Sentence examples for siege also from inspiring English sources

The siege also puts pressure on Hamas to become reconciled with Fatah and return to the umbrella of the Palestinian Authority.

Despite the failure to pass this resolution France has warned that it could intervene against the rebels, who have pledged to resist any such move.The rebel siege also calls into question the deployment of the stalled 3,700-strong 3,700-strongn.

Shamil Basayev, the mastermind of the Beslan siege, also died in 2006.

The latest siege also was preventing medical supplies and food from getting into Homs, the SNC said.

The siege is also biting hard.

"Israel is really trying to not just lay a physical siege but also a political siege," said Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

But the siege has also illustrated the growing radicalism of Kenya's own neglected, disaffected Muslim population.

During the lengthy siege, Monis also made hostages send his demands via messages to loved ones and social media status updates.

Both kinds of images, outraging or reassuring, were fully intended as propaganda for the government under siege, but also as a potential source of income for the photographers.

Relief from the Ramallah siege might also be in the interest of the Bush administration, which is seeking Arab backing for a possible strike on Iraq.

The notion of institutional Spain under siege has also turned into a major theme for Julio Falagán, an artist who recently produced several works related to the financial crisis and the power of money over society.