11.   Damascus says the factions are fighting a legitimate war against occupation.

12.   Factions fight rivals among their own people.

13.   For weeks, the rival factions have fought for Samrong.

14.   Kurdish factions also have fought against each other repeatedly, further undermining moves toward autonomy.

15.   Most of the recent wave of immigrants towards the EU have been Kurds from northern Iraq, where rival factions have fought since the end of the Gulf War.

16.   Opposition factions fought among themselves, U.N. officials said, with gunmen looting foreign aid agencies and diplomatic missions.

17.   Rival Afghan factions fought Wednesday for the capital of a strategically important province, causing civilians to flee, local Afghans said.

18.   Radical armed factions are fighting to topple the secular government and install strict Islamic rule.

19.   Rosvooruzhenie is a rich over which Kremlin factions have been fighting for years, and the struggle has been followed in the Russian media.

20.   Since then, clan-based factions have fought each other for power and money.