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After years in hiding, the terrorist group Hasm, considered to be the armed wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, resurfaced this week when the Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that two Hasm militants, Ahmed Ghoneim and Ihab Abdel-Qader, were Read More …
France handed over control of its last major military facility in Senegal on Thursday, marking the end of its armed forces’ long presence in the West African country and a milestone in a withdrawal from the wider region. The commander Read More …
The U.S. Department of Defense has designated $130 million in its Fiscal Year 2026 budget under the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund (CTEF) to support vetted Syrian groups and individuals, including the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian Free Read More …
The Nigerien army announced on Sunday that it had killed at least 11 terrorists in response to two coordinated attacks carried out on Wednesday and Thursday in the Tillabery and Dosso regions of western Niger. According to a military statement Read More …
Within the framework of the Ayacucho Plus Campaign Plan and as part of the sustained operations to protect the inhabitants and neutralize terrorist threats, troops of the Twelfth Brigade, unit a of the Sixth Division of Colombian National Army, found Read More …
The Somali National Army’s elite Danab Commandos have killed a senior Al-Shabaab leader and eight of his bodyguards in a targeted operation conducted in the Bariire area of the Lower Shabelle region. The slain militant, identified only as Jaabir, was Read More …
Troops of Sector 2, Operation Hadin Kai, have successfully neutralised two suspected fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) who were attempting to plant Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) along a key highway in Borno State, PRNigeria learnt. Military Read More …
Troops from the Givati Brigade, under the command of the 162nd Division, are operating in the area of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip as part of Operation “Gideon’s Chariots”. In recent weeks, the troops eliminated numerous terrorists, dismantled military Read More …
Security forces seized a huge quantity of explosives from a Maoist dump in a forest in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district, a police officer said on Sunday. The explosives including 500 electronic detonators were seized from a Maoist dump set up in Read More …
Security forces on Sunday killed two terrorists and apprehended two others during an operation in Balochistan’s Duki district, a statement from the military’s media wing said. The statement, issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said that security forces conducted Read More …
The General Staff of the Malian Armed Forces announced on Saturday the killing of a prominent foreign leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), during a military operation conducted in the Chimame area, approximately 40 kilometers north Read More …
The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), in coordination with the Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF), has recaptured the strategic towns of Sabiid and Anole from al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, the AU mission announced on Sunday. Read More …
Two alleged members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan Group were killed while two others were injured and arrested in an armed encounter in Barangay Libutan, Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, June 22, 2025. According to the 6th Infantry Division (6ID), Read More …
NAF Airstrikes Destroy IED Factory, Terrorist Gun Trucks in Borno’s Tumbuktu Triangle The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), under Operation HADIN KAI, has launched a series of precision airstrikes that destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory and several terrorist gun Read More …
In the booby-trapped hills of Abujmarh, once the impregnable stronghold of Maoists, a new dynamic is reshaping the battle against the guerrillas. Giridhar, a former commander of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Company No. 10 has emerged as a Read More …
Niger’s army has raided jihadist-controlled informal mining sites in the country’s west, killing more than a dozen insurgents and seizing material linked to the manufacture of improvised explosive devices, it said. An army statement said the raids took place last Read More …
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast during an anti-Maoist operation in Odisha’s Sundargarh district on Saturday morning, officials said. Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Satyaban Kumar Singh, 34, of the 134th Read More …
Somali police arrested several suspected Al-Shabaab members on Thursday after an explosion at a house in Mogadishu’s Dayniile district revealed an apparent bomb-making operation. According to police, the blast occurred as the men were assembling explosive devices inside a residence Read More …
Somalia’s federal government launched a two-day national conference in Mogadishu on Monday to address the growing threat of illicit arms, unregulated ammunition, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used by insurgent groups. The event, led by Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi Read More …
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., today, May 27th 2025, commissioned 50 state-of-the-art operational vehicles for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal – Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, a feat which Read More …