Hanwei Global Security Bulletin
This issue summarizes global security intelligence updates from October 5 to October 11, 2026. In accordance with security risk assessments, the security level of each region is shown on the global risk map. Afghanistan, Syria, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nigeria, Sudan, Ukraine, Palestine, Venezuela and other areas are classified as extremely high-risk regions. During this period, armed conflicts, terrorist attacks and other security incidents occurred frequently in these areas. Chinese-funded enterprises stationed overseas shall strengthen their security precautions.
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Middle East
(I) Syria
Attack on checkpoint in Aleppo Governorate leaves 1 dead and 4 injured. On October 5, a security checkpoint near the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo city, Aleppo Governorate, Syria was attacked by unidentified armed personnel. One soldier was killed, and three soldiers plus one civilian were wounded.
(II) Iraq
Attack on police camp in Hawijah leaves 1 dead and 4 injured. On October 5, a position of the 3rd Battalion, 9th Federal Police Brigade in Hawijah, southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq was attacked by Islamic State militants. One police officer was killed and four others injured.
(III) Iran
Ongoing maritime standoff with the United States. From October 5 to 11, Iran and the United States maintained a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz. US forces continued to enforce maritime blockades against Iran and escort merchant vessels. On October 10, US Central Command issued a statement saying US forces disabled a commercial cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman. The US stated that the Panama-flagged vessel was struck by precision-guided munitions fired by US fighter jets at its stern while attempting to break the US maritime blockade on Iran. US Central Command also claimed that within three months since the US resumed blockade operations against Iranian ports on July 14, US forces had disabled four merchant ships and ordered 135 vessels to turn back. US troops also destroyed ten oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). On the Iranian side, the IRGC continued to control the Strait of Hormuz and strike "non-compliant" vessels. On October 9, the IRGC Navy announced that future operations against violating ships would no longer be limited to the Strait of Hormuz. Any vessel sailing through unauthorized routes without permission would face "severe punishment". In addition, the US Congressional Research Service released US military casualty data on October 5. The report stated that since US and Israeli military strikes against Iran began on February 28, a total of 81 US military aircraft had been damaged or destroyed, including 12 F-15E strike fighters, 2 A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft, 7 KC-135 refueling tankers, one E-3 Sentry AWACS, one MQ-4C Triton large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones. The conflict also caused heavy losses to US military bases and diplomatic missions in the Middle East, with at least hundreds of buildings and other facilities damaged.
Multiple attacks in Sistan and Baluchestan Province leave 3 dead and several injured. On October 8, two attacks targeting security personnel took place in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran, killing 2 people and wounding 3 others. In Nikshahr city, a vehicle carrying Iranian Army ground troops was ambushed by armed personnel during troop rotation, leaving 1 dead and 3 injured. The second attack occurred in Zahedan County, where a police commando unit came under armed assault while on patrol, killing one police officer. On October 9, a roadside bomb blast struck Zahedan city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, killing one police officer and wounding several others. The police vehicle carrying officers on duty in the area was hit by the bomb. The main mastermind was shot dead while attempting to flee. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
(IV) Palestine and Israel
The Israel-Palestine conflict has killed 74,000 people in the Gaza Strip. On October 7, marking the third anniversary of the latest round of Israel-Palestine conflict, Gaza’s health authorities released statistics showing Israeli military operations in Gaza have killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and injured 175,000. Since the ceasefire agreement took effect in October 2025, 1,460 deaths and 5,116 injuries have still been recorded. Among the casualties, more than 20,000 students and over one thousand teaching staff were killed; over 179 public schools were completely destroyed, and 105 UNRWA schools sustained damage from bombardment.
Scene of attack in central Gaza
(V) Lebanon
UNIFIL comes under attack. On October 7, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was fired upon multiple times with small arms near Shuba village along the Blue Line, the temporary Lebanon-Israel border. No casualties were reported. UNIFIL stated the attack constituted a serious violation of international humanitarian law and UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and may amount to war crimes.
Israeli airstrikes cause multiple casualties. On October 9, an Israeli air raid hit the Hermel border area in northeastern Lebanon near Syria, injuring five Syrian citizens and one Lebanese national. Data released by Lebanon’s Ministry of Health on October 10 showed that since the resumption of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel on March 2, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 4,386 people and injured 12,424.
