UK: Islamist extremists including youth who failed to report chemical bomb plot jailed

Two Islamist extremists have been jailed for terrorist offences. Al-Arfat Hassan, 21, from Enfield, was sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing chemicals for a terrorist purpose. A youth, 17, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for failure Read More …

U.S. Central Command Statement on U.S. Strikes in Iraq and Syria

TAMPA, Fla. – At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. U.S. military forces struck more than 85 Read More …

Rhode Island: National security, bombings among topics of URI’s Spring Forensic Seminar Partnership Series

The University of Rhode Island’s Forensic Science Partnership lecture series is back for the spring semester. All lectures are held on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences. For 25 years, the Read More …

EU naval mission to protect ships in Red Sea set to be launched on 19 February

A European Union naval mission to protect commercial shipping in the Red Sea from missile attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen is expected to be launched on February 19, the bloc’s top diplomat announced on Wednesday. “Maritime security in the Read More …

Israel: Shin Bet exposes how Hamas tried to use Israelis to unknowingly deliver explosives

The Shin Bet internal security agency on Wednesday exposed a Hamas espionage operation, during which the terrorist organization tried to solicit Israeli citizens to deliver packages without knowing what was inside. According to the revelation, the deliveries carried explosives or Read More …

Israel: IDF reveals how it floods Hamas underground world with anti-tunnel tool

The IDF on Tuesday finally allowed the Israeli media to publish more comprehensive details about its anti-tunnel flooding project against Hamas in Gaza. The IDF said that the flooding tool is one of many for fighting Hamas’s tunnels, including also Read More …

Türkiye arrests six ISIS terror suspects wanted by Interpol

Police in Türkiye nabbed six Daesh/ISIS terror suspects wanted by Interpol in the country’s southern province, a security source said on Sunday. Counter-terrorism teams conducted an operation in Adana province’s Seyhan district, raiding houses where terrorist suspects were hiding, said Read More …

Local Response & Emerging Tech to Aid Recovery in CBRN Affected Areas

12th Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium to feature two panel discussions this March 13-14 in Washington, D.C. The Joint Civil and DoD CBRN Symposium will convene senior leaders across DoD, military, federal government, industry, and academia to explore the Read More …

Winter 2023/24 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print

We are pleased to inform you that Winter 2023/24 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print.  Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from C-IED Centre of Excellence, Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy, CBRNe Secure Read More …

U.S. Central Command Forces Destroy Two Houthi Terrorists’ Anti-Ship Missiles

TAMPA, Fla. – On Jan. 24 at approximately 2:30 a.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command forces conducted strikes against two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch. U.S. forces identified the Read More …

U.S. Forces Strike Kataib Hezbollah Capabilities in Iraq

TAMPA, Fla. – In response to attacks by the Iranian-backed militia group Kataib Hezbollah (KH), including the attack on al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq on Jan. 20, on Jan. 24 at 12:15 a.m., U.S. CENTCOM forces conducted unilateral airstrikes against Read More …

Russia’s FSB detains Siberian man for attempted arson attack on defense facility

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) apprehended a resident of the Altai Region in Siberia for plotting to commit arson at a Russian defense facility, the regional department of the FSB told TASS. “A Russian citizen born in 1979 who attempted Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces seize arms, ammunition and explosives in Zhob

Security forces have killed seven terrorists during an intelligence based operation in Sambaza Sector, Zhob District near Pakistan-Afghanistan border. According to the ISPR, these terrorists were involved in terrorists’ activities against security forces as well as killing of innocent civilians. Read More …

Vietnam: Ten sentenced to life imprisonment in trial of Dak Lak terrorist attack

The People’s Court of Dak Lak on January 20 sentenced ten defendants to life imprisonment on the charge of terrorism in the trial of the case of “terrorism aimed at opposing the people’s administration, terrorism, organising illegal exit or entry Read More …

Pakistan carries out ‘precision strikes’ on terrorist hideouts in Iran

Pakistan carried out early morning air strikes on terrorist hideouts in Iran’s Siestan-o-Balochistan province on Thursday in what appears to be a response to Tehran’s violation of its air space over a day ago. The Foreign Office (FO) confirmed the Read More …

Syria: An ISIS terrorist wearing explosive belt eliminated in Daraa

Component authorities in Daraa managed to kill one of ISIS terrorists wearing a suicide belt before blowing himself up among a patrol member, east the city. In addition, an IED was founded in the al-Kashef neighborhood, with it been detonated Read More …

Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces neutralise IEDs in Somalia

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) route search explosive devices team under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has neutralised Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Somalia. The development follows the planting of the IEDs by the al-Shabaab militants Read More …

India: Assam Rifles recover four improvised explosive devices in Moreh

A vigilant Assam Rifles patrol found Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Chikim Veng near ADC Complex, Moreh. The discovery triggered an immediate action wherein thearea was cordoned off, and an extensive search ensued with the assistance of an Explosive Detective Read More …

A Denmark terror case has ‘links’ to Hamas

A Danish prosecutor said Friday that an investigation that led to the arrests of three suspects in Denmark last month on suspicion of plotting to carry out “an act of terror” was linked to Hamas, according to a local media Read More …