The potential actions include grounding all Syrian aircraft, strikes against Syrian air defenses, and targeting strikes against the people responsible for the suspected chemical attack, according to NBC.
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The attack triggered U.S., French and British missile strikes against what the countries called chemical weapons targets, the first coordinated Western strikes against Assad's government of the war.
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She also has two strikes against her: prophecy and legitimacy.
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Washington has denied launching any air strikes against the country.
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Pulling the videos counts as strikes against the Facebook pages.
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The strikes against Pakistan were met with cheers in India.
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One order demanded "opportune and massive strikes" against the enemy.
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President Trump's air strikes against Syria were of dubious legality.
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That compares with 83 strikes against the Shabab in 2018.
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But he said strikes against Gulf nations were another matter.
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And raisins, she observes, have a few strikes against them.
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In Pakistan, too, the CIA is expanding its drone strikes against al Qaeda and the Taliban, launching eight strikes against terrorist targets in 2017, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Long War Journal.
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With his strikes against Portugal, his tally in Russia reached three.
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There were 43 strikes against al-Shabaab in all of 2016.
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And in exchange, organizers won't encourage labor strikes against the company.
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Russia said the U.S. strikes against Assad's government violated international law.
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The United States has occasionally carried out strikes against al Shabaab.
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Israel usually retaliates with air strikes against battle stations in Syria.
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The US used these missiles twice in strikes against neighboring Syria.
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In the past, Bolton has openly advocated military strikes against Iran.
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U.S. forces first launched strikes against ISIS-Somalia in November 2017.
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Comey has not just three, but five strikes against him. 6900.
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Merkel has however ruled out joining any possible strikes against Syria.
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Speaking Thursday, Assad issued a strong warning about strikes against Syria.
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Context: Pulling the videos counts as strikes against the Facebook pages.
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Chad, resident Bachelorette villain, has a lot of strikes against him.
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The Pentagon is presenting a series of military options — including strikes against air defenses, grounding Syrian aircraft and targeted strikes against those responsible for the recent chemical weapons attack — to the White House, per NBC News.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 14 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement amid ongoing daily strikes against the militant group.
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It also said Russian warplanes will continue strikes against Nusra Front militants.
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And so pre-emptive strikes against North Korea are being talked about.
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In response, it carried out strikes against militants in Pakistan-held Kashmir.
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The administration has previously carried out two strikes against targets in Syria.
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But air strikes against Iran could just as easily do the opposite.
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Not a bad spot from which to launch strikes against the baddies.
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Russia said the U.S. strikes against Bashar Assad's government violated international law.
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The US government has also launched drone strikes against its citizens abroad.
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The point soon became moot when Maeda got two strikes against Syndergaard.
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The Pentagon said 105 missiles were launched in the strikes against Syria.
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In 2013, Mr. Obama chose not to approve military strikes against Syria.
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Here's what you need to know: • U.S. launches missile strikes against Syria.
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In that instance, multiple strikes against Jones lead to a temporary suspension.
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Britain has said there are no plans for future strikes against Syria.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Thursday in its latest round of daily strikes against the militant group, according to the coalition leading the operations.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 23 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on its latest round of daily strikes against the militant group.
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"It had a lot of strikes against it," Mr. Reynolds, of Europa, said.
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An autodidact with an extensive history / portfolio, though, has no strikes against them.
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Turkey regularly carries out air strikes against PKK targets in neighboring northern Iraq.
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John Bolton has also advocated pre-emptive strikes against North Korea and Iran.
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Shortly afterwards, it launched strikes against opponents at a military base in Jufra.
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China: Pentagon says China's military "likely training for strikes" against U.S. targets (Reuters).
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Strikes against those targets could be carried out by U.S. or Russian jets.
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Israel has threatened strikes against Hamas positions in Gaza if the demonstrations continue.
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You'll have all these strikes against me…but I'm here and I matter.
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The previous four strikes against Shabaab clearly targeted the group's rank and file.
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Mr. Bolton, in particular, has repeatedly called for American military strikes against Tehran.
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Finally, the United States should conduct strikes against terrorist hide-outs in Pakistan.
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The Saudi-led coalition has launched thousands of air strikes against the Houthis.
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The strikes against Syria were designed to avoid provoking Russia into a response.
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For the foreign policy establishment, Mr. Flynn had two major strikes against him.
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Every Friday, Villasenor strikes against global climate inaction outside the United Nations headquarters.
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The United States has conducted 12,354 air strikes against Islamic State as of Nov.
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Both Syrian or Russian warplanes have been carrying out air strikes against the militants.
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Obama urging him to order targeted air strikes against the Assad regime in Syria.
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Secondly, the Rafales will conduct pre-planned air strikes against ISIS facilities and leaders.
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They launch regular air strikes against groups holding out in pockets of the city.
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After a lot of public condemnation they turned a number of strikes against ISIL.
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Such exercises have featured drills including mock "decapitation strikes" against the North Korean leadership.
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That began to change over the past year, with largely ineffective strikes against airports.
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Such efforts included rent strikes against slumlords or the boycotting of union-busting companies.
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The President of the United States is tweeting about forthcoming missile strikes against Syria.
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Strikes against Al Qaeda and ISIS were permitted under the terms of the deal.
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Until recently Israel maintained a policy of "opaqueness" regarding its strikes against Iranian targets.
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Israel responded with strikes against eight Syrian and four Iranian targets in Syrian territory.
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That is now several strikes against the claim that she'll stand up to Trump.
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The market seemed unfazed after the U.S. launched missile strikes against a Syrian airbase.
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And only months after his inauguration, Trump unexpectedly ordered cruise missile strikes against Syria.
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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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The US military also uses Pakistani military bases to launch drone strikes against militants.
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The UAE and Egypt carried out air strikes against Islamist forces in Libya in 2014.
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Mr Obama used this label to authorise strikes against IS in its Libyan base, Sirte.
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In fact, Israel has launched strikes against Iranian targets in Syria for that exact reason.
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That's not easy for someone like Barbara, when you have so many strikes against you.
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Israel has carried out nightly air strikes against sites belonging to Gaza's ruling Hamas Islamists.
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That leaves Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl, but he's got two strikes against him.
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Turkey already carries out regular cross-border air strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq.
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It continues to be unreliable, sometimes issuing strikes against artists for uploading their own songs.
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Specifically, they urged military strikes against President Bashar al Assad's government to force regime change.
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On Monday, Rouhani warned the US not to carry out any more strikes against Syria.
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"Tanks on the streets and air strikes against the own people are injustice," Merkel said.
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Reaching Aleppo by the most direct path, they made strikes against objects in the city.
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Some companies that seem like obvious candidates at first blush may have strikes against them.
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But, Kerry said, the United States and Russia could approve regime strikes against al Nusra.
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The Jewish state has long been carrying out air strikes against Hizbullah targets in Syria.
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Haspel, who's been with the CIA for 33 years, has two big strikes against her.
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Jets from the base regularly carry out air strikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
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Sharaf Luqman, said Yemeni forces had escalated their missile strikes against Saudi Arabia in retaliation.
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Would Tim Kaine vote for strikes against the Syrian government, and why or why not?
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The two countries — both nuclear powers — launched military strikes against each other at the time.
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He's spoken out against intervention, yet authorized military strikes against Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
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It will also require contingency planning for future strikes, against even more strategically significant targets.
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It has carried out several air strikes against IS in Syria in agreement with Damascus.
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The Pentagon has carried out five drone strikes against Islamist militants in Libya this year.
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"I think we need to take some surgical military strikes against Syria," said Republican Sen.
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In the final year of the Obama Administration, the US launched 15 strikes against Shabaab.
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That was two strikes against my name and I'm thinking, am I in director's jail?
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The only strikes against them are John's uncontrollable crying and Bob's testiness with his kids.
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That prompted a broad wave of Israeli strikes against Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria.
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Publicly, American officials had little to say about the reduction in strikes against the militants.
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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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Australian air force planes have been involved in some of those strikes against the group.
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"Tanks on the streets and air strikes against their own people are injustice," Merkel said.
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" Mattis said no additional strikes against Syria are planned, calling it "a one-time shot.
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My interest in art and birds were two strikes against me as far as normalcy.
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The United States has already denied it had launched any air strikes against the country.
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"I'm not talking boots on the ground," Trump said, when asked about military strikes against Iran.
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Obama later went forward with strikes against ISIS targets in Syria and didn't bother asking Congress.
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Its frequently strident rhetoric also often threatens nuclear strikes against South Korea and the United States.
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President Trump has ordered strikes against Syria as punishment for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus.
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MORE threatened to launch strikes against Assad's government for using chemical weapons against his own citizens.
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Indian jets conducted air strikes against a militant camp in Pakistani territory according to government officials.
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On Tuesday, India said its air force conducted strikes against a militant camp in Pakistani territory.
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The strikes against the two were carried out "after an extensive period of surveillance," Cook said.
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But the burden of proof is on him, and he starts with large strikes against him.
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Strikes against Islamic State and an al-Qaeda-linked group are not covered by the ceasefire.
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The military has also carried out regular air strikes against PKK camps in mountainous northern Iraq.
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"She always told me, being an African-American, you already have strikes against you," he said.
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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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The Trump administration might argue that some military strikes against Iran do not require congressional permission.
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The United States has led an international coalition conducting air strikes against Islamic State since 2014.
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Israel says it has carried out hundreds of strikes against targets in Syria in recent years.
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The US has carried out additional strikes against ISIS in remote areas of the Libyan Desert.
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Six days later, the US and allies launched strikes against targets at three sites in Syria.
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In response, American forces carried out missile strikes against Hezbollah Brigades targets in Iraq and Syria.
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But both actions amount to little more (or less) than cowardly strikes against the L.G.B.T. community.
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"Women tend to have two strikes against them," said Debra Whitman, AARP's chief public policy officer.
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Strikes against changes to France's pension system brought parts of the country to a grinding halt.
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I was one of the few Republican members of Congress who supported strikes against Syria then.
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The White House and Pentagon didn't respond to my questions about potential strikes against Syrian targets.
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"Women have so many strikes against them," said financial advisor Cary Carbonaro, managing director at United Capital.
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A coalition led by Saudi Arabia has carried out strikes against the Houthis in Yemen since 2015.
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Israel responded with a broad wave of strikes against a dozen Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria.
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In 1994 the academy in Kinshasa closed down as students joined pro-democracy strikes against the regime.
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Cyber-spying, data-mining, and assassinations by drone-strikes against American citizens are now at Trump's fingertips.
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To that end, he suggests carrying out reprisal strikes against Syrian aircraft and artillery units attacking civilians.
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Congress could try to block it by prohibiting funding for offensive strikes against the North Korean regime.
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A big reason, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said, was Velasquez's 19 first-pitch strikes against 26 batters.
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The United States and its coalition partners had conducted 17,005 strikes against Islamic State as of Dec.
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The B-1 bombers were featured in the US strikes against Syria's chemical weapons facilities in April.
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This was a speech that contained its own pre-emptive strikes against critics, sceptics and fact-checkers.
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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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Fox News guest advocating military strikes against the Assad regime turns to camera and addresses Trump directly.
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On Monday, President Trump stated that he does not need congressional approval for military strikes against Iran.
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Davis said the military can carry out defensive strikes against anyone directly threatening U.S. or coalition personnel.
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She continues to take measured strikes against him with lines woven into policy speeches on the economy.
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Today, the Washington Post reported that the establishment is already planning a series of strikes against Bannon.
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Lonmin's operation in South Africa has hit the headlines because of workers staging strikes against poor conditions.
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From Friday to Sunday the US-led coalition also carried out 13 strikes against ISIS in Syria.
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Content removals, like these, count as "strikes" against a Page, as well as its administrator, Facebook added.
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The Israeli military said it had responded with strikes against more than 150 military targets in Gaza.
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"The United States conducted defensive precision strikes against Kataib Hezbollah facilities across Iraq," a Pentagon statement said.
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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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Pompeo has advocated for military strikes against Iran while lobbying hard against the nuclear deal with Tehran.
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Last year, the CIA requested increased authorities to conduct covert drone strikes against militant targets in Afghanistan.
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Boneless, skinless chicken breasts have two major strikes against them: unevenness of form and leanness of flesh.
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In June, Trump ordered military strikes against Iran and then called them off at the last minute.
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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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This is certainly something the Obama administration often invoked in its strikes against suspected terrorists around the world.
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The US carried out military strikes against ISIS in Syria along with five Arab nations in September 2014.
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The company demanded that the burly six-footer disown a pamphlet calling for strikes against the modernisation plan.
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The CIA has reportedly been given the power by President Trump to launch drone strikes against suspected terrorists.
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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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It must outline exactly what types of violations incur not only post removal but strikes against their authors.
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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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In Washington, the Pentagon cited 45 strikes against al Shabaab militants this year, after 35 strikes in 2017.
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In terms of Turkey, they just want to be given assurances that Turkey will cease strikes against them.
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Late last year, U.S. forces launched their first strikes against Somalia's Islamic State in Iraq and Syria affiliate.
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The president announced Friday that he had authorized "precision strikes" against targets associated with Syria's chemical weapons production.
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The GNA is supported by the United States, which also carries out strikes against ISIS and al-Qaeda.
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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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Since 22019, 358 strikes against medical facilities in Syria have resulted in the deaths of 726 medical personnel.
