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US Air Strikes Hit Over 85 Iran-Linked Targets In Syria, Iraq
The US military launched retaliatory air strikes against Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia groups in both Iraq and Syria on Friday, following a drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a remote base in Jordan.
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Rockets Fired At Iraq Air Base Housing US Forces: Report
Four Katyusha rockets on Monday fired at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base which hosts US and other international forces in western Iraq, security sources said.
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Rockets, Drone Target Military Bases Housing US Forces In Iraq: Report
Two rockets landed inside Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts US and other international forces west of Baghdad, two security sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Turkish Airstrikes Destroy 89 "Kurdish Militant Targets" In Syria, Iraq
Turkey's defence ministry said on Sunday that 89 targets, including shelters and ammunition depots, were destroyed in air strikes on Kurdish militant bases in northern Iraq and northern Syria.
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5 Rockets Fired At Iraq Air Base, No Casualties: Official
Five rockets targeted an air base used by the US-led coalition in western Iraq Wednesday but without causing any damage, the latest in a string of attacks, an official said.
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US Forces Retaliate After Death Of 2 Soldiers In Iraq Rocket Attack
The US military launched air strikes against a pro-Iranian group in Iraq following the deaths of two Americans and a Briton in a rocket attack, US military officials told AFP on Thursday.
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How Iran's Missiles Inflicted Brain Injury On US Troops
In the wee hours of Jan. 8, Tehran retaliated over the U.S. killing of Iran's most powerful general by bombarding the al-Asad air base in Iraq.
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Air India To Keep Off Iran Airspace As Tensions Rise In Middle East
Hours after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 people crashed near Tehran and Iranian government conducted missile strikes against US military bases in Iraq, Air India said it is temporarily rerouting its flights and that of its subsidiary Air India Express which use Iranian airspace.
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Watch: Moment When Iran Missiles Hit Iraq Air Base Housing US Troops
Videos on social media are showing Iranian ballistic missiles hitting two airbases in Iraq used by American and coalition troops. In one such video shot in a mobile phone, a streak of light is seen coming down fast against the night sky. It then hits the ground in a ball of fire.
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"Will Charge Sanctions Like Never Before": Trump On Call To Leave Iraq
US President Donald Trump threatened sanctions against Baghdad on Sunday after Iraq's parliament called on US troops to leave the country, and the president said if troops did leave, Baghdad would have to pay Washington for the cost of the air base there.
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2 Rockets Hit US Base In Iraq, Mortar Rounds Fall Near Embassy: Report
Two rockets Saturday hit Iraq's Al-Balad air base, where US troops are stationed, while two mortars hit Baghdad's Green Zone, a high-security enclave housing the US embassy, security sources said.
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'Mother Of All Bombs': US Drops Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb On ISIS Caves In Afghanistan
The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by ISIS, the military said. Also known as the "mother of all bombs," the GBU-43 is a 21,600 pound (9,797 kg) GPS-guided munition and was first tested in March 2003, just days bef...
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US Approves $785 Million Bomb Sale To Ally UAE Against ISIS
The US State Department has approved the sale of $785 million in bombs to the United Arab Emirates for the US-led campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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Ash Carter: US Will Use Iraq City As Base To Retake Mosul
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has arrived in Iraq, saying US and coalition forces will use the newly retaken air base in Qayara (kee-AH'-rah) as a staging hub, as Iraqi security forces move closer to the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS terrorists.
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ISIS Forces Syria Rebels To Retreat From Border Area
US-backed Syrian rebels were pushed back from the outskirts of an ISIS-held town on the border with Iraq and a nearby air base today after the jihadists mounted a counter- attack, two rebel sources said.
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US Air Strikes Hit Over 85 Iran-Linked Targets In Syria, Iraq
The US military launched retaliatory air strikes against Iranian forces and Tehran-backed militia groups in both Iraq and Syria on Friday, following a drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a remote base in Jordan.
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Rockets Fired At Iraq Air Base Housing US Forces: Report
Four Katyusha rockets on Monday fired at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base which hosts US and other international forces in western Iraq, security sources said.
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Rockets, Drone Target Military Bases Housing US Forces In Iraq: Report
Two rockets landed inside Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts US and other international forces west of Baghdad, two security sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Turkish Airstrikes Destroy 89 "Kurdish Militant Targets" In Syria, Iraq
Turkey's defence ministry said on Sunday that 89 targets, including shelters and ammunition depots, were destroyed in air strikes on Kurdish militant bases in northern Iraq and northern Syria.
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5 Rockets Fired At Iraq Air Base, No Casualties: Official
Five rockets targeted an air base used by the US-led coalition in western Iraq Wednesday but without causing any damage, the latest in a string of attacks, an official said.
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US Forces Retaliate After Death Of 2 Soldiers In Iraq Rocket Attack
The US military launched air strikes against a pro-Iranian group in Iraq following the deaths of two Americans and a Briton in a rocket attack, US military officials told AFP on Thursday.
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How Iran's Missiles Inflicted Brain Injury On US Troops
In the wee hours of Jan. 8, Tehran retaliated over the U.S. killing of Iran's most powerful general by bombarding the al-Asad air base in Iraq.
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Air India To Keep Off Iran Airspace As Tensions Rise In Middle East
Hours after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 people crashed near Tehran and Iranian government conducted missile strikes against US military bases in Iraq, Air India said it is temporarily rerouting its flights and that of its subsidiary Air India Express which use Iranian airspace.
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Watch: Moment When Iran Missiles Hit Iraq Air Base Housing US Troops
Videos on social media are showing Iranian ballistic missiles hitting two airbases in Iraq used by American and coalition troops. In one such video shot in a mobile phone, a streak of light is seen coming down fast against the night sky. It then hits the ground in a ball of fire.
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"Will Charge Sanctions Like Never Before": Trump On Call To Leave Iraq
US President Donald Trump threatened sanctions against Baghdad on Sunday after Iraq's parliament called on US troops to leave the country, and the president said if troops did leave, Baghdad would have to pay Washington for the cost of the air base there.
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2 Rockets Hit US Base In Iraq, Mortar Rounds Fall Near Embassy: Report
Two rockets Saturday hit Iraq's Al-Balad air base, where US troops are stationed, while two mortars hit Baghdad's Green Zone, a high-security enclave housing the US embassy, security sources said.
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'Mother Of All Bombs': US Drops Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb On ISIS Caves In Afghanistan
The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by ISIS, the military said. Also known as the "mother of all bombs," the GBU-43 is a 21,600 pound (9,797 kg) GPS-guided munition and was first tested in March 2003, just days bef...
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US Approves $785 Million Bomb Sale To Ally UAE Against ISIS
The US State Department has approved the sale of $785 million in bombs to the United Arab Emirates for the US-led campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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Ash Carter: US Will Use Iraq City As Base To Retake Mosul
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has arrived in Iraq, saying US and coalition forces will use the newly retaken air base in Qayara (kee-AH'-rah) as a staging hub, as Iraqi security forces move closer to the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS terrorists.
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ISIS Forces Syria Rebels To Retreat From Border Area
US-backed Syrian rebels were pushed back from the outskirts of an ISIS-held town on the border with Iraq and a nearby air base today after the jihadists mounted a counter- attack, two rebel sources said.
