insurgency

Example Sentences

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Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters that security agencies believed the attacks were a "signal" timed with elections for local administrators taking place on Sunday, and "not aimed at insurgency".

From Barron's

“The oil is liquid gold,” said Robert Pape, an expert on insurgencies and warfare at the University of Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is referred to as a cell style of organization, which is popular with insurgency groups.

From Salon

The site of the strikes -- in Nigeria's northwest state of Sokoto -- has puzzled analysts, since Nigeria's jihadist insurgency is mostly concentrated in the northeast.

From Barron's

The east African country is struggling to emerge from decades of conflict and chaos, battling a bloody Islamist insurgency and frequent natural disasters.

From Barron's