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Israel and Hezbollah-affiliated militants have exchanged fire, and Israel has acknowledged retaliatory strikes against Syrian government positions.
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There have also been strikes against rebel positions in south (near Daraa), as well as some targeting ISIS.
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But his national security adviser, John R. Bolton, has advocated military strikes against Iran and regime change there.
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That prompted a broad wave of Israeli strikes against a dozen Syrian and Iranian targets in Syrian territory.
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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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It did not mention, however, any specific online strikes against Russia indicating that American retaliation could be underway.
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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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Any strikes against Iran would almost certainly be carried out by volleys of cruise missiles from Navy vessels.
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Early Wednesday morning, Iran launched missile strikes against two military bases in Iraq where US troops were stationed.
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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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Next, there should be targeted strikes against the extremist strongholds in the border region of Colombia and Venezuela.
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Confirmation that no Americans died could offer Trump running room to avoid large-scale reprisal strikes against Iran.
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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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"If you start off as preterm or low birthweight, you have so many strikes against you," says Braveman.
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Syria and Russia have denied involvement in the attack, with the latter threatening retaliation for strikes against Syria.
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Instead, the Indian military staged what it called surgical strikes against targets just across the border in Pakistan.
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Macron, a former French economy minister, said on Wednesday he would support further strikes against Assad's chemical weapons' facilities.
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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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The US military conducted a series of drone strikes against the organization on the first days of Trump's presidency.
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President Ronald Reagan ordered retaliatory strikes against Iranian oil platforms and naval vessels, U.S. officials said at the time.
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Israel has launched dozens of strikes against Iran and its proxies in Syria over the course of the conflict.
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A video posted in July 2017, titled "Watch US Marines conduct artillery strikes against ISIS in Syria," went further.
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Analysts say it's very hard to quantify precisely the damage from the asset cap and strikes against its reputation.
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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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After Syrian air defences downed one of the Israeli jets, Israel retaliated with strikes against Syrian anti-aircraft batteries.
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But the State Department has officially declared that everything is on the table, including military strikes against North Korea.
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President Barack Obama and the Pentagon have made clear their opposition to any U.S. military strikes against Assad's military.
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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 Trump administration, like its predecessor, has already used the 2001 AUMF as legal justification for strikes against ISIS.
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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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And just hours before the attacks, Hillary Clinton called on the U.S. to launch air strikes against Syrian bases.
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Targeted strikes against militant leaders have led to war before, and Israel has sworn them off in the past.
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In 2014, the Obama administration initiated military strikes against the Islamic State, first in Iraq and later in Syria.
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The moves came after President Donald Trump tweeted a threat about the U.S. military launching missiles strikes against Syria.
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The military order requires US forces to stand aside as Turkey is expected to launch strikes against Kurdish forces.
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The United States has carried out occasional strikes against what have been described as senior Qaeda figures in Syria.
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Trump later said he had approved retaliatory military strikes against Iran, but called them off at the last minute.
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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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In exchange, Mr. Knights proposed, the Saudi-led coalition suspend all strikes against civilian locations and suspected Houthi leaders.
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Pettis and Cerrone were able to hammer Alvarez with low kicks which were their most damaging strikes against him.
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President Trump on Thursday approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for shooting down an unmanned American surveillance drone.
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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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The outlet notes that the U.S. has carried out 24 airstrikes, including drone strikes, against al-Shabaab this year.
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Israel has carried out scores of strikes against what it says are advanced weapons and convoys destined for Hezbollah.
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Bolton, who is regarded as a foreign policy super-hawk, had previously argued for preemptive strikes against North Korea.
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For example, it is currently the only regional base capable of accommodating B-52s used in strikes against ISIS.
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Since 2014, our forces have planned and executed over 18,000 strikes against extremists in the region from Al Udeid.
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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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And he urged Trump to seek approval from Congress before carrying out more military strikes against Syrian government forces.
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Iran on Thursday threatened an "all-out war" if the U.S. or Saudi Arabia launches military strikes against it.
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Late last year, U.S. forces also launched their first strikes against Somalia's Islamic State in Iraq and Syria affiliate.
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However, a hard-line attitude or military strikes against Pyongyang would only provoke the country to take retaliatory measures.
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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 United States military warned the Iraqi government, along with other coalition partners, before the strikes against Kataib Hezbollah.
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The Pentagon's Africa Command recently outfitted gunships with devices that allow for covert strikes against the Shabab in Somalia.
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Teen Vogue reports that Gomez's personal assistant, Theresa Mingus, earned two strikes against her in the eyes of Jelena supporters.
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Israel has only recently acknowledged carrying out hundreds of strikes against Iranian and Hezbollah targets in Syria in recent years.
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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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The New York Times is reporting that Trump on Thursday called off military strikes against Iran that he'd previously approved.
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US and Iran President Trump ordered military strikes against Iran and then abruptly called them off at the last minute.
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The air campaign, led by the US and begun in 2014, has conducted 17,000 strikes against ISIS targets, McGurk said.
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Overnight Thursday, Trump abruptly called off military strikes against Iran after previously approving them in retaliation for the drone shooting.
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Copies of newspapers are on sale with front-page stories about the American-led coalition strikes against Afghanistan on Oct.
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Mr. Mattis also assured House lawmakers that they would be notified before any strikes against Syrian weapons facilities and airfields.
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For two years, Egypt secretly allowed Israel to carry out drone strikes against militant groups on the restive Sinai peninsula.
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In September 2016 a day of "surgical strikes" against nearby Pakistani positions achieved little strategically but helped him in elections.
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The Afghan Air Force says that strikes against the local affiliate of the Islamic State have killed dozens of militants.
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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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Last year Donald Trump, the American president, authorised an increase in drone strikes against al-Shabab's leaders and training camps.
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For starters, the US doesn't want to be held accountable for civilian casualties caused by Russian strikes against ISIS targets.
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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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This past month, Netanyahu threatened to carry out strikes against Lebanon if Hezbollah does not stop building precision-guided missiles.
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For starters, the US doesn't want to be held accountable for civilian casualties caused by Russian strikes against ISIS targets.
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From the New York Times:The Trump administration might argue that some military strikes against Iran do not require congressional permission.
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Many Democrats and some Republicans argue that Trump does not have the authority to launch strikes against the Assad regime.
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In 2013, President Barack Obama went to Congress before he would launch strikes against Assad, and the effort ultimately fizzled.
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India said it had carried out strikes against Pakistan-based militants on the border with the disputed state of Kashmir.
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Egypt even allows Israel to conduct drone strikes against militants on Egyptian territory, according to a former senior Israeli official.
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Eighty-two percent also favor drone strikes against suspected terrorists, while 81 percent approve of manned aircraft performing similar operations.
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One is to conduct counterterrorism strikes against groups such as al Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
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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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Even today, with two strikes against her, she is determined to keep taking the bar exam until she passes it.
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Between the [stolen] food stuff and you and Figgy being in a power couple — you got some strikes against you.
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Late last year, U.S. forces also launched their first strikes against Somalia's Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) affiliate.
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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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Thursday's strikes against ISIS in Somalia marked the second time US forces have struck the terror group in the country.
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Even when it began strikes against the group last summer, its actions against the Kurds were more numerous and intense.
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In addition, there are 6,002 people with two strikes against them who are at risk for losing coverage next month.
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Missile strikes against Riyadh were reportedly intercepted by the Saudi Defense Forces, and the latest strike injured an expatriate worker.
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Then, they got real professional wrestlers to suit up and perform the various holds, throws, and strikes against one another.
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Scherzer registered 31 swinging strikes against the Tigers, the team he played with from 2010-2014 before hitting free agency.
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Iraqi officers said that the retaliatory strikes against pro-Iranian militias instead hit regular forces, police officers and a civilian.
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Trump came close to launching military strikes against Iran in June after the Islamic Republic shot down a U.S. drone.
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The Iranian-backed Houthis also claimed responsibility for bomb-laden drone strikes against a Saudi oil pipeline in recent weeks.
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He was more than the competent grown-up in the Situation Room, quelling talk of unilateral strikes against North Korea.
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Western intelligence sources say Israel has been behind several strikes against Iranian assets in the border area in recent weeks.
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But the American killing of General Suleimani, followed by the strikes against the United States, had turned public opinion around.
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Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed to be behind the two drone strikes against two oil refineries in Saudi Arabia.
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His counterterrorism expertise is also considered an asset to Mr. Trump, who has been focused on strikes against terrorist leaders.
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As Trump floated the possibility on Saturday of retaliatory strikes against Iran, drawing widespread condemnation, Phansey chimed in on Facebook.
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Chavez organized major labor strikes against U.S. farmers, resulting in some cases, massive shortages and price increases in agricultural staples.
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A week later, Iran launched strikes against Iraqi military bases that house U.S. troops, causing dozens to experience head injuries.
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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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In the meantime, nuclear and chemical strikes against major population centers would be intended to shock the world into capitulating.
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The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is currently operating in the Gulf in support of strikes against ISIS in Syria.
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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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Trump said he was prepared to complete military strikes against the country but called them off due to concerns about casualties.
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In October, the US conducted missile strikes against coastal installations being run by Iranian-supported fighters to attack US Navy ships.
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Today, it would be indefensible — easy pickings for terrorists or Iranian missile strikes against population centers in the Jewish state's heartland.
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On September 29th India launched what an army spokesman called retaliatory "surgical strikes" against "terrorist launch-pads" in Pakistani-held territory.
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He had been linked to several plans to attack his homeland and called for lone-wolf strikes against the United States.
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Targeted US military strikes against suspected terrorists occur on a regular basis, and terrorists themselves have gotten into the drone game.
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The Israeli military said its tanks and aircraft responded with strikes against more than 120 militant targets belonging to both groups.
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The operation was only disclosed after the US carried out a series of follow-on strikes against ISIS chemical weapons facilities.
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This, plus the controversial casting of Johnny Depp as Grindelwald, amounts to two pretty big strikes against a much beloved series.
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"My decision not to conduct strikes against Syria after it used chemical weapons was controversial among some in Washington," Obama said.
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The US has not ruled out additional strikes against the regime should it opt to use chemical weapons in the future.
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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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For those of you keeping score, that's two strikes against drinking when it comes to building muscle—if you're a guy.
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Trump, who on Friday joined France and Britain in ordering missile strikes against Syrian targets, has sent mixed signals on Syria.
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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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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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Coalition aircraft waged the strikes against ISIS, which could be among the deadliest that have been carried out against the group.
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Mr. Johnston found that repeated strikes against a terrorist group can, in some cases, increase the chances of a group's defeat.
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So too has a U.S.-led air campaign that has launched more than 10,000 strikes against the Islamist extremists, Earnest said.
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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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Our strikes against Syria are part of a broader U.S. effort to deter and de-normalize the use of chemical weapons.
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Both Macron and Trump referred to France's participation in rocket strikes against Syria after the regime there again used chemical weapons.
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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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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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When Qaddafi sent tanks to retake Benghazi, the US and its NATO allies intervened with air and missile strikes against him.
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Western experts say they believe that Russian war games in 2009 and 2013 included simulated nuclear strikes against Warsaw and Stockholm.
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Asked if a U.S. response could include strikes inside Iran, Esper hinted that strikes against the militia itself were the priority.
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France's parliament passed a law in June overhauling the heavily indebted company despite three months of rolling strikes against the reform.
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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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Israel had been bracing for a retaliatory attack from Syrian territory after a number of deadly strikes against Iranian targets there.
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Iraqi warplanes have also carried out several cross-border strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria in the past few weeks.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a war powers resolution Thursday that constrains President Donald Trump's ability to authorize military strikes against Iran.
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Following Iran's missile strikes against two U.S.-occupied bases in Iraq, the world waited to see how Donald Trump would respond.
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Hours before, Tehran launched missile strikes against US forces in Iraq in retaliation for the US missile attack that killed Gen.
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In the past, Bolton has recommended scrapping the Iran nuclear deal and justified the need for U.S. strikes against North Korea.
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Several new camps of fighters had emerged in that area, prompting the first American strikes against ISIS in Libya this year.
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And some lawmakers have suggested that Japan needs to consider obtaining the ability to make pre-emptive strikes against missile launches.
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The attack was claimed by Houthi rebels in Yemen, who launched two drone strikes against two oil refineries in Saudi Arabia.
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In June, a leaked memo showed that 5 1 State Department officers called for "targeted military strikes" against the Assad regime.
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U.S. air assets are essential not only for offensive strikes against militants but also to defend U.S. troops on the ground.
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The goal was to collect intelligence needed to aid future strikes against al Qaeda and prevent terror attacks, a military official said.
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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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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 United States has been carrying out strikes against the militant group in Libya, striking more than a dozen militants in September.
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Israel's announcement on Friday, hours before the American-led strikes against Syria, added another element of volatility into an already tense region.
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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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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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The prosecution used five of its six peremptory strikes against black prospective jurors, resulting in 11 white jurors and one black juror.
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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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Some lawmakers from both parties would like to see President Trump seek new authorization from Congress for these new strikes against Syria.
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But Trump, who was raised Presbyterian, couched his justification for the US missile strikes against Syria last week in unusually religious terms.
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Another key difference between Trump's strikes against the Assad regime and the ISIS airstrikes is the legal authorization for carrying them out.
