Following a siege of five months with brutal encounters, Rhodes capitulated and Suleiman allowed the Knights of Rhodes to depart.

Following the brutal death of a conscript, Menem abolished conscription in 1994, decisively ending a military prerogative over society and its self-perceived role as an institution that it " made men out of boys ".

Following Longo's and other activists ' trials much information has surfaced about brutal police methods, evidence having been falsified by the prosecutors and media having deliberately part taken in cover ups ( affecting juries ).

Following nearly two years of brutal fighting, in which an estimated tens of thousands to more than 100, 000 people died, and the 1996 Khasavyurt ceasefire agreement, the Russian troops were withdrawn from the republic.

Following the November 17 demonstrations and brutal crackdown by Czechoslovak riot police, RFE / RL's Czechoslovak service reported that a student, Martin Šmid, had been killed during the clashes.

Following the brutal Mongol invasion of Central Asia under Genghis Khan, and after the sack of Baghdad, the Mongol Empire's rule extended across most Muslim lands in Asia.

Following continuous unrest initiated by students of the Yopougon Campus where Tohou was living and brutal repressions from the military, specially the elite military force of the Ivory Coast, the rapid intervention force of para-commandos led by the then-Commander Faizan,

Following Yarborough's recommendations, the Colombian military recruited civilians into paramilitary " civil defense " groups which worked alongside the military in its counter-insurgency campaign, as well as in civilian intelligence networks to gather information on guerrilla activity.

Following the Suez Crisis in 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, a leader of the Free Officers Movement, agreed to allow the United Nations Emergency Force to establish itself in the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip, causing the expulsion of all guerrilla or " fedayeen " forces there — including Arafat.

Following the killing of Palestinian Arab guerrilla leader, Izz al-Din al-Qassam, by British forces in Ya ' bad, Arab-Jewish tensions in Palestine were at a climax.

Following the start of the Second Chechen War in August 1999, he returned to leading the guerrilla resistance against the Russian army.

Following this action the RPF began a classic hit and run style guerrilla war.

Following the commencement of the American Civil War in 1861, additional guerrilla violence erupted on the border between Kansas and Missouri.

Following the twin Sunni and Shiite uprisings of the spring and summer of 2004, and the subsequent decrease in U. S patrols and the creation of " no-go " areas in the Sunni Triangle, Ansar al-Sunna was believed to be part of a loose coalition of insurgent groups ( also including guerrillas from Mohammad's Army and al-Tawhid wal-Jihad ) controlling the Sunni cities of Fallujah, Ramadi, Samarra, and Baquba ( U. S. offensives later largely wrested control from Baquba, Fallujah, and Samarra, although underground guerrilla resistance forces still have a strong presence in those cities ).

Following the House of Commons incident The Times wrote that the group " has succeeded in becoming the most prominent guerrilla pressure group in Britain ... within eighteen months of its founding.

Following the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords in 1992, the FMLN converted itself from a guerrilla army into a political party, and Handal served as its general coordinator.

Following the U. S .- led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Buhriz emerged as a flashpoint for guerrilla fighters opposed to the coalition troops and their Iraqi allies.

Following their defeats on the battlefield during 1899 – 1900, the Boer rebels embarked on a guerrilla campaign against the British.

Following his defeat at the hands of Napoleon's armies at the Battle of the Pyramids, Murad fled to Upper Egypt, mounting a brief guerrilla campaign that staved off Desaix for a year.

Following Napoleon's modernisation of warfare with the invention of conscription, the Peninsular War led by Spaniards against the French invaders in 1808 provided the first modern example of guerrilla warfare.

Following the defeat of the Afrikaner republics still the Boers held out, forming small commando units and conducting a campaign of guerrilla warfare in order to disrupt British troop movements and lines of supply.

Following this encounter, the transited the Sibutu Passage to pick up the guerrilla force on the night of June 8 and headed back early the next day.

Following the fall of the French in Indochina, Viet Minh began its campaign against the Japanese occupiers, using guerrilla tactics.

Following the arrival of the Europeans in the area, he led a guerrilla styled resistance attacks against British soldiers in Tasmania during the period known as the Black War.

