Sentences with phrase «led coalition forces»

Players take the role of Captain Reyes via the Retribution, one of Earth's last remaining warships — ultimately leading coalition force remnants against a relentless enemy across the vast expanse of our solar system beyond Earth.

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The Iraqi military, with support from the US - led coalition, Kurdish forces, and Iranian - backed Shiite militia units, have been slowly closing in on Mosul since the start of an offensive on October 16.

In addition eight members of the NATO - led Resolute Support coalition were wounded, the force said.

A Saudi - led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting Iran - allied Houthi rebels.

France has led airstrikes on Syria as part of the coalition and is believed to have special forces in Syria.

A U.S. - led coalition has been launching airstrikes on Islamic State militants and facilities in Iraq and Syria for months as part of an effort to give Iraqi forces the time and space to mount a more effective offensive.

A US - led coalition has been launching air strikes on Isis militants and facilities in Iraq and Syria for months as part of an effort to give Iraqi forces the time and space to mount a more effective offensive.

Following last Friday night's coordinated missile attack by a coalition of U.S., U.K. and French forces against Syrian chemical weapons facilities, there was a high level of consternation about whether the barrage of targeted airstrikes would escalate into a dangerous and wide - ranging military engagement between the Assad - led Syrian government backers (Russia, Iran, Hezbollah) and NATO forces.

Four Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Boeing F - 15S fighter aircraft arrived Feb. 26 at Turkey's Incirlik Air Base to support the U.S. - led coalition fighting the Islamic State in Syria, soon Continue Reading

The Saudi - led coalition against Houthi rebel forces there has killed hundreds of civilians, among them children.

Their atrocities — including mass executions, forced conversion and unspeakable torture — has led to a global coalition of nations who, in the words of President Barack Obama, plan to «dismantle» and «destroy» ISIS.

A hastily assembled coalition of South Korean (ROK) and American - led U.N. forces attempted to stall the NKPA advance, but their efforts seemed doomed.

According to Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, «the [Saudi - led] Coalition is responsible for twice as many civilian casualties as all other forces put together, virtually all as a result of airstrikes».

While British forces are taking part in air strikes on IS targets in Iraq, they are not involved in the US - led coalition targeting Syria due to resistance from opposition parties still mindful of previous unpopular interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

6) As the dynamics that have led to the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol have demonstrated, the EU must be capable to create coalitions.

If this is not possible, then a Labour - led coalition with the Liberals would be preferable to a Tory government or a Tory - Lib coalition — for the same reason that this gives the working class a slightly better relationship of forces within which to resist the assault on its living standards which will be unleashed by any government arising from the current election.

His second book, The Prince of the Marshes and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq, outlines his experiences as deputy governor shortly after coalition forces entered Iraq, and describes his efforts to lead development projects and establish a functional government.

The cuts, which began under the coalition government, have led some forces to share services while many have also reduced costs by closing police stations, reducing procurement costs and reorganising the workforce.

To no one's surprise the Blair - led Tories defeat Labour in 2010 but, without an absolute majority are forced to form a coalition government with the support of the Liberal Democrats.

According to an IEC spokesman, President Hamid Karzai and General David Petraeus, the commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, reviewed the proposed list of polling stations on Saturday, which led to the electoral body removing an additional 100 stations that the security forces had said were safe.

The case of the Gambia last year is still fresh in our memories, where democracy was enforced by an ECOWAS Military Coalition led by the Armed Forces of Nigeria, under the focused and abled leadership of Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, General AG Olonisakin (NAM).

The focus is the forming of a shaky coalition: A group of young Londoners called Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), led by the uncompromising and charismatic Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer), extend a helping hand to the working - class strikers (LGSM views them as kindred spirits, as they too are being bullied and harassed by the heavy - handed police force).

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.

In the summer of 2003, four months after a U.S. - led coalition of armed forces occupied the country, masked Iraqi men woke up Kerrar and his family in the middle of the night in their home in Baghdad.

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Although her legacy is yet to be fully written and those who will benefit the most from her incredible work may never know her name, as the leading force behind the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF], Dianne has been and will remain the most vital force behind the historic effort to ensure that Connecticut's public schools are adequately and fairly funded and that every Connecticut child is provided with the education, knowledge and skills they need to live more fulfilling lives.

In fact, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently announced that he is leading a coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia in filing a friend - of - the - court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny Friedrichs and maintain forced dues payment for public employees.

Now that the U.S. - led military coalition has forced Iraq from Kuwait, just how low will gas prices go?

In a time of unthinkable hardships, Reyes must lead the remnants of coalition forces against a relentless foe in a war that spans our solar system.

Instead of going to school one day, his curiosity forced him to pick up his camera and sleeping bag, and travel to the northern Syrian border town of Kobani where the American - led coalition had joined forces with Kurdish fighters to battle Islamic State.

He leads an energy task force of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of Democrats who favor low taxes and limits on government spending.

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A coalition of conservative groups lead by the Koch - affiliated American Energy Alliance (and including the Koch - affiliated Americans for Prosperity, the Koch - affiliated Competitive Enterprise Institute, among others) are showing up in force against renewable energy, urging congressional Republicans to allow a key wind energy tax credit to expire.

It apologized to Aboriginal groups for the nightmarish, state - led practice of residential schools; it contributed $ 500,000 to the ICC to enable the OTP to investigate atrocities in Darfur; under the Liberal Government, Canada decided not to join the «Coalition of the Willing» in Iraq; Canadian forces played an effective and leading role in the intervention in Libya; and, more recently, Canada rightly withdrew from the UN World Terrorism, I mean Tourism, Office after it appointed Zimbabwe's tyrant, Robert Mugabe, as its head.