Philippines: Seized in Central Visayas region explosives made for terrorists

After the arrest of two individuals last Sunday for allegedly selling explosive devices in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-7 is further investigating the manufacturer of these devices. Police Col. Peter Tagtag Jr., the new Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Police recover IEDs and sticky bombs from Kathua district

The Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday claimed to have recovered half a dozen explosive devices from a militant hideout in the Kathua district. According to the police, the seized explosives included three IEDs and an equal number of sticky bombs. Read More …

Pakistan: Militants killed in Gulshan-e-Maymar raid affiliated with IS-K

The Sindh Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Sunday revealed that a pair of militants killed in an encounter in Karachi’s outskirts a day ago were affiliated with the outlawed militant Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) group and had planned a suicide Read More …

India: Bomb-making manuals, weapons, and jihadi documents seized in PFI raids

The Islamist organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI) and its sister organisations and fronts, were banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India under the UAPA Act via a notification on September 27. Before the ban was announced, Read More …

Israel foils Hamas plot to launch series of bomb attacks against Jews

Israeli security forces earlier this month arrested a group of Hamas-affiliated suspects in the West Bank who were planning bombing attacks against Israeli forces and civilians, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Monday. Seven Palestinians from Hebron and Read More …

Iraq: PMF raids an IED factory in Salah al-Din

The Popular Mobilization Authority announced the destruction of a laboratory for explosive devices belonging to terrorist gangs, northwest of Salah al-Din. The commission said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the Salah al-Din Operations Command Read More …

India: 106 landmines, 360 cartridges, 500 m of codex wire in a massive anti-Naxal operation Octopus in Jharkhand

In a massive operation against Naxals in the Budha Pahar area of Jharkhand, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police teams have recovered 106 different types of landmines, over 360 cartridges, 500 m of codex wire ammonium nitrate, arrow Read More …

Russia: FSB foils terrorist plot against Baltic Fleet facilities in Kaliningrad Region

A Kaliningrad resident was apprehended by the Federal Security Service – the FSB – for plotting terrorist attacks against the Baltic Fleet’s facilities and Khrabrovo Airport on instructions from the Azov terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia), the FSB told TASS Read More …

Syria: USCENTCOM Statement Regarding Precision Strikes in Deir ez-Zor

TAMPA, Fla. – “At President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces conducted precision airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor Syria today. These precision strikes are intended to defend and protect U.S. forces from attacks like the ones on August 15 against U.S. personnel Read More …

Nigeria: Troop busts IED factory in Kaduna, dislodge bandits

A notorious bandit camp where Improvised Explosive Devices are manufactured have been raided by troops of the Nigerian military. Found during the raid on the hideout located in the Rafin Dawa area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State Read More …

Nigeria: Army Kills ISWAP Top IED Specialist in Borno

The Troops of 25 Brigade, Operation Hadin Kai, on Sunday, killed Modu Tafjid, a top Improvised Explosive (IED) specialist of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), and three other terrorists in an ambush attack in Borno State. LEADERSHIP Read More …

Egypt’s Armed Forces kill major terrorist leader in North Sinai

The Egyptian Armed Forces have killed major terrorist leader Hamza Al-Zamli along with a number of other terrorists during an anti-terrorism military operation in Gelbana village in North Sinai. The terrorists had infiltrated the village and tried in vain to Read More …

Iraq arrests suspect who armored vehicles, made explosives for ISIS

Iraqi security forces on Saturday released a video confession of a suspect who armored vehicles for the Islamic State (ISIS) in Salahaddin province and made improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for the terror group. “They [ISIS] tasked me with armoring vehicles Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces kill two terrorists in wake of DI Khan IED attack

Security forces on Wednesday killed two terrorists during a shootout in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the military said in a statement. “On 10 August, an IED exploded on a police vehicle in general area Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan district. Read More …

Russia: FSB foils terror attack in Karachay-Circassian Republic

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) foiled a terror attack plotted by a supporter of Ukraine’s Right Sector extremist group (outlawed in Russia) against military personnel and police in Cherkessk in the Karachay-Circassian Republic, the FSB press office told TASS on Read More …

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed by US drone strike in Afghanistan

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed by a US airstrike in Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden has said. Addressing the nation from the balcony off the White House Blue Room, Mr Biden said “justice has been delivered” after Read More …

U.S. Department of Justice: Leading ISIS Media Figure and Foreign Fighter Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

A Saudi-born Canadian citizen was sentenced today to life imprisonment for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death. According to court documents, Mohammed Khalifa, aka Read More …

U.S. Central Command: Strike conducted in Syria

TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command Forces conducted a UAS strike outside Jindayris, northwest Syria targeting two senior ISIS officials, July 12, 2022. Maher al-Agal, one of the top five ISIS leaders and the leader of ISIS in Syria, was Read More …

EAPCCO CTCoE Eastern Africa Trends and Situation Report 2020

This first Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO) Regional Counter-Terrorism Centre of Excellence (CTCoE) Trend and Situation Report, developed by the EAPCCO CTCoE in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) covers a period from Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Sticky bombs, pistols, grenades seized from captured LeT militant’s hideout in Rajouri

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized arms, ammunition and explosives from a hideout of arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Talib Shah in the Draj area of border Rajouri district. The seizures include six sticky bombs, one pistol along with three Read More …