Sentence examples for forces ending from inspiring English sources

In 2009 the Sri Lankan army defeated the Tamil forces, ending the country's long civil war.

The last UK base in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion, was on Sunday handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, ending British combat operations in the country.

Simultaneously, we must obtain an immediate United Nations-monitored cease-fire, with the Libyan Army withdrawing from contested cities and rebel forces ending attempts to advance.

GOALS -- Undoing purging of former Baathists; removing Shiite militiamen from security forces; ending mass arrests in Sunni areas by Americans and Shiite-led government; changing detainee system.

In one of the many shifting allegiances of post-genocide Cambodia, former Khmer Rouge soldiers proclaim loyalty to Mr. Hun Sen, who drove them from power in 1979 alongside invading Vietnamese forces, ending their murderous attempt to build a peasant utopia.

The last UK base in Afghanistan has been handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, ending British combat operations in the country.

Security forces ended the sit-ins, with violence, resulting in the death of hundreds of people.

A botched rescue operation by German security forces ended in 11 of the athletes being killed.

The United Nations directive that the coalition forces end the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait was fulfilled.

In your opinion, have the operations of the coalition forces ended as a result of the capture of Saddam Hussein?

(NATO's military forces ended their combat role in Afghanistan last year, but reduced numbers of troops have remained to train and assist the Afghan Army).