The next step will be escalating tension.

而下一步将造成紧张关系升级。

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Syria is beefing up security on its home front in a sign of escalating tension with Israel.

由于和以色列的紧张关系升级，叙利亚增强了后方的安全部署。

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Syria is beefing up security on its home front in a sign of escalating tension with Israel. There are war jitters on both sides of the border.

由于和以色列的紧张关系升级，叙利亚增强了后方的安全部署。叙以两国都出现了备战的紧张气氛。

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The escalating tension has led to thirty six families leaving their homes on the Shankill Road and applying to be rehoused since the weekend.

BBC: News Online

But in the longer run, Saudi intervention may make things worse - adding to the sense of grievance among the Bahraini opposition and needlessly escalating tension with Tehran.

BBC: Why Saudi rulers feel under siege