A prominent Iraqi jihadist leader in Syria’s rebel-held northwest was killed in a suicide bombing, the group he was in and a war monitor said on Friday. Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 00:07Modified: 05/04/2024 – 00:09 1 min “Abu Maria al-Qahtani was martyred after a treacherous attack by an Islamic State group member using an explosive …
Millions of people across Turkey on Tuesday mourned the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbors in the country’s catastrophic earthquake a year ago. Issued on: 06/02/2024 – 07:35 2 min To mark what it calls the “Disaster of the Century,” the government arranged a series of events to commemorate the one-year …
The United States on Friday carried out strikes against Iranian forces in Iraq and Syria in retaliation over a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan. Issued on: 03/02/2024 – 09:40Modified: 03/02/2024 – 09:59 3 min Here is what we know so far: Hitting Iran unit, but not Iran The US military said …
Biden says he’s decided on drone attack response Biden says he’s decided on response to deadly drone attack 03:06 Washington — The U.S. is sending additional air defenses to the base in northeast Jordan where three American soldiers were killed in a drone attack on Sunday, according to a U.S. official. The outpost that was …
The Iranian Foreign Ministry denied on Monday that the country was behind an attack that killed three American service members at a U.S. base in Jordan on Sunday. On Monday, the Pentagon released the names of the three Army Reserve solders: Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Willingboro, New Jersey, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, …
An Israeli attack on the Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday destroyed a residential building where Iran-aligned paramilitary leaders were meeting. Precision-targeted Israeli missiles destroyed a multi-story building in the western Damascus neighborhood of Mazzeh, Reuters reported. The structure was occupied by Iranian advisers assisting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s administration, according to the report. The …
Turkey carried out airstrikes against Kurdish militants in neighboring Syria and Iraq in response to another attack on Turkish military bases in Iraq. Turkish jets destroyed 29 bunkers, shelters, caves and oil facilities across the Metina, Hakurk, Gara and Qandil regions in northern Iraq and northern Syria, according to Turkey’s defense ministry. The ministry said …
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. On October 7, Hamas fighters launched a bloody attack against Israel, using paragliders, speedboats and underground tunnels to carry out an offensive that killed almost 1,200 people and saw hundreds more taken back to the Gaza Strip as prisoners. Almost three months on, Israel’s …
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Western leaders are grappling with how to handle two era-defining wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine. But there’s another issue, one far closer to home, that’s derailing governments in Europe and America: migration. In recent days, U.S. President Joe Biden, …
The United Nations said Monday that it needed $46.4 billion next year to bring life-saving help to around 180 million people in desperate circumstances around the world. Issued on: 11/12/2023 – 06:23 2 min The UN said the global humanitarian outlook for 2024 was “bleak”, with conflicts, climate emergencies and collapsing economies “wreaking havoc” on …