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a a state or period of fighting between groups of people in the same country
a region that has had many civil wars
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The two sides have been ruled by separate governments since 1949, after the end of the Chinese civil war.
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Nectar Gan, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
The current situation Al-Hadhrami is referring to is the country’s ongoing civil war.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Some parts of that column, with a brief foray into Lebanese civil war (1975 - 1990) history, also discussed the wider regional implications of a Hezbollah collapse in the present.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
So much so, that when civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Hezbollah emerged as a major actor in that conflict, sending thousands of Lebanese fighters to Syria to assist the government’s efforts to suppress a popular uprising.
—Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024
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Nectar Gan, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
The current situation Al-Hadhrami is referring to is the country’s ongoing civil war.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Some parts of that column, with a brief foray into Lebanese civil war (1975 - 1990) history, also discussed the wider regional implications of a Hezbollah collapse in the present.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
So much so, that when civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Hezbollah emerged as a major actor in that conflict, sending thousands of Lebanese fighters to Syria to assist the government’s efforts to suppress a popular uprising.
—Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024
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At a time when foreign actors are engaged in a very real information war against the United States, Congress should pass a new authorization and extend the center’s mandate.David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
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Moments of crisis and uncertainties, in a national political election, a pandemic, the fight for human rights, social and climate justice, incessant wars, etc... become circumstances where private and public merge in a possible long-lasting shift.PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
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The Latino doormen and the Albanian doormen have been in a cold war.Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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To counter them, Harris or Trump could warn Americans that the costs of a hot or cold war with China would be steep, and that such a conflict could arrive soon if bilateral ties keep deteriorating.Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
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Katie Hafner: For women in the U.K. between the two world wars, studying chemistry was especially hard.Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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Season 2 is a sweeping love story against a massive world war.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
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Solution: Address past issues openly and resolve lingering conflicts.Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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That’s higher than the numbers for last year’s summit, which took place days after the current conflict in the region started.Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
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The Declaration in Script and Print: A Visual History of America’s Founding Document by John Bidwell Rozina Ali God’s Directive After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2024
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With Gamestop, this eventually wrapped back around into something that’s part cult, part get-rich-quick scheme, part righteous holy war against investors, and part cyberpunk cautionary tale.Amber DaSilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 July 2024
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Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in a limited war since last October, but Israeli forces have significantly escalated the scope of their attacks since the beginning of September in an attempt to force Hezbollah to stop its attacks on northern Israel.Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Sep. 2024
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In this scenario, which may already be coming to fruition, the meager hope is that the conflict transforms into simply a more limited war.Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Civil war.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civil%20war. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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