Information about the word Western (English → Esperanto: okcidenta)

Western weapons helped Iraq achieve early battlefield successes against the much larger Iran, which had to resort to costlier tactics like human wave attacks, where artillery columns charged towards Iraqi formations, risking heavy casualties in the hope of overwhelming the enemy.

The Russian government will on Thursday discuss giving subsidies to airlines and airports to help them cope with the economic damage caused by Western sanctions, Interfax news agency said.