Two Israeli-made Kfir fighter jets buzzed Colombia's volatile Catatumbo region early Sunday, sparking fears of another bombing raid—but officials say the flyover was a show of force, not an attack.
Colombian Air Force Kfir fighter jets flew low over Ocaña and Cúcuta before dawn on September 6, a show of force following a deadly drone attack on a military base in the Catatumbo region.
After a drone strike killed three soldiers in Ocaña, Colombia's Defense Ministry announced a military overhaul targeting ELN guerrilla corridors in the Catatumbo region near the Venezuelan border.
US Central Command reportedly struck three Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island, a key export hub, according to a report from La Jornada.
Colombia's Foreign Ministry has formally asked Russia and Ukraine to halt the recruitment of Colombian nationals into their armed forces, citing more than 1,700 requests for assistance from citizens caught up in the war.
After a drone attack by the ELN guerrilla group killed three soldiers in northern Colombia, the country's top military commander warned that such deaths must never become routine and called for a broader social response, not just official condemnations.
A coordinated drone strike and ambush on a military base in Ocaña, northern Colombia, left three soldiers dead, in what authorities are investigating as a terrorist attack.
A court in Guaviare has temporarily restricted military airstrikes against armed groups whenever intelligence suggests recruited children might be present, echoing a similar ruling issued days earlier in Bogotá.
Captain Marco David Pirajón, one of two soldiers killed when ELN guerrillas attacked an army battalion in Ocaña, Colombia, followed in his father's military footsteps and died serving the institution he loved.
A third Colombian soldier has died from injuries sustained in an explosive drone attack by ELN rebels on a military base in Ocaña, in the northeastern department of Norte de Santander.
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