In addition, fighting the remnants of the Islamic State will now become Russia's problem, with any upsurge in violence likely to undermine the Kremlin position that Syria is stable enough for a postwar political process and reconstruction funds.
After the death of the last Spanish Habsburg, Charles II (ruled 1665 1700), fighting over the remnants of Spain's European empire consumed the continent's powers in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 14).
Four months of fighting dispatched the remnants of a Spanish empire dating to the landing of Columbus, and gave rise to an American empire and century, with entanglements, entitlements and expectations yet to be fully sorted out.
In the early postwar years the eastern portion of the province was the scene of fighting against the remnants of the Ukrainian Liberation Army, which sought to establish an independent Ukrainian state.
Yes, of course Joe Calzaghe showed us again a fine range of formidable gifts but at what point does McGuigan, and a growing army of cheerleaders, feed in the sad but unavoidable fact that here he was fighting the last remnants of a once sensational talent, one that had become the most poignant parody of what it had been?
Just as Trump made clear on Syria that he expects others will still be fighting against the remnants of ISIS, it appears that he cares less about whether peace in Afghanistan is actually on the horizon and more about having nothing to do with the place.
Fewer and fewer of those who are fighting American troops are remnants of Hussein's regime.
The strongly sectarian cast of Iraqi politics, and specifically the repression of Sunnis carried out by the administration of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki under the guise of fighting al-Qaeda and remnants of the Baʿth regime, ensured that the Sunni areas of western Iraq remained fertile ground for extremism.
Afterwards, A-10s remained in-country, fighting Taliban and Al Qaeda remnants.
