By Alex Horton, Dan Lamothe and Susannah George KABUL — The United States has launched several airstrikes in support of embattled Afghan forces in recent days, U.S. officials said Friday, an escalation in U.S. involvement in Afghanistan as the Taliban seizes more territory from government forces. At least four of the strikes were carried out Wednesday and Thursday, including some
It is the third time this year that a bombing hits a market in the densely populated neighbourhood of Baghdad’s Sadr City. 19 Jul 2021 A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival. Body parts
BAGHDAD/AMMAN, July 7 (Reuters) – U.S. diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, U.S. and Iraq officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces, wounding two American service members. While there were no
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