Our
air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground.
It may be taken as a Russian message to Jerusalem that the Kremlin and Russian army chiefs are weighing their options for retaliating against the Israeli
air offensive.
Last month, Syrian forces, with the backing of Russian air cover, started a massive ground and
air offensive to retake Daraa from rebels.
"They spoke of terrifying mortar attacks, air strikes, landmines and other dangers amid the new
air offensive," Amensty said, referring to the US-backed Saudi-led coalition attacks.
In September, 2015, Russia launched its own
air offensive against ISIS terrorists.
Coordinating an
air offensive against a common foe is no easy task for countries that distrust one another.
Taking Afrin has been the main objective of Turkey's Operation Olive Branch, a ground and
air offensive launched on January 20, with the aim of ousting the People's Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia group.
The Ministry added that Matisse "called for renewed focus on the campaign to defeat Daesh and encourage any attempt by the terrorist organization to rebuild itself in Syria." On January 20, Turkey launched a ground and
air offensive in the Syrian town of Afrin against the protection units of the Kurdish people, which Ankara regards as "terrorist", an ally of Washington in the fight against Daesh, and Ankara has indicated earlier that its attacks could expand to include Manbej./ End
The confirmation of Mehsud's death comes as the US has massively stepped up its
air offensive in eastern Afghanistan, targeting drug labs of different Taliban factions and Islamic State hideouts as President Donald Trump looks to the sky to force the insurgents to the table.
ISLAMABAD -- The security forces on Sunday launched a fresh major ground and
air offensive in a rugged mountainous region to clear the area of the militants, the military spokesman said.
RUSSIA announced a major
air offensive in Syria yesterday - hours after Vladimir Putin held phone talks with Donald Trump.