US May Revoke Houthi Terrorist Label If They Stop Red Sea Ship Attacks

The US said it would consider revoking its recent designation of Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists if the Iran-backed militants cease their shipping attacks in and around the Red Sea. “My hope is that we can find diplomatic off-ramps,” Tim Lenderking, Read More …

Israel: IDF arrests 20 suspects and destroys 13 explosive devices in the West Bank

Security forces arrested 20 wanted persons throughout the West Bank. The IDF Spokesman added that in the village of Al Funduq, the forces located and confiscated a rifle and destroyed three improvised explosive devices. In the village of Qibya, five Read More …

Millions of dollars needed to make Gaza safe from unexploded bombs

The scale of the bombs dropped on Gaza since 7 October means that it will take millions of dollars, and many years, to decontaminate the Strip from unexploded munitions, the head of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Palestine Read More …

Syria: Director of Military Construction Establishment in Hama killed in explosive device blast

Director of the Military Construction Establishment branch in Hama Province, Engineer Basil Abdel Qader, was martyred in a terrorist attack that targeted his car with an explosive device in front of his house in al-Qusour neighborhood in the city of Read More …

UN observers wounded in Lebanon not hit by ‘direct or indirect fire’

The four members of the U.N.’s technical observation mission in southern Lebanon were wounded as they were carrying out a foot patrol in south Lebanon. Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the U.N. peacekeeping mission UNIFIL, said its “preliminary investigation showed that Read More …

Syria: Car bomb kills 4, injures 20 in Azaz

At least four people were killed and 20 injured late Saturday in a car bomb attack that rocked a bustling market in Syria’s northern city of Azaz, according to local sources. The attack in the heart of Azaz’s vibrant marketplace Read More …

Syria: One killed, two others injured in IED explosion in Damascus countryside

On Thursday, media sources revealed that one person was killed and two others were injured when an explosive device exploded in a car belonging to an officer in the Damascus government forces in the town of Jdeidet Artouz al-Balad in Read More …

OCHA: Syria ordnance contamination

After 13 years of conflict, explosive ordnance contamination remains a challenge in Syria. Approximately a third of communities across Syria reportedly face grave risk of injury and trauma by some form of explosive contamination. Demining efforts are underway with the Read More …

At least 3,000 unexploded bombs in Gaza in first 3 months of war

At least 3,000 of the 45,000 Israeli bombs dropped on the Gaza Strip between 7 October and mid-January have failed to explode, according to estimates by Handicap International, an NGO specialising in mine action. “Of these 45,000 bombs, 3,000 have Read More …

Yemen: Al-Qaeda militants kill two pro-gov’t soldiers in Abyan province

An overnight raid by Al-Qaeda affiliated militants killed two soldiers of Yemeni pro-government troops in the southern Abyan province, a security official told Xinhua on Monday. Six other individuals were injured in the ambush attack on the patrol in the Read More …

Israel: Shin Bet seizes Iranian weapons intended for West Bank terrorists

The Shin Bet and the IDF on Monday announced that they had busted a vast Iranian network for smuggling more serious weapons into the West Bank to help dramatically increase the danger Palestinian terrorists can present to Israel. Among the Read More …

Iraq: Mine directorate warns explosives displaced by heavy rain

Sulaimani’s landmine directorate is warning people to be careful after recent heavy rains may have dislodged landmines, carrying explosives away on the current and depositing them in areas that had been cleared. “Rain and flash floods always create problems for Read More …

Iraq: Shepherds injured in war remnant explosion near Kirkuk

Two shepherds were injured in an explosion of a war remnant while herding south of Kirkuk, according to a medical source. The source told Shafaq News Agency on condition of anonymity, that “a war remnant exploded this evening on the Read More …

West Bank: IDF finds bomb in vehicle at Tzofim checkpoint

IDF arrested four suspects at the Tzofim checkpoint after finding a bomb in their vehicle, the IDF said on Friday. Soldiers who were operating at the checkpoint stopped the vehicle and, after searching it, found the explosive device on the Read More …

The Gaza Strip: IDF kills terrorists who planned to mine area with explosives in Khan Yunis

Troops of the 98th Division collaborated with the air force, closed in on terrorists in Khan Yunis and found weapons on Thursday, the IDF announced on Friday. Forces of the 7th Brigade, along with the Givati Brigade, killed terrorists using Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis threaten to extend ship attacks to Indian Ocean

Yemen’s Houthis vowed to prevent Israel-linked ships from passing through the Indian Ocean towards the Cape of Good Hope, the group’s leader Abdul Malik Al Houthi said on Thursday. “Our main battle is to prevent ships linked to the Israeli Read More …

Israel: Attack in Tel Aviv foiled, terrorist carried device with 20 kg of explosives

Soldiers from the Duvdevan Unit, following intelligence provide by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), on Monday foiled a suicide attack in central Tel Aviv, on the first day of the month of Ramadan. Kan 11 News on Tuesday evening Read More …

The Houthis Are Schooling Us in Asymmetric Warfare

The Houthis of Yemen think they’re at war with the West. With the news that three undersea fiber-optic cables were severed off the Yemeni coast and that one of their ballistic missiles took lives for the first time upon striking Read More …

Unexploded bombs, a long-term threat to life in Gaza

For more than five months, the Israeli army has been pounding the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the Hamas-led October 7 attack on Israel. In addition to the daily intensive shelling and the famine that threatens to spread throughout the Read More …

Iraq: Landmine blast kills three border guards in Erbil

A landmine explosion on Sunday at an Iraqi border guard command in Erbil killed three, an army spokesperson said. The explosion occurred during a training session at the engineering unit of the border guard command. The victims were landmine experts Read More …