They have been subjected to periodic ground assaults and near-daily bombardments by the government's warplanes.
Libyan special forces mounted ground assaults on two breakaway cities near the capital.
Those units, including the Russian special forces, have led the ground assaults in Chechnya.
Colombia's military said 18 insurgents were killed and 13 captured in air and ground assaults on two rebel camps.
Nigeria has carried out air and ground assaults against suspected Boko Haram bases at the country's northeastern edge.
With its easy clichés about ground assaults and air attacks and field generals, football is often compared lightly to war.
Dozens of alleged militants have been killed since by aircraft, ground assaults and "encounters" by security forces around the country.
This was accompanied by a massive military onslaught on the Taliban's fixed positions using airstrikes, artillery and ground assaults.
While Darfur may have receded from the headlines, Farrow said, aerial attacks and ground assaults on its people continue, under the direction of the Sudanese government in Khartoum.
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria recently declared a state of emergency in the country's northeast provinces and ordered air and ground assaults against Boko Haram, a militant group.
The Yemeni government began cooperating with the United States military last fall on a newly aggressive campaign of airstrikes and ground assaults against the group.
