BREAKING: US begins air strikes in Syria
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Israel shoots down Syrian fighter jet
© Mohammad al-Hussein, APF | A Syrian Air Force Sukhoi-24 over Raqqa, March 6, 2013
Text by FRANCE 24
Latest update : 2014-09-23
Israel’s military said it had shot down a Syrian fighter jet over the Golan Heights on Tuesday - in recent weeks the scene of fierce clashes between the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
The IDF said the plane, a Russian-made Sukhoi-24 fighter jet which is one of the Syrian Air Force’s primary attack aircraft, was 800 metres inside Israeli airspace before it was shot down using a patriot missile.
The crew managed to eject in time and landed in Syrian territory, an Israeli official said.
Syria confirmed the plane was shot down near Quneitra, close to the Israel-Syria border.
Israel has largely stayed on the sidelines of Syria's civil war raging across the border, but Israeli leaders appear increasingly nervous about the possibility of al Qaeda-linked fighters occupying the Golan's high ground in the north of the country.
Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said the aircraft had crossed into Israel in a “threatening way” and vowed to retaliate to any similar attempts in the future.
“We’ve clarified this in the past and we’re emphasising it again now: We won’t allow anybody, whether it’s a state or a terrorist organisation, to threaten our security and violate our sovereignty,” the defense minister and former IDF chief of staff said. “We will respond forcefully to all attempts of this kind, whether it’s an accident or intentional.”
Israel not taken sides in Syrian conflict
“We are committed first and foremost to ensure the security of the Israel's citizens and we will use all means at our disposal to do so,'' he added.
Israel has avoided taking sides in the three-year civil war in Syria, though Israeli troops have responded to occasional mortar fire that has landed in Israeli territory. Israel says some of the attacks have been accidental spillover, while others have been intentionally aimed at Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Israel has always held Syria responsible for any cross-border fire.
Israel and Syria are bitter enemies who have fought several wars. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed the strategic area in a move that has never been internationally recognised.
While relations are hostile, the ruling Assad family in Syria has kept the border area with Israel quiet for most of the past 40 years. Israel is concerned that Assad's ouster could push the country into the hands of Islamic State extremists or other al Qaeda linked militants, or plunge the region further into sectarian warfare.
(FRANCE 24 with AP)
http://www.france24.com/en/20140923..._ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2014-09-23
© Mohammad al-Hussein, APF | A Syrian Air Force Sukhoi-24 over Raqqa, March 6, 2013
Text by FRANCE 24
Latest update : 2014-09-23
Israel’s military said it had shot down a Syrian fighter jet over the Golan Heights on Tuesday - in recent weeks the scene of fierce clashes between the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
The IDF said the plane, a Russian-made Sukhoi-24 fighter jet which is one of the Syrian Air Force’s primary attack aircraft, was 800 metres inside Israeli airspace before it was shot down using a patriot missile.
The crew managed to eject in time and landed in Syrian territory, an Israeli official said.
Syria confirmed the plane was shot down near Quneitra, close to the Israel-Syria border.
Israel has largely stayed on the sidelines of Syria's civil war raging across the border, but Israeli leaders appear increasingly nervous about the possibility of al Qaeda-linked fighters occupying the Golan's high ground in the north of the country.
Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said the aircraft had crossed into Israel in a “threatening way” and vowed to retaliate to any similar attempts in the future.
“We’ve clarified this in the past and we’re emphasising it again now: We won’t allow anybody, whether it’s a state or a terrorist organisation, to threaten our security and violate our sovereignty,” the defense minister and former IDF chief of staff said. “We will respond forcefully to all attempts of this kind, whether it’s an accident or intentional.”
Israel not taken sides in Syrian conflict
“We are committed first and foremost to ensure the security of the Israel's citizens and we will use all means at our disposal to do so,'' he added.
Israel has avoided taking sides in the three-year civil war in Syria, though Israeli troops have responded to occasional mortar fire that has landed in Israeli territory. Israel says some of the attacks have been accidental spillover, while others have been intentionally aimed at Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Israel has always held Syria responsible for any cross-border fire.
Israel and Syria are bitter enemies who have fought several wars. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed the strategic area in a move that has never been internationally recognised.
