Denmark supports explosive hazards management activities in Iraq

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomed a contribution of 14 million DKK (over two million USD) from the Danish government, which will assist the Iraqi government to reduce the threat of explosive ordnance impacting civilians and Read More …

Iraq: Kurdistan Region records over 30 causalities to mines last year

The remains of decades-old explosives in the Kurdistan Region have killed or wounded over 30 people in 2022, according to figures published by the mines’ authority. A total of 24 people were wounded by unexploded mines across Iraq’s Kurdish region Read More …

Yemen: 3 killed in landmine explosion in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah

Three people were killed on Wednesday in a landmine blast in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The victims were a woman and her two children, while her husband was critically injured in the blast Read More …

Yemen: Mine explosions kill 5 civilians in Nihm district, east of Sanaa

Five civilians were killed Wednesday in two landmine explosions in war-torn Yemen, according to a Yemeni observatory. A landmine exploded as three minors were grazing sheep in Nihm district, east of the capital Sanaa, killing two and injuring the third, Read More …

Arms supplied by UK, U.S. killed civilians in Yemen, report says

Weapons supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States and used by a Saudi-led coalition fighting in war-torn Yemen killed at least 87 civilians and wounded 136 others in just over a year, a new report said Wednesday. The Read More …

Why is an ex-Syria War jihadist fighting for Ukraine against Russia?

A Syrian Civil War Chechen jihadist organization leader was confirmed as fighting in Ukraine against Russian forces in footage published by Ukrainian military intelligence on Saturday. Rustam Azhiev, better known by his nom-de-guerre Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, was shown in a Read More …

Syria: SDF uncovers large weapons cache in Hasakah province

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday announced they uncovered a large weapons cache in the village of al-Qirawan, Tal Hamis in the Hasakah province. It consisted of large numbers of explosive belts, improvised explosive device (IED), timed bombs, AK-74 Read More …

Türkiye: Over 100-Year-Old WWI bomb exploded by robot

An over 100-year-old bomb has finally exploded in Turkey. Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula was the location of one of WWI’s bloodiest battles. A dangerous remnant of that conflict, which raged from April 25, 1915 until Jan. 9, 1916, was found in Read More …

One careful step at a time through Lebanon’s minefields

A visit to a minefield starts with some crucial safety notes. And they will save your life – when you are just steps away from deadly buried explosives, you need to pay attention. Red-painted sticks dug into the ground mean Read More …

Israel: Jerusalem bombing suspect ‘identifies with Islamic State’

Israeli authorities say they have arrested a suspect in Jerusalem over twin bombings that killed two people last month and that he identifies with Islamic State. Aslam Farouh, 26, an Arab man with an Israeli residency card, lived between Ramallah Read More …

Israel prevents suicide bombing attack; bomb caught before detonation

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Monday that it prevented a massive terrorist bombing attack and suicide bombings slated to occur within Israel. It said it arrested a number of terror suspects in the West Bank and uncovered Read More …

Iraq: Explosion in Erbil Governorate kills two soldiers, injures three

Two soldiers were killed and three were injured in an explosion in northern Iraq, Iraqi state news said Thursday. The soldiers were traveling in an army vehicle a day earlier in the Makhmour district when an explosive device detonated, the Read More …

Iraq: At least nine police killed in blast near Kirkuk

At least nine Iraqi federal police officers have been killed in a bomb blast near Iraq’s north-central city of Kirkuk, security sources told news agency. The sources said those killed on Sunday were traveling in a convoy when the bomb Read More …

Iraq: Bomb explosion kills three children in Nineveh province

A mortar, believed to have been left by the Islamic State (ISIS), exploded to a number of children in Bashiqa town, Nineveh province on Saturday, killing three and injuring another, according to a local official. Rafaat Smo, deputy governor of Read More …

Yemen: Al-Qaida gunmen target government forces in Abyan, 3 soldiers killed

Gunmen of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch targeted military vehicles of the country’s government forces in the southern province of Abyan on Friday, a military official told Xinhua. “Four military vehicles of the government forces were targeted by two explosions of Read More …

Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing now in American custody

A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington, Read More …