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
- How Ukraine turned mobile phone microphones into an air defence network
September 17, 2024
The proliferation of cheap, deadly uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) into conflicts around the world has presented a new challenge for military leaders. While modern air defences are designed to effectively target ...
- Mali: Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Bamako attack
September 17, 2024
Al Qaeda affiliate Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attacks on strategic points in Bamako in a rare case of unrest reaching the capital after ...
- OSCE holds gender awareness workshop for mine action actors in Ukraine
September 16, 2024
As women are increasingly more involved in the traditionally male-dominated mine action sector, it is important to ensure that gender equality principles are taken into account across all aspects of ...
- Nigeria: IEDs recovered after two police officers killed in Anambra Police Station attack
September 16, 2024
An attack by some hoodlums at Umunze Police Station in Anambra State in the early hours of Monday left two policemen dead. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer ...
- DEVCOM CBC Innovates and Integrates through Autonomous Technologies
September 16, 2024
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) is paving the way and helping the Army transform into a multi-domain force through its modernization and priority ...
- India: 3 IEDs recovered and diffused in Sukma
September 16, 2024
Three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered by the security personnel from separate locations in Naxal-affected Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Monday. During a road security operation (RSO) exercise from two ...
- Germany: Large explosion rocks venue in Cologne city centre
September 16, 2024
An explosion has occurred in the centre of the German city of Cologne, according to media outlets. It happened early on Monday morning at around 5:50 am local time, reportedly injuring ...
- Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they downed another US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone
September 16, 2024
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, with video circulating online showing what appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike and flaming wreckage ...
- FBI investigating apparent assassination attempt on Trump in Florida
September 16, 2024
The FBI said it “is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination” of Donald Trump at his Florida golf club. Trump was not harmed in the incident. The Secret Service ...
- India: Bengal Congress leader killed in bomb attack in Malda
September 15, 2024
The deceased was identified as Sheikh Saifuddin, an influential Congress of the Gopalpur area in Manikchak. His family alleged that goons backed by the TMC killed him, a charge dismissed ...
- Kenya: US embassy issues security alert warning of possible terror attacks
September 15, 2024
The United States (US) Embassy in Nairobi has issued a security alert, warning its citizens of possible terror attacks. According to the embassy, terrorists may target the locations that are highly ...
- UK: Police cordon remains in place after unexploded bomb found on Norfolk beach
September 15, 2024
Part of a Norfolk beach remains cordoned off after an unexploded bomb was found. Police were called to Hemsby beach at about 10.20am on Friday after a member of the ...
- Pakistan: Two police officers killed in IED explosion near Kuchlak Police Station
September 15, 2024
Two cops were martyred and two others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeting a police vehicle near Kuchlak Police Station, some 20 kilometres from Quetta, on Saturday. The ...
- Israel: Police raid near Nazareth finds tunnel shaft containing missile and ammunition
September 15, 2024
North District Police said on Saturday that it raided a compound in Yafa an-Naseriyye, an Arab town near Nazareth, and uncovered a stockpile of arms including four guns, hundreds of ...
- Solomon Islands: 5,400 bombs removed
September 15, 2024
This year 2024 has been a record year so far for the removal of explosive remnants from the Second World War in the country. That’s because more than 5,400 bombs have ...
- Yemen’s Houthis fire missile at central Israel
September 15, 2024
Yemen’s Houthis fired at least one ballistic missile, possibly more, on the Tel Aviv and central Israel areas, IDF sources said on Sunday. Nine people were lightly wounded while running to ...
- Somalia: Deadly blasts in Mogadishu kill five
September 14, 2024
At least five people were killed and eight others wounded in a series of roadside explosions in Mogadishu’s Kahda district on Saturday, according to local officials. The blasts targeted a popular ...
- Iraq: 4 ISIS leaders killed in raid that left 7 US service members injured
September 14, 2024
Four senior ISIS leaders were killed in last month’s U.S.-Iraqi military raid in western Iraq including the group’s top operations leader in Iraq and its chief bombmaker for whom the ...
