by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 10, 2017 | Middle East
London – Suspected leader at al-Qaeda in Yemen Qasim Khalil was killed by a US drone airstrike in Abyan governorate, a security source reported to AFP. Washington also revealed the death of 4-12 civilians in an airstrike against the group last January. Khalil’s...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Nov 15, 2016 | Middle East
Turkey announced that it is resuming air strikes in support of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) as part of operation Euphrates Shield after an agreement with the “interested parties” was reached. In statements that he made after a Turkish cabinet meeting, the Deputy Prime...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 8, 2016 | World
The United Nations has pledged to conduct an investigation into US airstrikes carried out during an operation against the Taliban in the Kunduz province of Afghanistan. 32 civilians were killed in the troubled province last week as a result, and the UN said that any...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2016 | World
According to a spokesman for the army, French warplanes have tripled their rate of airstrikes to support Iraqi forces since the start of the offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS. During the French Ministry of Defence’s weekly press conference, the spokesman, Colonel...
by Caroline Akoum | Sep 29, 2016 | Middle East
The two largest hospitals and a bread distribution centre in Aleppo were bombed by the Syrian regime and Russia on the tenth day of the military campaign on Aleppo. A number of people died and were wounded, and a civil defence official in the city warned that daily...
