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An assailant has opened fire near the Supreme Court headquarters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, killing at least two judges. Informed sources told IRNA that the two judges were killed and a third one was wounded in the shooting, which Read More …
A powerful explosion shook Manbij in eastern Aleppo on Friday, claiming the lives of two men and injuring eight others. The blast, caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a civilian vehicle, occurred on Tajnid Street in the Read More …
On Thursday, the General Directorate for Mine Affairs in Duhok announced its 2024 statistics regarding efforts to remove explosive materials across the governorate. The Head of the Directorate, Shilan Naheli, told Shafaq News that mine clearance teams successfully cleared seven Read More …
Three IDF soldiers were moderately injured, and seven others sustained light injuries on Wednesday night when a weapon exploded during a training exercise at the Engineering Corps Training Base in the Negev, the IDF announced on Thursday. The injured soldiers Read More …
During 2024, the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) has recorded 61 landmine and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) related incidents in Hudaydah Governorate. A total of 41 civilians were killed and another 52 were injured. 40 Read More …
Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives for its nuclear enrichment program, a top Iranian official has acknowledged for the first time, underscoring the sophistication of sabotage programs targeting the Islamic Republic. The comments also acknowledged details previously reported Read More …
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is set to announce that Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas have agreed to a three-stage deal to release the 98 remaining hostages held in Gaza at a press Read More …
Western powers, including the United States, Germany, and France, have reportedly expressed concern over Syria’s new Islamist government’s decision to appoint foreign jihadists to senior military positions, according to informed sources. In response, Western envoys are attempting to persuade the Read More …
Four soldiers were killed in battle in northern Gaza, the IDF announced Saturday night. The soldiers were Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Alexander Fedorenko, St.-Sgt. Danila Diakov, Sgt. Yahav Maayan, and Sgt. Eliav Astuker. The four soldiers were killed after terrorists ambushed an Read More …
The Israel Air Force, together with the United States and Britain, conducted the largest coordinated airstrikes of the war against the Houthis in Yemen on Friday, targeting a power station and two ports used by the Iran-backed group. For Israel, Read More …
Israeli Defense Forces on Wednesday evening announced that three soldiers operating a tank were killed in a large explosion in Beit Hanoun, which also injured three others, including an officer, who was described as being in serious condition. All the Read More …
At least 80 civilians, including 12 children, have been killed by landmines and other explosive debris of war in the month since the Syrian strongman Bashar Al-Assad was toppled on December 8 last year. According to Mouiad Alnofaly, HALO’s Operations Read More …
The IDF on Thursday made a surprising announcement that it is continuing some attack missions against Syrian military capabilities and not merely holding onto buffer zones, which it seized in early December when the Assad regime suddenly fell. In early Read More …
Iraq has completed the construction of 400 kilometres of a 615-kilometre concrete wall along its border with Syria, the head of the country’s Security Media Cell, Tahsin Al-Khafaji, said yesterday. Speaking to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), Al-Khafaji explained that Read More …
The UAE has decided to add 19 individuals and entities to its Local Terrorist List for their links to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organisation. This decision has been made under Resolution No. (1) of 2025 issued by the UAE Cabinet, Read More …
Police sappers (bomb disposal personnel) removed the remnants of an old rocket discovered at a school in Kfar Saba, the police announced Tuesday. An initial investigation revealed that while students were playing in the school’s sandlot, they began digging and Read More …
Eleven Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay have been transferred to Oman, marking yet another detainee transfer from the military prison in the final days of the Biden administration. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin notified Congress in September 2023 of his intent Read More …
At least 101 fighters have been killed in northern Syria over the past two days amid fighting between Turkish-backed forces and Syrian Kurdish fighters, according to a war monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday that Read More …
IDF soldiers from the Yahalom Unit uncovered and dismantled an underground tunnel system that housed Hamas weapons manufacturing infrastructure in central Gaza, the military reported Saturday evening. According to the military’s statement, the underground structure contained multiple tunnels that were Read More …
The Finnish Defence Forces’ (FDF) participation in the operation against Isis in Iraq has come to an end, the FDF said in a press release. The Finnish Crisis Management Force had about 70 soldiers at the end of the operation Read More …