At the same time, Iraq imposed an economic blockade over the region, reducing its oil and food supplies.

The Government had achieved much in the field of social development, despite the continuing economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States.

After withdrawing its forces from Kurdistan in October 1991, the Iraqi government imposed an economic blockade over the region, restricting its oil and food supplies.

But the blockade only makes people more desperate.

Israel should lift the blockade it imposed on Gaza.

Hamas wants Israel to lift the seven year blockade.

Azerbaijan's calculations that a blockade of Armenia would mean that our economic and social conditions would plummet while their oil based economy would grow have proved totally faulty.

Turkey had declared neither a blockade nor a pacific blockade against Armenia and did not obstruct vessels flying the Armenian flag or carrying commercial goods to Armenia.

The people of Gaza are living under a crippling blockade.

Schmidt summed up why the blockade isn't a good idea

In May 1949, Stalin backed down and lifted the blockade.

The trade pact helped Germany to circumvent the British blockade.

But the Gaza blockade means that Israel boycotts Palestinian academic life.

Tour Builder, a new service from Google that is still in its beta phase, is not currently available to Cubans as part of the United States' economic blockade against this country.

Argentina's concerted efforts to disrupt that industry by imposing an economic blockade on non scheduled charter flights to the islands was completely unacceptable and should cause outrage at the United Nations.

Under international law, the blockade on Gaza has to be lifted unconditionally.

A Nigerian blockade brought on devastating famine in Biafra during the conflict.

The blockade has caused massive suffering to people all over the country.

The British naval blockade began to have a serious impact on Germany.

For three years, it has tried every conceivable tactic to bring Saakashvili down fomenting a domestic uprising, imposing an economic blockade, beefing up its forces in the enclaves, and finally a war.

Seven out of every 10 Cubans were born and have lived in the hardship caused by the criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States more than four decades ago.

The Palestinians of Gaza are living under an inhuman blockade imposed by Israel.

The Palestinians of Gaza are living under an inhuman blockade imposed by Israel.

A long term blockade of a strong EU will necessarily change this viewpoint.

The Armenian allegation about a blockade had no legal basis and was untrue.

The Israelis would not want to have an economic blockade imposed on them, but they impose one on Gaza, and they say, Well, the Palestinians, or some of them, have brought this on themselves.

Israel's blockade on Gaza has cut off Palestinians from the rest of the world.

Kennedy mobilized troops, but also bought time by announcing a naval blockade of Cuba.

As Israel continues its blockade on the strip, humanitarian conditions dip lower and lower.

The Berlin Blockade (1948 49) was the first major crisis of the Cold War.

As a result of that conflict, a continuous blockade had been imposed on Armenia.

There is absolutely no rule of international law that justifies a blockade in peacetime.

In addition to the increased tensions in the camp, the blockade is continuing to bring additional hardship for the internally displaced persons, especially given the lack of fresh food commodities and the missed economic opportunities.

My Special Representative and his colleagues continue to seek the earliest removal of the blockade at both the local and state levels but the blockade remains in place and continues to have deleterious effects on the population.

The result of the blockade is that Asian infrastructure will become much harder to displace.

Nothing relating to the well being of our youth escapes the consequences of the blockade.

With respect to the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel's policy of closure and blockade had undermined social development, particularly regarding the rights of women, children and the family, and had aggravated socio economic conditions in Palestinian cities.

Strongly condemns the closure and blockade imposed on corridors, and on the Palestinian towns and villages, which have resulted in heavy losses and serious damage to the social and economic life of the Palestinian people, and are detrimental to the Palestinian economy and calls upon the international community to force Israel to end the closure and lift the blockade imposed on the Palestinian territories.

In spite of the economic blockade imposed on Cuba by the Government of the United States, his Government had provided free bursaries to more than 350 young Palestinians, more than 300 of whom had received university degrees.

This shows the scale of suffering Nepal is facing because of the inhumane blockade by India.

Earthquake victims cannot buy food, fuel, and construction material to build shelters because of the blockade.

Blockade of Germany Through the period from the armistice on 11 November 1918 until the signing of the peace treaty with Germany on 28 June 1919, the Allies maintained the naval blockade of Germany that had begun during the war.

The ultimate goal was to blockade the European Central Bank (ECB) and other crucial global capitalism institutions.

Years of regime blockade have put traditional staples like meat far beyond the reach of ordinary citizens.

The blockade of the refugee camps should be lifted so that his organization could enter the camps.