U.S. Central Command: Strike conducted in Syria

TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command Forces conducted a UAS strike outside Jindayris, northwest Syria targeting two senior ISIS officials, July 12, 2022. Maher al-Agal, one of the top five ISIS leaders and the leader of ISIS in Syria, was Read More …

Israel: IDF shot down additional Hezbollah drone last week

The IDF shot down a drone belonging to Hezbollah which was heading from Lebanon towards Israel’s territorial waters last week, just days before three drones were shot down while headed towards the Karish gas field off the coast of northern Read More …

Iraq: Two Killed, Four Injured in Roadside Blasts in Nineveh

Two people were killed while four others were wounded on Saturday after Daesh militants attacked northern and central Iraq. According to security sources, the first attack took place in Nineveh Governate, which borders Syria, where one soldier was killed and Read More …

Yemen: Car bomb targeting security official leaves 6 dead in Aden

A car bomb targeting a top provincial security official in the southern Yemen city of Aden killed at least six people Wednesday and wounded eight others, Yemeni officials said. A car carrying explosives detonated while the convoy of a security Read More …

Syria: U.S. strike targets ‘senior’ militant in Idlib province

The United States carried out a strike in Syria’s Idlib province on Monday that targeted a senior leader of an Al-Qaeda aligned militant group, the U.S. military said. The strikes targeted Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a “senior leader” of Al Read More …

Syria: SDF arrests ISIS bomb specialist in Tabqa

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has arrested an ISIS improvised explosive device (IED) specialist in Tabqa, the US-led Combined Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant (SOJTF) announced on Wednesday. “The SDF, with support from the @coalition, detained a Daesh (ISIS) IED Read More …

US airman arrested over insider bombing attack that hurt 4 US troops

A U.S. Airman has been arrested in connection with a suspected insider attack at a U.S. base in Syria in April, during which someone planted a bomb that injured four fellow service members when it exploded. In a statement, U.S. Read More …

Iraq: Explosion near security headquarters rocks Baghdad

A security source revealed that twin explosions took place on Sunday morning near the fence of a security headquarters of the intelligence service, according to Alsumaria News. The security source clarified that two homemade explosive devices were placed outside the Read More …

Yemeni journalist killed in explosion in Aden

A Yemeni journalist was killed when his car exploded while he was driving in the southern port city of Aden, an official said Thursday, the latest such attack in the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognized government. Information Minister Moammar al-Iryani Read More …

Lebanon’s Minefields | Clearing the hidden remnants of war | UN Story

Zeina Saleh is a young Lebanese woman working in mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) in southern Lebanon. Women working in the field of demining are rare. Zeina Saleh is amongst those very few women working under extremely risky Read More …

Syria: 11 killed by landmine explosion should draw attention to combating mines urgency

Eleven Syrian civilians have been killed and others injured due to a landmine explosion in their vehicle near the Daraa Governorate, southern Syria, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor expressed on Sunday with deep regret in a statement. A landmine from the Read More …

Kansas woman admits to training all-female IS battalion in Syria

A US woman has confessed to leading an all-female squadron for the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, as well as plotting attacks on American soil. Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of providing support to the group and Read More …

Israel: IDF arrests two suspects in Samaria after finding an IED in their vehicle

Israeli forces arrested two suspects in Samaria on Monday night after finding an improvised explosive device (IED) in their vehicle. Soldiers pulled over a suspicious vehicle at Jit junction and discovered the device during a search. Ordnance disposal specialists dispatched Read More …

Egyptian Armed Forces foils terrorist attack in Sinai, an officer and 10 soldiers killed

According to the statement, the attack was foiled by the checkpoint personnel, but it resulted in the death of an officer and 10 soldiers as well as the injury of five others. The remaining terrorists are currently being hunted down Read More …

ICRC: 8.5m Iraqis live among deadly mines

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed yesterday that 8.5 million Iraqis live among deadly mines and unexploded remnants of war. “Iraq is one of the most contaminated countries on the planet’s surface with explosive munitions,” ICRC spokeswoman Read More …