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
- Iraqi Special Forces personnel complete counter-terror training course in Pakistan
March 16, 2025
Iraqi Special Forces have completed an over two-month-long training course at the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) in northwestern Pakistan, state-run media reported on Sunday, as both countries eye bolstering ...
- Pakistan: Three security personnel among 5 killed in Noskhi SVBIED attack
March 16, 2025
A vehicle-borne suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a security forces convoy in Balochistan’s Noskhi district, leaving three security personnel and two civilians martyred, the military’s media wing said in a ...
- Yemen: U.S. launches multiple strikes against Houthi targets
March 15, 2025
The U.S. launched strikes Saturday in Yemen as President Trump said the U.S. would use “overwhelming lethal force” until Houthis cease shipping attacks. “Today, I have ordered the United States ...
- Pakistan: Police Van Targeted in IED Blast in Lakki Marwat
March 15, 2025
A police van was targeted in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast near the Landiwa area, leaving the driver injured, police said on Saturday. In response, security personnel launched a ...
- US CENTCOM Forces Kill ISIS Chief of Global Operations Who Also Served as ISIS
March 14, 2025
Tampa, Fla. – On March 13, U.S. Central Command forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Intelligence and Security Forces, conducted a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the ...
- Thailand: Pattani blast injures 9 police on teacher-protection duty
March 14, 2025
A roadside bomb attack injured nine police officers on teacher-protection duty in Mae Lan district of this southern border province on Friday morning. The blast occurred on a local road between ...
- South Africa: Toyota Fortuner seized by police after explosives were found in the SUV
March 14, 2025
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested two foreign nationals, Justice Thejana, 30, and Rethabile Pheku, 40, after explosives were discovered in their vehicle, a white Toyota Fortuner. The pair was arrested along ...
- Kentucky: Son of Middletown victim put explosive under father’s car
March 14, 2025
The son of a man killed in Middletown is being charged with his murder. According to an arrest slip, Brandon McQuillen, 43, was arrested Wednesday, around 11 p.m. He was ...
- Pakistan: JUI-F district emir, three others injured in IED blast at South Waziristan mosque
March 14, 2025
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) district emir Abdullah Nadeem along three others sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded during Friday prayer at a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan, ...
- Northern Ireland: Explosive device fragments can cause death, bomb trial told
March 14, 2025
Fragments from explosive devices can result in serious injuries or fatalities, the trial of a man accused of the attempted murder of two police officers has been told. Charlie Love, ...
- Austria to allocate millions of euros to Ukraine for mine clearance and grain delivery
March 14, 2025
Vienna will allocate €5 million to Ukraine for mine clearance efforts and €2 million for grain delivery following a visit by Austria’s Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger to Kyiv on Friday ...
- India: Bengal CID to procure mobile X-Ray devices for IED detection
March 13, 2025
In a bid to augment its capability in tracing Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), West Bengal, is seeking to procure eight compact portable X-Ray machines that ...
- Ecuador: Vehicle explosion outside Guayaquil Littoral Penitentiary leaves a prison guard dead
March 13, 2025
An explosion in the early hours of Thursday outside the Guayaquil Littoral Penitentiary, the most dangerous in Ecuador, left one guard dead and two injured and once again alarmed the ...
