Strikes Archives

Israel resumed its operations in Gaza in March, ending a two-month truce in the war

World

Gaza rescuers say children among 33 killed in Israeli strikes

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 33 people, more than half of them children, a day after...

AFPMay 18, 2025

Yemen's Huthis also reported strikes on the capital Sanaa over the weekend

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Yemen’s Huthi rebel media says 68 killed in US strikes on migrant centre

Huthi rebel-controlled media in Yemen said Monday that US strikes targeted a migrant detention centre in the movement’s stronghold of Saada, killing at least...

AFPApril 28, 2025

A US military photo shows an F/A-18 Super Hornet warplane taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on March 16, 2025

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US says it struck 800 targets in Yemen, killed 100s of Huthis since March 15

The United States has hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of Huthi rebel fighters, including members of the group’s...

AFPApril 27, 2025

A March 16 file picture of a US F/A-18 Super Hornet launching from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman

World

US strikes on Yemen fuel port kill 38, Huthis say

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 38 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks of Washington’s...

AFPApril 18, 2025

Border tensions are flaring between Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Pakistan air strikes kill 46 in Afghanistan, Kabul says

Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border region of Afghanistan killed 46 civilians, the Taliban government said Wednesday, whilst a Pakistan security official said...

AFPDecember 25, 2024

Bashar al-Assad's brutal rule over Syria came to a sudden end on December 8, 2024, after a lightning rebel offensive swept across the country and took the capital

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Assad’s fall clears way for expanded US strikes on IS jihadists

Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow has cleared the way for US strikes against the Islamic State group in areas previously shielded by Syrian and Russian air...

AFPDecember 17, 2024

Firefighters battle flames at a buildings hit by an Israeli air strike that targeted the neighbourhood of Haret Hreik in Beirut's southern suburbs

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Israel strikes kill 22 in Lebanon as Hezbollah targets south Israel

Successive Israeli strikes pummelled Hezbollah’s south Beirut stronghold on Thursday as authorities said raids in eastern Lebanon killed 22 people, and Hezbollah claimed its...

AFPNovember 21, 2024

Ukraine's air force said it shot down 31 Russian missiles fired towards the capital Kyiv

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Russian attacks kill three as Ukraine calls for more air defences

Russian attacks on eastern and southern Ukraine killed at least three people on Wednesday, officials said, as Kyiv called for more Patriot air defence...

AFPMarch 27, 2024