Sentences with phrase «over syrian»

Chanukkah is a Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Light that lasts for eight nights and commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 165 BCE after the victory over the Syrian - Greeks.

Everybody watched Obama blink over his Syrian chemical weapons red line.

Cuomo on Tuesday criticized de Blasio for standing with Astorino, given his socially conservative stances on abortion and same - sex marriage as well as concerns raised over Syrian refugees and security.

It's a tactic Miliband has used before, not least over Syrian refugees.

The international community has wrung its hands over the Syrian civil war for months but now finds itself confronted with a new level of horror.

A number of factors have contributed, including concerns about dropping oil prices, slowing growth in China and geopolitical tensions (among them, concerns over the Syrian civil war and refugee crisis and ISIS attacks).

The site contains a number of educational resources on the «Festival of Lights,» including retelling the story of the Maccabees and their miraculous victory over the Syrians.

Not exact matches

An additional $ 245 million over five years «for the identification, overseas processing, transportation and resettlement of the additional 10,000 Syrian refugees.»

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed slightly higher as the Syrian civil war continued to cast a shadow over trading.

When the US struck a Syrian air base over a suspected chemical attack in April 2017, it used Tomahawk missiles launched from US Navy guided - missile destroyer ships.

«Some villages and points on the western side of the town of Al - Areima have been handed over to the border guards of the Syrian regime,» Manbij Military Council spokesman Sherfan Darwish told AFP.

President Donald Trump warned Russia of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected gas attack, declaring that missiles «will be coming» and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar al - Assad.

«The military alliance between Syrian President Bashar al - Assad, Iran, and Russia has managed to make constant progress and appears set to regain control over the whole of Syria.»

It was an instrumental part of the military alliance of several rebel brigades known as Jaysh al Fateh that helped the mainstream Free Syrian Army regain control over a significant portion of Aleppo early last month.

SEOUL (Reuters)- North Korea said on Saturday U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were «an unforgivable act of aggression» that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was «the right choice a million times over.»

The Pentagon has described the attack as «unprovoked» and started by forces loyal to the Syrian government that crossed over the Euphrates River, which functions as a border between US - backed troops and Russian - backed ones.

Milk worked with the United Nations to produce Clouds Over Sidra, a VR production that let's Oculus Rift users share the experience of a 12 - year - old girl living in a Syrian refugee camp.

Eric Brammer, 30, an information technology specialist from Roanoke, Virginia, who describes himself as Democrat, said he expects tensions to continue over Russia's support of the government of President Bashar Assad in civil war - wracked Syria, where the U.S., Britain and France last week launched missile strikes against Syrian chemical weapons facilities.

President Donald Trump on Sunday had directly criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar Assad over a suspected poison - gas attack against the rebel - held town of Douma that local aid groups blamed on the Syrian government.

Ties between the two countries have been strained over U.S. support for the Syrian Democratic forces, the mainly Kurdish - led militias fighting Islamic State in northern Syria with the help of U.S. forces.

According to Reuters, Putin's role as intermediary between Riyadh and Tehran was pivotal, and is a «testament to the rising influence of Russia in the Middle East since its military intervention in the Syrian civil war just over a year ago.»

Elise Labott, the network's global affairs correspondent, tweeted Thursday that the Statue of Liberty was bowing its head «in anguish» over the House's decision to pass the bill, which would suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the U.S.

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It may be more difficult than President Donald Trump might wish to make Iran and Russia pay a «big price» for the suspected chemical attack in Syria over the weekend, one that he has accused the Syrian regime of carrying out with the support of its allies in Moscow and Tehran.

European stocks close lower as geopolitical worries remain on traders» radars Software AG, Polymetal among the notable losersEuropean stocks ended lower Monday, as traders weighed the limited strikes on the Syrian regime over the weekend and news of potential fresh U.S. sanctions against Russia.

