Tag: drone attack

Saudi intercepts, downs two drones from Yemen

RIYADH: Saudi air defence forces on Monday intercepted two drones launched by Huthi rebels from neighbouring Yemen, state media reported, as the Iran-aligned militia...

Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of ordering drone attack on oil pipeline

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's deputy defence minister on Thursday accused Iran of ordering an attack on Saudi oil pumping stations that Yemen's Houthi militia has...

Apparent attack in Venezuela highlights risk of drone strikes

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused political foes of trying to kill him during an open-air speech on Saturday using explosive-laden drones, prompting a...

US drone targets al-Shabab after Somalia’s ‘deadliest attack’

WASHINGTON: The US military said on Friday it carried out a drone strike this week against al-Shabab in Somalia, shortly after the extremist group was...

Jamaat-ul-Ahraar confirms killing of chief Umar Khorasani in drone attack

PESHAWAR: The Jamaat-ul-Ahraar (JuA), a breakaway faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), on Thursday confirmed the death of its chief Umar Khalid Khorasani in...

US drones kill 31 Taliban along Afghan border; JuA chief ‘critically...

Pak Army spokesperson says no drone strike has taken place in Kurram Agency Foreign minister says for talks to be successful, US should...

APS massacre mastermind confirmed dead in drone attack: ISPR

Peshawar’s Army Public School (APS) massacre mastermind Umar Mansur has been confirmed killed in a drone strike, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on...

KP passes resolution calling on Obama to apologise for drone attack

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution against a US drone strike in Balochistan that hit a car last week. The resolution was...

IS ‘minister of war’ likely killed in US air strike in...

A militant Islamic State (IS) group commander described by the Pentagon as the group's "minister of war" was likely killed in a United States...