Following majority rule in April 1980 and the cantonment of the ZANLA and ZIPRA under Operation Agila, British Army trainers ( the British Military Advisory and Training Team, BMATT ) oversaw the integration of guerrilla fighters into one unified army.

Following Yarborough's recommendations, the Colombian military recruited civilians into paramilitary " civil defense " groups which worked alongside the military in its counter-insurgency campaign, as well as in civilian intelligence networks to gather information on guerrilla activity.

Following the defeat of the Confederate Army of Kentucky at the Battle of Pittsburgh, five Mexican divisions were sent to the interior of the Confederacy to counter Black guerrilla bands.

Following Yarborough's recommendations, the Colombian military recruited civilians into paramilitary " civil defense " groups which worked alongside the military in its counter-insurgency campaign, as well as in civilian intelligence networks to gather information on guerrilla activity.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, conflict escalated into a full-scale war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Following Napoleon Bonaparte's victories over the Austrian Empire in Northern Italy – helping to secure France victory in the War of the First Coalition in 1797 – Great Britain remained the only major European power still at war with the French Republic.

Following the war, Italy occupied Ethiopia for five years ( 1936 – 41 ), before eventually being driven out during World War II by British Empire and Ethiopian patriot forces.

Following several years more of war, the IISS reported only four aircraft in 2012: one Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter, and three SA330L Puma transports ( marked as potentially unserviceable ).

Following the defeat of the Independent State of Croatia at the end of the war, a large number of Ustaše, and civilians supporting them ( ranging from sympathisers, young conscripts, anti-communists, and ordinary serfs who were allegedly motivated by Partisan crimes ) attempted to flee in the direction of Austria hoping to surrender to British forces and to be given refuge.

Following the defeat of Japan in 1945, the war between the KMT and the CPC resumed, after failed attempts at reconciliation and a negotiated settlement.

Following the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Attlee and Churchill wanted the coalition government to last until Japan had been defeated.

Following the war, Japanese conservatives briefly returned to politics but were largely purged from public office.

Following the war, the United States encouraged peace talks between Chiang and Communist leader Mao Zedong in Chongqing.

Following World War II, the major European powers divested themselves of their colonies at an increasing rate: the number of ex-colonial states jumped from about 30 to almost 120 after the war.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 all federal programs were revised to emphasize the war effort.

Following the end of the war, AFES personnel were implicated in many human rights abuses, including the November 1989 murder of Jesuit priests and others.

Following the October 2001 American invasion and the Bonn Agreement the new government under the leadership of Hamid Karzai started to re-establish diplomatic relationships with many countries who had held close diplomatic relations before the communist coup d ' état and the subsequent civil war.

Following the war, many former German soldiers joined the Foreign Legion to pursue a military career with an elite unit, an option that was no longer possible in Germany.

Following the 1998-99 civil war, presidential and legislative elections were again held, bringing opposition leader Kumba Ialá and his Party for Social Renewal to power.

Following the war, the company revitalized its fur-trade and real-estate activities ; and diversified its operations by venturing into the oil business.

Following a period of growing political instability in the early 20th century, in 1936 Spain was plunged into a bloody civil war.

Following the eventual weakening of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria declared war and sought to aggrandize their respective boundaries on the remaining territories of the Empire.

Following the invasion, the situation deteriorated to the extent that in 2006-2007, Iraq was on the brink of civil war.

Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the economy to a great extent shut down ; attempts are underway to revive it from the damages of war and rampant crime.

Following the war, von Braun and other leading German scientists were relocated to the United States to work directly for the U. S. Army through Operation Paperclip, developing the IRBMs, ICBMs, and launchers.

Following the war, the Dutch fought Indonesian independence forces after Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945.

Following his release at the end of the war he became an actor, set designer and director.

Following the war, Yugoslavia acquired the Italian territory of Istria as well as the cities of Zadar and Rijeka.

Following their defeat in the Jordanian civil war, thousands of Palestinian militiamen regrouped in Lebanon, led by Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization, with the intention of replicating the modus operandi of attacking Israel from a politically and militarily weak neighbour.