Sentence examples for direct strike against from inspiring English sources

In a direct strike against short-haul flights, seven major rail carriers in Europe have begun a project called Railteam.

As a team of European Union experts set up camp in Nicosia to try to figure out how to resuscitate the bailout package announced in Brussels on March 16 and declared dead on arrival by the Cypriot Parliament, a Russian-language radio station here led its news bulletins with reports of a "direct strike against Russia's position" in the Mediterranean by Secretary of State John Kerry.

In a letter to the Senate Armed Committee, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, set out five options, ranging from training and arming the opposition to establishing buffer zones or or a no-fly zone and direct strikes against regime targets.

Obama has been directing strikes against Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria since August 2014 without new congressional authorization.

But some Israeli analysts pointed to what they said was a pattern of Islamist terror each time a new diplomatic initiative is launched or an American envoy begins a mission.A direct strike by Israel against the Palestinian Authority or its chairman, Yasser Arafat, is not thought likely.

Some Israeli analysts have pointed to what they see as a pattern of Islamist terror each time a new diplomatic initiative is launched or an American envoy begins a mission.A direct strike by Israel against the Palestinian Authority or Mr Arafat is not thought likely.

The tower also has lightning rods and grounding cables to protect against a direct strike.

Asked if Britain had counselled against a direct strike, the prime minister's spokesman said: "The aim of the British government had been to work with the Algerian government and the company to resolve the situation peacefully".

However, it was concluded that RCCV was able to sustain the direct strike of aircrafts and global failure of containment did not occur against any aircraft.

It was the first direct American strike against the Assad regime since the start of the war, in 2011, and Trump was widely praised.

As Xi sat down with Trump in Florida, the American president launched his first direct military strike against Syrian President Bashar Assad's airfield, where the planes which allegedly delivered this week's deadly Syrian gas attack were based.