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Syria accuses US-led coalition of killing regime troops

Syria accuses US-led coalition of killing regime troops

Dec 07, – In a letter to the United Nations Security Council and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Syria’s foreign ministry condemned what it called a “flagrant aggression” that killed at least three soldiers late on Sunday. Syria expressed outrage Monday after a suspected US-led coalition strike for the first time killed regime troops, but the […]

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Russian jets hit 472 targets in Syria in past two days

Russian jets hit 472 targets in Syria in past two days

Nov 23, – “In 141 combat sorties in the past two days, warplanes of the Russian airforce struck 472 terrorist targets in the provinces of Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Raqa and Deir Ezzor,” the Russian defence ministry said in a statement. Moscow on Monday said its warplanes had hit 472 targets in war-torn […]

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24 Yemen rebels dead after coalition strikes, fighting

24 Yemen rebels dead after coalition strikes, fighting

Nov 12, – Warplanes bombed two rebel troop transports north of Damt, the Daleh province’s second-largest city, which the Iran-backed Huthi rebels and their allies recaptured on Saturday, a military official said. Saudi-led coalition air strikes and attacks by pro-government forces killed at least 24 rebels Thursday in Yemen’s south, where the insurgents have been […]

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Australian warplanes make first air strike in Syria

Australian warplanes make first air strike in Syria

Sep 16, – “This is part of our logical extension in the fight against Daesh to operate not just over northern Iraq but also to operate over eastern Syria in order to degrade and destroy Daesh Forces,” the minister told reporters using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State. Australian fighter jets have carried out their […]

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Saudi-led coalition jets kill 20 at a wake in Yemen- residents

Saudi-led coalition jets kill 20 at a wake in Yemen- residents

Sep 06, – The air strikes targeted troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, an ally of the Houthis, across the country and hit a Houthi base in what was the al-Imam University, a religious school in northern Sanaa, locals said. Jets belonging to a Saudi-led coalition killed at least 20 people at a […]

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At least 55 killed as Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemen’s Taiz- Saba

At least 55 killed as Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemen’s Taiz- Saba

Jul 25, – A coalition of Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, has been bombarding Iran-allied Houthi forces in Yemen since late March in a bid to reinstate President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who has fled to Riyadh. A Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen’s Taiz killed at least 55 people and left tens injured, Houthi-controlled news agency […]

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Syrian regime air raids kill 28

Syrian regime air raids kill 28

Sep 11, – “Warplanes carried out six raids on Thursday against Al-Bab” in the north of the country, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Air strikes by Syrian warplanes killed at least 28 people Thursday, including 11 civilians in a raid on Islamic State (IS) jihadists, a monitoring group said. “Eleven people were […]

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European Union: Syria diplomacy a priority, despite EU arms vote

European Union: Syria diplomacy a priority, despite EU arms vote

May 29. BEIRUT (AP) — The European Union decision, coupled with a Russia’s renewed pledge to supply Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime with advanced missiles, could transform an already brutal civil war into an East-West proxy fight. Israel, meanwhile, threatened to strike such air defense missiles systems if delivered to Syria, portraying them as a […]

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