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
- Somali police trained in Türkiye strengthen their country’s security capacity
October 19, 2025
Somali police officers trained in Türkiye are playing a growing role in strengthening their country’s security, benefiting from Türkiye’s decades of law enforcement experience and institutional cooperation. “Transferring the experience gained ...
- Ireland: Improvised explosive device, guns and drugs seized during Carlow raid, two arrested
October 18, 2025
A viable improvised explosive device, four firearms and drugs worth €45,000 were seized during raids in Co Carlow on Thursday and Friday. Gardaí carried out searches on a number of properties ...
- Switzerland submits objection to Ukraine’s suspension of the Ottawa Convention
October 17, 2025
Switzerland will object to Ukraine’s decision to suspend the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel mines. At its meeting on 15 October, the Federal ...
- Polish court blocks extradition and frees Ukrainian suspected in Nord Stream pipeline blasts
October 17, 2025
A Polish court on Friday blocked the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and ordered his ...
- Italy: Bomb explodes outside home of top investigative journalist
October 17, 2025
A bomb exploded outside the home of one of Italy’s top investigative journalists late on Thursday, damaging two cars and a nearby house, prompting messages of solidarity for the reporter ...
- US Navy detains two survivors of strike against alleged drug boat
October 17, 2025
The US military is holding two survivors on a Navy ship after the US carried out a Thursday strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, according to three ...
- Ukraine to receive EUR 165 mln for mine action in 2026
October 17, 2025
The Coalition of Demining Capabilities plans to allocate at least EU 165 million in 2026 to provide Ukraine with equipment and machinery, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has said. It ...
- Russia: Powerful Explosion Rocks Chemical Plant That Manufactures Explosives
October 17, 2025
A powerful explosion occurred on October 17 at the Avangard chemical plant in the city of Sterlitamak, Republic of Bashkortostan. According to the company’s general director Dmitry Loginov, the incident ...
- Caribbean: Trump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela
October 16, 2025
President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that he has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela and said he was weighing carrying out land operations on the country. The acknowledgement ...
- Nigeria: Police train 318 operatives to tackle proliferation of IEDs, chemical, radiological materials
October 16, 2025
As part of efforts to combat the increasing use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and the proliferation of chemical and radiological materials, the Nigeria Police Force has commenced an intensive ...
- Thailand: Roadside bomb blast in Narathiwat injures police, civilians
October 16, 2025
Three police officers and six civilians were injured, with four badly hurt, when a roadside bomb was detonated in Yi-Ngo district of this southern province on Thursday. The incident occurred at ...
- Ireland: Suspected pipebomb thrown at house in Limerick city
October 16, 2025
Gardaí are investigating after a suspected pipebomb was fired at a house in Limerick city overnight. The missile, understood to have been an IED (improvised explosive device), was thrown at ...
- Syria: Bombing targeting oil facility guards killed four people and wounded nine others
October 16, 2025
Syria’s energy authorities on Thursday strongly condemned what it described as a “cowardly terrorist attack” that killed four people and wounded nine others when a roadside bomb struck a bus ...
- Vidisco Introduces AI Innovation for VEO Software
October 15, 2025
Using Vidisco’s portable X-RAY system with our AI software for recognizing important hazardous PIES components/elements (Battery, Fuse, etc) Vidisco provides AI and AR-based X-Ray technology to support the EOD operator in ...
- Canadian Armed Forces Builds Readiness And Leads Allies In Modern Training At Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER
October 15, 2025
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will host military members from Allied and partner countries at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown for Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER from October 16 to 29, ...
- California: Man arrested after IED discovered in Susanville
October 15, 2025
A man is facing charges after an improvised explosive device was found in a Susanville residence. At around 1:45 p.m. Monday, officers with the Susanville Police Department responded to a ...
- Ecuador: One dead after vehicle explodes outside shopping mall
October 15, 2025
At least one person was killed when a pick-up truck exploded outside a shopping mall in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, on Tuesday evening local time. Ecuador’s Interior Minister John Reimberg said ...
- Northern Ireland: Two arrested in Tyrone and Fermanagh over discovery of device in Irish Republic
October 15, 2025
Two men have been charged in connection with the discovery of a suspected explosive device in the Irish Republic last year. Police arrested the pair, aged 44 and 49, in ...
