In 2017, the US conducted 35 air strikes and conducted 15 air strikes in 2016.
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"If additional air strikes are needed, we will be prepared to deliver those air strikes," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said at a news conference.
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Hit by air strikes, corruption and gun-running The use of air strikes and civilian casualties has undermined support for the Saudi coalition in Europe and the United States.
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Sixteen militants were "neutralized" in air strikes on northern Iraq's Qandil region on July 17, and 18 in air strikes on the Karacak region on July 19, it said.
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It was not clear if Russian air strikes would stop.
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As the protests continued, the IDF launched two air strikes.
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The Kremlin launched its air strikes in Syria on Sept.
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Amnesty's report investigated five air strikes in Lower Shabelle region.
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Fighting and air strikes continued in the countryside around Aleppo.
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Air strikes destroyed IS stores and vehicles, the SDF said.
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Washington has denied launching any air strikes against the country.
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Since liberation, residents have been divided over the air strikes.
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He did not name those carrying out the air strikes.
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Hollande has condemned Putin's "unacceptable" support for Syrian air strikes.
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They found charred bodies of militants hit by air strikes.
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"Three houses were destroyed by two air strikes," Ayed said.
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Fordow was built to withstand Israeli and American air strikes.
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Mr Haftar is aided by Emirati and Egyptian air strikes.
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Invasion or air strikes were the preferred means of retaliation.
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It said 140 of those came from U.S. air strikes.
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Russia began supporting Assad's troops in September with air strikes.
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The first Turkish air strikes in northeastern Syria began Wednesday.
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His support for Russian air strikes in Syria was welcomed.
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The Afghan Air Force responded with air strikes, Aman added.
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Consider Trump's dramatic increase in the use of air strikes.
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President Trump's air strikes against Syria were of dubious legality.
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Ankara said Syrian planes had carried out the air strikes.
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Russia says it stopped air strikes in Aleppo on Tuesday.
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Tripoli's Mitiga airport was shut following air strikes and shelling.
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Air strikes have also targeted rebel areas of the city.
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LNA air strikes have repeatedly hit civilian areas in Tripoli.
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A renewed assault began last Tuesday after a weeks-long pause in air strikes and shelling, although battles and air strikes had carried on along the city's front lines and in the surrounding countryside.
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" Air strikes have reportedly started: "The Turkish military operation into Syria has been launched with air strikes and will be supported by artillery and howitzer fire, a Turkish security source told Reuters on Wednesday.
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For the past week the LNA had pounded the area with air strikes as it mobilized to retake the ports, and it continued to target its rivals with air strikes on Thursday as they retreated.
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JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli fighter jets launched air strikes on suspected Islamic Jihad positions in Syria, the Israeli military said on Monday, after the militant group and Israel exchanged rockets and air strikes around Gaza.
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Haftar's forces have besieged the city and launched occasional air strikes.
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The commandos called in air strikes and helicopters to extract them.
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There were no casualties in the air strikes or rocket launches.
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The air strikes were conducted by U.S. Army helicopters and drones.
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Turkey's state-owned Anadolu agency said two air strikes took place.
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Coalition warplanes have conducted intermittent air strikes, mostly in the evening.
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Israel responded by pounding Gaza with air strikes, killing 27 Palestinians.
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It has been targeted by U.S. air strikes for a decade.
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Air strikes in Van killed four other militants, the army said.
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Russia has turned a blind eye to Israel's frequent air strikes.
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In other war zones hospitals are off limits for air strikes.
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It accused Damascus of initiating air strikes, artillery and rocket attacks.
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Friday's air strikes failed to kill Mumin, the security source said.
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And I don't see why these air strikes should be stopped.
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Israel usually retaliates with air strikes against battle stations in Syria.
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Russian air strikes around Aleppo and IS-held Palmyra have continued.
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The president also gave commanders more authority in ordering air strikes.
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Air strikes caused 519 civilian casualties, 150 of whom were children.
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Israel responded with air strikes that killed a militant in Gaza.
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Former residents say those buried were victims of coalition air strikes.
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Air strikes did not stop outside the city during the ceasefire.
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The U.S. has been conducting air strikes in Syria since 2014.
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There were no air strikes, beatings or threats of sexual violence.
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Four months of Russian air strikes have tipped momentum Assad's way.
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Israel hit back with a series of air strikes in Gaza.
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Air strikes and ground attacks hit 10 schools and a hospital.
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Critics note that Trump's air strikes don't have clear legal grounding.
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Turkey's state-owned Anadolu agency said there were two air strikes.
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It also said retaliatory air strikes were conducted against the militants.
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The air strikes have galvanized calls inside Iraq to expel them.
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Sinjar, a town in northwestern Iraq, was devastated by air strikes.
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The specific finding against Russia pertains to air strikes on Nov.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State in Iraq with 17 air strikes on Saturday, and hit the militant group with eight air strikes in Syria, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
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Separately, the Turkish military said 13 PKK militants were killed in air strikes in northern Iraq's Avasin-Basyan and Zap regions and in Turkey's southeastern province of Siirt in air strikes over the past two days.
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Turkey's army said 15 of the jihadists were killed in clashes, artillery fire and air strikes during operations in al-Bab, while the remaining 29 were killed and four buildings were destroyed in the coalition air strikes.
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MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday denied its planes were responsible for air strikes that destroyed a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo, saying it had carried out no air strikes there in recent days.
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The latest LNA advances came after heavy LNA air strikes on Jufra.
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Air strikes are the only way to dent drug production, he said.
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Eventually, his rifle went silent after three air strikes on the house.
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Some of the schools were hit by air strikes, Raqqa residents say.
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That's what air strikes and artillery shells did to eastern Aleppo yesterday.
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The air strikes set off huge fires inside the camp, residents said.
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They are escaping ISIS, Bashar Assad's barrel bombs, and Russian air strikes.
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Nigeria is battling Boko Haram on the ground and with air strikes.
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European powers opposed backing the troops on the ground with air strikes.
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And it will have to be backed up with increased air strikes.
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Russia responded to the attack, which the rebels deny, with air strikes.
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The IDF has responded to rocket fire from Gaza with air strikes.
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The coalition targeted the Islamic State in Syria with 10 air strikes.
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On Saturday, air strikes on rebel-held areas killed scores of people.
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U.S. forces have also conducted occasional air strikes or raids using drones.
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But air strikes against Iran could just as easily do the opposite.
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The army has responded with air strikes and by bulldozing entire villages.
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Options for mitigating the damage from air strikes, Jaeger knew, were few.
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More data on more air strikes meant better information and better predictions.
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Parts of Benghazi have been wrecked by heavy shelling and air strikes.
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S. Forces-Afghanistan did not conduct air strikes in Kunduz province today.
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If you are just planning air strikes, it won't get the results.
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The U.S. is carrying out daily air strikes to help the advance.
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U.S. personnel are operating close to the frontlines to direct air strikes.
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But recent air strikes have also hit civilian areas there and beyond.
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The United States has also been carrying out air strikes in Syria.
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Air strikes increased from several a day to almost 40 a day.
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Air strikes on Sirte are reported frequently, often attributed to unidentified aircraft.
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Russia began air strikes on Syria in support of Assad on Sept.
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The alliance said it was investigating civilian deaths in the air strikes.
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Israeli air strikes crippled Gaza's only electrical power plant, causing widespread blackouts.
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Turkish air strikes crashed down on the hours-old US-Turkish deal.
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Nigeria is fighting the group on the ground and with air strikes.
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In Syria, instead of practicing fire drills, children prepare for air strikes.
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Joseph Dunford separately briefed the House and Senate on the air strikes.
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The SDF said Turkish air strikes and shelling also killed nine civilians.
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The SDF said Turkish air strikes and shelling had killed nine civilians.
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The army has responded by conducting air strikes and bulldozing entire villages.
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The ministry said it called in multiple air strikes on Taliban positions.
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Meanwhile, in other areas, ground fighting has intensified and air strikes continue.
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A week ago, Washington called off air strikes just minutes before impact.
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Activists say dozens of civilians have been killed this week in air strikes in the city and to the north, and the opposition Syrian National Coalition called for a suspension of the air strikes while the incidents are investigated.
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France was the first country to join U.S.-led air strikes in Iraq.
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The attacks have drawn Israeli air strikes that have killed two Hamas gunmen.
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The United States, France and the United Kingdom launched air strikes in retaliation.
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Russian air strikes accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers on Thursday in northern Syria.
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Air strikes from the U.S.-led coalition sped that advance into Muthanna district.
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Birqdar said rebels faced "heavy shelling, air strikes, and incoming tanks" every day.
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France was the first country to join US-led air strikes in Iraq.
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The coalition said its air strikes pounded caves storing missiles, drones and weapons.
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The wave of air strikes, rocket fire and shelling has sparked international condemnation.
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Would you support renewed air strikes or any U.S. involvement on the ground?
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But air strikes alone would probably not be enough to defeat the group.
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Israel carried out its biggest round of air strikes in Gaza since 2014.
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Turkey regularly carries out air strikes against PKK targets in neighboring northern Iraq.
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Mateen: What is going on is that the air strikes need to stop.
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The coalition has responded by carrying out air strikes on Houthi-held Sanaa.
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Trump ordered retaliatory air strikes but called them off at the last minute.
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The vetted groups have been a regular target of the Russian air strikes.
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Earlier this week, the Syrian military launched air strikes targeting remaining ISIS forces.
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Air strikes, he believes, can play an enabling role and disrupt IS operations.
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Both Aleppo's main hospitals were systematically destroyed by Russian air strikes last week.
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It called for a separate investigation into air strikes by the international coalition.
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On Friday, air strikes in the village of al-Haas killed 13 people.
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Inside Aleppo, tyres were also burnt to create a smokescreen against air strikes.
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Islamic State was targeted by nearly 500 U.S. air strikes since Aug. 1.
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Information like this could prove useful in picking out targets for air strikes.
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Russia took the world by surprise by first launching air strikes on Sept.
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S. Africa Command has not conducted any air strikes in Libya in 2019.
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The air strikes cause massive plumes of smoke that hang over the neighborhood.
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The Turkish military has frequently carried out such air strikes in recent months.
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Turkey could also step up air strikes on PKK targets in northern Iraq.
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He could not say whether most were due to air strikes or shelling.
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Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Iranian positions during the war.
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On Monday, air strikes killed 30 people in Eastern Ghouta, the Observatory said.
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Israel carried out air strikes and artillery bombardment that devastated neighborhoods in Gaza.
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Late on Saturday, Israeli air strikes killed two Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in Syria.
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Residents said heavy air strikes hit other villages and towns in Idlib province.
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Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on Iranian targets in Syria.
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The Americans have unleashed hundreds of drone strikes, air strikes and ground raids.
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The Saudi-led coalition has launched thousands of air strikes against the Houthis.
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Trump has accelerated the pace of air strikes in other conflicts as well.
