Us Airstrikes

Pentagon claims US launched airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Shia group in Iraq base; defence dept says 5 weapon storage facilities hit

The US launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at a base north of Baghdad, the Pentagon said

Brent crude jumps nearly $3 after US airstrike kills Iranian, Iraqi military personnel; raises concerns of disruption in oil supplies

Brent, the international benchmark, LCOc1 hit an intraday high of $69.16 a barrel, its highest since 17 September, before easing to $68.21, up $1.96, or 3 percent, by 0618 GMT

Russia condemns US-led coalition striking down Syrian jet, suspends cooperation

Russia suspended cooperation with the US in Syrian airspace on Monday a day after the US-led coalition shot down a Syrian jet.

US-led air strikes on Raqqa displaced 1,60,000 people: UN war crime investigators

The United States-led coalition air strikes on Raqqa has resulted in a “staggering loss” of civilian lives with as many as 1,60,000 people being internally displaced, United Nations war crime investigators said on Wednesday.

27 killed, 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, Islamic State claims responsibility for first attack

At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, security and medical officials said on Tuesday.

US airstrikes destroy Islamic State-operated radio station 'Voice of the Caliphate'

US airstrikes have destroyed an Islamic State-operated radio station in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

US-led coalition 'assessing' claims it killed 26 civilians, including seven children, in Syria

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Tuesday it was "assessing the credibility" of reports its strikes killed at least 26 civilians in a Syrian village on Monday.

Air strikes against IS jihadists in Iraq and Syria killed civilians, admits US military

The US military is reviewing several incidents in which civilians may have been killed in coalition air strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, officials have said.

US-led airstrikes could re-unite Al Qaeda and Islamic State, say analysts

Al Qaeda is using US airstrikes in Syria as a reason to extend olive branches to the renegade Islamic State group, say analysts.

Syria: 5 killed, 17 injured in rebel attacks

At least five people were killed on Monday in rebel attacks in the northwestern Syrian province of Aleppo and in the capital, Damascus, according to Syrian media.