Sentence examples for using heavy force from inspiring English sources

The government is using heavy force to secure Damascus.

He avoided criticising the U.S. failure to prevent the bombings despite Russian concerns about the brothers, but he took the chance to justify using heavy force against Islamist militants who oppose Russian rule in the North Caucasus.

"Both the government and the opposition are focusing on military operations and the use of force, with government forces using heavy weapons on population centers," Feltman told the Security Council during a regular briefing on the Middle East.

The sounds of strong explosions were heard followed by security forces using heavy and medium machinegun fire," the British-based Observatory said.

The situation in Aleppo today is critical, as some areas have seen heavy fighting between regime forces using heavy tanks, and lightly armed rebels.

"The shells are raining down on us and regime forces are using heavy artillery," he said.

During the final phase of the war between January and May 2009, the government consistently denied that its forces were using heavy weapons.

Top brass have been keen to publicize the army's compliance with the crumbling ceasefire deal and insist its forces resort to using heavy weapons only in defense.

The governor of Taiz Province, Hamoud al-Sofi, said soldiers responded to attacks on government buildings by the opposition forces with random shelling using "heavy, heavy weapons".

Kurdish officials say their forces were seriously outgunned by the jihadists, who were using heavy weapons looted from Iraqi bases.

Wary of using heavy equipment or of creating vibrations, workers used hand tools, their bare hands and brute force to pull away chunks of debris.