Fire extinguished on oil tanker off Syria after suspected drone attack

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 …

Syria: Two children wounded by IED in rural Daraa

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 …

Risks of Explosive devices – On International Mine Awareness Day

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 …

Canada’s stabilization projects in Iraq and Syria

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 …

Australia: Two men are charged by counter-terror police as part of a ‘sophisticated terrorist network’

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 …

Jammu and Kashmir: Sticky bombs – Security forces redraw SOPs; ask public not to leave vehicles unattended

Suspecting that ‘sticky bombs’ may have entered the valley, security forces are redrawing their standard operating procedures and also advising general public not to leave their vehicles unattended, officials said on Sunday. In the middle of last month, the Jammu Read More …

10 years of conflict: ‘It will take at least two generations to rebuild Syria’

15th March 2021 marks 10 years since the start of the conflict in Syria, and the humanitarian crisis is only getting worse. Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is working in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt with Syrians who have lost everything Read More …

Turkey: Security forces nab 4 suspected YPG/PKK terrorists in Hatay province

Security forces in southern Turkey arrested an alleged YPG/PKK terrorist said to be planning an attack in nearby northern Syria – an area Turkish forces had liberated of terrorists – along with three accomplices, local authorities said Tuesday. Provincial gendarmerie Read More …

Syria: 1 civilian dead, 3 hurt in al-Bab terror attack

At least one civilian was killed and three more injured in a bomb attack in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, local sources said. Terrorists blew up an explosives-laden vehicle in an industrial zone in the city of al-Bab, according to the Read More …

Syria: 1 dead, 4 injured in Afrin car bomb attack

At least one civilian was killed and four others injured in a car bombing in northwestern Syria on Sunday, according to local sources. The terrorists attacked the Jinderes town of Afrin which was cleared of terrorists in Turkey’s Operation Olive Read More …

Syria: 1 dead, 12 hurt in terror attack in Aleppo province

At least one civilian was killed and 12 others injured in a bomb blast in northern Syria on Saturday, local sources said. Terrorists blew up an explosives-laden vehicle in a crowded market in Cobanbey town in Aleppo province, the sources Read More …

Europol: Returning Foreign Fighter Arrested In Spain

The suspect was part of the so-called Islamic State in the Iraqi-Syrian conflict zone. Europol supported an operation of the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) leading to the arrest of a member of the so-called Islamic State. The suspect had Read More …

Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2021?

The year 2020 was unprecedented in many ways. Just three days into the year, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC-QF) commander Qasem Soleimani. That news was soon eclipsed by the worldwide Read More …

US Army K9 and handler honored for discovering IED cache in Syria

An Army canine earned rare military honors this month after discovering a cache of explosives in Syria while deployed as part of the U.S.-led mission to defeat the Islamic State. Fritz, a 4.5-year-old military working dog who joined the kennels Read More …

Syria: IED explosion wounds 7 in Aleppo province

Seven people were wounded when a bomb placed on a motorcycle was detonated in the town of Jarablus in northern Syria, which was liberated from terrorists through Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield. The wounded were transferred to the hospital in Jarablus. Read More …

Two blasts kill seven in Syrian rebel-held northwest near Turkish border

Two bomb blasts killed at least seven people and wounded scores on Tuesday in areas of northwest Syria near the Turkish border and under heavy Turkish influence, witnesses and police sources said. Five people were killed and 20 wounded, some Read More …

A Female Wannabe Martyr For The So-Called Islamic State Arrested In Spain

The young woman was planning to join terrorist fighters in Idlib, Syria The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional), supported by Europol, arrested a young woman, inspired by jihadist terrorism, who was willing to join fighters for the so-called Islamic State Read More …

Russian military police convoy comes under attack in southern Syria

The Russian military police came under attack on Thursday, while traveling through the eastern countryside of Daraa in Syria’s southern region. According to a report from the Syrian Armed Forces, the Russian military police were traveling west from the town Read More …