rebels
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In 2022, after years of stalemate, the government and rebels signed on to a ceasefire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The rebels initially made advances in neighbouring Afar and Amhara states, working alongside local militias.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Eritrea has a 700-mile Red Sea coastline across from Yemen, where Houthi rebels have been attacking Saudi Arabia, and sits near a globally critical shipping route through the Bab al-Mandeb strait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Activists say that because the war with the Tamil rebels was ongoing, the then government didn't pursue the investigation and did not explain why.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
While we idled the months away, exerting our efforts to watch over a city of embers and stones, Boston is fallen to the rebels.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
