To encourage a peace settlement, the allies may call for an international conference among the warring sides.
But allies of the administration called the decision legally questionable and politically motivated.
If the frustrated allies call in artillery and air strikes on urban areas, civilian casualties are almost inevitable.
And at the same time across the ocean there was another country, an ally of ours called Britain.
His allies called it statesmanlike; his critics suggested he was trying too hard to seem Presidential.
Speed's great ally from their shared Newcastle United days was not calling to talk about himself.
He pulled together his closest allies into a bloc called the Independents, but in the end decided to stick with the main religious parties.
To Sooner's consternation, the allies were calling for the thrift to consider selling itself to a third party.
Washington has reason to worry that European allies might get in over their heads and then call on Washington to bail them out.
The three allies called on North Korea to promptly dismantle its nuclear weapons program.