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  Iran-backed militia leader killed in US retaliatory strike in Baghdad, Iraq condemns move

  World | January 05, 2024 14:32 IST

  The US military has come under attack at least 100 times in Iraq and Syria after the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October, usually with missiles and one-way attack drones. The US has 2,500 troops in Iraq and 900 in neighbouring Syria focused on preventing a resurgence of Islamic State militants.

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  ISIS' Afghan branch leader killed in US strike

  World | July 15, 2017 16:32 IST

  The US forces have killed the head of Islamic State's Afghanistan branch in a strike on the terror group's headquarters in Kunar Province, the Pentagon has said.

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  Islamic State’s second-in-command believed killed in US raids: Pentagon

  World | March 25, 2016 23:10 IST

  Washington: In the latest in a string of strikes targeting the Islamic State's leadership even as it losses territory in both Iraq and Syria, US forces have killed senior Islamic State commander Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, Defense Secretary Ash

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  More than 150 Shebab fighters killed in US strike in Somalia

  World | March 08, 2016 10:35 IST

  Washington: A US air strike on a Shebab training camp in Somalia over the weekend killed more than 150 militant fighters who were planning a large-scale attack, likely against African or U.S. personnel, the Pentagon

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  Pentagon: IS hacker killed in US strike also was recruiter

  World | August 29, 2015 5:54 IST

  Washington (AP):  The Islamic State group hacker killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria this week had been recruiting sympathizers in the West to conduct "lone wolf" terrorist attacks, and his death eliminates a "significant

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  Saudi Arabia favours Syrians over possible US strike

  World | September 02, 2013 9:42 IST

  Cairo: Saudi Arabia supports whatever the Syrian people desire over possible US strike, reported Xinhua citing Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al- Faisal Sunday.Reports of a chemical attack in a Damascus suburb, Aug. 21, marked a

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  US Apologizes For Attack On Pakistani Soldiers

  World | October 07, 2010 8:20 IST

  ISLAMABAD (AP) _ The U.S. apologized for a recent helicopter attack that killed two Pakistani soldiers at an outpost near the Afghan border, saying American pilots mistook the soldiers for insurgents they were pursuing.  Wednesday's