Seized Power in a sentence

The offensive seized swathes of territory and lucrative trade crossings on the China border, posing the biggest threat to the junta since it seized power.

A weeks-long power struggle erupted into battles Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Raul Castro has been in power since 2006, when he took over after illness sidelined his brother Fidel, who seized power in the 1959 revolution.

The Slovak Republic insists that the power to claim restitution does not go back before February 1948, when the Communists seized power.

But hopes for democracy faltered 18 months ago when the two most powerful generals — the army chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan — together seized power in a coup.

But it would be its border with Afghanistan that would soon draw the U.S.′ attention and dominate Musharraf’s life a little under two years after he seized power.

CAR has faced intercommunal fighting since 2013, when predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power and forced then-President Francois Bozize from office.

Fears have been mounting over the health and detention conditions of democratically elected Bazoum, his wife and 20-year-old son since the military seized power and took them captive on July 26.

For Mr. el-Sisi, an authoritarian leader who seized power in a military coup in 2013, Gulf support has been critical.

It is the most serious setback suffered by the junta since it seized power in February 2021.

It was the latest in sweeping restrictions imposed by the Taliban since they seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as US and Nato troops were withdrawing from the country after 20 years of war.

Kunthear Mam-Douglas of University Park traveled to her birth country, Cambodia, last year to retrace the journey her family and many others took to escape after the Khmer Rouge regime seized power in the 1970s.

Reports have also emerged that Gen. Salifou Mody, the deputy head of the military junta that has seized power, is traveling to Mali to seek support from the Russian-backed mercenary Wagner Group.

The United States and its allies have imposed further sanctions on Myanmar’s military rulers amid deepening conflict two years since the military seized power in a coup.

Thousands more remain imprisoned on charges generally involving nonviolent protests or criticism of military rule, which began when the army seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Violence against the Fulani people has increased since the country’s new junta leader, Capt. Ibrahim Traore, seized power in September, allege rights groups.

Wednesday marks the second anniversary since Myanmar’s military seized power after rejecting the results of the 2020 election and ousting the civilian government.

When Traore seized power he gave himself “two to three months” to improve security in Burkina Faso, but one year on, jihadist attacks still blight the West African nation.

Hanegbi defended Israel’s ongoing operations in Rafah, on Gaza’s border with Egypt, saying the frontier had become a “smuggling kingdom” since Hamas seized power in Gaza in 2007.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seized power over the weekend as the Assad regime dramatically collapsed.