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
- Belarus launches criminal investigation into UAV incident in Minsk
July 29, 2025
Preliminary findings indicate that on the night of 29 July, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that had been detected by the Defense Ministry and neutralized by electronic warfare systems crashed ...
- Ukraine: Storm washes sea mine ashore on Odesa coast
July 29, 2025
Recently, during a storm on the coast of the Odesa region, waves washed a naval mine ashore, and the Ukrainian Navy conducted a controlled detonation, the Telegram channel of Ukrainian ...
- Sudan: Three minefields unearthed in and around Khartoum
July 29, 2025
Sudan’s National Mine Action Centre (NMC) says its action teams have discovered three ‘internationally banned minefields’ planted in and around Khartoum, allegedly by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their ...
- Going Far, Together: U.S. and UK Collaboration Promotes CBRN Deterrence
July 29, 2025
Last month, JPEO-CBRND hosted CBRN defense experts from across the U.S. Department of Defense and UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Science, Technology, ...
- Luke EOD Airmen Earn Air Force Team of the Year Honors
July 28, 2025
Three Airmen from the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight were recently named the Air Force EOD Team of the Year, earning honors for their skill, precision and ...
- Africa Surpasses 150,000 Deaths Linked to Militant Islamic Groups in Past Decade
July 28, 2025
Militant Islamist groups in Africa continue to be highly active agents of instability across five theaters on the continent. The 22,307 fatalities linked to these groups over the past year ...
- UK: New home for Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal troop
July 28, 2025
A specialist Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) troop has moved into its new home at Gamecock Barracks, Nuneaton. The newly-named Nuneaton EOD Troop – formerly Nottingham EOD Troop and part of ...
- Kashmir: Pahalgam terror attack mastermind killed in encounter during Operation Mahadev
July 28, 2025
In a major breakthrough, the Indian Army on Monday killed the mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack along with two of his associates during an encounter in a forested area ...
- Cambodia: CMAA urges people in Preah Vihear province to be wary of cluster bombs fired from Thailand
July 28, 2025
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has issued an urgent appeal to residents living near the Thai border to remain extremely cautious following reports that Thai armed ...
- Yemen’s Houthis threaten to escalate attacks on ships linked to companies dealing with Israel
July 28, 2025
The rebel Houthi group in Yemen has said it will target merchant ships belonging to any company that does business with Israeli ports, regardless of nationality, as part of what ...
- Israel: Golani Brigade officer, soldier killed by bomb in Khan Younis
July 27, 2025
An IDF officer and soldier from the Golani Brigade’s elite reconnaissance unit were killed Saturday in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, when an explosive device was detonated against a Namer ...
- Iraq: Two killed in Baghdad ministry gunfight
July 27, 2025
Iraqi counterterrorism forces were deployed to southern Baghdad after gunmen stormed a Ministry of Agriculture office, killing two people and wounding 12 others, the Interior Ministry announced on Sunday. According to ...
- DR Congo: At least 38 killed in church attack in Komanda
July 27, 2025
At least 38 people have been killed and 15 others injured in an attack on a church in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The attack, carried out ...
- Somalia: Extremist rebels capture remote but key town in Hiiraan region
July 27, 2025
The extremist rebels of al-Shabab seized control of the central Somali town of Mahaas on Sunday after an assault involving explosions and a ground offensive, according to witnesses. Mahaas, in the ...
- IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 305
July 26, 2025
The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been informed of further military attacks on targets in the city of Enerhodar, where most plant staff live, ...
- Greece: Bomb explosion targets a prison guard’s home in Thessaloniki
July 26, 2025
A bomb explosion targeted the home of the president of the Greek association of prison guards early Saturday morning in the country’s north. The guard, named Konstantinos Varsamis on the ...
- UK: Mortar shell neutralised by controlled explosion on beach north of Lowestoft
July 26, 2025
Video showed the moment a mortar shell was destroyed in a controlled explosion on a beach. Gorleston Coastguard said it was called to help bomb disposal experts safely neutralise the ...
- Iran: At least five killed in courthouse attack in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan
July 26, 2025
An attack on a courthouse in southeastern Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province has killed at least five civilians and injured 13, Iranian media report. A mother and child were among those killed ...
