on 8 January 2020 two Afghan National Army helicopters crashed in Separate incidents in one day. In the first incident Afghan military Mil Mi-35 helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan, killing two pilots on board, the country’s Defense Ministry said. The MI-35 helicopter crashed in the Porchaman district of Farah province …
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The Middlebury Institute of International Studies and Aurora Intel shared satellite images showing the impact of the January 8 Iranian missile strike on the US-operated Ayn al-Assad airbase in Iraq. Satellite photos were taken show that an Iranian missile strike has caused extensive damage at the Ain al-Assad air base …
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Iran has carried out Operation Martyr Soleimani: a ballistic missile attack on airbases housing U.S. forces in Iraq, in retaliation for the U.S. killing of General Qasem Soleimani. More than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and Al Asad, west of Baghdad. It is …
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Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, a Boeing 737-800, crashed near Shahriar, about 8 minutes after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran. Al 167 passengers and nine crew members on board were killed. The flight took off from runway 29R at 02:41 UTC (06:11 LT), with a delay of …
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On Jan. 5, 2020, at around 05:30 AM LT, the Somali terrorist organization al-Shabaab attacked Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya, Killing three American Department of Defense personnel and destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles before they were repelled, U.S. and Kenyan authorities said. Manda Bay Airfield is also known as “Camp …
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Iranian cybersecurity group begins cyberattacks against the U.S. by a series of low-level cyber-attacks on U.S. government websites. This may be the beginning of Iran’s threatened retaliation for the death of General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in the U.S. remotely piloted aircraft strike while he visited Iraq last week. …
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On January 4, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operated by the U.S.-led coalition crashed in Iraq’s western region. An Iraqi security source told the al-Sumaria News TV that the UAV crashed while conducting a surveillance mission over western Anbar as a result of what he called “a technical failure.” “An …
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Several rockets fell inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, its Jadriya neighbourhood, close to the near the United Embassy embassy and the Balad airbase housing US troops, the Iraqi military said, adding that there were no deaths. According to Reuters at least one of the rockets fell near the U.S. …
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Sri Lankan Air Force Harbin Yunshuji Y-12 II military plane crashed on a surveillance mission under unknown circumstances. All four occupants died in the crash. One person on the ground was injured as a result of the crash. The crash occurred in Haputale district about 124 miles east of …
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Iran’s most powerful military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US airstrike in Iraq. The 62-year-old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, the division of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). First footage to show the moment …
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