While relations are hostile, the ruling Assad family in Syria has kept the border area with Israel quiet for most of the past 40 years. Israel is concerned that Assad's ouster could push the country into the hands of Islamic State extremists or other al Qaeda linked militants, or plunge the region further into sectarian warfare.
(FRANCE 24 with AP)
http://www.france24.com/en/20140923..._ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2014-09-23
Obama giving Putin a preview of the arsenal, sometimes you just gotta let niccas know" In testing, a Raptor dropped a 1,000 lb (450 kg) JDAM from 50,000 feet (15,000 m), while cruising at Mach 1.5, striking a moving target 24 miles (39 km) away"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor
At people blaming Obama. Leave that man alone he has nothing to do with this Shyt and it is all in the plans going back to 2001.I wonder how long until they start bombing Assad
Russia lost thinking America lost its touch and thinking U.S were going to back down in Ukraine and shyt.
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US strikes: Not America's fight alone - Obama
President Obama has hailed the support of Arab nations in air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants, saying: "This is not America's fight alone."
He was speaking hours after the US and Arab allies launched their first air strikes against IS in Syria.
Activists say at least 70 IS militants and 50 other al-Qaeda-linked fighters were killed in the strikes.
US state department spokeswoman Jan Psaki said the US had warned Syria in advance "not to engage US aircraft".
But she added that Washington had not requested permission or given advance notice of the timing of the attacks.
President Obama confirmed that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar had taken part in or supported the strikes.
He said the US was "proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations".
President Obama: ''We're going to do what's necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group''
The Pentagon said warplanes, drones and Tomahawk cruise missiles were used in the strikes.
'Imminent attacks'
IS has seized large areas of Syria and Iraq, and the US has launched nearly 200 air strikes in Iraq since August.
But Monday's strikes expanded the anti-IS campaign across the border into Syria for the first time.
Before and after: The US defence department says this was the first time an F-22 stealth fighter was used in a combat role
Before and after: A Tomahawk missile struck the Islamic State's financial centre
F-18 fighters launched from the USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier in the Gulf
IS militants pray at the spot where they say a US drone crashed into a communications tower in Raqqa
The strikes targeted the group's main headquarters in its stronghold of Raqqa, north-eastern Syria.
IS training compounds, vehicles and storage sites were also hit in several other areas.
The attacks were organised in three separate waves, Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant General Bill Mayville told reporters.
US fighter jets carried out the first set, with the Arab nations participating in the second and third waves, he added.
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Another spokesman, John Kirby, described the overnight strikes as "very successful".
President Obama said al-Qaeda-linked militants, known as the Khorasan Group, were also targeted by eight air strikes in Syria.
"We will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people," he said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that extremist groups operating in Syria "pose an immediate threat to international peace and security," but stopped short of endorsing the air strikes.
"I also note that the strikes took place in areas no longer under the effective control of that government," he told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York.
US officials say the group had been plotting "imminent attacks" against the West, and had established a safe haven west of Aleppo.
President Obama warned that the operation against IS would take some time, but that he would do "what is necessary" to defeat the extremists.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Turkey had pledged to take part in a US-led coalition against IS following the release of 46 Turkish hostages on Saturday, AFP reports.
Analysis - Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent
The Pentagon set out three broad groups of targets arranged in an arc across northern Syria.
Those closest to the Mediterranean coast seem to have been hit largely by Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from warships - this is an area where Syrian government air defences may still have coverage.
In a briefing Lt Gen William Mayville noted that Syrian air defences were "passive", as he put it, during the course of the operation.
This suggests a conscious decision by Syrian commanders who perhaps feared that active scanning by their defences might draw down air attacks upon them.
The operation was notable for involving aircraft from Jordan and from Washington's Gulf allies. It also marked the first use in combat of one of the USAF's most modern aircraft, the F-22 Raptor.
This, the Pentagon is stressing, is just the start of "a sustained air campaign", the tempo of which, says a Pentagon spokesman, "will be dictated by facts on the ground".
US pundits question Syria air strikes
Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from the USS Arleigh Burke in the Red Sea
The US military said a total of 14 air strikes were carried out in several areas in the north and east of Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he supported any international efforts to combat "terrorism" in Syria, state media reports.
"Syria will continue to resolutely fight the war it has been prosecuting for years against... terrorism," he said, after meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Damascus.
