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Fazelminallah Qazizai, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
As in 1821, the local separatist movement of the island was complicated by a constitutional revolution on the mainland that soon followed the Palermo revolt.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Saudi Arabia accused the UAE of aiding a Yemeni separatist, ramping up tensions between the Gulf powers, which are on opposing sides of multiple conflicts.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Islamabad accuses the Taliban regime of giving safe haven to Islamist groups like the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the separatist Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) that carry out armed attacks in Pakistan.
—Fazelminallah Qazizai, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
As in 1821, the local separatist movement of the island was complicated by a constitutional revolution on the mainland that soon followed the Palermo revolt.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
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Ankara has long regarded the SDF as a terror group because of its ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a Kurdish separatist group that waged a longrunning insurgency in Turkey.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Saudi Arabia accused the UAE of aiding a Yemeni separatist, ramping up tensions between the Gulf powers, which are on opposing sides of multiple conflicts.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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The accord distributed power along sectarian lines, with key state positions allocated to religious communities.—
Jasmin Lilian Diab,
The Conversation,
5 Apr. 2026
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The prospect of hundreds of thousands of Shiites on the move has inflamed Lebanese sensitivities about the country’s fragile sectarian balance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Then, David is joined by former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to discuss the Trump administration’s overtures to an Albertan secessionist movement, the harm the Trump presidency has done to the American-Canadian alliance, and how Trump is pushing Canada into China’s arms.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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An Iowa Republican lawmaker wants to pursue a study on absorbing counties in Illinois, where a secessionist movement has grown fueled by divisions over the Prairie State's policy direction.—
Marissa Payne,
Des Moines Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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Such was the case this past weekend, when tens of millions of fans keyed in on the denouement of the college basketball season at the expense of lesser spectacles such as spring football and one notoriously schismatic pro golf startup.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which didn't recognize the authority of the Russian church and had been regarded as schismatic, was granted full recognition in 2019 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Orthodoxy's top authority.—
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26 Dec. 2023
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Keep the pressure on every single one of these extremists.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Attention is turning to the new terror chief seen as an extremist pulling strings, Vahidi — a longtime Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander whose reemergence highlights a broader shift underway inside Iran’s leadership.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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