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
- Mine Action Office opens in Ukraine
September 7, 2024
The Mine Action Office of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine has begun work in Ukraine, said Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko. “This is a coordinating body responsible for planning, ...
- Malta: Suspected bomb turned out to be a 2,000 year old amphora discovered underwater in St. Paul’s Bay
September 7, 2024
What was initially suspected to be a bomb discovered in the sea turned out to be an ancient amphora, estimated to be around 2,000 years old. The object was spotted by ...
- UK: Grenade bought for £51 blown up by bomb squad
September 6, 2024
A collector who bought a grenade online for £51 has had it blown up in a field by the bomb squad. The World War Two-era Hungarian stick grenade bought by Kallum ...
- UK man sentenced to nine years for arson after far-right riots
September 6, 2024
A British man who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing more than 200 asylum seekers has been sentenced to nine years in prison, the longest punishment handed down ...
- Sri Lanka: Four women injured in explosion while clearing land mines in Mankulam
September 6, 2024
Four women were injured when a land mine exploded while they were clearing mines in Mankulam, Vavuniya last evening. Police said the women, who were part of a non-governmental organization engaged ...
- Safe Pro AI Completes United Nations Development Programme’s Purchase Order for Artificial Intelligence Minefield Analysis in Ukraine
September 5, 2024
– SpotlightAI™, Powered by AWS, Selected by UNDP for Hyperscale AI Analysis of Drone Imagery Addressing the Unprecedented Scope of the Landmine Crisis in Ukraine – AVENTURA, FL – September 5, ...
- Demining Ukraine: 17,000 ha of liberated territory cleared in September
September 5, 2024
In August, 17,000 hectares of mine-contaminated land in liberated areas were cleared of explosives. That’s according to the Ministry of Defense, Ukrinform reports. “In August, demining units of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry ...
- Somalia: 19 Al-Shabaab fighters killed in 2 air strikes in Galmudug and Hirshabelle
September 5, 2024
Nineteen members of the Al-Shabaab movement were killed in two separate air strikes in the Galmudug and Hirshabelle states in central and southern Somalia, the Ministry of Information announced yesterday. According ...
- Cyprus: Authorities defuse grenade found in Nicosia village
September 5, 2024
Authorities defused a defensive grenade found in a village in the Nicosia district on Wednesday evening. A citizen discovered the grenade in a field and alerted the authorities, who cordoned off ...
- Ontario: Improvised Explosive Devices Discovered in Niagara Falls Home
September 5, 2024
Niagara Regional Police evacuated homes in the Beaver Glen Drive area of Niagara Falls yesterday after receiving a concern about a suspicious device. A Niagara based social worker, during the course ...
- German police kill suspect in exchange of fire near Israeli consulate in Munich
September 5, 2024
German police shot dead a man in an exchange of fire near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi history museum in Munich on Thursday, state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said. “Due ...
- MAG prepares for new contamination in Lebanon
September 5, 2024
Following the outbreak of conflict in Gaza on October 7, 2023, tensions have been escalating along the Blue Line – a 120-kilometre demarcation line established by the United Nations in ...
- Iraq: Bomb blast kills two army officers, injures four soldiers in Kirkuk province
September 4, 2024
Two Iraqi army officers were killed and four soldiers were wounded in a bomb attack Wednesday in the northern province of Kirkuk, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility ...
- NATO troops complete live-agent training at Exercise Precise Response in Canada
September 4, 2024
CANADIAN FORCES BASE SUFFIELD, Alberta, Canada – NATO forces recently honed their skills during live-agent chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) training at Exercise Precise Response on Canadian Forces Base Suffield ...
- Cambodia: Siem Reap five-year mine action plan drafted
September 4, 2024
The five-year Siem Reap-Angkor Action Plan, which will be adopted for implementation at November’s 2024 Ottawa Convention meeting in Siem Reap province, has been successfully developed, according to the Cambodian ...
- Syria: 6 people injured in an IED detonation planted by terrorists in Daraa
September 4, 2024
Six people were slightly injured in Daraa province as a result of an explosive device planted by a terrorist group while Daraa Governor, Secretary of the Arab Socialist Baath Party ...
- Israel: Improvised explosives and car bombs – the fight against West Bank terrorists and their IEDs
September 3, 2024
Anyone familiar with intelligence reports or even just monitoring Palestinian social media wouldn’t be surprised by the recent surge in explosive attacks across the West Bank. The Shin Bet identified this ...
- Yemen’s Houthi forces claim latest attack against Israeli-linked tanker in Red Sea
September 3, 2024
Yemen’s Houthi-allied armed forces announced yesterday claimed responsibility for an operation against an Israeli-linked ship ‘Blue Lagoon I’ in the Red Sea in the latest of such attacks in solidarity ...
- Solomon Islands: US joins WWII UXO removal exercise
September 3, 2024
The United States (US) has joined a multinational team of experts from Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand and the United Kingdom as part of “Operation Render Safe 2024.” The ...
- Ireland: Five men arrested after gardaí recover 19 petrol bombs from car in Co Kildare
September 3, 2024
Five men have been arrested after gardaí recovered a total of 19 petrol bombs from a car they had stopped in Co Kildare. Four men were arrested when detective gardaí attached ...
- Afghanistan: Deadly Suicide Explosion in Kabul Leaves 6 Dead, 13 Injured
September 2, 2024
Kabul security command reported that in today’s explosion (Monday, September 2) in the Qala-e-Bakhtiar area of the sixth security district of Kabul city, six people were killed and thirteen others ...
- Cutting-edge military equipment, high-ranking visits and the Open Day: MSPO 2024 commencement
September 2, 2024
The 32nd International Defence Industry Exhibition (3 to 6 September 2024) makes Targi Kielce the innovation centre in the safety and security domain. This year’s event offers industry insiders the ...
- New IAEA Publication about Detecting Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control
September 2, 2024
A new IAEA publication titled Detection in a State’s Interior of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control offers law enforcement agencies and frontline officers detailed guidance to ...
- Ireland: Hand grenade thrown at house and pub doused with petrol in separate incidents in Cork
September 2, 2024
Gardaí are investigating separate and unrelated incidents in which a hand grenade was thrown at a house, forcing a midnight evacuation of homes in a Cork housing estate, and an ...
- Ukraine: Government will compensate 100% of the cost of demining to farmers who demine agricultural land
September 2, 2024
The Cabinet of Ministers has increased the amount of compensation for agricultural producers who plan to demine agricultural land from 80% to 100%. The programme will also now be open to ...
- Iraq: ISIS remnant landmine claims lives of three children near Mosul
September 1, 2024
A devastating explosion west of Mosul has claimed the lives of three children and injured two others from the same family. The blast, believed to have been caused by a landmine ...
