Tag: air strikes
Fresh strikes on Syria jihadist enclave kill 13
DAMASCUS: The latest strikes in an unprecedented wave of regime bombardment on a jihadist enclave in northwestern Syria killed at least 13 civilians on...
Afghan casualties from air strikes rise by 39pc
NEW YORK: The number of Afghans killed or wounded by air strikes rose 39 per cent in the first nine months of 2018, the UN...
Air strikes hit Idlib on day of Syria summit in Tehran
BEIRUT: Air strikes hit parts of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Friday, a war monitor said, as the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey...
Air strikes kill 15 civilians in southern Syria: monitor
BEIRUT: Air strikes on Tuesday killed more than a dozen civilians in parts of Syria's south near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a war monitor...
Air strikes on southern Syria kill 22 civilians: monitor
BEIRUT: A barrage of Russian air strikes on rebel-held areas of southern Syria killed 22 civilians on Thursday, a monitoring group said, most of...
Israeli air strikes hit northern Gaza
GAZAL: Israeli air strikes hit the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian officials said. No injuries were reported.
Residents said the strikes targeted a large...
Israel warns over Iran’s presence in Syria after air strikes
Israel issued stark warnings on Sunday over Iran’s presence in neighbouring Syria after a confrontation threatened to open a new and unpredictable period in...
France urges halt to air strikes, aid corridors in Syria
French Defence Minister Florence Parly on Friday called for an end to air strikes in Syria and the opening of humanitarian corridors, saying it...
Air strikes pound rebel strongholds, gas chokes civilians in Syria
IDLIB: Warplanes launched heavy attacks on the two last major rebel-held areas in Syria, killing at least 29 people in the Ghouta suburb near...
Turkey kills 160 to 200 Syrian Kurdish militants in airstrikes
Turkish warplanes struck Syrian Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria and killed up to 200 militants, state media quoted the military as saying Thursday.
The...
Russian aircraft believed to hit Syria convoy, US officials say
The United States believes two Russian aircraft attacked an aid convoy near Aleppo in a strike that shattered a one-week truce, US officials said...
Turkish air strike hits Islamic State targets in northern Syria: Turkish...
Turkish airplanes hit Islamic State targets in northern Syria, the Turkish military said in a statement on Monday.
Three targets used by Islamic State as...
Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen hospital
Saudi-led coalition air strikes on a Yemen hospital killed six people on Monday, health sources said, less than two days after similar raids killed...
Air strikes decimate IS forces fleeing Iraq’s Fallujah
The strikes appear to spell the end of fixed IS positions in eastern Anbar province, further shrinking the “caliphate” the group proclaimed over large parts of Iraq and Syria two years ago.
Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill 27 in Syria, UN declares...
Air strikes destroyed a hospital and killed dozens of people in rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo including children and doctors, and the United Nations...
Dozens killed in air strikes on Syria’s Raqqa: monitor, activists
Dozens of people were killed in a series of air strikes on the city of Raqqa in northern Syria on Saturday, a monitoring group...
Turkish air strikes kill 67 Kurdish militants in north Iraq
Turkey´s army said on Saturday it killed 67 Kurdish militants in air strikes on camps and ammunition storage sites in neighbouring northern Iraq on...