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19 Jul

Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for missile attack on Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport

Sanaa, July 19 (IANS) Yemen's Houthi group has claimed responsibility for launching a new "hypersonic ballistic missile" attack on Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, which was reportedly intercepted by Israel's defence systems. "The missile attack was in support of the besieged Palestinian people in Gaza," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a televised statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, adding that the attack achieved its goal late Friday night. "Our missile attacks will continue until the aggression on Gaza stops and the blockade is lifted," Sarea said, calling on Arabs and Muslims to rescue the Palestinian people in Gaza,…

08 May

India negates Pak drone/missile attack on over 15 places, knocks out Lahore air defence system

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) In a significant operation, India on Thursday morning targeted the Air Defence Radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan, during which the one at Lahore has been neutralised, said the government in a statement. On the night of May 7-8, Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in Northern and Western India, including Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles. These drones and missiles were neutralised by the Integrated Counter UAS Grid and Air Defence systems. "The…

01 Jun

Ukraine says Russia launches missile attack on key infrastructure

Kyiv, June 1 (IANS) The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia fired 53 missiles and 47 Shahed drones at the country's critical infrastructure overnight. According to the Air Force, 46 drones and 35 missiles were intercepted, reports Xinhua news agency. The attack caused damage to energy infrastructure in five regions in Ukraine, according to the country's state-run energy company, Ukrenergo. The company added that two thermal power plants of Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, were hit during the air strikes, damaging their equipment. According to media reports, Russia has carried out six missile and drone attacks on Ukraine's power…

16 Feb

Yemen’s Houthis claim missile attack on British ship

Sanaa, Feb 16, Yemen's Houthi group has claimed responsibility for attacking a British ship in the Gulf of Aden with several missiles. "We carried out a military operation against a British ship, Lycavitos, while it was sailing in the Gulf of Aden," Yahya Sarea, the Houthi military spokesman, said in a statement aired by the group's al-Masirah satellite TV channel on Thursday. The Houthis launched several missiles that hit the ship "directly and accurately", Xinhua news agency reported, citing Sarea. The Barbados-flagged ship Lycavitos was sailing in the Indian Ocean to the east of Aden when it was hit by…

19 Jan

Houthis claim responsibility for new missile attack on US ship (Ld)

Sanaa, Jan 19, Yemen's Houthi militia on Friday claimed responsibility for launching a fresh missile strike on a US ship in the Gulf of Aden amid escalating tensions over the rebel group's continued attacks in the Red Sea region. "The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces (Houthi) carried out an attack targeting US ship (Chem Ranger) in the Gulf of Aden with several appropriate naval missiles, and the hit was accurate," Xinhua news agency quoted Yahya Sarea, a Houthi military spokesman, as saying n a statement broadcast by the group's al-Masirah TV. "The Yemeni Armed Forces (Houthi) confirm that…

17 Jan

Missile attack by Iran on Pakistan is near-unprecedented

Tehran/Islamabad, Jan 17, Iranian local media has reported that two important bases of the terrorist group Jaish al-Adl were destroyed in Pakistan during the missile attack. These two important bases housing Jaish ul-Adl terror group were targeted and destroyed by missiles and drones earlier today on Tuesday, Mehr News reported. Some other local media in Iran say that the targeted bases were located in an area called Kuhe Sabz in Balochistan province of Pakistan, where one of the largest bases of the Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group is. Pakistan says two children were killed and three others injured in strikes by…

10 Nov

Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen claim missile attack on Israeli city

Sanaa/Jerusalem, Nov 10, The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has claimed responsibility of launching a batch of long-range ballistic missiles on the southern Israeli city of Eilat in retaliation to the continued bombardment in the Gaza Strip. In a televised statement on Thursday, Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea said the missiles targeted various sensitive targets, including the military bases in Eilat, reports Xinhua news agency. “The operation was successful and led to direct hits to the chosen targets regardless of the enemy keeping the matter secret, the Yemeni armed forces will continue its operations in support of our people in…

29 Apr

Syria’s air defences intercept Israeli missile attack

Damascus, April 29 (IANS) Syrian air defences intercepted a fresh Israeli missile attack in the central province of Homs on Saturday, the state media said in a report. The air defences were responding to hostile targets in the skies of Homs, said the report, without giving out further details. Three civilians were injured in the attack, Xinhua news agency quoted the Syrian Defence Ministry as saying. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the missile destroyed a weapon depot for the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group in the Daba'a air base in Homs.

31 Mar

Israel launches missile attack on sites in Damascus: Report

Damascus, March 31 (IANS) Israel launched a missile attack on sites in the Syrian capital Damascus after midnight Friday, the Syrian national TV reported. It was the second Israeli strike in the past 24 hours. Some missiles were intercepted by Syrian air defenses in Damascus and its surrounding areas, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the report. No casualties have been reported so far.

04 Jan

Russia blames New Year missile attack on troops’ phone use

Moscow, Jan 4 (IANS) Russia has said that a missile attack on New Year's Day in Ukraine's occupied Donetsk area that killed at least 89 soldiers, took place because the troops were using their mobile phones which enabled Ukrainian forces to locate their target. In a social media post on Wednesday, the Russian military said the main cause of the attack that hit a college for conscripts in Makiivka shortly after midnight on January 1 was the presence and "mass use" of mobile phones by troops in range of Ukrainian weapons, despite this being banned, the BBC reported. "This factor allowed…