Britain has killed two of its own nationals accused of fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and plotting attacks on British soil, in its first air strike in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron announced. Despite not having a parliamentary mandate to take military action in[…]
The Syrian air force bombarded an area northeast of Damascus on Monday, keeping up its attack on a rebel-held district where close to 100 people were killed on Sunday in an air strike on a market, a monitoring group reported. An insurgent rocket attack on the government-held coastal city of[…]
Australia is considering joining air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Syria, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said. Since October last year, Australian jet fighters have been striking ISIL targets in northern Iraq from a base in Dubai. Previously, Australia sent warplanes and military[…]
The Saudi-led coalition has reportedly conducted fresh air strikes on Yemen, hours after it said it had ended a four-week air campaign against Houthi fighters. The deputy governor of Aden, Nayef al-Bakri, told Al Jazeera that an air raid targeted tanks used by the Houthis and their allied forces in[…]
Houthi fighters, backed by supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, have entered the provincial capital of the Shabwa province in eastern Yemen, despite intense Saudi-led air strikes against the group. Residents said local tribal chiefs and security officials facilitated the entry of the Houthi forces to the city[…]
Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebel targets have continued unabated in Yemen, hours after the Red Cross called for a 24-hour ceasefire to give aid workers a chance to address the growing crisis in the country. The aerial bombardment, which reportedly focused on the capital Sanaa, came as the United[…]
Saudi air strikes on Shia rebels in Yemen have triggered a furious reaction from regional rival Iran, with top officials warning that military action could spill into other countries. Saudi Arabia said that a coalition consisting of 10 countries, including members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), had begun air[…]
Saudi Arabia and a coalition of regional allies have launched a military operation in Yemen against the Houthi rebels, who deposed the US-backed Yemeni president last month. Adel al-Jubair, Saudi ambassador to the US, said on Wednesday that a coalition consisting of 10 countries, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),[…]
The United States and its allies launched airstrikes on the Iraqi city of Tikrit, the Defence Department said late Wednesday, in support of an Iraqi government offensive to retake the northern city from the radicals. The operation by the US-led coalition had been requested by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the[…]
Yemen’s president has been forced to flee his presidential palace after two fighter planes targeted his residence in Aden, a government official has said. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was evacuated on Thursday after the planes opened fire, hitting his residence in the southern city. “President Hadi has been evacuated to[…]
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