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
- Pakistan: Police van escapes IED explosion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
August 8, 2024
A police van narrowly escaped an IED explosion on Warsak Road on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Wednesday morning. DSP Warsak division Arbab Naeem said the explosion took place ...
- Yemen: YEMAC warns citizens not to approach cluster bombs swept away by floods in Hodeida
August 8, 2024
The Executive Center for Mine Action renewed its warning to citizens in Hodeida governorate and the rest of the governorates, against approaching mines, cluster bombs, and remnants of aggression that ...
- Cambodia: Training starts for Ukrainian demining specialists
August 8, 2024
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) began a two-week training course on Wednesday, August 7 for Ukrainian explosives experts, focusing on the use of demining equipment in humanitarian operations. The opening ...
- Lebanon: Japan supports mine action in El Mechref in El Chouf District
August 8, 2024
Handicap International Federation (HI), to enhance community safety by clearing explosive remnants of war in El Mechref village, Chouf district. On August 6, 2024, Ambassador MAGOSHI Masayuki signed a grant ...
- Pakistan: Two security personnel killed in IED blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
August 8, 2024
One security personnel was killed and two critically wounded in an IED blast targeting a vehicle of a militia force in Kurram district on Wednesday night. In another incident, unknown militants ...
- Root causes of terrorism in Pakistan: Beyond military operations
August 7, 2024
Pakistan has recently announced a fresh counter-terrorism operation, Azm-e-Istehkam, to rein in the surging terrorism in the country. This is not the first operation against terrorism in Pakistan and unfortunately, may ...
- Koa Moana 24: EOD Sweeps for WWII Unexploded Ordnance
August 7, 2024
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Gage Gardner, an explosive ordnance technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and a native of Jay, Oklahoma, measures ...
- Russia’s National Guard enhances security measures at Kursk NPP
August 7, 2024
Russia’s National Guard Service has tightened security measures at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. “As part of efforts to ensure the security of the critical facility, National Guard units have ...
- Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Issues Urgent Security Directives Amid Threats of Abductions and IED Attacks
August 6, 2024
In response to the heightened threat of abductions and IED attacks against government employees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Home Department has issued immediate security directives. This follows a recent attack on ...
- Northern Ireland: Appeal for information after arson to DVLA car in Bushmills
August 6, 2024
Detectives are investigating arson to a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) vehicle in Bushmills today, Tuesday 6th August. Just before 11am, it was reported that two men, both wearing ...
- Bangladesh: Death toll climbs to 24 after arson attack at Jessore hotel
August 6, 2024
The death toll from an arson attack by unidentified men at a hotel in Jessore has risen to 24. Khulna Fire Service and Civil Defense Control Room Chief Abdul Qadir ...
- Iraq: Five US troops, two contractors hurt in rocket attack targeting the al-Asad airbase
August 6, 2024
Five U.S. service members and two contractors were injured when two rockets hit a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said Tuesday, providing a bit more detail about the Monday ...
- Mali is still unsafe under the military: why it hasn’t made progress against rebels and terrorists
August 6, 2024
The scale of casualties suffered by the Wagner group and Malian forces during a recent assault in the Tinzaouaten region reveal vulnerability in Mali’s counterinsurgency posture. The attack was reported in ...
