Sentence examples for regional army from inspiring English sources

When ISIS fighters reached the outskirts of the Kurdish region, they were beaten back by the Kurdistan regional army known as the peshmerga — in the Kurdish language, "those who face death".

A regional army commander, Gen. Jorge Alberto Segura, said about 60 rebels were in the camps in the southwestern state of Nariño.

He not only established a local militia in Hunan but combined the units formed by several scholars in his home district into a regional army.

In July, Col. Mohamed Chabani led the Sahara regional army in a revolt that ended quickly with his capture and secret execution.

"Do you understand me?" They nodded their heads, and Chávez turned to General Cacerez, the Maracaibo regional Army commander, who stood behind him.

Simple, he said: it is also the location of the main regional army base (or "cantonment" as they call it, in the jargon of the British Raj) and the army didn't want to put it too close to parliament.

The Shabab's fighters have increasingly come under pressure in recent times from regional armies and government forces who are pushing them from three sides inside Somalia.

The tensions underscore the growing military complexities as western forces, regional armies and myriad guerrilla groups manoeuvre in anticipated of expected peace talks.

Zeng's example was followed by other regional leaders such as Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang, who first served on Zeng's staff and then organized their own regional armies under Zeng's general direction.

Analysts say boastings from regional armies should be treated with caution, as the Islamists are far from defeated and can easily regroup, especially if there is a let-up in the military pressure.

Regional armies are trying to hunt them down with the help of 100 US soldiers.