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It had organized the attack in response to Russia's air strikes in Syria.
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The SDF said Turkish air strikes and shelling had also killed nine civilians.
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Lebanon's powerful Shi'ite group Hezbollah, backed by Iran, also condemned the air strikes.
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The international support Clinton conducted the air strikes with help from the British.
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The SDF said Turkish air strikes and shelling had also killed nine civilians.
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The fatalities from air strikes in Gaza were the first since last October.
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Turkish air strikes on Wednesday destroyed 67 Islamic State targets, the military said.
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Today it is deserted, damaged by air strikes during the battle for Nineveh.
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It was not immediately clear whose aircraft were responsible for the air strikes.
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Russia said on Tuesday neither its war planes nor those of Syria had launched air strikes on Aleppo since Moscow said it was suspending bombing seven days ago, contradicting a monitor who says air strikes on some areas resumed on Saturday.
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The United States has conducted 12,354 air strikes against Islamic State as of Nov.
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The draft resolution demands an end to air strikes and military flights over Aleppo.
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Both Syrian or Russian warplanes have been carrying out air strikes against the militants.
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Air strikes also hit northern provinces including Taiz, Hajjah, Midi and Saada, it said.
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The alliance has come under international criticism for air strikes that have hit civilians.
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Obama urging him to order targeted air strikes against the Assad regime in Syria.
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"The air strikes and missiles are shaking the city's houses," said resident Khaled Sharaf.
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The latter caused Mr Trump to order—and then cancel—air strikes on Iran.
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It said it shelled or carried out air strikes on some 320 militant sites.
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Secondly, the Rafales will conduct pre-planned air strikes against ISIS facilities and leaders.
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Russian jets have been using the Hmeimin base to launch air strikes in Syria.
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The YPG said a number of people had been wounded in the air strikes.
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Government shelling and air strikes have killed 659 people in eastern Ghouta since Feb.
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The United States has launched many air strikes in Somalia, usually against al Shabaab.
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There are no visible signs that Russia is preparing to wind down air strikes.
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Residents on both sides spent the weekend cowering under rocket fire and air strikes.
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He cited separate air strikes on Monday that killed four aid workers near Aleppo.
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North of Aleppo, air strikes have hit the villages of Anadan, Hayan and Hariyatan.
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AMERICA HAS conducted 13 air strikes in Somalia since 2017, killing some 800 people.
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They launch regular air strikes against groups holding out in pockets of the city.
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Amnesty estimates at least 200 civilians were killed by Russian air strikes between Sept.
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Some Russian Spetsnaz special forces are working on the ground, co-ordinating air strikes.
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The flow of refugees into Europe, increased by Russian air strikes, is another bonus.
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It said there were 56 air strikes between dawn and early afternoon on Friday.
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The UK-based war monitor said air strikes killed six people in Deraa province.
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The military declined to specify how many of the air strikes involved unmanned aircraft.
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Three people were killed and 13 wounded in air strikes on Idlib, it said.
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"Subsequently, Coalition air strikes must cease in all populated areas in Yemen," he added.
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The international coalition was believed to have conducted the air strikes, the group said.
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In December he faced down his shadow cabinet over British air strikes in Syria.
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Masirah said air strikes also hit northern provinces including Taiz, Haja, Midi and Saada.
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There have also been Saudi-led air strikes close to the port of Hodaida.
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Five years ago rebels backed by Western air strikes ousted Muammar Qaddafi, Libya's dictator.
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Plumes of smoke and dust rose from sites hit in the Israeli air strikes.
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Palestinian militants fired more than 150 rockets into Israel, which responded with air strikes.
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At least 41 insurgents had been killed by air strikes and fighting, it said.
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They have accused the Saudi-led coalition of violating the truce with air strikes.
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The President threatened air strikes and warned Moscow to stay out of the way.
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Militant shelters and ammunition stocks were also destroyed in the air strikes, it said.
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Netanyahu said Israel's air strikes were appropriate because Iran had "crossed a red line".
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A Mosul resident said air strikes had intensified in western parts of the city.
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The fighting saw Islamic State bomb attacks and devastating U.S.-led coalition air strikes.
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Government forces began an intense period of air strikes and shelling early this week.
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Shortly afterward, Israel responded with tank fire and air strikes targeting positions of Hamas.
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U.S.-led forces also carry out air strikes in Syria, targeting Islamic State positions.
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Russia, an ally of President Bashar al-Assad, supported that advance with air strikes.
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The command center has shared intelligence for air strikes in Iraq and neighboring Syria.
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Trump ordered air strikes in retaliation, only to abort the strikes minutes before impact.
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"Coalition air strikes have caused most of the documented civilian casualties," the report said.
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Israel responds with targeted air strikes on missile launching sites and on Hamas commanders.
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Separately, Israel said it thwarted an Iranian drone attack with air strikes in Syria.
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Intense air strikes leveled entire districts and, according to rights groups, killed many civilians.
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U.S. air strikes had killed Hafiz Saeed Khan, his successor, and that successor's successor.
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Poll: Voters back Trump's handling of Syria air strikes and tensions with North Korea.
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Africom carried out 63 air strikes in Somalia last year targeting al Shabaab insurgents.
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After his family fled air strikes pounding Idlib, they have yet to find refuge.
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"Subsequently, Coalition air strikes must cease in all populated areas in Yemen," Pompeo said.
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He said it was carried out in retaliation for an escalation in air strikes.
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The United States has already conducted air strikes against Islamic State militants in Libya.
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The U.S. special forces entered the town to coordinate air strikes against Islamic State.
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Some air strikes have hit civilian targets, although the coalition denies doing so intentionally.
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Iraqi security forces are heavily dependent on American special forces and American air strikes.
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The air strikes marked a "a very dangerous development", the ministry said in statement.
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MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday Russian and Syrian military planes had not launched air strikes on Aleppo since Moscow said it was suspending bombing seven days ago, contradicting a monitor who says air strikes on some areas resumed on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said it was not discussing joint air strikes with Russia on Monday and called on Moscow to press Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to cease air strikes against opposition forces in Aleppo and the Damascus suburbs.
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Frequent exchanges of rockets and air strikes threaten to turn into a full-scale war.
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The United States, France and United Kingdom launched air strikes in retaliation for that attack.
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But after repeated air strikes on hospitals, many aid workers distrust such requests, Moumtzis said.
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U.S. air strikes have also played an important role in trying to blunt Taliban offensives.
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The UAE and Egypt carried out air strikes against Islamist forces in Libya in 2014.
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Villagers near the town of Balakot were shaken from their sleep by the air strikes.
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Air strikes can interrupt business, sending Yemenis rushing home, but they have grown less common.
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Reports this week said the administration is considering new air strikes, possible special operations raids.
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Israel has carried out nightly air strikes against sites belonging to Gaza's ruling Hamas Islamists.
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Human rights groups have criticized the coalition's air strikes because of the deaths of civilians.
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Russia launched air strikes in Syria last year saying it was targeting Islamic State militants.
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The air strikes were the most significant Israel has carried out in Syria since 1982.
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Islamic State has recently been hit hard by U.S. air strikes and special forces operations.
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Turkey already carries out regular cross-border air strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq.
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For more than two years a Saudi-led coalition has battered Yemen with air strikes.
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Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville (74) has resorted to air strikes on opposition areas.
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Monitoring group Airwars said more than 3,000 civilians have been killed by coalition air strikes.
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"Tanks on the streets and air strikes against the own people are injustice," Merkel said.
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The growing intensity of coalition air strikes has been another big worry in the city.
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Pakistan said it shot down two Indian jets and carried out air strikes in Kashmir.
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It remains the focus of fierce air strikes by the Syrian and Russian air forces.
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A promise by Syria in 2013 to surrender its chemical weapons averted U.S. air strikes.
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Last month Uganda launched air strikes and artillery attacks on ADF positions on its side.
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"We left, fearing we would be used as human shields during air strikes," she said.
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Rebels say that the breakthrough was the direct result of hundreds of Russian air strikes.
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Thank the suicide bombers, explosive devices, mortar attacks and air strikes coming from all around.
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Britain's parliament voted against air strikes, while NATO allies demurred with the exception of France.
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When air strikes hit blood banks and oxygen tanks, patients are simply left to die.
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The Observatory said 16 people were also killed in air strikes in Raqqa on Friday.
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The armed forces' statement said three of the militants were killed in the air strikes.
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Eurocontrol said that air strikes into Syria could take place over the next 72 hours.
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A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 and has carried out thousands of air strikes.
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At least 34 Palestinians, many of them militants, were killed in subsequent Israeli air strikes.
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The Jewish state has long been carrying out air strikes against Hizbullah targets in Syria.
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When those forces tried to retake Aden, the UAE intervened against them with air strikes.
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Israel responded with a barrage of air strikes on Iran's extensive infrastructure across the border.
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Jets from the base regularly carry out air strikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
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Both times they ceded the city only in the face of heavy US air strikes.
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It has carried out several air strikes against IS in Syria in agreement with Damascus.
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It also intensified air strikes on areas controlled by the Houthis including the capital Sanaa.
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Houses, apartment blocks and public buildings were flattened by air strikes or holed by shellfire.
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U.S. and other Western air forces are also involved in air strikes in northern Syria.
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The New York Times said Trump had ordered air strikes but then called them off.
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Air strikes, fighting and Islamic State snipers and mines have killed many hundreds of people.
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They will be used for reconnaissance in support of air strikes against Islamic State targets.
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Separately, Ankara has kept up regular air strikes against PKK militants based in Iraq's mountains.
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At least 95 people were killed and 137 wounded in air strikes, the investigators said.
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The protesters were demonstrating against recent Turkish air strikes in the area, the residents said.
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Separately, Turkish warplanes also carried out air strikes and destroyed several IS targets, it said.
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"Tanks on the streets and air strikes against their own people are injustice," Merkel said.
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Russia has temporarily halted air strikes to allow civilians and rebels to leave the city.
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They do not include "temporary" assignments or the personnel supporting air strikes from outside Afghanistan.
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The air strikes in Iraq also killed top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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Israel has responded with air strikes on Hamas facilities, one of which killed two gunmen.
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The United States has already denied it had launched any air strikes against the country.
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America killed 44 fighters from al-Shabab, a jihadist group in Somalia, in several air strikes.
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"Over 28 (air) strikes struck Mashara and intense artillery and missile bombardment," Suhaib al-Ruhail said.
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Frequent Israeli air strikes didn't appear to have any impact on the men launching the rockets.
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Rescue workers and medics on the ground have described residents choking on fumes after air strikes.
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That effort is focused on teaching them to identify targets for U.S.-led coalition air strikes.
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Two Hamas gunmen have died in retaliatory Israeli air strikes and 15 protesters from Israeli gunfire.
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U.S. air strikes on May 18 targeted Iran-backed fighters who had moved into the area.
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A U.S.-led coalition has conducted air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq and northern Syria.
