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By Hacer Baser SANA’A (AA): The Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces on Thursday carried out airstrikes, killing eight people, including 4 children and injuring 50 others when missiles struck a home near Rabat Street in Yemen’s capital Sana’a. In a Twitter post, Doctors without Borders said the wounded were rushed to hospitals after the […]

7th May 2019

Afghanistan: Taliban attack kills 25 soldiers in Farah province

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): A Taliban attack killed 25 soldiers in western Afghanistan, an official confirmed on Monday. Defying Afghan government’s calls for truce during the holy month of Ramadan, the Taliban assaulted a military check post in the western Farah province bordering Iran. Shah Mehmood Naimi, deputy chairman of the […]

1st May 2019

US tests its latest fighter jets bombing in Iraq

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): US tested in news F-35A fighter jets in Iraq. Two fighter jets have conducted airstrikes on a Daesh tunnel network in Iraq, marking the first time the aircraft has been flown in a combat mission, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. “We have the ability to gather, fuse and pass […]

29th Apr 2019

Afghanistan: Eight police killed in Taliban attack

By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – A Taliban attack on police station Sunday killed eight police and left five others wounded in western Ghor province of Afghanistan, according to local officials. Speaking to the press, Habibuhlah Radmanish, the deputy governor of Ghor province said eight police were killed and five others wounded […]

26th Apr 2019

Syria: US-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa

By Ali Murat Alhas ANKARA (AA): The U.S.-led coalition in Syria killed more than 1,600 civilians in the city of Raqqa during its military campaign against the Daesh terror group in 2017, Amnesty International and a watchdog group said Thursday. An interactive website developed by the human rights group and Airwars, a London-based group […]

25th Apr 2019

UN strongly condemns 37 executions in Saudi Arabia

By Bayram Altug GENEVA (AA): The UN on Wednesday strongly condemned the executions of 37 men in Saudi Arabia, who were accused of alleged terrorism charges. The execution took place on April 23. 34 of those executed were Shia Muslims. Prime Minister, Theresa May, has not commented on the executions. “I strongly condemn these […]

23rd Apr 2019

Iran: 79 people killed by floods

By Muhammet Kursun TEHRAN (AA): Relentless rains and flooding have killed 79 people and injured 1,000 others in Iran, according to an Iranian official on Monday. Several Iranian provinces have been ravaged by a wave of torrents since last month. “The floods have hit 25 provinces and affected the lives of 10 million people […]

10th Apr 2019

Afghanistan: 3 US military personnel killed by Taliban

By Umar Farooq and Shadi Khan Saif WASHINGTON (AA): Three U.S. service members were killed and three more injured in a Taliban-claimed suicide car bombing on Monday near a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, officials confirmed. The wounded were evacuated and are currently receiving medical care, said the Pentagon. On the fallen soldiers, Gen. […]

4th Apr 2019

Iran: Death toll from flooding rises to 62 as US hinders aid

By Muhammet Kursun TEHRAN (AA): The death toll from a wave of flooding across Iran has reached 62, local officials said Wednesday as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the U.S. of preventing humanitarian aid from reaching flood-hit parts of the country. Ahmad Shojaei, head of Iran’s forensic medicine directorate, said at least 62 people […]

2nd Apr 2019

Israel to send 250,000 settlers to occupied Syrian Golan Heights

By Abdel Rauf Arnaut JERUSALEM (AA): The Israeli government hopes to settle some 250,000 Israelis in the occupied Syrian Golan heights over the next 30 years, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA) reported on Monday. The report comes one week after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation recognizing the Golan Heights as “Israeli […]

25th Mar 2019

Afghans protest civilian deaths in alleged US air raid

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Carrying dead bodies, residents of Afghanistan’s Kunduz province on Saturday protested a deadly air raid in the war-ravaged country allegedly committed but denied by U.S. forces. Accusing the the Taliban of deliberately hiding among civilians and spreading propaganda to hide their losses, the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) has […]

13th Mar 2019

Yemen: 22 civilians killed, 30 injured in Saudi-led airstrikes in Hajjah

According to UN 22 people have died, including 12 children and 10 women by airstrikes in Yemen’s northern province of Hajjah on Monday. Houthis have accused Saudi-led coalition of the bombings. As many as 30 people have been reportedly injured, including 14 children aged between 1 and 18, said Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, […]

7th Mar 2019

Yemen: US, UK arms kill more than 200 Yemeni civilians

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): The Saudi- and United Arab Emirates-led coalition has killed more than 200 people, including women and children, using U.S. and British-made weapons in Yemen, said a report Wednesday. The report, “Day of Judgment: The Role of the US and Europe in Civilian Death, Destruction, and Trauma in Yemen” was […]

25th Feb 2019

Afghanistan: Highest civilian casualties in 2018

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): The UN on Sunday said it has documented nearly 11,000 civilian casualties across Afghanistan in 2018, the highest ever figure in the war-torn nation. A total of 10,993 civilian casualties, including 3,804 deaths and 7,189 injured, were reporter across the country in 2018, said the report released by […]

14th Feb 2019

Iran: 27 Revolutionary Guards killed in suicide bombing

By Muhammet Kursun and Ahmet Dursun TEHRAN/ANKARA (AA): At least 27 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were killed in a suicide bombing on Wednesday in southeastern Iran. At least 13 others were injured in the attack on Khash-Zahedan road in Sistan and Baluchistan province – Iran’s second-largest. In a statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]

8th Feb 2019

UN: Khashoggi killing ‘perpetrated by Saudi officials’

By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet (AA): The killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul Consulate was “planned and perpetrated by Saudi officials,” the UN special rapporteur claimed Thursday. Agnes Callamard recently visited Turkey with a team of experts on an international inquiry into Khashoggi’s murder. “Evidence collected during my mission to Turkey shows […]

6th Feb 2019

Afghanistan: 58 die in fresh clashes between Taliban, Afghan forces

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL (AA): At least 36 members of the Afghan security forces and 22 Taliban terrorists have been killed in fresh clashes in the country’s north, officials and local media confirmed Tuesday. The renewed fighting coincides with a two-day round of peace talks now underway in Moscow between Taliban representatives and several […]

4th Feb 2019

Afghanistan bleeds with 1,700 casualties in January

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Afghanistan saw a bloody start to the new year with over 1,700 war-related casualties in January alone. Figures compiled by Anadolu Agency suggest more than 900 people were killed and at least 800 others were injured across Afghanistan in terrorist attacks and security operations. The casualties include […]

31st Jan 2019

Yemen: 6,700 children killed, injured, 358,000 suffer severe malnutrition

By Mohammed al-Samei ADEN, Yemen (AA): Thousands of children have been killed and injured in war-torn conflict since 2015, UN children’s fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. “Over 6,700 children [were] verified killed or injured since 2015,” UNICEF said on Twitter. It said nearly 358,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition require immediate treatment, going […]

30th Jan 2019

US study finds Iran was only winner of Iraq war

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): A study by the U.S. Army released Tuesday said Iran was the sole winner of the Iraq war. The two-volume, 1,300-page study, which examined the successes and mistakes of the war, was originally commissioned by former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno in 2013 and then continued under current […]

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