Tag: Rockets

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), left, and Vice President Joe Biden, walk through Statuary Hall on their way to a joint session of Congress to count the votes in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. It's official: Congress has tallied the Electoral College votes and Donald Trump has been elected president.

National Security

McConnell backs Biden ordering airstrikes in Syria

Zach Halaschak · February 27, 2021 1:09 am

SpaceX high-altitude rocket prototype explodes during attempted landing

Tyler Van Dyke · December 10, 2020 12:02 am

Tigray rebels accused of firing rockets into neighboring region of Ethiopia

Haley Victory Smith · November 20, 2020 10:17 pm

Four rockets strike Baghdad’s Green Zone following US troop pullout announcement, Iraqi military says

Tyler Van Dyke · November 17, 2020 11:06 pm

Conflict escalates in Ethiopia as forces in Tigray region send rocket fire into neighboring Eritrea

Haley Victory Smith · November 15, 2020 8:18 pm

Mystery asteroid believed to be space junk from failed 1966 moon mission

Tyler Van Dyke · October 12, 2020 3:27 pm

China launches rocket in bid to be second country to land rover on Mars

Zach Halaschak · July 23, 2020 4:37 pm

‘Hope in being united’: US astronaut gives advice to people on Earth during pandemic

Zach Halaschak · May 12, 2020 9:52 pm

Two rockets land near US Embassy in Baghdad

Zach Halaschak · March 1, 2020 10:53 pm

An explosion by Israeli airstrikes is seen in Gaza City early Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Israel's military says it struck Palestinian militants in Gaza and Syria after they fired some 20 rockets toward southern Israel. The rockets on Sunday evening came hours after Israel said it killed a Palestinian militant who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence.

Israeli defense minister: 95% chance country will launch ‘large’ military campaign in Gaza

Zach Halaschak · February 25, 2020 10:54 pm

In this Jan. 25, 2018, photo, American troops coordinate with Iraqi counterparts to launch airstrikes and artillery from a small complex in the town of Qaim, Iraq. As the fight against IS in Syria grinds on, Iraqi troops stationed in western Iraq near the border continue to call on coalition forces for help sharing intelligence and launching strikes. Thousands of U.S. troops and billions of dollars spent by Washington helped bring down the Islamic State group in Iraq, but many of the divisions and problems that helped fuel the extremistsâ rise remain.

No injuries reported after rocket strike near US Embassy in Baghdad

Tim Pearce · February 16, 2020 8:25 pm

Iraqi security forces remove cement blocks and open the streets, that were closed for security concerns, around the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Iran-backed militiamen have withdrawn from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad after two days of clashes with U.S. security forces.

National Security

Reports of rockets fired at Green Zone in Baghdad

Zach Halaschak · January 8, 2020 9:22 pm