Sentence examples for firefight around from inspiring English sources

On the morning of April 10th, American troops had a fierce firefight around a mosque in the north-west of the city where it had been rumoured that Mr Hussein was hiding.Casualty figures are hard to come by, especially as the authorities have ordered doctors in the Al-Kindi hospital, at least, to lie to journalists and say that all their casualties are civilians, when plainly they are not.

As Snow and Emilie try to outwit the most lethal gang of inmates, they seem to face a firefight around every corner and the slick high-tech lines of the spaceship are a perfect backdrop for the shootouts.

A crewmate and I were passing the time in our room watching "BBC World News" when a newsflash came on describing multiple ambushes and firefights around Baghdad.

The country faces a possible challenge from jihadists who may have been responsible for several firefights around its porous southern border.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The declared four-day holiday truce between the warring factions in Syria ended on Monday much as it had begun — with airstrikes, artillery barrages and other firefights around the country that made a mockery of the cease-fire.

Marja residents arriving here last week, many looking bleak and shell-shocked, said civilians had been trapped by the fighting, running a gantlet of mines laid by insurgents and firefights around government and coalition positions.

The military issued a statement saying that American soldiers had killed nine Iraqis that it called terrorists in firefights around Sadr City, the Shiite slum that forms Mr. Sadr's base of support.

All Battlefront's elements, from weapons, to terrain, to it game modes, combine to create a heaving battle line with blistering close-range firefights around objectives.

A firefight raged around the green smoke grenade.

He disarmed the seven devices while a firefight continued around him.

"The firefight started around mid-afternoon and didn't finish until dusk.