11.   Earlier, other neighbours of Turkey had warned Sunday that its plans to set up a security zone in northern Iraq threatened to plunge the region into fresh turmoil.

12.   The region has been plunged into a frenetic upsurge in violence this week.

13.   On Monday, workers at the Dalenergo electricity company launched an indefinite strike, plunging the region into a power crisis as winter approaches.

14.   The king warned the Israeli offensive threatened to sink the peace process and plunge the region into tension and conflict.

15.   The king warned that the Israeli offensive threatened to sink the peace process and plunge the region into tension and conflict.