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
- Syria: Second booby trapped vehicle blast in days hits Manbij
December 27, 2024
A car bomb exploded, on Friday, in the city of Manbij, northern Syria, according to the Syrian Civil Defense. Until the moment, the extent of the damage caused by the ...
- Azerbaijan plane crash investigation to determine type of rocket used
December 27, 2024
A total of 38 passengers were killed, while 29 survived on Wednesday after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight from Baku to Grozny crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing ...
- Pennsylvania: Homemade explosive found by police in McKeesport
December 27, 2024
A homemade explosive was found in McKeesport. Allegheny County dispatchers said police were called to the intersection of Evans Avenue and Versailles Avenue at 11:45 a.m. on Friday. The Allegheny County ...
- Pakistan: Gas supply restored in Balochistan after pipeline explosion
December 27, 2024
The gas supply, which had been suspended in Quetta and other towns and cities of Balochistan on Wednesday following the sabotage of an 18-inch diameter main pipeline, has been restored ...
- Russia: FSB eliminates extremists who were plotting bomb blast outside police station in Moscow
December 27, 2024
The FSB has prevented a terrorist attack near a police station, which was being plotted by Central Asian natives – members of Wilayat Khorasan, a cell of the international terrorist ...
- UK: Isle of Wight man accused of making improvised explosives
December 26, 2024
The case of George Swain, of Mary Rose Avenue, Wootton Bridge, was heard before Portsmouth magistrates on Saturday, November 30. The 26-year-old is accused of two counts of making an explosive ...
- Yemen: Israel strikes Sanaa airport, Hodeidah power plant
December 26, 2024
Israel’s military says it struck multiple targets linked to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, including Sanaa International Airport and three ports along the western coast. The attacks carried out on Thursday ...
- Ukraine: Bomb disposal experts neutralize unexploded Russian Kh-59 missile in Kharkiv
December 26, 2024
Explosive technicians from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service have neutralized a Russian Kh-59 cruise missile that fell on a private household in Kharkiv. The State Emergency Service announced this on Facebook. Bomb ...
- Cambodia: First Police DNA laboratory inaugurated in Phnom Penh
December 26, 2024
The first National Police DNA laboratory was officially inaugurated in Phnom Penh yesterday, providing an important tool in solving crimes. The inauguration was presided over by National Police Chief General Sar ...
- Russia: FSB foils series of assassination attempts on senior Russian defense officials
December 26, 2024
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a series of assassination attempts on the lives of senior Russian defense officials in Moscow and their family members plotted by Ukrainian intelligence ...
- Nigeria: Boko Haram Terrorists Bomb Nigerian Army Base With Drones In Borno On Christmas Eve
December 25, 2024
At least six soldiers have been confirmed injured after a drone strike by suspected terrorists on a military base in Borno State. SaharaReporters gathered that the terrorists attacked the Forward Operating ...
- Netherlands: Explosions and bomb threats investigated across Leiden, Sassenheim, and Voorhout
December 25, 2024
Authorities are investigating a series of explosions and the discovery of an explosive device in three Dutch towns over consecutive nights, raising concerns about public safety. Police have linked the incidents ...
- Afghanistan: Taliban Ministry of Defense vows to respond to Pakistan’s airstrike
December 25, 2024
The Taliban’s Ministry of Defense strongly reacted to the overnight Pakistani airstrike on Barmal, Paktika, stating that the attack would not go unanswered, emphasizing that defending their land and sovereignty ...
- Vietnam to raise awareness on mine accident prevention and support of victims
December 25, 2024
By the end of last year, about 5.6 million hectares in Việt Nam were still littered with bombs, mines and explosives left from the resistance wars, equivalent to 17.7 per ...
- Pakistan: Turbat blast kills at least two, injures four
December 25, 2024
An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the Dasht area of Balochistan’s Turbat district on Wednesday, claiming the lives of at least two people and injuring four others. According to ...
- Israel: IDF commander wounded in West Bank vehicle explosion
December 25, 2024
The commander of the IDF Menashe Brigade, Col. Ayub Kayouf, was moderately injured when an explosive device hit an IDF vehicle during a counterterrorism operation in the West Bank city ...
- Cambodia: EU commits to enhancing security collaboration
December 25, 2024
The European Union (EU) has committed to enhance collaboration on a host of measures to maintain the Kingdom’s security. This was communicated during a work discussion meeting between Deputy Prime ...
- Russia: Oboronlogistics company blames loss of its ship Ursa Major on terrorist attack
December 25, 2024
A terrorist attack has been committed against the Russian ship Ursa Major in the Mediterranean Sea, the press service of the Oboronlogistics shipping company has told TASS. “Oboronlogistics believes that on ...