Scene of airstrike in Rumman village, Nabatiyeh Governorate
(VI) Saudi Arabia
Multiple attacks on international airport leave 18 dead and over 300 injured. From October 6 to 10, Saudi international airports suffered repeated attacks, causing 18 deaths and more than 300 injuries. On October 6, Abha International Airport in southwest Saudi Arabia and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital, were attacked, killing 3 people and wounding 36. On October 8, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was attacked, leaving 3 Saudi citizens dead and several injured, with partial property damage. On October 10, another attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed 12 people and injured 309, forcing the airport to suspend operations. The deceased included four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, and six nationals from the United States, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Sudan respectively. The Chinese Embassy in Saudi Arabia stated on the 11th that there were no reports of Chinese casualties.
(VII) Turkey
Stabbing incident in Istanbul leaves 8 injured. On October 6, a stabbing attack broke out at a middle school in Istanbul, Turkey, injuring eight people. A 15-year-old girl attacked students with a knife inside the school. The perpetrator has been taken into police custody; investigation into the incident and motive is underway.
(VIII) Yemen
Saudi-led coalition launches large-scale strikes. From October 5 to 11, the Saudi-led multinational coalition launched Operation Yemen Dawn, conducting large-scale military operations against Houthi forces in Yemen. A total of 136 military targets belonging to the Houthis across four governorates — Saada, Hodeidah, Al-Jawf and Marib — were destroyed. Targets included ballistic missile sites, command-and-control centers, communication systems and troop assembly points. The coalition stated the operation was a response to Houthi attacks targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
Asia-Pacific Region
(I) Afghanistan
Roadside bomb blast in Badakhshan Province injures 2 civilians. On October 7, a landmine explosion occurred in Faizabad, capital of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, injuring two civilians. Following the incident, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claimed responsibility.
(II) Pakistan
Two attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa leave 7 injured. On October 7, a police checkpoint in Shadipur area, Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province was attacked by unidentified armed personnel, injuring seven police officers. On the same day, the residence of a local leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was hit by explosives, causing partial damage to the building.
Security forces kill 10 militants in Balochistan. From October 6 to 7, Pakistani security forces carried out counter-terrorism operations in Panjgur and Prom areas of Balochistan Province, killing 10 terrorists and seizing large quantities of weapons and materials for terrorist activities. Mopping-up operations are ongoing.
(III) Australia
Stabbing in Sydney leaves one injured. On October 5, a stabbing incident outside a cinema in Newtown, inner west Sydney, Australia wounded one man. The attacker has been arrested by police and the case remains under investigation.
(IV) Japan
Stabbing in Chiba City leaves one injured. On October 9, a stabbing attack took place in Wakaba Ward, Chiba City, Japan, injuring one person. The suspect was arrested by police and the case is under investigation.
Africa
(I) Nigeria
Series of attacks kill 20 people including one Chinese citizen. According to monitoring reports by Hanwei International’s West Africa security officer, on October 5, armed assailants raided a gold mining site in Zamfara State, killing five miners. The militants then attacked a military camp, killing 12 soldiers. On the night of October 6, a military outpost in Kukawa area, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria was jointly attacked by the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), killing multiple soldiers while 25 militants were eliminated. On October 8, a construction site in Kebbi State was assaulted by armed men, killing three people including one Chinese citizen and wounding two others. Militants entered the area from Sokoto State and attacked workers of a highway project, killing two security personnel and one Chinese national. Police are hunting the attackers.
Military aircraft crash kills 32 people. On October 5, a Nigerian military plane crashed into a river in Ondo State, killing all 32 on board, including 25 passengers and seven crew members.
(II) South Africa
Anti-migrant violent unrest erupts across multiple locations. On October 8, anti-migrant protests in several parts of South Africa escalated into violent clashes. In central Durban, protesters demanded closure of local refugee processing centers, burned at least seven vehicles and looted foreign-owned shops. Police deployed riot units to evacuate trapped asylum seekers. In Soweto, local residents clashed with foreign traders and nine vehicles were burned.
