Sentence examples for fighters saying from inspiring English sources

The government blames the rebel fighters, saying they are holding the civilians hostage.

Critics of Erdoğan accuse Ankara of turning a blind eye to the influx of foreign fighters, saying Turkey hoped to undermine the embattled Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad.

The spokesman for the Shabab, Sheik Abdiaziz Abu Musab, denied that the villa housed anything other than "normal fighters," saying it was "like any other house — it is not that special".

Incredulous, she replied, "Find me a house!" After fielding more pleas, in scenes captured on video and posted online, the sheik lost patience and confronted the fighters, saying the blockade was hurting "the simple people, the common people".

Isis did not claim that Farook and Malik were Isis fighters, saying instead that its "call for the Muslims to strike the crusaders in their own lands was answered once more".

He is openly contemptuous of slave-owning freedom fighters, saying of George Washington that "the father of American liberty was only for freedom if it did not apply to his black brethren or slaves".

the Al Qaeda fighters said.

That's what all the fighters say.

Both fighters say they have game plans.

Rebel fighters said the advance to the west was significant.

The fighters are organized into at least eight separate groups, Kurdish leaders and fighters said.