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 …

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 …