Sentence examples for local faction from inspiring English sources

Not surprisingly, Al Qaeda's Saudi branch recently moved to Yemen and merged with the local faction to form Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

In the West Bank town of Tulkarm, Israeli troops killed two armed Palestinians who were local faction leaders, the military said.

After several arrests, the local faction called for mediation.The British and Irish governments, desperate to bring peace, have flattered loyalist leaders with meetings in London and Dublin, and provided funds to clean up objectionable graffiti.

TRENTON, Oct. 11 — A Mercer County jury has convicted a member of a local faction of the Latin Kings street gang in the murder of a female gang member and the attempted slaying of her male companion.

"The idea being that some local faction in Afghanistan would tell either other Afghan forces or U.S. forces or coalition forces that an Al Qaeda or Taliban were located someplace, and in fact, it wasn't, it was the enemy of those local Afghan forces that was located there, not necessarily Taliban or Al Qaeda -- I know of no instance where that's happened," he said.

But there's one local faction that could be a problem.

"Guelf" and "Ghibelline" implied only local factions.

How can varied, often contentious local factions work together?

Local government was also very significant, and there were often bitter disputes among local factions.

But military officials did not rule out the possibility of scattered fighting, perhaps between local factions.

Arming local factions proved a poor instrument for establishing central control.