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  US launches several airstrikes to support Afghan forces, confirms Pentagon

  World | July 23, 2021 8:03 IST

  At 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 | October 17, 2017 7:43 IST

  US 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 | June 05, 2016 18:55 IST

  Baghdad: 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 | March 15, 2016 23:07 IST

  Top 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 | October 05, 2015 6:44 IST

  Kabul: 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 | June 16, 2015 8:37 IST

  Pentagon 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 | October 26, 2014 6:51 IST

  Washington: 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 | October 16, 2014 17:03 IST

  Washington: 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 | September 07, 2014 16:05 IST

  London: 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 | September 01, 2014 8:36 IST

  Washington: 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 | August 10, 2014 7:52 IST

  Ankara: 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 | August 09, 2014 8:54 IST

  Washington: 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 | August 31, 2013 11:32 IST

  Washington:  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