The U.S. drone strike comes amid a period of heightened tension between the U.S. and Iranian-backed militia in Syria and Iraq.
A US drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked IS militant known as “Jihadi John,” according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British national who appears in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages was not known, Brit...
US Carries Out Air Strikes in Syria Against Iran-Linked Facilities More By Phil Stewart and Suleiman Al-Khalidi (Reuters) -The United States carried out two air strikes in Syria against Iran and its aligned groups on Sunday, the Pentagon said, in the latest response to ...
A targeted U.S. drone strike in northwest Syria one year ago Friday hit and killed a civilian, not theal-Qaedaleader it was looking for, the Pentagon said after an internal review. "U.S. Central Command acknowledges and regrets the civilian harm tha...
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On June 27, U.S. Air Force planes carried out airstrikes near the Iraq-Syria border against what the Pentagon said were facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups to support drone strikes inside Iraq. Four militiamen were killed.
Russia condemns US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria and the situation needs to be considered by the UN Security Council, Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday. "It is obvious that the airstrikes are deliberately designed to further inflame the conflict. By attacking,...
The US-based ABC News cited a US official as confirming that strikes in retaliation for a recent deadly attack on a US base in Jordan have begun in Syria. On Sunday, three US servicemen were killed in a drone strike on ...
US launches Syria strikes after contractor killed, 5 troops wounded A U.S. contractor died and six additional personnel were wounded in a Syria drone strike that inspired retaliatory strikes Thursday. ByDavis Winkie American troops have been in Syria since 2015, but the latest casu...
A person familiar with the matter said the strike killed Wisam Mohammed “Abu Baqer” al-Saadi, the commander in charge of Kataib Hezbollah’s operations in Syria. Wednesday’s drone strike was thesecond US attack in Iraqtargeting a senior leader of an Iranian-backed militia since October. S...