US air strikes

Dead…alive…Dead! Afghans confirm Mansour’s death

The United States has killed the leader of the Afghan Taliban in an air strike…

Islamic state territory shrinks, set to lose more

Islamic State has not gained significant ground since it took the Iraqi city of Ramadi…

Obama apologises to MSF over Kunduz hospital bombing

President Barack Obama on Wednesday apologized to Doctors without Borders (MSF) for a deadly US…

US air strike kills ISIS computer expert

The U.S. military confirmed on Friday that a British hacker who was one of the…

ISIS kidnaps 220 Assyrian Christians, spurring US air strikes

The US-led coalition has carried out air strikes against the Islamic State group in northeastern…

US planes rain 5,000 bombs on IS targets

US-led aircraft have dropped nearly 5,000 bombs in the air war against Islamic State jihadists…

Air strikes kill several key IS leaders: United States

Several leaders of the Islamic State group in Iraq have been killed in US air…

IS fighters suffer heavy losses in Kobane

Islamic State group jihadists battling for control of the Syrian town of Kobane have suffered…

Bombs cannot defeat IS, Iraqi Sunni exiles say

As US-led warplanes pound jihadists in Iraq, prominent Sunni exiles say that empowering their marginalised…