Otherwise, rising sectarian tensions and violence hold the potential for escalation into serious civil strife.

I am concerned about the potential for escalation of inter and intra communal tensions into ethnic or sectarian strife and the regional ramifications thereof.

Mr. Joko is also facing pressure from lingering sectarian tensions in Indonesia, where members of the Muslim majority have embraced a more conservative form of the faith.

So the Saudi regime is divided, its legitimacy is questioned, and sectarian tensions are growing. Moreover, while oil export revenue is booming, the neighborhood is in revolutionary flames.

I am particularly concerned by the increasingly sectarian nature of the violence, especially in ethnically mixed areas, and the risk of escalation of tensions both between and within communities.

Syria s Sectarian Stalemate

True, sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq have escalated since the fall of Saddam. But contrary to common perception, Iraqi Shiites do not form a homogenous block that opposes the supposedly unified Sunnis.

The issues were, of course, ethnic sectarian violence.

These population movements are exacerbating preexisting social tensions across the Arab world. In Lebanon, for example, the arrival of more than one million Syrians has sparked worries that the country s sectarian balance could be altered, undermining its fragile political system.

Would you like to see civil war, sectarian killing?

Iraqi police and recruitment centres have received particular attention, and indiscriminate attacks against civilians continue to cause growing numbers of casualties, with the apparent intent of demonstrating the weakness and inability of the new Government to control the security situation and of exacerbating sectarian tensions.

It reduces the tensions.

Public instability and insecurity is compounded by an increase in sectarian strife.

Continued tensions impede humanitarian access.

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.

For some, it will lead to anger, religious and sectarian violence and terrorism.

High Tensions In the Low Countries

Tensions will arise from such interactions.

PRINCETON What began in Syria as a revolt against an oppressive regime has evolved into a sectarian civil war and, more recently, into a proxy conflict. In the process, the struggle has become increasingly convoluted, with conflicting agendas among allies, together with deep seated communal tensions, rendering the situation nearly intractable.

Furthermore, fallout from relentless regional conflict is destabilizing Lebanon, a country that offers Christians a constitutional guarantee of political representation. Some 400,000 refugees many of them Sunni Muslims, including fugitive rebels have poured over the border from Syria, exacerbating sectarian tensions and threatening to disrupt Lebanon s delicate social and political balance.

Given this, Turkey s main objective now is to prevent a military intervention against Iran. From Turkey s perspective, an Israeli or American strike against Iran s nuclear facilities would destabilize the region further, as Iran would undoubtedly retaliate by fueling sectarian tensions and undermining the prospects of a settlement in both Syria and Iraq.

Iraq Combating terrorism requires combating all extremist ideologies that promote religious, sectarian, or ethnic hatred.

They would bring prosperity, security, overcome sectarian violence, ensure that states would never again harbor terrorists.

Expressed the strong desire that these elected bodies will be fully instrumental in pursuing and completing the political transition in an inclusive, transparent and democratic manner, in national unity and harmony, immune from ethnic and sectarian tensions, which will ensure effective participation of the entire spectrum of the Iraqi people in the political, economic and social rebuilding of Iraq.

The Government of Rwanda was laying the foundations for a homogenous, united, coherent and non sectarian society.

We want to neutralize the tensions. We want closeness.

A split within the Jumbesh organization has increased factional tensions.

That should further reduce the tensions between India and Pakistan.

Such problems not only create tensions, but also hinder production.

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Syria s internal conflict has now become a Sunni Shia sectarian war that is spreading across the region. The Sunni clerics who have just declared a jihad against the Iranian regime, Hezbollah, and its sectarian allies are the voice of millions across the Muslim world.

Those arms fuel underlying tensions, exacerbate conflicts and hamper peacebuilding efforts.

The Governor's return has contributed to tensions within the local administration.

As we know, a conflict expresses tensions existing within a society.

Rumours regarding the perpetrators of the arson attacks further increased tensions.

Our world at the moment is full of tensions and suspicions.

You begin to look at things having to do with your tensions.

Tensions between the 200,000 Sudanese refugees and Chadian host communities remain high.

What tensions and pressures would be created during the inevitable subsequent steps?

While it was a fact that intraregional migration had from time to time created tensions between some countries, the insinuation that tensions had arisen because of discrimination against immigrants was absurd.

Poor economic performance or inequitable development have resulted in a near permanent economic crisis for some States, greatly exacerbating internal tensions and greatly diminishing their capacity to respond to those tensions.

On matters of political controversy between nations, of party politics and of sectarian religion, SI maintains a position of strict neutrality.

Will there be tensions over immigration, or conflicts over competition for limited resources?

If not carefully managed, it can also provoke acute social and political tensions.

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