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The United States has been conducting air strikes Islamic State militants in the region since 2014.
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Ankara also carries out regular air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq.
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Palestinians carried out shootings and suicide bombings, and Israel carried out air strikes and army raids.
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Russia, which also aids Assad, has largely turned a blind eye to the Israeli air strikes.
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The YPG is fighting IS in Hasaka province with the support of U.S.-led air strikes.
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One aid-worker counted more than 30 air strikes in the first half-hour of fighting.
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The U.S.-led coalition backs the SDF with air strikes and military advisors on the ground.
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U.S. President Donald Trump planned, then called off at the last minute, air strikes on Iran.
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The monitoring group Airwars says at least 5,486 civilians have been killed by coalition air strikes.
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She said Russian air strikes were creating a "wonderful" atmosphere for the Kremlin's counter-terrorism operation.
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He has threatened to launch air strikes at schools that teach children from the Lumad tribe.
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It includes $930 million from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which lead the coalition air strikes.
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Commanders in Iraq say they were given less than an hour's notice of the air strikes.
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The military has mounted 10,332 air strikes in that effort and acknowledged around 40 civilian deaths.
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More than 10,000 people have been killed by coalition air strikes and fighting on the ground.
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Air strikes should be aimed at the dictator's chemical-weapons plants and command-and-control centres.
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Sisi also ordered a wave of air strikes on the Islamic State's militant bases in Libya.
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How can he order air strikes in apparent defiance of the Constitution, federal and international law?
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When the invasion became global news, President John F. Kennedy decided not to provide air strikes.
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Mainstream rebels fear that forming a coalition with JFS would expose them to American air strikes.
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His hometown of Ras al-Ain was one of the targets hit in Turkish air strikes.
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Five soldiers were killed on Wednesday, when the LNA also targeted the area with air strikes.
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But civilian casualties caused by the air strikes have risked undermining public support for the campaign.
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Similar air strikes in which civilian homes, markets and hospitals were hit are recurrent in Yemen.
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The United Nations has said that Saudi air strikes on civilian targets likely constitute war crimes.
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Indian jets conducted air strikes against a militant camp in Pakistani territory according to government officials.
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Government troops remain heavily reliant on international aircraft to supply surveillance, intelligence, and occasionally air strikes.
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The military took five months of ground offensives and devastating air strikes to defeat the militants.
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Fighting and air strikes have forced more than 60,000 people to leave their homes since Nov.
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The air strikes, among the deadliest this year, did not kill any civilians, the statement said.
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For months Western air strikes have targeted the jihadists' oilfields, processing plants and physical cash holdings.
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Angry over the intentionally negligible scope of the planned air strikes, congressional Republicans withdrew their support.
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Three air strikes were carried out between August 24 and September 4 in the Shabwah governorate.
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The coalition has drawn criticism, however, for the number of civilian casualties resulting from air strikes.
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Several monitoring groups accused Russia of conducting these air strikes, but Russian authorities have denied involvement.
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Military air strikes also hit 60 militant locations, according to a televised statement from the army.
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It said it was not clear whether Syrian or Russian warplanes had conducted the air strikes.
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The military would announce the outcome of the air strikes in the coming hours, he said.
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Separately, the United Nations says it has received many reports of civilian deaths in air strikes.
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Since the beginning of the war, the Saudi coalition's air strikes have hit large civilian gatherings.
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The air strikes targeted the truck fleet near Palmyra, Syria on Thursday, a coalition statement said.
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Four medical facilities were struck during air strikes and shelling Monday, which reportedly continued into Tuesday.
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Coalition air strikes pounded Tabqa on Wednesday, destroying a bakery and other buildings, the Observatory added.
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The military has also carried out regular air strikes against PKK camps in mountainous northern Iraq.
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U.S. military data shows there have been 9,782 U.S.-led coalition air strikes as of Jan.
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With an election looming in April, Israel has been increasingly open about carrying out air strikes.
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The frontlines have not changed in recent weeks but both sides have stepped up air strikes.
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Jets carrying out air strikes against the jihadist group have flown from Turkey's Incirlik air base.
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In February militias backed by American air strikes destroyed its base in Sabratha, in the west.
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Some school's roofs, like this one is Damascus, are crumbling — a visible sign of air strikes.
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As well as military targets, air strikes have hit hospitals and ports, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
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The agency warned of a potential launch of air strikes into Syria in next 72 hours.
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The army's "partners" then responded with air strikes to force them across the border into Mali.
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The United States has led an international coalition conducting air strikes against Islamic State since 2014.
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U.S. air strikes have hit a number of Nusra commanders in northwest Syria in recent years.
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The intensified U.S. air strikes on al Shabab's massing forces and vehicles significantly complicate its operations.
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Air strikes started again later on several areas in Hodeidah province, residents and aid groups said.
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A resident and rebels in the area said air strikes had damaged a water pumping station.
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SAUDI ARABIA'S air strikes in Yemen have often missed their mark, causing hundreds of civilian casualties.
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She believed her boss should punish this horrendous crime, and indeed earlier ones, with air strikes.
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Much of the dam's equipment was destroyed, some by isis and some by American air strikes.
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A Turkish security source told Reuters the military operation into Syria had begun with air strikes.
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About 400 people in Basra protested against the air strikes, demonstrating in support of the militias.
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Air strikes shook the foundations; artillery, launched from behind and in front of us, whistled overhead.
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LIBYA'S NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION SAYS PRODUCTION AT EL FEEL OILFIELD HALTED BECAUSE OF AIR STRIKES - STATEMENT
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The LNA also conducted air strikes in Ganfouda and another district, Sabri, a military official said.
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The coalition said it had killed at least 100 pro-regime fighters in the air strikes.
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At least 2,358 civilians have been killed by coalition air strikes, according to monitoring group Airwars.
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The U.S. military coördinates daily air strikes across northern Iraq from a command center in Erbil.
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It said that Turkish air strikes in the area had killed seven people in al-Bab.
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Russia's Defence Ministry said Tuesday's air strikes had only targeted militants and not struck populated areas.
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The Syrian government campaign to take al-Mayadeen has been supported by heavy Russian air strikes.
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U.S. President Donald Trump planned, then called off at the last minute, air strikes on Iran.
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Air strikes have also been reported this week in other rebel-held parts of the country.
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He also said Britain was not involved in overnight air strikes on a Syrian air base.
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Russia, which is also aiding Assad, has largely turned a blind eye to the Israeli air strikes.
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In addition, it said coalition forces conducted six air strikes which killed another 10 Islamic State militants.
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The following March, Saudi Arabia and its coalition isolated Yemen economically while continuing to launch air strikes.
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U.S. air strikes killing such a large number of militants in Somalia are rare, but not unprecedented.
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Air strikes followed them as they moved across towns over the course of two weeks, he said.
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Sustained months of Russian air strikes and Syrian regime barrel bombs appear to have done their work.
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Washington and its allies have been considering air strikes following a suspected poison gas attack last weekend.
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Israel, which has carried out dozens of air strikes on Iranian targets in Syria, opposed the move.
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For now, most players understand that diplomacy will take a back seat to air strikes and rockets.
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Russia has been staging air strikes in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad since September.
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Air strikes called in to protect U.S. and Afghan special forces conducting the operation caused heavy casualties.
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With nearly 10,000 air strikes, we're taking out their leadership, their oil, their training camps, their weapons.
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It said the dam was at risk of collapse because of air strikes and increased water levels.
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The air strikes are over but the military is ready to act upon request, the source said.
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Most of them were reportedly killed in American air strikes called in by American-backed Kurdish fighters.
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At least 350,000 people were displaced and large parts of Marawi have been decimated by air strikes.
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More than 300 jihadists have been killed since Donald Trump, America's president, expanded air strikes last year.
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Air strikes were also reported in rebel-held areas near Damascus and in Hama province on Tuesday.
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A Russian special forces soldier calling in coordinates for air strikes was reportedly killed near the city.
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Coalition air strikes have targeted factories and food-storage warehouses, as well as the airport in Sana'a.
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Syrian and Russian military officials could not immediately be reached for comment on the latest air strikes.
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The United States has carried out air strikes in Libya targeting Islamic State, also known as ISIL.
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Western governments and rights groups have alleged Russian air strikes killed civilians, an allegation Moscow has denied.
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The Russian Defence Ministry said it takes great care to avoid civilian casualties in its air strikes.
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"We are using precision ammunition in our surgical air strikes," said another army spokesman, Colonal Edgard Arevalo.
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Coalition forces, which are supported by the United States and Britain, meanwhile launched fresh air strikes overnight.
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More than 10,000 people have been killed, mostly by almost-daily air strikes, since the fighting began.
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According to US Central Command, air strikes here killed some 1,200 civilians and countless more ISIS fighters.
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It was taken two weeks later by Iraqi government forces backed by U.S.-led coalition air strikes.
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Washington voiced concern over the air strikes and said they harmed the coalition's fight against Islamic State.
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Reports also surfaced overnight that the airport in Libya's capital, Tripoli, had been hit by air strikes.
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"Air strikes continue, mortars continue, the humanitarian situation is very bad," he told reporters at Geneva airport.
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The terrain makes ground battles difficult and the region has been the target of many air strikes.
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The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that air strikes have killed thousands of civilians.
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"The issue about air strikes is part of a broader package of concerns," said one Western official.
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The U.S.-led coalition continued to provide air strikes and intelligence support in Falluja, a spokesman said.
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The attack led to air strikes by the United States, France and Britain against sites in Syria.
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The United Nations says coalition air strikes have hampered humanitarian operations to import food and fuel supplies.
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When LNA air strikes have hit civilians, the army has accused its opponents of using human shields.
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Ongoing shelling and air strikes included the use of "indiscriminate weapons, such as barrel bombs", it said.
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For more than a month the only air strikes against IS were launched from its four catapults.
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Coalition air strikes hammered Houthi positions in an apparent bid to shore up Saleh's forces, witnesses said.
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Supporters and opponents of the recent U.S.-led air strikes in Syria have stressed their limited nature.
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Both denied carrying out air strikes on Derna on Monday which killed at 1east 15 people, however.
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Airwars, a journalist-led monitoring group, estimates 3,164 civilian deaths as a result of coalition air strikes.
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Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Observatory, confirmed heavy air strikes in northern Latakia on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Families fleeing Mosul in recent weeks have talked of high numbers of civilians killed by air strikes.
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At the time, Washington was threatening the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with air strikes.
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"France condemns the air strikes carried out by the regime," Nadal told reporters in a weekly briefing.
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Weaponry and air strikes were not to be used in those zones by combatants, the text said.
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On Tuesday, districts outside to the west of Aleppo were hit by air strikes, the Observatory said.
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Since the new year, Fateh al-Sham has been targeted by a spate of U.S. air strikes.
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In response, Israel launched a wave of air strikes and ramped up its forces at the border.
