Air raids on mosque near Aleppo ‘kill dozens’
Dozens of people have been killed after fighter jets struck a mosque during prayer time in a rebel-held village in northern Syria, according to a monitoring group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor tracking developments in Syria’s conflict, said Thursday’s air raids in al-Jina, southwest of Atarib near Aleppo, killed at least […]
US confirms Idlib air raid but denies targeting mosque
The US military says it carried out a deadly air strike on an al-Qaeda meeting in northern Syria and will investigate reports that more than 40 civilians were killed when a mosque was struck in the raid. The jets reportedly struck the village at the time of evening prayer so the mosque was full of […]
Yemen: Airstrikes on Funeral “Kill 8 Women and a Child”
Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen said Thursday that an overnight airstrike has killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the capital, Sanaa. A spokesman for the Houthi rebels, Abdel-Rahman al-Ahnomi, said that there was a second airstrike that hit emergency responders in Arhab, which lies southwest of Sanaa, the BBC reported. The […]
US air strike reportedly kills 13 Afghan civilians
At least 13 civilians have been killed in a US air strike targeting ISIL that hit a residential house in eastern Nangarhar province, an Afghan official says. Esmatullah Shinwari, a Nangarhar lawmaker, said on Wednesday a crowd had gathered at the house in Achin district to welcome home a tribal leader returning from the Hajj.