Sentence examples for military foothold from inspiring English sources
But Russia, which backs Assad, has fought to quell the rebellion and maintain its military foothold in Syria.
The real goals were to establish a military foothold in the region, remake the Middle East and capture control of Iraq's fabulous oil reserves.
Netanyahu has been cautioning against any attempt by Iran to deepen its military foothold in Syria or construct missile factories in neighbouring Lebanon.
An American military base, Manas, supports the NATO mission in Afghanistan, and for years Moscow and Washington jockeyed for the favor of its former president, Kurmanbek S. Bakiyev, to ensure a military foothold there.
The drastically reduced American profile could simplify the government's position among Saudis who espouse Osama bin Laden's contention that the American military foothold was an affront to the kingdom's sovereignty.
At the same time, Israel's air force has launched scores of attacks on Syrian territory in a campaign it says is to prevent its arch-enemy, Iran, another Assad ally, from gaining a military foothold in a neighbouring country.
On a bigger scale again, a battle for raw materials, economic resources, political influence and military footholds is under way in sub-Saharan Africa, where China has placed commercial advantage ahead of governance and human rights concerns, and increasingly in Latin America.
"There's a shared interest that we have with Israel, making sure that Iran does not gain a foothold, military base-wise, in southern Syria," Mr. Spicer said.
And even if the Chinese military could somehow acquire a foothold, it has the capacity to move only about 20,000 troops by sea and air at a time.
The ceremony was rich in historical paradox, with the invaders returning as peacemakers, and the peacemakers summoning a nostalgia for the days when their military prowess secured them a foothold in nearly every corner of the globe.
While the U.S. has the military objective of seeking a foothold for the fight against ISIS, Turkey has other preoccupations, including its concern about the possible emergence of another autonomous Kurdish stronghold on its border and the ongoing cost and management of an enormous refugee burden.
