Us Airstrikes
Airstrikes in eastern Syria intended to send message to Iran, says US
US military airstrikes in eastern Syria were a message to Iran and Tehran-backed militias that targeted American troops this month and several other times over the past year, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, told reporters that the US airstrikes overnight on facilities used by "the United States will not hesitate to defend itself against Iranian and Iran-backed aggression when it occurs." He said the US decision to launch the strikes was based on both the nature of the militia attacks on August 15 at the al-Tanf Garrison, where US troops are based in the south, and the fact that, based on recovered drone parts, "we believe we have Iran dead to rights on attribution." Hours after the US strikes, two US military locations in northeastern Syria near large oil and gas fields were hit with rocket fire. According to US Central Command, the rockets hit near Green Village and the Conoco gas field in Deir el-Zour. One US service member was ..
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600 killed in US-led anti-IS airstrikes in Syria in 2017: War monitor
A war monitor has revealed that 600 people were killed between June and October 2017 during the US-led airstrikes targeting positions of the IS group in Syria
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US downplayed civilian death toll in Iraq, Afghanistan airstrikes: Report
US airstrikes conducted with imprecise targeting and "deeply flawed intelligence killed thousands of civilians in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, new US media reports have revealed.The civilian death toll was a lot higher than the 1,417 civilian deaths reported by the US military in Iraq and Syria and the 188 deaths reported in Afghanistan, according to a report published by The New York Times (NYT).The newspaper made the revelation after studying 1,311 documents from a hidden Pentagon archive.Reports of civilian casualties were often dismissed because surveillance footage was too brief, NYT report said. According to the report, interviews with surviving residents and current and former US officials revealed that the US military made little effort to identify patterns of failure and there have been no public assessments that included a finding of wrongdoing.The report further said that civilian deaths were often the result of "confirmation bias" on the part of the US military, which ...
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Lloyd Austin orders new review of deadly March 2019 airstrike in Syria
Austin has ordered a new review of a U.S. airstrike in Syria in March 2019 that killed dozens, including women and children, to assess the extent of civilian casualties
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Afghan crisis: US drone strikes vehicle with 'bombers' on way to airport
US President warns second Kabul airport terror attack likely in hours
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US airstrike hits suicide bomber targeting airport: Taliban spokesman
A Taliban spokesman says a US military airstrike has targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle who wanted to target the Kabul international airport amid the American evacuation there
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US launches several airstrikes to support Afghan forces, confirms Pentagon
The US military in the past few days conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan to support Afghan security forces, the Pentagon confirmed
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US military airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq
The US military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, conducted airstrikes Sunday against what it said were facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups near the border between Iraq and Syria
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US conducts first airstrike against Taliban forces since peace deal
The US called on the Taliban to stop the attacks and uphold their commitments based on the peace agreement, which lays out a conditions-based path to the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan
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56 civilians killed in US-led airstrikes in Syria
The US-led anti-terror coalition has been backing the rebel's Syrian Democratic Forces to capture Manbej since last year
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Up to 116 civilians killed in US air and drone strikes
Josh Earnest said the President believes these steps would be useful in ensuring the counter-terrorism strategy that he has put in place
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'US airstrikes destroy over $500 million ISIS cash reserves'
20 kilograms of gold was also restored by the terror group
