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 magazine 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
- Yemen: At least five children killed in blast in Taiz
July 12, 2025
At least five children in southwestern Yemen have died after an explosive device detonated in a residential area where they were playing football, rights groups and witnesses said. On Saturday, the ...
- U.S. Air Force: Specialized EOD fitness test will gauge critical task ability
July 11, 2025
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — Explosive Ordnance Disposal has been added as the next combat arms career field to require special sex and age neutral fitness standards. EOD joins other fields ...
- Colombia: Military operation leads to the neutralization of improvised explosive devices
July 11, 2025
Within the framework of focused military operations and as part of the work of the sustained military operation to increase the security and institutional control of the territory, troops of ...
- Pakistan: Armed men kidnap and kill nine passengers in Balochistan
July 11, 2025
At least nine passengers travelling on two Punjab-bound coaches were abducted and killed by unidentified armed men in Sur-Dakai area, on the border between Balochistan’s Zhob and Loralai districts, on ...
- Colombian Soldier Dies After Guerrilla Fighters Set Off Bomb Strapped To a Donkey
July 10, 2025
A Colombian soldier died and two others were wounded on Wednesday after guerrilla members set off a bomb strapped to a donkey, local officials said. The attack took place in Valdivia, in the ...
- Yemen: 10 rescued, 3 killed and others ‘kidnapped’ after Houthis sink ship in second Red Sea attack in a week
July 10, 2025
Ten people have been rescued from the Red Sea after their ship sank near Yemen following an attack by the Houthis, according to the European Union’s maritime security mission, with ...
- Russia says it has evidence Ukraine has repeatedly used anti-personnel landmines
July 9, 2025
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it has evidence that Ukraine has repeatedly used anti-personnel mines which have injured civilians and so Kyiv’s exit from the Ottawa Convention would ...
- Nigeria: Boko Haram IED attacks killed 121 civilians, soldiers and CJTF personnel in 16 months
July 9, 2025
At least 121 civilians and security personnel have reportedly died from Boko Haram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosions in Borno and Yobe states, data compiled by Daily Trust has revealed. According ...
- UK: Man’s homemade explosives led to street evacuation
July 9, 2025
A man has been jailed for throwing acid and making explosives in a “home laboratory” inside his flat in Derbyshire over the course of 15 years. Police cordoned off streets and ...
- Pakistan: Bomb defused in Lakki Marwat
July 9, 2025
The police on Tuesday defused a bomb in the Michenkhel area of Lakki Marwat district. An official said that local residents spotted a suspected object along a dirt track in the ...
- Canada to ‘align’ with U.S. airport screening rules as TSA drops shoes-off policy
July 9, 2025
Ottawa says it will work to align its flight security regulations with those in the U.S. after Washington dropped a rule that required passengers to remove their shoes during security ...
- Finland and Lithuania set to produce anti-personnel mines
July 9, 2025
Lithuania and Finland look set to start domestic production of anti-personnel landmines next year to supply themselves and Ukraine because of what they see as the military threat from Russia, ...
- Kenya: Seven police officers injured in Mandera IED attack
July 9, 2025
Seven police officers were injured early Tuesday morning after their patrol vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) along the Gadudia-Laga Road in Mandera East, near the Kenya-Somalia ...
