Sentence examples for secured control from inspiring English sources

Gen. Qassem Mahmadias as saying that security forces, along with militia and tribal fighters, "secured control of the important outlets used by the Daesh gangs," according to semi-official state news outlet Al Iraqiya.

In 1881 he secured control of the Northern Pacific, of which he became president.

Britain secured control of Gibraltar in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.

For the first time, too, ISIS has secured control of actual territory.

The terms of peace favoured the Romans, who secured control of Nisibis and the Khābūr River valley.

Since Sunday night, Hezbollah forces have secured control of most of the former Israeli command posts in the central border region.

Ennahda may well have squandered its best opportunity to secure control of Tunisia.

managed to secure control of four Ministries, including the Ministry of Immigration and Integration.

He also wants Iraq to secure control of the principal source of Arab wealth: oil.

As commerce expanded, the Portuguese strove to secure control of trade with the Moluccas the Spice Islands.

Some relocation programs have aimed to create Arab majorities near oil fields, to secure control of economic assets.