Sentence examples for seizing facilities from inspiring English sources

On the night of July 15 , 2016 a small faction within the army attempted to launch a coup against the AKP-led government, deploying tanks and troops to the streets of Ankara and Istanbul and seizing facilities, including television stations and bridges.

Isis is smuggling oil from seized facilities in northern Iraq and selling it in Turkey, the official said.

America will attempt to seize facilities thought to contain weapons of mass destruction, or disable them by cutting power supplies or bombing.

But the Libyan government has struggled to regain control of the seized facilities, which have already cut Libya's oil exports from 1.4 million barrels a day to around 235,000.

The separatists have been seizing government facilities in the east since pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovich was driven from power more than two months ago by protests centered in Kiev.

With the forces in al-Kiswah defeated and Qatana neutralised, al-Hariri's forces marched upon Damascus and began to set up road-blocks in the city, while at the same time seizing critical facilities such as the central post office.

IS fighters meanwhile began hoisting their black flags at the Mosul dam, Iraq's largest, and patrolling its perimeter, days after seizing the facility.

US State Department spokewoman Jen Psaki told reporters on June 20 that while officials were concerned about ISIS seizing the facility the material was unlikely to be usable.

Another option is to seize the facilities — an even more difficult prospect.

Mr Yanukovych still commands support in the east and south; in Kiev and the west, where protesters have seized government facilities, he is reviled.

Allied gunmen also seized government facilities in Horlivka, a city of about 300,000 in Donetsk region, Reuters news agency reported.