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Hasan1983

Germany

محاور

Arabic to English Other Military / Defense

قام الثوار بالهجوم على مواقع النظام من عدة محاور

Proposed translations (English)

5 +5

10 mins

Alain Alameddine

Lebanon

Native in English

Selected

sides/directions

Either "attacked from different sides" or "attacked from different directions". See for example these two websites:

Reference:

Peer comment(s):

agree	Alexander Yeltsov : directions 1 hr
agree	Stephen Franke : "Directions" is the more-suitable term, especially in view of that military context provoded 6 hrs
agree	Linda Al-Bairmani 7 hrs
agree	ghassan al-Alem : made a multi-front attack on the regime's positions - Maybe? 15 hrs
agree	elraahmah2007 : the rebels attacked from several directions < i think 1 day 2 hrs

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