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40 killed as airstrike hits Libyan migrant detention centre in Tripoli; UNHCR condemns attack
•An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, a health official in the country's UN-supported government said.
Two Israeli missiles hit arms depot for Hezbollah near Damascus International Airport: Syrian media
•Syrian media reported on Tuesday that two Israeli missiles struck the weapons depot near Damascus International Airport. No casualties were reported.
US confirms death of Islamic State commander in Afghanistan airstrike, says leader was 'key' to foreign fighters
•US Forces confirmed on Monday they had killed a top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan in an airstrike, describing the leader as "key" to foreign fighters entering the country's north. Qari Hikmatullah—also spelled Hekmat—and his bodyguard were killed in the northern province of Faryab on Thursday, US Forces-Afghanistan said in a statement.
Egypt bombs Islamic State posts in Sinai province, kills 12 militants in targetted airstrikes
Ians •Egyptian military airstrikes killed 12 militants loyal to the Islamic State terrorist group in Egypt's North Sinai province
Top Islamic State cleric Turki Binali killed in US-led coalition airstrike in Syria
•The US-led coalition said on Tuesday that it had killed the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed top cleric in an air strike in May on a Syrian town near the Iraqi border
Russia says US airstrike on Syria damages prospects of peace settlement
•Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the airstrike that the United States launched at a Syrian military base earlier this month damages the prospects of a political settlement for the war-torn country.
US 'confident' that 'Jihadi John' killed in Syria drone strike
Fp Archives •The US military said Friday it was "reasonably certain" that the Islamic State executioner "Jihadi John," a British citizen, was killed in a drone strike in Syria.
German rapper 'Deso Dogg’ who joined Islamic State killed in US airstrike
Fp Archives •A former German rapper who participated in propaganda videos for Islamic State and sought to lure foreigners to the militant group has been killed in a US airstrike in Syria,
Russia hits 60 Islamic State targets, kills 300 terrorists in airstrike on Syria
Fp Archives •Russia's air force hit 60 Islamic State targets in Syria over the past 24 hours and killed around 300 militants, the Defence Ministry said
'When the US makes a mistake, we own up to it' : Obama apologizes for Afghan airstrike
Fp Archives •President Barack Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday for the American air attack that killed at least 22 people at its hospital in Afghanistan, and said the U.S. would examine military procedures to look for better ways to prevent such incidents.