Turkey shoots down two Syria warplanes in escalating offensive
Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes on Sunday in an escalating offensive.
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PAF pilots who shot down Indian jets awarded with military medals
On February 27, Pakistan had shot down two Indian fighter jets that attempted to violate its airspace and captured an Indian pilot
Suspected Russian warplanes hit busy market in Idlib, kill 15
AMMAN: At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday when suspected Russian warplanes struck a crowded market in the rebel-held city of Ariha in the second such strike on a shopping area in opposition-held Idlib within 24 hours, residents and rescuers said.
They said the aircraft were flying at high altitude, which differentiates it from ageing Syrian airforce.
The opposition-run Civil Defence service said a further 20 people were wounded in the strike. Video released by local activists showed extensive damage, with…
US sends supersonic bombers over South Korea
SEOUL: US bombers overflew the Korean peninsula on Thursday as part of an exercise with Japanese and South Korean warplanes, the US Air Force said, days before President Donald Trump arrives in the region for a trip set to be dominated by the nuclear-armed North.
Tensions are high over Pyongyang's ballistic missile and atomic programmes, which in recent months have seen it test ICBMs and carry out its sixth nuclear blast.
Trump's visit will throw a spotlight on the issue, after the US President and North Korean leader Kim…
Syria army pounds Aleppo rebels as US, Russia to meet
ALEPPO: Syrian warplanes again pounded Aleppo's last rebel-held districts, as the United States said American and Russian officials would meet Saturday in a bid to save the city from "complete" destruction.
With the fighting resuming after a brief respite, the UN General Assembly demanded an immediate ceasefire and urgent aid deliveries, in a resolution adopted by a strong majority.
US officials will meet Saturday with their Russian counterparts in Geneva to try to stop Aleppo "being absolutely, completely destroyed",…
Russia said to send more warplanes to Syria, diplomacy ‘on life support’
MOSCOW: Russia is sending more warplanes to Syria to ramp up its air campaign, a Russian newspaper reported on Friday, as the United States said diplomacy to halt the violence was "on life support" but not dead yet.
Fighting continued to intensify a week into a new Russian-backed Syrian government offensive to capture rebel-held eastern Aleppo and crush the last urban stronghold of a revolt against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that began in 2011.
Moscow and Assad spurned a US-Russian brokered ceasefire agreed to this…
Heavy air strikes hit rebel road to Syria’s Aleppo – monitor, rebels
BEIRUT: Air strikes hit the only road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo city on Sunday in the heaviest bombardment since February, a rebel official and monitors said, jeopardising access to an area where around 300,000 Syrians live.
Syrian warplanes counter-attack rebels near Aleppo
AMMAN: Syrian warplanes attacked Islamist militants near the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, both sides said, as the government tried to push back a insurgent advance in the area.
Russian warplanes leave Syria, raising U.N. hopes for peace talks
MOSCOW/BEIRUT/GENEVA: Russian warplanes flew home from Syria on Tuesday as Moscow started to withdraw forces that have tipped the war President Bashar al-Assad's way, and the U.N. envoy said he hoped the move would help peace talks in Geneva.
Russia, Syrian army pound rebels ahead of fighting halt
DAMASCUS: Russian warplanes bombed Syrian rebel-held areas in northwestern Syria and government forces pounded a suburb of the capital on Thursday, ahead of a planned halt to fighting that rebels predicted Damascus and Moscow would ignore.