Philippines: BIFF bomb-maker killed, IEDs seized in anti-terror operation

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 del Sur on Saturday. Soldiers dispatched to clear the area Read More …

Uganda captures bomb expert of Islamic State-allied rebel group

Uganda’s military has captured a commander of an Islamic State-allied rebel group who is an expert in making improvised explosive devices, or bombs, that the group has used to carry out deadly attacks in the past, the army said on Read More …

Nigeria: Troops kill ISWAP top bomb producer

The troops of Operation Desert Sanity III and Operation Hadin Kai have successfully eliminated the Islamic State West African Province, ISWAP, top Commander in charge of Vehicle Bomb Improvised Explosive Device, VBEID, Mallam Muhammadu. This followed the continuation of the Read More …

Mozambique’s president says northern town of Macomia under Islamist attack

Mozambique’s army is fighting Islamist insurgents who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia on Friday morning, President Filipe Nyusi said in a televised address. The town is in Cabo Delgado, a gas-rich northern province where Islamic Read More …

Israel: Terrorist arrested for attaching IED to Palestinian flag in attack

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet (ISA) forces have made a breakthrough in the case of a bomb attack last month involving an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a Palestinian Authority (PA) flag in the Binyamin region. Read More …

Pakistan: Two key TTP terrorists killed in Rawalpindi

The Counter-Terrorism Department of Rawalpindi killed on Sunday two key terrorists of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an Intelligence-based operation (IBO). Action against the militants was taken upon a tip-off. The terrorists opened fire on CTD personnel and were Read More …

Nigeria: Security agencies kill suspected IPOB bomb expert in Imo state

Combined security agencies have killed a suspected bomb expert of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Nigeria’s South-east. The spokesperson of the Nigerian army, Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Friday Read More …

Mali forces kill senior figure in Islamic State affiliate

Malian forces killed Abu Huzeifa, a leader of Islamic State in West Africa, during a big operation in the north of Menaka. The authorities announced this on state TV on Monday. They confirmed Huzeifa’s death on Sunday after the operation Read More …

UN peacekeepers close base in preparation to leave DR Congo

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades, has closed one of its key bases as it prepares to leave the Central Read More …

Nigeria: Troops discover IED factory in Borno

Troops of the Nigerian Army have discovered a factory where fighters of the Islamic States of West African Province (ISWAP) manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The IED factory is located in Abulam-BUK, Damboa LGA of Borno state. Read more… Source: Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 8 IEDs, 2 wireless sets seized from terrorist hideout in Rajouri

Security forces in ‘s Rajouri district discovered a terrorist hideout on Sunday, officials reported. The hideout yielded eight Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), two wireless sets, and ammunition. The recovered items were in a deteriorated state, indicating they had been there Read More …

Indonesian police arrest 8 suspected al-Qaida-linked militants

Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police arrested eight suspected militants in recent days believed to be part of a new cell linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaida-linked group, authorities said on Saturday. Police conducted raids in Central Sulawesi province between Tuesday and Read More …

Pakistan police kill bomber to thwart attack on Japanese nationals

Police in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi shot down a suicide bomber and a militant on Friday as they attacked a vehicle carrying five Japanese nationals, all of whom survived, a police spokesperson said. Islamist militants seeking to overthrow the Read More …

How Nigeria, neighbours can defeat ISWAP terror group

The death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in 2021 triggered unprecedented exits from one of the group’s two factions, Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (JAS). He died when the other faction, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), invaded his Sambisa Read More …

India: IEDs recovered in 8 cans in Jharkhand

Security forces recovered and defused improvised explosive devices (IEDs) kept in eight cans in a forest in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Monday, police said. The explosives were recovered from the Lohra forest under the jurisdiction of the Barwadih police station Read More …

Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces urge public vigilance as ADF pursuit continues

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has called for vigilance amongst Ugandans as they continue to pursue the Allied Defence Forces rebels in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to Maj. Bilal Katamba, the public information officer UPDF Mountain Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Arms, Ammunition Recovered In Reasi

Security forces on Saturday recovered cache of arms and ammunition, including Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and explosives, from a terrorist hideout in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. A police spokesman said that acting on the reliable information regarding presence Read More …

Ethiopia: Three killed in shootout as regional rebellions spill into the capital

A shootout between militiamen and police officers killed three people Friday in the Ethiopian capital in a rare case of the country’s many regional rebellions spilling into the city. The violence occurred near Millenium Hall in Addis Ababa’s downtown as Read More …

Israel: Guns, ammo and stolen IDF uniforms confiscated in Police West Bank operation

Various weapons and combat equipment were discovered and confiscated, and two suspects were arrested in Eizariya near Jerusalem during a Wednesday night Israel police operation, the Police Spokesperson Unit reported on Thursday. The operation was conducted by the Central Unit Read More …

Nigeria: Security agents comb Anambra forests, recover bombs

The joint security operatives in Anambra State have recovered nine locally made Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs and four walkie-talkies while combining some forests in Ogbaru local government area in search of hoodlums attacking security formations in the state. The state Read More …