insurgency

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India on Monday declared the country free of the Maoist insurgency, fulfilling a long-standing deadline to defeat the decades-long rebellion.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the rumors of a Kurdish insurgency “completely false.”

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

But the trickle of migration became a torrent during the 10 years of the Maoist insurgency that ended in 2006.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Since then, Mali's military leaders have overseen the exit of the UN peacekeeping mission and French forces, which had deployed to Mali in 2013 to help deal with an escalating jihadist insurgency.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

The catalyst for the change was the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular insurgency in four counties of western Pennsylvania protesting an excise tax on whiskey.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis