Sentence examples for had been clashes from inspiring English sources

Residents of Deir al-Zour contacted on the internet said there had been clashes on Saturday between the Islamic State and government forces.

It was unclear why the Syrian military targeted the petrol station, although there had been clashes and shelling in nearby areas in previous days.

A police statement posted on the Web site of Bahrain's state news agency acknowledged that there had been clashes "following an illegal demonstration staged after the funeral of Ali Hassan al-Daihi".

"So far we've not had violations by militants of our facilities," he said, though responding to questions he accepted there had been clashes between Hamas and the Israeli army in the area.

A Russian flag was hoisted at the site, where previously there had been clashes between pro- and anti-Russian protesters, as well as a sign saying "Crimea is Russia".

The day before Monday's fatal shootings in Taiz, there had been clashes when police attacked thousands of women gathered to protest against the government, provoking men to step in to protect them.So far America been reluctant to criticise Mr Saleh, an important if mercurial ally in fighting Al Qaeda's Arabian Peninsula franchise.

Al-Shabab Islamist rebels and government forces had been clashing in the area recently.

Partly what had been clashing were our respective ideas about the role of an individual in solving a crisis.

Mr. Tore said Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels had been clashing in the area for about two weeks.

He said WHO had been clashing with Nairobi-based reporter Jina Moore, who had been covering the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

11.23am: There have been clashes between Palestinian protesters and the IDF near Ramallah.