How do factions form within a country or region?

The popular revolution enters in its fourth year a complex and critical phase. ... We know that these regional countries have mobilized all their energy in this objective. ... Both of the mentioned counter revolutionary forces did not hesitate to ... liberation faction without giving up for a single moment all forms of ...

Today most of the countries on Earth stand between the feet of one or ... Factions are struggling against each other to exercise sovereignty, ... The east is also home to the militias of the “federalist” movement, who seek to form a regional ... the only ultimate legal authority in the country, and the others do not, ...

The group's roots can be traced back to the Liberal guerrilla bands of La ... region to region, and that the group's control of population and territory in rural areas ... an ambiguous relationship; in some parts of the country they cooperate, while in ... to be trying to purge it of the factions most heavily involved in drug tr...

The conflict in west Sudan's Darfur region flared in 2003 when two rebel ... are similar to those of armed groups in the south of the country and elsewhere. ... the Darfur Peace Agreement - because it did not address their concerns, and ... .. forms a breakaway faction willing to negotiate with the government.

We focus on one of the key principles within the document -- republicanism. ... . There are two ways that this can be done, the freedom to form factions can be ... . as such a malady is more likely to taint a particular county or district than an entire ...

In defining the country's federal structure, the Russian Constitution ... Unlike regions, republics are entitled to proclaim their own state ... At its inception, only marginal factions of the movement advocated actual secession from Russia. In its modern form, the movement does not advocate for separation from ...

Iraqi volunteers in the newly formed 'Abbas Brigades' parade in the holy Shia ... minister, can gather the country's estranged factions behind him and form a ... a stake within the state's current borders, regional observers said.

Its people are a people who have endured more than most of us can ever ... Within the country there are tiny Hindu, Sikh and Jewish communities, but ... Following a subsequent break down in Arab rule, semi-independent states began to form. ... interference into the affairs of the remaining independent states in the region ...

Somalia, like most other countries in Africa, was colonized by European nations ... . Somalia is attempting to form a government so that the country can once ... . countries in the region to help bring an end to over a decade of factional fighting.

You can see there are three main groups. ... The Kurdish region, in Iraq and beyond ... Iraq has the fifth largest proven oil reserves of any country, after Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Iran. ... .. fought among three factions: Sunni insurgents, including Islamist extremists and former Saddam loyalists; Shia militias, some ...

Maps can be a powerful tool for understanding the world, ... its present, and some of the most important stories in the region today. ... . That pro-Ali faction was known as the "Partisans of Ali," or "Shi'atu Ali" in Arabic, hence "Shia. ... This weighted population map shows every country in...