noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ dominant , main , major
▪ internal
▪ competing , opposing , rival , warring
▪
He brokered a ceasefire agreement between the warring ~s.
▪ breakaway
▪ dissident , rebel
▪ armed
▪ military , parliamentary , political
▪ ethnic , religious
▪ conservative , hard-line , left-wing , liberal , moderate , radical , right-wing
▪ anti-government , anti-war , etc.
VERB + FACTION
▪ lead
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
the largest ~ in the civil war
▪ ~ within
▪
the dominant ~ within the government