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"A child that's born with four strikes against them is going to struggle to succeed unless something breaks that cycle," Rubio said.
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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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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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With all these strikes against them it is little surprise that by the early 1970s the kakapo was thought to be extinct.
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" But Defense Secretary James Mattis later said no additional strikes against Syria were planned, telling reporters "this is a one-time shot.
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The US military has carried out 16 strikes against al-Shabaab militants, fighting positions, infrastructure and equipment in 2018, Pentagon spokeswoman Maj.
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The vote comes one day after the U.S., U.K. and France launched joint missile strikes against three chemical weapons facilities in Syria.
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Turkish jets have carried out intermittent strikes against the PKK in north Iraq since July 2015 after the militants' abandoned their ceasefire.
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Up to now, the United States has carried out occasional strikes against what have been described as senior Qaeda figures in Syria.
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Relations have been particularly tense since India said it carried out cross-border surgical strikes against militants hiding in Pakistan in 2016.
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It's primarily used to protect from other fighters or to conduct strikes against targets on the ground like an F-15 does.
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Those two strikes against him were captured in one Snapchat video of Puig partying with his Class AAA teammates after a loss.
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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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Progressive activists say they're dismayed that senior congressional Democrats aren't more strongly condemning President Donald Trump's strikes against Syria on Thursday night.
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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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"Because of heavy fighting, we did conduct targeted precision strikes against barricaded terrorists firing on Afghan and U.S. forces," the statement said.
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Below are Esfandiary's responses to additional questions I asked her following the Iranian strikes against the US in Iraq on January 7.
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Similarly, some analysts questioned the assumption that increased strikes against the Taliban, which continued throughout the negotiations, would yield concessions from them.
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Below is Saab's response to the question I asked him following the Iranian strikes against the US in Iraq on Tuesday night.
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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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Missile forces As Iranian strikes against bases housing US troops in Iraq on Wednesday show, Tehran has developed some dependable ballistic missiles.
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To accomplish that task we would be talking about massive and sustained strikes against hardened targets protected by sophisticated air defense systems.
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New assessments suggest that India is considering allowing for pre-emptive nuclear strikes against Pakistan's arsenal in the event of a war.
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On February 26th, Modi ordered air strikes against what he claimed was a training camp for militants in the town of Balakot.
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On Thursday neighboring Iraq carried out air strikes against the jihadist group in Syria in coordination with Damascus, the Iraqi military said.
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"The coalition and the SDF continue to find opportunities to exploit ISIS weaknesses and conduct strikes against the remaining terrorists," he said.
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U.S. forces have occasionally launched drone and air strikes against Yemen's al Qaeda branch, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
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Immediately after the attacks, the country launched fresh air strikes against Iraq and Syria with the support of British prime minister David Cameron.
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On the campaign trail, she has supported President Barack Obama's decisions to deploy more special forces and intensify air strikes against the ISIS.
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The Combined Joint Task Force, in a statement released on Monday, said it had staged a dozen strikes against the militants in Iraq.
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The Trump administration ordered retaliatory strikes against Syrian regime targets in 2017 and 2018 after reports of chemical weapons attacks by Assad's forces.
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When asked whether the moratorium on strikes against targets in Aleppo was still in place, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters it was.
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Earlier this year the chemical attack on Douma, which killed at least 45, saw the US launch 105 strikes against pro-government forces.
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It frequently targets Amisom bases and Somali government institutions — attacks that have intensified recently, even as American strikes against the group have increased.
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For example, he launched strikes against the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria before announcing he was withdrawing U.S. troops from the region.
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has long complained to Moscow about the Russian-backed Syrian government strikes against rebels who control the country's northwest.
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Some military experts have called for cross border strikes against militant camps in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the wake of the latest attack.
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Kalin also said Saudi planes - due to take part in air strikes against Islamic State - had started arriving at Turkey's Incirlik air base.
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Some will see the strikes against ships in the area as a veiled warning of its readiness to make good on its threat.
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A statement from US Central Command acknowledged that some civilians appear to have been killed recently in strikes against ISIS targets in Syria.
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The recent series of strikes against ISIS-Somalia have taken place in the Golis Mountains, located in the northern part of the country.
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Nicholson was capable of deploying the weapon under longstanding authorities for ordering offensive strikes against al Qaeda and affiliated terrorists, the source said.
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Last week, the U.S. launched missile strikes against a Syrian government airfield in retaliation for Bashar Assad's alleged poison gas attack against civilians.
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As of February 10, the U.S. and its coalition partners have conducted a total of 10,242 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
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The war has allowed Islamist militants to flourish, even though the United States has for years launched drone strikes against groups in Yemen.
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Turkey has launched strikes against the Syrian militia which, to Ankara's dismay, has gained influence as Washington's chief ally in combating Islamic State.
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The U.S. this year has carried out more than 25 airstrikes, including drone strikes, against al-Shabaab, which is linked to al Qaeda.
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A recent troop increase and surge in air strikes against the Taliban have been intended to bring the group to the negotiating table.
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Reports out of Syria on Wednesday indicated that Russia airplanes launched hundreds of air strikes against opposition forces on the edge of Aleppo.
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With two quick strikes against him, Mr. Freeman finally showed up for their first date a few days later, at a Manhattan bar.
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A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen's civil war in March 2015 and has launched thousands of air strikes against the Houthis.
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The memo pressed for American military strikes against Mr. Assad's government to stop what it said were persistent violations of the cease-fire.
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There's no assurance that the planes can get through the air defenses or that the strikes against the targets will come in time.
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U.S. forces have repeatedly launched drone and air strikes against Yemen's al Qaeda branch, known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
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Further, while holding such weapons, Israel could still launch certain cost-effective non-nuclear preemptive strikes against an enemy state's hard (military) targets.
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Russia backs its longtime ally President Bashar al-Assad and has bolstered pro-government forces with air strikes against insurgent groups since September.
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Trump announced Friday that he had ordered "precision strikes" against Syria over an apparent chemical weapons attack by Syrian leader Bashar Assad's forces.
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The number of American strikes against Islamist militants last year tripled in Yemen and doubled in Somalia from the figure a year before.
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Mr. Guterres took the unusual step last week of having asked the Security Council to help end the military strikes against the Rohingya.
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Israeli officials say the air force has mounted hundreds of strikes against what it deems Iranian targets and Hezbollah arms transfers inside Syria.
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"Earlier this evening, the United States conducted defensive precision strikes against [Kataib Hezbollah] facilities across Iraq," a statement from the US military said.
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"Earlier this evening, the United States conducted defensive precision strikes against Kata'ib Hizbollah facilities across Iraq," a statement from the US military said.
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On Thursday, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon that the U.S. may conduct preemptive strikes against Iranian-backed militias.
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On international issues, Macron defended his decision to launch air strikes against chemical weapons sites in Syria with the United States and Britain.
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Greta Thunberg inspired a wave of strikes against climate change and now, other activists are following the Swedish teenager's lead and ditching planes.
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We're covering Iranian missile strikes against U.S. forces in Iraq and the crash of a Boeing passenger jet shortly after takeoff from Tehran.
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On Friday, an Iranian commander had threatened counter-strikes against the United States, saying Iran had identified 35 potential targets within striking distance.
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The coalition has conducted thousands of air strikes against Houthi fighters and has often hit civilian areas, although it denies doing so intentionally.
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Russia also has an air base in Syria's coastal Latakia province which it has used for air strikes against forces opposed to Assad.
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The last strike 12 years ago lasted only three days, but some strikes against GM in the past have stretched on for months.
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The strikes against Syrian forces were "limited and lawful measures" to respond to "immediate threats" to U.S. or partnered forces, the letter added.
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The inspiration of much of it is Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swede who has called for school strikes against global warming.
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The Trump administration ordered retaliatory strikes against Syrian regime targets in 2017 and 2018 after reports of chemical weapons attacks by Syria. 3.
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Giustozzi said he did not believe the high-profile strikes against ISIS-K targets reflected a disproportionate U.S. focus on the terror group.
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There have been 167 Turkish air strikes against the group in the same period and 492 jihadists have been killed, it also said.
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RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco, a Western partner, deplored U.S.-led air strikes against Syria for complicating the conflict, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. military forces conducted air strikes against Islamic State-linked militants in Libya on Friday, a U.S. military spokesman said.
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Hamas fired more than 600 rockets into Israel, while the IDF conducted its own strikes against hundreds of what it characterized as military targets.
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Reports suggest the militants have rounded up villagers from outlying areas to use as human shields, complicating air and artillery strikes against IS targets.
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The U.S. is also putting a long-range artillery system in southern Turkey to conduct more strikes against ISIS targets in Syria, Gersten said.
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Video was also provided showing US helicopters conducting strikes against enemy fighters that had fired on the US aircraft as they approached the target.
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U.S. President Donald Trump approved military strikes against Iran on Friday before calling them off at the last minute, the New York Times reported.
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Trump reportedly approved military strikes against Iran late Thursday in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned American drone, before abruptly reversing his decision.
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The New York Times reported on Friday, citing sources, that Trump had approved military strikes against Iran but pulled back from launching the attacks.
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The attack on April 7 killed dozens of civilians and prompted air strikes against the Syrian government by Britain, France and the United States.
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First, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov vehemently denied that the air forces of Russia and Syria conducted any strikes against the UN aid convoy.
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Your account can't have any copyright strikes against it, and you have to be 18 years old (or age of majority in your country).
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On September 30, Russia began air strikes against anti-government rebels opposed to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a Russian ally.
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The coalition carried out four strikes against militants around the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Baghdad.
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It has been four months since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered cruise missile strikes against a Syrian airfield after an alleged chemical weapons attack.
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During nine months of civil war and a Gulf military intervention in Yemen, the United States has kept up drone strikes against jihadist groups.
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Many think strikes against JFS would be like "ripping a vital organ from the body of the revolution", as one Syria-watcher puts it.
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Helmand provincial governor Mohammad Yasin Khan said troops had called in air strikes against Taliban fighters in Garmsir, causing both civilian and Taliban casualties.
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Last week, the U.S. military conducted precision missile strikes against the Syrian government in response to a chemical attack carried out in the country.
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This belief strikes against the core theme of Kudos, which is that such frameworks, particularly of the self-mythologizing variety, are illusory and misguided.
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After the attacks, the Bush administration advocated a strategy of "preemptive strikes" against threats, which came to define the Bush Doctrine of foreign policy.
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North Korea has repeatedly threatened nuclear strikes against the United States in recent months, but it has never flight-tested a long-range missile.
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The US-led coalition issued a statement Friday saying it carried out six strikes against ISIS targets "near At Tanf" on Wednesday and Thursday.
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The US military conducted three strikes against ISIS in Yemen on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, killing five suspected militants, US Central Command spokesman Maj.
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The United States has threatened air strikes against Syria over the use of chemical weapons that Syria and its allies Iran and Russia deny.
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Earlier this year, Trump launched strikes against Syrian government forces, arguing that he had the ability to do so under the 2001 military authorization.
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Trump tweeted earlier Friday that the U.S. military was "cocked and loaded" and that he gave the green light to launch strikes against Iran.
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And in the ongoing Syria conflict, Iran and its proxies have supported Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose forces Trump has launched military strikes against.
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The intelligence agency is reportedly moving aircraft to Niger in order to conduct drone strikes against al Qaeda and Islamic State fighters in Libya.
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Women and children have been killed in strikes against targets with no apparent military justification, based on corroborated evidence established by Human Rights Watch.
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Western powers have ruled out a military intervention in Libya, although the United States has already conducted air strikes against Islamic State militants there.
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But Waldhauser noted limitations on the current commander's ability to order strikes against the group in Libya, which require adhering to White House guidance.
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Background reading: President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American drone, but abruptly called them off on Thursday night.
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The U.S. military refuels jets for the coalition carrying out strikes against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and also engages in limited intelligence sharing.
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U.S., British and French forces struck Syria with more than 100 missiles on Saturday in the first coordinated Western strikes against the Damascus government.
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The Tripoli-based government said on its Facebook page that drones had carried out strikes against the positions of a force allied to it.
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United States Air Force strikes against the Islamic State in Syria, and against terrorist groups in Afghanistan, take off from Al Udeid Air Base.
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If you can't land devastating counter-strikes against the most corrupt president we have ever had, then you probably shouldn't be in this race.
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My colleague Ellen Nakashima reported back in 83, for example, about agency infighting over whether to alert allies about the digital strikes against ISIS.
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Union Auto Worker strikes against General Motors continue into Day 2; Israeli voters head to the polls for the second time in five months.
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But he carefully stipulated that U.S. military strikes against the group — launched six months before he sought authorization — were justified under the 2001 AUMF.
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The Defense Department said the U.S. strikes against the Kataib Hezbollah militia were in retaliation for a Friday attack that killed a U.S. contractor.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sixty-four civilians were killed and eight injured in 29.3 U.S. air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria between Nov.
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Israel has said it will not tolerate an Iranian military presence in Syria and has launched military strikes against Iranian targets there in recent months.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. and its allies in Iraq and Syria staged 29 strikes against Islamic State on Wednesday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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In April, however, Trump deepened U.S. involvement by ordering missile strikes against Syria in response to a poison gas attack that killed dozens of people.
