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Years after a coup, the military is increasingly using motorized paragliders and gyrocopters to bomb towns and villages in rebel-held territory.
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CNN gained rare access inside Israeli-occupied south Lebanon, where predominantly Shia Muslim towns and homes have been reduced to rubble. Three Christian villages have been spared Israel's demolition policy, but their residents are cut off from the rest of the country. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond explores the contrasting realities in southern Lebanon. Stream the full report on the CNN app.
The key to Lebanon's future is in the south. For decades, southern Lebanon has been a bastion of Hezbollah support. Much of the region is now under Israeli occupation and dozens of villages lie in ruins. The Lebanese government is now trying to reclaim sovereignty over its own territory — from both Israel and Hezbollah. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond explores Lebanon’s potential path forward. Stream the full report on the CNN app.
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
An airman shot down over Iran in April is breaking his silence about his harrowing escape — a 50-hour ordeal that saw him pursued by Iranian troops before being rescued by US forces. The airman, call sign "Bravo," told his story to CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday.
The American airman rescued from Iran after his aircraft was shot down in April shared for the first time details about the risky recovery operation during a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday. “Bravo,” the airman’s mission call sign used during the broadcast to shield his identity, said his parachute was damaged after the plane was hit, and that during free fall, he did everything he could to “unfurl or pull pieces of the parachute loose.” CNN reported Saturday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and political appointees in his department pushed for the two crew members to participate in the exclusively and highly publicized interview, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. CNN talks to retired Air Force Colonel…
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The complex sat below Ali al-Taher ridge, a strategic hilltop that overlooks the region and that has seen intense fighting.
The Ukrainian city of Izium still bears the scars of Russian occupation from four years ago. As Moscow’s forces approach, residents are bracing for the worst.
First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who was 25, had been deployed to an air base in Jordan when enemy missiles and drones lit up the sky. He is among the 18 Americans who have died since the war began.
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Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv have intensified, disrupting daily life with constant air-raid sirens