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The fighting and air strikes have forced more than 60,000 people to leave their homes since Nov.
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The U.S. military also carried out air strikes, according to a Western diplomat familiar with the operation.
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Instead, they rely on the U.S. air strikes that have killed dozens of suspected militants this year.
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The soldiers inside are safe, for now, but other Turkish outposts have been hit by air strikes.
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The United States-led coalition supports the SDF with air strikes and special forces on the ground.
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Helmand policeman Baz Gul said the air strikes had "changed the picture completely" and morale was high.
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The report said 14 civilian had been killed in just five air strikes between 2017 and 2018.
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The U.S. has responded with air strikes and increased sanctions, both of which put civilians at risk.
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The US retaliated with air strikes, which triggered a violent attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad.
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Civilians struggle with frequent air strikes and attacks on basic infrastructure like hospitals, schools, and sanitation systems.
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Mortars, tank cannons, air strikes, small arms, and high-calibre machine guns continued sounding up the road.
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Israel frequently launches air strikes against Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq without provoking an Iranian escalation.
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Syrian warplanes also launched renewed air strikes on Thursday on residential areas of Idlib city, witnesses said.
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I began building my model after I experienced my city being destroyed by air strikes and missiles.
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U.S. and Afghan forces routinely launch air strikes to regain control over territory lost to militant groups.
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Earlier, Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah TV said 13 air strikes targeted al-Dulaimi Air Base in Sanaa.
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Thousands of families were also reported to be too frightened to move, fearing air strikes and shelling.
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The United States-led coalition supported the SDF with air strikes and special forces on the ground.
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The Observatory says government shelling and air strikes have killed 659 people in eastern Ghouta since Feb.
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The Sunni Muslim coalition has responded with air strikes targeting Houthi military sites in the capital Sanaa.
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The situation has deteriorated since Russia started air strikes last September to support President Bashar al-Assad.
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The U.S. intervention in Syria began under Trump's predecessor Barack Obama in September 2014 with air strikes.
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A U.S.-led coalition has been fighting Islamic State mainly through air strikes in Syria and Iraq.
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"It was a miracle that we made it here," he said, speaking of the heavy air strikes.
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The Kremlin has said it is maintaining a moratorium on air strikes in the city of Aleppo.
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Trump called off retaliatory air strikes at the last minute, saying too many people would have died.
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The next day Russia retaliated with air strikes on the rebels (who deny carrying out a chemical attack).
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The second trap will almost certainly lead to air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, perhaps within the year.
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The Observatory said Turkish air strikes had killed three people in one family early on Sunday in Afrin.
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Iran shot down a U.S. drone last week, and Trump called off retaliatory air strikes minutes before impact.
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The last month has seen heavy clashes and air strikes there, ending this week with the evacuation deal.
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Air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition later allowed government forces to regain control of the supply route.
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Ground fighting and air strikes have killed around 6,000 people during the nine-month war in impoverished Yemen.
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He declined to comment on plans for special operations in Libya amid speculation of possible Western air strikes.
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Its air strikes have hit Islamic State targets but mostly other insurgents, including Western- and Turkish-backed fighters.
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Yet to judge by the mishap at Rann, dealing with those final dregs still requires large air strikes.
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The U.S.-led coalition that is backing the offensive with air strikes, training and advice praised Friday's advances.
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All the bridges have been hit by coalition air strikes in an effort to hamper Islamic State's movements.
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Most of those casualties "resulted from U.S. air strikes or from search operations on the ground," per AFP.
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Amnesty International said that 14 civilians were killed during five air strikes by American military forces in Somalia.
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Air strikes started up again after the evacuation, killing nine people and injuring around 28, the Observatory said.
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They become human shields, frog-marched toward Mosul and used by the militants as cover from air strikes.
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U.N. rights spokesman Rupert Colville condemned the air strikes on hospitals and schools in Idlib and Aleppo provinces.
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Israel then launched its most intensive air strikes into Syria since the start of the Syrian civil war.
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Over the next months, local forces backed by coalition air strikes (and later soldiers) pushed the Houthis back.
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At each town along the way Syrian and Russian jets unleash air strikes to soften up the rebels.
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But "once the ISIS fighters withdrew from the town, [coalition forces] struck them with air strikes," Marine Maj.
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To do so, it must find a way to limit Israel's freedom to carry out air strikes there.
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Ayrault said for now air strikes and troops on the ground were not "the order of the day".
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Africom reported eight U.S. air strikes from May to August, compared to 13 for the whole of 2016.
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The YPG captured Tel Abyad from IS last year in an offensive backed by U.S.-led air strikes.
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Russian and Syrian air strikes continued in Aleppo, where rebel forces occupy the eastern part of the city.
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The United States had been targeting Islamic State militants in Syria with air strikes for nearly two years.
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Under the threat of air strikes, they have relied heavily on field hospitals, makeshift facilities and mobile clinics.
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Others at the camp said militants were hiding weapons and riding cars with civilians to avoid air strikes.
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Though Haftar loyalists have secured large areas in Benghazi, air strikes, bombings and clashes continue in some neighborhoods.
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State television showed empty streets lined with apartment blocks smashed by air strikes in the al-Ansari district.
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Washington is leading its own campaign of air strikes against Islamic State positions in both Iraq and Syria.
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Saudi-led air strikes have hampered humanitarian operations to import food and fuel supplies, the United Nations says.
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The United States has carried out dozens of air strikes against Islamic State positions and vehicles in Sirte.
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Rebels say the army has also intensified bombing, and Russian warplanes have resumed air strikes in the area.
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Then the Syrian army -- backed by pro-Iranian militias and supported by controversial Russian air strikes -- broke through.
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Coinciding with Saudi Arabia's cutting ties with Iran, the Saudi-led coalition intensified air strikes on Houthi positions.
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The Observatory said at least 25 people including six children had been killed in the air strikes overnight.
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The Observatory said the army and its allies had captured around half of Minian after heavy air strikes.
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Thousands of sympathizers in the UK have also grown increasingly angered by UK air strikes on the group.
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For months Western and Russian air strikes have targeted the jihadists' oilfields, processing plants and stockpiles of cash.
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But the destruction in the rebel-held east, targeted in daily air strikes, has been far more extensive.
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The U.N. human rights office has raised concerns about increasing reports of civilian deaths as air strikes escalate.
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His decision to launch air strikes in Syria this month contributed to geopolitical tension in the Middle East.
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"Some of the risk (premium) has come down following the air strikes," Capital Economics analyst Simona Gambarini said.
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It has previously denied killing civilians in air strikes on Raqqa, saying its goal is "zero civilian casualties."
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The suspected attacks led to air strikes by the United States, France and Britain against sites in Syria.
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"They carry out the booby trapping of the bridges during the night to avoid air strikes," said one.
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Scrocca said Apache helicopters, Marine artillery, U.S. special operations forces and air strikes were involved in the operation.
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Israel has mounted numerous air strikes in Syria against what it has described as Hezbollah and Iranian targets.
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The army suffered no casualties from the advance, which was backed by artillery and air strikes, it added.
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Turkey has also ramped up air strikes on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq this year.
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"It really is complicating anti-terrorist action," he said, referring to Russia's campaign of air strikes in Syria.
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Air strikes have levelled medieval mudbrick towers in Sanaa's old quarter, a medieval mosque and an Ottoman fort.
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The SDF in Syria are backed by U.S. air strikes and a small contingent of American special forces.
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The militants are dug in among more than a million civilians as a tactic to hamper air strikes.
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Trees and lush greenery provided ideal cover from air strikes, so jihadists could become indoctrinated in relative safety.
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Both sides have since been mobilising, and the LNA has been conducting daily air strikes in the area.
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He said continuous air strikes and round-the-clock drone surveillance had prevented them fleeing to neighboring Syria.
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Air strikes will not be halted over the incident, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman Brig. Gen.
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Anadolu said the air strikes were carried out in the Zap, Avasin, Basyan, and Hakurk regions in Iraq.
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It stepped up air strikes in Iraq and Syria, killing many Islamic militants but also hundreds of civilians.
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Many residents have told Reuters that the air strikes caused extensive property damage and dozens of civilian deaths.
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Air strikes and shelling in rebel-held Aleppo has killed dozens this week, according to a monitoring group.
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But by nightfall the trucks had not departed, and reporters there witnessed two air strikes against the jihadists.
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Those options include increased air strikes, deploying U.S. special operations forces and training Libyan security forces, officials say.
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The hospital sources said 55 civilians were killed, including 12 women and 19 children, in three air strikes.
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Last month, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. air strikes on Iran, only to call them off minutes before.
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But they said they had "credible" evidence of the damage inflicted on the camp by the air strikes.
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"We can't even catch up to count the air strikes," said Abdallah Mahameed, a rebel official in Deraa.
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A Yemeni official said over 30 soldiers were killed by air strikes on the eastern outskirts of Aden.
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The U.S. military carried out air strikes against the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group over the weekend.
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Israel too largely kept to script, retaliating to rockets with air strikes that usually targeted empty Hamas buildings.
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Russia said on Tuesday it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on Aleppo into a ninth day.
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The military frequently launches air strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq but ground operations are less common.
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Independent rights investigators reported last month that some coalition air strikes in Yemen may amount to war crimes.
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Over the weekend, the U.S. military carried out air strikes against the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group.
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U.S. air strikes on Sunday on Iranian-backed militia bases killed at least 25 fighters and wounded 55.
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Although there are fewer air strikes, fighting on the ground continues daily in the city center, she said.
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NATO conducted air strikes against Yugoslavia's Serbian forces in 1999 to prevent ethnic violence against Albanians in Kosovo.
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The coalition has conducted more than 17,861 air strikes since the start of the operation, as of Jan.
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Israel has mounted air strikes in Syria on a regular basis, targeting suspected weapons shipments to Lebanese Hezbollah.
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The staff know they could be a target -- other hospitals and clinics have been hit in air strikes.
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"There is significant damage, and we believe it may be air strikes, but it's not conclusive," he said.
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies initially referred to "air strikes" in a statement.
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The coalition has responded to the renewed drone attacks with air strikes on Houthi military sites in Sanaa.
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They say the air strikes on Saturday had been aimed at deterring his further use of chemical weapons.
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US forces stationed with Syrian Democratic forces troops on the base responded with artillery fire and air strikes.
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Intense coalition air strikes and the months of street-to-street fighting have pulverized much of the city.
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The opposition Syrian National Coalition called for a suspension of the air strikes while the incidents are investigated.
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The air strikes have been accompanied by ground assaults by government forces, including Shi'ite militias from Iraq and Lebanon.
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It said government warplanes had been mounting heavy air strikes overnight on remaining rebel-held areas of eastern Aleppo.
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Residents of eastern Mosul reached by phone described fierce clashes that included explosions, air strikes and bombardment by helicopters.
