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A U.S. judge has ruled that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government is liable for at least $302.5 million in damages for its role in the 2012 death of renowned American journalist Marie Colvin while covering the Syrian civil war. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ...
Fierce fighting resumes in Yemen's Hodeida after Houthis say they're open to truce
Intense fighting broke out in Yemen's port city of Hodeida late on Monday, shattering a lull in violence that had raised hopes for a ceasefire between a Saudi-led coalition and Houthi insurgents as the United Nations tried to resume peace talks. Coalition warplanes conducted more ...
Airstrike kills at least 10 civilians in Yemen's Hodeida, medics and residents say
At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday in an airstrike that hit a group of farmers in a vegetable market in Yemen's Hodeida province, medical workers and residents said. A Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen's war in 2015 has conducted frequent airstrikes targeting ...
U.S.-led coalition in Syria says it bombed another mosque used by Islamic State
The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in eastern Syria said Monday that it had bombarded a mosque believed to be a military command post for the jihadis — the second such strike in a week. The coalition said that on Monday, it had ...
Islamic State exploits sandstorm to attack advancing U.S.-backed forces in Syria's east: monitor
The Islamic State group launched a deadly counteroffensive on Wednesday to repel U.S.-backed forces advancing on a final jihadist-held pocket of eastern Syria, a monitor said. The IS fighters managed to take hostage several dozen fighters from the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, according to the ...
More than 18,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, have been killed in Russian airstrikes on Syria since Moscow began its game-changing intervention exactly three years ago, a monitor said Sunday. Russia, for its part, said its "accurate" strikes had killed 85,000 "terrorists. A steadfast ally ...
U.S. pair's airstrike warning app helps Syrians dodge death from the skies
A Russian military aircraft thunders into the sky at 4:47 p.m. from Russia's air base at Hmeimim in western Syria, veering to the east. An observer takes note of all three details, opens a phone app and enters the information into three designated fields. Fourteen minutes ...
Islamic State leader killed in French airstrike in Mali: army
A top jihadi leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara group, an aide and two civilians have been killed in northeastern Mali by a French airstrike, the French command center in Paris said Monday. "Commandos deployed on the ground (after the airstrike) confirmed ...
Syria says it hit Israeli jet during airstrikes targeting base in Homs
Syria on Sunday accused Israel of targeting an air base in the central Homs province, saying its defenses hit a jet involved in the attack. "Our air defenses are responding to an Israeli aggression and intercepting a number of missiles targeting the airport, hitting one ...
Regime-allied airstrikes kill five civilians as southern Syria assault looms
Airstrikes on rebel towns in southern Syria killed five civilians and damaged two hospitals on Sunday, a monitor said, in fresh signs of a looming government assault. Russian-backed regime forces have for weeks been preparing an offensive to retake Syria's south, a strategic zone that ...
Nearly 5,000 families displaced in Yemen's Houthi-held Hodeida: U.N.
Nearly 5,000 families have been displaced in Yemen's flash-point Hodeida province this month, the U.N. said Sunday, as violence escalates in the rebel-held Red Sea region. After nearly a month of sporadic clashes, the Yemeni government — backed by Saudi Arabia and its allies — ...
Civilians flee as Arab coalition bombards Houthi-held Yemen port of Hodeida
Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in Yemen's Hodeidah on Thursday as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the main port in the largest battle of a war that has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Apache attack helicopters bombed a strip of coastal ...
