khalifa

American  

[kuh-lee-fuh] / kəˈli fə /

Also khalif

noun

1. a variant of caliph.

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Example Sentences

“We’ve always said this about him. He takes a lot of risk, and sometimes it backfires,” said Dareen Khalifa, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group who has interviewed Sharaa multiple times.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They’ve always been on the fence and they’ve always been hedging when it comes to their collaboration with the SDF. It wasn’t a very difficult lift for Damascus to flip them against them,” said Dareen Khalifa, a senior adviser at International Crisis Group and an expert on Syria.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The more areas fall into Damascus’ hands, the easier it will be for them to get more people to flip sides,” Khalifa said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The channel, which is aligned with eastern Libya's army strongman Khalifa Haftar, said the suspect was detained during a raid on the farm.

From Barron's

The two rival camps in Libya, the government of national unity based in Tripoli and the government in Benghazi in the east, controlled by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, have declared three days of national mourning in a rare show of unity.

From Barron's