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The attack follows renewed air strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition on the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
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Recent Israeli air strikes against Hezbollah targets in Syria appeared to mark a more assertive stance toward the group.
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Smoke covered parts of the Old City, which were rocked by air strikes and artillery salvos through the morning.
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A SEAD campaign uses air strikes, artillery, missiles, or all the options, to destroy an enemy's anti-aircraft defenses.
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Abdulrahman said a number of civilians were also killed in the air strikes in Aleppo province and other areas.
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Coalition air strikes targeting Houthi fighters have frequently hit civilian areas, although the alliance denies ever doing so intentionally.
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He also relaxed the rules and increased American air strikes, military trainers and mentoring of front-line Afghan troops.
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The fighting has killed 227 people and wounded 1,128, the World Heath organization (WHO) said before the air strikes.
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With nearly 10,000 air strikes, we are taking out their leadership, their oil, their training camps, their vicious ideology.
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Syrian and Russian military have also carried out many air strikes in Idlib and Aleppo provinces during the war.
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Weeks of Russian and Syrian air strikes and artillery fire killed hundreds of civilians, and destroyed hospitals and schools.
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It has reinforced this unofficial red line with air strikes on Syrian and Iranian-backed forces in the area.
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But Iraqi security forces, Kurdish Peshmerga and Shia militias, supported by coalition air strikes, are advancing on several axes.
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It also came after intensified Syrian government advances backed by Russian air strikes on rebel positions in northern Aleppo.
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The United States has reported launching three sets of air strikes against jihadist camps in the area this year.
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Russia on Saturday vetoed the resolution, which demanded an end to air strikes on Aleppo and military over flights.
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Turkish military sources said the air strikes had hit 12 Islamic State targets, while artillery fire hit 70 targets.
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Photographs of the site taken after the air strikes show its courtyard, originally paved with flagstones, covered with rubble.
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In addition to striking military targets, air strikes have hit hospitals, infrastructure and port facilities, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
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Because western Mosul is heavily populated, air strikes by coalition planes and drones will have to be tamped down.
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On Tuesday, districts outside the city to the west of Aleppo were hit by air strikes, the Observatory said.
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But by evening Mr Trump had approved his own response: air strikes on radar and missile batteries in Iran.
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The SDF, a coalition built between Kurdish groups and Arab allies, has been supported by US-led air strikes.
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Iraqi troops, backed by American air strikes, made progress in their battle to recapture Tal Afar from Islamic State.
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The Observatory reported air strikes against Islamic State positions east of Sweida, the city the jihadists attacked last week.
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The team started small, launching it in part of Idlib Province, which was getting hit hard by air strikes.
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The United States and its allies are already carrying out air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
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Air strikes have hit 18 health facilities and violence has destroyed at least 16 schools, the United Nations says.
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The UK-based monitoring group said the air strikes hit the suburbs west of Aleppo city, near Idlib province.
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The United States is leading a coalition fighting Islamic State insurgents, including through air strikes in Syria and Iraq.
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And so Somalia's government will stay weak and al-Shabab will continue to attack, American air strikes or not.
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Of the 5,000 air strikes carried out by Russia since it began its air offensive in Syria on Sept.
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Witnesses said powerful explosions from the air strikes rocked buildings in Gaza and lit the skies over targeted sites.
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They were torn apart by air strikes or packed with explosives and blown up by Islamic State, soldiers say.
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The Syrian army has made rapid advances near Aleppo in recent weeks with the help of Russian air strikes.
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The U.S.-led coalition has been carrying out air strikes in Syria against Islamic State militants since September 2014.
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Lorenzana said air strikes might be suspended, describing the rebels as a small force that "cannot hold that long".
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Tankers and ships are often seized off the coast, and have in the past been hit with air strikes.
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And he said the United States was launching 1,100 air strikes per day, compared to 15 to 30 now.
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Air strikes destroyed two of them, and the SDF fired on a third to blow it up, he said.
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Now thousands of Saudi-led air strikes and nationwide battles have demolished Yemen's fragile economy and squeezed food supplies.
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"We asked them to put a halt immediately to these air strikes," Clarence Nelson, panel vice-chair, told reporters.
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The Observatory said that, over the previous 48 hours, air strikes on Idlib had killed at least 63 people.
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They provided coalition analysts with coordinates and date ranges of 103 air strikes to examine and compare their responses.
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Moreover, the deal does not rule out air strikes, a clause that rebels fear will be used against them.
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"(The air strikes) conformed to international and humanitarian laws," the statement said, quoting coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki.
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Indian warplanes carried out air strikes on Tuesday inside northeast Pakistan's Balakot on what New Delhi called militant camps.
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And just hours before the attacks, Hillary Clinton called on the U.S. to launch air strikes against Syrian bases.
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U.S. aircraft did conduct 12 air strikes in two days in Helmand last month in an unusually heavy engagement.
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The official also said military planners would seek to avoid overstretching U.S.-led coalition assistance, which includes air strikes.
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The only road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo city has suffered a week of increasingly heavy air strikes.
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Activists in eastern Aleppo say that they have counted more than 100 air strikes over the past two days.
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Barrel bombs, artillery and air strikes have struck more than 265 medical facilities since the start of the war.
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A Reuters witness at the location could hear the sound of heavy shelling and air strikes in the distance.
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In 2015, when Russia intervened in Syria, on behalf of Assad, it effectively neutralized these units with air strikes.
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The United Nations says at least 92 civilians have been killed by execution, snipers, ground conflict and air strikes.
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Turkey supported the air strikes by U.S., British and French forces, saying the move sent a message to Assad.
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Iraqi officers said air strikes had killed most of the insurgents ahead of ground advances to clear out remnants.
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With air strikes and special forces from the U.S.-led coalition, they had been encircling the city since November.
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Air strikes were being carried out against BDB positions in Jufra late on Tuesday, an air force official said.
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Soldiers who once practised dealing with terrorists' roadside bombs now drill in dodging enemy air strikes or chemical weapons.
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However, the opposition says a loophole would allow the government to continue air strikes for up to nine days.
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"I heard what happened in Mosul's Old City, where whole families were killed by air strikes," al-Bayati said.
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Operation Inherent Resolve has launched air strikes on ISIS targets and provided air support to local forces combating ISIS.
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Derna has been hit in air strikes by both the eastern-based Libyan National Army and its ally Egypt.
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The area has also been pounded by air strikes and artillery fire from Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition forces.
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Russia's air force has launched air strikes in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from the Hmeimim base.
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"If Obama had called off air strikes, the media would demand he get the Nobel Peace Prize," McDaniel tweeted.
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NATO air strikes on Serbia forced Belgrade to withdraw its troops in 1999, having killed 10,000 Albanian civilians there.
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There have been at least two previous bilateral sessions since the Russians began air strikes in Syria last year.
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Air strikes have intensified in the last few days on towns to the west, north and east of Deraa.
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Somebody in the battle zone in Syria reporting on the latest air strikes; that's all done with space assets.
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But it will require a specific number of American special operators, in combination with an increase in air strikes.
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Coalition air strikes have repeatedly struck civilian targets while trying to target Houthi forces during the three-year war.
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Egyptian leaders have adopted a zero-tolerance policy, with air strikes, raids on militant hideouts and long prison sentences.
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Some messages described the attack as an act of revenge in response to air strikes in Iraq and Syria.
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Zia Alonto Adiong, a politician involved in evacuation efforts, said civilians stuck in Marawi wanted air strikes to stop.
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Fifteen militants were killed in the air strikes, and ammunition and weapon stocks were also hit, the sources said.
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It was released after coordinated air strikes by Britain, France and the United States on Syrian government targets overnight.
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Zeroing in on the devices can point troops or air strikes at command centers, reinforcements, or other important targets.
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The US has also carried out air strikes against al-Shabaab, and US forces are active in the country.
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U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said air strikes on eastern Ghouta were continuing on Monday morning.
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Mahmood Naemi, the deputy chief of the Farah council, said the clashes ended after Afghan forces launched air strikes.
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President Bashar al-Assad's military hand has been strengthened by Russian air strikes that have been underway since September.
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Washington said the drone was in international skies, and Trump ordered, then aborted, retaliatory air strikes on Iranian targets.
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"The American air strikes have broken their back," said Nasrullah a soldier in Kunar province on the Pakistani border.
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Rebel resistance has been eroded by relentless air strikes against civilian areas since the advance began in late April.
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Supported by Turkish tanks and air strikes, the rebels have been pushing toward the Islamic State stronghold of Dabiq.
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Clashes and air strikes over the past 24 hours have killed 47 jihadists, the military said in a statement.
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The consequences of Trump's military aggression can be seen in the number of civilians killed by U.S. air strikes.
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Air strikes have struck 12 health facilities, killed more than 80 civilians and wounded more than 300, OCHA said.
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In February, a total of 55 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syrian government attacks, including air strikes, in Idlib.
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In a statement, the Taliban said the air strikes proved that the U.S. has committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
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In a statement, the Taliban said the air strikes proved that the U.S. has committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
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"Turkish warplanes have started to carry out air strikes on civilian areas," SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali said on Twitter.
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And yet President Trump, dispensing with conventional wisdom, has decided to launch air strikes and threaten more against Iran.
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But since the Russian plane was shot down, there have been no reports of Israeli air strikes in Syria.
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Amnesty International has said the U.S.-led campaign, including air strikes, has killed hundreds of civilians trapped in Raqqa.
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The monitoring group Airwars says a total of at least 5,961 civilians have been killed by coalition air strikes.
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Its militants control parts of Iraq and Syria and a U.S.-led coalition has conducted air strikes against them.
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The IDF said the military responded with air-strikes on 80 targets in Gaza, including some belonging to Hamas.
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The United States halted refueling support for coalition warplanes, whose air strikes have been blamed for many civilian deaths.
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Second, US forces carry out combat missions against terrorist themselves, launching raids and air strikes against ISIS and others.
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The air strikes came as pro-government forces fought rebels and Islamist factions in the northern city of Aleppo.
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The military's estimates of civilians killed by coalition air strikes are generally far lower than those of monitoring groups.
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Thousands of people have gathered in front of the U.S. embassy to condemn Sunday's U.S. air strikes in Iraq.
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With nearly 10,000 air strikes, we are taking out their leadership, their oil, their training camps, and their weapons.
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The statement did not refer to dawn air strikes on Syria conducted by the United States, France and Britain.
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That attack led U.S. President Donald Trump to launch the first U.S. air strikes on a Syrian air base.
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The Civil Defence in Ghouta, a rescue service in rebel territory, said air strikes hit Jisreen, Zamalka, and Irbeen.
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The WCC echoed the National Coalition's immediate goal to end air strikes and see to the release of detainees.
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The Iraqi orphan's family had died two years earlier in air strikes across the border in al-Qaim region.
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Coalition air strikes that kill civilians prompt warnings from rights groups, but Western support for the military campaign continues.
