armed conflict
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armed conflict (countable and uncountable, plural armed conflicts)
(international law, military) A contested incompatibility that entails the use of armed force between two parties including a territory, the government of a state, or both.
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Although prepared for an armed conflict with Nigeria in recent years, the Cameroon Army does not have operational experience against other forces, therefore, it is not possible to assess its ability to respond to changing threats and opposing tactics.
As Business Insider’s John Haltiwanger previously reported, the act of destroying cultural sites during an armed conflict can be considered a war crime under international law.
In September 1931, its forces invaded then Chinese-controlled Manchuria, an undertaking that soon enough morphed into a very large and brutal armed conflict with China proper in which the United States participated on a proxy basis.
As a result of a six-week armed conflict, Armenia accepted the defeat and promised to withdraw from the Azerbaijani territories it has been occupying since the early 1990s.
Armenia should send back all the mercenaries and terrorists it brought from abroad to fight against Azerbaijan, Turkey’s Defense Minister said, reiterating Ankara’s support to Baku in its armed conflict with Yerevan.
As armed conflict becomes increasingly likely, Ryan focuses on the growing armed standoff in the Ukraine and absorption of the Crimea, with the rest of the Ukraine facing imminent Russian invasion.