Sentences with phrase «strike on its ally»

MOSCOW (Reuters)- The Kremlin said on Wednesday it hoped all sides involved in Syria would avoid doing anything that could destabilize an already fragile situation in the Middle East and made clear it was strongly opposed to a possible U.S. strike on its ally.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, Iran and Russia, two staunch Assad allies, are slamming the US for the strikes and doubling down on their efforts to defend the regime.

Trump has stepped warnings that Kim's regime would face a devastating military strike if it continued threatening the U.S.. On Friday, he said that if Kim makes any «overt threat» or strike at a U.S. territory or ally «he will truly regret it and he will regret it fast.»

The Trump administration is likely trying to get broader support from allies for air strikes on Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack, says Victor Kattan of the Middle East Institute.

Early this month, Washington imposed new sanctions on 24 Russians, striking at allies of President Vladimir...

U.S., British and French forces pounded Iran's ally Syria with air strikes early on Saturday in retaliation for a suspected April 7 chemical weapons attack, which they blame on Syrian President Bashar al - Assad's government.

Based on this outcome it would appear the U.S. and its allies can strike targets in the heavily defended region with impunity.

A coalition of adverse forces seemed allied against Foster's determination and high hopes: (1) there was potential for a strike, should Foster balk at union demands; (2) 1983 might have proved not even close to the bottom of the recession for heavy machinery; (3) who knew what EPA standards the former owner had let slide, that the new one might be called on to correct?

But reports of chemical attacks have surfaced regularly since then, and Islamist rebels fighting in the town of Douma — the site of the suspected chemical attack earlier this month that sparked the US and allies» strike on Friday — say Assad is using the terrifying weapons to win on the battlefield.

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.

Trump has hinted at a preference for military options, although a strike on North Korea could leave close U.S. ally South Korea vulnerable to North Korean military retaliation.

Yes, the United States have 28,500 soldiers stationed in South Korea, they supported South Korea in the last Korean War (60 years ago) and continuously side with South Korea diplomatically, but it is far from given that the United States would be willing to perform a nuclear strike on behalf of their South - Korean allies if push comes to shove.

Britain should join air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and should not «sub-contract» its security to allies, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday in a written statement to MPs.

Cameron said that it was in Britain's national security interests to strike IS jihadists and deny them a «safe haven» in Syria, arguing that the burden should not fall only on Britain's allies.

With just a few hours to go before President - elect Donald Trump take office, New York's Working Families Party is using what it anticipates will be «wholesale attacks on working people» by the incoming administration and its allies to highlight the plight of several hundred striking workers at Momentive Performance Materials, a chemical plant in Waterford.

The US and allied partners struck oil refineries held by the extremist group calling itself the Islamic State on Wednesday, the Pentagon said.

Members of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAHP, have said they would begin an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday, March 6, 2017.

During his Q - and - A with reporters in NYC earlier today, Bloomberg singled out several members of the GOP conference — including his onetime ally Simcha Felder, a former Democratic NYC councilman from Brooklyn who is caucusing with the Republicans — for killing the measure, and said the next death of a child struck by a speeding driver will be on their heads.

The Broadsheets: — New York Times: — 1 col., above the fold: «ISRAEL STRIKES MILITARY ASSETS OF IRAN IN SYRIA» — 1 col., above the fold: «trump to Meet Kim for Talks In Singapore» — 1 col., above the fold: «In Niger Study, Junior Officers Are the Focus» — 3 col., above the fold: «A Tirade by Trump, Then a Resignation Letter» — Wall Street Journal: — 1 col., above the fold: «U.S. Raises Pressure On Iran» — 4 col., above the fold: «Buybacks Surge, Steadying Market» — 2 col., below the fold: «Fall of Malaysia's Ruling Party Shakes U.S. Ally» — See Them

A British or European reader is struck by how it centres on Washington and America's allies barely get a mention.

Following the nationwide strike declared by the national body of the Joint Health Sector Union, nurses, midwives and allied medical workers at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi - Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday has also commenced an indefinite strike.

His behind - the - scenes role after he left No 10 will anger allies of Mr Brown, who claim Mr Blair reneged on agreements with him struck in 1994 and 2003 to stand down as Prime Minister.

There are striking parallels between Buhari's first stint in power as military dictator and his current democratic presidency - oil prices have crashed; appointments have favoured the North; important political allies have been displaced; governance is focused almost exclusively on a war against corruption; concerns over rule of law and human rights are re-surfacing; and economic policy is floundering!

Alexander VI refuses to allow a Catholic burial for Paolo, despite his doubts about the stable boy's suicide, causing Lucrezia to embark on a hunger strike that threatens the life of her infant son; the French army heads back to Rome, allied with Sforza; Della Rovere slips back into the city unnoticed to launch a plot against the Pope's life.

Knowing he needs allies on his side prior to mounting his quest to roust up Captain America and his crew, Tony Stark personally recruits the star - struck, impressionable teenager at his home in Queens (introducing Marisa Tomei (The Big Short) as the sexiest Aunt May to date) to assume even greater responsibilities in his quest to do what's right.

Although a bit on the short side with only 7 - reasonably lengthy missions for the Allied, German and Russian campaigns, Sudden Strike 4 offers a great deal of replay value, with each mission allowing multiple strategic approaches though in honesty there is usually an optimal and most expedient path.

On paper, Allied Strike offered considerably more than Blaze could have ever hoped to.

Make a preemptive strike from inside your tank when your foes appear, or disembark and explore dangerous strongholds on foot with your allies.

With careful positioning, you can pull off calculated team combinations, like having one ally dash attack an enemy to soften them up before another leaps off of the first to land on higher ground and pick off the just - struck enemy.

Last month, Bolton argued the legal case for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea — an extreme position in which even the best case scenario could result in broad carnage for the U.S. and its allies.