Russian military officials on Tuesday slammed US-led coalition action against ISIL ‘jihadists’ in Syria as having had “less than zero” impact, and added that a US air strike killed 20 Syrian civilians this month. Russia’s involvement in that country since September 2015 had “changed the course of fighting terrorism in ...
At least 21 people were killed and 45 wounded in twin bombings near the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Tuesday, a security official told AFP. “The blasts left 21 people dead and 45 others wounded, most of them civilians including parliament employees,” the official told AFP, requesting anonymously.