Tag: Rocket Attack

Damascus: At least 27 people were killed in a targeted bombing and a rocket attack in the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, authorities said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 14 people died in an alleged bombing by Russian aircraft targeting the Mahkan area, reports Efe news. According to the NGO, 13 […]

Kabul: US Defence Secretary James Mattis paid a surprise visit to Kabul on Wednesday and pledged his country won’t abandon Afghanistan. Hours after he touched down, the Taliban launched a rocket attack on the Kabul airport. Mattis was speaking at a joint press conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. “We will […]

Baghdad: At least two rockets hit the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The incident took place at around 12 a.m. on Sunday when unknown militants fired the rockets at the zone, which houses some of the main Iraqi government offices and the US embassy, the official told […]