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So after Trump ordered military strikes against a Syrian airfield on Thursday night, at least some of his most vocal supporters say they feel betrayed.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Twitter praised Western air strikes against the Syrian government on Saturday as "perfectly executed", and added "Mission Accomplished".
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His air strikes against Syria last month, after a chemical attack by government forces on a rebel-held town, give America a bit of purchase.
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Or conducting mostly hands-off warfare like drone strikes against groups in Yemen and Somalia -- with limited effectiveness due to little influence on the ground.
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There are estimated to be around 2,000 U.S. personnel in Syria, and there are plenty of ongoing strikes against ISIS, which Trump claimed is defeated.
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Russia's defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, announced the start of an operation to "deliver massive strikes" against terrorist targets in the provinces of Homs and Idlib.
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In part, because we're going after them and taking strikes against them, and arresting them, and getting intelligence on them, and cooperating with other countries.
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The U.S.-led coalition has been conducting air strikes against Islamic State since September 2014 and is also supporting rebels against Assad elsewhere in Syria.
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In response to the downing of the U.S. drone, President Donald Trump ordered military strikes against Iranian targets on Thursday — but eventually halted those plans.
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Trump called off military strikes against Iran last week, after the Islamic Republic shot down an unmanned U.S. drone with a surface-to-air missile.
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By confirming the attack, Israel departed from its long-held policy of neither admitting nor denying its air strikes against the blood-spattered Syrian dictatorship.
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A Saudi-led military coalition has launched thousands of air strikes against the armed Houthi movement which controls Yemen's capital and much of Yemen's north.
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The United States has led an international coalition conducting air strikes against Islamic State since 2014 when the group swept across a third of Iraq.
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At the same time, Riyadh gives military aid to insurgents fighting against the Syrian government and Moscow supports Damascus with air strikes against rebel groups.
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The coalition also carried out air or rocket artillery strikes against Islamic State positions near Mosul, Qayyarah, Kisik, Al Baghdadi, Ramadi and Sinjar in Iraq.
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An April 24, 2017, post from US Central Command said the US had conducted "more than 80 precision strikes" against al Qaeda since February 28.
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On Wednesday, Turkey launched air strikes against Islamic State across the border in Syria in a bid to cleanse the militant group from its borders.
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Even with two strikes, against a big power hitter in our magical scenario, his fastball is in danger of being hit out of the park.
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The attack on April 7, 2018, killed dozens of civilians and prompted air strikes against the Syrian government by Britain, France and the United States.
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Assad met a group of Russian lawmakers in Damascus on Sunday after the West launched missile strikes against Syria over a suspected poison gas attack.
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Saudi Arabia said it "fully supports" the U.S. missile strikes against Syria and described Washington's response to the suspected chemical attack as a "courageous decision".
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She explained how she fielded the "three strikes" against her — being poor, black, and female — by advocating for herself at work in her personal life.
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Last month, Abadi's office said the Iraqi Air Force had also carried out air strikes against ISIS in Syrian territory close to the Iraqi border.
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The United States and its allies are considering air strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces following a suspected poison gas attack last weekend.
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The coalition had also been unable to launch air strikes against the fighters because they had mingled with civilians, French army spokesman Patrik Steiger said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. and its allies conducted 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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Six of those strikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) happened in March in the Al Bayda governate, according to a news release.
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The agreement has also raised alarms because it might lead the United States to support or even participate in strikes against groups fighting Mr. Assad.
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Mr. Cook called him a "senior planner for attacks against the United States," with a long history of directing strikes against American and NATO forces.
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Both the United States and the United Kingdom have conducted strikes against their own citizens overseas, while Israel has done so in the Palestinian territories.
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After Friday night's strikes against regime targets in Syria, he's demanding a concerted drive to resurrect the international peace process, last seen late in 2016.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 24 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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The Pentagon's Africa Command has carried out five drone strikes against Qaeda and Islamic State militants in Libya this year, including one two weeks ago.
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U.S. forces have also carried out periodic strikes against suspected jihadist militants from al Qaeda and other groups elsewhere in Syria including in the northwest.
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The United States said its forces had carried out strikes against an al-Qaeda facility in Idlib on the day the ceasefire came into effect.
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GAZA (Reuters) - Israel carried out strikes against the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in Syria and the Gaza Strip on Sunday, a military spokesman said.
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The US would not likely launch preemptive strikes against Iranian missile sites inside the country unless there was compelling evidence they were ready to fire.
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Some senior military and intelligence officials had argued internally that significant strikes against the group would effectively damage Iran's ability to direct its proxy forces.
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The United States under the counter-terrorism operation in Afghanistan continues to conduct air strikes against the Islamist Taliban insurgents and the Islamic State fighters.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has proposed closer cooperation with Russia against Nusra Front, including sharing intelligence to coordinate air strikes against its forces.
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The veterans blockaded the central bank to warn the government against curbing their benefits in an escalation of strikes against plans to cut state spending.
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Even without Netanyahu at the helm, Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria, and most recently Iraq, likely will continue under any Israeli prime minister.
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Bolton advocated for preemptive military strikes against North Korea before becoming national security adviser and said he was "appalled" by the diplomatic track with Pyongyang.
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The crash took place during a scheduled training mission, while U.S. forces have been conducting strikes against the al Qaeda terrorist group in the region.
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Until the final withdrawal, several thousand American forces would continue strikes against Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, including on partnered raids with Afghan commandos.
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On Thursday, President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for the downing of the drone, but then abruptly pulled back from launching them.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 27 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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He is not a person of color or a woman, two strikes against him in a Democratic Party that has increasingly defined itself by identity politics.
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In an even more unexpected move, the U.S. will end all its air activities — including strikes against ISIS — as part of the withdrawal, Reuters reported Thursday.
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Trump has twice ordered U.S.-led strikes against targets in Syria in response to what Washington called the Assad government's use of chemical weapons against civilians.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 23 strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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In an apparent prelude to a full-scale offensive against the Idlib region, Russia resumed air strikes against insurgents on Tuesday after a three-week pause.
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The United States Africa Command, which cooperates with Somalia's national military and security agencies, carried out nearly three dozen drone strikes against the Shabab last year.
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Russia resumed air strikes against insurgents in Idlib province on Tuesday after a hiatus of several weeks, according to a Syrian rebel and a war monitor.
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U.S. ally Israel, which Islamic Iran refuses to recognize and has itself long threatened strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, signaled backing for the Trump administration's stance.
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He later said he thought it was an unintentional act carried out by a "loose and stupid" Iranian and called off retaliatory military strikes against Iran.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted nine strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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Since August the United States has carried out more than 350 air strikes against Islamic State at the request of the Government of National Accord (GNA).
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While Barnawi rejects Shekau's strategy of suicide bombings in crowded areas, analysts think he could regroup in rural areas to stage targeted strikes against the army.
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He attributed his decision to call off strikes against Iran on last-minute input from the Department of Defense, rather than his own change of heart.
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Kerry said that at the time, the Obama administration decided it was appropriate to request congressional approval for the planned retaliation strikes against Syrian government forces.
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While the strikes against al Shabaab militants have increased recently, it is unclear what lasting impact, if any, the strikes are having on the militant group.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty civilians were likely killed and 11 others injured in nine U.S. air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria between Sept.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 36 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Thursday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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Britain joined U.S.-led air strikes against IS in Syria late last year but has been criticised for conducting few operations, which largely targeted oil fields.
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The U.A.E. has participated in air strikes against ISIS positions in Syria, but the U.S. wants other Arabic Gulf nations to also contribute to the campaign.
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North Korea has long claimed that the United States is preparing to conduct similar precision strikes against its territory or even launch an all-out invasion.
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In addition, air strikes against Islamic State militants in the town of al-Mayadin near Deir al-Zor had killed at least 23 civilians, it said.
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The possibility of U.S. military action against North Korea in response to such a test emerged as an option following last week's U.S. strikes against Syria.
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On August 1st America dipped its foot further into the morass by launching air strikes against IS fighters holed up in the coastal town of Sirte.
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The U.S. launched rare strikes against pro-Syrian government forces east of the Euphrates deconfliction line this month after what the Pentagon called an "unprovoked" assault.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 12 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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Aside from artillery strikes against the group's strongholds, however, it has avoided challenging IS inside Syria, preferring instead to wage war against Kurdish insurgents at home.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 20 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, the coalition leading the operation said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 18 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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Alternatively, a failure to ink any sort of pact could bolster U.S. appetite for preemptive strikes against the North — an equally upsetting situation for the region.
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Last week, U.S. Cyber Command personnel reportedly conducted online strikes against an Iranian agency blamed for recent attacks against oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
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Mr. Romney's previous criticism of President-elect Donald J. Trump and Mr. Giuliani's foreign business dealings are viewed by rival factions as strikes against them. Gen.
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Eastern security forces, which are allied to a government based in the east, have carried out occasional strikes against Islamist rivals around Derna in recent months.
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The Saudis have organized a coalition of 34 Islamic countries to oppose terrorism, while working with the US to conduct air strikes against ISIL in Syria.
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Acuna, who put the Braves ahead with a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning, fell behind with two quick strikes against Reds reliever Robert Stephenson.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State staged 29 strikes against militants in Iraq and Syria on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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To prevent imaginary sit-down strikes against Victorian literature, we're willing to force students into a predetermined path where to deviate is to compromise academic integrity?
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She also predicted that as the competition for control of the region intensified, U.S.-directed strikes against Iranian targets in eastern Syria would grow more likely.
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The first thing that the wedding planner Lauren Carson noticed at the end of eight weeks of strikes against Marriott hotels in Hawaii was the quiet.
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Trump seems to be signaling that if Assad sticks to attacking Syrian rebels with conventional weapons rather than gas, there wouldn't be further strikes against him.
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In recent weeks, Syrian and Russian forces have stepped up air strikes against targets in Idlib province, the last major rebel-held area in the region.
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The lawsuit claims that Mr. Evans and his prosecutors, since 1992, have used peremptory strikes against black jurors 4.4 times more frequently than with white jurors.
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American and Afghan forces have begun a campaign of air strikes against drug refining and manufacturing laboratories in southwestern Afghanistan, aiming to choke off Taliban revenue.
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The Houthis have repeatedly launched missiles and drone strikes against Saudi cities during the conflict, widely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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"Around one month ago we received strikes against all our channels — English, Kurdish and Arabic," Talal Kharrat, a manager with the agency, said in an interview.
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With Mariana Alfaro THE BIG IDEA: President Trump didn't just dubiously blame Barack Obama's nuclear deal for Iran's retaliatory missile strikes against U.S. targets in Iraq.
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Pompeo has also held deeply hawkish views on the Iran nuclear deal, advocating for its dissolution and military strikes against Tehran instead of diplomacy with it.
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Earlier in the week, protests erupted at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, after the U.S. launched strikes against an Iranian-backed militia in the country.
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As late as Thursday, officials were still weighing other, less inflammatory options, including strikes against Iranian ships, missile batteries or militias in Iraq, one official said.
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An earlier version of this article misstated the year that North Korea released a map with a war plan for nuclear strikes against major American cities.
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Iran last week carried out strikes against American forces in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of the country's top general, Qasem Soleimani, on Jan. 3.
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Turkish warplanes regularly launch strikes against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has camps in the mountains of northern Iraq, near the border with Turkey.
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Iran threatens 'all-out war' if attacked: Iran on Thursday threatened an "all-out war" if the U.S. or Saudi Arabia launches military strikes against it.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies carried out 11 strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, a military statement said.
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Traders were also monitoring strikes against pension reform in France which were continuing to hamper rail transport services, although stoppages at ports have eased this week.
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US forces conducted "precision defensive strikes" against five sites of Kataeb Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, Defense Department official Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.
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Israel has vowed it will continue its strikes against Iranian targets trying to establish a permanent military presence there and against advanced weapons shipments to Hezbollah.
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There have been reports of Muslims incarcerated in brutal Chinese internment camps producing sportswear apparel, and strikes against imposed labor for paltry wages in American prisons.
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His strikes against former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has yet to decide whether he will run, appear to be in the workshop phase.
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And in 1992, Iran initiated proceedings against the US at the ICJ after the US launched strikes against several Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
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His remarks came just days after U.S. President Donald Trump narrowly called off strikes against military targets in Iran over Tehran's downing of a U.S. drone.
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It is unclear whether the ground fighting is being coordinated with the United States, which has for years launched drone strikes against Al Qaeda throughout the country.
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And Mr Trump has boasted about America's recent missile strikes against a Syrian air base and the deployment of the world's biggest conventional bomb against the Taliban.
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On Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Russian and Syrian military strikes against civilians and medical facilities in Aleppo should be investigated as war crimes.
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The Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, backed by the United States, has helped AQAP become stronger, despite a barrage of US drone strikes against the group.
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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, said on Sunday he could suspend British involvement in air strikes against Syria if he was elected prime minister.
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Drone attacks from further ranges could reduce risk to the platform and help strikes against Al Qaeda or ISIS targets to better achieve an element of surprise.
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In March, U.S. forces conducted 79 "counterterror strikes" against Islamic State in Nangarhar, killing as many as 200 militants, according to the U.S. military command in Kabul.
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Israel has meanwhile carried out strikes against Syrian and Iranian forces in the area in recent months, after repeatedly warning against any Iranian buildup near the border.