Road accident in KwaZulu-Natal kills 10 people. On October 7, a minibus taxi crashed into a tree in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, leaving at least 10 dead. Preliminary investigation indicated the minibus lost control while cornering and struck a roadside tree.
(III) Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ship collision kills 26, leaves 82 missing. Media reports on October 6 stated that two vessels collided on the Congo River in Équateur Province of the DRC on October 4. The incident killed 26 people and left 82 missing. The ill-fated ship carried 163 people; 55 were rescued.
Ebola outbreak kills 4,178 people. On October 7, the DRC Ministry of Health released an epidemic report showing that the cumulative confirmed cases of the current Ebola outbreak in the country exceeded 8,665, with 4,178 deaths and a case fatality rate of 48.2%. The epidemic has spread to 64 health zones across seven provinces. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, said on the 7th that while the spread of Ebola in the DRC has shown signs of slowing in some areas, the situation remains extremely severe, with cases emerging near the South Sudan border.
(IV) Sudan
Armed conflict continues. From October 5 to 11, sustained fighting took place between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces across Sudan. This week, clashes were concentrated in Blue Nile State in the southeast, as well as North Kordofan and South Kordofan states in central Sudan. Both sides frequently deployed drone strikes, causing numerous civilian casualties. On October 5, two World Food Programme aid trucks marked with humanitarian symbols were hit by an airstrike on the road between Dilling and Kadugli in South Kordofan State, killing one driver and damaging supplies. On October 7, houses and a mosque in Higira community, Damazin, capital of Blue Nile State, were targeted by drone attacks, killing at least four women and wounding dozens of civilians. On October 9, a displacement camp in Blue Nile State was struck by a drone attack, killing 30 people and injuring dozens more. The armed conflict that has lasted more than three years has killed tens of thousands in Sudan and displaced millions, worsening the humanitarian crisis.
Airstrike on gold mine in North Wadi region kills 72 miners. On October 10, an airstrike hit a gold mine in North Wadi region of northern Sudan near the Egyptian border, killing 72 miners. Neither Egyptian nor Sudanese authorities have issued any response to the incident.
(V) Mozambique
Village raid in Cabo Delgado Province: four villagers abducted. Media reports on October 5 stated that armed militants of extremist groups attacked Maulela village in Nangade District, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique on October 4, kidnapping four villagers.
Europe and Americas
(I) United States
Five shooting incidents leave 11 dead and 37 injured. Media reports on October 5 stated a shooting broke out at a block party in Vienna, Georgia on October 4, killing two people and injuring 35. On October 6, a shooting in a neighborhood north of Seattle, Washington injured one person. On October 7, gunfire in a residential area in eastern Baltimore, Maryland wounded one person. On October 8, a man was shot and injured by officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a street in New York City. The US Department of Homeland Security said the shooting happened during a "targeted law enforcement operation" and released no further details. On October 9, a severe shooting incident occurred in Erie, Pennsylvania, killing nine people. The identities of the gunman and victims remain undisclosed, and the motive and circumstances are under investigation.
Vehicle ramming incident in New Jersey injures six people. On October 7, a car plowed into a crowd in New Jersey, injuring six. A 16-year-old boy drove into students on a sidewalk and was subdued by bystanders. Police are investigating the case further.
(II) Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine armed conflict persists. From October 5 to 11, armed clashes between Russia and Ukraine continued. Russia’s Ministry of Defense recently released battle reports stating that over the past week, Russian forces launched one large-scale strike and seven group strikes against Ukrainian defense industrial enterprises, logistics and communication hubs, military airfields, drone production and storage sites, fuel and equipment depots, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian troops using high-precision weapons and drones. Russian forces also targeted 14 cargo ships and one oil tanker transporting weapons, fuel and supplies to Ukrainian forces, and seized control of five settlements in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Sumy directions. In addition, Russian air defense systems intercepted or destroyed thousands of Ukrainian drones across Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and other regions. On the Ukrainian side, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Ukrainian troops repelled multiple Russian assaults in directions including Pokrovsk this week. Ukraine kept deploying drones and unmanned surface vessels to attack energy and port facilities on Russia’s mainland and Black Sea coast. This week, Kyiv, Kramatorsk, Chernihiv Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Poltava Oblast and other locations in Ukraine came under Russian attacks, causing dozens of casualties and damage to power and communication infrastructure in multiple areas.
