The Vikings were expert sailors, a Norse people who came from the area known as Scandinavia, from the 8th to the 11th centuries. Today, their lands are called Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and they are Known for their ruthlessness. The name ‘Viking’ quite literally means ‘a pirate raid’, fitting for […]
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The drought conditions that have roiled Syria, Iraq and Iran over the past three years would not have happened without climate change, a new analysis suggests. Scientists with the World Weather Attribution group analyzed three years of temperature and precipitation data and found that climate change contributed to extreme temperatures, […]
At least two-dozen American military personnel based in Iraq and Syria were injured in drone attacks last week that officials said were launched by Iran-backed proxy groups. The largest attack carried out against a US base was on Oct. 18 when 20 troops suffered “minor injuries,” after numerous one-way drones […]
Washington CNN — American military officials are trying to steer Israel away from the type of brutal, urban combat the US engaged in against insurgents during the Iraq War, in an effort to keep the Israelis from getting bogged down in bloody, house-by-house fighting as they prepare for an assault […]
Iran-backed militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for an attack on US forces at the al-Tanf military base in southern Syria. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq – which encompasses several local Iranian-backed militias – said it used two drones to attack the al-Tanf garrison near the border with Jordan and […]
Iran-backed militias in Iraq have claimed they were responsible for an attack on U.S. forces at a strategic base in southeastern Syria. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iranian-backed militias, said Monday that their forces used two drones to attack the al-Tanf garrison near the Jordanian and […]
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – U.S. troops have been repeatedly attacked in Iraq and Syria in recent days, U.S. officials said on Thursday, as Washington is on heightened alert for activity by Iran-backed groups with regional tensions soaring during the Israel-Hamas war. President Joe Biden has sent […]
TEL AVIV/ERBIL, Iraq, Oct 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. military thwarted an attack in Iraq early on Wednesday, intercepting two drones before they could strike, two U.S. officials said after the first such attack on U.S. forces in Iraq in more than a year. The officials, who spoke to Reuters […]