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It said the Truman and the two other warships were part of the U.S.-led coalition supporting air strikes against Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria.
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The 317 to 256 vote went against a call by opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn to protest May's decision to launch strikes against Syria without first seeking approval.
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Russia on Tuesday launched coordinated missile strikes against rebels in other parts of Syria, and Moscow for the first time used its only aircraft carrier in combat.
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Despite strikes against two men who would be considered "good guys" any other week, Kelly doesn't think the audience will react badly – in fact, quite the contrary.
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They can target al Qaeda and ISIS militants but cannot conduct air strikes against the Taliban unless they pose a direct threat to NATO or Afghan forces.
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President Trump confirmed that his administration had readied a series of strikes against Iran in response for shooting down an unmanned drone in a Friday Twitter thread.
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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - East Libyan forces said they launched air strikes against suspected Islamic State militants on Wednesday south of the jihadist group's former stronghold of Sirte.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 20 strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, the coalition leading the operations said.
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" Huawei Founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei previously said in June that the U.S. government had launched "precise 'strikes' against us, with each 'strike' hitting our vital parts.
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WITH PATIENCE running thin amid rampant inflation and a devaluing currency, trade unions in Argentina have organised two days of strikes against the government of Mauricio Macri.
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The former Iraqi dictator used thousands of Iraqis as well as foreigners to try and deter international military strikes against him, according to a 2003 CIA report.
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Overall in 2018, the U.S. military has dropped more bombs in Iraq and Syria than Afghanistan, despite the recent uptick in strikes against the Taliban last month.
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There are concerns in South Korea that any potential U.S. strikes against North Korea's nuclear and missile programs could provoke devastating North Korean retaliation against South Korea.
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Being a "woman, a mother and a Jew to boot", as one potential employer puts it in the film, the legal wunderkind had three strikes against her.
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Six TU-22 strategic bombers carried out air strikes against Islamic State targets near the city of Deir al-Zor, Russia's defence ministry said in a statement.
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Prince Khaled is an F-15 pilot who has trained in the United States and carried out air strikes against the Islamic State militant group in Syria.
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Two of his more than 40 cell mates were killed that way, he said, after they confessed under duress to directing air strikes against Islamic State fighters.
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The U.S. military is planning to arm the Reaper drones that fly over Niger to prepare for lethal strikes against terrorist groups in the region, NBC reports.
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The move came a day after Washington carried out its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in the country, in raids it said killed "several terrorists".
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Saudi Arabia and its mostly Gulf Arab allies have launched thousands of air strikes against the Houthis in a bid to restore Yemen's exiled government to power.
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The two additional strikes against the original objective of the raid were carried out under the new authorities, which permit such strikes in a geographically defined area.
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The military has also in recent days carried out daily air strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, where the group's commanders are based.
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Last weekend, the U.S. military conducted missile strikes against the Syrian government, in response to a suspected chemical attack that took place in the Middle Eastern country.
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It has waged an increasingly open campaign of military strikes against them both in Syria, where they are fighting on the government side in the civil war.
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Davis added that the United States had carried out more than 40 strikes against AQAP militants over the past five nights and would continue to target it.
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Even in the wake of the strikes against the Syrian regime's chemical weapons facilities, the White House refused to walk back Trump's decision to prepare for withdrawal.
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Britain's May told parliament the decision to conduct air strikes against Syria was in the British national interest and not as a result of pressure from Trump.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday that three strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria in the past six days may have caused civilian casualties.
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The Trump administration has insisted that trade talks are on a separate track from renewed strikes against China to halt cyber espionage practices and intellectual property theft.
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While the United States and Brazil both ruled out directly military strikes against Maduro, Trump and Bolsonaro have ample motivations to make hay of regime change abroad.
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In the course of about a week, the administration has shifted from opening the door for diplomacy with Iran to alluding to possible military strikes against it.
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At the same time, Somalia's government and its Western allies, including the United States, have gone on the offensive, increasing the frequency of their strikes against militants.
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Washington (CNN)Democratic lawmakers fervently renewed their calls for congressional approval of military force following President Donald Trump's Friday night announcement of US precision strikes against Syria.
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Last year, anti-aircraft fire brought down an Israeli jet returning from an air raid in Syria, prompting a wave of Israeli strikes against other targets there.
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He called the U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian air base "unlawful" and added that he was hoping to understand Washington's "real intentions" in relation to Moscow.
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Geopolitical tension including the prospect of U.S. strikes against Syria helped to send crude oil prices to their highest levels in over three years during trading yesterday.
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After initially approving military strikes against Iran in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned surveillance drone, U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back from launching the attacks.
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While those strikes against Jones didn't appear to entice any other platforms into the fray, YouTube's most recent action against him at the end of July has.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States flew air strikes against four locations of Iraqi paramilitary forces, police and army in Iraq, an Iraqi military statement said on Friday.
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While Afghan forces have suffered casualties that Western officials consider unsustainably high, strikes against the Taliban's important field commanders also seem to have increased in recent weeks.
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Over the last two years, the United States has launched 13 drone strikes against Islamic State and Qaeda militants in Libya, according to the military's Africa Command.
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Vanessa Bain, an independent contractor for Instacart who has helped organize strikes against the company, says the company has not clarified what 14 days of pay means.
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The intelligence unit is poised to carry out secret drone strikes against Qaeda and Islamic State insurgents from a newly expanded air base deep in the Sahara.
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"When I got back home a lot of people said, 'You've got two strikes against you: You're a woman and you're a Negro,'" she told the newspaper.
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EST about strikes against the Al-Asad base in Baghdad and a base in Erbil in northern Iraq following the killing of General Qassem Soleimani on Thursday.
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It's unclear if Tehran will carry out additional strikes against Americans and U.S. military bases or if Rouhani is laying out terms of a cease-fire deal.
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Meanwhile, the Defense Department took steps to defend coalition troops in Iraq and Syria after launching defensive strikes against five Kataib Hizbollah bases, the department announced Sunday.
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Within the Trump administration, there is widespread opposition to targeting cultural sites in Iran should the US launch retaliatory strikes against Tehran, two senior US officials said.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes mounted air strikes against positions 50 km deep inside Syria in Ain Issa on Wednesday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said.
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Partly as a result of efforts at the Al Udeid Air Base, coalition forces have conducted more than 18,000 strikes against extremist in the region since 2014.
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His comments evoked past US warnings about Syrian military activities and the regime's use of chemical weapons, which has previously triggered US military strikes against Syrian targets.
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Israel worries Assad's Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah reinforcements could set up bases to attack it from Syria, and has carried out scores of air strikes against them.
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In 1998, Republicans wondered aloud whether Clinton ordered air strikes against Afghanistan, Sudan and Iraq to divert attention from his affair with Monica Lewinsky and subsequent impeachment.
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In a rare occurrence, U.S.-backed coalition forces conducted strikes against the Syrian regime Wednesday, after Assad's forces conducted "an unprovoked" attack against a US-controlled base.
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Both Bolton and Pompeo, as my Vox colleague Zack Beauchamp has pointed out, have advocated for military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities before joining the Trump administration.
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In a Department of Defense press briefing on January 6, Colonel Steve Warren, a US military spokesman, said the coalition had conducted 65 strikes against oil targets.
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military killed 18 Islamic State militants in northern Syria over the last 24 hours, the army said on Saturday, intensifying strikes against the militant group.
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That force has grown in size in recent years as the United States has used the base to stage air strikes against ISIS fighters throughout Syria and Iraq.
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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, who have been battling a Saudi-led military coalition for four years, said they carried out the drone strikes against the East-West pipeline.
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The Global Coalition to Counter ISIS carried out 14 missile strikes against the Islamic State near Raqqa in Syria just 14 hours after Trump's airstrikes on Thursday night.
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Only hours after Trump's announcement on the Iran nuclear deal it launched air strikes against what it says were Iranian and Hezbollah assets, creeping closer to Israel's borders.
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Dorrian said coalition aircraft had conducted nearly 300 strikes against ISIS in support of the offensive, with America's Syrian allies capturing more than 270 square miles of territory.
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As a result, Russian war planes had carried out four air strikes against targets, the coordinates of which were provided by the Turkish military, the defence ministry said.
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The United States is leading a military coalition conducting air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, where the group seized broad swathes of territory in 2014.
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A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in a civil war in Yemen in March 2015 and has launched thousands of air strikes against the Iran-allied Houthi movement.
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While Turkey has conducted some air and artillery strikes against ISIS fighters along the Syria-Turkish border, the bulk of its strikes have been directed against Kurdish groups.
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President Donald Trump reportedly approved military strikes against the Islamic Republic late Thursday in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned American drone, before abruptly reversing his decision.
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But reports on Friday said Trump had approved strikes against Iran before pulling back, raising concerns about crucial oil supplies being disrupted after the tanker attacks last week.
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He also predicted "tangible gains" on the ground in the coming weeks, vague terminology that could mean anything from territorial advances to strikes against militant leaders or infrastructure.
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Investor sentiment was hurt Thursday after India announced its army conducted "surgical strikes" against terrorists along the Line of Control, which runs through the disputed territory of Kashmir.
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Saudi Arabia has launched thousands of air strikes against the Shi'ite Houthis, who the kingdom and its Gulf Arab allies fear are a proxy for their archenemy Iran.
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An Israeli cabinet minister threatened Monday to destroy the Syrian regime and even assassinate leader Bashar Assad should Iran launch strikes against the Jewish state from within Syria.
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It has also responded to cross-border raids by militant groups from Pakistan not with counterinsurgency tactics and diplomatic ire, but with fierce artillery strikes against Pakistani forces.
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Worried by Iran's expanding influence in Syria after the defeat of Islamic State, Israel has in recent weeks stepped up its strikes against suspected Iranian targets inside Syria.
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His gruff but magnetic personality enabled him to rise in Brazil's labor movement, which led massive strikes against a military dictatorship that finally fell in the mid-1980s.
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Attack jets began the ongoing campaign of strikes against PKK targets in Turkey as well as neighboring northern Iraq that state media claims have killed hundreds of fighters.
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The war has been exploited by al Qaeda and the Islamic State group to widen their influence in the impoverished country, prompting repeated U.S. air strikes against militants.
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Syrian state television said the air force had carried out "concentrated strikes" against what it described as terrorists in the area, saying tens of them had been killed.
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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday after President Donald Trump ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield, while investors digested soft employment data.
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"Any use of force or preemptive strikes against North Korea will carry huge ramifications, which would probably lead to a drastically different outcome compared to Syria," Wang said.
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US Strikes Kill 250 ISIS Fighters in IraqA US-led coalition has waged a series of deadly strikes against ISIS in Iraq, south of the city of Falluja.
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The Iraqi air force has primarily used the four jets in the first batch to carry out deliberate, pre-planned strikes against Islamic State across Iraq, Warren said.
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If reports are to be believed, the Russians have not only been engaged in air strikes against Assad's opponents, but have been seen on the ground as well.
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North Korea has repeatedly threatened nuclear strikes against the United States, claiming that it has built nuclear weapons small enough to be mounted on its various ballistic missiles.
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It has also repeatedly threatened nuclear strikes against the United States, saying that it has built nuclear weapons small enough to be mounted on its various ballistic missiles.
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Trump has been aggressive in his use of air strikes against terrorists and other targets, including the airfield in Syria that the U.S. bombarded with 59 Tomahawk missiles.
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As militants increased their activity in recent weeks to the south and east of Sirte, the United States launched two sets of air strikes against jihadist desert camps.
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The CIA is reportedly moving aircraft to Niger in order to conduct drone strikes against al Qaeda and Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters in Libya.
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In November, Houthi leader Mohammed Ali al-Houthi called on rebel forces to cease missile and drone strikes against coalition positions at the request of the United Nations.
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Over the past two years, Israeli artillery and fighter jets have carried out several strikes against weapons convoys in southern Syria that Israel said were destined for Hezbollah.
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All three of the strikes against the al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula targets were conducted in central Yemen's Shabwah Governorate, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
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The Israel-Gaza border has been largely quiet in recent months, but on Monday a Palestinian rocket launched from the enclave drew several Israeli strikes against Hamas targets.
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When asked whether he'd advocate for pre-emptive military strikes against Iran, Bolton reiterated that he's an adviser to the president and would not make the final decision.
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The first 219 days of the season will be a grace period, but starting April 23 violations will be penalized with balls against pitchers and strikes against batters.
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Saleh cooperated with U.S. authorities as the CIA stepped up a campaign of drone strikes against key al Qaeda figures, which also led to scores of civilian deaths.
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And whenever people talked about unilateral strikes against North Korea, it was Mr. Mattis who would warn, darkly, of the potential cost to millions of lives in Seoul.
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In Somalia America carried out air strikes against al-Shabaab jihadists suspected of planting a car bomb on the outskirts of Mogadishu that killed at least 22018 people.
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Over the past 19 months, American forces have launched more than 8,800 strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and hit the group's affiliate in Libya.
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It is unclear whether the U.S. troops will use Iraq as a base to launch ground raids into Syria and carry out air strikes against Islamic State militants.
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PARIS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - French oil major Total said on Monday that strikes against the government's pension reform were having no impact on its fuel supply and distribution.
