# airstrikes - Sunday 16 May, 2021
# Palestine
# Palestine
The Foreign Minister condemned the killing of civilians, especially children, in the last week.
# airstrikes - Saturday 15 May, 2021
# Gaza
# Gaza
Israeli airstrikes have also destroyed a tower that hosted media groups Al Jazeera and the Associated Press.
# airstrikes - Sunday 25 November, 2018
# Struggling To Breathe
# Struggling To Breathe
A rebel alliance denied they were behind the attack.
# airstrikes - Saturday 14 April, 2018
# Russia Reacts
# Russia Reacts
The Irish government has yet to make a statement on the three allies’ airstrikes.
# airstrikes - Thursday 12 April, 2018
# Analysis
# Analysis
Tom Clonan analyses the case for the US to send a message with airstrikes in Syria – but the consequences could be far-reaching and costly.
# airstrikes - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
# Airstrikes
# Airstrikes
The strikes also killed 11 rebel fighters and wounded 16 civilians.
# airstrikes - Sunday 16 April, 2017
# Hope Springs
# Hope Springs
Hammam al-Alil’s sulphur springs and reopened spa have become a spot where the soldiers fighting in Mosul and the civilians fleeing it meet for a rare moment of relaxation.
# airstrikes - Thursday 13 April, 2017
# Airstrikes
# Airstrikes
‘We don’t know whether those dead children were killed there … Were they dead at all?’
# airstrikes - Saturday 8 April, 2017
# Airstrikes
# Airstrikes
“The United States will no longer wait for Assad to use chemical weapons without any consequences.”
# airstrikes - Wednesday 29 March, 2017
# Airstrikes
# Airstrikes
Hundreds of thousands of civilians are still inside west Mosul, caught up in deadly fighting between Islamic State and Iraqi forces.
# airstrikes - Friday 23 September, 2016
# Bombardment
# Bombardment
Attempts to reach agreement failed after Russia refused US demands that it promise to ground the Syrian air force.
# airstrikes - Tuesday 20 September, 2016
# Ceasefire Collapse
# Ceasefire Collapse
The week-long ceasefire in the war-ravaged country has collapsed.
# airstrikes - Monday 12 September, 2016
# Five Years Of War
# Five Years Of War
Rebels battling the Syrian regime and the political opposition are still weighing whether to abide by the agreement.
# airstrikes - Thursday 7 April, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Brutality in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and elsewhere has been largely overlooked by western media outlets, Julien Mercille writes.
# airstrikes - Monday 18 January, 2016
# Syria
# Syria
Syria’s state news agency SANA said at least 300 civilians were killed.
# airstrikes - Saturday 5 December, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
We’re all gung-ho for a counter attack but we need a conversation, writes Rob McDonnell.
# airstrikes - Friday 4 December, 2015
# Backing France
# Backing France
MPs have backed a vote to join the anti-IS coalition.
# airstrikes - Wednesday 2 December, 2015
# Poll
# Poll
British MPs will vote on extending its bombing campaign against Islamic State militants later today.
# airstrikes - Saturday 25 July, 2015
# Airstrikes
# Airstrikes
As well as bombing Kurdish militants.
# airstrikes - Friday 24 July, 2015
# Just Got Real
# Just Got Real
The eastern European country, which borders Syria, has finally entered the fray.
# airstrikes - Thursday 26 March, 2015
# Yemen
# Yemen
The beleaguered Middle Eastern state is facing civil war.
# airstrikes - Monday 27 October, 2014
# New World Order
# New World Order
From the rise of extremist groups in the Middle East, to conflict on the fringes of Europe, it’s clear the world is entering a new age of international relations.
# airstrikes - Tuesday 30 September, 2014
# Iraq
# Iraq
IS fighters near the Turkish border were among the targets of the strikes.
# Cycle Of Violence
# Cycle Of Violence
It is time to stop air strikes and let the people of the Middle East decide their own fate – together and without interference.
# airstrikes - Saturday 27 September, 2014
# Islamic State
# Islamic State
Why has there been a spate of beheadings? What should the group be referred to as? Has the West just gone to war with them?
# airstrikes - Friday 26 September, 2014
# Terrorism
# Terrorism
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan said Europeans joining Islamist State group is a ‘serious problem’.
# airstrikes - Thursday 25 September, 2014
# Airstrikes
# Airstrikes
The UK will vote tomorrow on joining the strikes.
# airstrikes - Wednesday 24 September, 2014
# Airstrikes
# Airstrikes
US Secretary of State John Kerry said ancient treasures in Iraq and Syria have become the causalities of warfare.
# airstrikes - Tuesday 23 September, 2014
# Military Campaign
# Military Campaign
The strike was conducted by the US, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
# airstrikes - Tuesday 26 August, 2014
# Islamic State
# Islamic State
The US has long resisted taking action against IS inside Syria, but it’s believed the militants’ murder of journalist James Foley may have altered the President’s approach.
# airstrikes - Monday 28 July, 2014
# Heavy Shelling
# Heavy Shelling
Eight children were killed earlier when a missile slammed into a public playground at a refugee camp.
# airstrikes - Thursday 10 July, 2014
# Hamas
# Hamas
Another 24 rockets from Gaza were intercepted, army figures show.
# airstrikes - Wednesday 9 July, 2014
# Escalating Violence
# Escalating Violence
The death toll in Gaza after two days of Israeli air strikes has climbed to more than 40.
# airstrikes - Monday 7 July, 2014
# Gaza
# Gaza
The men were killed in an early morning airstrike.
# airstrikes - Saturday 10 March, 2012
# Middle East
# Middle East
Palestinian militants have launched 92 rockets into Israel since yesterday alone.
# airstrikes - Tuesday 31 January, 2012
# Yemen
# Yemen
Security officials say the four confirmed victims were suspected members of al-Qaeda.
# airstrikes - Monday 31 October, 2011
# Gaza Strip
# Gaza Strip
Two men reported dead after Israeli aircraft struck the southern Gaza Strip targeting rocket-launching militants.
# airstrikes - Friday 1 July, 2011
# Libya
# Libya
Gaddafi has threatened the Libyan forces will move to Europe ‘like locusts’ unless NATO halts its campaign of airstrikes against his regime in Libya.
# airstrikes - Friday 24 June, 2011
# Libya
# Libya
Rebel council claims it is in contact with a 100-person-strong underground network in Tripoli to gauge morale in the capital.