Recent News Headlines : Airstrikes

VIETNAM MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE LAUNCH OF TET OFFENSIVE


The Vietnam War, known as the American War among Vietnamese, killed an estimated 2.5 million northern fighters and 58,000 American servicemen, along with some three million civilians... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 0

MOSUL IS A GRAVEYARD: FINAL IS BATTLE KILLS 9,000 CIVILIANS


But Mosul's gravediggers, its morgue workers and the volunteers who retrieve bodies from the city's rubble are keeping count... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 0

9,000-PLUS DIED IN BATTLE WITH ISLAMIC STATE GROUP FOR MOSUL


Iraqi or coalition forces are responsible for at least 3,200 civilian deaths from airstrikes, artillery fire or mortar rounds... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 748

Trending News Headlines : Airstrikes

'STAGGERING' LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED FROM U.S.-LED AIR RAIDS ON ISIS-HELD RAQQA


Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said Wednesday that coalition airstrikes had now deepened suffering in a city already under the yoke of extremist fighters... READ MORE

14th June, 2017 4180

THE SUICIDE OF EXPERTISE: GLENN REYNOLDS


If experts want to reclaim a position of authority, they need to make a few changes... READ MORE

20th March, 2017 1817

WHY KEN BURNS DECIDED THIS WAS THE TIME TO MAKE A VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTARY


Barely a minute into the first episode, Vietnam War veteran Karl Marlantes articulates the burning question to which Burns and Novick have devoted 10 episodes and 18 hours... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 1642

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS WITHDRAWS FROM KUNDUZ


The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has withdrawn from the northern Afghan city of Kunduz after 19 people were killed in an airstrike that destroyed its hospital... READ MORE

4th October, 2015 1102

VIETNAM WAR: IMPACT OF DIVIDED WAR DEEPENS


Far too often, when Americans think about the Vietnam War, as writer Viet Thanh Nguyen has said, we think only about ourselves... READ MORE

11th September, 2017 1013

'FIGURES PLUCKED OUT OF THIN AIR'


US report on civilian casualties in Iraq Syria 'Figures plucked out of thin air'... READ MORE

4th January, 2017 544

AFGHANISTAN: SURGE IN CIVILIAN, CHILDREN DEATH TOLLS


Civilian casualties touched a record high in the first half of 2016, with 388 children killed and 1,121 wounded... READ MORE

25th July, 2016 438

US AIR STRIKE 'HITS 238 IS OIL TRUCKS' IN SYRIA


A US-led coalition began a campaign of air strikes in Syria and Iraq in 2014, after IS took large parts of both countries... READ MORE

23rd November, 2015 352

'US MILITARY CAN NO LONGER PLEAD 'COLLATERAL DAMAGE' WHEN IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR 17 YEARS'


RT America has been guilty of collateral damage in the past. Why does it keep happening?... READ MORE

13th February, 2017 351

AIR STRIKE HITS MSF HOSPITAL IN HAJJAH


At least 11 people killed as a hospital in northern Yemen run by Medecins Sans Frontieres comes under fire from Saudi-led coalition... READ MORE

15th August, 2016 281

IRAQ DENIES AIR STRIKE CAUSED CIVILIAN DEATHS


Iraq's military has cast doubt on reports that an air strike by the US-led coalition caused the deaths of dozens of civilians in west Mosul... READ MORE

26th March, 2017 236

US HITS BACK AT CORBYN SPOKESMAN CLAIM AMERICA EQUALLY GUILTY AS RUSSIA FOR SYRIA 'ATROCITIES'


Labour MP John Woodcock attack Corbyn's spokesman for suggesting US and Russian actions in Syria were similar... READ MORE

13th October, 2016 210

FORMER US DRONE TECHNICIANS SPEAK OUT AGAINST PROGRAMME IN BRUSSELS


Whistleblowers Cian Westmoreland and Lisa Ling join campaigners ahead of European parliament hearing on the use of armed drones... READ MORE

1st July, 2016 188

COUNTING THE LOST, ONE BY ONE, IN SYRIA'S BOOK OF THE DEAD


And as the death toll is hovering around 250,000, the list of names and causes of death for Volume 3 are already growing... READ MORE

