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MSF reveals 3 killed, 6 wounded in airstrike on hospital in southern Syria
At least three people were killed and six wounded when an airstrike in southern Syria hit a Médecins Sans Frontières–supported hospital in the city of Daraa last Friday, the organization has revealed in a statement. The airstrike on the Tafas field hospital, located some 12 kilometers from the Jordanian...
Russian firepower helps Syrian forces edge toward Turkey border
The Syrian army advanced toward the Turkish border on Monday in a major offensive backed by Russia and Iran that rebels say now threatens the future of their nearly five-year-old insurrection against President Bashar al-Assad. Iranian backed-militias played a key role on the ground as Russian jets intensified what rebels call a...
Turkish forces kill 60 ‘terrorists’ in Kurdish Cizre raid – reports
Around 60 people have reportedly been killed in the basement of a building in the southeastern Kurdish town of Cizre in a military raid which, according to state media, was conducted in order to neutralize PKK fighters. The Turkish army conducted the raid to allegedly clear out a basement in the town where it claimed...
Sinking Enemy Warships: the U.S. Navy’s Fiery New Weapon
The United States Navy’s fleet of Aegis cruisers and destroyers are getting a massive boost in lethality. For years, many believed that America’s mighty surface combatants were on track to be outgunned by their Russian and Chinese counterparts—however, a newly unveiled modification to the Raytheon Standard...
Will America stick with Colombia in peace, as it did in war?
American aid was crucial in helping Colombia defeat a decades-long insurgency. The question is what the US should do now. After 15 years and $10 billion, the United States aid program known as Plan Colombia has helped put the country on the verge of peace for the first time in more than half a century. The Colombian government...
Thousands of civilians reported fleeing as battle for Aleppo, Syria, intensifies
The battle for the devastated city of Aleppo — once Syria's commercial heart — is intensifying, and video has surfaced appearing to show thousands of civilians streaming out of the city. The authenticity of the video could not be independently verified by CNN. But reports say that forces loyal to the government...
Are F-35s fit for combat? Pentagon doesn’t know
Washington. The military risks committing itself to buying billions of dollars of F-35 fighter jets before they have demonstrated they are fit for combat, a new Pentagon report warns. The development of the Joint Strike Fighter F-35, a fifth-generation stealth jet, has been beset by spiraling costs and schedule delays. The...
Drone ‘destroys Boko Haram base’ in Nigeria (VIDEO)
Nigeria’s air force has released dramatic aerial footage showing a drone targeting and destroying a reported Boko Haram base near Sambisa Forest in the northeast of the country. It’s unclear how many casualties the attack caused, though the military claims there were fatalities and equipment was destroyed, The...
Syrian Army ends 3-year siege of 2 Shiite towns in Aleppo – reports
Syrian Amy units have broken a siege imposed by terrorist organizations in the towns of Nubbul and al-Zahraa, local media report."The Syrian army and its allies have totally broken the siege on Nubul and Zahraa," a senior army official told Reuters. The siege is said to have lasted for 40 months. The Syrian troops...
4 US-led coalition jets seen over Deir ez Zor in Syria day govt troops attacked — Russian MoD
Four Western coalition warplanes were spotted over the Deir az-Zor area in Syria on December 6, when a Syrian Army camp came under attack. No Russian warplanes were in the region, says the Russian Defense Ministry. “Russian aircraft were not on a mission in that area. All our flights in Syrian airspace are coordinated...
Japan military on alert over North Korea’s planned rocket launch
Japan put its military on alert on Wednesday to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatens it, while South Korea warned the North it would pay a "severe price" if it goes ahead with a satellite launch that South Korea considers a missile test. North notified U.N. agencies on Tuesday of its plan to launch what...
Secret anti-ISIS airstrip! The farm airstrip that’s the center of the U.S. fight against ISIS
The rutted road stretches into the distance across the plains of Hasakah. Herdsmen watch over their few dozen sheep. A scattering of oil pumps nod lazily as they extract a few dollars of crude from deep below. Above, the contrails left by coalition warplanes drift across the blue sky in hazy circles. We bump through the...