airstrikes

Accused of airstrike civilian casualty cover-up, Colombia’s defense minister Botero resigns

Colombia's defense minister Guillermo Botero resigned after facing accusations of trying to cover up the deaths of children in an airstrike on a drug trafficking gang

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Libyan police officers killed in airstrike on Tripoli station

Two Libyan policemen were killed in an air strike on a police station in the suburbs of Tripoli late Tuesday, the Government of National Accord said. Its interior ministry blamed the strike on the self-styled Libyan National Army of General Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive against the capital in April. Hundreds of people – both combatants and civilians – have been killed in the fighting and tens of thousands have fled. “The air force of war criminal Haftar targeted the headquarters of the rapid intervention force… in Ain Zara on Tuesday, killing two security agents,” the ministry said in a statement. It added that four other people were wounded and posted pictures on its Facebook page of police cars in flames. With reporting from AFP

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Dutch government admits killing Iraqi civilians in anti-ISIS airstrike

The Dutch government admitted that it killed dozens of civilians in an airstrike against Islamic State in Iraqi in 2015

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French Rafale jets strike ISIS tunnels in northeastern Iraq

French Rafale fighter aircraft conducted airstrikes on a number of Islamic State munitions caches in northeastern Iraq

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UN report documents highest Afghan civilian casualties in a single month since records began

An “unprecedented” number of civilians were killed or injured in Afghanistan between July and September this year, the United Nations said in a new report released on Thursday, October 17, calling the violence “totally unacceptable.” The quarterly report, which also charts violence throughout 2019 so far, underscores how “Afghans have been exposed to extreme levels of violence for many years” despite promises by all sides to “prevent and mitigate harm to civilians.” The figures – 1,174 deaths and 3,139 injured from July 1 until September 30 – represent the largest number of civilian casualties the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has recorded in a single quarter since it began systematically documenting civilian casualties in 2009, and a 42% increase over the same period last year. July also saw the most civilians killed and injured in a single month since UNAMA records began in 2009. “Civilian casualties are totally unacceptable,” said the U.N.’s special representative in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, adding they demonstrate the importance of talks leading to a ceasefire and a permanent political settlement. “The impact of Afghanistan’s conflict on civilians is appalling,” said Fiona Frazer, UNAMA’s Human Rights Chief. Afghanistan violence surges in Q3 2019 The U.N. laid …

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‘The border is on fire’: Turkey battles Syria’s Kurds near Tal Abyad after ground invasion

Ground forces backed by Turkey entered northeast Syria to fight against the Syrian Democratic Forces as scores of civilians fled

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Turkey launches start of ‘Operation Peace Spring’ targeting SDF in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of a long-anticipated military operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria

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US airstrikes on Afghanistan drug factories killed at least 30 civilians, UNAMA finds

US airstrikes on drug-production centers in Afghanistan's Farah province led to the deaths of at least 39 civilians and the facilities are not lawful targets.

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Afghanistan airstrike killed Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent leader, NDS says

The leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent was killed in a joint US-Afghan operation last month, Afghanistan's intelligence agency said

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Mali: ‘Terrorists’ attack military posts at Boulkessi and Mondoro

Insurgents conducted attacks against military posts in Boulkessi and Mondoro in the Mopti region of Mali, near the border with Burkina Faso

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