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US airstrikes in Somalia increased in 2022, killing more than 100

The number of airstrikes conducted by the United States represents an uptick over the previous year, but far from the record highs in 2019 and 2018.

By Zamone Perez

5 weeks ago

A view of the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russia on Tuesday stepped up shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, pounding civilian targets there. Casualties mounted and reports emerged that more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery recently hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the capital. (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy)

No, EU countries aren’t sending fighter jets to Ukraine

"NATO is not to be part of the conflict,” Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.

By Rachel S. Cohen

11 months ago

US provided ‘limited ground support’ to Syrian fighters battling ISIS

The U.S. has provided some ground support to Kurdish forces.

By Meghann Myers

13 months ago

US carried out airstrikes in Syria against ISIS

The airstrikes were in response to the ISIS group unleashing its biggest attack in Syria since the fall of its “caliphate” three years ago.

13 months ago

US, coalition airstrikes in CENTCOM region plummet amid withdrawal plans

American and coalition aircraft have conducted more than 400 airstrikes across the Middle East since Jan. 1.

By Rachel S. Cohen

18 months ago

US, Afghan airstrikes pummel Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan

The United Nations and Human Rights Watch asked both sides to take care to prevent civilian casualties as the fighting rages on.

18 months ago

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