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Israeli Airstrike Flattens Gaza Building, Home To AP And Other Media : NPR
A ball of fire erupts from a building housing various international media, including The Associated Press, after an Israeli airstrike on Saturday in Gaza City. AP staffers and other tenants safely evacuated the building after the Israeli military telephoned a warning that the strike was imminent. Mahmud Hams/AP hide caption toggle caption Mahmud Hams/AP A …
US military says it conducted airstrike against Taliban forces, first since peace deal
The U.S. military said early Wednesday it had conducted an airstrike against Taliban forces in Afghanistan, the first such attack since a historic peace deal was signed with the militant group Saturday. The Helmand Province strikes targeted fighters attacking an Afghan government checkpoint. TRUMP SAYS HE HAD ‘GOOD TALK’ WITH TALIBAN LEADER “This was a defensive strike to …
The Killing of Gen. Qassim Suleimani: What We Know Since the U.S. Airstrike
Over the past year, Iranian hackers have taken aim at Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign. They have also targeted telecom companies, infrastructure systems and more than 200 oil, gas and heavy machinery companies around the world. The hackers have “developed the ability to disrupt critical infrastructure and they already have the ability to wipe data,” said …
U.S. airstrike kills top Iran general, Qassim Suleimani, at Baghdad airport
The United States killed a high-profile commander of Iran’s secretive Quds Force, the Defense Department said late Thursday. “At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad,” the department said in a statement announcing the death of Qassim Suleimani, a commander of Iran’s military forces …
Iran’s Shadowy Leader Of Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force Killed By American Airstrike In Iraq
Iraqi TV and U.S. sources confirmed the leader of the Iranian Revolution Guard’s elite black ops Quds Force Thursday, along with the Iraqi leader of an Iran-aligned militia reportedly responsible for the attack on the U.S. embassy and the rocket attacks that killed a U.S. contractor and wounded U.S. soldiers. Iran’s Qassim Soleimani and Iraq’s …
Foreign jets used in Libyan refugee centre airstrike, claims UN report | World news
Foreign fighter jets are suspected by United Nations arms experts of launching precision missiles that killed at least 53 refugees housed in a Libyan refugee detention centre near Tripoli in July, one of the worst single atrocities of the Libyan civil war. The allegations, first published by the BBC, led the former British ambassador to …
US conducts airstrike on weapons storage site as troops pull out of Syria
“On Oct. 16, after all Coalition personnel and essential tactical equipment departed, two Coalition F-15Es successfully conducted a pre-planned precision airstrike at the Lafarge Cement Factory to destroy an ammunition cache, and reduce the facility’s military usefulness,” US Army Col. Myles Caggins, a spokesman for the US-led military coalition fighting ISIS, confirmed in a statement …
Pompeo backs Israel’s right to defend itself from Iran threats after Syria airstrike
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday he supports “Israel’s right to defend itself from threats posed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps,” after the Israeli military carried out an attack on targets inside Syria on Saturday in what it described as a successful effort to thwart a “very imminent” Iranian drone strike. Pompeo tweeted that he spoke with Israel’s Prime …
Libya airstrike targeting migrant center kills at least 40
Images from the ground showed piles of rubble left where the buildings had been, while emergency crews worked to remove both the wounded and the dead. The UN Refugee Agency posted to its official Twitter page that it was “extremely concerned” about the news of the airstrikes targeting the Tajoura detention center. In a statement, …