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Hawkish national security adviser John Bolton, who departed the administration in September after reportedly pushing for Trump to launch strikes against Iran, also had links to the MEK.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies staged 13 strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Thursday, according to the coalition leading the operations.
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He has been a vocal and tireless champion of pre-emptive US military strikes against Iran and North Korea and advocated US military intervention in Syria's civil war.
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Cover: Satellite photographs from the private company Planet appear to show highly precise Iranian missile strikes against buildings in the Ain Assad air base in Iraq on Jan.
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On Thursday, the United States resumed its air attacks on targets in Yemen, conducting strikes against several suspected Qaeda sites across the south-central part of the country.
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And despite the hawkish talk from the administration about possible military strikes against North Korea, experts say Trump is not expected to talk about a war being imminent.
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The strikes against the Syrian chemical weapons facilities were in fact a reflection of a broader and serious minded Middle Eastern policy that consists of five key parts.
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Some 3,000 to 4,000 Islamic State fighters are thought to be holed up in Raqqa facing an anticipated assault and drawing U.S.-led coalition air strikes against them.
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Jerusalem (CNN)Israel launched strikes against Hamas targets in Gaza on Monday evening, hours after a rocket fired from the coastal strip hit a home in central Israel.
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The low foot hook or kick can immediately be placed down in front of the advancing fighter and followed with actual strikes against an out-of-position opponent.
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The Pentagon suspects that China might be training for strikes against US targets as well as sending a message to other regional actors that Chinese capabilities are improving.
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"Syria will definitely be on the agenda," said one, citing coordinated Russian missile strikes against rebels in Syria launched on Tuesday from an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition conducted 11 air strikes against Islamic State forces in Syria and 15 in Iraq on Saturday, the task force leading the operation said.
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It was Donald Trump who launched air strikes against the Assad regime, authorized the counteract on Russian soldiers on the ground in Syria resulting in hundreds of Russian casualties.
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This broader authority would allow the United States to carry out offensive strikes against al Shabaab militants even if the militants were not attacking partnered forces, the officials said.
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In recent months, the United States has carried out more than 40 strikes against al Qaeda militants in Yemen, which lies just across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia.
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The military alliance led by Saudi Arabia has launched thousands of air strikes against Yemen's armed Houthi movement, which hails from Saadah and now controls much of the country.
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The YPG has been the most effective ally on the ground for U.S.-led air strikes against IS, and last year captured large areas from it in Hasaka province.
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This year, the US has increased the number of drone strikes against al-Shabab, which has been in a prolonged battle against the Somali military and African Union troops.
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Egypt launched air strikes against what it said were terrorist training camps in Libya, after Islamists killed 29 Coptic Christians who were travelling to a monastery south of Cairo.
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The YPG has been the most effective ally on the ground for US-led air strikes against IS, and last year captured large areas from it in Hasaka province.
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It does not include authorization for military action against nation-states; in other words, it would not cover strikes against Syrian government like those the US undertook on Friday.
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For example, in April 2015, Reuters reported India evacuated nearly 4,000 Indian nationals from Yemen, after Saudi Arabia launched air strikes against Iran-allied Houthi rebels in the country.
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In a statement that did not specifically mention strikes against a Turkish military convoy, the United States said it was closely watching Syrian government military operations in northwest Syria.
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Some airlines were re-routing flights after Europe's air traffic control agency warned aircraft flying over the eastern Mediterranean to exercise caution because of possible air strikes against Syria.
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President Donald Trump said he was in "no hurry" to attack Iran, the morning after after he called off missile strikes against the country with 10 minutes to spare.
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The Admiral Kuznetsov has seen action in Russia's military campaign in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad with its planes carrying out air strikes against rebel forces.
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In July the Pentagon disclosed that air strikes against militant targets in Iraq and Syria had killed 14 civilians between July 28 last year and April 29 this year.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based organization that reports on the war, also reported heavy air strikes against the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus.
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The United States has led air strikes against the militants since 2014, and Russia launched a separate air campaign nearly four months ago against enemies of its ally Assad.
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The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia controls swathes of northeast Syria, where conflict with the government is rare and the U.S. air force mounts regular air strikes against IS targets.
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President Donald Trump authorized cruise missile strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's military in Syria last week after the regime used sarin gas on their own people, including children.
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Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes against Kurdish YPG fighters in northeastern Syria and Iraq's Sinjar region late last month, killing fewer than 30 fighters, according to one estimate.
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With North Korea, the worry is that Pyongyang might launch missile strikes against Japan and regional U.S. bases such as Guam and a devastating artillery barrage into South Korea.
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U.S. Special Forces are operating in Syria to assist forces fighting ISIS, and the United States is leading a coalition conducting air strikes against the terror group in Syria.
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The UAE has taken part in air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, although U.S. officials would like Gulf Arab allies to expand their contributions to the air campaign.
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"The battle group may be used to increase Russia's ability to take part in combat operations over Syria and to conduct even more air strikes against Aleppo," Stoltenberg said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 23 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement.
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The CIA, too, has been empowered by Trump, regaining the authority to conduct drone strikes against suspected terrorists -- actions President Barack Obama chose to personally authorize via the military.
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U.S. government debt prices initially rose on Friday as investors digested the decision of President Donald Trump to launch strikes against a Syrian airfield and a soft jobs report.
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The United States has conducted air strikes against Islamic State, which controls territory in eastern and northern Syria, and a small number of U.S. troops are helping rebel militias.
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U.S. President Donald Trump ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched, declaring he acted in America's "vital national security interest".
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President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he had ordered strikes against what he called terrorist camps, declaring in a televised address that states that sponsored terrorism would be punished.
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Russian bombers conducted air strikes against targets in Syria from an airbase in Iran in a move that stepped up Russia's support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
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And after massing its forces between Brega and Ras Lanuf, and carrying out daily air strikes against its rivals, it took back both those terminals in a single day.
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It also found that a majority of voters believe that as president, Trump would create a database to track Muslims and order military strikes against the families of terrorists.
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A recent report claimed they were even working with a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, and that the United States had refrained from using drone strikes against them.
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"Any use of force or pre-emptive strikes against North Korea will carry huge ramifications, which would probably lead to a drastically different outcome compared to Syria," Wang said.
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Turkey has been a partner in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State forces, providing the coalition with access to Incirlik air base to wage strikes against the militants.
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But the stall in refugee resettlement worries refugee advocates, and strikes some lawmakers -- particularly Democrats -- as hypocritical given the recent US strikes against alleged chemical weapons facilities in Syria.
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But Mr. Obama has also approved strikes against terrorist groups in Libya, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, for a total of seven countries where his administration has taken military action.
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The U.S. led limited air strikes against the Syrian government along with Britain and France on April 14 in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack, which Assad denies.
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Late Thursday, The New York Times reported on an internal memo that 51 State Department diplomats have signed urging the United States to conduct military strikes against Assad's government.
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One of the options Obama had in Syria was to order the bombing of the runways of Assad's air force to stop the regime's indiscriminate air strikes against civilians.
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But the government and its allies will be permitted to forge on with strikes against jihadist militants of Islamic State and an al Qaeda-linked group, the Nusra Front.
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Residents of Keerni's 443 mud-built homes also have had to deal with intensifying border conflict following India's strikes against purported terrorist camps in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in September.
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The LNA also flew late on Saturday several air strikes against an air base in the western city of Misrata, whose forces are helping to defend Tripoli, residents said.
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U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed military strikes against the air base in response to a deadly chemical attack in a rebel-held area, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
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" Both Bolton and Pompeo have expressed strong disapproval of Iran with the former suggesting pre-emptive strikes against Iran and the latter calling the country a "thuggish police state.
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Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes against Kurdish militants in northeastern Syria and Iraq's Sinjar region last month in an unprecedented bombardment of groups affiliated with the militant PKK.
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YouTube had previously issued "strikes" against Jones' channel for violating its policies against hate speech, but his attempts to circumvent those penalties using other accounts led to his termination.
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Alternatively, a failure to come to some sort of deal on June 12 could bolster U.S. appetite for preemptive strikes against the North — a situation at least as upsetting.
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The suicide bomber struck in Aden's northern Dar Saad neighbourhood a day after the UAE raised the stakes by carrying out air strikes against government forces in southern Yemen.
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Speaking from his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago Thursday night, President Trump elaborated on his decision to launch missile strikes against Syria following a chemical attack earlier this week.
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The Russian statements could also signal an effort to limit American strikes against Syrian government forces like the one carried out in retaliation for a chemical attack last month.
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The USS Mason was previously targeted twice this week, and the countermeasures Saturday come days after the U.S. fired retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebel sites in Yemen.
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Along with its allies Washington is also conducting air strikes against Islamic State militants who hold large chunks of Syria and Iraq and support opposition fighters battling the group.
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As the North's skills grew, President Barack Obama ordered a surge in strikes against the missile launches, The New York Times reported last month, including through electronic-warfare techniques.
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Attacks being planned by Suleimani may have been deflected, but new attacks have been provoked, only the first of which was Tuesday's missile strikes against three Iraqi-American bases.
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Iran on Friday said it accidentally shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 due to human error in the aftermath of launching missile strikes against military bases in Iraq.
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This does not necessarily require bringing about leadership change, but rather some action that would significantly erode the government's ability to survive, such as heavy strikes against the capital.
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Washington (CNN)On the night of June 19, President Donald Trump approved and then abruptly called off military strikes against Iran in retaliation for a downed US surveillance drone.
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Two senior US officials told CNN Sunday there was widespread opposition within the administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran should the United States launch retaliatory strikes against Tehran.
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Maybe. The United States intelligence community believes that American military strikes against North Korea would almost certainly trigger retaliation that would kill up to a million citizens in Seoul.
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China's military has expanded its bomber operations in recent years while "likely training for strikes" against the United States and its allies, a Pentagon report released on Thursday said.
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Quarterback Jared Goff threw for 424 yards and two TD strikes against the Cardinals as the Rams rebounded from an embarrassing 45-6 home defeat to the Baltimore Ravens.
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Yet in the last two days, armed Reaper drones and attack planes conducted more than 30 strikes against Qaeda militants, equipment and safe houses across south-central Yemen, Capt.
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Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, and Ankara said it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish militia fighters and Islamic State.
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A Saudi-led coalition backed by the West has carried out air strikes against the armed Houthi movement in a war since 2015 to restore Yemen's internationally recognized government.
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After conducting 495 strikes against truck bombs, heavy guns, tanks and command bunkers in the city, the Pentagon's Africa Command announced an end to air operations on Dec. 19.
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Last year, The New York Times published a draft of a dissent memo from diplomats calling for the administration to launch strikes against Syria and its president, Bashar Assad.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has twice ordered U.S.-led strikes against targets in Syria in response to what Washington called the Assad government's use of chemical weapons against civilians.
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The United States and its allies maintain thousands of troops across Afghanistan, including in Kandahar, to advise and assist Afghan forces as well as conduct strikes against suspected militants.
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Reports of the attack prompted Western air strikes against Syria on Saturday, but the Syrian government backed by its close ally Russia denies either using or possessing such weapons.
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But the reason Jones was suspended, but his Pages are still up, is that Jones posted the same bad content to multiple pages, drawing multiple strikes against his record.
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Between November 2017 and May 2018, U.S. air and ground strikes against drug processing sites cost the Taliban some $86 million in lost revenues, raw materials and equipment, SIGAR said.
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NYT on why the launch might have failed: As the North's skills grew, President Barack Obama ordered a surge in strikes against the nuclear launches, including through electronic-warfare techniques.
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More than 50 State Department diplomats signed the memo, which was critical of U.S. policy in Syria and called for military strikes against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
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The war has allowed Islamist militants including al Qaeda and the Islamic State to flourish, even though the United States has for years launched drone strikes against groups in Yemen.
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he had directed strikes against what he called terrorist camps, declaring in a televised address that states that sponsored terrorism would be punished.
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India subsequently launched air strikes against what it said were training camps in Pakistan on Tuesday, which led to Pakistan bombing what it said was uninhabited territory in Indian Kashmir.
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Related: Turkey Shells Kurdish-Held Areas in Syria as Russia Continues Bombing Campaign Turkish military have also conducted air strikes against several PKK targets in northern Iraq, according to Davutoglu.
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It was the first Israeli plane lost to enemy fire in decades, and Israel responded with a broad wave of strikes against a dozen Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria.
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Kerry's proposal would create a new center where U.S. and Russian militaries would share intelligence and coordinate air strikes against Islamic State and the Nusra Front, an al Qaeda affiliate.
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Saudi Arabia has resumed its participation in air strikes against Islamic State in recent weeks and U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday welcomed its commitment to expand its role.
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President Donald Trump reportedly approved military strikes against the Islamic Republic late Thursday, before abruptly reversing his decision after intense discussions with top national security officials at the White House.
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The New York Times reported late Thursday that in response to the U.S. drone attack, Trump approved military strikes against Iranian targets, but later withdrew from launching the planned attacks.
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The memo is sharply critical of U.S. policy in Syria, calling for military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's government to stop its persistent violations of a civil war ceasefire.
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DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) - Turkish jets carried out air strikes against Kurdish militants in the Gara region of northern Iraq on Friday and killed 19 militants, Turkish military sources said on Saturday.
