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At least one person was killed and eight others injured on Monday when a bomb-laden bag exploded in Syria’s border town of Al-Rai, security sources said. The bomb was left as a consignment to a shop on the busiest street Read More …
Turkish special forces have defused two bombs planted in a vehicle in northern Syria, said the National Defense Ministry on Monday. The ministry in a statement said Underwater Defense (SAS) teams, a special unit of the Turkish Navy, detected a Read More …
As authorities continue to find and extract landmines left behind from the Lebanese Civil War, a new wave of explosives has entered the country’s border due to a natural disaster. The Lebanese Armed Forces on Wednesday said landmines planted along Read More …
With the support from the Government of Japan (USD 825,000), the United Nations Mine Action Service Syria Response Programme (UNMAS SRP) launched the new project “Humanitarian Mine Action to address increased threat associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Syria (31 Read More …
Today, De-mining Engineering Teams of the Syrian Democratic Forces managed to dismantle 6 explosive devices, which were prepared for detonation in Al-Kasra area in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor. The Media Center of the Syrian Democratic Forces stated that Read More …
Syria’s oil ministry said firefighters on Saturday put out a fire on an oil tanker off the Baniyas refinery after a suspected attack by a drone coming from the direction of Lebanese waters. The identity of the vessel was unclear, Read More …
An explosive device exploded on Tuesday on the road between the towns of Jassim and Inkhil in the western sector of Daraa countryside, injuring two children, according to what was reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Recently, the Read More …
According to the latest data from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), an international network in which AAR Japan participates, the number of confirmed deaths and injuries due to landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in 2019 rose Read More …
On March 30, 2021, the Government of Canada announced more than $43.6 million in funding for 11 stabilization projects in Iraq and Syria. These projects, funded through the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program, are aligned with the Global Coalition against Read More …
Two men have been charged over their alleged involvement in a terror network that operated in Queensland. Gabriel Crazzi, 34, was arrested in Logan, south of Brisbane, and Ahmed Talib, 31, was arrested in Melbourne during the police sting on Read More …
