Syria: Explosion leaves casualties in Idlib’s al-Nairab

An explosion of an unexploded ordnance in a residential home in the town of al-Nairab, eastern Idlib governorate, resulted in fatalities and injuries, amidst ongoing search operations for missing persons. A reporter from Enab Baladi in Idlib reported that an Read More …

Myanmar: Nine injured in landmine blast in Tanintharyi region

Nine people, including children, were injured in a landmine explosion in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region on Tuesday (Feb 18). The attack carried out by terrorists occurred at around 2.10pm local time on Tuesday, when a light truck carrying civilians was Read More …

Nigeria: Two dead, dozens injured in Zamfara market explosion

Two victims of the gunpowder explosion that rocked the Talata Mafara weekly market in Zamfara State have died while receiving treatment at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto. The deceased, Muhammad Lawal Matusgi and Sani Adamu Kanarkalgo were among Read More …

Syria: Mine casualties persist as UN partners scale up clearance operations

“Mine action partners continue to report casualties due to explosive ordnance, and that is happening sadly on an almost daily basis,” Mr. Dujarric explained in a press briefing on Monday in New York. Farmers and shepherds are particularly vulnerable. Since Read More …

Pakistan: Remote-controlled bomb blast in DI Khan kills two security personnel, injures six

A remote-controlled bomb blast in Tehsil Kulachi claimed the lives of two security personnel and left six others injured on Bypass Road near Loni Bridge. According to sources, the security forces’ vehicle was targeted by a bomb placed under the Read More …

Ukraine: Three Mine Action Center personnel killed in Mykolaiv terrorist attack

On February 14, a terrorist attack in Mykolaiv claimed the lives of three service members from the Mine Action Center — Vadym Yelisieiev, Olena Kliuchnikova, and Yevhenii Siryk. The Mine Action Center announced their deaths in a Facebook post. According Read More …

Pakistan: At least 10 dead, 6 injured as blast in Harnai targets pickup truck carrying mine workers

At least 10 people were killed and six others were injured when an explosion hit a pickup truck carrying coal mine workers in Balochistan’s Harnai area on Friday, officials said. According to Harnai Deputy Commissioner Hazrat Wali Kakar, the blast Read More …

Azerbaijan: Truck hits landmine in Aghdam

A truck struck a landmine in the liberated village of Bash Garvand, Agdam, causing serious damage to the vehicle, Azernews reports. The HOVA truck, which was operating in the area, was affected by the explosion, but no injuries were recorded. Read More …

France: Two people fight for life and 10 more injured after man throws grenade into Grenoble bar

Two people fighting for their lives are among the at least 12 who were injured after a grenade was thrown into a packed bar by a man brandishing a Kalashnikov rifle in Grenoble. In a “criminal act of unprecedented violence”, Read More …

Germany: At least 20 injured after car drives into crowd in Munich

A car plowed into a group of demonstrators in Munich on Thursday injuring at least 20 people, police said, hours before world leaders were set to descend on the southern German city for a high-level security conference. One person said Read More …

Afghanistan: Suicide bombing in Kunduz kills five, injures seven

A spokesman for the Kunduz police headquarters says five people were killed and seven others injured in a suicide bombing on Tuesday morning. Jumaddin Khaksar, a spokesman for the provincial police headquarters, added that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives Read More …

Pakistan: From chaos to control – a counterterror roadmap

Last year saw no let-up in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, and if the first few weeks of 2025 are anything to go by, this year seems to be on the same trajectory. Dozens of security and law-enforcement personnel have been Read More …

Nigeria: Boko Haram IEDs kill two, injure others on market trip in Adamawa

Two people have been killed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by Boko Haram terrorists while traveling to a market in Adamawa State. The incident occurred on Tuesday along the route between Harang and Jibhuhwui villages in Hawul LGA, Borno Read More …

Syria: At least 19 killed mostly women in a car bomb explosion in Manbij

A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city on Monday, killing at least 19 people, all but one of them women, and leaving more than a dozen wounded, hospital workers said. The car detonated next to Read More …

Afghanistan needs $21.9 million for mine clearance

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that $21.9 million is needed this year to fund mine clearance and provide explosive hazard risk education in Afghanistan. In a statement on Sunday, OCHA warned that Read More …

Russia: One killed, four injured in explosion in Moscow residential complex

An explosion occurred in the lobby of the Alye Parusa (or Scarlet Sails) high-rise residential complex in northwestern Moscow. According to the latest information, one person was killed and four people sustained injuries. The blast was caused by an unidentified Read More …

Iraq: IED blast kills a child in Kirkuk

On Monday, a child was killed and another injured after an explosive remnant of war detonated in Riyadh subdistrict, southwest of Kirkuk, a medical source reported. The source told Shafaq News, “The two children were playing near Al-Shaheed village, about Read More …

Syria: Explosive remnants of civil war pose a daunting challenge

Almost 14 years of civil war contaminated swathes of the Syrian Arab Republic with roughly 324,600 unexploded rockets and bombs and thousands of landmines, according to a 2023 estimate by the US-based Carter Center. In the last four years alone, Read More …

Ukraine: Explosion near TRC in Pavlohrad, one person injured

An explosion occurred near the building of the District Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (TRC) in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region. Law enforcement officials are working at the scene of the incident. The National Police of Ukraine reported this. According to Read More …

Syria: Tunnels and car bombs, the latest war front in Manbij

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 a small radio transmitter, Abu Azzam shouted at the Read More …