Sentence examples for group's fighting from inspiring English sources

Despite the group's fighting prowess, it remains comparatively small, and many Syrians would not accept a forced Islamic state in place of democracy in the event of a victory by the opposition forces.

Blinken did not put a new figure on the size of the jihadist group's fighting force in his statement to the Senate committee overseeing funding for the State Department's program to counter violent extremism.

Intelligence agencies estimate the group's fighting strength at about 6,000.

He says the group's fighting in Syria constitutes a "detriment to the interest and well-being of the Lebanese people".

Some smaller groups have split, disagreeing on whether to negotiate with the Pakistani government and taking with them some of the umbrella group's fighting force.

He is said to have risen rapidly through the ranks over the next 18 months, achieving a leading role within the foreign jihadi corps that comprise a large part of the group's fighting force.

KABUL — The Taliban announced that the insurgent group's spring fighting season would begin officially across Afghanistan on Sunday in an unusual news statement that aimed to project an image of strength and concern for civilians, even as NATO warned the public to expect insurgent efforts to launch a major attack.

Hughes, who was at Lord's today in his capacity as both an Australian selector and leader of a tour group, was championing Siddle's fighting qualities long before he took nine wickets on a flat deck in a losing cause in the final of Australia's domestic Sheffield Shield in March 2008 – despite struggling with an injured shoulder and a tooth abscess.

Hector Dario Pastora, secretary of an opposition group linked to Eden Pastora's fighting forces, said the helicopter his cousin was traveling in developed engine trouble Tuesday over Nicaragua.

"Mapping Iraq's fighting groups," Al Jazeera, 27 June 2014.

In the past, underground traffickers would have organised one of Gaza's fighting groups to attack an Israeli position in order to provoke a closure and keep trade from Egypt flowing.