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Explosive drone attack targeting US-led coalition forces in Iraq thwarted
Fp Staff •The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a loose alliance of Iran-linked armed groups that oppose US support for Israel, have claimed most of the drone and missile attacks on the troops deployed since 2014 against the Islamic State (IS) group.
US military says thwarted drone attack targeting its forces in Iraq
•The US military officials said it came as Washington is on heightened alert for activity by Iran-backed groups amid soaring tension in the region over the Israel-Hamas war
At least 100 killed, 125 injured as Syrian military academy hit in drone attack
Fp Staff •It was one of the bloodiest attacks ever against a Syrian army installation, and unprecedented in its use of weaponised drones in a country which has faced 12 years of civil war.
Planes in Russia's Pskov hit by drones; military claims Ukrainian vessels carrying 50 troops 'destroyed' in Black Sea
•A drone attack "has been repelled in Pskov airport," Regional governor Mikhail Vedernikov wrote on Telegram, adding authorities were assessing the damage but there were no casualties
US behind alleged drone attack on Kremlin, Russia claims
Fp Staff •Ukraine has denied involvement in the incident in the early hours of Wednesday when video footage showed two flying objects approaching the Kremlin and one exploding with a bright flash.
‘Physical elimination of Zelenskyy’: How the drone attack on the Kremlin could be trigger for bloodier war
Fp Explainers •The Russia-Ukraine war might get deadlier. Moscow has said it reserves the ‘right to retaliate anywhere’ after it accused Kyiv of carrying out a drone strike on the Kremlin, in an attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin. Dmitry Medvedev has called for the 'physical elimination of Volodymyr Zelenskyy'
Russia begins terrorism probe after Kremlin drone attack
Fp Staff •Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attacking the Kremlin with drones overnight in an attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin.
Who is to blame for the drone attack on the Kremlin?
•Unverified video footage circulating on social media appears to show an explosion on the domed roof of a building known as the Kremlin Senate, which houses the presidential administration, though the exact target and perpetrator remain unknown
Iran: Drone bombs defence factory in Isfahan, Israel hand suspected
Fp Staff •Iran’s defence ministry offered no information on who it suspected carried out the attack, which came as a refinery fire separately broke out in the country's northwest and a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck nearby, killing three people
Drone attack on Ukraine's capital early Monday morning, says Kyiv military administration
•According to Kyiv military administration, the Russian forces were using barrage ammunition from 'Shaheds', Iran-made weapons that have pummelled the capital in recent weeks