insurgent

Example Sentences

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Authorities are investigating a trip both men took last month to an island in the Philippines where local insurgents have previously sworn allegiance to Islamic State.

From The Wall Street Journal

"They are fragmented, and they have no leadership," she added of the insurgent groups.

From Barron's

So the military has made retaking as much territory from insurgents before the election a priority.

From BBC

The U.S. also stations commandos and other forces in Somalia itself, where they help elite local troops fighting al-Shabaab—an Islamist insurgent group affiliated with al Qaeda—and the Somali branch of Islamic State.

From The Wall Street Journal

But their hold is shaky and the helicopter -- one of the few in the SNA fleet and showing its age -- is a tempting target for the insurgents just a few miles away.

From Barron's