At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday in an air strike on a military school in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a ministry spokesman said. “An air raid on the military school of Tripoli killed 28 cadets and injured dozens more,” Amin al-Hashemi, spokesman for the health ministry of the Government of […]

A fresh air strike hit pro-Iran fighters in Iraq early Saturday, as fears grew of a proxy war erupting between Washington and Tehran a day after an American drone strike killed a top Iranian general. It came hours ahead of a planned a mourning march for Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary […]

DefenceTalkAn ongoing review of air and artillery strikes found another 51 civilians were killed by the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria, pushing the total toll to at least 786. In a statement Thursday, the coalition said that in September it completed an analysis of 127 reports of civilian deaths dating back to when international […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-led-strikes-claim-another-51-civilian-lives-coalition-70703/

DefenceTalkParis prosecutors have opened a probe into the leaking of a confidential document on planned French air strikes in Syria in 2013, which in the end were never carried out, judicial sources said Monday. The document was obtained by two journalists from the daily Le Monde who recently published a tell-all book based on interviews […]https://www.defencetalk.com/paris-prosecutors-probe-leak-on-french-air-strikes-in-syria-68604/

DefenceTalkCanada called Sunday for a prompt investigation into the air strikes that killed more than 140 people and wounded hundreds of others at a funeral ceremony in Yemen’s capital. The Iran-backed Huthi rebels blamed the Saudi-led coalition for Saturday’s attack, one of the deadliest since it launched a military campaign against the Shiite insurgents in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/canada-demands-probe-of-yemen-funeral-air-strike-68327/

DefenceTalkA regional administration in Somalia said rival forces deliberately misled the US into launching an air strike that killed 13 of its troops and wounded seven others. The US confirmed conducting the strike on Wednesday morning near the town of Galkayo, but said it targeted the Shabaab, an al-Qaeda group. “During a Somali-led counterterrorism operation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/somali-force-duped-us-into-bombing-rival-official-68261/

DefenceTalkSanaa: The death toll from an alleged air strike on a Yemeni wedding soared Tuesday to 131, including women and children, as the Saudi-led coalition denied it was behind the incident. UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemned Monday’s reported bombardment, saying intentional attacks on civilians were considered a “serious violation of international humanitarian law”. Residents said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/131-dead-in-alleged-strike-on-yemen-wedding-65513/

DefenceTalkDespite Israeli threats of a strike on Iran if world powers fail to halt its nuclear drive at talks entering an endgame in Vienna, experts see the sabre-rattling as largely diplomatic brinkmanship. With Monday’s deadline for a lasting agreement fast approaching, Israel has been keeping up pressure on the five permanent members of the UN […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israeli-strike-threat-diplomatic-card-against-iran-experts-61051/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military Tuesday said it had killed 28 militants in air strikes in the restive tribal region near the Afghan border, a region where it has been battling Islamist groups for more than a decade. The strikes, that also killed a number of foreign fighters, took place on Tuesday in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-28-militants-60801/

DefenceTalkBaghdad has warned Israel that it would respond to any attempts by the Jewish state to use Iraqi airspace for a strike against Iran’s controversial nuclear programme, a top Iraqi minister told AFP. The remarks from Hussein al-Shahristani, deputy prime minister responsible for energy affairs, mark the first time a senior Iraqi official has publicly […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iraq-warns-israel-on-using-airspace-in-iran-strike-48016/