Then, as word of Kane's coup d'étàt circulated, they were instantly set upon by factions loyal to Kane.

Now it has about 6,000 men, including several hundred drawn from factions usually loyal to Mr. Abbas's Fatah movement.

Subject to the khan Oirats would form themselves as a loyal and formidable faction of the Mongol war machine.

In both capacities, he was regarded as member of the political faction loyal to the retired Mr. Jiang.

Immediately, a civil war ignites in the Imperium between factions loyal to her and Vulcan.

The failures reflected the paralysis of party politics, with the center-left and center-right split between factions loyal to antagonistic leaders.

Cornelio Saavedra was aware that the Junta would be resisted by factions still loyal to the old authorities.

Once there, Medraut begins to build up a faction loyal only to him among the warriors of the royal warband.

The factions loyal to these two men became known as the Armagnacs and the Burgundians.

Peace talks have broken off following an attack in a crowded market place by a faction loyal to the former communist leader.