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Saudi Arabia decided to entrust ground operations inside Yemen to local fighters backed by Gulf Special Forces and air strikes.
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Other air strikes can be conducted in defense of U.S. and international military advisors, as well as some Afghan troops.
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Trump ordered air strikes but called them off at the last minute, later saying too many people would have died.
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It has stepped up air strikes and shelling near the front lines, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said.
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It said Arab coalition air strikes were responsible for some 60 percent of the 3,799 civilians killed since March 2015.
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We are learning new information tonight about President Trump&aposs decision to launch those air strikes against Syria in April.
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Bogdanov also said that the U.S. claims that Russia strikes the opposition during its air strikes in Syria are "unsubstantiated".
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The bridge has already been hit by U.S.-led air strikes to prevent the militants sending reinforcements across the city.
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Russia changed the course of the conflict in favour of Assad's government last year when it intervened with air strikes.
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Across Yemen, millions of civilians are trapped under heavy coalition air strikes, as well as a crackdown by the Houthis.
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Russia suggested it might not stop its air strikes, even when the cessation of hostilities takes effect in a week.
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The dissenting cable discussed the possibility of air strikes but made no mention of adding U.S. ground troops to Syria.
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A Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen carried out several air strikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Thursday.
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In the past 18 months Israel has carried out more than 200 air strikes on Iranian-affiliated targets in Syria.
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New government air strikes have targeted the area in recent days as a partial truce in western Syria has unraveled.
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Saudi-led air strikes close to vital ports in the Houthi-controlled north are also curbing imports, shipping sources say.
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France called on Friday for an immediate end to the fighting and condemned air strikes on camps for the displaced.
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In northern Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition said it carried out air strikes overnight on Houthi military targets in Sanaa.
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This could lead to a wider ceasefire that would halt coalition air strikes and Houthi missile attacks on Saudi cities.
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Kalin said there had been better coordination with the U.S.-led coalition on air strikes in the last 10 days.
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Turkey's air force frequently carries out such air strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq, where its commanders are based.
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A witness said shelling and air strikes ongoing since Thursday evening were the worst seen for at least a year.
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The air strikes appeared particularly heavy in insurgent-held areas west of Aleppo, near the rebel stronghold of Idlib province.
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But the U.N. revised a statement to remove the phrase "air strikes" and replace it with references to unspecified "attacks".
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AIR STRIKES by India and Pakistan this week represent a worrying flare-up of tensions that have simmered for years.
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India's politicians, meanwhile, rowed about how effective its air strikes against an alleged terrorist training camp in Pakistan had been.
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Not long after that, coalition air strikes hit ISIS positions in the city, giving the family an opportunity to escape.
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After the air strikes of June 20th were called off, cyber-attacks on the IRGC and missile forces went ahead.
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Islamic State said it was responsible and had acted to avenge the Kremlin's decision to launch air strikes in Syria.
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Assad, his war effort buoyed by five months of Russian air strikes, has said the army is respecting the agreement.
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No deaths occurred inside residential eastern Aleppo, the monitor said, indicating there had been no air strikes in the area.
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The end of the video shows dead bodies lying on the ground, said to be those killed by air strikes.
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Isis fighters remaining in Manbij have reportedly been burning tyres in a bid to obscure visibility and prevent air strikes.
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Turkey has cracked down on home-grown Kurdish militants and has carried out air strikes on Kurdish forces in Syria.
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American-led air strikes are said to have killed up to 150 jihadists in Deir ez-Zor on January 20th.
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Despite a near-daily campaign of air strikes, Saudi Arabia has yet to impose its will on its southern neighbour.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish military said it carried out air strikes in northern Iraq on Friday, killing 15 Kurdish militants.
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Scores of buildings have been flattened by air strikes, the space between each floor condensed into single layers of dust.
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Air strikes hit the rebel-held town of Nawa for the first time in nearly a year, the Observatory said.
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The Iraqi air force has carried out several air strikes since last year against Islamic State positions in Syrian territory.
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Saudi air strikes have also decimated Yemen's infrastructure, leaving more than 21 million people desperately in need of humanitarian assistance.
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Turkey has frequently launched air strikes in the region but the latest campaign has included artillery fire and ground operations.
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Russia said earlier on Tuesday that Russian and Syrian military planes had not launched air strikes on Aleppo since Oct.
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Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led coalition air strikes are fighting to clear Islamic State militants from Iraq's second city.
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So far this year, the BIJ has counted at least 15 US air strikes in Somalia and 27 in Yemen.
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"They don't want to go back inside the hangar as they're afraid of any further air strikes," the official added.
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Unwilling to act alone, the administration worked to secure international support for and participation in U.S.-led retaliatory air strikes.
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Ramadi was retaken in December by the Iraqi army, local police and Sunni tribal fighters, backed by American air strikes.
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In the meantime, America has launched limited air strikes against IS positions, while France and Britain have deployed special forces.
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The fight in crowded residential areas has also restricted the use of heavy weapons and air strikes from the coalition.
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The numerous air strikes I witnessed each day in Raqqa seemed incongruous, given the apparent paucity of ISIS fighters there.
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The level of destruction is visibly greater, with dozens of buildings flattened and large holes in roads from air strikes.
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Air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition near Raqqa have escalated this month, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - A pro-Syrian government military source denied reports that Israel carried out air strikes inside Syria on Wednesday.
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US forces have relied on Incirlik for launching air strikes and conducting surveillance and reconnaissance missions against the terror group.
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Israel struck back with its heaviest air strikes in Syria since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
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Turkish air strikes hit and destroyed four building used by the Islamic State militants earlier on Friday, the army said.
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The coalition has carried out thousands of air strikes against the Houthis since 2015 to restore the internationally recognized government.
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Joseph Dunford were on Capitol Hill Tuesday for classified House and Senate briefings on last week's air strikes on Syria.
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Washington accused Damascus last year of again using nerve gas and carried out a round of air strikes as punishment.
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A resident in Jufra said LNA air strikes had caused casualties, though the number of dead and injured was unclear.
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"This wave of air strikes is over and that is why we're out here speaking to you now," Dunford said.
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Government air strikes and barrel bombing was also reported in northern areas of Homs province that are under rebel control.
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Duterte, known for his frank statements, speculated that Russia's ICC move might be because of its air strikes in Syria.
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Air strikes killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens in rebel-held Idlib province, southwest of Aleppo, on Wednesday.
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The structure was not destroyed, but the air strikes made two large craters in the approach roads on both sides.
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Three more died and 13 were injured in air strikes in rebel-held Idlib province on Friday, the Observatory said.
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The Algerian woman said there had there had been more gun-battles and mortar shelling than air strikes of late.
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The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen a year ago mainly with air strikes in support of the Yemeni government.
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Air strikes also killed at least six people in rebel-held Idlib including five in Tarmala village, the Observatory said.
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"At this time, the Department of Defense is not conducting air strikes in Syria," the Pentagon said in a statement.
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Street battles in the capital had stopped despite 25 air strikes overnight, U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Yemen Jamie McGoldrick said.
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It was not clear if these raids signal a return to the Russian and Syrian campaign of heavy air strikes.
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Air strikes by U.S-led international forces and Afghanistan's small air force already are at a high level - a Sept.
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"So far, the air strikes have stopped," Mohammad Rashid, spokesman for the Jaish al-Nasr rebel faction, said on Saturday.
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The immediate goal should be to prevent more Iranian entrenchment, including by supporting Israeli air strikes and sanctions on Tehran.
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A series of air strikes in May caused seventy or more civilian casualties, many of whom were women and children.
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Separate air strikes southwest of Kafr Takharim killed at least 12 people including civilians and rebel fighters, the Observatory said.
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Their caliphate smashed to pieces by Kurdish fighters and American air strikes, scores of IS fighters have escaped to Iraq.
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It added that shelters and ammunition depots were also struck in air strikes in Qandil and Zap, another nearby region.
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Shelling, air strikes and fighting in more than 50 villages have destroyed at least 10 schools and teaching is suspended.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported at least 30 air strikes had targeted different areas of Aleppo from midnight.
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Air strikes killed at least five civilians and three SDF fighters, while dozens of civilians were wounded, the SDF said.
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Deaths and injuries from air strikes, however, spiked 43 percent, as both Afghan and U.S. forces increased their air operations.
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The Saudi-led coalition has relied heavily on air strikes against the Houthis, who are highly experienced in mountain warfare.
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The Faqeh family braved a dangerous journey along mountain roads where air strikes from the Saudi-led coalition are frequent.
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The SDF has previously said air strikes are not being used against IS near the dam to avoid damaging it.
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Under what the Turkish government has called "Operation Olive Branch", Turkish air strikes on Saturday pounded YPG positions in Afrin.
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A U.N. report said at least 681 civilians died in the province in suicide attacks, landmine blasts and air strikes.
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Air strikes on several villages in the area had killed another two dead two people and injured scores, he added.
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Trump officials express a commitment to protecting civilians and yet there is a sixfold increase in air strikes in Yemen.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Monday condemned the U.S. air strikes on bases of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. air strikes killed seven al Shabaab fighters in Somalia, the U.S. Africa Command said on Thursday.
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The Houthis' al-Masira television reported six coalition air strikes on the Duraihmi district in the vicinity of the port.
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Earlier on Saturday, a Turkish foreign ministry source described the air strikes against the Syrian government as an "appropriate" response.
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But some delegates stood up and began heckling him, accusing Moscow of killing civilians in Syria with its air strikes.
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She also said there were no reports of coalition air strikes killing civilians, including those people being held as human shields.
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It also said the SDF campaign has been supported by heavy air strikes from the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State.
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NATO air strikes on Serbia forced it to withdraw its troops in 1999 after killing about 10,000 ethnic Albanian civilians there.
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Some NATO allies believe shutting down an enemy power plant through a cyber attack could be more effective than air strikes.
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Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition warplanes have been carrying out air strikes in the area, targeting militant hideouts, for three days.
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The resolutions call for all sieges to be lifted, humanitarian aid access and a halt in air strikes and forced displacement.
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The advance has been slowed since March 17, when scores of people sheltering from air strikes were killed in a blast.
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It removed the demand for an end to air strikes on Aleppo and put the focus back on a failed Sept.
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The LNA used heavy artillery and air strikes to try to root out rival fighters holed up in downtown residential streets.
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Kinik also said on Tuesday that the Red Crescent personnel had observed that there were civilians wounded after the air strikes.
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It used chemical weapons—though not on the scale depicted in Call of Duty—and devastated the landscape with air strikes.
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Israel responded with a wave of air strikes on what it described as joint Syrian and Iranian military outposts in Syria.
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Western advisors are increasingly present close to the frontline, helping coordinate air strikes and advising Iraqi forces as the battle unfolds.
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In the past the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have supported Haftar with air strikes during campaigns to take eastern Libya.
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In February the UN conducted air strikes on a faction of Seleka that was preparing to overrun Bambari, another market town.
