Sentence examples for threatened offensive from inspiring English sources

The government said it was suspending its threatened offensive in the interest of peace, bowing to international pressure not to attack villages containing thousands of civilians.

The hills above this town lay quiet today as a noon deadline passed for rebels to withdraw from mountain villages along Macedonia's northern border, and the government said it was suspending its threatened offensive in the interests of peace.

The UN envoy to Syria has warned of a "perfect storm" in north-west Syria if the government goes ahead with its threatened offensive against rebels.

The rebels are threatening an offensive against the provincial capital of Idlib, which has remained in government hands since the beginning of the war.

Islamic State is doing everything it can to expand its military capacity, as the Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, and the US Central Command (CentCom) threaten an offensive later this year to recapture Mosul.

To cut to the chase, the biggest takeaway thus far is just how difficult it is for a machine to interpret much beyond the obvious use of inflammatory, threatening or offensive language.

At first the Philippine military threatened a broad offensive against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Their powerful offensive threatened to encircle the positions of the Shabab militia, which is linked to al-Qaeda.

The militants may have been trying to forestall new attacks by the military, which has swept them from other nearby tribal areas into a relatively small area of Mohmand Agency and threatened a new offensive.

When the German Operation Nordwind offensive threatened Strasbourg, Pash ordered all captured documents to be removed.

The Washington Post adds that thousands of civilians are fleeing Idlib's main city after rebels threatened a major offensive.