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The Police Command in Borno has confirmed the death of a 13-year-old boy following an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Monguno Local Government Area. The explosive is suspected to have been planted by the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in the Read More …
Deir Ezzor province: A member of the Awqaf Committee was injured, at noon, due to the explosion of an IED while he was in front of a mosque in Al-Bukamal city in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside. He was taken to Read More …
There’s a new security headache for forces battling Maoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh: empty beer bottles. In an intriguing development, security personnel, on Monday, recovered and defused ‘bottle IEDs’ — crude bombs packed inside empty beer bottles. The bottles rigged with Read More …
Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in particular landmines, and boost their ignition. These landmines are similar to conventional antipersonnel landmines – Read More …
At least 14 terrorists and 10 civilians were killed in a powerful explosion at an improvised explosive device (IED) manufacturing facility in the Akakhel area of Khyber district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), late on Sunday night. According to the state-run Associated Press Read More …
Several passengers were injured when three carriages of the Jaffar Express derailed in the Dasht area of Mastung, Balochistan, on Tuesday, following an explosion on the railway track, officials confirmed. Railway authorities reported that one of the carriages overturned, while Read More …
There was a time when militants published newspapers, periodicals, posters, magazines, and distributed CDs to fuel their propaganda machinery. In recent years, however, they have become as equipped in the use of digital media as state actors, if not more. Read More …
On Sunday, two Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (ICTS) fighters were killed and an officer injured when an improvised explosive device detonated in western Al-Anbar province. According to the Service’s statement, a joint force from al-Anbar’s Intelligence and ICTS inspected a site Read More …
Two highway police vehicles were destroyed and a police kiosk in Sai Buri district of Pattani province sustained heavy damage when an improvised explosive device (IED), suspected to have been planted next to the kiosk by insurgents, was detonated late Read More …
The death toll from Thursday’s deadly explosion near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman rose to six, as one more injured succumbed to his wounds, medics at the Chaman Civil Hospital confirmed on Friday, saying that three others remained under treatment. Read More …
In early September 2025, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen (JNIM), an al-Qaeda-linked militant group, announced a blockade on fuel imports into Mali, particularly affecting key trade routes near Kayes and Nioro in the west. Since then, JNIM militants have repeatedly targeted Read More …
At least thirteen terrorists were killed when explosives stored in one of their hideouts in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) went off on Sunday. In a separate incident, another terrorist was eliminated during a gun battle in Dera Ismail Khan. Read More …
At least one person was killed and four others injured on Sunday when an improvised explosive device detonated in a bar in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone Northwest region, security sources said. The blast took place in Batibo, a locality of the Read More …
A major terrorist attack was narrowly avoided when security forces successfully defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in the crowded Inayat Kalay Bazaar of Bajaur district. Acting swiftly on a tip-off, bomb disposal squads from the Pakistan Army and Read More …
The Philippine Army’s 48th Infantry Battalion (48IB) denounced the communist New People’s Army (NPA) for endangering residents by stockpiling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) close to a community in Butuan City. The 48IB troopers recovered the explosives in Purok 6, Barangay Read More …
Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Saturday when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in Diyala province, a source told Shafaq News. No further details were provided. Iraq remains heavily contaminated with Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) Read More …
Two personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured on Thursday in a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district in Bastar division. The incident took place around 10:30 am near Saatdhaar bridge Read More …
Islamic State-affiliated militants have stepped up attacks in western Niger, killing more than 127 people in five separate strikes since March and highlighting authorities’ failure to protect civilians, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. A report by the rights group Read More …
The United Nations (UN) has condemned the killing of 63 people, including soldiers in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists. More than 50 people were killed in Darul Jamal village only on Friday night in Read More …
Nine months passed after the fall of Al-Assad regime and dissociation of military and security institutions, which caused critical security vacuum throughout Syria and left military forces which later took control of the country facing considerable challenges at all levels, Read More …