Sentences with phrase «weapons attack by»

And the US, UK, and France attacked military installations in Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government.

It came one week after an alleged chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar Assad that killed at least 60 people.

The U.S. - led strike on Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack by Bashar al - Assad's forces was specific and not part of a wider campaign, says Dakota Wood of the Heritage Foundation.

Saturday's strikes by the U.S., Britain and France were in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack by the Syrian military in eastern Ghouta.

Investigative reporter and blogger Eliot Higgins has talked about how Facebook's haste to censor what might be disturbing or controversial imagery can directly impact our understanding of a developing news story: the site removed several pages and posts from Syrian dissident groups and terrorist factions, but in doing so it effectively deleted a key source of information about chemical weapon attacks by the Syrian government.

Kerry argued that one purpose of the proposed strike is to deter future chemical weapons attacks by Assad.

Not exact matches

But that story is about what to do after a nuclear weapon blows up by surprise, such as in a terrorist attack — the goal is to limit exposure to radioactive fallout that arrives minutes after a detonation.

Obama gave The Atlantic several reasons for not enforcing the red line — uneasiness about a strike against Syria not being sanctioned by Congress, a lack of support from the international community and the American people, the possibility that the intelligence on the chemical - weapons attack wasn't 100 % solid — but did not mention the Iran deal among them.

The U.S. - led airstrikes, which U.S. President Donald Trump described as «perfectly executed,» came after the likely use of chemical weapons in an attack by the Syrian regime on the town of Douma earlier this month.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 - U.S., British and French forces launched air strikes on Syria in response to a suspected poison gas attack that killed dozens of people, aiming to degrade its chemical weapons capabilities in the biggest intervention yet in the conflict by Western powers.

«We believe that by hitting Barzeh in particular we've attacked the heart of the Syrian chemicals weapon program,» Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie told reporters at the Pentagon.

While the attack Thursday was the first of its kind by the US, Lowther said the bomb was «not even close to being a nuclear weapon» and he would «not make the argument that it's a symbol of escalation» in the conflict in Afghanistan.

Though Iran initially had no idea it was attacked by a cyber weapon, believing its scientists and engineers were incompetent due to the failures, eventually the code escaped and worldwide infections led computer researchers to study it, and the idea of leaving «no trace» of the attacker was gone.

Based on intelligence gathered by Syrian and Russian air defense crews from the U.S. strike exactly a year and a week ago on Shayrat Airbase in Syria, air defense crews were likely well - drilled and prepared to meet a U.S. - led attack on their claimed chemical weapons facilities.

The metal's price jumped markedly after Trump warned Russia to «get ready» for a missile strike in Syria following a recent chemical weapons attack allegedly carried out by the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

In a tweet, he hinted at retaliating against a deadly chemical weapons attack believed to be carried out by supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad, warning of a «big price» to pay.

«It seems new national security advisor John Bolton could be starting his first day in the White House in the worst way possible: by having to plan a military strike on Assad's ability to deliver chemical weapons attacks in Syria,» Harry Kazianis, director of defense studies at the Center for the National Interest, told CNBC.

Moon, a liberal who has been forced into a more hawkish stance by a stream of North Korean weapons tests, has repeatedly declared that there can be no U.S. attack on the North without Seoul's approval, but many here worry that Washington may act without South Korean input.

«Somebody gets pick - pocketed, somebody got their car broken into... And then somebody got attacked by this mystery weapon and they didn't tell us?»

«We believe that by hitting Barzeh in particular we've attacked the heart of the Syrian chemicals weapon program,» Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie said at the Pentagon.

The B61 is America's primary tactical nuclear weapon that can be carried by just about all of the US military's attack aircraft, from Marine Corps AV - 8B Harriers to the Air Force's B - 2 Spirit bombers.

«I think the perspective from the United States supported by the facts that we have are conclusive: that the recent chemical weapons attack carried out in Syria was planned and it was directed and executed by Syrian regime forces, and we're quite confident of that,» Tillerson said.

Tillerson responded by emphasizing the horror of the Assad regime's recent chemical weapons attack on civilians, which killed dozens last week.

The British government said in a statement the U.S. missile strikes were an appropriate response to the «barbaric chemical weapons attack» launched by the Syrian government.

