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Saudi jet 'downing' in Yemen stirs alarm over Huthi weaponry
Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)
The Iran-aligned Huthi rebels said they downed the Tornado aircraft on Friday over the volatile northern province of Al-Jawf, in a setback for the Riyadh-led mi...
Russia warns against Turkey operation in Syria
Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)
Syrian aid workers called urgently for a ceasefire and international help for nearly a million people fleeing the regime onslaught in the country's northwestern...
Air strikes on Yemen kill 31 civilians after Saudi jet crash
Feb 15, 2020 (AFP)
The Tornado aircraft came down Friday in northern Al-Jawf province during an operation to support government forces, a rare shooting down that prompted operatio...
Indonesia soldier jailed for aiding Papua rebels
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
The heavy sentence comes as Jakarta boosts its troop deployments to Papua, the scene of a decades-long separatist insurgency. Soldier Wahyu Insyafiadi received ...
US bans Sri Lanka army chief over war crimes
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, whose appointment last year drew widespread international criticism, will be ineligible to visit the United States, as will ...
US Senate votes to restrain Trump on Iran
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
Eight senators of Trump's Republican Party, which enjoys a majority, bucked their leadership to join Democrats in a resolution that bars any military action aga...
Saudi-led forces to face trial over Yemen violations
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
Wednesday's announcement by coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki is the first of its kind since the coalition, which includes the United Arab Emirates, first int...
US-led coalition clashes with Syria regime loyalists
Feb 12, 2020 (AFP)
"Coalition forces, conducting a patrol near Qamishli, Syria, encountered a checkpoint occupied by pro-Syrian regime forces," coalition spokesman Myles Caggins s...
Turkey, Russia trade accusations as Syria tensions rise
Feb 12, 2020 (AFP)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to strike Syrian regime forces "everywhere" if its soldiers come under renewed attack, but Russia hit back and accused the Turks...
Downing of Syrian regime helicopter kills two pilots: monitor
Feb 11, 2020 (AFP)
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the aircraft crashed near the village of Qaminas, southeast of Idlib city, after being hit by a rocket fired by Tur...
Soldiers and police enter El Salvador's parliament; Colombia puts military on alert
Feb 10, 2020 (AFP)
Nayib Bukele called an extraordinary weekend session of parliament to ask it approve a loan that has pitted the executive against lawmakers in a country with on...
Russian air strikes kill 5 civilians in Syria: monitor
Feb 10, 2020 (AFP)
The early morning raids hit a populous village in Aleppo province where battles between Russia-backed regime forces and their opponents have raged for weeks, sa...
Egyptian mediators in Gaza after latest exchange of fire
Feb 10, 2020 (AFP)
Egypt has long served as a mediator between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas that controls the Gaza Strip, but further details on the latest visi...
African leaders reject Trump's Mideast peace plan
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat told assembled heads of state that the plan unveiled in late January represented the "umpteenth violation of multiple...
Sinai militants kill and wound seven Egyptian soldiers: army
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
The army said it "foiled" an attack on security facilities, "killing 10 terrorists and destroying a four-wheel drive used by the terrorist elements." The casual...
Three Lebanese soldiers killed in 'ambush': army
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
They had been giving chase when they were "ambushed and came under fire," it said. In an initial statement it said two soldiers had been shot dead, but later re...
Turkey bolsters outposts in Syria's Idlib
Feb 07, 2020 (AFP)
A Turkish security source emphasised they were only to reinforce the 12 existing posts established under a 2018 deal with Russia to prevent an offensive by Syri...
Israeli strikes kill 23 Syrian, foreign fighters in Syria
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
Israel has pledged to prevent its main enemy from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, where it is backing President Bashar al-Assad's government alongside R...
Israeli military launches drill simulating attacks from north, south
Feb 03, 2020 (UPI)
The drill began Sunday and is meant to test the military's ability for simultaneous action on several fronts. It comes days after a plan to improve the IDF was ...
Air strikes in northwest Syria kill 9 civilians
Feb 02, 2020 (AFP)
Moscow-backed government forces have upped their deadly bombardment of the jihadist-dominated region in recent weeks, chipping at its southern edge and causing ...
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