLNC), gave up its "armed struggle" in 2014.

An Italian missionary priest kidnapped more than a month ago has been released after negotiations with a rogue faction of a Muslim separatist group, the Philippine police said.

The rebels belong to a faction of a separatist Muslim group, the Moro National Liberation Front, that fought the government until a peace deal was struck five years ago.

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