Sentence examples for taking part in combat from inspiring English sources

But many of the Muslims from the West were "tourists", who were more interested in posting photographs of themselves with guns on the internet than taking part in combat.

A group of lawyers also petitioned the Supreme Court to stop the American troops on the grounds that the plans violated the constitutional ban on foreign troops taking part in combat.

Passages in the document refer to the police forces "taking part in combat operations" and spell out that the forces include "Serbian MUP," the secret police controlled by the Serbian Ministry of the Interior.

Kasasbeh, clearly speaking under duress, also listed Kuwait, Oman and Qatar as members of the coalition, though they are providing the use of airbases and not taking part in combat operations and are trying desperately to keep a low profile.

He acknowledged that Iran was supporting the operation, though he played down the Islamic Republic's role in the campaign, saying its presence consisted only of military advisers and that there were no Iranian fighters taking part in combat.

"As the Kurdish factor is a real factor in the situation in Syria and Kurdish armed formations are taking part in combat operations against Isis and are among the most combat efficient units, we consider it right to maintain working contacts with them," Putin declared.

Although he never took part in combat, he saw plenty from a distance.

Children have also been recruited to take part in combat, Unicef said.

Under the Philippines Constitution, foreign forces are forbidden to take part in combat.

And most Nato troop contributors have insisted that their soldiers do not actually take part in combat with the Taliban.

It said al-Tabtaba'i entered Syria in September 2013 and "provided money and arms to terrorists in Syria and took part in combat with them".