UNMAS director calls for urgent acceleration of mine action efforts in Yemen

Hudaydah, 8 December 2022 – The Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Ms Ilene Cohn concluded a week-long visit to Yemen where she visited Hudaydah, one of the most mine and explosive remnants of war-affected governorates in Read More …

West London barber convicted of funding terrorism

A west London barber has been found guilty of sending thousands of pounds to fund terrorist activity in Syria, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Tarek Namouz, 43 (01.09.79) of west London, was arrested in May 2021 Read More …

Yemen: Former Irish Defence Forces general survives landmine explosion in Al Hudaydah

A former Defence Forces general narrowly survived a bomb blast while travelling with a United Nations convoy in Yemen on Tuesday. Major General Michael Beary commanded the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon before his retirement from the Defence Forces in 2018. Read More …

Turkish soldier killed by terrorist IED in northern Iraq

A Turkish soldier was killed in Türkiye’s anti-terror operation zone in northern Iraq, near the countries’ shared border, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said Monday. Mehmet Duman died after a bomb blast in Türkiye’s Operation Claw-Lock zone, the ministry said Read More …

UN Security Council calls for urgent action to address landmines and explosive remnants of war in Yemen

The UN Security Council (UNSC) raised alarm over the continued death and injury of civilians by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Yemen during the latest security council session on Yemen held on Tuesday 22 November. In their Read More …

Syria: ISIS Claims Responsibility For IED Explosion In Raqqa

On Tuesday, the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed an IED explosion which took place a day earlier in the city of Raqqa, north Syria. ISIS-affiliated Amaq News Agency reported the group’s militants targeted a military vehicle with an IED close to Read More …

Israel: Druze soldiers suspected of attack on Palestinian home

Incident apparently a response to the snatching of body of a Druze youth killed in a car accident week earlier Three Israeli Druze soldiers are suspected of throwing an improvised explosive device (IED) at a Palestinian home in the Bethlehem Read More …

Yemen: Bomb blast kills military commander in Shabwa

Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) said Saturday a senior commander was killed in a bomb explosion in the southern Shabwa province. In a statement, the STC-affiliated Shabwa Defense Forces said Major Salem Al-Jabwani lost his life in the explosion Read More …

Israel: Shin Bet thwarts bus bombing by Gazan with work permit

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Thursday said it had thwarted a bus bombing by a Gazan with a permit to work in Israel. The agency arrested 31-year-old Fathi Ziad Zakot, a resident of Rafah in the southern Gaza Read More …

The Government of Italy continues its support to explosive hazards management activities in Iraq

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 1,000,000 (approximately USD 999,500) from the Government of Italy, which will support life-saving mine action activities in Iraq. Activities will include delivering sustainable and efficient explosive hazard Read More …

Israel: Teen killed in RCIED explosion in Jerusalem, 19 others injured

15-year-old Aryeh Shtsupak has been named as the teen killed in the Jerusalem terror attack on Wednesday morning. An additional 19 people were wounded, one critically, in two explosions at the entrance to Jerusalem and the Ramot Junction on Wednesday Read More …

Qatar: Soldiers deployed to protect World Cup from nuclear and chemical threat

Special forces have been deployed in Qatar in case of any nuclear or chemical attack at the World Cup. Turkish members of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Division were pictured ahead of the first World Cup game Read More …

Yemen: Houthis stage attack on Al Dhaba oil port in first after truce

Attack was carried out by two drones but did not lead to casualties or damage, government says, warning “all options” are on the table in response to the raid. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed an attack on a southern oil Read More …

Iran blames Israel after bomb kills Guards colonel in Syria

An improvised bomb has killed an Iranian colonel from the aerospace division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps near Syria’s capital Damascus, Iranian media reported Wednesday, blaming arch foe Israel. The Islamic republic regularly calls for the destruction of the Read More …

Arabian Sea: Drone hits Israeli-linked tanker off the coast of Oman

An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by an Iranian bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Tehran, officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Greece said Iran freed two Greek oil tankers held by Read More …

U.S. Navy intercepts ‘massive’ shipment of explosive material in Gulf of Oman

The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet said on Tuesday it had intercepted a fishing vessel smuggling “massive” amounts of explosive material while transiting from Iran along a route in the Gulf of Oman that has been used to traffic weapons to Read More …

France Renews its Commitment to Protecting Civilians Impacted by Explosive Ordnance in Iraq

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes the contribution of EUR 500,000 (approximately USD 495,370) from the Government of France, which will support the Government of Iraq in its efforts to protect civilians impacted by the threat of explosive Read More …

Belgium provides an additional EUR 1,000,000 for UNMAS activities in Iraq

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 1,000,000 (approximately USD 980K) from the Government of Belgium, which will support the Government of Iraq in protecting civilians impacted by the threat of explosive Read More …