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Russia told anti-government rebels holed up in Aleppo to leave by Friday evening, signaling it would extend a moratorium on air strikes against targets inside the city until then.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said the army and allied militia took full control of the airport after heavy air strikes against the insurgents.
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A Saudi-led coalition backed by the West has been carrying out air strikes against the Iran-aligned Houthis since 2015 in a war to restore the internationally recognized government.
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Missing in YouTube's statement was the fact that Logan's video had made the "Trending" section of YouTube unhindered — or that he only had one of three possible strikes against him.
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Advocates were wary of the rules when they were initially adopted last year, because they included what they saw as abstract language that could lead to strikes against net neutrality.
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The U.S.-led coalition has carried out 11,539 air strikes against Islamic State as of April 12, with 7,794 in Iraq and 3,745 in Syria, according to U.S. military data.
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The U.S. drones often carry out strikes against the Somali militants, with the U.S. military saying it killed one militant in an air strike in southern Somalia over the weekend.
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The United States carried out cruise missile strikes against radar sites in Yemen on Thursday after two confirmed attempts last week to hit the USS Mason with coastal cruise missiles.
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"Facebook now has three strikes against it: Beacon, the privacy modifications it made in 2009 to force private user information public, and now the Kogan/Cambridge Analytica revelation," he writes.
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Statements from the administration tied its April 2628 strikes against a Syrian airbase to new foreign policy objectives: to loosen Assad's grip on power and to protect civilians from violence.
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan forces based in the city of Misrata have carried out air strikes against Islamic State militants in their stronghold of Sirte, a military source said on Sunday.
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Cover image: Smoke rises from a scientific research facility in Barzeh, a suburb of Damascus, on April 14, 2018, following U.S.-led strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.
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An Arab military alliance led by Saudi Arabia intervened last year, seeking to restore ousted President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, and has launched thousands of air strikes against the Houthis.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian military has mounted air strikes against Islamic State militants and clashed with the jihadists in central Syria, the pro-Damascus al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Bolton apparently pushed for more expansive strikes against Syria in response to Assad's use of chemical weapons earlier this month, posing a risk of escalatory responses from Russia and Iran.
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Asked whether Turkey planned air strikes against Islamic State in response to the bombing, Davutoglu said Turkey would act at a time and in a manner that it saw fit.
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As defense minister from 2006 to 2009, he presided over major strikes against the FARC, but on becoming president in 2010 he launched the peace process to end the war.
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The LNA has resorted to increased air strikes against Tripoli airport and other targets since its ground campaign has failed to make it beyond southern suburbs of the Libyan capital.
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The LNA has said it is preparing a counter offensive to take back Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, launching a series of air strikes against their rivals in the area.
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It has already carried out air-strikes against several Iran-linked targets in Syria, including the base near Homs which likely sent an armed drone into Israeli airspace in February.
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" Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White added that Friday night's U.S. strikes against Syria "does not represent a change in U.S. policy," and the the U.S. does "not seek conflict in Syria.
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TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks trimmed gains on Friday morning as the yen jumped against the dollar after the United states launched cruise missile strikes against a Syrian airbase.
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The maneuver was condemned by North Korea as an act of aggression, and Pyongyang has since threatened strikes against the U.S. and its allies in in the region if provoked.
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Bolton, who was named national security advisor to succeed H.R. McMaster in March 2018, is a harsh critic of Iran, and has advocated military strikes against that oil-rich nation.
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It called into question repeated claims by United States Africa Command that there have been no civilian casualties from American strikes against the extremist Islamist group known as the Shabab.
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They cited potential strikes against bases including Dumayr air base, which is home to Syrian Mi-8 helicopters and has been linked in social media to the strike in Douma.
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He reminded lawmakers that the only time NATO has invoked Article 5 — the pact of collective defense following attacks — was after the terrorist strikes against the United States on Sept.
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Indeed, Trump administration officials are saying they are not planning any further strikes against the regime at this point, and that this was merely a response to the gas attack.
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WIRED contributor Garrett Graff traced the long-standing tradition, dating back to the Atomic Age, of scientists suggesting nuclear strikes against everything from polar ice caps to the Sahara desert.
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On Thursday, before the U.S. airstrike that killed Soleimani, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon that the U.S. may conduct preemptive strikes against Iranian-backed militias.
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A steady improvement in the jobs market has given Macron some relief in the face of protests against government policies, such as strikes against plans to change France's pension system.
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Global Times also reminded North Korea that Mr. Trump had ordered missile strikes against Syria, an attack that occurred during Mr. Xi's visit to Florida less than a week ago.
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Irish budget airline Ryanair will cancel 1.73 flights to and from Germany on Friday after German pilots announced they were joining Europe-wide strikes against the carrier's pay and conditions.
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MOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Russia has intensified air strikes against the Nusra Front militant group's oil producing and smuggling sites, a senior military official told a news conference on Friday.
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By then, Israel had spent months escalating strikes against Iranian forces and their proxies throughout the Middle East and trying to keep the Trump administration from going wobbly on Iran.
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Back in 85033, scientists Scott Sagan and Benjamin Valentino tested to see how Americans felt about conventional and nuclear strikes against Iran if those attacks would save American soldiers' lives.
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We're covering Iran's retaliatory strikes against the U.S. and a deadly plane crash outside Tehran, and looking forward to a news conference by Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive former Nissan chairman.
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In June, and at the last minute, Mr. Trump called off missile strikes against Iran that his advisers had endorsed to punish Tehran for downing an unmanned American surveillance drone.
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Washington said last month it was deploying a new force of around 100 special operations troops to Iraq to carry out strikes against Islamic State there and in neighboring Syria.
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One other question investigators need to ask is how, after Iran launched missile strikes against bases housing US troops in Iraq, UIA reached its decision to continue flights to Tehran?
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Once correlated against information about known Qaeda terrorists — a process that could take weeks or months — the data could be used to carry out strikes against militants, the official said.
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GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian rocket launched from Gaza struck Israel on Monday, causing no casualties or damage, in a rare attack that drew Israeli air strikes against Palestinian militant targets.
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He must decide how to respond to what U.S. officials on Sunday described as coordinated military strikes against Saudi petroleum facilities, which appeared from intelligence data to originate in Iran.
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Even at her most seaworthy – while conducting air strikes against Syria for example – her reliability clearly alarms Russian authorities enough to ensure she was always accompanied by a rescue tug.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition conducted 20 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement released on Thursday.
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In recent weeks, North Korea has stepped up its bellicose rhetoric, threatening pre-emptive nuclear strikes against Washington and Seoul and firing short-range missiles and artillery into the sea.
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Republicans in Congress are lining up to support President Donald Trump's decision Thursday night to direct the US military to launch a series of cruise-missile strikes against Syrian targets.
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Under the strategy announced just over a year ago, the extra troops and greatly increased air strikes against the Taliban are intended to force the insurgents to the negotiating table.
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Waldhauser agreed with Graham that ISIS represented "an imminent threat to the United States" but he noted that the U.S. was not conducting air strikes against the terror group's Libyan branch.
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The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State said on Wednesday it carried out air strikes against "Syrian pro-regime forces" that carried out an unprovoked attack on Syrian Democratic Forces' headquarters.
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It is the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers have launched air strikes against each other, while ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations.
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Unlike Facebook and YouTube, though, which suspend users after they receive a certain number of strikes against their record, Spotify doesn't have a similar system in place, according to a source.
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The Turkish air force frequently strikes against PKK units operating from the mountains of northern Iraq, and limited detachments of Turkish infantry have made forays across the frontier in the past.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition launched 23 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and three in Syria on Thursday, the task force leading the operation said in a statement.
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Kerry's proposal would have Washington and Moscow share intelligence to coordinate air strikes against the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front and prohibit the Syrian air force from attacking moderate rebel groups.
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WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 38 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Sunday.
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There may have been a clue about how Trump would react to the latest Iran crisis in a tweet he sent as his predecessor was considering cruise missile strikes against Syria.
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If members of Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union vote yes Thursday, the union will have given itself the right to call strikes against five of the city's eight casinos.
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Last weekend, dozens of people died in a suspected chemical attack on a Damascus suburb, prompting the United States, Britain and France to launch retaliatory strikes against Syrian targets early Saturday.
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Nevertheless, the broader outlook for the French economy remains uncertain as the impact of strikes against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to simplify and streamline the country's pension system starts to bite.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior Syrian rebel official called for international air strikes against all Syrian air bases on Friday after a U.S. missile attack on an air base near Homs city.
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Once the US and Russia had agreed that seven relatively calm days had passed, Washington and Moscow were supposed to establish a Joint Implementation Center to coordinate further strikes against militants.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 26 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's military has expanded its bomber operations in recent years while "likely training for strikes" against the United States and its allies, a Pentagon report released on Thursday said.
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Nobody should be surprised, given the cheerful assertion by Sergei Lavrov, Russian's foreign minister, that, despite signing the agreement, Russia would continue its air strikes against those it regards as "terrorists".
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The United States joined the war in 2014, leading an international coalition carrying out air strikes against Islamic State fighters in both Syria and Iraq, who were largely defeated last year.
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Iran announced Thursday it had deployed two warships to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where a U.S. Navy destroyer recently fired retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebel sites in Yemen.
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The coalition has recently ramped up attacks on ISIS' finances, conducting nine strikes against buildings storing millions of dollars worth of ISIS cash that was being used to pay ISIS fighters.
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Since mid-May, U.S. aircraft have carried out several strikes against Iranian-backed forces that were approaching At Tanf, a desert garrison for anti-ISIS forces along the Syria-Iraq border.
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We occupied houses since there was a shortage of flats to rent in Finland…I joined hunger strikes against government plans to cut subsidies for young and long-term unemployed people.
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The United States and Syrian Democratic Forces coalition engaged in "a combination of air and artillery strikes" against pro-regime forces in Syria late Wednesday night, after an "unprovoked" attack, Col.
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The Nimitz and its escorts come into the region from the Mideast, where it was participating in strikes against ISIS as part of Operation Inherent Resolve for the past three months.
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President Donald Trump announced Friday night that he ordered the U.S. military to conduct precision missile strikes against the Syrian government, in retaliation for a chemical attack executed against its citizens.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 20 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and six in Syria on Monday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement.
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Russia has used the Hmeymim base in Latakia Province to launch air strikes against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad since it first intervened in the Syrian conflict in September 2015.
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President Trump says that he decided to respond with military strikes against Iranian targets but then called it off just minutes before launch, after learning how many Iranian casualties would result.
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At one meeting, meant to introduce him to basic nuclear concepts, he was shown a video displaying plans for retaliatory strikes against Moscow, with a red dot for every nuclear launch.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies staged two dozen strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, the military coalition leading the operations said in a statement.
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The United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom and France, launched missile strikes against three targets associated with Syria's chemical weapons program in retaliation for the country's alleged chemical attack.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and one in Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement.
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The Kataib Hezbollah militia was blamed for an attack on a base last year that killed an American contractor, which led to retaliatory U.S. strikes against it in Iraq and Syria.
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In response to a question, the general said there had been eight strikes against the Islamic State in Libya in the past year — twice the number his command had publicly acknowledged.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain would consider joining U.S. military strikes against the Syrian government if there is evidence chemical weapons are being used against civilians, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
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In the meantime, administration officials are reviewing an array of additional targets, including more militia weapons depots and logistics storehouses, as well as strikes against militia leaders and possibly Iranian ships.
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The downing of an American drone in June by an Iranian surface-to-air missile only heightened tensions, prompting Mr. Trump to approve military strikes against Iran — before abruptly pulling back.
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On Sunday, at an event commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, journalists pressed Mr. Abe about the debate over developing the capacity for pre-emptive strikes against North Korea.
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The more aggressive options include strikes against Iran's Abadan oil refinery, one of the world's largest, or Kharg Island, the country's biggest oil export facility, options first reported by NBC News.
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"Sad warmongers hijacking our nation," tweeted radio host Michael Savage about a U.S.-led April 2018 strikes against Syrian government targets in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus.
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North Korea is also keenly aware that any preemptive strikes against the U.S. or its allies would bring about an immediate response from the U.S. ending the existence of the regime.
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The coalition has stepped up air strikes against Islamic State in the area in recent weeks, in response to rocket attacks by the militants on the Turkish border town of Kilis.
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Turkey and the coalition have carried out regular strikes against Islamic State in the area in recent months after rocket attacks by the militants on the Turkish border town of Kilis.
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Russia resumed air strikes against insurgents in the rebel-held enclave of Idlib province on Tuesday after a hiatus of several weeks, according to a Syrian rebel and a war monitor.
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Since at least 2006, the United States and its allies have undertaken a series of cyberattacks and more traditional strikes against Iranian targets to try to derail the nation's nuclear program.
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"These military strikes against Assad's arsenal send a clear signal that the United States will stand up for internationally accepted norms and rules against the use of chemical weapons," Cardin said.
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U.S. President Donald Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone, but called off the attacks at the last minute, the report said.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May, facing a rowdy session of parliament on Monday, defended her decision to join U.S.-led missile strikes against Syria without first seeking parliament's authorization.
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The attack comes after the United States launched several days of air strikes against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), one of the most active branches of the global militant group.
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There would have been scant support for strikes against Iran by America's European allies, who supported the Iran nuclear deal, because the Iranians have been sticking to the terms of the agreement.
