Sentence examples for foment strife from inspiring English sources

Conservatives perpetuate the notion that conspiratorial powers still foment strife inside Iran; reformers try to convince themselves that the resurgence of vigilante groups is an aberration.The reality is rather different.

He accused Iraq's Shias of plotting to assassinate Sunni leaders, foment strife across the region, grab the Gulf's oil, and form an evil axis linking Washington, Tel Aviv and the Shia holy city of Najaf.Even more poisonous vitriol appears in a letter that American intelligence attributes to the alleged leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi.

He foments strife, lies, and murders and makes outrageous promises he has no intention of keeping.

Fomenting strife between Brittany and Normandy, he soon recovered the latter and isolated the former.

And jealousy between rebel groups over the supply of cash and arms is fomenting strife between them.

Having achieved the fall of Hosni Mubarak in the revolution of 2011, Western agents fomented strife between Muslims and Christians.

Even now, as Iran has fomented strife between the Israelis and the Palestinians, it has proved helpful in America's battle against the Taliban.

That's easier said than done, of course, but here's an intriguing if partial answer: consider the more tolerant ways of the Ottoman Empire, whose demise after the first world war gave way to today's Arab nation states, a Jewish Israel and the growth of intolerance and sectarianism that is fomenting strife between Muslims and destroying ancient Christian communities.

This was in line with the policy outlined by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in De Administrando Imperio of fomenting strife between the Rus' and the Pechenegs.

Kuwait's leadership now has reason to fear similarly orchestrated and inspired acts of terrorism aimed at fomenting strife in the emirate.

The Observer has learned that the leader of the gang is a highly-paid British agent who joined the Loyalist Volunteer Force to foment sectarian strife in his native north Belfast during the 1990s.