The elements to be investigated include the key principals of : 1) agents carrying out the attacks; 2) targets of the attacks; 3) location; 4) effect on non-combatants; and 5) cost-benefit ratio of proportionality. The thirty-nine news sources were chosen to reflect a sampling of both...
Meanwhile, the U.S. Central Command said in a post on the social media platform X that its forces conducted a unilateral strike at 9:30 p.m. (Baghdad Time), killing a Kataib Hezbollah commander "responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on U.S. forces in the region....
In response to these attacks, the United States and Britain launched a military operation in January, including air and missile strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. This intervention has led the Houthi group to expand its targeting to include American and British commercial and military ships in...
Russia has previously reported drone attacks in several towns and cities, some of them hundreds of kilometres (miles) from its border with Ukraine. On Sunday, Russia's defence ministry said it had halted a UAV attack in a town 220 km (140 miles) south of Moscow, bringing down...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said allowing such long-range strikes would amount to NATO forces becoming "directly involved" in the war. "If this decision is made, it will mean nothing short of direct involvement -- it will mean that NATO countri...
in Syria and Iraq have frequently come under attack since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on October 7, 2023. US retaliatory counterstrikes against Iran-backed militias in the region have so far failed to deter them...
“Israel is not fighting UNIFIL. It’s not fighting the people of Lebanon. It is fighting Iran’s proxy Hezbollah, which uses Lebanese territory to attack Israel,” he continued, adding that “Hezbollah uses UNIFIL facilities and positions as cover while it attacks Israeli cities and communities...
The drone attack struck a munitions storage facility holding guided bombs and missiles at the Engels airbase in Russia’s Saratov region as well as other targets, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine said on Tuesday. The General Staff said attacks on the Saratov Oil Refinery and the Ka...
Ukraine has struck back at Russia with a steady barrage of missile and drone attacks throughout the year. Early Tuesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, air defenses shot down 68 Ukrainian drones over several regions and sank eight uncrewed boats in the Black Sea. ...
Kirby said the United States does not encourage or enable Ukraine to strike outside its borders, and does not endorse attacks on individual leaders. Ukraine has denied launching any drones on the Kremlin. It was still unclear what exactly occurred at the Kremlin and the United States ...