Sentence examples for is under blockade from inspiring English sources
For Armenia the benefits are potentially much bigger in relative terms: at present it is under blockade from neighbours Turkey and Azerbaijan.
It owns Harrods and the Shard, and is under blockade from its Gulf neighbours for allegedly sponsoring terrorism.
"I painted this in the middle of the city of Sanaa, to say the whole of Yemen is under blockade -- both from internal and external parties.
Twenty-four hours after the truce took effect, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura declared the situation had improved dramatically, saying U.N. aid access should be possible soon including to eastern Aleppo - the rebel-held half of the city which is under blockade.
Many West Bank cities and villages are under blockade, in hopes, Israelis say, of stopping attacks in Israel.
The Israeli military warned the vessels that they were entering a hostile area and that the Gaza shore was under blockade.
"They are under blockade.
Gaza has been under blockade by Israel for more than a decade now.
On top of the fighting, South Kordofan has also been under blockade since the war began.
A week ago, the government launched intense attacks on the rebel-held neighborhoods of southern Damascus, which have been under blockade for about a year and face severe food and medicine shortages.
Last year, the holy month of Ramadan took place during the peak of hostilities; this year it is more peaceful, but families are struggling to get by with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, at 43 per cent, and food insecurity at 73 per cent in a coastal enclave that has been under blockade for eight years.
