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- Winter 2024/25 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print
January 30, 2025
We are pleased to inform you that Winter 2024/25 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from C-IED ...
- Syria: CENTCOM Forces Kill Senior Operative of Terror Group Hurras al-Din, an Al-Qaeda affiliate
January 30, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. – On Jan. 30, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria targeting and killing Muhammad Salah al-Za’bir, a senior operative in the terrorist ...
- UK: Anti-Israel vandals ram van through a defence factory security barrier
January 30, 2025
Two anti-Israel vandals rammed a van through a UK defense industry factory security barrier on Tuesday, according to West Yorkshire Police and Palestine Action, then locked themselves to the vehicle ...
- Uganda confirms new Ebola outbreak
January 30, 2025
Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SUDV) in the capital city of Kampala. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Health today following positive tests ...
- Syria: Tunnels and car bombs, the latest war front in Manbij
January 30, 2025
Turkey’s allied forces have captured an entire underground ‘city’ in Manbij, previously controlled by Kurdish paramilitaries. Clashes near the Euphrates River threaten to cause a catastrophe at the Tishrin Dam. Clutching ...
- Israel: Hostages released from captivity in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners after delay
January 30, 2025
First, hostage Agam Berger, and then later on Thursday, hostages Arbel Yehoud, Gadi Mozes, and five Thai citizens were released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Berger was freed in the ...
- Red Sea: Hong Kong-flagged ship drifts abandoned after explosion
January 29, 2025
An explosion that struck a Hong Kong-flagged container ship travelling north through the Red Sea sparked a major fire, forcing its crew to abandon the vessel, shipping industry officials said. The ...
- NSW Police investigate whether explosives found in Dural were intended for antisemitic attack
January 29, 2025
NSW Police are investigating whether explosives discovered in a caravan at a property in Sydney’s north-west were intended for an antisemitic attack. On January 19, police were contacted about the caravan ...
- Netherlands: Police release new photos of suspect in Romanian gold artifacts theft at Drents Museum
January 29, 2025
Police investigating the daring burglary at the Drents Museum in Assen have released a series of photographs featuring a man wanted in connection with the robbery. The images were caught by ...
- Afghanistan: Two children killed in unexploded ordnance explosion in Kandahar
January 28, 2025
Local officials in Kandahar province have reported that two children were killed in an explosion caused by an unexploded shell in the Spin Boldak district of the province. Asadullah Jamshid, the ...
- 19th CES EOD technician earn ‘Master EOD Badge’
January 28, 2025
Staff Sgt. Matthew Sanders, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician, was awarded the Master EOD Badge at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Jan 25, 2025. The EOD ...
- Mexico: US consulate warns of gun battles, IEDs, kidnappings in Mexican border towns near Texas
January 28, 2025
American officials in Mexico have issued the highest-level travel warning amid increased gun battles, kidnappings and IEDs in a town that sits on the Texas border. The State Department has put ...
- Cadets aim to make explosive ordnance operations safer
January 28, 2025
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – A cadet brother team developed an electronic wire stabilization and cutting tool that could revolutionize explosive ordnance operations. Military members are put at risk during ...
- Pakistan army foils militant attempt to take security post in Balochistan
January 28, 2025
Islamist militants in an explosive-laden vehicle were thwarted in their attempt to overrun a Pakistani security post near the border with Afghanistan, the army said on Tuesday. The five attackers, including ...
- Nigeria: Illegal stockpiling of explosives responsible for Mashegu blast
January 28, 2025
Commissioner of Police in Niger State, CP Shawulu Danmamman, described the recent dynamite explosion in Sabon Pegi community, Mashegu Local Government Area, as unfortunate. The explosion occurred due to the indiscriminate ...
- Italy: Massive seizure of weapons, ammunition and explosive material in Reggio Calabria
January 28, 2025
A routine check of the territory by the Carabinieri of the Catona Station led to the discovery of a huge arsenal of weapons and explosive material in the district of ...
- Germany: Unexploded WWII bomb found around Carola Bridge in Dresden
January 28, 2025
Workers dismantling a collapsed bridge over the Elbe River in the eastern German city of Dresden have once again found what appears to be an unexploded World War II-era bomb. This ...
- Connecticut: Homemade explosive devices found at Waterbury home after fatal blast
January 28, 2025
Inside the home where an explosion killed a man earlier this month, police found cardboard tubes, black powder and improvised explosive devices stored in a lunchbox, according to a search ...
- INTERPOL: 37 terror suspects arrested in East African operation
January 27, 2025
LYON, France – An international counter-terrorism operation in East Africa has led to the arrest of 37 suspects and the seizure of both small arms and heavy weapons. Those arrested ...
- Norwegian NGO Suspends Demining In 13 Countries After US Aid Freeze
January 27, 2025
A Norwegian aid group has suspended mine clearing activities in 13 countries following the freezing of US foreign aid, one of its directors told AFP on Monday. Last year, Norwegian ...
- Nigeria: Police arrest one suspect, recover IED in Kano
January 27, 2025
The Kano State Police Command has arrested one suspect and recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in connection with a suspected terrorist plot to attack the state. The mastermind of ...
- Morocco thwarts terrorist plot in explosive attack planning stage
January 26, 2025
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), with precise intelligence from the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), thwarted an imminent terrorist plot early Sunday morning. The plan, still in ...
- Pakistan: One killed, 15 injured in southwestern as IED blast targets Punjab-bound bus
January 26, 2025
One person was killed while 15 others, including army soldiers, were injured in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday when a passenger bus headed toward Pakistan’s Punjab province was targeted by an ...
- Nigeria: Suicide attack kills 27 soldiers in the northeast
January 26, 2025
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a suicide attack attributed to jihadist militants in the northeast, military sources confirmed on Sunday. The attack occurred during a ground offensive ...
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