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
- UN: 1,500 Somalis killed or injured by explosive devices in 2023
September 20, 2024
At least 1,500 civilians were killed or injured by 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Somalia over the past year, the UN reported late Thursday. UN Secretary-General’s Acting Special Representative for ...
- Eielson EOD holds joint training with Fairbanks TSA
September 20, 2024
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – The 354th Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight conducted a training with Transportation Security Administration personnel at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. ...
- Mali: Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Bamako killed more than 70 people
September 20, 2024
More than 70 people are thought to have been killed in an attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group on Mali’s capital Bamako earlier this week, according to diplomatic and security sources. Hardline ...
- Lebanon: Batteries of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah contained PETN explosive
September 20, 2024
The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this week were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN, a Lebanese source familiar ...
- Texas: Lubbock Regional Bomb Squad used EOD Robot to end police standoff
September 19, 2024
One person is in custody after Lubbock authorities responded to a barricaded subject Wednesday morning. Felix Delarosa, 39, is charged with aggravated assault against a public servant following a SWAT ...
- Mexico: Sinaloa cartel clashes leave at least 30 Dead
September 19, 2024
At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as rival factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash. Mexican Defense ...
- Hawaii: Second suspect arrested in Maui explosives case
September 19, 2024
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Maui Police Department are investigating Improvised Explosive Devices left in the Kahului and Pukalani areas of Maui, according to a joint statement from ...
- UK: Man arrested after bomb squad called to Stourbridge
September 19, 2024
West Midlands Police and the army’s explosive ordinance disposal squad were called to an address on The Broadway, Norton, Stourbridge, at around 9pm on Tuesday, following the discovery of ‘suspicious ...
- Ukraine joins NATO counter-drone exercise for first time
September 19, 2024
From 10 to 20 September 2024, over 450 participants from 19 NATO Allies and three partner-countries gathered in the Netherlands to test the ability of commercially available counter-drone systems to ...
- Genetic ghosts suggest Covid’s market origins
September 19, 2024
A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak. They were analysing hundreds of ...
- India: CoBRA battalion jawan injured in IED explosion in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa
September 19, 2024
An anti-Maoist operation is underway in the area. During the search operation, an IED planted by Maoists targeting the security forces exploded, another police officer said. The incident occurred around 7.30 ...
- South Carolina: Man arrested after homemade explosives found along US 29
September 19, 2024
A suspect is now in custody after a search warrant uncovered handmade explosive devices along Highway 29 North. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office charged Anthony Kyle Jenkins with possession of a ...
