Sentence examples for in control of the port from inspiring English sources

By evening, rebels appeared in control of the port, while the government held the airport, on the city's outskirts.

He mocked American and British assertions that coalition troops have been in control of the port of Umm Qasr, on the Kuwait border, saying they have never advanced beyond the docks, and hold no part of the town.

It followed claims from the Ukrainian Defence Ministry that Russian fighter jets had "violated" the country's airspace over the Black Sea overnight and that Russian forces were now in control of the port city of Sevastopol, where the Black Sea fleet is based.

Victory for the Luftwaffe in the air battle would have exposed Great Britain to invasion by the German army, which was then in control of the ports of France only a few miles away across the English Channel.

On October 20, the French authorities that were still in control of the ports decided to waive docking fees on US vessels engaged in the evacuation.

The port authority was named as the agency in control of the funds.

U.N. humanitarian coordinator Lise Grande told the Guardian that talks for a political solution to the crisis were at an advanced stage, with the U.N. prepared to step in and take control of the port to prevent the already desperate humanitarian crisis from worsening.

In April 1938, Hitler stated that control of the Port of Klaipėda (German: Memel) and its surrounding area was Germany's second-most important issue, following the status of the Sudeten area.

The Shabab militia has suffered significant erosion of its clout in Somalia, where last year it lost control of the port of Kismayo and its main source of income, said Angel Rabasa, a senior political scientist at Rand Corp. and co-author of "Deradicalizing Islamist Extremists".

The deal, resulting from a tender process begun in 2014, gives the Landbridge Group 100% operational control of the port and 80% ownership of the Darwin Port land, facilities of East Arm wharf including the marine supply base, and Fort Hill wharf.

As the UIC solidified its hold over S Somalia, taking control of the port of Kismayo in September, hundreds of Somalis fled to NE Kenya.