China’s foreign ministry reacted to the Pentagon’s findings regarding the US drone strike that killed civilians in late August in the capital city of Kabul. “Afghan lives matter” said Wang Wenbin, the spokesperson for the Chinese foreign minister. “We urge the US side to respect the liv...
The U.S. still drone strikes that kill several people at once. A strike on an ISIS training camp in western Libya in February killed more than 40 people; a drone strike in Somalia against al-Shabab on March 5 killed 150 people. Another drone strike, in Yemen in February,killed dozens. ...
ADEN, Yemen, March 2 (Xinhua) -- At least three members of the the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed in a U.S. drone strike early Thursday morning in the country's southeastern province of Shabwa, a military official told Xinhua. At about 6:00 a.m. local time, unmanned U.S....
Russian Missile and Drone Attack Kills 2 in Ukraine, Hits Energy Infrastructure More KYIV (Reuters) -Russian drones and missiles struck overnight in Ukraine, killing two civilians and hitting energy facilities and railway infrastructure across the country, officials said on Saturday. Oleh ...
SANAA, Yemen --A U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen killed at least nine suspected al Qaeda militants and three civilians Saturday, authorities said, as part of America's ongoing strikes in the country against what it considers the terror network's most dangerous local group. ...
The U.S. Central Command has called for an investigation after a drone strike that targeted a senior al-Qaeda leader in northwest Syria on Friday may have killed civilians, according to a statement by the military. CENTCOM spokesman Captain Bill Urban said in a statement that “U.S...
ADEN, Yemen, June 12 (Xinhua) -- About three suspected al-Qaida were when a U.S. drone strike bombed three car in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwa on Sunday night, a military official told Xinhua. "A four-wheel drive vehicle was struck by missiles fired from a U.S. drone in...
According to Said, it wasn't "unreasonable" to conclude the vehicle was a threat given the information available and the threat environment at the time. The strike occurred three days after an ISIS-K suicide bomber had killed 13 U.S. service members and 170 Afghan civilians and one day bef...
Bombings by the Saudi-led coalition may have devastated Yemen, but the country faces another deadly threat in the sky – US drones. A third of those killed by them in 2018 were civilians, including children, according to a report.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the other person killed was a Syrian citizen who was on a motorcycle near the targeted car. It also said two people were wounded in the strike. The attack came a day after a pair of Israeli airstrikes hit deep...