The first strike, against an ammunition depot, comes days after the U.S. authorized the use of ATACMS on Russian territory.

Beijing has scrambled to restrict information and suppress public expression of mourning following a series of violent incidents, signaling its concerns about social stability.

Defendants include politicians and activists who had hoped to win control of legislature, a plan Beijing found subversive.

The president-elect says he will punish China if it doesn’t choke off the flow of ingredients, but Beijing could balk if relations between the countries sour.

Some of the weapons, which include modern antitank missiles, have come from Russian stockpiles in neighboring Syria.

Five people were killed in the Lebanese capital and one in northern Israel.