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
- Netherlands: Escaped prisoner suspected of explosive robberies arrested in Utrecht
March 23, 2026
A 32-year-old man who escaped from the Diakonessenhuis in Utrecht on Friday was arrested later that evening. The man, identified as Nabil S., is a known figure in the Netherlands’ explosive ...
- Philippines: Police recovers firearms, explosives in Nueva Ecija
March 23, 2026
Police recovered firearms, explosives, and ammunition in Barangay Bugnan, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija over the weekend. The operation stemmed from information provided by a former Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) member who ...
- Marine EOD techs team with robots in frigid Alaskan waters
March 23, 2026
For Marine Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan Veenhuizen and his dozen-man explosive ordnance disposal team, a day on Kodiak Island means prep dives into cold Alaskan waters — a far ...
- Lithuania: Possible drone crash under investigation after explosion in the Varėna district
March 23, 2026
Lithuanian authorities are investigating a possible drone crash after an explosion was reported overnight in the Varėna district near the village of Lavysas. According to the Lithuanian Armed Forces, preliminary information ...
- Nigeria: IED blast kills eight in Niger State
March 23, 2026
Eight persons have been confirmed dead after terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device, IED, along Luma Road in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. According to reports, the explosive ...
- New York: Fort Hamilton Hosts TSA‑Led Multi‑Agency K‑9 Training to Strengthen Regional Readiness
March 23, 2026
FORT HAMILTON, N.Y. — More than a dozen federal, state and local agencies trained together at Fort Hamilton on March 11, 2026, as Transportation Security Administration canine training instructors from ...
- Cyprus: Bomb explosion damages reception venue in Nicosia district
March 23, 2026
An explosion caused by a bomb damaged the well-known reception venue Pavilion, in the Nicosia district early Monday, prompting an ongoing police investigation. Authorities said the blast occurred at around 3:20 ...
- UK: Jewish volunteer ambulances set on fire outside London synagogue in antisemitic attack
March 23, 2026
Several ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer rescue organization were set on fire outside a synagogue in a neighborhood home to London’s largest Jewish community early on Monday, in an ...
- Belgium: Practical tests for new CBRN-E technologies in the EU project TeamUP
March 23, 2026
In the last week of February, the TeamUP consortium conducted usability tests and a small-scale trial at the “Campus VESTA” test site in Ranst, Belgium. Numerous new technologies have been ...
- Vietnam: Party chief calls for modernised Engineering Corps to meet evolving defence demand
March 22, 2026
Party General Secretary To Lam has underscored the need for the Engineering Corps, an arm of the Vietnam People’s Army, to enhance its overall capacity to meet increasingly demanding national ...
- Nigeria: Troops apprehend 20 suspected drug peddlers in Yenagoa, defuse six IEDs in South-east
March 22, 2026
Troops of Operation Delta Safe, working in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested 20 suspected drug ...
- Nigeria: Eight suspected bandits killed by own IED in Niger State
March 21, 2026
At least eight suspected bandits have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) believed to have been planted for security forces along Lukope Road in Shiroro Local Government Area ...
- Michigan: A look at the fireworks company that sold products to two suspected terrorists this month
March 21, 2026
Shortly after a man attacked a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, earlier this month, William Weimer received a call from employees at a Phantom Fireworks store in nearby Livonia. Agents at ...
