Human Rights Watch Q&A: US Antipersonnel Landmine Transfers

On November 20, 2024, the administration of United States President Joe Biden announced the transfer of antipersonnel landmines to Ukraine, reversing a longstanding US prohibition. An additional transfer of antipersonnel mines was announced on December 2. The announcements did not Read More …

Iraq: Missing Kuwaiti and Saudi hunters killed by a leftover Islamic State group explosive in Anbar

The bodies of a Kuwaiti citizen and a Saudi with Kuwaiti residency who had disappeared in Iraq were found Tuesday, Kuwait’s minister of foreign affairs said in a statement. Iraqi security officials said the men, who had reportedly come to Read More …

Killer Gulf War mines cast a deadly legacy in Kuwait

Decades after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990-1991, the specter of landmines continues to haunt the Gulf emirate, claiming lives and causing injuries, even among those born after the end of the Gulf War. The situation is particularly dire for Read More …

Joint-Service EOD Training: Operation Solar Flare

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait — U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians from across Kuwait completed a large-scale detonation during Operation Solar Flare at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Aug. 24, 2023. Solar Flare is Read More …

Army National Guard members to deploy for Kuwait mission

Twenty-three New York Army National Guard Soldiers will depart the Glenville Armed Forces Reserve Center for a deployment to Kuwait Thursday morning. Members of the 501st Ordnance Battalion are trained to provide mission command, and supervision of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Read More …

Kuwaiti, U.S. EOD techs conduct joint munitions disposal training

Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense and U.S. explosive ordnance disposal teams joined forces for a controlled munitions detonation training designed to share knowledge in disposing of newly upgraded artillery rounds known as insensitive munitions. The new version of the round uses Read More …

Explosive Device Addressed To U.S. Intercepted In Kuwait

Gulf media sources have reported that Kuwaiti security officers intercepted a package containing an improvised explosive device, or IED, at Kuwait’s airport on Friday, April 12. According to Kuwaiti interior ministry officials, the device was detected during a routine cargo Read More …