The phrase "aggravate the conflict" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing two sides or parties in a dispute or disagreement. For example, "The refusal of either side to compromise began to aggravate the conflict between the two countries."
Until this past weekend, for example, Palestinians and Israelis had done nothing but aggravate the conflict.
This week the president spoke out in favour of the despeje, saying its end would "aggravate the conflict".
Mr. Saakashvili, who has charged that Russia, which has peacekeepers in the region, seeks to aggravate the conflict, said his government would show restraint.
In its commentary, Xinhua criticised Mr Obama's earlier remarks as "dangerously irresponsible" and said they would aggravate the conflict, reducing the chances of a political settlement.
Even if by some miracle Secretary of State John F. Kerry and the U.S. administration are able to push through a historic compromise, it may only aggravate the conflict, creating an extremist and belligerent entity on the hills of Judea and Samaria (commonly referred to as the West Bank) overlooking Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ben Gurion Airport.
However, there would also be a positive counterbalancing effect: the thicker clay layer that hampers the leakage from rivers to the aquifer during the dry season would also ensure that groundwater extraction during that season would not aggravate the conflicting demand for surface water downstream in the Chao Phraya River basin.
The best response to recent events is to end the war and proceed towards disarmament, instead of aggravating the conflict.
Aggravating the conflict is a cultural clash between Silicon Valley, with its devotion to libertarianism and self-knowledge, and a ponderous old-school bureaucracy.
MANILA, Oct. 26 — Clan violence has aggravated the conflict between government forces and Islamic separatists in the southern Philippines, making the decade-long search for peace there even harder, a new study says.
The Georgian refugees and Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia all accuse President Mikhail S. Gorbachev of aggravating the conflict so he can use it as a pretext to declare martial law in Georgia and block its independence.
The most likely outcome of Gbagbo's detention is a transfer to The Hague, and the publicity that will generate will tend to aggravate the whole conflict again".
