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24 April

An Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter plane performs at an air show during the graduation of new cadet pilots at Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, on June 29, 2017

Israel Bombs Targets in Syria Near Golan Heights: Monitor

Israel's army shelled a position belonging to a pro-Iran group in southern Syria near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a war monitor said.

21 April

Joe Saballa

Elbit to Supply Automated Howitzers to International Customer

Elbit Systems has received a $102 million contract to supply autonomous truck-mounted howitzers to an international customer.

20 April

Staff Writer With AFP

Iran Army Gets 200 New ‘Strategic’ Drones: State Media

Iran's defense ministry has delivered the army with more than 200 new drones equipped with missile capabilities and electronic warfare systems.

20 April

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus

Hannah Wallace

Assad-ISIS Collusion Threatens US and Its Allies

The Assad regime could look to weaponize ISIS fighters in the northeast to attack a joint SDF-US gathering, both pleasing Turkey and sealing that friendship by pushing back the SDF and possibly spurring a US withdrawal.

19 April

An Israeli soldier fires rubber bullets at Palestinian protesters during a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, on February 1, 2019

Staff Writer With AFP

Israeli Forces Shoot 7 in West Bank Raid After East Jerusalem Shooting

Seven Palestinians were injured in an Israeli army operation in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

17 April

A fighter loyal to Yemen’s government holds a position against Houthi rebels in Marib

Staff Writer With AFP

Best Chance for Peace in Yemen in Eight Years: UN Envoy

Yemen faces its best chance to strike a peace deal since its civil war started over eight years ago, although much work remains to be done, UN envoy Grundberg said.

17 April

A battery of the Syrian Army's Russian made the BM-21 multiple rocket launcher is visible in Hama province, in the northwest of Syria on May 4, 2016.

Staff Writer With AFP

US Raid in Syria Kills Senior IS Leader: CENTCOM

A US helicopter raid killed a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria suspected of plotting attacks in Europe and the Middle East, US Central Command said.

16 April

A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, 2018

Staff Writer With AFP

Two Killed in Iraqi Kurdistan in Drone Strikes Blamed on Turkey

At least two people have been killed and two others wounded in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, officials said, blaming a drone strike carried out by neighboring Turkey.

16 April