Posts Tagged ‘global-impact events’
US, British Militaries Launch Massive Retaliatory Strike Against Iranian-Backed Houthis In Yemen
The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. The U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command said it struck over 60 targets at 16 sites in Yemen, including…
Read MoreUN helicopter carrying ‘several’ foreigners captured by al Shabaab in Somalia
Al Shabaab militants captured a United Nations helicopter carrying two Somali men and several foreigners when it made an emergency landing in an area controlled by the Islamist group, a military official said on Wednesday. The aircraft encountered a defect shortly after taking off from Beledweyne city in central Somalia, Major Hassan Ali told Reuters,…
Read MoreVideo Appears To Show The Israeli Army Shot 3 Palestinians, Killing 1, Without Provocation
Security camera video from a West Bank village shows a young man standing in a central square when he is suddenly shot and drops to the ground. Two others rushing to his aid are also hit, leaving a 17-year-old dead, moments before Israeli military jeeps roll in. An Associated Press review of the video and…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthis Launch Their Largest Red Sea Drone And Missile Attack, Though No Damage Is Reported
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired their largest-ever barrage of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea, forcing the United States and British navies to shoot down the projectiles in a major naval engagement, authorities said Wednesday. No damage was immediately reported. The attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis came despite a planned United Nations Security…
Read MoreGaza war extends into Beirut with killing of Hamas leader
Israeli forces intensified their bombing of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and told civilians to leave a refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian enclave after the war stretched into Lebanon with the killing in Beirut of the Hamas deputy leader. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied that it killed Saleh al-Arouri in a…
Read MoreFighting In Southern Gaza City After Israel Says It Is Pulling Thousands Of Troops From Other Areas
Heavy fighting was reported in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Tuesday, a day after Israel said it was withdrawing thousands of troops from other areas in a potential shift away from the massive air and ground operations that have devastated the Hamas-ruled enclave. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press…
Read MoreIsrael Launches Heavy Strikes Across Central And Southern Gaza After Widening Its Offensive
Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza overnight and into Wednesday after broadening its offensive against Hamas to more areas where the military had told Palestinians to seek shelter earlier in the war. Residents reported heavy bombing in the built-up Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, in the southern city of Khan Younis…
Read MoreHouthi attacks and U.S. strikes add to concerns of broader conflict in the Middle East
Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched fresh attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, while the U.S. carried out strikes against targets in Iraq, amid fears that the war in the Gaza Strip could engulf the Middle East. The U.S. military carried out retaliatory strikes against three installations in Iraq linked to Kataib Hezbollah on Monday,…
Read MoreUS carries out airstrikes against militants in Iraq following morning attack on Erbil Air Base
U.S. military forces carried out multiple airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kataib Hezbollah — an Iraqi paramilitary group also known as the Hezbollah Brigades — and its affiliates on Christmas night, according to statements released by the Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the strikes were carried out at the…
Read MoreGaza Death Toll Surpasses 20,000 And Israel Expands Ground Offensive Despite Pressure To Scale Back
More than 20,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza during Israel’s war against Hamas, health officials said Friday, the latest indication of the staggering cost of the conflict as Israel expands its ground offensive and orders tens of thousands more people to leave their homes. The deaths, amounting to nearly 1% of the territory’s prewar population,…
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