Sentence examples for intense offensive from inspiring English sources

Although it controls 80% of southern Sudan, and is currently resisting an intense offensive near the government's oil-fields in the centre of the country, it has not been able to launch a counter-attack to stop the oil flowing.

Last week, Mr. Karzai and the Pakistani president, Asif Ali Zardari, held a three-way meeting with Mr. Obama at the White House while the Pakistani military launched an intense offensive against surging Taliban extremists in the northwest part of that country.

His remarks came four days after Mr. Karzai and the Pakistani president, Asif Ali Zardari, held a rare three-way meeting with Mr. Obama at the White House; and days after the Pakistani military began an intense offensive against surging Taliban extremists in the northwest.

The Taliban usually stage their most intense offensives during those months.

Since the election of a new pragmatist president, Hassan Rouhani, in June, Tehran has signalled that Iran might be ready for a compromise on the nuclear issue and Zarif, a American-educated former ambassador to the UN, is conducting an intense diplomatic offensive at the UN, arriving five days before the general assembly and meeting a large number of foreign ministers.

The plan was immediately rejected by the opposition, which accused the government of trying to seem the peacekeeper even as it pursued an intense bombing offensive against them.

As the nation heads into the last two weeks of August, a time when the White House believes many Americans will tune out of the health care debate to take their vacations, he has been waging an intense public relations offensive to convince Americans that the health care system should be overhauled.

Curt Schilling, a former All-Star pitcher and one of the highest-profile baseball analysts on ESPN, was fired from the network Wednesday, a day after he drew intense criticism for promoting offensive commentary on social media.

Human Rights Watch called the offensive "the most intense aerial attacks in Aleppo to date".

Rangers served early notice of their intent when they mounted an immediate offensive, putting Livingston under intense pressure.

Military officials called this the biggest Israeli raid into Palestinian-controlled territory since the more intense phase of the West Bank offensive ended this month.