Analysts say it is significant that countries with a Sunni majority, like Jordan and Saudi Arabia, are among those supporting US efforts against IS.
IS members are jihadists who adhere to an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam and consider themselves the only true believers.
Who are Islamic State (IS)?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29333348
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President Obama has hailed the support of Arab nations in air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants, saying: "This is not America's fight alone."
He was speaking hours after the US and Arab allies launched their first air strikes against IS in Syria.
Activists say at least 70 IS militants and 50 other al-Qaeda-linked fighters were killed in the strikes.
US state department spokeswoman Jan Psaki said the US had warned Syria in advance "not to engage US aircraft".
But she added that Washington had not requested permission or given advance notice of the timing of the attacks.
President Obama confirmed that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar had taken part in or supported the strikes.
He said the US was "proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations".
President Obama: ''We're going to do what's necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group''
The Pentagon said warplanes, drones and Tomahawk cruise missiles were used in the strikes.
'Imminent attacks'
IS has seized large areas of Syria and Iraq, and the US has launched nearly 200 air strikes in Iraq since August.
But Monday's strikes expanded the anti-IS campaign across the border into Syria for the first time.
The strikes targeted the group's main headquarters in its stronghold of Raqqa, north-eastern Syria.
IS training compounds, vehicles and storage sites were also hit in several other areas.
The attacks were organised in three separate waves, Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant General Bill Mayville told reporters.
US fighter jets carried out the first set, with the Arab nations participating in the second and third waves, he added.
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Footage shows Tomahawk cruise missiles being launched by the US Navy
Another spokesman, John Kirby, described the overnight strikes as "very successful".
President Obama said al-Qaeda-linked militants, known as the Khorasan Group, were also targeted by eight air strikes in Syria.
"We will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people," he said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that extremist groups operating in Syria "pose an immediate threat to international peace and security," but stopped short of endorsing the air strikes.
"I also note that the strikes took place in areas no longer under the effective control of that government," he told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York.
US officials say the group had been plotting "imminent attacks" against the West, and had established a safe haven west of Aleppo.
President Obama warned that the operation against IS would take some time, but that he would do "what is necessary" to defeat the extremists.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Turkey had pledged to take part in a US-led coalition against IS following the release of 46 Turkish hostages on Saturday, AFP reports.
Analysis - Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent
The Pentagon set out three broad groups of targets arranged in an arc across northern Syria.
Those closest to the Mediterranean coast seem to have been hit largely by Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from warships - this is an area where Syrian government air defences may still have coverage.
In a briefing Lt Gen William Mayville noted that Syrian air defences were "passive", as he put it, during the course of the operation.
This suggests a conscious decision by Syrian commanders who perhaps feared that active scanning by their defences might draw down air attacks upon them.
The operation was notable for involving aircraft from Jordan and from Washington's Gulf allies. It also marked the first use in combat of one of the USAF's most modern aircraft, the F-22 Raptor.
This, the Pentagon is stressing, is just the start of "a sustained air campaign", the tempo of which, says a Pentagon spokesman, "will be dictated by facts on the ground".
US pundits question Syria air strikes
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he supported any international efforts to combat "terrorism" in Syria, state media reports.
"Syria will continue to resolutely fight the war it has been prosecuting for years against... terrorism," he said, after meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Damascus.
Analysts say it is significant that countries with a Sunni majority, like Jordan and Saudi Arabia, are among those supporting US efforts against IS.
IS members are jihadists who adhere to an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam and consider themselves the only true believers.
Who are Islamic State (IS)?
- Formed out of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in 2013, IS first captured Raqqa in eastern Syria
- It captured broad swathes of Iraq in June, including Mosul, and declared a "caliphate" in areas it controls in Syria and Iraq
- Pursuing an extreme form of Sunni Islam, IS has persecuted non-Muslims such as Yazidis and Christians, as well as Shia Muslims, whom it regards as heretics
- Known for its brutal tactics, including beheadings of soldiers, Western journalists and aid workers
- The CIA says the group could have as many as 31,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria
- The US has been launching air strikes on IS targets in north-eastern Iraq since mid-August
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29333348
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am i the only one who notices both those buildings are still standing in the "after" picture? wtf is up with that?US strikes: Not America's fight alone - Obama
President Obama has hailed the support of Arab nations in air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants, saying: "This is not America's fight alone."
