Sentences with phrase «military attack against»

Along with the management aspect, the game also taught us to multitask, basically making sure that you kept an eye on your base and harvesters while conducting a military attack against your foe.

Russia felt betrayed, double standards were applied where the West would get a pass for not sticking to the letter of international law to defend its interests far outside its borders, while the West would throw the book at Russia even when dealing with outright military aggression (note that Georgia launched a large scale military attack against Russian forces in South Ossetia).

Not exact matches

We could see attacks against satellite systems, including denial of service, orbital positioning attacks and other outage - inducing actions that could do everything from disrupting television shows to paralyzing military systems.

U.S. military fighter - attack jets, bombers and drones have dropped more than 67,000 bombs since the 2014 start of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Defense Department's mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, according to information provided by Air Forces Central Command.

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

The Pentagon holds a briefing Friday about the joint military action against Syria in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on civilians in the town of Douma.

«Rather, Russia and the Syrian regime have chosen to pursue a military course, inconsistent with the Cessation of Hostilities, as demonstrated by their intensified attacks against civilian areas, targeting of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching civilians in need,» the statement said.

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.

(CNN) President Bashar al - Assad is warning the West against attacking Syria as President Donald Trump's international allies make preparations to join the United States in any military action against the regime in response to last week's suspected chemical attack.

After 9/11, the biggest foreign attack on American soil in history, it took George W. Bush almost a month to issue his first orders to take military action against Afghanistan.

The measures come as President Donald Trump is threatening an imminent military strike against Syria, vowing to respond «forcefully» to Saturday's apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians.

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.

Trump appeared to walk back his threats of military action against Syria, tweeting that an attack could happen «very soon» or «not so soon at all.»

The same stupidity prevailed after 9/11 when turban wearing Indian - American Sikhs were physically attacked in the streets because they looked Muslim, and when Muslim communities were subjected to increased state surveillance, extra airport screening, extrajudicial renderings of innocent people to torture chambers, racial profiling, and the heinous crimes committed against innocent Muslims everywhere by the US Military without so much as an expression of regret and remorse from the American public.

A military attack that is not decisive opens the possibility that the US will have committed an act of war against the Syrian regime without actually securing victory.

Taliban spokesmen have said that the brutal attacks — which target innocent civilians — are revenge for military offensive campaigns against militants in the country...

The captives were released to Peshmerga, the military force of Iraqi Kurdistan, which has been waging an all - out war against ISIS since their attack on the region in August 2014.

This time, two years later, the Supreme Court sustained Lincoln's position in the famous Prize Cases, a landmark recognizing a sweeping military power of the president to respond to attacks against the United States.

Likewise, though there have been denials of direct support from the air for rebel operations on the ground, the media reported that rebel advances on towns like Ajdabiya (and others) was only made possible because of coalition attacks against Libya military forces defending those towns.

Any hypothetical military engagement where a nuclear armed country were to be in danger of being completely overrun would change the calculation on whether they would be willing to use nuclear weapons, but Russia probably would not, for example, use their nuclear weapons as a deterrent against attacks against their conventional troops in Ukraine, even if they were in danger of being forced out of Ukraine completely because the retaliation would cost much more to them than what they would be losing.

It would not necessarily need to be limited to strikes against chemical weapon compounds themselves, but would permit attacks on broader military capabilities.

Therefore, as Yoram Dinstein claims, «even after the endorsement of the principle of proportionality... the danger of incidental injury to civilians — as a collateral damage resulting from attacks against military objectives — can not be lightly dismissed.»

In these circumstances constraints against targeting civilians or minimising civilian causalities when attacking military targets are relaxed.

MPs» refusal to condone military action against the Syrian government will cost Britain, Tony Blair has warned, in an attack which will only strengthen Labour dissent at Ed Miliband.

First, ISIS doesn't do all the attacks (it just claims to do so) and not mainly for inflicting fear on its targets or anything because, as your question presumes well, against NATO - like military organisations, no movement - no matter how well equipped it is - can resist and though it is unreasonable, ISIS knows this for a fact and thus it tries to become a symbol.

«We are safe to say that Boko Haram can no longer launch organised attacks in Nigeria because of the effective counter-insurgency operations embarked upon by the military against the insurgents.

