The rebels quickly secured the support of a Persian satrap, and Athens found itself facing the prospect of revolts throughout the empire.

The Kurdish rebels at first denied Government assertions that its troops had entered and secured Kirkuk, but their account shifted later today when Iraq again insisted that it had regained control of the city, the center of Iraq's second-largest oil-producing area.

On 2 February, residents of the Sheikh Saeed district confirmed that rebels had fully taken control of the district after the Syrian Army withdrew, allowing the rebels to secure a key route to Aleppo International Airport.

The rebels, according to Government accounts, have refuges in Syria, receive arms and other support from Saddam Hussein's Government in Iraq and, in a new development, have also secured backing from Iran.

Once across the border, the rebels could secure a staging area into which we could airlift food and medicine for the internally displaced Kosovars.

During the battles with the Red Army, Lithuanian rebels secured government offices, police stations, shops, warehouses, and attempted to re-establish order in the city.

Rapidly, the remaining Atreides forces and the enthusiastic rebels secured the Grand Palais.

At the same time rebels in Misrata were able to push out of the city and secured all surrounding towns, and rebels in the Nafusa Mountains were able to take most of the western coastline including Tripoli itself.

After securing Kriva Palanka, the rebels built and secured a new stronghold near Kumanovo.

The rebels also secured support in London from opponents of the court party.