He was speaking hours after the US and Arab allies launched their first air strikes against IS in Syria.
Activists say at least 70 IS militants and 50 other al-Qaeda-linked fighters were killed in the strikes.
US state department spokeswoman Jan Psaki said the US had warned Syria in advance "not to engage US aircraft".
But she added that Washington had not requested permission or given advance notice of the timing of the attacks.
President Obama confirmed that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar had taken part in or supported the strikes.
He said the US was "proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations".
President Obama: ''We're going to do what's necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group''
The Pentagon said warplanes, drones and Tomahawk cruise missiles were used in the strikes.
'Imminent attacks'
IS has seized large areas of Syria and Iraq, and the US has launched nearly 200 air strikes in Iraq since August.
But Monday's strikes expanded the anti-IS campaign across the border into Syria for the first time.
Before and after: The US defence department says this was the first time an F-22 stealth fighter was used in a combat role
Before and after: A Tomahawk missile struck the Islamic State's financial centre
F-18 fighters launched from the USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier in the Gulf
IS militants pray at the spot where they say a US drone crashed into a communications tower in Raqqa
The strikes targeted the group's main headquarters in its stronghold of Raqqa, north-eastern Syria.
IS training compounds, vehicles and storage sites were also hit in several other areas.
The attacks were organised in three separate waves, Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant General Bill Mayville told reporters.
US fighter jets carried out the first set, with the Arab nations participating in the second and third waves, he added.
Jump media player
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Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue.
Footage shows Tomahawk cruise missiles being launched by the US Navy
Another spokesman, John Kirby, described the overnight strikes as "very successful".
President Obama said al-Qaeda-linked militants, known as the Khorasan Group, were also targeted by eight air strikes in Syria.
"We will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people," he said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that extremist groups operating in Syria "pose an immediate threat to international peace and security," but stopped short of endorsing the air strikes.
"I also note that the strikes took place in areas no longer under the effective control of that government," he told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York.
US officials say the group had been plotting "imminent attacks" against the West, and had established a safe haven west of Aleppo.
President Obama warned that the operation against IS would take some time, but that he would do "what is necessary" to defeat the extremists.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Turkey had pledged to take part in a US-led coalition against IS following the release of 46 Turkish hostages on Saturday, AFP reports.
Analysis - Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent
The Pentagon set out three broad groups of targets arranged in an arc across northern Syria.
Those closest to the Mediterranean coast seem to have been hit largely by Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from warships - this is an area where Syrian government air defences may still have coverage.
In a briefing Lt Gen William Mayville noted that Syrian air defences were "passive", as he put it, during the course of the operation.
This suggests a conscious decision by Syrian commanders who perhaps feared that active scanning by their defences might draw down air attacks upon them.
The operation was notable for involving aircraft from Jordan and from Washington's Gulf allies. It also marked the first use in combat of one of the USAF's most modern aircraft, the F-22 Raptor.
This, the Pentagon is stressing, is just the start of "a sustained air campaign", the tempo of which, says a Pentagon spokesman, "will be dictated by facts on the ground".
US pundits question Syria air strikes
Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from the USS Arleigh Burke in the Red Sea
The US military said a total of 14 air strikes were carried out in several areas in the north and east of Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he supported any international efforts to combat "terrorism" in Syria, state media reports.
"Syria will continue to resolutely fight the war it has been prosecuting for years against... terrorism," he said, after meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Damascus.
Analysts say it is significant that countries with a Sunni majority, like Jordan and Saudi Arabia, are among those supporting US efforts against IS.
IS members are jihadists who adhere to an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam and consider themselves the only true believers.
Who are Islamic State (IS)?
- Formed out of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in 2013, IS first captured Raqqa in eastern Syria
- It captured broad swathes of Iraq in June, including Mosul, and declared a "caliphate" in areas it controls in Syria and Iraq
- Pursuing an extreme form of Sunni Islam, IS has persecuted non-Muslims such as Yazidis and Christians, as well as Shia Muslims, whom it regards as heretics
- Known for its brutal tactics, including beheadings of soldiers, Western journalists and aid workers
- The CIA says the group could have as many as 31,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria
- The US has been launching air strikes on IS targets in north-eastern Iraq since mid-August
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29333348
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