21.   The KDP alleged Iran has backed the PUK with troops and supplies ever since the two rival Kurdish factions clashed in late August.

22.   The movement split several years ago and the two factions routinely clash.

23.   The MQM split several years ago and the rival factions routinely clash.

24.   The party, however, suffered a split several years ago, and its rival factions routinely clash.

25.   The two factions routinely clash.

26.   The two factions clash almost daily in south Lebanon.

27.   The two factions often clash and people routinely get caught in the crossfire.

28.   The two factions routinely clash, but the violence has escalated in recent weeks, prompting the government to send hundreds of paramilitary troops into particularly troubled neighborhoods.

29.   At least two people were killed and four others wounded when two factions clashed in the Somalia town of Afgoye, near Mogadishu, local newspapers reported Thursday.

30.   But the loyalty of the army was split along political lines in January, when rival factions clashed.