A Yemeni drone specialist who had traveled to Iraq to train other Iranian-backed fighters was among those killed in a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad last week, American and Iraqi defense officials said, illustrating the extensive cooperation among militant groups supported by Tehran.
The July 30 airstrike in Musayib, a town south of Iraq’s capital, targeted militants preparing to launch an attack on U.S. forces, officials have said. The strike killed Hussein Abdullah Mastoor al-Shabal, a Houthi commander, though the Pentagon was unaware of who he was until after an assessment of the operation’s results, said the U.S. official, who like others in this story spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the airstrike.
Read more…
Source: The Washington Post
Related:
- New York: Three incendiary devices found in Chester home
February 18, 2024
On Friday, Orange and Rockland County Sheriff’s Deputies were in the Village of Chester serving a temporary order of protection and executing a firearms surrender when deputies located a bag that contained what appeared to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The Rockland County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) was activated and responded to the ...
- Yemen: U.S. Central Command forces conducted self-defense strikes against missiles, unmanned underwater and surface vessels
February 18, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. – Between the hours of 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Sanaa time), Feb. 17, CENTCOM successfully conducted five self-defense strikes against three mobile anti-ship cruise missiles, one unmanned underwater vessel (UUV), and one unmanned surface vessel (USV) in Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. This is the first observed Houthi employment of a UUV since ...
- India: Man held in Uttar Pradesh for making bottle bombs
February 16, 2024
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday said it has arrested a man for allegedly making timer bombs using glass bottles packed with iron pellets. Four timer bombs have been recovered from Javed, a resident of Ramlila Tila in Kotwali police station area of Muzaffarnagar, police said. During interrogation, the arrested accused ...
- Yemen: Two killed in bomb blast in Aden
February 16, 2024
A bomb explosion in the southern Yemeni city of Aden killed two people and injured three civilians on Friday. The official, who asked to remain anonymous, said that an improvised explosive device was attached to the official vehicle of Colonel Ahmed Almarhaby, a military official of the Southern Transitional Council, and detonated in Aden’s Daar Saad ...
- India: Woman killed in IED explosion in Jharkhand
February 16, 2024
An elderly woman was killed after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) allegedly planted by the proscribed CPI (Maoists) exploded in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said on Friday. The incident happened in a forest near Maradiri village on Thursday, the police officer said, adding that the Maoists planted the IED to target security ...
- U.S. Central Command forces intercepted Iranian weapons shipment intended for Houthis
February 15, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. – A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, forward deployed to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, seized advanced conventional weapons and other lethal aid originating in Iran and bound to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen from a vessel in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 28. The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast-response cutter USCGC Clarence ...
- Emerging Technology and Risk Analysis
February 15, 2024
Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) or drone technologies, both individual systems and swarms of UASs, have proliferated over the past 25 years for a wide variety of applications. As a result, this technology and the ability to employ these UAS capabilities represent both a current and a growing threat as the technology continues to mature. In this ...
- UK: Three people who displayed paraglider images at pro-Palestine rally guilty of terror offence
February 14, 2024
Three people who displayed images of paragliders at a pro-Palestinian march have been convicted of a terrorist offence. Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, attached images of paragliders to their backs, while Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, 27, stuck one to the handle of a placard. They were seen at a protest which took place just seven ...
- Greece: Police linking Thessaloniki courthouse parcel bomb to terrorism attempt
February 14, 2024
Investigators are reportedly working on the assumption that the envelope containing explosives that was sent on Monday to the Thessaloniki courthouse addressed to the president of the Court of Appeal was an attempted terrorist attack without, however, correlating the case with the recent strikes at the headquarters of the riot police in Goudi and the ...
- Iran: No Casualties in Gas Pipeline Blast in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Fars provinces
February 14, 2024
Wednesday’s gas transmission pipeline blast in southwestern Iran has not caused any casualties, Oil Minister Javad Owji said, adding that the gas pressure will return to normal soon as the pipelines are being fixed. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet session on Wednesday, Owji said a “terrorist sabotage” attack has targeted two main ...
- Ukraine claims to have sunk Russian landing ship in drone attack
February 14, 2024
Ukraine claims to have severely damaged and sunk a Russian landing ship in its latest drone attack against Moscow’s Black Sea fleet. Ukrainian military intelligence released video on Wednesday that it said showed several naval drones approaching the Ropucha-class large landing ship Cesar Kunikov off the coast of Crimea. The drones hit the port side of ...
