The military officials said 7,000 regular army and paramilitary troops - backed by jets, helicopters and artillery - were in the area.

On 3 May 2013, the Syrian army backed by the Shabiha reportedly committed a massacre of civilians near the city of Baniyas.

The army and paramilitary forces, backed by armoured personnel carriers, entered the Parachinar town and secured positions at around 11 am.

That night, the Malian army, backed by French troops, claimed that they had taken back control of Konna.

The model should be south Lebanon, controlled by a terrorist mercenary army backed by Israeli might.

The army, backed by every wizard off the Hill, couldn't take the place fast enough to keep them from destroying whatever they don't want to get out.

On April 30, the Cambodian army, backed by artillery, crossed over into Vietnam.

He fought in Kashmir with Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant Islamic army backed by Pakistani's intelligence services, then went to Afghanistan.

With your armies backed by my capital, I can sweep as far as I want, which is pretty far, let me tell you.

He marched with a large army, backed by a good number of war-boats in the river Ganges.