Sentence examples for long-standing ties from inspiring English sources

Yet he had long-standing ties to U.S. policymakers, who trusted him.

Long-standing ties often led us to overlook the faults of local elites.

But Agalarov is far from among those with particularly deep or long-standing ties to Putin.

Its movies will be distributed by Universal, with which Mr. Spielberg has long-standing ties.

At the same time, the military and intelligence organizations in Pakistan have long-standing ties to the Taliban, and, of course, the Taliban has long-standing ties to Al Qaeda.

The group also has long-standing ties to Pakistan's intelligence services, which maintain links to the Taliban.

Turki was in charge of the "Afghanistan file," and had long-standing ties to bin Laden and the Taliban.

Another prominent figure with long-standing ties to Islamic groups is a militantly anti-American cleric, Abdel Meguid al-Zindani.

(Kassar had long-standing ties with several Palestinian terror groups; a U.S. congressional report once referred to him as "the Banker of the PLO").

Mamarella was a gun-toting repeat offender (perjury, extortion, insurance fraud, loan sharking) with a history of violence and long-standing ties to the New Jersey Mob.

Japanese police have recently bolstered efforts to crack down on the yakuza and sever its long-standing ties to industry and politics.