Sentence examples for establish a buffer. from inspiring English sources

They said Israel was more likely to move in and out quickly to try and establish a buffer.

Some critics had accused the Turkish government of wanting to establish a buffer zone in northern Syria to weaken the growing Kurdish autonomy in the region.

Fearing its own instability, China could send troops into North Korea and establish a buffer state between it and South Korea.

A more likely intention is to send the Islamists a message and establish a buffer zone along the Kenyan border that would be controlled by friendly Somali forces, including thousands of government troops trained in Kenya.

Kenyan troops moved into Somalia in October 2011 to try to establish a buffer zone between the country and Kenya following a spate of cross-border attacks by al-Shabaab.

It wants to establish a buffer state in the south, perhaps to be called Jubaland, in order better to protect its national interests.

The initial goals were modest: sealing Chechnya's frontiers and establishing a buffer around the republic.

Establishing a buffer zone is very important for the sustainability of the PA.

A United Nations UNN) peacekeeping force established a buffer zone between the two armies.

Our data indicate that macroH2A1.1-containing chromatin regulates mitochondrial respiration by limiting nuclear NAD+ consumption and establishing a buffer of NAD+ precursors in differentiated cells.

Operation Free Sinjar aims to seize back the town, shutting off major Isis supply routes and establishing a buffer zone to protest its civilians from artillery fire.