Sentence examples for forces close to from inspiring English sources

But despite this track record, forces close to the government would hate to see Mr Karamehmet lose control of Turkcell.

Rebels in the Luhansk region said they had seized three Ukrainian tanks after engaging Ukrainian forces close to the city of Luhansk.

This damaged the Iran-friendly government in Baghdad and once again brought hostile forces close to Iran's borders both Salafists and Americans.After decades of exporting revolution, Iranian generals are learning a new term: "blowback".

With pro-government forces close to surrounding Syria's second city, the United Nations under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Stephen O'Brien, spoke yesterday of grave consequences for its beleaguered population if Aleppo was besieged by regime forces.

The Iraqi defense minister has accused Iran of arming militia forces close to Moktada al-Sadr, the Iraqi cleric whose militia has battled American and Iraqi forces in Najaf.

The Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, a Shiite party, is struggling to hold on to its power in several southern provinces where its militia is battling forces close to Moktada al-Sadr, an anti-American cleric.

The September 11th attacks brought even greater pressure to put more of America's overseas forces closer to the real threats.

Israel also moved ground forces closer to Gaza and called up additional reservist troops, Israeli media reported.

A yearlong siege of the city has not brought President Bashar al-Assad's forces closer to victory.

The mixed picture presented by the alliance is embodied in Gen. Baba Jan, the commander of its forces closest to Kabul.

By placing expansion forces closer to the maxilla's center of resistance, less tipping occurs with a more lateral translation of the complex.