Cameroon: Separatists claim deadly roadside attack that killed 7 soldiers

A separatist group has claimed responsibility for a roadside bomb attack that detonated in southwestern Cameroon, killing seven soldiers. The attack happened Friday morning near the town of Malende, according to local media. The Fako Unity Warriors, an English-speaking separatist Read More …

Israel: Missile from Yemen was carrying a cluster munition

The IDF reported on Wednesday evening that the Houthi missile intercepted in the morning carried a cluster warhead. According to the IDF, a field examination concluded that the Houthi terrorist regime used a cluster surface-to-surface missile. In its statement, the Read More …

Mali: Al Qaeda-Linked JNIM Burns Road Construction Equipment Along Bamako-Kayes Corridor

The Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), on Tuesday attacked a road construction site along the Bamako-Kayes corridor, setting fire to heavy equipment and temporarily halting work on the strategic project. A short clip which captured the Read More …

Kenya: KDF thwarted al Shabaab attack on security installation in Lamu county

Five al Shabaab terrorists killed on Tuesday in an ambush in Lacta Mangai within the expansive Boni Forest, Lamu County, were planning to overrun a security installation, officials said. The operation also resulted in the recovery of significant al Shabaab Read More …

Iran: Security forces agents kill 13 militants in Sistan and Baluchistan province

Iran’s security forces Wednesday killed 13 militants in three separate operations in southeast of the country, state TV reported. The report said that eight of the dead were part of a group that killed five policemen last Friday while they Read More …

Israel hits Houthis targets in Sanaa after reports group used missile carrying cluster munitions

Israel has carried out air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in response to the group’s missile attack on Friday which Israel said carried cluster munitions. The Israeli operation targeted a military complex housing the presidential palace, a Read More …

Pakistan: More than 30 terrorists killed while assembling IED inside a mosque in Bajaur

More than 30 suspected terrorists were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) they were assembling inside a mosque in Bajaur district went off on Thursday. The incident came hours after at least 15 suspected terrorists were eliminated in an Read More …

Philippines: Soldiers recover 17 bombs in South Cotabato, foil alleged rebel plot

Soldiers in South Cotabato recovered 17 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) believed to have been planted by communist rebels, preventing a possible attack in the province, the military said on Thursday. Troops from the Army’s 105th Infantry Battalion responded to reports Read More …

UNOCT: Terror threat posed by ISIL ‘remains volatile and complex’

The threat posed by the terrorist group ISIL remains dynamic and diverse, with Africa currently experiencing the highest level of activity worldwide. While multiple ISIL leaders have perished in the past few years, “the group has managed to retain its Read More …

Mali: JNIM group says 21 soldiers killed in widescale attacks in Ségou Region

Al Qaeda-linked militants killed 21 soldiers during coordinated attacks in Mali on Tuesday, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based non-governmental organization that tracks online reports by Islamist militants. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) said it captured two soldiers, Read More …

DR Congo rebels killed 140 civilians despite peace process

M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month in one of the worst atrocities by the armed group since its resurgence in late 2021, Human Rights Watch has said in a report. This Read More …

Pakistan: Rethinking the Taliban doctrine

Just one month before the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, a closed-door discussion organised by an Islamabad-based security think-tank brought together regional experts, retired military officers and policymakers to assess the potential fallout of the Taliban’s Read More …

Bangladesh-Myanmar border: Landmine-related injuries on the rise

In the first six months of this year, at least 18 people — 17 Bangladeshis and one Rohingya — were wounded in landmine explosions on the Myanmar side of the border. Two Rohingyas were killed and six others wounded last Read More …

Pakistan: Attack on bomb disposal unit leaves three injured

Three security personnel got injuries on Sunday as terrorists opened fire on a bomb disposal unit in the Ladha tehsil of Upper South Waziristan district. According to security officials, the injured personnel were transported to a nearby hospital. The officials Read More …

Pakistan: Security agencies foiled Balochistan ‘suicide attack’ on Independence Day

Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Monday said security agencies had arrested an alleged “would-be suicide bomber” as they foiled a terrorist attack on Independence Day. The security situation in Balochistan has worsened in recent months, as terrorists, long involved Read More …

Somali forces kill senior Al-Shabaab commander Magaalabeen in Bakool region

Somali National Armed Forces have killed senior Al-Shabaab commander Hussein Moallim Hassan, known as Magaalabeen, during a military operation in Southwest state on Sunday. The operation took place near Buurdhuuxunle, about 17 km north of Waajid in Bakool region, according Read More …

India: Police officer killed, three others injured in IED blast during anti-Naxal operation in Bijapur

A jawan from the Chhattisgarh Police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) lost his life and three others got injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites exploded in Bijapur district on Monday, PTI reported citing the officials. The blast Read More …

Nigeria confirms capture of Ansaru leaders

he Nigerian Government has confirmed the capture of two top leaders of Ansaru, the Al-Qaeda affiliate operating in the country, following a months-long intelligence-led operation. According to him, the duo have long been on Nigeria’s most-wanted list and are accused Read More …

UN Syria Commission finds March coastal violence was widespread and systematic

GENEVA – The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry today published a report on the wave of violence that engulfed coastal and western central Syria from January, finding that acts that may amount to war crimes were committed. The violence – Read More …

Colombia: Three soldiers killed in attack with explosive-laden drones near Buenaventura city

Three soldiers have been killed in a drone attack in south-west Colombia, which authorities have blamed on a dissident rebel group. The devices dropped explosives on members of Colombia’s navy and army, who were manning a checkpoint on the Naya Read More …