By 2011, President Obama was arming Libyan rebels and ordering airstrikes to overthrow Gadhafi.
Syrian state media showed the aftermath of the airstrikes on Sunday almost 18 hours afterward.
The airstrikes have riled Syria's allies in the region: Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
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Coalition forces repelled the attack, inflicting "heavy enemy casualties, " and calling in airstrikes, the alliance said.
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"Military operations lasted several hours, during which airstrikes were called in, " he said, quoting the residents.
Pakistan has complained repeatedly about what it says are American airstrikes on its territory.
In the hours after the airstrikes, the military presence in the area increased, Boswell said.
In March 2011, under Mr. Hollande's predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, France spearheaded airstrikes in Libya, saying Col.
Earlier, Palestinian security forces reported that more than 60 were injured in the airstrikes.
But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the French military has also launched airstrikes.
Starting about 7 a.m. local time, airstrikes hit Taliban positions near Bagram with about a dozen bombs.
Since the longtime Yemeni strongman Saleh stepped down in February, the American drone strikes and airstrikes have increased.
Along with the airstrikes, Israel responded to Saturday's rocket fire by closing the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza.
Last month, Karzai insisted that the coalition forces cease all airstrikes, after a NATO assault caused civilian casualties.
But Baghdad then abruptly ended its ban and pledged renewed cooperation with the United Nations to avoid airstrikes.
U.N. weapons monitors returned to Baghdad a week after they left the country to avoid threatened U.S.-led airstrikes.
If it fails to respond, it looks weak and leaves itself open to such airstrikes becoming a common occurrence.
Though a Russian peace mission Tuesday fueled Serb hopes that airstrikes would end, air raid sirens sounded again overnight.
Along the way a variety of weapon pickups like smoke screens, repair powerups, and airstrikes further deepen the strategy.
"There have been a number of reports that the U.S. is preparing to launch airstrikes against Iran, " Byrd noted.
Yemeni warplanes bombarded al Qaeda hideouts all week in a series of U.S.-supported airstrikes in Abyan and Lahj provinces.
Russia has steadfastly opposed threatened NATO airstrikes against Serb targets in the province.
Amid the flames and smoke, Clint stood in a doorway, calling in airstrikes that shook the earth all around them.
Fourteen years later, the U.S. military re-emerged in Somalia by conducting airstrikes targeting al Qaeda-linked operatives in southern Somalia.
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Airstrikes were evidently patchy in their results, as they were in the 2006 Lebanon conflict or the 2008-9 campaign against Hamas.
However, anger over reports of civilian killings prompted President Hamid Karzai to order Afghan security forces to stop requesting coalition airstrikes.
Two South Sudanese generals who were arriving near the towns said the airstrikes marked "a clear escalation" by Sudan, he said.
But France confirmed that its armed forces had taken part in the fighting and launched airstrikes in support of the operation.
After the airstrikes overnight, Israel's military on Saturday deployed two batteries of its Iron Dome rocket defense system to the country's north.
In addition to the airstrikes, fighting continued Monday in several areas of the border region, said South Sudan's military spokesman, Philip Aguer.
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