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a group of people acting together within a larger group
several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area
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The relationship went both ways, with Hezbollah fighters serving as shock troops that bolstered Assad’s flagging army — an intervention the group justified as protecting Shiite minorities and shrines in Syria from Islamist and jihadi factions in the opposition.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
As in post-Qaddafi Libya, a fresh round of civil war could break out as different factions, backed by different countries, fight for the upper hand.
—John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Over the past year, the Texas GOP has been engulfed in a civil war between more moderate and hard-line factions.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
There are also numerous other factions within the country that Israel could view as a potential threat, including remnants of Islamic State, potentially rejuvenated by the departure of Assad.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The second point is that some of the rebel factions are quite disciplined.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Additionally, Israel reportedly struck Syrian weapons stores and chemical weapon capabilities Monday to neutralize their potential use by rebel factions, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The government responded with violent crackdowns and soon several factions were battling the Syrian security forces.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Danielle Vinson, a professor of politics and international affairs at Furman University in South Carolina, noted that hard-line factions of the GOP could complicate the party's ability to govern with its narrow majority.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
As in post-Qaddafi Libya, a fresh round of civil war could break out as different factions, backed by different countries, fight for the upper hand.
—John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Over the past year, the Texas GOP has been engulfed in a civil war between more moderate and hard-line factions.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
There are also numerous other factions within the country that Israel could view as a potential threat, including remnants of Islamic State, potentially rejuvenated by the departure of Assad.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The second point is that some of the rebel factions are quite disciplined.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Additionally, Israel reportedly struck Syrian weapons stores and chemical weapon capabilities Monday to neutralize their potential use by rebel factions, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The government responded with violent crackdowns and soon several factions were battling the Syrian security forces.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Danielle Vinson, a professor of politics and international affairs at Furman University in South Carolina, noted that hard-line factions of the GOP could complicate the party's ability to govern with its narrow majority.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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