The Saudis intervened to support the forces of the internationally recognised government, but it quickly became a sectarian proxy war against what they perceived as an Iranian attempt to dominate Yemen.
Moscow says the aircraft was over Syria, where Russia is carrying out an air campaign to support the forces of President Bashar al-Assad in a four-year-old civil war.
Review by review, essay by persuasive essay, she erects an impressive structure supported by the force of sheer reasonableness.
Then, in 1997, the militia lost it, with most of the local people supporting the forces of fellow Tajik Ahmed Shah Massoud.
And since then, the world has been captivated by the transformation that's taken place, and the United States has supported the forces of change.
Since then, the world has been captivated by the transformation that has taken place, and the United States has supported the forces of change.
Behind the scenes at the summit, time was spent trying to persuade the Egyptian government and United Arab Emirates to stop supporting the forces of Gen Khalifa Haftar, the military leader in Tobruk who has refused to recognise the Tripoli government even though it has UN recognition.
Two months later he appeared on the cover again, his face bloated and sweating, hiding behind a mask of Gen. Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, Pakistan's dictator in the 1980's, who is widely reviled for his brutality and for supporting the forces of militant Islam.
The men died not fighting Israel - Hezbollah's arch enemy - but supporting the forces of its ally President Bashar al-Assad, across the border in Syria.
Africa Union troops supporting the forces of the UN-backed government have taken control of the capital, Mogadishu, while both Kenya and Ethiopia have sent forces into Somalia to push back the Islamists.
