heatedly as they battled for the GOP presidential nomination , with attacks often getting personal . Trump fanned rumors that Cruz 's father was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy , and he disparaged the Texas senator 's wife Heidi in a retweet comparing an unflattering image of her to a glamor shot of his own wife Melania , a former model . Cruz responded by calling Trump “ a sniveling coward ” and " a narcissist at a level I do n't think this country 's ever seen . ” He also called Trump “ amoral ” and a “ pathological liar . ”
Stability could be restored , America 's interests and citizens in Iran would be protected . At the time , the Iranian scene was chaotic . Protesters clashedconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlewith troops , shops were closed , public services suspended . Meanwhile , labour strikes had all but halted the flow of oil , jeopardising a vital Western interest . Persuaded by Carter , Iran 's autocratic ruler , Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi , known as the Shah , had finally departed on a " vacation " abroad , leaving behind an unpopular prime minister and a military in disarray - a force of 400,000 men with heavy dependence on American arms and advice .
“ He sees China as a pretty likely source of that . ” Duterte ’s trip is the strongest hint yet of a stunning diplomatic volte - face towards China from the Philippines . In recent years the two countries repeatedly clashedconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleover territorial disputes in the South China Sea , with Beijing reacting furiously in 2014 after Duterte ’s predecessor , Benigno Aquino , compared its activities in the region to Nazi Germany ’s expansionism . “ At what point do you say , ‘ Enough is enough ’ ? Well , the world has to say it – remember that the Sudetenland was given in an attempt to appease Hitler to prevent world war two , ” he told the New York Times .
The trouble began on Wednesday when , according to the UK - based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , Kurdish forces advanced on the pro - government National Defense Forces that controls portions of the city . When the NDF responded with arrests , the fighting took off . This is not the first time that Kurdish and government forces have clashedconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlein Hasakah , which is divided among Kurds , Arabs , Aramaic - speaking Assyrians , and a small number of Armenians . But what makes the latest confrontation so serious is that the U.S. quickly upped ante by scrambling two F-22 fighters to intercept a pair of Syrian Su-24s bombing Kurdish positions . NBC News reported that the jets came within a mile of one another on Thursday and were in visual contact before the Syrian aircraft left the scene .
The same supporter is then apprehended by police as they take him in for his part in inciting the violence on Marseille 's streets An officer from the specialist dog team patrols the streets of Marseille as football fans drink and socialise outside one of the city 's bars An English fan is arrested in Marseille after supporters clashedconflict.attack.nawith police prior to England 's opening game against Russia on Saturday A line of French riot police march along a street in Marseille as they attempt to the quell the crowd of England fans after violence flared ' THEY'RE TOO OLD , FAT AND DRUNK ' - RUSSIAN HOOLIGANS GOAD ENGLISH THUGS BEFORE MARSEILLE CLASH by Will Stewart in Moscow Russian hooligans warned England fans were ' too old , fat and drunk ' too put up a fight against them as tensions explode on the streets of Marseille .