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Syrian government and Russian warplanes began air strikes in Idlib last week in a possible prelude to a full-scale offensive.
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Russian and Syrian warplanes launched waves of air strikes in the northwest last week, killing dozens and uprooting tens of thousands.
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By nightfall on Saturday violence had abated, with no further reports of Palestinian rocket launches or Israeli air strikes in Gaza.
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But even the bullish Mr Bolton accepts that air strikes would only put Iran's nuclear programme back by a few years.
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The Saudi-led military coalition, which backs Hadi, carried out air strikes on Zinjibar, two sources including a local official said.
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The army, which still refers to the group by its former name, did not say when the air strikes took place.
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The Observatory monitoring group said at least 30 Islamic State fighters were killed in heavy Russian air strikes during that fighting.
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The Kremlin has justified its campaign of air strikes in Syria by saying its main objective was to crush Islamic State.
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Pro-government forces were supported by dozens of air strikes, the Observatory said, adding that Russian officers were overseeing the assault.
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U.S. officials say that most of the Russian air strikes have hit other rebel groups fighting Assad, including foreign-backed insurgents.
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The civil defense service, which receives funding from Western governments, pulls people from the rubble of air strikes in rebel territory.
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French President Emmanuel Macron on March 12 suggested he could unilaterally intervene with air strikes if chemical weapons had been used.
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Incidents verified by the U.N. included seven air strikes that hit a prison in the Shaub district of Sanaa on Dec.
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"Dozens of air strikes repelled (Islamic State forces)," Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said.
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This has made the area a target for Israel, which regularly carries out air strikes inside Syria against Iranian backed forces.
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Russia used Iran as a base from which to launch air strikes against Syrian militants for the first time on Tuesday.
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The defense ministry said two PKK members were killed in air strikes in northern Iraq on Friday in a separate operation.
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The defence ministry said two PKK members were killed in air strikes in northern Iraq on Friday in a separate operation.
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I am told the graves in this field contain civilians killed by air strikes, ISIS fighters, and civilians who were executed.
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The Observatory said the air strikes targeted a number of positions in the city, one of them next to a hospital.
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Jerusalem's Old City was added in 553, and Aleppo, the Syrian city bombarded by air strikes, made the list in 2013.
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Rajab was sentenced last year over social media posts criticizing Saudi Arabia's air strikes in Yemen and accusing authorities of torture.
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Russian air strikes accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others in Syria on Thursday, the Turkish military said earlier.
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Turkey regularly carries out air strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq, where the group is based in the Qandil mountains.
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Washington has been leading an international campaign of air strikes against Islamic State for two years in both Syria and Iraq.
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The air strikes that had rained death and destruction on Hodeidah have also paused, although they have continued in other regions.
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Despite threats of sanctions and a spike in Russian air strikes against Turkish-backed rebels in Syria, Turkey held its ground.
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Earlier on Sunday government warplanes carried out several air strikes in the southern Aleppo countryside, the Observatory and rebel officials said.
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The coalition has carried out thousands of air strikes on the Houthis but failed to dislodge them from the capital Sanaa.
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They are helped by U.S. air strikes since August and coordination with small teams of Western special forces on the ground.
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"Air strikes will not bring long-term security," said Abdul Jabbar Qahraman, a lawmaker from the restive southern province of Helmand.
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A decade earlier NATO air strikes had wrested control of Kosovo away from Serbia to end a Serb counter-insurgency campaign.
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S. air strikes aimed at countering extremist organizations in Africa and the Middle East more than doubled under President Donald Trump.
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But analysis of satellite imagery, air strikes and Defence Ministry statements suggested it had about 36 fixed-wing military warplanes there.
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More than 200 militants were "neutralized" by air strikes and 87 were killed by Nigerien troops on the ground, it said.
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In June the jihadists were kicked out of Fallujah by the Iraqi army, then pounded by air strikes as they fled.
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In a sign that the SDF operation was nearing a conclusion, coalition air strikes had eased off in the past week.
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In August 2018, coalition air strikes killed dozens of people, including children traveling on a bus through a market in Saada.
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Air strikes had killed 20 other people, including nine children, in the nearby town of Hajin, it said a day earlier.
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"In Douma air strikes completely destroyed one of the town's mosques in a direct hit," a Jaish al-Islam statement said.
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The air strikes capped one of the most violent single days of fighting in the largely Kurdish southeast in recent years.
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They suggested that the U.S. conduct air strikes on ISIS positions, and then land a small force to protect the civilians.
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Russia's air force has reported carrying out 2,518 air strikes across Syria in the first three weeks of August, it added.
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While not formally acknowledged by Tel Aviv, experts believe that recent air strikes in Iraq were carried out by Israeli jets.
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NATO members led by Britain and France supported the revolution with air strikes—then watched as the country sank into chaos.
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On Wednesday, LNA officials said they were continuing air strikes against the BDB a day after forcing them from the ports.
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But analysis of satellite imagery, air strikes and defense ministry statements suggested it had about 303 fixed-wing military jets there.
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One Idlib town, Saraqeb, has received daily heavy air strikes since a Russian helicopter was shot down nearby 10 days ago.
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In the past the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have supported Haftar with air strikes during campaigns to take eastern Libya.
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Rebels have said government forces, their war effort buoyed by five months of Russian air strikes, appear to be mobilizing forces.
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It said air strikes hit three hospitals, a medical center and premises used by a rescue service in rebel-held Idlib.
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Brigadier General Ahmed al Aseeri said that "the major fighting in Yemen is nearing an end," but air strikes may continue.
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Human rights groups have criticized them over coalition air strikes that have killed hundreds of civilians at hospitals, schools and markets.
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But the war that erupted last year brought widespread destruction in Sanaa and beyond in air strikes led by Saudi Arabia.
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It's proven very deadly — at least 400 Houthi fighters have died since November 13 as a result of 200 air strikes.
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Pence said Trump would be prepared to carry out air strikes against Assad if Russia didn't stop supporting the Aleppo campaign.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes and artillery killed nine people and injured 31 in the eastern suburbs.
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Turkish warplanes frequently carry out cross-border air strikes against PKK targets there but reports of clashes on land are rare.
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It comes less than two weeks after Trump said he ordered air strikes onIran, only to cancel them minutes before impact.
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Trump, who ordered air strikes last month only to cancel them minutes before impact, has warned Iran's leaders 'to be careful'.
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Trump ordered retaliatory air strikes but called them off at the last minute, later saying too many people would have died.
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"What can I do?" he said, waving toward the machine-gun fire, mortar blasts, and air strikes on the city's edge.
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One of the trucks leaving Paris contained materials to help rebuild health care centers destroyed by ground fighting and air strikes.
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A wave of air strikes, rocket fire and shelling has hit Eastern Ghouta, killing at least 250 people since Sunday night.
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The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition ruled out even indirect negotiations unless Damascus took steps including a halt to Russian air strikes.
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Since Russia joined the war last year with air strikes against Assad's enemies, battlefield momentum has shifted in the government's favor.
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Islamic State fighters in Mosul are dug in among more than a million civilians as a tactic to hamper air strikes.
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He said Islamic State was highly secretive and obsessed with protecting its emirs, or leaders, especially from capture or air strikes.
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But it then reversed course and resumed firing rockets, saying Israel had continued air strikes after the militants' apparent de-escalation.
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Forces loyal to Haftar said this week they had taken control of Sirte in a rapid advance preceded by air strikes.
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Forces loyal to Haftar said this week they had taken control of Sirte in a rapid advance preceded by air strikes.
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The military first responded with tank fire directed at a Hamas military observation post in Gaza, before turning to air strikes.
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Nearly nine years after rebel fighters backed by NATO air strikes overthrew dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Libya still has no central authority.
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The SDF captured Raqqa in October 2017 after a five month offensive backed by U.S.-led air strikes and special forces.
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Violence flared in several parts of the southwest on Tuesday, with government warplanes launching air strikes near a rebel-held village.
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The air strikes near al-Masika village were a response to a separate rebel attack that destroyed a tank, he added.
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Russia and a U.S.-led coalition are carrying out separate air strikes in Syria ostensibly aimed at defeating Islamic State militants.
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Assad is backed by Moscow, which launched air strikes in September, as well as by Iranian and Lebanese Shi'ite Hezbollah fighters.
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French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued statements saying Assad was solely to blame for the air strikes.
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The alliance maintains a near-blockade of Yemen's ports, including Hodeidah, where most cranes have been destroyed by coalition air strikes.
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Amnesty International estimated that U.S. and coalition air strikes in Raqqa, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq, killed hundreds of civilians last year.
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Syrian or Russian air strikes hit a number of rebel-held areas just west of Aleppo city from dawn on Sunday.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey welcomes air strikes on the Syrian government as an "appropriate" response, a foreign ministry source said on Saturday.
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Assad's forces have ramped up air strikes and attacks in recent weeks, once again raising concerns for the safety of civilians.
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PARIS (Reuters) - France was not involved in air strikes carried out overnight in Syria, a defense ministry official said on Monday.
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Meanwhile, analysts have pointed out that increased air strikes by France in Syria and Iraq appear to be one inevitable French response.
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With much of Raqqa destroyed by U.S.-led air strikes, Amnesty has faulted the coalition for not doing more to help recovery.
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Military jets have been carrying out air strikes in areas east of Arish and south of the border town of Sheikh Zuweid.
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Coalition air strikes have repeatedly struck civilian targets while trying to target Houthi forces across the country in the past three years.
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The United States said last year that Syria again used the banned nerve gas sarin, and President Donald Trump ordered air strikes.
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Israel launched air strikes against Iranian forces in Syria Monday, taking the rare step of publicly announcing the attack in real time.
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As the war has dragged on, air strikes by Saudi Arabia and its allies caused most of the estimated 2,600 civilian deaths.
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And his country is in shambles, ravaged by Russian air strikes, ISIS destruction and a civil war that is far from over.
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Trump ordered air strikes against a Syrian airfield in April in response to a chemical weapons attack by government forces against civilians.
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The Kremlin said on Tuesday there was no credible evidence of civilian deaths as a result of Russian air strikes in Syria.
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Air strikes by Afghan or U.S. aircraft caused six deaths and 21 injuries, up from 16 in the same period of 2015.
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The air strikes in Kurdish-run northern Iraq destroyed targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), including shelters and weapon stores.
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Baghdadi called for attacks against Saudi Arabia when the kingdom joined the U.S.-led coalition in mounting air strikes against his group.
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Israeli jets had earlier carried out air strikes on Syria's territory and appeared to be the intended target of its air defences.
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Although Islamic State controlled the south bank of the river, coalition air strikes had destroyed the bridges connecting it to the city.
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During Syria's seven-year war, it has conducted scores of air strikes on what it describes as Iranian or Tehran-backed targets.
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We know you and others have been critical of the administration's handling of Libya after the initial air strikes that you supported.
