Sana: – Satellite photographs of airstrip built on the Yemenis Mayun island, in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, were recently published. An official in the Yemen military informed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had built this airstrip and took steps to establish an airbase on the island. Repercussions of this have been felt in the Yemen Parliament; the […]
Islamabad – Pakistan has been accused of handing over a military base to the United States in the region near the Afghanistan border. Russian, Iranian and Afghan news agencies had carried these reports. Pakistan, troubled by the reports, has immediately dismissed them. The Pakistan foreign ministry was forced to announce that no military base has been made […]
Kabul – The US President had announced that the United States would make alternative arrangements in the neighbouring countries before withdrawing the military from Afghanistan. After that, claims were being made that the United States will deploy the army, withdrawn from Afghanistan, in Pakistan. The Pakistan Foreign Minister had taken a bold stand that the […]
Moscow/Damascus : The Russian military has intensified action against ISIS in Syria. In the last two days, the Russian fighter jets attacked at least 180 ISIS locations in Raqqah, Deir ez-Zor and Homs, informed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. At the same time, reports revealed that the militants had escalated bomb attacks on the […]
Melbourne: – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced ‘Australia will modernise four of its military bases to assist neighbouring and friendly countries. Australia will be investing A$747 million ($580 million) for this purpose.’ Prime Minister Morrison also clarified that this investment was for peace in the Indo-Pacific sector and not against China. A few hours […]
Baghdad: The US military base at Ballad, near the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, came under rocket attacks on Sunday. The attacks caused no damages. But the Gulf media is pointing out that the attack was carried out just three days before the scheduled talks between US and Iraq militaries. Strategic talks are scheduled to be […]
Mogadishu: Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist organisation, incited attacks on the US and French military bases in Djibouti. Taking cognisance of this, the United States has warned that any attacks by the terrorist organisation will be retaliated against. Meanwhile, elections are scheduled to be held in Djibouti in the next month. Concerns are being expressed […]
Beirut/Moscow: Russia has intensified its action against terrorist locations in Syria. A few hours ago, Russian fighter jets launched fierce attacks in the Latakia province in eastern Syria. Ceasefire violations were being observed from this area for the last few days. It is claimed that the Russian attacks were because of these violations. Meanwhile, reports […]
Washington: A minimum of 22 people have been killed in the airstrike launched by the US fighter jets in the Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria. The United States carried out this action on the bases of Iran affiliated terrorist organisations. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby informed that President Joe Biden issued the orders for the […]
Washington/ Erbil: Rocket attacks were launched on the US airbase located in Erbil, Kurdistan capital in Iraq. This attack killed one US contractor and injured eight others. The US State Department has expressed anger against this attack. On Monday night, three rocket attacks were carried out in Erbil city in the Iraq autonomous region, Kurdistan. […]