There is some confusion over where Gharba's allegiances currently lie, but there is broad agreement that at the time the video was made in 2014, he was a member of the Free Syrian Army - an anti-Assad group that has enjoyed the support of US intelligence agencies.

It should be a matter of concern for the bulls that they have once again failed to push through with the advantage that they had, in the form of heightened risks in the Syrian region and over the global trade war fears and this is going to keep the prices under pressure.

A Downing Street spokesman said: «We have announced that the UK will resettle an additional 20,000 Syrian refugees over the course of this parliament.

The British government is currently opposed to the Syrian one, over claims the latter used chemical weapons against its own people.

America has broken into a bitter debate over how many Syrian refugees it will take in.

The reason for the celebration is twofold (both dating back to c. 165 BCE): the miraculous military victory of the small, ill - equipped Jewish army over the ruling Greek Syrians, who had banned the Jewish religion and desecrated the Temple; and the miracle of the small cruse of consecrated oil, which burned for eight days in the Temple's menorah instead of just one.»

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Kurdish officials say more than 40 of the ISIS fighters were killed as Kurdish forces reclaimed the city over the weekend.

So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians; if they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die.»

A Reuters / Ipsos poll in the wake of the Paris attacks found that 52 percent of Americans think nations which accept Syrian refugees are less safe, and are equally split over whether countries should continue to accept refugees (40 %) or stop accepting them (41 %) amid terrorism concerns.

Omran Daqneesh, the 5 - year - old Syrian boy whose heartbreaking, dazed expression following an airstrike captured the world's attention, hasn't been seen in over a year.

Over 200,000 Syrians have died in their 4.5 year conflict.

We just thinks its pointless and self serving for self - righteous Christians who sob over 12 Americans they didn't know but don't care about hundreds of thousands of afghanis, iraqis, and Syrians who are being slaughtered either by us or due to our policies.

When the episcopal hierarchy of the East Syrian Church was fully organized by the beginning of the fifth century (410), the bishopric of Rewardastir was elevated to a metropolitanate and given jurisdiction over relations with India.

Sixty percent of Syrian refugees are young people who have experienced traumas we can't imagine: seeing a parent tortured or a sibling killed, watching entire city streets explode, fleeing from their homes or across borders in the dark of night, with shells flying over their heads or rebel soldiers chasing them.

The debate over resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States was made more complex and distressing by the mass sexual assault of German women by what appears to have been North African and Middle Eastern asylum seekers in Cologne, Germany on New Years Eve.

The small island north of Scotland has just over 8,000 people residing there with a very small Muslim community, including a growing number of Syrian refugees.

Over 5 million Syrians have been forced to seek refuge in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and other countries.

And the Administration has decided to arm the Syrian opposition — a decision that seems likely, over time, to result in arming the Syrian Islamists.

The restaurant is also home to a joint social rehabilitation program with the German government, for Syrian refugees over the age of 40 or for those lacking professional expertise.

As the debate over allowing Syrian refugees, and foreign - born residents in general, into the U.S. heats up, find out how much of your county's population is already immigrants.

The Ukip leader caused a furious backlash from his party members over the weekend after saying that David Cameron had a duty to take in Syrian refugees fleeing for their lives.

The comments come as Farron sends a letter to the prime minister demanding he accept 3,000 unaccompanied orphans from the Middle East in addition to the 20,000 Syrian refugees the UK is already pledged to take over the next five years.

Recent estimates place the total number of Syrian refugees in Jordan at over 500,000.

Its fiscal position has deteriorated since the beginning of the Arab Spring; hosting 500,000 refugees has already cost Jordan over $ 800 million since the Syrian war began, and unrest across the Arab world, particularly in neighboring Syria, has cost Jordan's economy as much as $ 4 billion.

If a «Red line» is drawn by the Obama administration over the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government, because it is unconventional weapons, why is there no red line drawn for the use of a car bomb that killed 126 civilians in Aleppo Province on Easter Saturday?