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The Government of Sweden contributed an additional 10 million Swedish Krona (SEK) (USD 898,133.84) to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in support of the humanitarian mine action sector endeavors to reduce the risks of explosive ordnance contamination and Read More …
A Yemeni government soldier was killed and several others were injured in a Houthi drone attack in the northern province of Saada on Saturday, the second such incident in a week. Hadi Tarshan, governor of Saada, told Arab News that Read More …
From 26 to 27 September 2023, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer visited the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan upon invitation of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces, Major General Yousef Read More …
An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated during a Yemeni military patrol in the turbulent southern province of Abyan, killing at least five soldiers. The local security official said on condition of anonymity that the attack took place on Sunday night Read More …
From 23 to 25 September 2023, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, visited Egypt upon the invitation of General Mohamed Zaki, Commander-In-Chief Of The Armed Forces, Minister Of Defense And Military Production. In Cairo, Admiral Bauer Read More …
Three shepherds from one family were killed Saturday in a landmine explosion in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin, a provincial police source said. The incident occurred when the shepherds took their sheep in a rugged area near the town of Read More …
A violent protest involving hundreds of rioters took place near the northern Gaza Strip border fence last night. Israeli authorities reported rioters throwing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and grenades. In one incident, Hamas-affiliated terrorists reportedly tried to detonate an IED Read More …
Israeli forces this week thwarted an attempt to smuggle six IEDs into northern Israel, the IDF and Israel Police said in a joint statement Tuesday morning. “The forces located a bag containing the explosive devices, which were neutralized in the Read More …
Yemen has one of the world’s highest rates of contamination with landmines and other deadly explosives, the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned, nine years after the start of the brutal civil war. The impoverished Arab nation, plunged Read More …
The Israeli military (IDF), the Shin Bet domestic security agency and the Israel Police announced on Monday that two Israeli citizens living in the northern West Bank had been arrested last month on suspicion of smuggling explosives and other weapons Read More …
A Turkish soldier has been killed in an explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The soldier, Ünal Sipahi, died Monday after an IED that Turkey claims was planted by Read More …
Israeli military commandos warned on Sunday morning that the IDF’s armored vehicles are not equipped to deal with terror attacks carried out using improvised explosive devices (IED), which are thought to be funded and supplied to the West Bank by Read More …
During August, dozens of civilians have been documented as killed and injured due to the explosion of the coalition’s remnants and its factions in Yemen. According to the Executive Center for Mine Action, “37 civilians were killed, including 12 children, Read More …
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 …
An IDF officer and three soldiers were injured after a large explosive device was detonated by Palestinian terrorists as Israeli forces entered Nablus to secure the entry of Jewish worshippers to Joseph’s Tomb on Wednesday night, according to the IDF Read More …
Iraq has hanged three people convicted for a 2016 bombing that killed more than 300 people in a Baghdad shopping district. A car bomb that caused fires in the Karrada district on July 3, 2016, killed 323. The area was Read More …
A Turkish soldier has died after being injured in a terror attack in Türkiye’s anti-terror operation zone in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish National Defense Ministry on Saturday. The soldier, Erkan Selcuk, who was injured Friday, died from injuries Read More …
Despite the threat level remaining low in non-conflict areas, Da’esh and its affiliates continue to constitute a serious threat in conflict zones and neighbouring countries, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, underscoring that the use of Read More …
This product provides a visual comparison of UAVs used by Russian forces in Ukraine and Iranian UAVs used to attack U.S. and partner interests in the Middle East. Photos of UAV debris and components from Ukraine are consistent with systems Read More …
One explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialist of the Iranian Navy was killed, and two others were injured as unexploded munitions went off in a shooting range in northern Iran. In a statement on its website, the Iranian army identified the Read More …