(III) Russia
Drone attacks leave 2 dead and 9 injured. On October 6, a large-scale Ukrainian drone assault hit Moscow Oblast, killing two people and wounding nine; 50 private houses and 20 vehicles were damaged. On October 9, the data center of Yandex, the largest search engine service provider in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, was struck by Ukrainian drones, damaging part of the infrastructure and disabling multiple modules.
(IV) Germany
Shooting in Bavaria leaves one dead. On October 8, a shooting incident occurred in Bavaria, southern Germany, killing at least one person. The exact cause and casualty figures are still being verified.
(V) Mexico
Prison riot in Sinaloa leaves 10 dead and 16 injured. On October 8, a prison brawl broke out at El Castillo Prison in Sinaloa State, northwestern Mexico, killing nine inmates and one visiting family member, and wounding 16 inmates. The situation in the prison has been brought under control and an investigation is underway.
(VI) Poland
Two school stabbing attacks in Masovian Voivodeship leave 1 dead and 9 injured. On October 7, a stabbing attack at a school in Ostrołęka, Masovian Voivodeship in central Poland injured at least seven people, two critically. The attacker, a 19-year-old student of the school, fled after the assault and was later arrested by police. On October 8, a stabbing incident took place at a school near Wyszków in Masovian Voivodeship, killing one person and injuring two. In the morning, a 15-year-old boy entered the school and stabbed the principal, a cleaner and a teacher. The cleaner was killed. The attacker has been arrested by police.
Surroundings of the school where the incident happened on October 7
(VII) United Kingdom
Anti-migrant protests in England leave multiple injured. On October 5, anti-migrant protests erupted in Gosport, southern England and turned into riots, injuring multiple police officers. Hundreds of protesters gathered at Haslar Marina, chanting slogans for migrant repatriation. Some set off flares, and clashes broke out between demonstrators and police. Twelve people were detained by police on suspicion of assaulting police, obstructing public duties, criminal damage and public order offences.
Maritime Security
(I) Strait of Hormuz
Four vessels attacked, multiple crew injured. On October 6, a Panama-flagged merchant ship was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz off Oman, injuring 12 crew members, 11 of whom were Indian nationals. On October 7, an oil tanker was hit by multiple projectiles in waters near Qatar in the Strait of Hormuz, causing casualties with unspecified numbers. On October 9, a vessel was struck by unidentified projectiles and caught fire 13 nautical miles west of the United Arab Emirates on the western side of the Strait of Hormuz. The fire has been extinguished; the condition of crew and vessel damage remain unknown. On October 11, the IRGC Navy issued a statement that a "non-compliant" supertanker struck a mine in waters south of the Strait of Hormuz, triggering an explosion and engine room fire.
(II) Caribbean Sea
US military strike kills four people. Media reports on October 5 stated that US forces attacked a so-called "drug smuggling boat" in the Caribbean Sea on October 4, killing four people on board. The US stated that its Joint Task Force West Hemisphere targeted a speedboat operating on established drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean and killed four "drug terrorists".
(III) Black Sea
Three merchant ships attacked, leaving 2 dead and several missing. On October 5, a vessel flying the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis was hit by a drone outside Romania’s territorial waters in the Black Sea, caught fire and sank, killing two people. 11 crew members were rescued. On October 6, two merchant ships were attacked by drones in Bulgaria’s Black Sea Exclusive Economic Zone. One vessel sank with its crew missing. The first attacked ship, flying the flag of Togo, sank and crew remain unaccounted for. The second vessel, flagged Palau, sustained damage and fire; all crew evacuated safely. The investigation is ongoing and the source of the drones is unidentified.
(IV) Djibouti
Migrant boat capsizes, 139 dead and 84 missing. On October 8, a migrant boat carrying 305 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, killing 139 and leaving 84 missing. The vessel was sailing from Djibouti to Yemen. Around 82 people were rescued, and search operations for missing persons continue.