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Israel, which sees Iran as its key threat, has drawn a red line over Tehran's deepening presence across its border in Syria and has repeatedly carried out strikes against Iranian assets there.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament has made clear its support for Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to launch air strikes against Syria alongside the United States and France, her spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Johnson canceled the visit, scheduled for April 10, after a poison gas attack in a rebel-held area of Syria prompted the United States to launch missile strikes against a Syrian airbase.
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The U.S. alliance with Turkey has proven pivotal in the battle against Islamic State in Syria, providing the coalition with access to Turkey's Incirlik air base to wage strikes against the militants.
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Here's what you need to know: • The U.S.-led strikes against Syria over the weekend took out the "heart" of President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons program, according to U.S. defense officials.
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Facebook bans Pages or accounts once they've accumulated a certain number of "strikes" against them, but, to keep people from gaming the system, the company doesn't share how many strikes that is.
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The White House said it had seen a reduction in air strikes against the opposition and civilians in Syria in recent days but was concerned by some reported tank and artillery attacks.
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The United States provides arms and logistical support to a Saudi-led military coalition that has launched almost daily air strikes against the Houthis to try to restore Yemen's internationally recognized government.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it had intensified air strikes against oil sites controlled by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, but criticized the United States for refusing to join in.
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The king was overheard lamenting the Syrian war to Trump, who 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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Riyadh is leading a coalition of Arab states which began launching air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen 18 months ago to restore to power ousted President Abd Rabbu Mansour al-Hadi.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 25 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement released on Monday.
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Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt last week expressed support for dialogue in Libya and rejected foreign interference or any military options, days after Egyptian jets carried out strikes against militant camps inside Libya.
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Nangarhar has become a stronghold for radical Islamic State militants fighting both Afghan government forces and the Taliban and there has been a series of drone strikes against targets in the province.
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The White House has said Trump has put the North "on notice" while the possibility of U.S. military action against Pyongyang has gained traction following U.S. strikes against Syria on April 7.
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Lawmakers like Swalwell say Congress should vote on a new AUMF -- and have argued that the 2001 authorization does not allow for strikes against pro-regime forces not aligned with terror groups.
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"Yesterday, ... two A-10 attack aircraft of the U.S. Air Force entered Syrian airspace from ... Turkey and, reaching Aleppo by the shortest path, made strikes against objects in the city," Konashenkov said.
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The United States and Russia are due to start coordinating military strikes against Islamic State and a group formerly known as the Nusra Front if all goes to plan under the deal.
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Noting that the group has had to slash the salaries of its workers because of coalition air strikes against oil refineries and cash depots, Kerry said that ISIS is feeling the pressure.
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The Kremlin says its powerful air and naval bases in Syria will remain, and a senior Russian defense official told state media that strikes against "terrorist targets" would continue, despite the drawdown.
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The possibility of U.S. military action against North Korea in response to such tests gained traction following last week's U.S. strikes against Syria, which came in retaliation for a deadly gas attack.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement released on Monday.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that it was right and legal to order cruise missile strikes against Syria after a chemical attack on civilians in the town of Douma.
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The Boeing-made B-1B has been part of the Air Force's long-range, bomber fleet since 1985 and was used in the U.S. strikes against Syria's chemical weapons facilities in April.
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Besides the diplomatic talks, one issue that stopped Obama from carrying out strikes against Assad was the lack of votes in Congress to pass an authorization for the use of military force.
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This is conflating a lot of different story lines -- US election meddling, Syria strategy, military strikes against Syria, the relationship of his national security team and the book tour of James Comey.
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According to CNN Philippines, on Wednesday two jets were conducting strikes against members of the Maute group, which has pledged allegiance to ISIS, when one struck members of the 55th Infantry Battalion.
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Yet one month before Trump's on-the-spot acceptance to meet with Kim, Bolton made a case for making pre-emptive strikes against the North in his Wall Street Journal op-ed.
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MOSCOW, June 13 (Reuters) - The Russian Ministry of Defence said on Thursday that its planes had carried out four air strikes against militants in Syria's Idlib region, the RIA news agency reported.
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Some 300 children were taken to the village of Pantar, just to the north of Marawi where government forces have used ground and air strikes against the fighters linked to Islamic State.
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia launched coordinated missile strikes against rebels in Syria on Tuesday and Moscow for the first time used its only aircraft carrier in combat, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
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Fears from Democratic lawmakers of a war with Iran are largely linked to their wariness toward Bolton, who's long been hawkish toward Iran and has called for military strikes against it before.
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In a written statement, the Defense Department stated the strike was aimed at harming the ability of Kata'ib Hezbollah, an Iranian-sponsored Shia militia group, to conduct future strikes against American troops.
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At the same time, he has stated that America must take a "leading role" by carrying out counterterrorism strikes against the Islamic State and supporting political reconciliation in the North African country.
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In 2015, Bolton criticized President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran in an opinion article for The New York Times suggesting that the United States should launch pre-emptive strikes against Iran.
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He was 103 and the last survivor of the 80 Doolittle raiders, who carried out America's first strikes against the Japanese homeland in World War II. His death was announced by Gen.
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And with three strikes against them on efforts to mandate changes such as paper ballots, post-election audits and cybersecurity reviews, election security hawks are likely out — at least until after November.
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It's a horror film, for starters, and a very funny one at that, which is two strikes against it: Neither horror nor comedy shows up in the Best Picture race very frequently.
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In the April strikes against Syrian chemical targets, US and allied ships and aircraft fired from not only the Mediterranean but the Red Sea and North Arabian Gulf to avoid Russian detection.
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A Saudi-led coalition of Arab states is already intervening in Yemen's war, staging air strikes against Iran-aligned Houthi forces which control much of the country's north, including the capital Sanaa.
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The U.S. may conduct preemptive strikes against Iranian-backed militias, Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned on Thursday, adding that he expects those groups are planning further attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq.
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"When the United States (or any air force) conducts strikes against a country that has air defence systems, those systems are often hit at the outset to clear the way," Bronk wrote.
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Yet Wednesday morning's missile strikes against al-Asad airbase and Erbil airport -- both of which play host to US troops -- were clearly not an act designed to kill the most Americans possible.
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French consumer confidence also rose unexpectedly in January, despite major strikes against pension reform, with the INSEE official index rising from 102 in December to 104, having been expected to remain flat.
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The agreement does not apply to strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria (known as al Nusra) or any other United Nations-designated terrorist group.
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Trump's announcement of new strikes against Syria came less than two weeks after he declared that he wanted to withdraw the roughly 2,85033 American troops in Syria fighting Islamic State forces there.
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In response, North Korea said it would be prepared to launch preemptive military strikes against the U.S, including the possibility of a targeted missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam.
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In April, the US, UK and France launched strikes against targets at three sites in Syria, in retaliation for an alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians in the Damascus enclave of Douma.
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The proposals would have the two powers share intelligence to coordinate air strikes against the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front and prohibit the Syrian air force from attacking rebel groups labeled as moderate.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain was determined to prevent the use of chemical weapons becoming normalized, responding to questions in parliament about her decision to authorize air strikes against Syria.
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When the Syrian government gassed to death more than 1,400 people on the outskirts of Damascus in August 2013 it seemed inevitable that America would respond by launching air strikes against the regime.
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INTERVIEWED by German reporters this month, President Barack Obama was asked whether his failure to close the Guantánamo Bay prison camp, or his drone strikes against terror suspects, marked his presidency's "darkest moment".
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President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States would impose "major additional sanctions" against Iran on Monday, after calling off military strikes against the Islamic Republic over concerns about the loss of life.
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French lawmakers approved a six-month extension of emergency rule after the July 14 attack while the Socialist government also said it would step up strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched, declaring he acted in America's "vital national security interest".
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The New York Times reported on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump had approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for shooting down a U.S. drone, before pulling back from launching the attacks.
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In August of 2013, after Assad used chemical weapons in a similar scenario against people in the Syrian city of Ghouta, Obama requested congressional permission to launch air strikes against the Assad regime.
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" Change of tone The decision to carry out strikes against the regime and the change in tone from Haley follows Trump's comments that the chemical attack "crossed a lot of lines for me.
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The Iraqi military has carried out several air strikes against Islamic State in Syria since last year, with the approval of President Bashar al-Assad and the U.S.-led coalition fighting the militants.
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But the White House takes a different view about the role of Congress and the Trump administration did not go to Capitol Hill for approval of its military strikes against the Syrian regime.
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The U.S.-led coalition carried out five air strikes against the militants around Mar'a in northwestern Syria, destroying six fighting positions, four mortar positions and a vehicle, the military said in a statement.
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"The concern is that the carrier group can be used as a platform for increased air strikes against civilians in Aleppo," he told a news conference, calling for a halt to all bombings.
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The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) militant group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital Ankara that killed 37 people, and vowed to continue its strikes against security forces.
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He then works off that pitch, using his slider and, later in games, his fastball spotted down and away for called strikes against hitters expecting that splitter to dive under the strike zone.
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More than 50 diplomats at the U.S. State Department signed a memo, leaked on Thursday, that was critical of the Obama administration's Syria policy and called for targeted military strikes against Assad's government.
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And whereas American drone strikes against militants in the tribal area of North Waziristan are long-established and carried out under rules secretly agreed with Pakistan, Balochistan was considered to be off-limits.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week vowed to expel "every last Iranian boot" from Syria, where Iran has been fighting alongside Hezbollah, and where Israel has been carrying out strikes against both.
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Trump has already launched two retaliatory strikes against Syria since taking office in response to chemical attacks that killed civilians, the second of which was done in conjunction with British and French forces.
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Fighting on Saturday killed more than 100 fighters from both sides as the army and its allies unleashed about 2,000 air and artillery strikes against rebels dug into Syria's northwest, the Observatory said.
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Since last year, the Iraqi government has carried out a number of strikes against ISIS in Syria with the approval of the Syrian government and the U.S.-led coalition fighting the terrorist group.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition air strikes against Islamic State oil facilities have cut the militant group's oil revenues by about 30 percent since October, a coalition spokesman said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe voiced support on Friday for U.S. military strikes against Syria after it launched deadly chemical weapons on a rebel-held area earlier this week.
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Pentagon's assessment and Trump's decision Trump's acceptance of a military option to conduct missile strikes against three suspected Syrian chemical research, development and storage sites was shaped by the Pentagon's classified intelligence assessment.
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She also ordered British submarines to move within missile range of Syria in readiness for strikes against the Syrian military that could begin as early as Thursday night, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
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Following a previous round of strikes against the same militia that were carried out in response to a December rocket attack that killed an American contractor and the targeted killing of Iranian Gen.
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"I would be surprised that the C.I.A. would open its own base," said Bill Roggio, editor of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Long War Journal, which tracks military strikes against militant groups.
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Last month the US-led military coalition battling ISIS conducted 33 air or artillery strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq, targeting fighters, buildings, tunnels, weapons caches, and vehicles, according to a coalition statement.
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Today Kelly holds the support of two incongruous constituencies: those who cheer him on immigration and those who assume, despite the strikes against him, that he is preventing catastrophes no one can see.
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But the risks of escalation — of United States action in foreign networks leading to retaliatory strikes against American banks, dams, financial markets or communications networks — are considerable, according to current and former officials.
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The cascade of events comes after an escalating campaign of rocket strikes against U.S. troops hosted on Iraqi bases carried out by Kataib Hezbollah, one of the Iranian-backed militias commanded by Soleimani.
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Also supporting the prices were rising tensions in the Middle East as thousands of protesters and militia fighters gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad to condemn U.S. air strikes against Iraqi militias.
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Where it stands: While prices are rising Friday morning as a result of the attack, they're starting from a baseline that's below where they were before last month's strikes against Saudi Aramco facilities.
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Mike Lee (Utah) and Rand Paul (Kentucky) revealed, the briefing saw the administration&aposs representatives arguing that strikes against Iran are legal under the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces launched air strikes against six hospitals in the Aleppo area within a week in attacks that amounted to war crimes, a U.S.-based rights group said on Wednesday.
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North Korea also fears that the United States might seek to depose its government in rapid strikes against the leadership, a threat it seeks to deter with repeated warnings of a nuclear response.
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WASHINGTON — Three years ago, President Barack Obama ordered Pentagon officials to step up their cyber and electronic strikes against North Korea's missile program in hopes of sabotaging test launches in their opening seconds.
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In 2013, the Conservative prime minister at the time, David Cameron, was unable to muster votes in Parliament to approve strikes against the Assad government intended to deter the use of chemical weapons.
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PARIS (Reuters) - France's fuel stocks are good and supplies continue as normal, the Environment Ministry said on Friday, as the country experienced a second day of strikes against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.
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The group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), often uses Alakhbar and other Mauritanian news agencies to claim responsibility for strikes against civilian and military targets across West Africa's Sahel region.
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His comments late Friday came after Trump announced he had ordered "precision strikes" against Syria in retaliation for an apparent chemical weapons attack last weekend by the forces of Syrian leader Bashar Assad.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Strikes against pension reforms shut dozens of schools and caused transport chaos around France on Tuesday but the number of people participating in the industrial action appeared to have dropped off.
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The New York Times said U.S. President Donald Trump approved military strikes against Iran on Friday in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned surveillance drone, then pulled back from launching the attacks.
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