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Jun- 2018 -

15 June

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US airstrike targets Pakistani Taliban leader in Afghanistan

The US military said it carried out a strike targeting a senior militant leader in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, where Pakistani Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah is believed to be hiding

11 June

Middle East

Joanne Stocker

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Turkish military launches operations against PKK in Iraq’s Qandil and Sinjar, Erdogan says

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Qandil and Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan had begun

4 June

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 27 militants, Africom says

U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 27 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said

1 June

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 12 militants, Africom says

U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 12 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said

May- 2018 -

24 May

Africa

Drake Long

US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 10 militants, Africom says

U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing 10 militants associated with al-Shabaab, the Somali-led affiliate of al-Qaeda, U.S. Africa Command said

22 May

Middle East

The F-35I 'Adir' fighter jet on its first flight in Israel

Joanne Stocker

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Israel claims world’s first F-35 airstrikes

Israel has used its F-35 fighter jets to carry out airstrikes in the region, IAF commander Major General Amikam Norkin said, the first acknowledgement of the plane's operational use.

16 May

Asia Pacific

Shoes of victims of an Afghan Air Force airstrike at a religious school in a Taliban-controlled part of Dasht-e-Archi, Kunduz province

Joanne Stocker

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Afghan president Ghani apologizes for Kunduz airstrike that killed 30 children

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani apologized to the families of dozens of children killed in an Afghan Air Force strike on a religious school in Kunduz province last month

1 May

Middle East

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers in tears as they look at the son of one of their colleagues, Akbar Zavar Jannati, who was killed in an airstrike in Syria

Neil Hauer

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Russia’s dangerous disregard to the growing Iran-Israel war in Syria

Neil Hauer investigates Russia’s contribution to de-escalating tensions between Iran and Israel in Syria, which appears negligible at best, and actively antagonistic at worst

Apr- 2018 -

28 April

Middle East

Staff Writer With AFP

Airstrike in Yemen kills dozens of Houthi rebels including commanders

An air strike on Yemen's capital Sana'a by a Saudi-led military coalition has killed dozens of Houthi rebels including at least two commanders, Saudi television reported.

23 April

Middle East