Sentence examples for imposed blockade from inspiring English sources

They also take advantage of the cholera epidemic victims to instigate more hostility against the enemy as the Saudi-led imposed blockade on Sana'a airport worsened the cholera outbreak by blocking medical assistant deliveries.

While truckers and others who had imposed blockades across France gradually lifted them this weekend, protesters tied up traffic in the center of Brussels today to protest high fuel costs.

As a result, the British Royal Navy became dominant in the Mediterranean Sea and imposed blockades on French and Spanish ports in the region, including the important naval bases of Toulon and Cadiz.

To enforce their demands, they call strikes and impose blockades.

Since 2007, after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip, Israel has clamped down on the densely-populated, impoverished territory, imposing blockades and launching various military incursions.

As long as it declares a threat to international peace and security, it can fight wars, impose blockades, unseat governments and redraw borders.

It was not Hamas that imposed the blockade on the Palestinians.

Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza after Hamas took control of the territory in June 2007.

Israeli forces later imposed a blockade on Bani Naim in response to the attack.

Israel and the West imposed a blockade, hoping to squeeze the new rulers from power.

During the Civil War, Union ships imposed a blockade on Confederate ports.