Sentences with phrase «back air strikes»

Paradoxically, that should worry Labour's leader, for the party is haemorrhaging support among people who voted for the party in May but currently back air strikes.

However, those who voted for one of the other three candidates back air strikes by three - to - two; while among Labour voters generally, support for air strikes runs at almost two - to - one.

John McDonnell has poured cold water on Hilary Benn's speech backing air strikes in Syria by warning that «the greatest oratory can lead us to the greatest mistakes».

His intervention comes after the 66 Labour MPs who backed air strikes in a vote last week, defying their leader who opposes Western wars in the Middle East, have complained of online abuse.

Not exact matches

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.

The number of US air strikes in Afghanistan has spiked since President Donald Trump took office a year ago though the insurgents have hit back with deadly attacks, including a bloody Taliban raid on a Kabul hotel on the weekend.

In these days of wildcat strikes and back - to - work legislation, it is difficult to remember an era when Air Canada's management and its unions didn't seem eager to stab each other's eyes out with forks.

Iraqi soldiers and security forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters, backed by U.S. - led air strikes and support on the ground, already control Mosul's southern, eastern and northern flanks, and have advanced on those fronts for nearly two weeks.

Kennedy decided on a naval blockade rather than an air strike, and Khrushchev backed down.

The Iraqi government, backed by US - led air strikes, has been trying to push back Islamic State, although Shi'ite Muslim militias and Kurdish peshmerga have helped contain the Sunni insurgents and repelled them in some provinces.

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.

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

He has stepped up pressure for MPs to back joining air strikes in Syria after IS claimed responsibility for the November 13 attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people.

Most of those present at the meeting - including Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn, Shadow Defence Secretary Maria Eagle and deputy Labour leader Tom Watson - said they backed David Cameron's call for RAF air strikes.

Labour MPs are being given permission to vote as they choose on whether to back RAF air strikes in...

Labour MPs are being given permission to vote as they choose on whether to back RAF air strikes in Syria.

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.

Among voters who would vote Labour today, opposition to air strikes is even stronger, with 57 % backing Mr Corbyn's stance and just 23 % backing the Prime Minister's position.

Mr Cameron wants to secure Commons backing for UK air strikes in Syria, but has said he will not call a vote until he is confident of winning it.

If something has been missing from your TV screen since «24» went off the air, like an unapologetic, fist - pumping, nonstop action thriller with compelling good guys and loathsome bad guys, Cinemax's new Strike Back needs to be your appointment television for the next 10 weeks.

This week, the Kurdish - dominated Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by air strikes by the U.S. - led coalition, breached the old city walls of Raqqa.

While this was hinted at in only the opening moments in The First Movie — Mewtwo Strikes Back, Spell of the Unown, Pokémon 3's main feature, has an intriguing air of melancholy hanging over its entire run time.

Along with the engine upgrades, the B63 kit features an aerodynamic package that adds striking fender flares front and back, larger air inlets on the front bumper and for the rear a new roof spoiler and a new diffuser.

In the back there are adjustable air vents, a pair of coat hooks on each side, LED reading lamps and a striking touch - screen input panel that's almost as big as the one facing front seat occupants.

Hurricanes hit, plumbing backs up, trees fall on your house, lightning strikes, or the air conditioner fails.

Even in a climate that fits the bill through most of the year, one would want the back - up of air - conditioning should a heat wave strike.

Fairly self explanatory, the Commandos are your typical tank class, Engineers have access to turrets and mines, Recon can hang back and snipe enemies and also call in air strikes and support can heal wounded allies.

Behind the scenes though, all the characters» moves were tweaked to near - perfection and little changes, like air parrying not pushing you back like it did in New Generation, all added to Third Strike's brilliance.

I can pin it down to seeing the trenches move back and forth under frequent air strikes.

Yet what we both discovered was the two paintings shared striking similarities in the terms of how the images and the compositions were deployed, particularly with the identifiable use of the monumental black triangular, pyramidal, monolithic structures at the center, which undoubtedly referred to the pyramid on the back of the U.S one dollar bill, while the flying images perhaps obliquely evoked Manifest Destiny's Goddess Columbia floating in mid air, the symbol of America — in any case, the two pictures were covered with smoke and fire.

The destruction of ancient cities in Yemen by American - backed, Saudi - led air strikes is hardly mentioned, even though those are world heritage sites.

But now these machines are striking back, making air ex-tremely polluted in high - density cities.

One of the critical things you plan for is how long will it take you to get back on the air if a disaster strikes.

One warm spring night in 2011, a young man named Travis Hughes stood on the back deck of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at Marshall University, in West Virginia, and was struck by what seemed to him — under the influence of powerful inebriants, not least among them the clear ether of youth itself — to be an excellent idea: he would shove a bottle rocket up his ass and blast it into the sweet night air.

Meanwhile Mad Catz is back in the gaming hardware market after going bankrupt, bringing three peripherals to CES 2018: a wireless version of its iconic RAT Air mouse, a Strike 4 keyboard, and a Freq 4 gaming headset.

I struck my head, lost my footing, and fell backwards into the hole flat on my back with my feet straight up in the air.

Thompson says the strike forced many companies to diversify their shipping to add air travel, at least as a back - up.