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Ukraine destroys Russian Ropucha-class landing ship off Crimea

Ukraine's military claimed on Wednesday that it had sunk a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea using naval drones in a strike carried out by special operations unit Group 13. A statement issued by...

US launches retaliatory strikes on Iranian targets in Iraq, Syria

The US has started air strikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria and Iraq, in response to a drone attack that targeted a US military base in Jordan, which killed three American soldiers and injured...

Ukrainian forces sink Russian missile corvette

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) announced that its special operations unit Group 13 successfully hit and destroyed the Russian guided-missile corvette Ivanovets on the night of 31 January-1 February using unmanned sea drones. In a...

US troops killed in drone attack on US base in Jordan

Three US service members were killed and at least 34 injured when a one-way attack Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) launched by Iran-backed militants struck military outpost Tower 22 in northeast Jordan, near the Syria...

Pakistan conducts retaliatory strikes in Iran

Pakistan said Thursday that it had carried out strikes against militant targets in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province, a day after Iran launched attacks on Pakistan targeting the Baluchi militant group Jaish al-Adl. "This morning Pakistan undertook...

Iran strikes militant bases in Pakistan

Iran says it has hit two bases of the Baluchi militant group Jaish al-Adl in Pakistan on Tuesday, just one day after attacks on alleged 'terror' targets in Iraq and Syria. The drone and missile...

Iran launches missile strikes in northern Iraq

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have launched ballistic missile attacks on northern Iraq claiming to have targeted an Israeli "spy headquarters" in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region. The strikes have occurred amidst apprehensions regarding the intensification of a...

Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq, Syria

Turkey has reported the destruction of 23 targets following its overnight air strikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria. The air strikes come after nine Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdistan...