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Few options for Assad to hit back after Israeli raidsSyrian President Bashar al-Assad has few good options for military retaliation after Israel's air strikes over the weekend but the attacks could redouble support from his regional allies Iran and Hezbollah. Assad, already batt More… |
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Iran says Israel will regret Syria air strikeIran told Israel on Monday it would regret its air strike against Syria last week, without spelling out whether Iran or its ally planned any military response. "They will regret this recent aggression," Saeed Jalili, Sec More… |
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Syria ‘could make surprise response to Israel strike’Syria's ambassador to Lebanon said on Thursday that Damascus had the option of a "surprise decision" to respond to what it said was an Israeli air strike on a research centre on the outskirts of the Syrian capital on Wednesday. More… |
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Syrian air strike kills dozens in bakeryDozens of people were killed and many more wounded in a Syrian government air strike that hit a bakery where a crowd was queuing for bread on Sunday, activists said. If confirmed, the attack on Halfaya in central Syria, which was More… |
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US senator urges air strikes on SyriaThe United States should lead an international effort to protect key population centers in Syria through air strikes on President Bashar al-Assad's forces, US Senator John McCain said on Monday. "The ultimate goal of air strikes should be More… |
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Air strike kills 30 in southeast TurkeyTurkish warplanes killed 30 people in an air strike in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border overnight, apparently mistaking smugglers for Kurdish militants. Turkish warplanes strike militant targets regularly in the region in their b More… |
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US-born Qaeda cleric killed in air attackAnwar al-Awlaki, a US-born cleric linked to al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, was killed in an air strike on Friday, Yemeni and US officials said, removing a 'global terrorist' high on a US wanted list. Awlaki's killing, if con More… |
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Nato strike kills civilians says Libya govtLibyan officials said some seven civilians were killed in a Nato air strike in eastern Tripoli in the early hours of Sunday morning. Reporters were taken by Libyan government officials to a residential area in the Arada neighbourhood of Tr More… |
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US mulls air strikes as Benghazi battle loomsLibyan government soldiers battled rebels on the road to the insurgent stronghold of Benghazi on Thursday as the US raised the possibility of air strikes to stop Muammar Gaddafi's forces. But the international debate on what action to More… |
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10 Pakistani soldiers killed in Taliban attackAt least 10 Pakistani soldiers were killed on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border as US-led forces in Afghanistan battled militants infiltrating into Afghanistan, a security official said on Wednesday. The soldiers were killed at a bor More… |
