civil war

A civil war is an armed conflict within a single country between organized groups, typically aiming to take control of the government or a specific region.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Mexico, and Syria, where internal power struggles are causing instability and violence.

Latest on civil war

• Taliban face civil war as China's Afghanistan-Pakistan mediation fails
• Upstream Battle: Ethiopia’s Civil War Draws in Regional Rivalries
• The cartel civil war tearing apart a Mexican state
• ‘Flawed’ funding system keeping smaller nations on sidelines of FIFA civil war
• Assad ruled Syria with iron fist before defeat in civil war
• How the humble burrito triggered a Maga ‘civil war’ in Trump’s party
• Since the military seized power in a February 2021 coup, a protracted civil war has gripped the impoverished Southeast Asian nation.
• the military junta's 2021 seizure of power, which triggered a civil war in the country
• Myanmar migrants returned to war-torn nation from Malaysia

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