Sentences with phrase «air strikes against»

When you're playing the Nod campaign, the AI GDI player will always send its air strikes against your northernmost unit or building, whatever it is.

On November, 18 2016, NAF fighter jets again carried out a series of coordinated air strikes against BHT locations at Ngoshe.»

The US and allied nations have launched a campaign of air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, the Pentagon says.

By five - to - one, those who voted for Mr Corbyn oppose Britain taking part in air strikes against Syria.

Yet, he defended the gains the country has made against ISIS, such as its 9,500 air strikes against the group.

Jeremy Corbyn had been forced to back down once before the start of today's shadow cabinet meeting on Syria, offering Labour MPs a free vote on air strikes against Isis.

The motion set four conditions for the Labour party agreeing to air strikes against Isis and is now being cited by both supporters and opponents of air strikes as justifying their stance.

The former SNP leader is now his party's foreign affairs spokesman, and had been expected to be at Westminster as David Cameron set out the case for extending RAF air strikes against Isil from Iraq into Syria.

MPs voted to authorise UK air strikes against so - called Islamic State in Syria by 397 votes to 223, after a marathon Commons debate.

11.05 - MPs will today vote on whether Britain should launch air strikes against IS in Syria.

«I believe that we should now take the decision to extend British air strikes against ISIL into Syria,» he wrote, ahead of a speech in parliament on Thursday where he will formally argue his case for war.

The vote does not authorise action in Syria but allows the UK to participate in air strikes against Isis in Iraq, where the government has requested British help.

YouGov reports that the majority of Britons are in favour of air strikes against IS, but are opposed in nearly equal numbers to «putting boots on the ground.»

Britain should join air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and should not «sub-contract» its security to allies, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday in a written statement to MPs.

[citation needed] In a March 2015 Newsnight election debate, he was challenged by Jeremy Paxman as to whether or not he was «tough enough» to be Prime Minister, famously responding, «Hell yes, I'm tough enough», in reference to his reluctance to support air strikes against extremist targets in Syria.

A Saudi - led coalition, backed by the US and UK, is currently conducting air strikes against Yemen's Houthi - led rebels.

France was the first US ally to join in air strikes against ISIL in September 2014, when Interior Minister Cazeneuve responded to threats to kill French citizens in retaliation by saying that the government was «not afraid» and would protect its citizens.

On Sunday, October 7, as the United States began at last its air strikes against the Taliban, I was on an airplane, more than twenty thousand feet above the Midwestern plains» that height from which the square - edged farms and checkerboarded fields seem not quite real: a toy land, a counterpane spread across a giant's bed, a fantasy.

So far, Prime Minister David Cameron has ruled out sending any UK soldiers to Iraq to fight IS and says he is only in favour of air strikes against the group.

The United States President Barack Obama has authorised air strikes against Islamic militants that are taking over several parts of Iraq.

Last night the United States President Barack Obama authorised air strikes against Islamic militants that are taking over several parts of Iraq.

In the first public «opinion poll taken of the Hungarian population, some 40 percent are opposed to the NATO air strikes against Serbia, and one can imagine the opposition to a ground invasion moving through Hungary itself.

Update (Feb. 25): Assyrian activists tell CNN that they expect ISIS to release a video today threatening to kill the approximately 150 Christian captives unless President Obama and other leaders end joint air strikes against the group.

America and the UK have already launched air strikes against IS but so far there's been little other action.

The NATO foreign ministers meeting follows the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, a former Russian agent in Britain, and Western air strikes against Russia - allied Syria, which the United States accused of a chemical attack in Douma on April 7.

In 2014, the carrier was one of the first to launch air strikes against ISIS.

These have included several air strikes against pro-government forces that have sought to advance towards a U.S. military base in southeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, where the U.S. military has been training rebels to fight IS.

On Tuesday, the United States launched an air strike against Iranian - backed fighters who it said posed a threat to US and US - backed forces in southern Syria.

Defense spending aside, transatlantic rifts could also occur should Trump continue to make critical foreign policy decisions without first consulting allies (as in the April 7 air strike against Syria in response to a chemical - weapons attack) or if he presses NATO allies to make stronger military contributions in Syria or Afghanistan.