Against the backdrop of allegation of high handedness by the military in the manner troops attacked the zealousness of Biafra agitators and Shiite Islamists, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin has assured that the Nigerian military will continue to ensure that Nigeria remains -LSB-...]

Even the current level of military success is not treated as a vindication of the group's strategy, but rather a result of Nato bombing strikes, which have debilitated Gaddafi's military resources while he defends against sporadic and opportunistic rebel attacks on front lines.

But today US can only have sanctions against Iran; US can not attack Iran, because Iran in return can attack US army bases in middle east and even attack israel (The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution touched on the Israeli threats of a military invasion against Iran and stressed: «If they make any such move, the Islamic Republic of Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground.»)

He has instructed the military and the police to not only bring the violence to an instant end, but also to draw up a plan to ensure that there are no further attacks and reprisals by one group against the other.

On 29 August 2013, the Conservative - led coalition suffered a defeat when Parliament voted against UK military attacks on Syria.

The said sum has not been paid even as the military is poised to carry out further attacks against the people.

In a statement by its Director of Public Relations & Information, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, the Force says, «It is instructive to note that with the recent successes recorded by the military in the North East against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT), intelligence reports revealed that due to the fierce attack on the sect, the BHT elements are presently in disarray and looking for soft targets to strike especially military installations.»

CDS launches new lists of 55 wanted Boko HaramTerrorists The Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin has released a banner containing photographs and names of 55 wanted Boko Haram terrorists for various attacks and terror activities in the northeast where the military currently prosecutes war against the insurgents.

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin has released a banner containing photographs and names of 55 wanted Boko Haram terrorists for various attacks and terror activities in the northeast where the military currently prosecutes war against the insurgents.

** KILL 3 ARMED BANDITS IN KADUNA STATE The Nigerian Military in a joint operation involving the Army, the Air force and Civilian JTF at the weekend, overcame an ambush attack launched by Boko Haram terrorists against troops at their camp in Chukungudu, Sambisa Forest -LSB-...]

The Nigerian Military in a joint operation involving the Army, the Air force and Civilian JTF at the weekend, overcame an ambush attack launched by Boko Haram terrorists against troops at their camp in Chukungudu, Sambisa Forest vicinity, killing 19 terrorists including one of their wanted Commanders.

«It is instructive to note that with the recent successes recorded by the military in the North East against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT), intelligence reports revealed that due to the fierce attack on the sect, the BHT elements are presently in disarray and looking for soft targets to strike especially military installations.

By Frank V. Vernuccio [On Friday night, US and European allies launched airstrikes against Syrian research, storage and military targets as President Trump sought to punish President Bashar al - Assad for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus last weekend that killed more than 40 people.

He said there are sinister objectives to the attacks, while also commending those that have spoken out against these growing attacks against the military.

President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack.

Military action against the Libyan regime will continue until Colonel Gaddafi stops his attacks on civilians, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.

Gay rights advocates aligned with the former first lady attacked Pence's opposition to allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military, and his votes against federal measures that extended hate crimes statutes to cover them.

«The primary response against an antisatellite attack should be the destruction of military facilities in the other state.»

Synopsis: A mild - mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.

According to a report from Reuters, more than 20,000 people demonstrated against the USA style reforms in Santiago, the capital, while being attacked by speeding military vehicles, some of which were equipped with water cannons and tear gas sprayers.

Advances in military and weapons technology in the four decades since the previous significant war meant that, for the first time, soldiers in the Great War were pitted against machine guns, fragmentation shells and long - range artillery, flame throwers and toxic gas attacks.

From a central citadel — the player assumes the role of military leader charged with creating, developing, and updating a city with weapons and defences, balancing and aligning the city's resources to better survive against prolonged monster attacks.

After a surprise attack from the Settlement Defense Front (SDF)-- a insurgent military group from Mars — kills the former Captain of the ship, Reyes is called upon to lead the counterattack against the SDF and put an end to the war before it's too late.

After the first level, players will find themselves in a military factory, a train platform that inexplicably runs tanks instead of trains, and a massive temple that culminates with Mike and Jackie battling against four giants that each have magical attacks based on the four elements in a large statuary hall with a flaming pit below it.