Sentence examples for governorates- from inspiring English sources

Lebanon is divided into muḥāfaẓāt (governorates) administered by the muḥāfiẓ (governor), who represents the central government.

Early reports from the more ethnically mixed swing governorates of Nineveh and Diala, however, suggest an unexpectedly high yes vote so unexpected that many Sunni leaders think the ballot-boxes were stuffed by Kurdish and Shia leaders.A clear and clean victory for the yes camp now seems out of the question.

In early February significant military exercises were reportedly initiated in Marib province (a location for many of the recent al-Qaeda attacks), and Mr Saleh himself apparently visited the region and held meetings with senior officials and local sheikhs from the Marib, Shabwa and al-Jawf governorates.

From such an unpromising beginning, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was born, comprising the three governorates of Dohuk, Erbil (the regional capital) and Suleimaniyah.

In Yemen's 1994 civil war, President Ali Abdullah Saleh recruited Afghan veterans from across the Arab world to wage another victorious jihad against the Soviet-backed socialists of south Yemen.At its height, the Islamist network had its own school system, its own ministries, and even its governorates, including Hadramawt, the bin Laden ancestral home.

The first round, which started on November 28th, extended across just nine of the country's 27 governorates.

True, by a reliable if unofficial count, some 56% of voters said yes to the draft constitution in the first round, which covered ten of Egypt's 27 governorates, including the biggest cities of Cairo and Alexandria.

In early August, for example, two SIIC governors in Qadhisiyah and Muthanna (the latter a British controlled governorate until July 2006) were killed by roadside bombs within ten days of each other, with the Mehdi Army widely blamed for their deaths.

It declares the latest position of the Wafd party which includes demands such as the trial of fraudsters and the opening of governorate headquarters to protect citizens.Another well-respected independent daily, El Shorouk, opens with the headline: "The people advance as Mubarak starts his retreat" before reporting sources that say that Mr Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, have left for London.

Voters in the capital, Cairo, by far the richest and most populous governorate, actually turned it down, as did Egyptians resident in the West.In this section The fire is getting closer A dubious yes A tortuous triangle Return of a prodigal son ReprintsNor does the trend favour the Islamists.

It will also be worried by anti-government demonstrations on February 21st in Sa'ada Governorate, where Mr Saleh has waged an on-off war against the Shia Houthis for years.In this section Endgame in Tripoli Building a new Libya When regimes stick A firm royal hand Bullets and bribes Getting together ReprintsAt the moment the parliamentary opposition parties are divided and indecisive.