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Coalition hits back over reported civilian deaths in east Syria
Nov 18, 2018 (AFP)
More than seven years into the country's civil war, multiple offensives have whittled down the swathes of Syrian territory IS once controlled to a small pocket ...
IS loses holdout in south Syria, faces deadly air raids in east
Nov 17, 2018 (AFP)
More than seven years into Syria's grinding civil war, multiple forces are battling to push IS out of its remaining scraps of territory in the country. On Satur...
Almost 30,000 Afghan troops killed since 2015: Ghani
Nov 16, 2018 (AFP)
Ghani appeared via video link this week at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, part of a university he once taught at as a...
Israeli defence minister quits: What you need to know
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
Why did Lieberman resign? Lieberman has long called for harsh action against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, and has recentl...
Assad calls on Syria's Druze minority to do military service
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
Sweida province is the heartland of Syria's Druze minority, who made up around three percent of the country's pre-war population -- or around 700,000 people. Si...
Israel defence minister quits after ceasefire, government in turmoil
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
Lieberman also said his party was quitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, leaving the premier with only a one-seat majority in parliament. Elect...
Costa Rica's Alvarado urges global push to end Nicaragua crisis
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
"For things to change we need to get involved, and this involvement needs to come from OAS (Organization of American States) countries and include the European ...
Deadly Gaza flare-up threatens to derail peace efforts
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
The flare-up came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday that led Hamas to vow revenge. Israel's military said it had so fa...
US takes aim at Hezbollah regional role, sanctioning leader's son
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
In a series of back-to-back actions, the US vowed to aggressively counter the regional ambitions of Iran a week after imposing sweeping measures intended to cri...
Coalition air strikes killed 38 in eastern Syria: monitor
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
Those killed in the village of Al-Shaafa on Sunday included 32 civilian members of IS families, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Thirteen children ...
Port still running in Yemen's Hodeida after air strikes
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
The vital docks, through which 80 percent of Yemen's commercial imports and nearly all UN supervised humanitarian aid pass, has been at the centre of internatio...
Exchange of fire during Israel operation in Gaza, six dead: officials
Nov 11, 2018 (AFP)
"During (Israeli military) operational activity in the Gaza Strip, an exchange of fire evolved. More details to follow," an Israeli army statement said. Palesti...
Saudi coalition halts refueling deal with US for Yemen war
Nov 10, 2018 (AFP)
The move came as warplanes pounded the key strategic port city of Hodeida and after Washington's support for the campaign was placed under increased scrutiny fo...
US-led coalition strikes kill 26 civilians in east Syria: monitor
Nov 09, 2018 (AFP)
"Twenty-six IS family members including 14 children and 9 women were killed in coalition air strikes on Friday morning on the town of Hajin," the Syrian Observa...
Yemen president names new defence chiefs
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi named Mohammed al-Maqdashi as defence minister to replace Mahmoud al-Subaihi who has been detained by the rebels for years, the...
Yemen troops advance deeper into rebel-held Hodeida
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
After a week of intense battles with the Iran-backed Huthi insurgents on the outskirts of Hodeida, loyalist troops reached residential neighbourhoods, using bul...
US hopes Russia remains 'permissive' of Israel strikes in Syria
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes in neighbouring Syria against what it says are Iranian targets. It accuses its arch-enemy Tehran, which like Mosc...
Dozens of Yemeni rebels killed in Red Sea port city: medics
Nov 04, 2018 (AFP)
The bloodshed comes despite growing international pressure to end a years-long conflict that has left thousands dead. Fifty-three Huthi rebels were killed and d...
US-led coalition strikes kill 14 civilians in east Syria: monitor
Nov 03, 2018 (AFP)
"Fourteen civilians, including five children under the age of 18, were killed in the coalition air raids on the villages of Hajin, Sousa and Al-Shaafa" in easte...
Sri Lanka court demands arrest of military chief
Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)
Colombo Fort magistrate Ranga Dissanayake reprimanded police investigators for failing to act on a previous order to detain Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne. "The...
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