Sentence examples for sectarian carnage from inspiring English sources
The sectarian carnage in Iraq continued, especially in Baghdad.
The surge in violence has been reminiscent of the sectarian carnage of 2006 and 2007.
Now Iraq, still haunted by its own sectarian carnage, has become increasingly entangled in the Syrian war.
On the streets of Samarra on Monday, residents expressed anger and fear of a return to the days of sectarian carnage.
Sunnis also fear reprisals from reconstituted Shiite militias, groups once responsible for some of the worst of the sectarian carnage that gripped Iraq just a few years ago.
"I'm expecting him," said Abu Mustafa Mohammed, a 40-year-old veteran of Mr. Sadr's militia, blamed for some of the worst sectarian carnage in Iraq's civil war.
Some Gulf states, such as Kuwait and Qatar, were slow to clamp down on private citizens who have funded ISIS and at first tolerated or even applauded its sectarian ire.The carnage in Iraq, though not as numerically horrendous as in Syria, has been growing ferociously, leaving 5,400 people dead this year alone.
Meanwhile, the justice ministry announced a criminal investigation into corruption allegations against the prime minister, Ehud Olmert, whose government looks increasingly fragile.Sectarian carnage in Iraq persisted.
If such forces are thrown into battle against IS-held Sunni areas with US air support under a new al-Abadi government, the Americans might find themselves doing what they have been trying to avoid - backing one side in a sectarian civil war involving horrendous carnage and destruction.
Several attacks also occurred in Diyala Province, which is east of Baghdad and was the site of some of the worst carnage during Iraq's sectarian war in 2006 and 2007.
In the face of carnage, many retreated to their sectarian identity – Alawite and Sunni; Christian and Kurd – and the situation spiraled into civil war.
