Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 48 sectarian divisions 47 jagged mountains 47 faultlines 46 tribal rivalries 45 ethnic rivalries 44 mountainous frontier 43 Muslim sects 42 ethnic tensions 42 faultline 42 towering peaks 41 porous frontier 41 borderlands 41 semiautonomous tribal regions 41 borderland 41 sectarian tensions 41 mountain ranges 41 Escalating violence 41 chasms 41 crisscross 41 dry riverbeds 41 Deadly clashes 40 sectarian rifts 40 semiautonomous tribal 40 swaths 40 ethno sectarian 40 lawless tribal regions 40 craggy mountains 39 Ethnic tensions 39 fissures 39 sectarian 39 sectarian divide 39 sectarian rivalries 39 unforgiving terrain 39 tribal feuds 39 barren desert 39 tribal allegiances 39 virulent insurgency 38 towering cliffs 38 Sectarian tensions 38 barren hills 38 rocky outcrops 38 Shiite militias 38 kidnappings beheadings 38 antagonisms 38 plains 38 flatlands 38 heartland 38 dun colored 38 desolate landscape 38 vast expanses 38 deep ravines 38 badlands 38 warring clans 38 hillocks 38 Ferghana Valley 38 Sinaloa cartels 38 semi autonomous tribal 38 Sonoran desert 38 sandstone cliffs 38 jagged 38 Euphrates River valley 38 Fierce battles 37 zigzags 37 tensions 37 vast expanse 37 vast swathe 37 mountainsides 37 Hindu Kush mountain 37 artillery duels 37 Euphrates valley 37 Sunni insurgents 37 sectarian divides 37 ravines 37 rolling sand dunes 37 Caucasus Mountains 37 stoking tensions 37 Shiite shrines 37 clan rivalries 37 topographies 37 Huge swaths 37 Samarra shrine 37 Pashtun dominated 37 criss cross 37 irrigation ditches 37 large swaths 37 Shiite Muslims 37 lawless frontier 37 cleavages 37 Hiking trails 37 hatreds 37 Thar desert 37 wadis 36 dry riverbed 36 Shia militiamen 36 communal strife 36 zigzagging 36 bombings ambushes 36 sectarian reprisal killings 36 smuggling routes 36 grassy hills 36 limestone cliffs