Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 49 foment 46 sectarian 45 defuse 44 Sunni Shia 44 quell sectarian 44 provoke 44 incite 44 instigate 44 majority Shi'ites 43 escalate 42 Sunnis 42 Gen. Sarhat Qadir 42 destabilize 42 Shia Muslims 41 Sunni 41 Shias 41 re ignite 41 inflame 41 divert attention 40 Shi'ites 40 Shiites 40 escalate tensions 40 Shi'as 40 sectarian strife 40 enflame 40 tamp down 39 delegitimize 39 marginalize 39 defuse tensions 39 Sunni Arabs 39 sectarian tension 39 Shiite 39 pacify 39 Shiite Muslims 39 Shi'a 39 reignite 39 stoke tensions 39 disarm militias 39 Sunni Arab 38 Muslim sects 38 ignite 38 Shi'ite Muslims 38 Shi'ite 38 Houthi rebels 38 Sunnis Shiites 38 resolve 38 quell 38 Tehran denies 38 ease tensions 38 demoralize 38 minority Sunnis 37 Kurds Arabs 37 rekindle 37 Shia 37 minority Sunni Arabs 37 Sunni insurgents 37 sectarian divides 37 polarize 36 Arabs Kurds 36 inflame tensions 36 sectarian tensions 36 sectarian divide 36 predominantly Shi'ite 36 Sadrists 36 mend ties 36 inflame passions 36 distract 36 radicalize 36 undermine 36 Shiite Muslim 35 Palestinian factions 35 instill fear 35 stoke 35 Shi'ite Muslim 35 Saddam loyalists 35 differentiate 35 sectarian violence 35 Sunni Kurd 35 Sunni insurgent 35 Sunni extremists 35 derail 35 Ibrahim al Jaafari 35 avert 35 Saddam Hussein loyalists 35 incite violence 35 diffuse 35 aide Saeb Erekat 35 Shia militia 35 disarm 35 unify 35 tat killings 35 % #F# #v.jsn 34 sow 34 rejectionists 34 apportion blame 34 inter communal 34 foment trouble 34 factions 34 Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari 34 spokesman Laith Kubba 34 spark