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Meanings of held area in English

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Usage of held area in English
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This month military jets bombed villages in the rebel- held area.
Reuters
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Fifteen-year-old Muhammed lives in the rebel- held area of Eastern Ghouta.
BBC
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The military denied it had units operating in the rebel- held area or was responsible for the explosion.
Reuters
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Conflicting accounts have emerged after a plane crashed in a Taliban- held area of eastern Afghanistan on Monday.
News.com.au
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Though she has since moved to an army- held area, she at that time was in LTTE-controlled territory.
Reuters
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Aid agencies say around 250,000 people are trapped in the Tiger- held area.
Reuters
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Smoke rises from a rebel- held area of Aleppo, Syria December 9, 2016.
Reuters
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Body parts and wreckage were spread over a 9km area in the rebel- held area near the Russian border.
News.com.au
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Body parts and wreckage were spread over a 9km area in the rebel- held area nears the Russian border.
News.com.au
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The last rebel- held area on the city outskirts - the Waer district - was recaptured earlier this year.
Reuters
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Earlier reports on Saturday had suggested as much as two thirds of the rebel- held area had been recaptured.
Radio NZ
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Belongings were strewn all over the main A-35 road, discarded in the haste to escape the LTTE- held area.
Reuters
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The semi-official al-Ikhbariya television station aired its own footage from Barzeh, indicating the attack struck a government- held area.
Reuters
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Milad al-Shehabi is a filmmaker living in the remaining rebel- held area of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.
BBC
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It is the last major rebel- held area in Syria and government forces, backed by Russia, are poised to attack.
Radio NZ
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The military said ground troops had captured a rebel- held area in the island's northern district of Mullaitivu on Thursday.
Reuters
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