Jan 17 Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran after airstrike kills 2 children By Munir Ahmed, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Islamabad angrily denounced the attack as a "blatant violation" of its airspace and said it killed two children. Tuesday's strike in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province imperiled diplomatic relations between the two neighboring countries. Continue reading
Jan 13 Turkey strikes at Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after deadly military base attack By Andrew Wilks, Associated Press Turkey carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said, a day after an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq killed nine Turkish soldiers. Continue reading
Nov 13 U.S. conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on U.S. troops By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press Sunday's airstrikes mark the third time in about two weeks the U.S. has retaliated against the militants for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria. Continue reading
Nov 05 Local officials say an Israeli airstrike killed a woman and 3 children in south Lebanon By Bassam Hatoum, Abby Sewell, Associated Press Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that two civilian cars carrying members of the same family — one of them a local journalist — were driving between the towns of Ainata and Aitaroun on Sunday when they were hit by… Continue reading
Oct 27 Israel to begin 'long' ground war in Gaza soon, internet services collapse under relentless airstrikes By Wafaa Shurafa, Josef Federman, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Explosions from a barrage of airstrikes lit up the sky over Gaza City after nightfall Friday when the blackout in internet, cellular and landline services hit. Continue reading
Oct 24 Stranded at a closed border as airstrikes continue, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press For more than a week, their governments have advised them to wait at Gaza's Rafah crossing in preparation for evacuation through Egypt. But nothing has happened. Continue reading
Oct 17 Palestinian medics struggle to save civilians trapped under rubble amid Israeli bombardment By Isabel DeBre, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Gaza's Health Ministry has reported that Israel's bombardment — launched after Hamas mounted a bloody, unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7 — has killed more than 2,700 Palestinians, many of them women and children. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 12:34 Hospitals overwhelmed as Gaza siege intensifies and Israel vows Hamas will 'be crushed' By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso, Jonah Anderson, Teresa Cebrián Aranda There are now nearly 3,000 dead in the six days of brutal violence between Israel and Hamas. More than 1,500 Palestinians have been killed, including 45 members of an extended family in their Gaza home, according to officials there. In… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 11:32 Israeli and Palestinian leaders discuss historic escalation of violence and what's next By John Yang, Dan Sagalyn Israel had never seen anything like the brutal attack by Hamas and is now poised for a military operation in Gaza that Prime Minister Netanyahu has vowed will exact a price that its enemies will remember for decades to come. Continue watching
May 09 Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 3 senior militants, 10 civilians By Fares Akram, Associated Press The attacks set the stage for what is likely to be a new round of heavy fighting. The airstrikes hit the top floor of an apartment building, a house in Gaza City and a third house in the southern town… Continue reading