Us Airstrikes
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US launches several airstrikes to support Afghan forces, confirms Pentagon
World | Jul 23, 2021, 08:03 AM ISTAt least five Taliban terrorists were killed in airstrikes carried out in several provinces in Afghanistan over the past three days, according to local media.
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12 US airstrikes hit Al-Qaeda hideouts in Yemen
World | Oct 17, 2017, 07:43 AM ISTUS drones launched more than 12 airstrikes that precisely hit al-Qaeda hideouts in Yemen and killed several terrorists.
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Islamic State executes dozens of its own fighters in hunt for spies
World | Jun 05, 2016, 06:55 PM ISTBaghdad: The most dreaded terrorist organisation Islamic State has started to kill its own members over the past few weeks in search of spies and informants after US- led airstrikes killed a number of high
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Notorious ISIS warlord ‘Omar the Chechen’ dead following injuries in US air strike
World | Mar 15, 2016, 11:07 PM ISTTop Islamic State commander Omar al-Shishani who acted as a big draw for fighters from the former Soviet Union, has died of wounds suffered in a U.S. airstrike in Syria, senior Iraqi intelligence official and head of a Syrian activist group said.
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Afghan hospital bombing: Toll rises to 22
World | Oct 05, 2015, 06:44 AM ISTKabul: The toll by air strikes at a hospital in Afghanistan's Kunduz city has risen to 22, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the agency running the hospital, said on Sunday."The hospital was full of MSF staff,
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US airstrikes in Libya target al-Qaida commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar
World | Jun 16, 2015, 08:37 AM ISTPentagon officials said on Monday they believe they hit Mokhtar Belmokhtar in an airstrike on Sunday in eastern Libya.But uncertainty still surrounds the US airstrike in eastern Libya, and whether Belmokhtar, the one-eyed, al-Qaida-linked commander
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US launches 22 air strikes against IS positions in Iraq
World | Oct 26, 2014, 06:51 AM ISTWashington: The US military has carried out 22 air strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Iraq and one in Syria over the past two days, the US Central Command said on Saturday.The aerial bombardment
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US-led airstrikes in Kobani wiped out hundreds of Islamic State militants: Pentagon
World | Oct 16, 2014, 05:03 PM ISTWashington: A barrage of US-led airstrikes in and around the Syrian city of Kobani, including 39 over the past two days, has killed hundreds of Islamic State fighters and has stiffened the city's Kurdish defenders,
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US air strikes against IS militants near Iraq dam
World | Sep 07, 2014, 04:05 PM ISTLondon: The US Sunday carried out a series of air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants close to a key dam in western Iraq, BBC reported.The US strikes, the first in the area, were to
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More US air strikes on Islamic State militants in northern Iraq
World | Sep 01, 2014, 08:36 AM ISTWashington: US forces continued their attack on Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Iraq with two more air strikes conducted Sunday, the army said.The two air strikes carried out by fighter jets include one near
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Turkey denies involvement in US air strikes in Iraq
World | Aug 10, 2014, 07:52 AM ISTAnkara: Turkey on Saturday denied any involvement in the US air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria(ISIS) sites in northern Iraq."The US is using all its resources to bomb ISIS sites that it
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Obama administration ordered US airlines not to fly over Iraq
World | Aug 09, 2014, 08:54 AM ISTWashington: The Obama administration ordered US airlines not to fly over Iraq following the first US airstrikes there on Friday, while carriers from other nations said they were suspending service to the Iraqi city of
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Syrians bracing for possible US strike
World | Aug 31, 2013, 11:32 AM ISTWashington: Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing “limited and narrow” action as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that