- UK: Man charged after counter-terror police operation
February 14, 2024
An 18-year-old man has been charged with several offences as part of an ongoing terrorism probe. Muhammad Zakir Arif of Bury in Greater Manchester will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later. Mr Arif man was arrested following an operation led by Counter-Terrorism Policing North West. Read more… Source: MSN News
- Bangladesh: Two police officers among three hurt in crude bomb blast in Barishal
February 13, 2024
Three people including two policemen sustained injuries in a crude bomb explosion in Gournadi municipality of Barishal on Tuesday morning. The injured are Gournadi Model Police Station’s Sub-Inspector Kamal Hossain and Constable Mizanur Rahman, and civilian Masum Hawlader. Police and locals said some unidentified miscreants kept 10/12 crude bombs in an abandoned bathroom of one Raju ...
- Philippines: MSU bombing mastermind killed in Lanao military ops
February 12, 2024
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday confirmed the death of the leader of terrorist group Dawlah Islamiyah (DI), who masterminded the bombing of Mindanao State University (MSU) in December last year. Military sources were able to verify that Khadafi Mimbesa, known as “Engineer,” was among those killed in last month’s military operation in Piagapo, ...
- Moldova destroyed explosives found in a Shahed drone that strayed from the war in Ukraine
February 12, 2024
Authorities in Moldova said Monday they destroyed explosives discovered in a part of a Shahed drone that crashed on its territory from the war in neighboring Ukraine. Police said that 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives were discovered during an investigation of the Shahed drone parts found on Sunday at a crash site near Moldova’s southern ...
- Yemen’s Houthis strike cargo ship bound for Iran, causing minor damage
February 12, 2024
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis fired two missiles on Monday at an Iran-bound cargo ship in the Red Sea, causing minor damage to the vessel but no injuries, U.S. military officials said. The early morning strikes appeared to be the first time the Houthis have targeted an Iran-bound vessel since starting attacks on international shipping in solidarity with ...
- Cameroon: One killed in bombing in the Northwest Region
February 12, 2024
A homemade bomb killed one person and wounded dozens of others in western Cameroon Sunday, an attack the authorities said may have been carried out by anglophone separatists. The blast came two hours after a parade of school children celebrating Youth Day had passed, state television CRTV reported. Videos on social media showed children in blue ...
- Utah: SLCPD arrest man with suspected explosive device in his pickup truck
February 12, 2024
Salt Lake City Police closed down State Street in both directions from 800-900 South Saturday night after the discovery of a potential bomb threat. The SLCPD said it arrested 51-year-old Arthur Lloyd Palmer after pulling him over for expired registration stickers. After his arrest, Palmer later claimed to have explosives inside of his truck during an ...
- Oregon health officials confirm first human bubonic plague case since 2015
February 11, 2024
An Oregon resident has been infected with the state’s first case of bubonic plague since 2015, health officials said last week. The resident was likely infected with plague by their symptomatic pet cat, Deschutes County Health Services said in a news release on Wednesday. “All close contacts of the resident and their pet have been contacted ...
- Angola: Five killed by anti-tank mine explosion in central Bié
February 11, 2024
At least five people died Saturday in Cunhinga municipality, central Bié Province, after setting off an anti-tank mine, ANGOP has learnt. The victims, three men and two women, aged between 12 and 56, were travelling on a three-wheeled motorbike and died at the scene. Speaking to ANGOP, the provincial representative of the National Mine Action Agency ...
- Cambodia: A man injured in landmine accident in Banteay Meanchey province
February 11, 2024
A 35 years old man got seriously injure by landmine explosion (K59) on February 9, 2024, in Seila Khmer village, O’Bei Choan commune, O’Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey province. According to Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) the victim named Van Komsort, suffered injuries on both legs. The incident happened when the victim was walking to pick leaves ...
- Somalia: Al-Shabab claims it attacked Emirati and Bahraini troops in Mogadishu
February 11, 2024
The al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab claimed an attack that killed three Emirati troops and a Bahraini military officer on a training mission at a military base in the Somali capital, authorities said on Sunday. The attack Saturday targeted the troops at the General Gordon Military Base in Mogadishu. Details about the attack and whether it killed ...