Welcome to the Counter-IED Report website, a one-stop source of information and news for Counter-IED professionals. The Counter-IED Report is the leading international subscription-based publication covering the latest developments in the fight against the IED threat. The purpose of the Counter-IED Report is to identify technological advances, as well as strategies and tactics to counter threat networks, reduce IED production and placement, assist in post-conflict humanitarian demining, and capacity-building efforts worldwide. We are committed to providing up-to-date, first-hand expertise and facilitating information sharing among stakeholders, academia and industry. The report is published in print, e-book and PDF formats and distributed worldwide. The distribution is tailored to the highly engaged audience of Counter-IED, EOD, CBRNe, Defence, Law Enforcement, Humanitarian Demining and Security professionals and senior decision makers in government, public and private sectors. Additional hard copies of the Report are also distributed at the defence and security events through our Media Partnership Program.
Latest News
- Paskistan: Jaffar Express attack averted in Balochistan’s Nasirabad
December 8, 2025
Security forces foiled an attempt to target Jaffar Express by recovering a bomb planted on a railway track in Nasirabad district on Saturday. Police officials said unidentified individuals had planted an ...
- Yemen: Four government soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack in Hadramaout
December 7, 2025
Local sources reported on Saturday that two government military officers and two soldiers were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unidentified gunmen detonated in Hadramawt governorate, southeastern ...
- Cambodia’s third extension request to complete anti-personnel mine clearance approved
December 7, 2025
The Twenty-Second Meeting of State Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Convention) held in Geneva, Switzerland on Dec. 1-5, officially approved Cambodia’s request for a third extension — ...
- Somalia: AUSSOM roots for coordinated global support
December 7, 2025
AUSSOM Head Amb. El Hadji Diene joined global leaders at the Doha Forum to push for predictable, coordinated international support for Somalia’s security, stabilization, and state-building efforts under the new ...
- Japan, UNDP supply protective suits to Ukraine for mine clearance
December 6, 2025
Japan and the U.N. Development Program recently supplied 15 sets of protective suits and helmets to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service to support the clearance of mines and unexploded ordnance. The U.S.-made ...
- New Mexico: Kirtland EOD partners with Pueblo of Isleta to remove 115 decades-old munitions, strengthening long-term safety
December 5, 2025
ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. — Airmen from the 377th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight partnered with the Pueblo of Isleta in October to safely identify and neutralize 115, WWII and Cold War-era ...
- Nigeria: Explosion kills four children in Borno border community
December 5, 2025
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED), suspected to have been planted in the bush by Boko Haram terrorists, has killed four children in a border community of Banki in Bama Local ...
- ‘Ensuring safety at every inch’: demining effort in Armenia
December 5, 2025
Mines and unexploded ordnance are an inevitable consequence of armed conflict. More than 60 countries worldwide, including Armenia, must clear their territories of these hazards. In total, over 43 million ...
- Virginia: FBI arrests man in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomber investigation
December 4, 2025
The FBI arrested a Virginia man on Thursday in its almost five-year investigation into who planted pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters the night before the ...
- Florida: Brevard County Sheriff, Palm Bay Police Announce Massive Seizure of Illegal Substances, Weapons, and Explosives
December 4, 2025
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, working with the Palm Bay Police Department, the DEA, ATF, and several federal task force partners, announced the arrest of 26-year-old Maxwell Horvath after a ...
- Myanmar: World’s largest number of landmine casualties
December 4, 2025
Myanmar has for the second consecutive year recorded the world’s highest number of landmine casualties (2,029), which is double the total reported for the preceding year. Syria had the second ...
- Connecticut: Decomposed body and explosives found inside residence after standoff
December 4, 2025
A decomposed body and several explosives were discovered inside a home following an hours-long standoff with a man who had barricaded himself in the residence and exchanged gunfire with law ...
- SmartRayVision Announces Successful Delivery and Training of 14 Portable X-Ray Systems to the Indonesia National Police
December 4, 2025
Jakarta, Indonesia — SmartRayVision is proud to announce the successful sale and deployment of fourteen (14) advanced portable X-ray systems to the Indonesia National Police. This milestone further strengthens SmartRayVision’s ...
- UK: Men arrested over suspected explosives offences as major incident declared in Derby
December 4, 2025
A major incident has been declared and 200 homes evacuated after two men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences in Derby. Derbyshire Police carried out a warrant at a ...
- Illinois: Three explosive devices found in Rockford home
December 4, 2025
Rockford police said they found three explosive devices in a home Wednesday. Police responded to the home in the 1600-block of North Church Street, after being alerted to possible explosive ...
- Israel: Improvised explosive device neutralized in Rehovot industrial zone
December 4, 2025
Police neutralized an improvised explosive device in the Rehovot industrial zone. “Bomb disposal experts neutralized the item without damage or casualties, while conducting searches to remove any additional risk to ...
- Romania says it destroys maritime drone in Black Sea
December 3, 2025
The Romanian military blew up a maritime drone that was endangering navigation in the Black Sea, the Ministry of National Defence said on Wednesday, amid rising concerns about risks to ...
- How Kiwi soldiers are helping train Ukraine forces
December 3, 2025
The New Zealand Defence Force is continuing to provide training to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in counter explosive ordnance measures and drone warfare – over three and a half ...
