- Iraq: At least nine police killed in blast near Kirkuk
December 18, 2022
At least nine Iraqi federal police officers have been killed in a bomb blast near Iraq’s north-central city of Kirkuk, security sources told news agency. The sources said those killed on Sunday were traveling in a convoy when the bomb struck. The blast took place near the village of Safra, which lies about 30 km (20 miles) ...
- Iraq: Bomb explosion kills three children in Nineveh province
December 17, 2022
A mortar, believed to have been left by the Islamic State (ISIS), exploded to a number of children in Bashiqa town, Nineveh province on Saturday, killing three and injuring another, according to a local official. Rafaat Smo, deputy governor of Nineveh, told Rudaw on Saturday that a number of children played with a mortar in the ...
- Yemen: Al-Qaida gunmen target government forces in Abyan, 3 soldiers killed
December 16, 2022
Gunmen of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch targeted military vehicles of the country’s government forces in the southern province of Abyan on Friday, a military official told Xinhua. “Four military vehicles of the government forces were targeted by two explosions of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) detonated remotely by al-Qaida gunmen in Abyan’s district of Mudiyah,” the local ...
- Iraq: 3 killed in explosion north of Baghdad
December 14, 2022
Three members of the Iraqi security forces were killed in an explosion north of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraq’s military said. The personnel were killed when an explosive device detonated during a security operation in the Khan area of the Tarmiyah district. A commander of the 59th Infantry Brigade and two others were killed, a military statement ...
- Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing now in American custody
December 11, 2022
A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington, the Justice Department said Sunday. The arrest of Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi is a milestone ...
- UNMAS director calls for urgent acceleration of mine action efforts in Yemen
December 8, 2022
Hudaydah, 8 December 2022 – The Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Ms Ilene Cohn concluded a week-long visit to Yemen where she visited Hudaydah, one of the most mine and explosive remnants of war-affected governorates in Yemen. Over the last 6 months, UNMHA has recorded 159 casualties from landmine and ERW-related incidents ...
- West London barber convicted of funding terrorism
December 8, 2022
A west London barber has been found guilty of sending thousands of pounds to fund terrorist activity in Syria, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Tarek Namouz, 43 (01.09.79) of west London, was arrested in May 2021 in a pre-planned operation by counter terrorism officers. Material found on his phone indicated his extremist ...
- Yemen: Former Irish Defence Forces general survives landmine explosion in Al Hudaydah
December 7, 2022
A former Defence Forces general narrowly survived a bomb blast while travelling with a United Nations convoy in Yemen on Tuesday. Major General Michael Beary commanded the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon before his retirement from the Defence Forces in 2018. In 2021, he took up the role of Head of the United Nations Mission to support ...
- Turkish soldier killed by terrorist IED in northern Iraq
December 6, 2022
A Turkish soldier was killed in Türkiye’s anti-terror operation zone in northern Iraq, near the countries’ shared border, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said Monday. Mehmet Duman died after a bomb blast in Türkiye’s Operation Claw-Lock zone, the ministry said in a statement. PKK terrorists placed the improvised explosive device in an area where Turkish forces are ...
- How A New Declaration Can Help Protect Civilians During Wartime
November 30, 2022
A new political declaration to protect civilians from the devastating effects of explosive weapons when used in populated areas during wartime was adopted by 82 countries, in Dublin, on 18 November. It received significant endorsement by 23 Nato states including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and the United States. In the conflict-ridden Middle East and North Africa ...
- UN Security Council calls for urgent action to address landmines and explosive remnants of war in Yemen
November 30, 2022
The UN Security Council (UNSC) raised alarm over the continued death and injury of civilians by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Yemen during the latest security council session on Yemen held on Tuesday 22 November. In their statements, UNSC members Norway, Brazil, Kenya, Ghana, Gabon, France, Albania, and Mexico all voiced their deep ...
- IS announces leader’s death and names replacement
November 30, 2022
The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) has announced the death of its leader, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi. An audio message from the group’s spokesman said he was killed while fighting what he called “the enemies of God”, but he gave no further details. He became leader in March, after his predecessor blew himself up during a raid ...
- Syria: ISIS Claims Responsibility For IED Explosion In Raqqa
November 29, 2022
On Tuesday, the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed an IED explosion which took place a day earlier in the city of Raqqa, north Syria. ISIS-affiliated Amaq News Agency reported the group’s militants targeted a military vehicle with an IED close to the Souq al-Haal in the city of Raqqa. Amaq claimed two military personnel lost their lives while ...
- Israel: Druze soldiers suspected of attack on Palestinian home
November 28, 2022
Incident apparently a response to the snatching of body of a Druze youth killed in a car accident week earlier Three Israeli Druze soldiers are suspected of throwing an improvised explosive device (IED) at a Palestinian home in the Bethlehem area of the West Bank on Sunday night, according to Hebrew media. A Palestinian identified the three ...
- Yemen: Bomb blast kills military commander in Shabwa
November 26, 2022
Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) said Saturday a senior commander was killed in a bomb explosion in the southern Shabwa province. In a statement, the STC-affiliated Shabwa Defense Forces said Major Salem Al-Jabwani lost his life in the explosion in As-Said district, west of Shabwah. The statement said a number of his body guards were killed ...
- Israel: Shin Bet thwarts bus bombing by Gazan with work permit
November 24, 2022
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Thursday said it had thwarted a bus bombing by a Gazan with a permit to work in Israel. The agency arrested 31-year-old Fathi Ziad Zakot, a resident of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, late last month. Palestinian Islamic Jihad recruited Zakot to plant a bomb on a bus ...
- The Government of Italy continues its support to explosive hazards management activities in Iraq
November 23, 2022
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 1,000,000 (approximately USD 999,500) from the Government of Italy, which will support life-saving mine action activities in Iraq. Activities will include delivering sustainable and efficient explosive hazard management and providing technical and advisory support to national mine action authorities. Iraq suffers from various ...
- Israel: Teen killed in RCIED explosion in Jerusalem, 19 others injured
November 23, 2022
15-year-old Aryeh Shtsupak has been named as the teen killed in the Jerusalem terror attack on Wednesday morning. An additional 19 people were wounded, one critically, in two explosions at the entrance to Jerusalem and the Ramot Junction on Wednesday morning in what police are treating as a coordinated double Palestinian terrorist attack. The causes of the ...
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