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Air Force continues to pound ISIS targets in Iraq 9 hours ago A U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle flies over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 10, 2021.(Staff Sgt. Sean Carnes/Air Force) U.S. airpower continues to play a role in the ongoing fight against the remnants of the Islamic State. At least one U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle was “part of Coalition Forces which conducted air strikes at request and approval of Government of Iraq,” a defense official told Military Times Saturday afternoon. The jets took part in a combined air and partner ground operation a...

As coronavirus swept the globe a year ago, Isis began issuing pronouncements. ‘God, by his will, sent a punishment to the tyrants of this time and their followers,’ said one such; ‘we are pleased about this punishment from God for you.’ With the world on lockdown, Isis followers were urged not to sit around at home but to ‘raid the places’ of the enemies of God. ‘Don’t let a single day pass without making their lives awful.’ The virus might have begun as God’s punishment to China for persecuting the Uighurs but, as one Isis video put it, the pandemic was a chance to attack...

Strike group deployed five weeks ago

Rockets Fired at Balad Air Base in Iraq An Iraqi F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, assigned to the 9th Fighter Squadron, takes off prior to performing a Close Air Support Mission at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on June 17, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman) 15 Mar 2021 Two rockets were fired at Balad Air Base in Iraq, the Iraqi Security Media Cell confirmed Monday. The rockets fell outside the base and did not cause "significant losses," the cell said in a tweet. In a follow-up tweet with photographs, the Iraqis said that a nearby home was damaged in the attack.

Bagdad, Mar 6: Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the top religious authority for most Shia Muslims, hosted the head of the world’s Catholics, Pope Francis, on Saturday in the shrine city of Najaf.