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23 August

Turkish Bombardment Kills Two in Iraq: Local Official

Two civilians were killed in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region by a Turkish army bombardment as forces battled the Kurdistan Workers' Party rebels.

20 August

A child's teddy bear is pictured amidst the rubble of a house, following reported shelling by regime forces, in the village of Serja, in the southern part of Syria's Idlib province

Staff Writer With AFP

Regime Fire Kills 8 Children in Syria’s Idlib in 2 Days: Monitor

Syria regime shelling has killed eight children and a woman in the country's last major rebel bastion of Idlib in just two days.

20 August

An Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter plane performs at an air show during the graduation of new cadet pilots at Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, on June 29, 2017

Staff Writer With AFP

Syria Says Air Defense Shot Down Israeli Missiles

Syria's air defense system engaged "hostile targets" over the capital Damascus.

18 August

Syrian fighters attend a mock battle in anticipation of an attack by the regime on Idlib province and the surrounding countryside, during a graduation of new Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) members at a camp in the countryside of the northern Idlib province on August 14, 2018

Staff Writer With AFP

Syria’s Top Jihadist Group Hails Taliban Takeover

The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance, led by Al-Qaeda's former Syria affiliate, welcomed the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, saying it hoped Syria's jihadists would also be victorious.

18 August

Syrian Kurds demonstrate against Turkey's offensive on PKK areas in northern Iraq in Qamishli, Syria.

Staff Writer With AFP

3 Dead as Turkey Raids North Iraq Clinic: Security, Medics

Three people were killed when a Turkish air raid hit a clinic in northwest Iraq.

13 August

Armoured vehicles and 155 mm self-propelled howitzers deployed in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon on July 27, 2020

Staff Writer With AFP

Israel Says It Shot Down Drone From Lebanon’s Hezbollah

The Israeli army shot down a drone from the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah that had crossed into Israeli airspace.

12 August

Hercules Reyes

Ukrainian Armor to Market UAE Unmanned Ground Vehicle

UAE-based autonomous technologies company Milanion Group authorized Ukrainian Armor to market and distribute its AGEMA Unmanned Ground Vehicle 8×8.

11 August

Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter medical evacuation exercise

Inder Singh Bisht

Afghan Government Requests Indian Air Force Support Against Taliban

The Afghan government has sought air support from India to help push back advancing Taliban fighters, local media reported citing sources from the Ashraf Ghani administration.

10 August

Staff Writer With AFP

Raisi Tells Macron Nuclear Talks Must Guarantee Iran’s ‘Rights’

Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that negotiations with world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal must guarantee Tehran's "rights".

6 August