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
- Mexico: US consulate warns of gun battles, IEDs, kidnappings in Mexican border towns near Texas
January 28, 2025
American officials in Mexico have issued the highest-level travel warning amid increased gun battles, kidnappings and IEDs in a town that sits on the Texas border. The State Department has put ...
- Cadets aim to make explosive ordnance operations safer
January 28, 2025
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – A cadet brother team developed an electronic wire stabilization and cutting tool that could revolutionize explosive ordnance operations. Military members are put at risk during ...
- Pakistan army foils militant attempt to take security post in Balochistan
January 28, 2025
Islamist militants in an explosive-laden vehicle were thwarted in their attempt to overrun a Pakistani security post near the border with Afghanistan, the army said on Tuesday. The five attackers, including ...
- Nigeria: Illegal stockpiling of explosives responsible for Mashegu blast
January 28, 2025
Commissioner of Police in Niger State, CP Shawulu Danmamman, described the recent dynamite explosion in Sabon Pegi community, Mashegu Local Government Area, as unfortunate. The explosion occurred due to the indiscriminate ...
- Italy: Massive seizure of weapons, ammunition and explosive material in Reggio Calabria
January 28, 2025
A routine check of the territory by the Carabinieri of the Catona Station led to the discovery of a huge arsenal of weapons and explosive material in the district of ...
- Germany: Unexploded WWII bomb found around Carola Bridge in Dresden
January 28, 2025
Workers dismantling a collapsed bridge over the Elbe River in the eastern German city of Dresden have once again found what appears to be an unexploded World War II-era bomb. This ...
- Connecticut: Homemade explosive devices found at Waterbury home after fatal blast
January 28, 2025
Inside the home where an explosion killed a man earlier this month, police found cardboard tubes, black powder and improvised explosive devices stored in a lunchbox, according to a search ...
- INTERPOL: 37 terror suspects arrested in East African operation
January 27, 2025
LYON, France – An international counter-terrorism operation in East Africa has led to the arrest of 37 suspects and the seizure of both small arms and heavy weapons. Those arrested ...
- Norwegian NGO Suspends Demining In 13 Countries After US Aid Freeze
January 27, 2025
A Norwegian aid group has suspended mine clearing activities in 13 countries following the freezing of US foreign aid, one of its directors told AFP on Monday. Last year, Norwegian ...
- Nigeria: Police arrest one suspect, recover IED in Kano
January 27, 2025
The Kano State Police Command has arrested one suspect and recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in connection with a suspected terrorist plot to attack the state. The mastermind of ...
- Morocco thwarts terrorist plot in explosive attack planning stage
January 26, 2025
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), with precise intelligence from the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), thwarted an imminent terrorist plot early Sunday morning. The plan, still in ...
- Pakistan: One killed, 15 injured in southwestern as IED blast targets Punjab-bound bus
January 26, 2025
One person was killed while 15 others, including army soldiers, were injured in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday when a passenger bus headed toward Pakistan’s Punjab province was targeted by an ...
- Nigeria: Suicide attack kills 27 soldiers in the northeast
January 26, 2025
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a suicide attack attributed to jihadist militants in the northeast, military sources confirmed on Sunday. The attack occurred during a ground offensive ...
- Yemen: Houthi rebels unilaterally release 153 war detainees
January 26, 2025
Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally freed 153 war detainees Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, one of several overtures in recent days to ease tensions after the ceasefire ...
- Netherlands: Thieves use explosives to steal artefacts from museum in Assen
January 26, 2025
Thieves set off an explosion to gain entry into the Drents museum in the city of Assen, allowing them to steal several artefacts from a major exhibition called “Dacia – ...
- DR Congo: M23 rebels say they will seize eastern city overnight
January 26, 2025
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels laying siege to eastern Congo’s largest city Goma ordered defending government forces late on Sunday to disarm and surrender, saying they were preparing to enter and take ...
- Israel: Four female soldiers unite with families after 477 days in captivity
January 26, 2025
Four former hostages were released Saturday as part of Phase 1 of the hostage-ceasefire deal, as IDF surveillance lookout soldiers Karina Ariev, Liri Albag, Daniella Gilboa, and Naama Levy returned ...
- Syria launches security operation against former regime forces in Latakia governorate
January 25, 2025
Syria’s Military Operations Command on Saturday launched a security operation in Qardaha, the hometown of the recently ousted ruling Assad family, in the coastal province of Latakia. According to the Syrian ...
