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US shifting Qatar air base to Saudi?The United States has started shifting its air base in Qatar's Al Udaid to Saudi Arabia in a major move that could redefine the country's ties in the region, media reports said. The move follows a meeti More… |
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Libyan brigades capture air base from ISBrigades aligned with Libya's U.N.-backed government said on Saturday they had captured Ghardabiya air base from Islamic State to the south of the militant group's stronghold of Sirte. Spokesman Mohamed al-Gasri said the c More… |
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Russian war planes start leaving SyriaThe first group of Russian war planes has left Russia's Hmeymim air base in Syria and begun the long journey home, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The group included Sukhoi-34 fighter-bombers. The ministry said More… |
Indian air base attack death toll grows to 10A gold medal-winning Indian shooter was among 10 people killed in an audacious pre-dawn assault on an air force base, officials said on Sunday as troops worked to clear the compound near India's border with Pakistan after a 15-hour gunbattle More… |
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Suicide bomber strikes near Kabul airportA suicide bomber blew himself up on a road near Kabul airport, with some people killed among multiple casualties, officials in the Afghan capital said on Monday, barely two weeks after a major Taliban assault in the city. A police More… |
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56 soldiers killed as rebels capture Syrian air baseA group tracking the Syrian war said on Saturday that Islamist insurgents shot dead 56 members of Syrian government forces in a mass execution at an air base captured from the army earlier this month in northwestern Syria. The Syr More… |
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Syrian rebels seize key air base, troops fleeSyrian troops have pulled out of a major air base in northwestern Syria, state television said on Wednesday, after a two-year siege by Islamist-led insurgents, increasing pressure on government-held coastal areas north of the capital. More… |
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Coalition set to launch full-scale battle against ISTurkey said on Wednesday a US-led coalition will soon launch a "comprehensive battle" against Islamic State militants from Turkish air bases, but Syria said any military action not coordinated with Damascus would breach its sovereignty More… |
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500 dead as Islamic State seizes Syrian air baseIslamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that cost more than 500 lives, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights s More… |
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Militants attack Iraq air base, US advisers arriveMilitants attacked one of Iraq's largest air bases and seized control of several small oilfields on Wednesday as US military experts arrived to set up an operations centre to help Iraqi security forces counter a mounting Sunni insurgency. More… |
