China expresses its concern about the recent escalation of violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians.

Frequent clashes between FARDC troops and armed groups operating in the area have resulted in numerous civilian casualties.

With the start of the migration season, concern about possible clashes between the Missiriya and Dinka tribes is growing.

In the camps, frustration and resentment were rife, leading to clashes between refugees and authorities and violence, including SGBV.

In October 2004, unusually bloody clashes between Somaliland and Puntland forces in the Sool region left over 100 people dead.

Tensions remain high especially in north eastern Katanga, where several clashes have occurred between FARDC units and Mayi Mayi groups.

It was noted that recently up to 15 villages were burned down in internal clashes between Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA) Forces.

Dozens of civilians were killed in clashes between Zande and Bor Dinka in Yambio, Western Equatoria, at the beginning of November.

The worst case scenario is street clashes between pro and anti Morsi hardliners. Historically, such clashes have often sparked civil war (for example, Spain in 1936 or Tajikistan in 1992) or brutal military coups (as in Indonesia in 1965 and Turkey in 1980).

Further clashes, this time between Dinka and Moru tribes, claimed the lives of 18 civilians in Mundri county, Western Equatoria, in mid November.

This was evidenced in clashes between the Government and the rebel movements, banditry, livestock thefts and the harassment of civilians and relief workers.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian internal security situation has worsened, with attacks on electoral offices, armed clashes between Fatah factions at the party headquarters and between the Palestinian security forces and armed elements.

The violence included attacks by Palestinian militants against Israelis, clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protestors and Israeli arrest operations against wanted militants.

In addition, recent clashes between the rebel factions have exacerbated the difficulties faced by humanitarian organizations in the delivery of assistance to the needy.

The ceasefire in Darfur generally held until the final week of July, which saw an upsurge in clashes between the armed movements and Government forces.

For instance, in Kalma camp recent clashes between the police and internally displaced persons led the former to withdraw from the camp to avoid further confrontation.

Since then, with the help of Egyptian mediation, the clashes between Palestinian factions have given way to a renewed commitment to the relative calm that prevailed previously.

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The clashes led the Banyamulenge to flee Bukavu.

At the same time, the frequency and intensity of direct clashes between the Sudan Liberation Movement Army (SLM A) and Government forces decreased relative to the previous month.

Notwithstanding the successful outcome of the latest round of talks in Abuja, divisions during negotiations led to clashes between SLM A and JEM on the ground in June.

He hoped that, in future, such clashes would be avoided.

The State party, while conceding the occurrence of police torture and violent clashes between political opponents, nevertheless considers that the higher levels of the judiciary display a significant degree of independence.

During the reporting period, the overall situation in Timor Leste remained calm and stable despite the reported incursion of an armed ex militia group in January and clashes between the military and police.

In Burundi, continuous armed clashes between the Transitional Government and the Front national de libération, concentrated in Bujumbura rural areas and the densely populated outskirts of Bujumbura, led to recurrent waves of forced displacement.

Meanwhile, clashes continue to be reported between troops of the new Burundian Armed Forces the Forces de défense nationales (FDN), comprised of troops of CNDD FDD and of the forces armées burundaises (FAB), and FNL.

Clashes took place in Bweremana, Walikale, Kanyabayonga and Lubero between mostly Rwandan speaking Congolese soldiers and the troops sent from Kinshasa together with the Mai Mai, causing many casualties and displacing at least 150,000 persons.

Clashes with the IDF also led to the death of a Palestinian in Nablus.

In North Kivu on 26 August, tensions escalated near Rutshuru following repeated clashes between Mayi Mayi elements and ex Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie Goma (RCD G) elements who have yet to participate in the brassage process.

As a result, there has been an increase in the number of inter FARDC clashes.

According to FDS statements, these clashes resulted in some 20 dead and 19 captured individuals.

Of the two movements, it appeared that SLA was more often the instigator of the clashes.

Unfortunately, in my report for the month of September 2005 (S 2005 650), I described a sharp increase in violence that included clashes between the parties, attacks on villages and a further deterioration in security due to widespread banditry and lawlessness.

There were also incidents of biased and inflammatory reporting following the ethnic clashes in and around Duékoué.

Some might be tempted to resist witness the recent clashes between taxi and Uber drivers in Paris and the lawsuits against the company in many countries. Uber s arrangement may be fraudulent according to the existing legal framework, but that framework will eventually change.

In contrast to April, fighting between the Government and the Sudanese Liberation Movement Army (SLM A) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) was reported throughout the month of May, but the frequency of clashes increased in the second half of the month.

The third phase began immediately after the 1969 Sino Soviet military clashes, with the US actively seeking to exploit the rift in the Communist world by aligning China with its anti Soviet strategy. Although China clearly instigated the bloody border clashes, America sided with Mao s regime.

The Arab Middle East takes a decisive turn towards authoritarian Islamic states. In Asia, economic strife between the US and China spills over into military conflict, with increasingly frequent naval clashes in the South China Sea threatening to erupt into a full scale war.

However, clashes between the Parti pour la libération du peuple hutu Forces nationales de libération (FNL), led by Agathon Rwasa, and the Forces nationales de défence (FND) continued in the provinces of Bujumbura rural and Bubanza, and even expanded to the western provinces of Burundi.

The ceasefire held throughout much of Darfur during the period under review, the third month in which clashes between the parties have remained at a low level, although there were continued attacks by militia against civilians and, to a lesser extent, against the armed movements.

Such trends are dangerous. Historically, protectionism has often led to economic conflict, which can rapidly turn into more serious clashes.

Consider the proliferation of jihadist groups, such as the Islamic State, which continues to seize territory in Iraq and Syria, and Boko Haram, which has been engaged in a brutal campaign of abductions, bombings, and murder in Nigeria. There have also been violent clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar and southern Thailand, and between Islamists and Catholics in the Philippines.

The region between Egypt and Pakistan is a cauldron of five discrete, explosive components Iraq s civil strife, Afghanistan s insurgency, Iran s nuclear ambitions, the longstanding Israel Arab conflict, and the risk of clashes between extremist groups and corrupt, repressive governments. A comprehensive policy is needed, yet the threats are so diverse and complex that separate approaches have to be applied simultaneously.

International peace and security are fragile, and what has been labelled as clashes among cultures and interests has become a tangible conflict.

The low number of clashes, increased criminality and expanding humanitarian outreach were all consistent with patterns established over the past two months.