2nd October, 2015 179

MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN SYRIA BOMBED, LEAVING FIVE DEAD


The main Syrian opposition group had urged the US-led coalition to suspend its bombardments following the strikes until it has completed its investigation of Tokkhar... READ MORE

31st July, 2016 179

'DESTROY TOWN TO SAVE IT - MOSUL MAY BECOME US' MY LAI IN IRAQ'


A statement released by US Central Command claims the strike was conducted at the request of Iraqi Security Forces... READ MORE

27th March, 2017 125

UK LOOKING INTO REPORTS IS BEHEADING SUSPECT WOUNDED


A speech purporting to be by Baghdadi was released on Thursday following contradictory accounts out of Iraq that he had been wounded last Friday in U... READ MORE

16th November, 2014 90

IN RARE ADMISSION, U.S. SAYS CIVILIANS KILLED IN IRAQ STRIKE


Warplane attacked an Islamic State checkpoint that had been thoroughly reviewed and validated as a target, according to an investigative report released by the U.S... READ MORE

20th November, 2015 85

US ACCUSES RUSSIA OF AIR STRIKE ON SYRIA AID CONVOY


The Obama administration has accused Russian forces of the airstrike on a UN aid convoy, which shattered the fragile peace agreement in Syria... READ MORE

22nd September, 2016 72

'WASHINGTON REALIZES MOSUL OFFENSIVE IS NOT GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL' - RETIRED US AF COLONEL


Civilians in Mosul appear to be left to fend for themselves, with no humanitarian strategy, retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski told RT... READ MORE

3rd November, 2016 63

'ALARMING' NUMBER OF CHILD DEATHS PUSH AFGHAN CASUALTIES TO RECORD HIGH


Casualties have reached their highest level since the UN began issuing its authoritative reports in 2009... READ MORE

25th July, 2016 53

COUNTING THE LOST, ONE BY ONE, IN SYRIA'S BOOK OF THE DEAD


And as the death toll is hovering around 250,000, the list of names and causes of death for Volume 3 are already growing... READ MORE

2nd October, 2015 44

US TO CONDUCT SECOND INQUIRY INTO CLAIMS OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES


Garver also said that accounts of a third airstrike, east of Manbij, on 23 July had been deemed insufficiently credible to warrant further inquiry... READ MORE

4th August, 2016 31

KERRY TO REFLECT ON VIETNAM WAR BEFORE JOINING OBAMA TRIP IN MAY


Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and news anchor Dan Rather will also attend... READ MORE

24th April, 2016 2

'PLEASE FORGIVE ME, MY BROTHER': STORIES OF GRIEF, LOVE, PENANCE AT THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL


The American and his comrades had just surprised a group of about 90 North Vietnamese soldiers walking down a trail and slaughtered them, he would later write... READ MORE

7th March, 2015 0

'PLEASE FORGIVE ME, MY BROTHER': STORIES OF GRIEF, LOVE, PENANCE AT THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL


The American and his comrades had just surprised a group of about 90 North Vietnamese soldiers walking down a trail and slaughtered them, he would later write... READ MORE

7th March, 2015 0

US PLANS TO INCREASE REFUGEE INTAKE NEXT YEAR


Congressional aides said administration officials had indicated that number could go significantly higher... READ MORE

10th September, 2015 0

BROTHER OF SYRIAN BOY PICTURED BLOODIED AFTER AIRSTRIKE IN ALEPPO DIES


Ali Daqneesh, 10, died three days later from wounds sustained in the same airstrike on a rebel-held neighbourhood in Aleppo... READ MORE

21st August, 2016 0

OVER 137 FEARED DEAD, BURIED UNDER RUBBLE AFTER MOSUL AIRSTRIKE HITS BOMB-LADEN ISLAMIC STATE TRUCK


Dozens of residents were buried in collapsed buildings in the Iraqi city of Mosul after an airstrike against Islamic State triggered a massive explosion la... READ MORE

25th March, 2017 0

KEN BURNS TACKLES VIETNAM WAR IN 'VISCERAL' 18-HOUR TV HISTORY


Many of the seeds of what we see as distressing in the world today can be found back in the time of the Vietnam War... READ MORE

3rd April, 2017 0


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