US Africa Command said in a press release on Monday that its forces conducted airstrikes in Somalia against al-Shabaab on May 21. AFRICOM said that the strikes were launched in support of the US-backed government and "occurred approximately 27 miles northwest" of the...
The Israeli military targeted a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City early Monday morning, setting classrooms on fire and killing at least 36 people, including many women and children. Footage of the aftermath of the strike shows rescue workers...
The Israeli military expects that it will occupy 75% of Gaza's territory within two months and plans to "concentrate" the entire civilian population into three small areas in the Strip. According to Israeli media, Palestinian civilians will be confined to the center...
Russian President Vladimir Putin's helicopter was caught in a swarm of Ukrainian drones while he was visiting Russia's Kursk Oblast on May 20, according to a Russian military commander. "We were simultaneously engaged in an air defense battle and ensuring airspace...
A US airstrike on Yemen's Abyan province has killed nine members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), AFP has reported, citing a Yemeni "security source." Initial reports said the strike, which occurred on Friday, killed five al-Qaeda members, but the death...
On Saturday, President Trump's special envoy met with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda leader who is now Syria's de facto president, after the State Department announced it was lifting some sanctions on Syria. Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey who now also...
Yemen's Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, fired another missile at Israeli territory on Sunday, marking the third Yemeni attack on Israel in four days. The Israeli military said it intercepted the missile, and some of the debris landed in the Israeli-occupied...
Dr. Alaa al-Najjar, a pediatrician who works at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, lost nine out of her 10 children in an Israeli airstrike that hit their home on Friday. Alaa's husband, Hamdi, who is also a doctor, survived the massacre but was badly...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference on Wednesday that President Trump had assured him that the US was committed to Israel despite a slew of media reports that have said there's friction between the two leaders. "Let me give you some...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Russian forces have been instructed to create a "buffer zone" along the Ukraine-Russia border as fighting continues to rage despite President Trump's push for a peace deal. "I have already said that a decision was...
