Sentence examples for opposing rebels from inspiring English sources

Countries contributing troops to the United Nations force were told at a meeting here on Friday that soldiers would have to be more forceful in opposing rebels they are charged with disarming.

The European Union reacted in kind, voting to allow the arming of the opposing rebels.

The victory destroyed the last opposing rebel faction, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang in uncontested control of the bountiful Yangtze River Valley and cementing his power in the south.

Rwanda's relationship with Uganda was also tense for much of the 2000s following a 1999 clash between the two countries' armies as they backed opposing rebel groups in the Second Congo War.

In provinces where opposition to the Houthis runs high, especially in the south, tribal forces have played an increasingly prominent role in opposing the rebels.

For some reason the BBC website keeps reporting opposing moderate rebel groups, but never names them.

That group opposes the rebels.

Other key unit commanders and the military high command have also opposed the rebels' call.

Bishop Ruiz's Zapatista sympathies also earned him enemies among the landed class in Chiapas and the Indians who opposed the rebels.

The 1980s saw the rise of right-wing paramilitary groups, which were organized to oppose leftist rebels but also attacked on civilians.

Farther north, however, ethnic Tamils are waiting for signs that the government will address what a Tamil politician named Douglas Devananda, who opposed the rebels, called their "genuine political grievances," chiefly a desire for greater political autonomy.