a blockade

a bombing raid

a breakaway region

a casualty

a ceasefire

a curfew

a flare-up

a ground attack

a lorry

a militant

a military operation

suicide bombers

a summary execution

a warmonger

air raids

an aerial bombardment

an air strike

an escort

an improvised explosive device an objective

collateral damage

corridors

defiant

disarray

fighter jets

friendly fire

gratitude

headquarters

helicopter gunships humanitarian aid

incendiary

indefinitely

mortar fire

mounting

on the brink of war separatist

special forces

supply lines tension(s)

to condemn

to crush

to escalate

to impose a curfew

to launch an attack

to let up

to mount an attack

to ply something

to repel

to secure something

to smuggle

to wage war

unparalleled

unverified

warlike

warpath

warring

war-torn

widespread