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U.S.-backed fighters have brought in reinforcements into eastern Syria and pushed ahead in their offensive against local tribespeople, saying that hundreds of pro-government gunmen have joined the worst battles in the region in years By HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press September 2, 2023, 9:19 AM ET • 2 min read QAMISHLI, Syria — U.S.-backed fighters […]
(CNN) The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of a “huge biological risk” after Sudanese fighters seized the National Public Health Laboratory in the capital Khartoum, as Western and Asian nations raced to mount rapid evacuation efforts from the country and violence punctured a fragile US-brokered ceasefire.
Comment on this story Comment More than 30,000 members of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group have been injured or killed in Ukraine, the White House estimates. Of these, about 9,000 were killed in action, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing Friday. Wagner, which was founded by tycoon Yevgeniy Prigozhin, a close . […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – A U.S. military strike has killed approximately 30 Islamist al Shabaab militants near the central Somali town of Galcad, where Somalia’s military was engaged in heavy fighting, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement. The operation, which the U.S. military described as a “collective self-defense strike,” occurred on Friday about […]
CNN — The United States carried out a strike in Somalia that killed approximately 30 al-Shabaab fighters, US Africa Command said in a statement Saturday.
The U.S. military announced that airstrikes carried out by American forces killed 15 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia’s Hirshabelle State. Two separate airstrikes were carried out in “collective self-defense,” the U.S. military in Africa announced Sunday, with the first occurring on Dec. 14 and the second on Dec. 17, according to a report from Voice of […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — American F-22 fighters are training in northern Australia alongside the host nation’s F-35A jets as part of an initiative meant to improve interoperability between their armed forces. Six F-22s from 15th Wing based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, arrived at RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory in mid-August, with training […]
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin is eyeing a mix of expendable drone wingmen and more advanced autonomous systems for the U.S. Air Force to team up with its manned fighters.
U.S. Air Force F-35A aircraft, from the 388th and 428th Fighter Wings, form up in an “elephant walk” during an exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, U.S. January 6, 2020. U.S. Air Force/R. Nial Bradshaw/Handout via REUTERS/Files Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SEOUL, July 5 (Reuters) – U . . […]
The death of a French volunteer in Ukraine is the first clear evidence that there are at least some far-right extremists among the foreign fighters who have flocked there to fight Russian forces. Wilfried Bleriot, 32, was killed in action, according to Ukraine’s International Legion in a Facebook post on June 4, 2022. In the […]