Tag: Airstrikes
5 Afghan soldiers killed in US air strikes
KABUL: At least five Afghan soldiers were killed and 10 injured in air strikes conducted by US forces in the southern Afghan province of...
Modi thinks Rafale jets would have saved the day for India
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday claimed the "results of the airstrikes in Pakistan would have been different if the country had acquired...
‘Airstrikes will help us win over 22 seats’, claims BJP leader
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yeddyurappa has said that Indian airstrikes will help the party win over 22 of 28 seats in Karnataka...
UN says 21 Afghan civilians killed in separate airstrikes
NEW YORK: The United Nations (UN) mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday said that 21 civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes over the weekend.
It said...
Airstrikes kill over 60 militants in Afghanistan
KABUL: Afghan Air Force has conducted a series of sorties in the country’s southern and northern provinces, killing more than 60 armed insurgents and injuring...
Turkish airstrikes kill four Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
ISTANBUL: The Turkish military carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq's Avasin Basyan region on Saturday, killing four Kurdish militants, it said on its official...
Libyan airstrikes target group attacking oil ports
CAIRO: Libyan forces carried out airstrikes against a militia attacking key oil ports in the east, a spokesman said as Libya's national oil firm...
Philippine airstrikes target IS-linked militants near Marawi, 5 killed
MANILA: Philippine military airstrikes and ground assaults targeted a group of Islamic State group-linked militants in an offensive that reportedly killed five extremists and...
Iraq launches airstrikes on IS positions inside Syria
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Air Force on Thursday carried out airstrikes on the positions of Islamic State (IS) militants inside Syria near the border, the Iraqi...
Turkish army airstrikes kill 49 Kurdish militants in Iraq
ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes struck 19 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Monday, killing 49 militants, Turkey’s armed forces said on Thursday.
Two...
Airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 14 Da’ish terrorists
The airstrikes targeting three militant hideouts in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan have killed at least 14 Islamic State, also known as Da’ish, terrorists.
According to...
Air strikes kill 28 civilians in Syria safe zone
Beirut: At least 28 civilians were killed in air strikes on northwestern Syria where a planned safe zone has been overshadowed by a bombing...
Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets following airstrikes
Syria said it launched anti-aircraft missiles against Israeli warplanes in Israeli-controlled territory early on Friday, following a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Syria a...
22 children killed in air strikes on Syrian school: UNICEF
Air strikes that hit a school in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province killed 22 children and six teachers, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said Wednesday.
“This...
Eleven militants killed in Khyber Agency airstrikes
At least 11 militants were killed as a result of a joint aerial and ground operation in different parts Khyber Agency, Inter-Services Public Relations...
Airstrikes kill more than 58 people in northern Syria
Two days of airstrikes in northern Syria have killed at least 58 people and wounded nearly 300, according to a hospital director.
One strike hit...