Saudi raids kill over 70 Yemeni civilians in 48 hours
At least 71 civilians have been killed in the last 48 hours in air raids carried out by a Saudi-led military coalition targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, residents and local media say. Residents told Al Jazeera that several air strikes rained down on the capital Sanaa early on Monday, killing at least 11 people, including […]
Pentagon Says It Killed 801 Civilians in ISIS War
It’s been 16 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, but America’s fight against terrorism doesn’t appear to be dissipating whatsoever––and innocent civilians are paying the ultimate price as a result. In a report released Thursday, the Pentagon claimed U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have “unintentionally” killed 801 civilians since the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) […]
Suicide Bomber Kills Six Afghan Civilians
A suicide blast killed at least six civilians in eastern Afghanistan Sunday and wounded 13 others. The bomber was on a motorcycle and apparently wanted to reach the venue of a massive pro-government rally in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province. But Afghan security forces intercepted him far away from the event, prompting him to donate […]
US-led Coalition Says Its Airstrikes Have Killed 801 in Syria, Iraq
The U.S.-led coalition targeting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq said Thursday its airstrikes have killed 801 civilians since late 2014. The figures came in the coalition’s latest monthly statement about its investigations into reports of possible civilian casualties resulting from the strikes. In October, the coalition says it investigated 64 such reports, […]
Elders calim airstrike in IS-controlled area kills Afghan civilians
Kabul (dpa) – Elders have claimed at least 11 civilians were killed after an airstrike hit a truck in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, while a district in south-eastern Paktia was retaken by the Taliban. The dead include four women and a child, Sazolay Shinwari, district chief of Haska Meena, where the incident took place on […]
NATO Probing Reports Airstrikes Caused Civilian Casualties
Officials in Afghanistan say overnight counterterrorism airstrikes by international forces in eastern Nangarhar province have killed at least 16 civilians, including women and children. Saaz Wali, the top administrator of the Haska Mina district where the casualties occurred, told VOA Friday the airstrikes struck a vehicle and a group of civilians in two separate areas.
Civilian Casualties Increased During Trump Rule In War Against ISIS, Report Says
Civilian casualties in the U.S.-led war against Islamic State group have risen under President Donald Trump’s administration. A recent report by news website Daily Beast claims more than 2,200 civilians died as of July 13 by coalitions raids since Trump took charge. While on an average around 80 civilians died per month in Iraq and […]
Monitor: Children among dead after airstrike on IS Syrian bastion
At least eight civilians, many of them children, died when warplanes, presumably part of a US coalition, launched airstrikes on an area of eastern Syria controlled by Islamic State forces Saturday, according to a monitoring group. The strikes targeted houses in the city of al-Mayadeen, in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the…
Man and two sons killed by US troops in Nangarhar
US troops have killed an Afghan civilian and his two young sons after opening fire “indiscriminately” when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, local officials and witnesses said. The incident took place early on Monday in Ghani Khel, a district in the south of Nangarhar province, Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman […]
Monitor: Airstrike Kills 33 Civilians in Northern Syria
A Syrian war monitor said Wednesday an airstrike believed to be carried out by a U.S.-led coalition has killed at least 33 people at a school near the key city of Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the airstrike happened early Tuesday outside the village of al-Mansoura, and that the school was serving […]