Sentence examples for severing of relations from inspiring English sources

Egypt's severing of relations with Syria also adds pressure on Mr. Assad.

Khaled Meshal, the Hamas leader, told CNN that ties are "not as it used to be in the past, but there is no severing of relations".

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, described the status of Jerusalem as a "red line" for Muslims that could lead to a severing of relations with Israel, while the European Union warned of possible "serious repercussions".

Almost since the revolution of 1979 that toppled the Shah and led to the severing of relations with America, the prize of normalisation has attracted the more adventurous kind of Iranian politician, all the more so now, as sanctions exact a toll of much-reduced receipts from oil, along with high inflation and unemployment.

On Nov. 4, the anniversary of the takeover of the United States Embassy in 1979 by Islamic students, an event that led to the severing of relations between the countries, hard-liners are planning a "Grand Day of Death to America," Revolutionary Guards commanders have told local news media.

The first trading day of 2016 had not shortage of headlines, from a plummeting Chinese stock market to GM's investment in Uber rival Lyft and the severing of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The semi-official media has been encouraged to snipe at Tehran along these lines, especially since the execution of Saddam, which was widely seen in Jordan and elsewhere in the Sunni world as an act of pure sectarian vengeance; 22 Jordanian MPs called for a severing of diplomatic relations with Iran.

There was also a significant war fought against the Lý dynasty of Vietnam from 1075 to 1077 over a border dispute and the Song's severing of commercial relations with the Đại Việt kingdom.

In the 5th century BCE, the word began to indicate more deliberate and active godlessness in the sense of "severing relations with the gods" or "denying the gods".

The only room for maneuver, he said, is on the question of severing diplomatic relations.

At the same time, Alterman and other analysts predicted that officials in Riyadh would stop short of severing diplomatic relations with Tehran.