Homeland Security News
Ukraine says Russia attacked its critical infrastructure with 19 drones
The Ukrainian air force said on Friday that Russia attacked critical infrastructure in the country with 19 drones overnight. Air defences shot down nine drones, with seven more likely impacted by electronic jamming, it said in a statement, without saying what happened to the other three. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said an apartment building was…
Read MoreWeakened Hezbollah expected to return to traditional guerilla warfare tactics
Hezbollah declared a “divine victory” in the month-long 2006 war after successfully ousting Israeli forces from Lebanon. And the Iran-backed group is once again facing off with its arch-enemy – but under very different circumstances. “We want [Israeli soldiers] to enter Lebanese territory (…) if they come to us they are welcome, because what they…
Read MoreRussia has decided ‘at highest level’ to remove Taliban from terrorist list, TASS reports
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a decision to remove the Taliban from a list of terrorist organisations had been “taken at the highest level”, the state TASS news agency reported. The decision needs to be followed up with various legal procedures in order to make it a reality, President Vladimir Putin’s special representative…
Read MoreIsraeli Airstrikes Rock Southern Suburbs Of Beirut And Cut Off A Key Crossing Into Syria
Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in southern suburbs of Beirut and another that cut off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria. The new wave of strikes came after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a United Nations-declared buffer zone, as the yearlong conflict…
Read More10 Prince George’s students charged with making dozens of school threats
Ten children ranging in age from 13 to 16 have been charged in connection to nearly 50 threats made to Prince George’s County schools over the past several weeks, police say. Investigators linked the 10 students to 47 school-related threats, police said. Four more children who are under 13 years old were also involved in…
Read MoreFBI raids across region lead to arrest of 14 people, possible charges filed remain unclear
Multiple FBI raids happened across the region Wednesday, leading to the arrests of more than a dozen people. Maryland state and local police assisted federal agents in what the FBI said were court-ordered searches.Advertisement One of the raids happened in Annapolis. The FBI confirmed its agents conducted several takedowns. In Annapolis, one of the raids…
Read MoreRare Israeli Strike In Central Beirut Kills 7 As Troops Battle Hezbollah In Southern Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut killed seven Hezbollah-affiliated civilian first responders. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in the heart of the capital. There was no warning before the strike late Wednesday, which hit…
Read MoreDutch Government Blames A ‘State Actor’ For Hacking A Police Network
A cyberattack that broke into a police account and accessed work-related contact details of all Dutch police officers was almost certainly carried out by hackers working for a foreign government, the justice minister told lawmakers. Dutch intelligence agencies “consider it highly likely that a state actor is responsible,” Justice and Security Minister David van Weel…
Read MoreDHS report warns violent extremists pose threat to election workers and voting process
Domestic violent extremists will pose “the most significant physical threat to government officials, voters, and elections-related personnel and infrastructure, including polling places, ballot drop box locations, voter registration sites, campaign events, political party offices, and vote counting sites,” according to a Department of Homeland Security assessment released on Tuesday. DHS believes that extremists will be…
Read MoreHezbollah reports ground clashes with Israeli troops in Lebanon
Hezbollah said its fighters were engaging Israeli forces inside Lebanon on Wednesday, reporting ground clashes for the first time since Israel began pushing into its northern neighbour in a campaign to hammer the Iran-backed armed group. The Israeli military said regular infantry and armoured units were joining its ground operations in Lebanon, a day after…
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