Sentence examples for militarily between from inspiring English sources

Because the government in Damascus is diplomatically isolated, and squeezed militarily between Israel and America's forces in Iraq, Mr Assad may find it wise to offer a scapegoat to the investigators.

The English Channel was contested militarily between England and France during the 13th century, and Southampton was both an important base for naval operations and a tempting target for raiders.

The protests were all the more surprising in that the insurgency is struggling militarily, squeezed between pro-government forces and those of the Islamic State.

Militarily, a stalemate between north and south prevails.

The new energy power also relieves pressure on Washington to act militarily if tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia break out into war.

The system, they complain, fails to distinguish between militarily sensitive hardware that should be controlled and widely available commercial technologies, such as lithium-ion batteries and solar cells.

This could reinforce Japanese claims to an exclusive economic zone stretching 200 nautical miles (370km) from the atoll, which happens to lie on a militarily important route between the American island of Guam and Taiwan.

By arranging for a Kabul administration headed by Mr. Karzai but dominated in its key ministries by ethnic Tajiks, Washington has hoped to suppress tensions between the militarily powerful Tajiks and the Pashtuns, who are the largest population group but who have been deeply divided under rival provincial warlords since the collapse of the mainly Pashtun Taliban.

First, British troops pulled out of Iraq in 2009 with their tails between their legs, militarily and politically humiliated.

The relationship between Moscow and Tehran — once tactical militarily, coldly calculating diplomatically, and practical economically — has been converted into a growing strategic partnership.

"There's a sense that Isis will eventually be militarily defeated, but then what happens – between Shias and Sunnis, do Christian communities get to return, the future of Kurdistan, which is now asking for independence or greater autonomy..