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Saudi Arabia calls for restraint, de-escalation after US-UK airstrikes in Yemen

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 - 09:32 GMT

Saudi Arabia stressed the importance of maintaining the security and stability of the Red Sea region on Friday.

U.S.-led coalition reports recent air strikes on ISIS in Syria

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 - 02:58 GMT

The U.S.-led coalition in Syria conducted air strikes last week that destroyed facilities used by Islamic State.

Ceasefire sets in after worst flare-up in years between Hamas, Israel

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 - 01:30 GMT

Children in Israel's south were heading to school early Wednesday as an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire took effect.

Egyptian high-risk terrorist reappears in Libya: media reports

Sun, 20 May 2018 - 10:18 GMT

High-risk terrorist Omar Refaei Sorour was severely wounded, following air strikes on Al-Qaeda hideouts in Derna city in Libya.

Syria pleads normalcy despite strikes

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 - 02:04 GMT

A few hours after the U.S.-led strike in Syria, the Syrian Presidency posted a video showing President Bashar al-Assad entering his office early on Saturday.

Syrian official denounces Qatar’s ‘shameful’ stance on strikes

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 - 12:41 GMT

The Qatari government announced supporting a joint missile strike on Syria, which took place Saturday morning.

Iran, Cuba denounce US attack on Syria

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 - 09:41 GMT

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned the military operation that was launched by the US, France and Britain against several posts in Syria.

Putin condemns strike on Syria, calls for UN emergency meeting

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 - 08:39 GMT

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the overnight U.S.-led missile attack on Syria and called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

Britain says we had to attack Syria, strikes were highly successful

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 - 08:14 GMT

British had no alternative but to take military action to degrade Syria's chemical weapons capability, said Theresa May.

Air strikes return to Syria's Ghouta killing 32 as talks sputter

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 - 01:00 GMT

Deadly air strikes slammed into the last opposition-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Friday.

Air strikes hit in Ghouta despite rebel ceasefire effort, monitor says

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 - 08:54 GMT

Air strikes hit a rebel-held enclave of Syria's eastern Ghouta region on Friday despite a ceasefire that the rebel group who controlled the area had said would take effect at midnight.

Rebels in Syria's eastern Ghouta welcome U.N. ceasefire resolution

Sun, 25 Feb 2018 - 12:50 GMT

The two major rebel factions in Syria's eastern Ghouta welcomed on Saturday a U.N. resolution demanding a 30-day truce.

SANA: Syrian air defences responding to a "new Israeli aggression"

Sat, 10 Feb 2018 - 07:43 GMT

Syrian state news agency SANA said on Saturday Syrian air defences were responding to a "new Israeli aggression."

U.S.-led coalition, pro-Assad forces clash in east Syria

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 - 06:50 GMT

A U.S.-led coalition and its local allies in Syria struck pro-government forces with air and artillery fire overnight.

Syrian gov't warplanes kill 59, injure 139 in Eastern Ghouta

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 - 06:42 GMT

Syrian government air strikes killed 59 civilians, including 15 children, and injured 139 others on Thursday.

Toll in Syria market strikes rises to 61: monitor

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 - 09:43 GMT

Air strikes that ripped through a market in a rebel-held Syrian town have killed 61 people, mostly civilians.

Russia says its air strike injures Nusra Front leader

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 - 07:06 GMT

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that a Russian air strike in Syria had killed 12 Nusra Front field commander.

U.S. air strikes kill 17 Islamic State militants in Libya

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Six U.S. air strikes on an Islamic State desert camp in Libya killed 17 militants and destroyed three vehicles.

Syrian army strikes rebels near Hama -monitor

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 - 09:59 GMT

The Syrian army and its allies launched air strikes against rebels north of the city of Hama on Thursday after recapturing villages lost to the insurgents in the week.

U.S. says air strikes in Somalia kill six al Shabaab fighters

Wed, 13 Sep 2017 - 05:04 GMT

The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had carried out air strikes in Somalia against an al Qaeda-allied Islamist group and killed six militants.

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