Airstrike

3 weeks ago - An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation against ground or sea surface targets carried out by aircraft, such as military balloons, airships, attack aircraft, bombers, gunships, attack helicopters and attack drones.

These operations are generally carried out by military aircraft such as bombers and strike fighters. But they also can include other types of aircraft such as helicopters, transport planes and drones.

16 hours ago - Dec 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on American personnel, U.S. officials said.

November 11, 2025 - Most of the strikes have been carried out using MQ-9 Reaper drones, the sources said, which are remotely piloted aircraft used by the military and are typically armed with Hellfire missiles.

1 day ago - The US military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on US personnel, two US officials have said. The attacks came after Donald Trump vowed to hit back after an attack last ...

... What to know about the U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran-backed fighters · The U.S. military has launched strikes on dozens of sites manned by Iran-backed fighters in western Iraq and eastern Syria in retaliation for a drone ...

15 hours ago - The U.S. military launched airstrikes Friday against the Islamic State in Syria, following last weekend’s terror attack that killed two Army soldiers and an American civilian interpreter, the Pentagon said.

2 days ago - U.S. Embassy in Ecuador on Wednesday: "The operation will enhance the capacity of the Ecuadorian military forces to combat narco-terrorists, including strengthening intelligence gathering and anti-drug trafficking capabilities, and is designed to protect the United States and Ecuador from the threats we share." If the U.S. strikes Venezuela, Latin America's readiness to challenge U.S.

18 hours ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S.

11 hours ago - U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes, as well as U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and HIMARS artillery launchers, struck dozens of ISIS sites in Syria, officials said.

11 hours ago - The United States military began executing airstrikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea in September 2025, positioned by the administration of Donald Trump as a mission to fight maritime drug trafficking in Latin America to the US.

1 day ago - The U.S. military conducted air strikes on Friday against dozens of ISIS targets in Syria in retaliation for the attack that killed three U.S. soldiers near the city of Palmyra last weekend, the U.S.

13 hours ago - The U.S. launched military strikes Friday on multiple sites in in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons in retaliation for an attack by a Syrian gunman that killed two U.S.

1 week ago - Al-Masirah and other local media reported airstrikes in Sanaa at 1:30 p.m. ET, which a US official told CBS News was "just the start" of the campaign. A strike at a power station in Dahyan, Saada Governorate caused a power outage, and Houthi military targets in Taiz were also struck.

On June 7, 2024, President Biden submitted to Congress a six-month report that discusses the strikes in the Middle East that he directed U.S. forces to conduct and for which he had provided 48-hour reports in preceding months. ... Although Iranian-backed militant groups operating in Iraq have been conducting attacks on U.S. forces based in Iraq and Syria since 2017, these attacks have increased since the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7 and Israel's subsequent military operation in Gaza.

17 hours ago - Jordan confirms its air force joined U.S. strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria. The U.S. launched these strikes on Friday to retaliate for the killing of three U.S. citizens by a Syrian gunman earlier this month.