WAR REPORT - INDO DAILY

Turkey air force in joint exercises with Saudi Arabia: army

Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)

Turkey's air force on Monday began five days of air defence exercises with Saudi Arabia, the Turkish military said, as the two countries forge an increasingly t...

Saudi deploys jets in Turkey for anti-IS fight

Feb 14, 2016 (AFP)

Saudi Arabia has deployed warplanes to a Turkish airbase in order to "intensify" its operations against the Islamic State group in Syria, a senior Saudi defence...

Syrian opposition criticises ceasefire deal

Feb 14, 2016 (AFP)

A senior figure in the Syrian opposition movement on Sunday criticised the truce deal forged by the US and Russia, saying Moscow was continuing its onslaught on...

20 nations join major military manoeuvre in Saudi

Feb 14, 2016 (AFP)

Armed forces from around 20 countries were gathering in northern Saudi Arabia Sunday for "the most important" military manoeuvre ever staged in the region, the ...

2 killed, 15 wounded in Saudi-led strike on Yemen workshop

Feb 14, 2016 (AFP)

A Saudi-led coalition air strike on a sewing workshop killed at least two people and wounded 15 in the rebel-held Yemeni capital on Sunday, the owner told AFP. ...

Hopes for Syria ceasefire dim as Turkey shells Kurds

Feb 14, 2016 (AFP)

Hopes for a ceasefire taking hold in Syria this week dimmed Sunday as Turkey renewed its shelling of advancing Kurdish militants and Washington demanded Moscow ...

Nepal Maoists mark 20 years since start of civil war

Feb 13, 2016 (AFP)

Nepal's former Maoist rebels paid tribute to fallen comrades Saturday in a ceremony marking 20 years since the start of an insurgency that transformed the Himal...

MiG-23 fighter shot down over Libya's Benghazi

Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)

A MiG-23 fighter of Libya's internationally recognised government was shot down Friday as it carried out air strikes on opposition positions in the coastal city...

No peace for Nepal's ex-child soldiers, 20 years after war

Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)

Wincing with pain every time he walks, Bijay Rai is constantly reminded of his decision to join the Maoist army aged 14, as one of Nepal's thousands of child so...

UAE to deploy special forces, jets in anti-IS campaign: Carter (SPX) Feb 13, 2016

Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)

The United Arab Emirates wants to deploy commandos to help train forces fighting Islamic State jihadists and will resume its contribution to the US-led air camp...

Assad vows to retake all of Syria, keep 'fighting terrorism'

Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)

President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to recapture the whole of Syria and keep "fighting terrorism" while also negotiating an end to the war, as international pre...

Saudi Arabia asks UN to move aid workers in Yemen

Feb 11, 2016 (AFP)

Saudi Arabia has asked the United Nations to move aid workers away from rebel-held areas in Yemen as the Riyadh-led coalition presses on with air strikes agains...

Russia claims US planes bombed Syria's Aleppo

Feb 11, 2016 (AFP)

Russia's defence ministry on Thursday accused the United States of bombing the Syrian city of Aleppo after the Pentagon said Moscow's air strikes had destroyed ...

Kurds, allies seize Syria air base backed by Russia: monitor

Feb 11, 2016 (AFP)

Kurdish and Arab forces backed by Russian air strikes captured a strategic air base and the adjacent town in northern Syria from rival anti-government factions,...

Russian air strikes in Syria 'directly enabling' IS: US

Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)

Russian air strikes in and around the city of Aleppo against opponents of the Syrian regime are benefitting the Islamic State group, a senior US official charge...

UN urges Turkey to open borders, end to bombing of Aleppo

Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)

The United Nations urged Turkey to let in tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing a regime offensive around Aleppo on Tuesday, adding to calls for Russia to end ai...

Syria opposition calls for end to sieges to resume talks

Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)

Sieges on cities across Syria must be lifted and air strikes on civilian areas must stop if the opposition is to resume talks in Geneva as planned on February 2...

Syrians recount 'hell' of Aleppo life under air strikes

Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)

Syrian farmer Mahmud Turki was sitting on his couch at sunset watching the news with his family after eating supper. Then an air strike hit his home and turned ...

Family of 5 killed in coalition strike on Yemen capital

Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)

Five members of the same family were killed when a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit their home in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, rescuers and neighbours sa...

Stop bombing Syria's Aleppo: UN aid chief

Feb 09, 2016 (AFP)

The United Nations aid chief called Tuesday for an end to bombings in Syria's Aleppo province after air strikes sent tens of thousands of civilians fleeing towa...