Sentences with phrase «of air strikes against»
The US and allied nations have launched a campaign of air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, the Pentagon says.
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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.»
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.
Not exact matches
In 2014, the carrier was one of the first to launch air strikes against ISIS.
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.
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 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.
The stock market went down today on a fear of the US going into an air strike against Syria.
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.
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.
Last night the United States President Barack Obama authorised air strikes against Islamic militants that are taking over several parts of Iraq.
The United States President Barack Obama has authorised air strikes against Islamic militants that are taking over several parts of Iraq.
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.
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...
«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.
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.
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.
Burnham, who is not persuaded by the case for air strikes, warned that colleagues who voted against the party's proposed position would be «thrown to the wolves» and said that he would not be a part of a «sham shadow cabinet».
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.
Some argue that carefully targeted strikes against the regime's military assets — air defences, command and control centres, and bases of Assad's elite Republican Guards — could weaken the regime sufficiently to engage in meaningful talks aimed at a political settlement.
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.»
On November, 18 2016, NAF fighter jets again carried out a series of coordinated air strikes against BHT locations at Ngoshe.»
One of the coalition's biggest defeats of the last parliament came in 2013 over proposed air strikes in Syria against President Assad.
He went on to say that while he was against proposals to extend air strikes to Syria, he could not «in good conscience» endorse the view of the Stop the War Coalition, who he described as «fundamentally wrong in their assessment and understanding of the threats the UK faces.»
The trailer for Marvel's latest sequel has an air of topical currency, showing Steve Rogers in conflict with his superiors over pre-emptive strikes against the enemy