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
- Ontario: Explosives found in RV after standoff in Barrie
November 21, 2024
Police say several explosive devices were found inside an RV where an allegedly armed man had barricaded himself for about 14 hours in Barrie, Ont. Police say officers responded to a ...
- Zimbabwe’s demining efforts receive international support
November 21, 2024
Zimbabwe’s efforts to achieve a landmine free environment have been recognised by international organs such as the African Union, with the country targeting to complete the demining exercise by 2026. An ...
- Don’t condemn the US decision to give anti-personnel mines to Ukraine
November 21, 2024
In Ukraine, it’s not just the frontline that’s a minefield. The decision of the United States to offer landmines to Ukraine, a signatory of the landmine ban treaty, creates as ...
- CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance System Reaches FOC
November 20, 2024
The Joint Project Manager for CBRN Sensors team completed fielding of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal variant of our CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance System (CBRN DRS) to the U.S. Army in October ...
- Pakistan: At least 42 killed in sectarian violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
November 20, 2024
Gunmen have opened fire on convoys of Shia pilgrims in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 42 people, according to authorities in the restive province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Women and children were ...
- Florida Man Arrested, Charged for Alleged Plot to Bomb New York Stock Exchange
November 20, 2024
Authorities arrested and charged a Florida man on Wednesday for allegedly planning to bomb the New York Stock Exchange the week before Thanksgiving. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener discussed with FBI informants and ...
- California: Explosives found in Putah Creek Canal
November 20, 2024
Just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, workers cleaning out the Putah Creek Canal between Martin Road and Hilborn Road located what appeared to be a smoke grenade and fragmentary grenade. Officers responded ...
- Greek police seize cache of explosives in central Athens
November 20, 2024
Greek police seized firearms and explosives during a search of a storage unit in the central Athens neighborhood of Pangrati late Tuesday. According to reports, earlier that day, a private citizen ...
- Ukraine to get US land mines for use against Russian forces
November 20, 2024
US President Joe Biden has approved providing antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in what has been seen as another policy reversal on weapons provided to Kyiv by the outgoing United ...
- Pakistan: 12 security personnel killed in Bannu suicide attack
November 20, 2024
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday that 12 security personnel were martyred in a suicide blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) District Bannu. The military’s media wing, in a statement, ...
- Fourth tourist dies after suspected mass poisoning in Laos
November 20, 2024
Australian teen Bianca Jones has become the fourth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old’s family confirmed her death to the media on Thursday. Hours ...
- Nigeria: IEDs Remain Threats To National Security
November 20, 2024
The national coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka said the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) ...
- UK: NHS staff ‘may have treated Covid with poor PPE’
November 20, 2024
A former Welsh health minister has said that NHS staff may have treated Covid patients during the pandemic with inadequate PPE. Former first minister Vaughan Gething, who was in charge of ...
- Russia: FSB arrests German citizen who arrived from Poland to sabotage energy facility in Kaliningrad
November 20, 2024
Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) have arrested a German citizen who was involved in sabotaging a gas metering station in Kaliningrad in the spring of 2024 as ...
- Greece: New arrest made in connection with Athens flat blast last month
November 19, 2024
A 31-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon in connection with a deadly explosion of an improvised device in an Athens apartment last month. The arrest, the latest in a series linked ...
- Syria: Head of Kafr Nan Municipality killed in a car bomb explosion in northern Homs
November 19, 2024
The head of the Kafr Nan municipality, Mohammad al-Ismail, was martyred today when an explosive device exploded in a van he was driving in the village of Tasnin, in the ...
- Cambodia, Vietnam strengthen mine action cooperation at Hanoi talks
November 19, 2024
Senior Minister Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), held talks with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung to strengthen bilateral ...
- Venezuela: Eleven people arrested after explosion, fire at gas complex
November 18, 2024
Eleven people have been arrested as part of an investigation into an explosion and fire at a major gas complex last week, Venezuela’s vice-president and oil minister Delcy Rodriguez said ...