The company manufactured the AR -15-style weapon used by the gunman in the 2012 attack in Newtown, Conn., in which 26 people, including 20 first graders, were killed.

Her ability to cut through was on display on Monday this week, when Haley spoke at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council condemning the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that killed at least 40 people and is believed to have been carried out by the government under President Bashar al - Assad, although it denies the allegations.

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.

Also factor in the raid of President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen's office and hotel room by the FBI, as well as the missile attacks on Syrian chemicals weapons targets.

World Watch Monitor has said called the attack a «clear agenda to wipe out» Christians which is being supported by foreign fighters and weapons.

Pope Francis has closed his traditional Sunday blessing by saying «nothing can justify» the use of chemical weapons against defenceless people, and called for those responsible for a suspected attack in Syria to seek negotiations.

The fear of nuclear annihilation, under which many live, can be attacked by efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

Since Ferguson concludes his article by stating that he suspects such a terrorist attack as being «bound to happen... sooner or later,» he is effectively saying that England has a loaded weapon pointed at its head, with the trigger poised.

If Kelley's conviction had been passed to the FBI, as required by law, the gunman wouldn't have been able to legally purchase some of the weapons he used in the deadly attack.

Many pieces in the collection are familiar, and some of them are stage waits but, by and large, the golfer can come away happier, wiser and maybe a little bit more determined to attack his favorite course with his oddly shaped weapons.

Capable of playing multiple positions across an attacking midfield three, and even deployed in midfield once or twice by Tayfun Korkut, Brandt is the optimal weapon from the bench.

Given Arsenal's susceptible defense and the incredible run his players are currently on — four straight away wins of more than three goals — it wouldn't be surprising to see Klopp roll out all of his attacking weapons and try to emulate the result from Anfield in August, when the Reds won by a comfortable 4 - 0 scoreline.

What the coalition can do is defend other states from the emerging threat of «North Korean» attacks by destroying any weapons that can «reduce» someone else «to seas in flames and ashes in a moment».

President Trump taunted Russia for backing a «Gas Killing Animal» and defied a warning from Moscow that it would knock down American missiles in Syria by declaring «they will be coming» in retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack.

When most people imagine rape, they envisage an attack by a stranger, alone, who uses a weapon and force to subdue his non-intoxicated victim who fights back, sustains injuries and reports the rape immediately afterwards.

The use of vehicles as a weapon has been examined by the NYPD well before Thursday night's attack in Nice, Miller said.

Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday a «weapons grade nerve agent» developed by Russia had been used in the attack on Skripal and his daughter, who were found slumped on a bench last week in the sleepy cathedral town of Salisbury.

The United States has a two - man rule in place, and while only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons, the order must be confirmed by the Secretary of Defense (there is a hierarchy of succession in the event that the president is killed in an attack).

In March 2016, Abbott wrote: «over the past year alone, Britain has sold around # 6bn worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, whose campaign in Yemen is targeting civilians — 191 such attacks have collectively been reported by the UN, HRW and Amnesty.»

After all Iran is the country that suffered the loss of over 200 men, women and children who were blown out of the sky in international airspace; it is also Iran whose citizens and soldiers were killed by chemical weapons attacks.

The gunman who killed 26 people at a small - town Texas church had a history of domestic violence that spanned years before the attack, and was able buy weapons because the Air Force did not submit his criminal history to the FBI as required by military rules.

The Labour leader, who says his support for unilateral disarmament is one of his defining political beliefs, responded to the row by pointing out that US nuclear weapons did not prevent the 9/11 terror attacks.

«A U.S. strike on Iran would be costly, causing significant loss of American life, likely lead to attacks and loss of life in Israel, yet would only postpone Iran's nuclear weapons development by a few years,» her office wrote.

The CRC, which was unveiled by Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio just days after the deadly Paris terrorist attacks, is armed with special weapons and enhanced body armor.

In attacking the air - blurred starlight, his weapon of choice will be a run - of - the - mill adaptive optics system augmented by another more «extreme» version that uses 2,000 computer - controlled actuators to correct atmospheric distortions by flexing a deformable mirror more than 3,600 times per second.

Sarah Hainsworth, study author and Professor of Materials Engineering at the University of Leicester explains, «Richard's injuries represent a sustained attack or an attack by several assailants with weapons from the later medieval period.