Sentence examples for seized areas from inspiring English sources

Among the newly seized areas were the oil fields around Kirkuk, which greatly expanded Kurdish reserves.

All this coincided with the US-led coalition's bombing campaign against Isis targets, which curtailed other income streams such as oil, livestock and crops from seized areas.

The KRG has already expanded the territory it effectively controls and its peshmerga forces have seized areas outside its borders from Isis.

One of the newest dilemmas for the United States is what to do about Mali, where beginning in January separate groups in the northern part of the country seized areas that total the size of Texas.

Syrian insurgents fighting loyalist forces in the northern city of Aleppo seized areas near its airport on Friday, threatening the government's control of a strategically vital supply conduit and scoring a propaganda victory in what has become a protracted battle in Syria's largest metropolis.

Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup and later fled abroad following a corruption conviction, has been accused by the government of being a key force behind protests by the redshirts, who seized areas of the capital before being overcome by army troops last week.

However, Lin Biao's army attempted to block the entry of Nationalist troops by destroying rail lines and seizing areas around ports of entry.

No one seriously believes that Ukrainian separatist groups would have been able to seize areas in the east of the country without substantial assistance from Russia.

U.S. forces recently conducted helicopter missions to ease the threat that the militants might seize areas around the city's international airport.

Isis, however, has been establishing itself since last Autumn and keeps marching on, seizing areas from the country's traditional insurgents as well as the government and, significantly,  becoming a major player in the opium trade, the country's most lucrative asset.

By early this year, attacks by Russian long-range bombers, fighter jets, attack helicopters and cruise missiles allowed the Syrian Army to reverse many of the rebel gains — and seize areas near the Turkish border that many thought the government could never reclaim.