- Israel: Three people wounded as a result of Houthi missile explosion near Ben-Gurion Airport
May 4, 2025
Three people were mildly wounded on Sunday as a result of a Houthi missile that crashed in the area of Ben-Gurion Airport’s Terminal 3, Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom said. MDA medics and paramedics provided medical treatment to a 50-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman who were lightly wounded due to the blast, and a ...
- Israel: IDF closes entrance to Beita in West Bank after reservist wounded by IED
May 1, 2025
The IDF closed off the entrance to the town of Beita in the area of Nablus on Thursday morning after troops were deployed to the area, Israeli media reported. An IDF reserve soldier from Battalion 9221 of the Ephraim Brigade was seriously wounded on Wednesday after an IED exploded in the West Bank, the military said. ...
- UK military launches airstrikes with US targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels
April 30, 2025
The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said early Wednesday, their first attack in Washington’s new intense campaign targeting the Iran-backed group. The United Kingdom offered a detailed explanation for launching the strike, in a departure from the U.S., which has offered few details about what it says are ...
- Syria: Nine killed in clashes between Druze gunmen and government forces in Damascus suburb
April 30, 2025
At least nine people have been killed in a suburb of the Syrian capital after clashes broke out between government forces and local Druze gunmen, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The fighting in Damascus’ suburb of Jaramana is the latest episode of violence in Syria since the fall of President Bashar ...
- Iraq detains Daesh suspect accused of helping to incite New Orleans truck ramming attack
April 29, 2025
An official with the Daesh group has been detained in Iraq, suspected of being involved with inciting the pickup truck-ramming attack in New Orleans that killed more than a dozen people celebrating the start of 2025, Iraqi authorities said. Iraqi authorities had received requests from the US to help in the investigation of the attack in ...
- Syria: ISIL group kills five Kurdish fighters in attack in Deir Az Zor governorate
April 28, 2025
The ISIL (ISIS) group has killed five Kurdish fighters in an attack in eastern Syria’s Deir Az Zor, the group’s news agency has reported, underscoring concerns about its resurgence. Farhad Shami, spokesperson for Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), confirmed to Reuters news agency on Monday that five of its members were killed in the attack, ...
- US forces have hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since March
April 27, 2025
The U.S. military carried out airstrikes on more than 800 targets in Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen since March 15, U.S. Central Command said this past week. These strikes have destroyed multiple command-and-control facilities, air defense systems, advanced weapons manufacturing facilities, advanced weapons storage locations, and killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders,” CENTCOM spokesman ...
- Iran: 25 killed and more than 800 injured in the Shahid Rajaee Port explosion
April 27, 2025
The death toll from a massive explosion that rocked Iran’s southern Shahid Rajaei Port on Saturday has risen to 25, while nearly 800 people have been injured. Director general of the Justice Ministry’s office at the Hormozgan Province announced on Sunday that the catastrophic blast has killed 25 people so far. A spokesperson for Iran’s crisis ...
- Yemen’s Houthi fighters down $200m worth of US drones in under six weeks
April 25, 2025
Yemen’s Houthi armed group has shot down seven US Reaper drones worth more than $200m in recent weeks, marking the most significant material loss yet in Washington’s campaign against the fighters. The drones were destroyed between March 31 and April 22, according to defence officials, as the Houthis step up efforts to target United States aircraft ...
- UK lifts sanctions on dozen Syrian government bodies
April 24, 2025
The United Kingdom has removed its sanctions on 12 Syrian government entities, including the Ministries of Defence and Interior and the General Intelligence Directorate. The move on Thursday was made four months after the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) armed group led opposition groups in ousting President Bashar al-Assad following more than 13 years of war. The ...
- Israel: Police find explosive device near Netivot
April 23, 2025
The Southern District police say they found an unexploded bomb in southern Israel this morning that they believe was left there by Hamas terrorists during the October 7, 2023, attack. Officers found the explosive device in a small, suspicious-looking bag in an open area near Netivot. A spokesman says the bomb was likely left by Hamas ...
- Iraq: IKMAA Destroys Mines, Explosives, and War Remnants in the Kurdistan Region
April 22, 2025
As part of ongoing mine clearance efforts across the Kurdistan Region, the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency (IKMAA) has safely destroyed hundreds of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) that posed a significant threat to civilians. IKMAA Operations in Erbil: In Majidawa village, Soran District, IKMAA teams successfully carried out an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operation. Following ...
- Israel: How IDF engineering tech is saving soldiers lives before getting to the battlefield
April 22, 2025
As the IDF continues its operations, the IDF’s combat engineers are quietly revolutionizing the battlefield with technology designed to save lives before combat even begins, the IDF announced in a statement on Sunday. During the operations, the troops face a gauntlet of underground tunnels, explosive devices, and hidden ambushes. To counter these threats, the IDF has ...
- Lebanon army says 3 troops killed in munitions blast in south
April 20, 2025
Lebanon’s military said a munitions blast in the country’s war-torn south killed an officer and two soldiers on Sunday, days after an explosion killed another soldier. “An army officer and two soldiers were killed and a number of citizens were injured due to an explosion of ammunition as it was being transported inside an army vehicle” ...
- Israel: IDF soldier killed in northern Gaza
April 19, 2025
An Israeli soldier was killed in northern Gaza on Saturday, marking the first combat fatality in the coastal enclave in more than three months, since the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The IDF confirmed that Warrant Officer G’haleb Sliman Alnasasra, 35, a Bedouin tracker from the southern city of Rahat, was killed in ...
- US to withdraw 600 troops from Syria
April 18, 2025
The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the Islamic State group, a U.S. official said Thursday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet announced publicly. The U.S. troops have been critical not only in the operations against ...
- Making south Lebanon safer: UNIFIL’s efforts in UXO clearance
April 16, 2025
Since the cessation of hostilities agreement on 27 November 2024, UNIFIL has carried out 34 clearance operations in south Lebanon, removing 91 unexploded ordnance (UXOs) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). While routine demining activities remain on hold, these efforts are helping to restore safety for peacekeepers, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), local communities, and humanitarian ...
- Lebanese Army receives bomb disposal equipment from France
April 15, 2025
A French military plane carrying bomb disposal equipment donated to the Lebanese Army landed Sunday at the Rafik Hariri International Airport, the army said on Tuesday. “The donation was received in the presence of officers from the Lebanese and French armies,” the Lebanese Army said in a statement. The announcement comes hours after a Lebanese soldier ...
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