The stock market went down today on a fear of the US going into an air strike against Syria.

W. Eugene Smith Planes from first Naval air strike against Japan, 1945 13 1/2 X 10 5/8 inches Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1945

Not exact matches

Russia has threatened to use its air defenses against US missile strikes, and Russian officials have threatened to counterattack if US missiles fly over Syria, potentially by attacking US Navy ships or submarines.

Older U.S. Air Force jets — including the A-10 Thunderbolt II, eyed in recent years for retirement, and the F - 15E Strike Eagle — are leading the air war against the Islamic State, statistics shAir Force jets — including the A-10 Thunderbolt II, eyed in recent years for retirement, and the F - 15E Strike Eagle — are leading the air war against the Islamic State, statistics shair war against the Islamic State, statistics show.

Israel is suspected of carrying out a silent but lethal air war against Iranian - aligned militias in Syria, though Israel seldom comments on whether it took part in specific strikes, and if it does, it's always after the fact.

In response to these US Air Force allegations, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major - General Igor Konashenkov told Russian media on Saturday that «most close - midair encounters between Russian and US jets in the area around the Euphrates River have been linked to the attempts of US aircraft to get in the way [of the Russian warplanes] striking against Islamic State terrorists.»

Throughout 2017, AFRICOM reported a number of «self - defense strikes» against Shabaab in Somalia, a euphemism for close air support for offensive operations.

Syria's air defense system failed to defend against the U.S. - led strike on the country's chemical weapons facilities two weeks ago.

In 2007, the success of Israeli Air Force's Operation Orchard against a Syrian nuclear installation was largely attributed to effectiveness of the Israeli Electronic Warfare platforms that supported the air strike and made the Syrian radars blind: some sources believe that Operation Orchard saw the baptism of fire of the Suter airborne network system against Syrian radar systeAir Force's Operation Orchard against a Syrian nuclear installation was largely attributed to effectiveness of the Israeli Electronic Warfare platforms that supported the air strike and made the Syrian radars blind: some sources believe that Operation Orchard saw the baptism of fire of the Suter airborne network system against Syrian radar systeair strike and made the Syrian radars blind: some sources believe that Operation Orchard saw the baptism of fire of the Suter airborne network system against Syrian radar systems.

The 27 - year - old hit bottom last June when manager Lou Piniella went off on Grieve, who was hitting.236 at the time, after he had struck out looking to end a game against the Yankees; the tongue - lashing in the dugout was aired repeatedly on national TV highlight shows.

Prolific on social media, the Spurs man saw tonight as a perfect opportunity to fire back at Merson after a wonderful strike against Italy left Gigi Buffon clutching thin air.

Two season - ending injuries strike the Wolverines: wide receiver Tarik Black's broken left foot against Air Force, and his ensuing hospital stay, and Wilton Speight's back injury at Purdue.

The 33 - year - old Real Madrid star pulled a victory from thin air against Egypt, trailing 1 - 0 prior to two stoppage - time strikes, but couldn't prevent an embarrassing defeat to one of the weakest Dutch sides in recent memory.

The American military strike against Syria threatened Russian - American relations as the Kremlin denounced President Donald Trump's use of force and the Russian military indicated it would suspend an agreement to share information about air operations over the country that was devised to avoid accidental conflict.

IS has called for a war against both Russia and the US over their air strikes in Syria.

On 14 May 2018, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), via the Air Task Force, commenced the conduct of «Ops Thunder Strike» against Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) in the Northeast...

There was no massive air - strike support like we gave the Libyan resistance against Qaddafi.

Interventions in Rhodesia and Namibia — she threatened the white South African rulers that if they used air strikes «the whole world will be against you, led by me!»

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Owen Smith explains why he'll be voting against air strikes on Syria.

Overnight Tbilisi launched a military offensive against South Ossetia, shelling capital Tskhinvali, surrounding it with tanks and conducting jet air strikes.

Fallon also described Syria as a client state of Russia as he spoke out against Russian air strikes which are not solely targeted at Islamic State militants in Syria.