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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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BSF Pounds Pakistan Positions Near Border With 9,000 Mortar Shells
The Border Security Force (BSF) fired over 9,000 rounds of mortar shells across the International Border (IB) in Jammu in the past four days as part of "pinpointed" retaliatory action against Pakistan's unprovoked firing, destroying firing positions and fuel dumps of the Pakistan Rangers at multiple places, officials said on Monday.
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Attack Kills 30 At Iraq Shiite Shrine: Spokesman
ISIS group terrorists killed 30 people at a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad, striking the area with suicide bombers, gunfire and mortar rounds, an Iraqi security spokesman said on Friday.
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Death Toll Rises to 22 in Attack on Syria Regime Bastion: Report
The death toll from mortar fire today on Syria's coastal city of Latakia rose to 22, one of the bloodiest shellings there since the country's war began, state media reported.
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8 Dead as Syria Rebels Bombard Shiite Towns: Monitor
Syrian rebels fired around 1,000 rockets, mortar rounds and home-made projectiles at two besieged Shiite towns in Idlib province, killing eight civilians, a monitoring group said on Monday.
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Syria Says Islamic State Mortar Attack Set Fire to Government Headquarters in North
A mortar round fired by Islamic State militants caused a major fire at a Syrian government headquarters building in the north eastern city of Hasaka and firefighters had put it out, state television reported on Friday.
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Yemen Rebel Attack Forces Aden TV Off Air
Yemeni rebels fired mortar rounds Sunday at a television station loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in the southern city of Aden, forcing it off the air, an official said.
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Iraqi Offensive On Tikrit Stalls, Kurds Say Islamists Used Chlorine
Islamic State fighters traded sniper fire and mortar rounds with Iraqi troops and allied Shi'ite militia forces on Sunday in the city of Tikrit amid further reports the militants had obtained chlorine for possible use as a chemical weapon.
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1 Killed in Mortar Barrage on Somali Presidential Compound
Insurgents in Somalia's capital fired a barrage of mortar rounds today targeting the highly fortified presidential palace and main government compound, killing a guard, security officials said.
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US Plans to Arm Iraq's Sunni Tribesmen with AK-47s, RPGs, Mortars
The United States plans to buy arms for Sunni tribesmen in Iraq including AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds to help bolster the battle against Islamic State militants in Anbar province, according to a Pentagon document prepared for Congress.
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Facebook 'Diary' Keeps Track of Damascus Attacks
Called the "Diary of a mortar round in Damascus", the page provides information on how many were launched, where they struck and the number of casualties.
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Benjamin Netanyahu Warns Hamas of 'Heavy Price' After Child Killed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed harsh retribution against Hamas, the Islamist rulers of Gaza, after a mortar round fired from the Palestinian territory killed an Israeli child.
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US Resupplies Israel With Munitions as Gaza Offensive Rages
The United States has allowed Israel, waging an offensive in the Gaza Strip, to tap a local US arms stockpile in the past week to resupply it with grenades and mortar rounds, a US defense official said on Thursday.
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Israeli Army Confirms it Fired Into UN Gaza Refuge
The Israeli army on Sunday confirmed firing a mortar round into a Gaza UN shelter where 15 people died on Thursday, but denied killing anyone at the site.
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14 Gaza Rockets Hit Southern Israel: Army
At least 14 rockets and mortar rounds fired by militants in Gaza struck southern Israel on Monday morning, causing no injuries but damaging a home, the army said.
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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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BSF Pounds Pakistan Positions Near Border With 9,000 Mortar Shells
The Border Security Force (BSF) fired over 9,000 rounds of mortar shells across the International Border (IB) in Jammu in the past four days as part of "pinpointed" retaliatory action against Pakistan's unprovoked firing, destroying firing positions and fuel dumps of the Pakistan Rangers at multiple places, officials said on Monday.
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Attack Kills 30 At Iraq Shiite Shrine: Spokesman
ISIS group terrorists killed 30 people at a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad, striking the area with suicide bombers, gunfire and mortar rounds, an Iraqi security spokesman said on Friday.
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Death Toll Rises to 22 in Attack on Syria Regime Bastion: Report
The death toll from mortar fire today on Syria's coastal city of Latakia rose to 22, one of the bloodiest shellings there since the country's war began, state media reported.
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8 Dead as Syria Rebels Bombard Shiite Towns: Monitor
Syrian rebels fired around 1,000 rockets, mortar rounds and home-made projectiles at two besieged Shiite towns in Idlib province, killing eight civilians, a monitoring group said on Monday.
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Syria Says Islamic State Mortar Attack Set Fire to Government Headquarters in North
A mortar round fired by Islamic State militants caused a major fire at a Syrian government headquarters building in the north eastern city of Hasaka and firefighters had put it out, state television reported on Friday.
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Yemen Rebel Attack Forces Aden TV Off Air
Yemeni rebels fired mortar rounds Sunday at a television station loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in the southern city of Aden, forcing it off the air, an official said.
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Iraqi Offensive On Tikrit Stalls, Kurds Say Islamists Used Chlorine
Islamic State fighters traded sniper fire and mortar rounds with Iraqi troops and allied Shi'ite militia forces on Sunday in the city of Tikrit amid further reports the militants had obtained chlorine for possible use as a chemical weapon.
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1 Killed in Mortar Barrage on Somali Presidential Compound
Insurgents in Somalia's capital fired a barrage of mortar rounds today targeting the highly fortified presidential palace and main government compound, killing a guard, security officials said.
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US Plans to Arm Iraq's Sunni Tribesmen with AK-47s, RPGs, Mortars
The United States plans to buy arms for Sunni tribesmen in Iraq including AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds to help bolster the battle against Islamic State militants in Anbar province, according to a Pentagon document prepared for Congress.
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Facebook 'Diary' Keeps Track of Damascus Attacks
Called the "Diary of a mortar round in Damascus", the page provides information on how many were launched, where they struck and the number of casualties.
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Benjamin Netanyahu Warns Hamas of 'Heavy Price' After Child Killed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed harsh retribution against Hamas, the Islamist rulers of Gaza, after a mortar round fired from the Palestinian territory killed an Israeli child.
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US Resupplies Israel With Munitions as Gaza Offensive Rages
The United States has allowed Israel, waging an offensive in the Gaza Strip, to tap a local US arms stockpile in the past week to resupply it with grenades and mortar rounds, a US defense official said on Thursday.
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Israeli Army Confirms it Fired Into UN Gaza Refuge
The Israeli army on Sunday confirmed firing a mortar round into a Gaza UN shelter where 15 people died on Thursday, but denied killing anyone at the site.
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14 Gaza Rockets Hit Southern Israel: Army
At least 14 rockets and mortar rounds fired by militants in Gaza struck southern Israel on Monday morning, causing no injuries but damaging a home, the army said.
