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The IRGC commander and three of his escorts reportedly died after his car was struck by an unmanned aerial vehicle near the border, according to multiple media outlets citing Iraqi officials. The drone strike is said to have targeted the senior commander after he had entered Syria via the Al …

The veteran officer belonged to the CIA’s paramilitary division and was killed in “recent days” during fighting in the East African nation, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous US officials. His identity, mission and the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear, however, while the CIA has …

In a statement made to reporters, acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced that President Donald Trump has ordered that the number of US forces in Afghanistan be sharply reduced from 4,500 to 2,500 by January 15, 2021. Miller also noted that US forces in Iraq would be reduced from …

The attack took place in the early hours of Wednesday as the city remained plunged in darkness. “At about 3:11 am this day, the Zionist enemy launched an air aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan on the southern region,” SANA reported, citing a military source.  Explosions rang …

Stibbe is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida in late 2021, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said during a ceremony at his residence in Jerusalem on Monday. “This is a day of national joy, and great pride” for Israel, Rivlin said, adding that Stibbe would …

Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command and his daughter were shot dead three months ago in the streets of Tehran by a pair of Israeli assassins acting “at the behest of the United States,” the NYT reported on Friday. Iranian authorities have supposedly kept the killing under wraps, and al-Qaeda itself has not revealed the death of …

The New York Times claimed that Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command was killed in Iran in August by Israeli assassins. The operation was kept from the public until this week. The paper said the operation had been carried out at the request of the United States. On Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry described the …

The attack took place in the area of al-Radhwaniya late Sunday, as militants attempted to take control over a monitoring outpost, overlooking the outskirts west of Baghdad, the agency reported, citing security sources. The militants who descended on the tower in four vehicles targeted the outpost with grenades and rained …

The public were asked to avoid the area while a major security operation was carried out by armed police.  According to French media, citing police sources, a man and a woman died during the attack. The number of people who suffered injuries during the incident remains unknown. Media outlets are reporting …

The blast took place in Peshawar, the capital of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Senior police official Wagar Azim told AFP that a bomb brought inside the Speen Jammat mosque, which also functions as a religious school for local children, went off in the middle of Quran studies. Lady Reading …