Sentence examples for rebels control and from inspiring English sources

Although this interim force has managed to impose a modicum of stability, diplomats express concern that large parts of the country remain under the rebels' control, and that there has been no systematic effort to disarm them.

He favours a Libyan-Egyptian peace plan, which overrides the south's right to secede, without putting the Islamic state, the focal point for the mainly Christian south's discontent, up for negotiation.The rebels control, and try to administer, 80% of the south.

The northern town of Korhogo was also under rebel control, and rebels were reportedly handing out guns to dissident youths.

Soon afterwards the north of the country rapidly fell under rebel control and the secular MNLA, fighting for an independent Tuareg state, seized the nearby town of Douentza.

It comes on top of fighting in Unity State, now under rebel control and in Bor, the capital of the restive Jonglei state.

Many of the border crossings with Russia are under rebel control, and the boundary between the two countries is notoriously porous anyway.

Voting will be in possible in parts of the country under rebel control, and will be difficult in other areas where fighting rages.

But hundreds of airstrikes, dozens of casualties and months of diplomacy have done little to demonstrably advance those interests: The war remains stalemated, with key areas under rebel control and pro-government forces unable to retake them.

The town has frequently swung from government to rebel control, and on Tuesday Unmiss expressed "serious concern" after government soldiers celebrating war veterans' day fired into the air for half an hour.

When it became clear that there were some stories that I can do that were relatively safe, in areas that were fully under rebel control and with translators and fixers that The New York Times team really trusted, I felt that maybe it was the right time to give it a shot.

Libya may still require peacekeepers but nobody is yet volunteering NATO for the task.The moral and legal case for a limited intervention in Libya has not come undone as many critics predicted, though that may change if the country implodes under rebel control and the West is forced to deploy troops.