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
- New York: Car explodes just steps from Wall Street’s Charging Bull statue
May 20, 2026
Dramatic video shows an MTA car exploding in an enormous fireball just steps from Wall Street’s iconic Charging Bull statue, sending screaming New Yorkers sprinting for safety. Footage showed the vehicle ...
- Syria: Soldier killed, 23 wounded in Damascus car bomb explosion
May 19, 2026
A soldier was martyred and several civilians were wounded after a car bomb exploded near a Defense Ministry building in the Bab Sharqi area of Damascus, the Defense Ministry’s Media and ...
- Cambodia: Japan funds $11M new mine clearance initiative
May 19, 2026
Cambodia has launched a new Japanese-funded mine clearance initiative worth more than $11 million to accelerate efforts to remove deadly remnants of war from the country’s western provinces, expand support ...
- UK: Bomb squad carry out controlled explosion after ‘grenade’ found in garden
May 19, 2026
A police bomb squad has carried out a controlled explosion in a Scottish town after a suspected hand grenade was found in a garden. Officers were sent to the property in ...
- India: Army trains RBI security managers in counter IED, disaster response operations
May 19, 2026
The College of Military Engineering of the has conducted for the first time a counter-IED and disaster management capsule course for security managers of the (RBI). It is a significant step ...
- Lithuania: Combat drone that crashed in Utena district neutralised in a controlled explosion
May 18, 2026
Lithuania’s police officers neutralised a combat drone that crashed in the northern Utena district in a controlled explosion, authorities announced on Monday afternoon. Earlier on Monday, the police said the drone, ...
- Nigeria: 4 Soldiers Injured in IED explosion Along Damboa–Maiduguri Route
May 18, 2026
Four soldiers have sustained varying degrees of injuries following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack and subsequent ambush on troops along the Damboa–Kumala–Maiduguri main supply route in Borno State. Sources, according ...
- Albania: Undersea Explosives pose risk for resort construction
May 18, 2026
On the western shore of Albania’s Sazan Island, where waves crash against steep cliffs, lies an area that seafarers call “Gryka e Xhehenemit” – the Gorge of Hell. On the surface, ...
- Germany: Some 30,000 evacuated after WWII bomb found in Pforzheim
May 17, 2026
Some 30,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes after an unexploded World War II bomb was found in the south-western German city of Pforzheim, police said on Sunday. The ...
- Israel: Jerusalem resident arrested for possessing explosives at home, threatening to use them
May 17, 2026
A man in his 30s was arrested in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood after a report was received that he was holding explosives at his home and threatening to use them. Police ...
- Ebola outbreak in Central Africa declared a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’
May 17, 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, citing rising ...
- Nigeria: Six ISWAP Bomb Makers Killed in Borno IED Explosion
May 17, 2026
No fewer than six suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed following a premature Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that detonated in the Marte Local ...
- Türkiye: Drone hits Black Sea coastal city of Samsun
May 16, 2026
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed into a building in the Kazim Karabekir neighborhood of Samsun’s Ilkadim district at approximately 6:30 a.m. Saturday. At least three homes were damaged and the ...
- UN Calls for Urgent Action as Afghanistan’s Land is Heavily Contaminated by Explosives
May 16, 2026
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed deep concern over the contamination of two-thirds of Afghanistan’s land by explosive materials, reporting that an average ...
- Nigeria: Troops Foil Terror Attack, Recover Arms, Arrest Suspect in Borno
May 15, 2026
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have foiled a planned terrorist attack and recovered arms and ammunition during ongoing counter-insurgency operations under Operation DESERT ...
- Spain: Authorities arrest islamic convert in Tarifa, Cadiz
May 15, 2026
The suspect was detained by officers from the Policia Nacional following an investigation into his alleged links to ISIS ideology and extremist propaganda. He is suspected of alleged membership of a ...
- India: Uttar Pradesh resident among 2 held in Jalandhar BSF HQ blast case
May 15, 2026
In a breakthrough in the investigation into the improvised explosive device (IED) blast outside the Border Security Force (BSF) Punjab Frontier headquarters in Jalandhar earlier this month, the Jalandhar commissionerate ...
- Syria: International donors continue to support recovery efforts with emphasis on mine clearance
May 14, 2026
Head of the donor countries delegation and Director for Humanitarian Affairs at the German Foreign Ministry, Ina HEUSGEN, said Thursday that international donors continue to support Syria’s recovery efforts and ...
