Tag: Airstrikes

Iraqi anti-terrorism forces patrol in central Ramadi, Iraq, Saturday, April 18, 2015. After weeks of intense clashes, the city finally fell to the Islamic State. (AP Photo)

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There’s no power in airpower

Connor Ryan · June 9, 2015 9:00 am

A plume of smoke rises after an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State group positions in an eastern neighborhood of Ramadi, Iraq. (AP Photo)

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Air Force general lashes out at ISIS strategy critics

Tara Copp · June 5, 2015 10:32 pm

Islamic State militants pass by a convoy. (Militant website via AP)

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General: If Iraq airstrike hit civilians, blame ISIS

Tara Copp · June 5, 2015 7:50 pm

The Islamic State has set up a caliphate in a large swath of Iraq and a part of Syria since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. (Militant website via AP)

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ISIS ‘moron’ selfie leads to airstrike

David Brown · June 4, 2015 9:53 pm

Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site believed to be one of the largest weapons depot on the outskirts of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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U.S. official: More than 10,000 jihadists killed in airstrikes

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 4:14 pm

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said military helicopters dropped the barrel bombs on the rebel-held Shaar neighborhood of the city of Aleppo and on a market in the town of al-Bab, which is held by Islamic State militants. (AP Photo)

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Syria aflame: Barrel bombs kill at least 71

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 10:34 pm

Sunni tribal fighters stand guard on patrol to protect their neighborhoods against Islamic State extremists in al-Baghdadi town west of Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 16, 2015. Islamic State militants seized the center of Ramadi in western Iraq and raised their black flag over the government compound, local officials said. (AP Photo)

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ISIS controls majority of Ramadi, ‘situation dire’

Barbara Boland · May 16, 2015 7:51 pm

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Top Islamic State leader killed in airstrike

Kelly Cohen · May 13, 2015 4:48 pm

Smoke and dust rise over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 23, 2014. (Photo by Kutluhan Cucel/Getty Images)

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Pentagon looking into claim airstrikes in Syria killed civilians

Tara Copp · May 4, 2015 5:22 pm

Arizona Sen. John McCain said the unintentional deaths were "probably preventable." (AP File Photo)

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Republicans: Pentagon, not CIA, should conduct drone strikes

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 26, 2015 6:11 pm

Drone strike tragedy fuels new debate over Afghan withdrawal

Susan Crabtree · April 24, 2015 9:00 am

A man holds a projectile fragment after a Saudi-led airstrike against Iran-allied Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, hit a site of a weapons cache and caused massive explosions in Yemen's capital, Monday, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Saudi Arabia ends airstrikes in Yemen

Kelly Cohen · April 21, 2015 7:39 pm