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- Israel: Three soldiers killed in IED explosion in booby-trapped building in Rafah
May 29, 2024
The IDF on Wednesday named three soldiers of the 50th Battalion of the Nahal Brigade who were killed by an explosive in a booby-trapped building in Rafah in the southern ...
- Pakistan: Suspected militants burn girls’ school in North Waziristan, in third such attack this month
May 29, 2024
A group of militants used kerosine to set fire to a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books, police said Wednesday, in the latest ...
- Yemen: US military MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Marib province
May 29, 2024
Another U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images online purported to show Wednesday, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the ...
- Ukrainian sappers neutralize almost 4,000 explosives in past week
May 28, 2024
In the past week, demining units of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s State Special Transport Service found and neutralized 3,948 explosive objects. The State Special Transport Service said this in a post ...
- U.S. Army CBRN Capability Development Update
May 28, 2024
To fight, survive, and win in operations against 21st-century adversaries, we must leverage ingenuity and technology to develop comprehensive solutions. These solutions should provide situational understanding of potential chemical, biological, radiological, ...
- Germany to keep military base in Niger open under temporary deal, Berlin says
May 28, 2024
Germany will keep its military air transport hub in Niger’s capital Niamey open for now, the defence ministry in Berlin said late on Tuesday, shortly after the European Union announced ...
- UK: WWII bomb found in Devon garden detonated by Royal Navy team
May 28, 2024
Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams detonated a WWII bomb which was discovered in a garden in Devon yesterday (May 27). A Royal Navy team from the Diving & Threat Exploitation ...
- International community should mobilize efforts to eliminate landmine threat in Azerbaijan
May 28, 2024
Armenia-planted landmines countinue to kill and maim Azerbaijanis in recently liberated territories, Azernews reports citing the post shared by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on its official “X” account. “Despite extensive efforts, demining ...
- Belgium sends nearly €1 billion in military aid to Ukraine
May 28, 2024
As part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s surprise visit to Belgium, he and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo signed a security agreement about the delivery of at least €977 million ...
- Vietnam: Wartime bomb safely detonated in Quang Binh
May 28, 2024
The military command of the central province of Quang Binh coordinated with the PeaceTrees Vietnam project to safely detonated a 334kg bomb left from the war on May 28. The bomb ...
- Azerbaijan’s ANAMA employee injured in mine explosion in Aghdam
May 28, 2024
An investigation is underway on the mine incident in Aghdam resulting in the injury of an employee of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), the press service of ...
- Pakistan: Man killed, two others injured in Bajaur blast
May 28, 2024
A man was killed and two others wounded when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) planted at a roadside in Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district on Monday. Police and ...
- Spring/Summer 2024 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print
May 28, 2024
We are pleased to inform you that Spring/Summer 2024 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from European ...
- Ontario: One person injured by homemade explosive in Algonquin Highlands
May 27, 2024
The Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a residence in Algonquin Highlands after receiving a report of a serious injury caused by explosive material. On May ...
- Pakistan arrests 11 involved in attack on Chinese nationals
May 27, 2024
Pakistan’s National Counter-Terrorism Authority Coordinator Muhammad Tahir Rai said Sunday that security forces have arrested 11 suspects accused involved in an attack on Chinese nationals in March this year. Addressing a ...
- Ireland: Suspect device discovered in Drogheda
May 27, 2024
The device was removed from the scene and has been sent to Forensic Science Ireland for further analysis. The Army Bomb Disposal Team was called to the scene of a suspect ...
- Germany: Unearthing explosives and polluted areas can come at a hefty price for property owners
May 27, 2024
Is your construction land free from explosives and other hazards? To be certain, a test must be conducted, and not just for one reason. Situations involving the discovery of explosives ...
- Syria: Five pro-Iran forces killed in IS attack in Deir ez-Zor governorate
May 27, 2024
Five members of militias loyal to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed in an attack by the Islamic State group (IS) in the eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor on ...
- Moving bombs
May 27, 2024
In the post-9/11 scenario, suicide bombing emerged as the deadliest and most popular terrorist strategy adopted by various groups around the world. After 9/11, there was an intensification in both ...
- Philippines: BIFF bomb-maker killed, IEDs seized in anti-terror operation
May 27, 2024
Soldiers killed a member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and confiscated 26 improvised explosive devices in an air and ground anti-terror offensive in Barangay Butilen, Salibo town in Maguindanao ...
- Israel: Inside the IDF’s technological field teams
May 27, 2024
A long row of explosives was lined up at our feet. A few days after Oct. 7, chaos engulfed the Julis base. In a large warehouse stood the combat equipment used ...
- Mali: Over 20 killed in attack on Mopti village
May 26, 2024
Over 20 civilians were killed in an attack in central Mali on Saturday, a local official said on Sunday. The attack targeted a village in the Circle of Bankass in Mopti ...
- Indian Army thwarts IED attack in Manipur
May 26, 2024
In a significant achievement, alert and vigilant soldiers of the Indian Army averted a major incident by successfully diffusing three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Imphal East district. The IEDs were ...
- Cameroon: Bar explosion kills one in the English-speaking Northwest region
May 26, 2024
At least one person was killed late Saturday when a makeshift bomb exploded in a crowded bar in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, according to local and security sources. An ...
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