air raid

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Marines were dropped into Beirut and Grenada, and finally, details how the U.S. launched air raid attacks on Libya in 1986.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

Most of Ukraine was under air raid warnings on Monday.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

AFP images captured rocket trails streaming over the skies of Israeli coastal city Netanya, as air raid sirens blasted across much of the country's central region.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"Please pay attention to air raid sirens tonight," Zelensky said earlier in his video address to the nation on Monday.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Holt's eyeglasses had been crushed in an American air raid, so Blake read the entire book out loud, over weeks and months of confinement in a small Korean farmhouse.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau