REUTERS/Lucas Jackson The US State Department confirmed there was a mortar attack near the US embassy in Iraq. Officials say the embassy was not impacted and that staffers are taking appropriate safety precautions. Sources say the attack came from Baghdad Area Zayoona, which is associated with Asae’b Ahlil Al Haq, an Iraqi Shi’a paramilitary group backed […]
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Russia denies it lost 7 aircraft and 10 service members in mortar attack in Syria
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia denied a report in daily newspaper Kommersant that seven Russian planes had been destroyed by rebel shelling at Syria’s Hmeymim air base on Dec. 31, the TASS news agency on Thursday quoted the defense ministry as saying. The ministry also said two Russian service […]
At least 7 Russian jets were reportedly destroyed in a mortar attack at a Syrian air base
Screenshot/YouTube via eXrusso 2017 At least seven Russian planes were destroyed and 10 service members were wounded by rebel shelling at a Syrian air base. The attack would mark the single biggest loss of military hardware for Russia since it launched air strikes in Syria in 2015. “Radical Islamists” are said to be responsible for […]
2 killed in mortar attack on Damascus residential area – police source
Published time: 4 Nov, 2017 13:01 Edited time: 4 Nov, 2017 13:01 Two people were killed and many others injured in an attack on the Al-Abbasiyyen residential area in Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reports, citing a source in the city police command. Armed groups reportedly fired three mortar shells on Saturday in the area, […]
360° Mosul: Ruptly films destroyed museum while mortar rounds fall outside (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)
Published time: 14 Mar, 2017 10:13Edited time: 14 Mar, 2017 10:16 RT’s Ruptly video news agency was filming a 360 video from the destroyed antiquities museum in Mosul, recently retaken from Islamic State, when the footage was interrupted by mortar shelling outside. Check out what happened in the exclusive video filmed Monday. [embedded content] It’s […]
US Army looking to resupply troops via mortar bombardment
The US Army is working on a new means of rapidly resupplying its troops using hollowed out artillery shells. The system, while still in its concept phase, could eventually help deliver critical ammunition and medical equipment to its forces, even in the middle of a firefight. The proposed system, dubbed the Ammunition Resupply Projectile (ARP), […]