Tag: strikes
Air strikes in Burkina after Islamist attack
France carried out air strikes in northern Burkina Faso after Islamist militants attacked a police unit at a local gold mine, the...
Israel executes 200 plus hits on Iranian targets in Syria
Israel carried out more than 200 attacks against Iranian targets in Syria in the last two years, a senior Israeli official said,...
Gun battles, airstrikes in Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 12 Islamist militants in gun battles and arrested 92 suspects, while airstrikes destroyed dozens of militant targets in...
Air strikes on Sirte
East Libyan forces launched air strikes against suspected Islamic State militants on Wednesday south of the jihadist group's former stronghold of Sirte.
"The...
First US air strikes against IS in Somalia
The United States carried out its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Somalia and killed "several terrorists," the US military...
Derna air strikes kill 15
At least 15 people including women and children were killed in air strikes on the eastern Libyan city of Derna, a medical...
US air strikes in Libya kill 17
Six US air strikes on an Islamic State desert camp in Libya killed 17 militants and destroyed three vehicles, the US military...
East Libya forces resume air strikes against rivals
East Libyan forces resumed air strikes against rival factions on Sunday as they tried to push them back from positions around major...
UN air strikes kill “several” in CAR
A top militant and three others were killed in Central African Republic when a UN helicopter fired on fighters advancing towards Bambari,...
UN rights chief denounces Aleppo air strikes as war crimes
The top United Nations human rights official said on Friday the siege and bombing of eastern Aleppo in Syria constituted "crimes of...
Russia and Syria halting Aleppo air strikes for now – Moscow
The Russian and Syrian air forces have halted all air strikes on Aleppo, two days ahead of a planned pause in bombing...
US air strikes pound Sirte to oust IS militants
US aircraft hit Islamic State targets with more 30 strikes over the last three days on the Libyan city of Sirte as...
DR Congo opposition strikes in support of Kabila step down call
Opponents of Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila went on strike on Tuesday to demand he step down when his constitutional...
Libyan forces way of IS redoubt despite US support
A day after the United States began a formal campaign of air strikes against Islamic State's stronghold in Libya, anti-IS fighters welcomed...
US air strikes easing advance against IS in Sirtre
US air strikes are easing the passage of Libyan forces as they seek to clear Islamic State from the militant group's former...
Nearly 200 killed in strike action in 13 years – SAIRR
181 people died in strike violence between January 1999 and October 2012 while a further 313 people were injured and over 3...
Youth should be a priority: Oliphant
Recent global economic protests underline why youth employment should be a primary development goal, Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant says.
"We forewarn that...
