The Escalating Arab Wars

And it's an escalating problem too.

The suffering it undergoes daily is escalating.

Whatever happened, images found by open source analysts suggest that Russia has been escalating its military presence in Crimea since at least Saturday before the supposed attack occurred.

Women also suffered disproportionately from the effects of escalating civil and ethnic conflicts.

Elsewhere in the Middle East, tensions are either escalating or are brewing dangerously.

This survey almost didn t show that the escalating global trade frictions shook the confidence of large manufacturers.

The news of the currently escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories was therefore highly regrettable and distressing.

That was the beginning of an escalating U.S. involvement there that we do not pay for at the pump.

My envoys used their good offices in seeking peace agreements or in trying to prevent disputes from violently escalating.

Our debates are unfolding against a backdrop of escalating oil prices, whose worst fallout we may have yet to see.

United Nations staff members continue to face serious and often escalating threats in carrying out their duties in the field.

During the reporting period, progress was made by the Joint Verification Mechanism and the Tripartite Commission in de escalating regional tensions.

The forces conniving to oppose democracy responded by escalating the breakdown in the constitutional order and the legitimate exercise of power.

I think it's safe to say that all of us here are deeply concerned about the escalating violence in our daily lives.

Those requirements have ramifications for protecting the global climate, ensuring sustainability of energy resources and restraining the escalating spiral of fuel prices.

And that rate has been escalating at the same rate as children not walking to school anymore, again, because of our development patterns.

Those incidents clearly demonstrate that there is a real risk of escalating violence and reprisals that could have destabilizing repercussions throughout the region.

so that We may test them therein, and whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will let him into an escalating punishment.

so that We may test them therein, and whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will let him into an escalating punishment.

As a socio economic programme which aimed to address escalating poverty and the continued marginalization of Africa, NEPAD sought to guarantee Africa's renewal and industrialization.

Political transitions were marred by violence in some African countries, prompting good offices efforts by the United Nations and others to prevent disputes from escalating into armed conflicts.

Israel s political system, through its complex mechanisms of rigged party selection and absolute proportionality, condemns the country to weak coalition governments and escalating corruption. It must be reformed urgently.

The problem abides, and the most conspicuous theme in the present report is the continuing trend of escalating potential violence in a pattern of protection of entrenched vested interests.

Excessive debt burdens continued to be a great hindrance to the growth potential of many such countries, especially in the light of escalating oil prices and declining commodity prices.

With unemployment rising, income dropping to record low levels, and internal tensions escalating, fighting between supporters of Hamas and Fatah began. Attempts to reconcile the parties began in Gaza, before moving to Cairo, Damascus, and finally Mecca under the supervision of Saudi King Abdullah, whose country has been a financial backer of the Palestinians for decades.

Or worse, we seek revenge, in all probability thereby triggering the next phase in an escalating cycle of counter revenge, which we see, of course, all over the world today.

The situation is characterized by the escalating confrontation between local armed groups and the security services, by the rising corruption, the deteriorating economic crisis, and the absence of fundamental freedoms.

Trump's accusation that Beijing was trying to meddle in U.S. elections marked what U.S. officials told Reuters was a new phase in an escalating campaign by Washington to put pressure on China.

Sunni ministers who had been boycotting the government since last year have returned to their posts. Thus, Iraq is seeing both escalating intra sectarian violence and cautious steps towards inter sectarian alliances.

The growth in domestic investments would not only enhance national wealth, but would also spur the demand for foreign capital and technology in an escalating, mutually reinforcing manner that makes investments demand driven.

This is especially critical given the effects of the escalating consumption patterns of young people on the environment, such as the depletion of natural resources, the consumption of energy and the disposal of waste.

He further noted that many parts of Darfur presented the worst obstacles to humanitarian access , with multiple ceasefire violations by both sides and escalating fighting, including rebel attacks and aerial bombardment by the Government.

While it is normal for foreign governments to place advertisements to promote trade, Beijing and Washington are currently locked in an escalating trade war that has seen them level rounds of tariffs on each other's imports.

Escalating brutality and the actions of governments have put Arab citizens under immense pressure. Without a change of course, the outcome could easily be further conflict and a new wave of uprisings this time not peaceful.

PARIS The euro, many now believe, will not survive a failed political class in Greece or escalating levels of unemployment in Spain just wait another few months, they say, the European Union s irresistible collapse has started.

With American influence at low ebb, the world is in danger of sliding into a vicious cycle of escalating violence. We can escape it only if we Americans repudiate the war on terror as a false metaphor.

Global climate change, the sustainability of energy resources, the need to meet ever increasing energy needs in order to support economic development and concerns regarding escalating trends in fuel prices point towards the inevitability of nuclear power.

The escalating conflict in recent months has resulted in the killing of numerous civilians, including pro governmental figures and progressive mullahs, as well as electoral candidates and workers, people involved in mine clearance and other humanitarian actors.

There will be no end to the vicious circle of escalating violence without a political settlement of the Palestine question. In fact, the prospects for engaging in negotiations are better now than they were a few months ago.

The logic is compelling enough, except that the current course leaves Iran s government no alternative between publicly backing down, which it will not do, and escalating its provocations. After all, what government wants to be seen as chickening out ?

The escalating violence in Iraq gives a bleak impression of that country s prospects. Sectarian conflict seems to be increasing on a daily basis, with militias massacring hundreds of Sunnis and Shiites solely on the basis of their religious identities.

Unresolved boundary issues, squabbles over oil revenues, the ongoing conflict in Darfur, escalating tribal violence in the south and generally weak state capacity across all of Sudan complete a very depressing picture of the state of affairs in Africa's largest country.

The Muslim Brotherhood is not a violent organization, and it has not engaged in illegal activities in the Gulf countries. Other GCC states, eager to avoid escalating political tensions in their own countries, are unlikely to declare it a terrorist organization.

Who bailed out the banks, pumped in the liquidity, engaged in fiscal stimulus, and provided the safety nets for the unemployed to thwart an escalating catastrophe? Who is re writing the rules on financial market supervision and regulation to prevent another occurrence?