Sentence examples for firmly under their control from inspiring English sources

The US-led confirmed confirmed that while areas of the Old City still had to be cleared of explosive devices and possible IS fighters in hiding, the Iraqi security forces had Mosul "firmly under their control".

But a number of residents who have returned to check on their houses said the town was firmly under the control of the militants.

Iraq's reconstruction, by contrast, remains firmly under White House control.

The major energy-producing countries are still firmly under the control of the western-backed dictatorships.

The lawsuit contends that by October 2000, Napster was "firmly under the control of Bertelsmann".

But the local garbage industry was still firmly under mafia control.

The rest of the district is firmly under insurgent control, the commando said.

Most of the world's great visual arts institutions remain firmly under male control.

Occupied Paris became a Nazi Babylon, and the French police were firmly under Gestapo control.

Most of the media have been brought firmly under state control.

In Donetsk, firmly under insurgent control, a "People's Republic" issues journalists with accreditation cards.