Sentence examples for intensive offensive from inspiring English sources

The government made its statement hours after the army had begun an intensive offensive against the rebels, who are ethnic Albanians, using tanks and artillery for the first time in the weeklong fighting in and around Tetovo, Macedonia's second largest city.

The Armentières front line was regarded by the Allies as a nursery sector where new units could undergo familiarisation without being called upon for intensive offensive operations.

The region in and around Baghdad continued to be the scene of one of the most intensive American offensives of the war on Saturday, in an effort to build on the success of Mr. Hussein's capture by demoralizing the insurgents and persuading them that their cause is lost.

The transition of Kunar's security to Afghan control is happening more gradually than in some other provinces, and the nature of the recent attacks shows why, in part: despite years of intensive coalition military offensives in some parts of the region, militants pose a perpetual threat, even in the provincial capital, Asadabad.

Phrases like "intensive diplomatic effort", "nuclear blackmail" and "offensive operation" were bandied about and it wasn't long before, in this alternative reality, Russia detonated a nuclear weapon.

Instead, he settled for rhetorical linkage -- "joint striving" and "intensive consultations on the interrelated subjects of offensive and defensive systems".

Obama's Asian Charm Offensive SI Analysis: US President Obama made an intensive 9-day tour of Asia, making stops in China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea.

The Jets' new offensive coordinator, Paul Hackett, hopes to play the pass-intensive West Coast offense next season.

The dispatch of 30,000 additional Americans to the Afghan side of the border will occur simultaneously with more intensive missile strikes from drone aircraft and Pakistani army offensives on the other side.

The FARC, Latin America's oldest and most powerful insurgency, said in a statement last weekend that its peace talks with the government were in "intensive care" because of the United States-backed anti-drug offensive in Colombia.

The Kurdish offensive against IS forces besieging Mount Sinjar began early on Wednesday with the most intensive round of air strikes yet by US and coalition forces - 45 in all.