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Iran has vowed to retaliate after it accused Israel of bombing its embassy complex in Syria. An airstrike destroyed the consulate building in the capital Damascus on Monday,  killing at least seven officials including Mohammed Reza Zahedi, a top commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and senior commander Mohammad …

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, April 2 apologized for what he described as an “unintentional” airstrike that killed a dual US-Canada citizen and six other aid workers as they were delivering food in Gaza.   The victims also included citizens of Britain, Australia, and Poland, according to …

At least seven officers overseeing Iran’s covert operations in the Middle East were killed in Damascus on Monday, when Israeli warplanes struck part of the Iranian Embassy complex in the Syrian capital, according to a statement by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The strike killed three generals in Iran’s Quds Force, the …

Precision airstrikes by the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch have eliminated a syndicate of terrorists on 15 motorcycles in Kaduna State.  A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, said the strike followed an intelligence report of the movement of the terrorists …

World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Teams coordinator Sean Casey said that “100-plus patients” had been brought into Al-Aqsa Hospital on Monday in the space of 30 minutes, following reported blasts, including near Al-Maghazi refugee camp. All of them needed urgent treatment for serious wounds, the WHO official told UN …

  Hamas’ armed wing has announced it will begin executing an Israeli civilian captive in return for any new Israeli bombing of civilian houses without pre-warning. Abu Obaida, spokesperson for Hamas’ armed wing, the IQB, said they have been acting in accordance with Islamic instructions by keeping Israeli captives safe. …

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has said that the military airstrike of January 24 in Nasarawa State only targeted and eliminated terrorists.   NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa disclosed this at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces in Abuja …

The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese military said on Sunday around noon local time that it conducted live-fire drills in the waters and airspace around Taiwan “as planned.” “The drills focused on joint fire land strikes and long-range air strike capabilities,” the command said in a statement posted to …

At least six children have been allegedly killed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) air strike in Kuregba community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. According to Daily Trust, the air component of the Joint Security Operatives mistakenly struck the community on Wednesday morning, April 20, while trying to …