Sentence examples for seized the key from inspiring English sources

The Afghan government claimed on Thursday that it had regained control of Kunduz after the Taliban seized the key city in northern Afghanistan on Monday.

YPG fighters, backed by US-led airstrikes and other rebels, on Tuesday consolidated gains made last week, when they seized the key town of Tal Abyad from isis on the Syria-Turkey border.

The ceasefire came into effect on 15 February but the rebels seized the key town of Debaltseve just days later.

Forces backing Mr Machar have seized the key town of Bentiu, capital of the oil-producing Unity State.

French and Malian troops have seized the key Malian towns of Diabaly and Douentza from militant Islamists.

In other developments in Ukraine on Wednesday: The Ukrainian army said it seized the key town of Avdiivka near the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.

French and Malian troops have seized the key Malian towns of Diabaly and Douentza from militant Islamists, the French defence minister has said.

Shortly afterwards, French-Navarrese troops under Bonnivet and Claude of Lorraine seized the key city of Fuenterrabia, at the mouth of the Bidasoa River on the Franco-Spanish border, following a protracted series of maneuvers, providing the French with an advantageous foothold in northern Spain that would remain in their hands for the next two years.