Welcome to the Counter-IED Report website, one-stop information and news source for Counter-IED professionals worldwide. The Counter-IED Report is a leading international subscription-based publication, which serves as an information source to communicate the latest developments in the fight against the IED threat. The aim of the Counter-IED Report is to identify technological advances as well as strategies and tactics for countering threat networks, reduce IED manufacture and placement, assist post-conflict humanitarian demining and capacity building efforts worldwide. We strive to deliver an up-to-date, first-hand expert knowledge, and facilitate information sharing between stakeholders, academia and the industry. The report is published in print, eBook and PDF formats, and distributed worldwide. The distribution is tailored to the highly engaged audience of EOD, CIED, CBRNe, Defence, Law Enforcement, CT and Security professionals and senior decision makers in government, public and private sectors. Additional print copies of the Report are also distributed at the relevant Defence and Security events through our Media Partnership Programme.
Latest News
- Autumn 2021 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print
October 25, 2021
We are pleased to inform you that Autumn 2021 edition of the Counter-IED Report is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from C-IED Centre ...
- India, US troops carry out joint C-IED, C-UAS training during Yudh Abhyas 21
October 25, 2021
A combined Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) and Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) training was carried out by armies of India and the US during the conduct of exercise ‘Yudh ...
- Lebanon’s townspeople hope for mine-free orchards after two decades of fear
October 25, 2021
From the balcony of a mosque in Lebanon’s southern town of Abbasiya, a group of townspeople have been anxiously monitoring their orchards for two decades, as the land was planted ...
- Blast in Ugandan capital Kampala kills one, injures five
October 24, 2021
An explosion in Uganda’s capital Kampala, that killed one and injured five, was “a terrorist act”, according to President Yoweri Museveni, who promised to hunt down those responsible. Police said the ...
- Azerbaijan: About 48,500 mines, munitions defused in Karabakh in past 11 months
October 23, 2021
Azerbaijan’s Mine Action Agency found and defused 48,411 mines and munitions from November 10, 2020, to October 15, 2021, on territories liberated from Armenia’s occupation in last year’s war. “In the ...
- Afghanistan: ISIL claims responsibility for detonating power pylon in northern Kabul
October 23, 2021
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant officially claimed responsibility for detonating a power pylon that cut the main power line to Kabul and left the Afghan capital in complete ...
- US kills senior al-Qaeda leader in Syria with drone strike
October 23, 2021
The US military has killed senior al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar in a drone strike in Syria, a US Central Command spokesman said. “The removal of this al-Qaeda senior leader will ...
- Yemen war: Deadly landmines blight the lives of children on western coast
October 23, 2021
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah used to have a carefree life, sailing on the sea with his father and brothers looking for fish instead of going to school. The 11-year-old is from a ...
- Multinational Ardent Defender counter explosive threat exercise concludes in Canada
October 22, 2021
CANADIAN FORCES BASE BORDEN, Ontario, Canada – Explosive ordnance disposal technicians from 11 different nations improved their life-saving and mission-enabling skills during Exercise Ardent Defender in Canada, Sept. 18 – ...
- NATO Allies take the lead on the development of NATO’s Innovation Fund
October 22, 2021
On Friday (22 October 2021), at a signing ceremony hosted by NATO’s Secretary General, Defence Ministers from 17 Allied countries agreed to take the lead on the development of NATO’s ...
- B.C. man who detonated homemade bombs in Edmonton bank robberies sentenced to 9½ years prison
October 22, 2021
A British Columbia man who built bombs and used them to rob two Edmonton banks in 2018 was on Friday sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison. With credit for time already ...
- Russian Federal Security Service prevents IS supporter-plotted terror attack in Stavropol Region
October 22, 2021
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented a terror attack plotted by a supporter of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia) in the Stavropol Region, a source ...
- Northern Ireland: PSNI Officer thought under car device he discovered in 2019 was a ‘wind-up’
October 21, 2021
A police officer who discovered a bomb under his car initially thought the “crude” device put there was a “wind-up,” a court has heard. The viable device was discovered at Shandon ...
- 6 Pakistani security personnel die in 3 terror attacks
October 21, 2021
Six Pakistani security personnel were killed in three attacks in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan in two days. Four personnel including two FC soldiers Lance Naik Mudassir and ...
- DASA UK: Cycle 3 of Defence Innovation Loans now open
October 21, 2021
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch Cycle 3 of Defence Innovation Loans which has £10 million to lend for innovative defence solutions. Accessible to SMEs, and with ...
- UK: Teenager who was ‘caught with a bomb-making video’ is set to face trial on terror charges
October 21, 2021
A 16-year-old schoolgirl who was allegedly caught with a ‘bomb-making video and instructions on how to build a homemade gun’ is to face trial on terrorism charges. The teenager, who cannot ...
- Syria: Deadly bomb blasts hit military bus in Damascus
October 20, 2021
A bomb attack on a military bus in central Damascus has killed 14 people, Syrian state media say. Two explosive devices attached to the vehicle blew up as it passed under ...
- Ireland: Men charged with possession of explosive powders, guns and a pipe bomb in South Kerry sent for trial
October 20, 2021
Two men charged with possession of ammunition, explosive powders, guns, an electric match and a pipe bomb in South Kerry have been sent forward for trial. 60-year-old Ivan Gilder of Gearha ...
- Drone Strikes Hit Positions Near U.S. Base in Syria
October 20, 2021
Unidentified drones struck positions near a U.S. military garrison located in a remote stretch of southeastern Syria close to the borders with Jordan and Iraq, Newsweek has learned. Reports of the ...
- Afghanistan: 2 wounded in explosion in Kabul
October 20, 2021
At least two people were wounded in a bomb attack in Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Interior confirmed. A hand grenade was hurled from the Kabul Zoo ...
- Somalia: AMISOM Troops Commended For Their Support And Operations In HirShabelle State
October 19, 2021
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Sector 5 forces in Jowhar, have been commended for their exemplary role in helping secure elections and for their support in improving infrastructure ...
- New analysis puts more accurate figure on size of last year’s Beirut blast
October 19, 2021
New light has been shed on the size of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon in August 2020 that killed more than 200 people and injured thousands more. Estimate of the ...
- 3DX-Ray to supply security screening for La Francophonie Summit in Tunisia, in 2022
October 19, 2021
3DX-Ray have won the contract to supply security screening in the form of their ThreatScan-LS3 at the prestigious 18th Francophonie Economic Forum, which has been delayed now to 2022 but is ...
- Pakistan: Bomb defused in Peshawar
October 19, 2021
The Bomb Disposal Unit personnel on Monday defused an explosive device weighing about two kilogrammes near a car bargain centre in Patang Chowk area on the Ring Road here, the ...
- Nigerian Army foils terrorist attack on Forward Operating Base in Borno
October 19, 2021
The Nigerian Army has said that troops of Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI deployed alongside Cameroonian Defence Force have foiled an infiltration by terrorists on its camp ...
- AFICC acquisitions bolster EOD readiness for FY21, beyond
October 18, 2021
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is acquiring new base support robots for Explosive Ordnance Disposal flights Department of the Air ...
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