They also aim to co-opt regional warlords by giving them official roles.

Initial recruiting problems lay in the lack of cooperation from regional warlords and inconsistent international support.

Virtually all of its war was waged locally by regional warlords.

The Han empire was divided between a number of regional warlords.

Whether the two men, and other powerful regional warlords, keep their promises is an open question.

Within a few years, China descended into civil war, with regional warlords vying for power.

He also played down concerns that Afghanistan's regional warlords were gaining too much influence.

The last major Mexican regional revolutionary warlord turned entrepreneur.

This event triggered an age of civil war as the country became divided by regional warlords vying for power.

Much of China was divided between various regional warlords.