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The alliance has conducted frequent air strikes targeting Houthi fighters and has often hit civilians, although it denies ever doing so intentionally.
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Turkish warplanes frequently carry out cross-border air strikes against PKK targets there but reports of clashes on land there are rare.
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It said Syrian government air strikes and artillery hit the towns of Douma, Beit Sawa and Hammouriyeh in the insurgent-controlled suburbs.
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Earlier this year, Islamabad and New Delhi conducted retaliatory air strikes on each other following a terror attack in India-controlled Kashmir.
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The air strikes targeted several regions in northern Iraq, including the Qandil mountains, a PKK stronghold, Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Twitter.
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Forces on Thursday had pushed the militants into the town center, where they were pounded by coalition air strikes supporting the assault.
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Last month, President Donald Trump called off air strikes at the last minute in retaliation for Iran shooting down a U.S. drone.
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In three separate air strikes, Turkish warplanes hit the southeastern province of Van bordering Iran, and northern Iraq's Zap and Hakurk regions.
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Opposition officials involved in steering the rebel negotiating team said continued air strikes during the talks had undermined trust in the process.
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But he said the Indian armed forces had "fairly credible evidence" of the damage inflicted on the camp by the air strikes.
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So a more likely scenario, says Aaron Stein, a fellow at the Atlantic Council, is another round of air strikes around Sinjar.
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Israel has carried out repeated air strikes against them, hoping to stop the formation of a Lebanese-Syrian front to its north.
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Backed by air strikes, Turkish troops attacked the Syrian region of Afrin, which is controlled by a Kurdish militia allied with America.
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EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini called the air strikes in Aleppo a "massacre" and said European governments were considering their response.
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In an emailed statement to AFP, the coalition said its troops "work diligently and deliberately to be precise" in their air strikes.
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Turkey frequently launches air strikes in the region but the latest campaign, dubbed "Operation Claw", has included artillery fire and ground operations.
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On Sunday, LNA-aligned forces had to call on air strikes to repel a counter attack against Es Sider and Ras Lanuf.
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May's spokesman said British personnel had no role in carrying out coalition air strikes, and were not involved in Saudi targeting decisions.
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It also includes intercepted phone calls of separatist fighters asking for a BUK to defend their forces against intense Ukrainian air strikes.
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Turkey has all but sealed the border into rebel-held areas -- and inside, the threat of indiscriminate air strikes and kidnapping looms.
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Aided by U.S.-led air strikes, the YPG has driven Islamic State from wide areas of northern Syria over the last year.
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Last month Iran shot down a U.S. drone, prompting President Donald Trump to order retaliatory air strikes, only to call them off.
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Ansar al-Sharia referred in the statement on its Telegram channel to repeated air strikes by the United States in recent days.
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The United States has also ramped up its use of air strikes, conducting twice as many strikes this year as last year.
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A Reuters correspondent saw smoke rising above the city and heard mortar fire, but did not see air strikes while in Raqqa.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported a spike in civilian deaths from air strikes in the Raqqa area in March.
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It has carried out occasional air strikes in the Syrian portion of the Golan to target Hezbollah fighters, including units smuggling arms.
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Youngsters aspiring to a career in sport have to overcome massive obstacles, including damage to training facilities from air strikes and shelling.
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Residents and local Yemeni media also reported air strikes in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida and other parts of Yemen.
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Though formally neutral on the civil war, Israel has carried out occasional air strikes in Syria to foil suspected Hezbollah arms transfers.
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His efforts, which include ramping up air strikes in Syria and thousands of warrantless police raids, have been broadly backed by voters.
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A riverside area in the town of Darkush, near the Turkish border, in western Idlib province was targeted in the air strikes.
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Air strikes are claimed to have killed at least 350 IS fighters in the days before the ground offensive began in earnest.
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Syrian and Russian jets carry out air strikes across Syria but it was not known who carried out Friday's attack in Idlib.
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The 161 air strikes in Somalia and Yemen together represent a threefold increase over US attacks in the same countries in 2016.
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The city's five permanent bridges across the Tigris have been damaged by U.S.-led air strikes and Islamic State blew up two.
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It has conducted thousands of air strikes targeting the Iran-aligned Houthis, and has often hit civilians, but denies doing so intentionally.
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Five Hodeidah cranes have been destroyed by coalition air strikes, forcing ships to line up offshore because they could not be unloaded.
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As of Friday, the United States said it had carried out a total of 177 air strikes against Islamic State in Sirte.
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Asseri has criticized reports by international human rights organizations of civilian deaths caused by coalition air strikes as coming after inadequate investigation.
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As the election approaches Netanyahu has highlighted his handling of national security, publicly acknowledging Israeli air strikes against Iranian targets in Syria.
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The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants conducted air strikes in the area in the last 24 hours, the statement said.
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters recaptured the dam two weeks later with the help of U.S.-led coalition air strikes and Iraqi government forces.
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As the war has dragged on, air strikes by Saudi Arabia and its allies caused most of the estimated 10,000 civilian deaths.
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The SDF has been closing in for months with the help of air strikes and special forces from the U.S.-led coalition.
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Assad's opponents, Western governments and some human rights organizations alleged that Russian air strikes on Syria had killed large numbers of civilians.
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Syrian army offensives backed by heavy Russian air strikes to retake territory from rebels in the Hama countryside have had limited success.
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Residents and Yemeni media reported air strikes on Friday in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida and other parts of Yemen.
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Coalition fighter jets carried out dozens of air strikes, both sides said, bombing Houthi positions inside Sanaa and in other northern provinces.
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The Ras Lanuf resident said three anti-LNA fighters wounded by air strikes had been brought to a hospital in the town.
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He said the regime's air strikes would stop, but only in undisclosed "key areas", suggesting that the truce might not apply nationwide.
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American air strikes have aided a force of militiamen mostly from Misrata, in the north-west, who are aligned with the GNA.
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The remaining jihadists were firing from the eastern edge of the town, and security forces responded with artillery fire and air strikes.
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On Saturday, the largest trauma and intensive care centre in eastern Aleppo was badly damaged by air strikes and had to close.
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Government forces launched air strikes on Taliban positions in Ghazni on Saturday, killing at least nine insurgents, the Ministry of Defence said.
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On Saturday, the largest trauma and intensive care center in eastern Aleppo was badly damaged by air strikes and had to close.
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President Donald Trump might have given Syrian and Russian forces too much time to prepare for potential air strikes, defense experts say.
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France called on Friday for an immediate end to the fighting and in particular condemned air strikes on camps for the displaced.
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Tripoli's only functioning airport, Mitiga, has been shut since the beginning of September after it was hit by air strikes and shelling.
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Tripoli's only functioning airport, Mitiga, has been shut since the beginning of September after it was hit by air strikes and shelling.
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Rights groups have criticised the coalition for air strikes that have killed thousands of civilians at hospitals, schools and markets since 2015.
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In the past seven years, four nations have conducted air strikes in Libya and hundreds of civilians have died in those strikes.
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Five cranes have been destroyed by coalition air strikes, forcing dozens of ships to line up offshore because they cannot be unloaded.
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They would call in air strikes whenever they could, which raised body counts but killed civilians or drove them to the Vietcong.
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Russian air strikes hit Islamic State outposts near Khanaser while army artillery pounded them from government-held Safira, a rebel source said.
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Last week, air strikes on a village in the northern Hajjah province killed 10 women and 12 children and wounded 30 people.
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It said the coalition has carried out more than 450 air strikes around Manbij since the operation to take the town began.
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But their progress advanced with the support of U.S. air strikes and small teams of Western special forces advising on the ground.
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KABUL (Reuters) - American and Afghan forces have expanded their air strikes against drug labs into western Afghanistan, aiming to choke Taliban revenue.
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But the war has largely stalled and international criticism is growing over a humanitarian crisis and air strikes that have killed civilians.
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Pre-dawn Israeli air strikes on Saturday killed two Palestinian gunmen after militants fired rockets from the enclave into Israel on Friday.
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Those air strikes, both manned and unmanned, in which civilians are also killed, feed the "terror ideology," and serve a propaganda purpose.
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In October, shortly after we left Yemen, an MSF-supported hospital in Haidan, Saada, was destroyed by a series of air strikes.
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Children who fled were haunted by nightmares from the violence they witnessed, including Islamic State beheadings and coalition air strikes, it said.
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Many in the city point to U.S. air strikes as a decisive factor in preventing the Taliban from overrunning the whole province.
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The Observatory said it had documented the deaths of 448 people in air strikes in eastern Aleppo since then, including 82 children.
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The troops, mostly American, are largely confined to an advisory role but U.S. air strikes have been used to help the Afghans.
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Sunday's air strikes come as Yemen's government meets with the Houthis in Kuwait to try to find a solution to the conflict.
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The Taliban and Islamic State have frequently fought each other in Nangarhar and both have been targeted by sustained U.S. air strikes.
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The ministry was cited as saying that the air strikes had only targeted Nusra Front militants and had not struck populated areas.
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The Iraqi military warned the air strikes would have consequences while the foreign ministry said it summoned the U.S. and British ambassadors.
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Yemen's foreign minister accused the United Arab Emirates, which backs the separatists, of carrying out air strikes on government positions in Aden.
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Israel has been coy about who has been responsible for at least four mysterious air strikes against Iranian-backed militia in Iraq.
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Geopolitical risks remain in the Middle East after U.S air strikes against the Iran-backed Katib Hezbollah militia group over the weekend.
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Protesters, angry at the air strikes, stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday, although they withdrew after U.S. deployed extra troops.
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CNN's Frederik Pleitgen in Damascus said there were heavy air strikes in the area all day and rebels shelled the Syrian capital.
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U.S. forces have launched air strikes against the group in Libya, and Western military advisers are helping Tunisia better protect its frontier.
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Bound by the terms of the 21 Minsk ceasefire agreements, both sides are barred from using air strikes, tanks and heavy weaponry.
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The Observatory said at least 104 civilians have died from air strikes since the start of the Manbij offensive in late May.
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Rebel groups are reporting intensified air strikes and ground assaults in areas of western Syria that are of greatest importance to Assad.
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The Houthis last month offered to stop missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia if the coalition ended air strikes on Yemen.
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In 2014, Obama ordered air strikes near the Syria-Iraq border against ISIS as it was attacking members of the Yazidi minority.
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ISLAMIC JIHAD'S ARMED WING IN GAZA SAYS HAS ENDED ITS "MILITARY RESPONSE" AGAINST ISRAEL - FOLLOWS TWO DAYS OF ROCKETS AND AIR STRIKES
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The United States then launched air strikes two days later against the militia, killing at least 25 militia fighters and wounding 55.
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U.S. warplanes have carried out more than twelve thousand air strikes—seven thousand in Iraq and more than five thousand in Syria.
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The air strikes were called in to protect Afghan and U.S. forces during a raid on suspected Taliban militants outside Kunduz city.
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