For the first time since 2020, Syrian opposition forces have launched an offensive against longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad’s forces near Aleppo Syrian opposition forces' personnel walk carrying their weapons on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Al-Bab, Syria, January 15, 2017. For the first time in nearly four years, Syrian opposition forces have launched an offensive against longtime …
A Palestinian paramedic shows his bulletproof vest to members of the Israeli forces inside an armored vehicle during a military operation Wednesday in the West Bank city of Jenin. Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants, carrying out arrests and sealing off the volatile city of …
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hurricane Ian is prompting NASA to move its moon rocket off the launch pad and into shelter, adding weeks of delay to the lunar-orbiting test flight. Mission managers decided Monday to return the rocket to its Kennedy Space Center hangar. Managers will assess their options once the 322-foot Space Launch System rocket is safely back in …
US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces have launched a final push to defeat the Islamic State group in the last tiny pocket the extremists hold in eastern Syria. Key points: More than 20,000 civilians evacuated from the besieged enclave 12 IS gunmen attacked the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and clashed with them for several hours Syrian opposition activists said Islamic State …