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
- Kenya: Man injured after suspected IED explodes in Mandera town
August 7, 2026
A 35-year-old man lost an arm after a suspected improvised explosive device exploded in his hands in Mandera Town on Friday evening, triggering a security response. The blast occurred at about ...
- Syria: Internal Security Forces neutralize two ISIS militants planting IED in Sayyidah Zaynab
August 7, 2026
Syria’s Internal Security Forces announced on Friday they neutralized two ISIS militants who were planting an explosive device in the Sayyidah Zaynab area of the Damascus countryside during a nighttime patrol on roads leading to military barracks ...
- Syria: 14 people injured in a minibus explosion in Jaramana town
August 7, 2026
Director of Damascus Countryside Health Dr. Tawfiq Hasaba confirmed that the final toll from Thursday’s explosion in the city of Jaramana, Damascus Countryside, reached 14 injuries, including seven people who were ...
- Kenya: Six injured in suspected Al Shabaab IED attack in Mandera
August 7, 2026
At least six people were injured, one of them critically, after the vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) in what is suspected to be ...
- Nigeria security forces rescue over 300 abducted people
August 6, 2026
At least 308 people abducted in different attacks in the northern part of Nigeria were rescued, the country’s president said Wednesday. Those rescued include 163 people abducted from Woro community in Kaiama area ...
- Israel: Two IDF reservists killed, 4 seriously wounded by IED blast in south Lebanon
August 6, 2026
Two reservist soldiers were killed, and four were seriously wounded after being hit by an explosive device in the southern Lebanon town of Majdal Zoun yesterday, the IDF announces. The slain ...
- Norway strengthens efforts against landmines and explosives globally
August 6, 2026
Norway commits NOK 580 million to humanitarian efforts aimed at protecting civilians from landmines and explosive remnants of war. The funding will also cover victim assistance and advocacy to strengthen ...
- Military declares top ISWAP commanders wanted following intelligence from recovered devices
August 6, 2026
Military authorities have declared some senior commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) wanted, following forensic analyses of electronic devices recovered during recent combat operations in the Lake ...
- India: CRPF seize 14 firearms, explosives hidden along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border
August 6, 2026
Gadchiroli Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have recovered a cache of 14 firearms and explosive materials allegedly hidden by Maoists in a forest along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border ...
- Russia: Head of drone manufacturer critically injured in car bomb
August 5, 2026
The head of a leading Russian drone manufacturer has been critically injured in a car bomb near Ekaterinburg, in what appears to be the latest in a series of assassination attempts targeting ...
- UK: EOD experts put through their paces in urban operations training
August 5, 2026
Soldiers from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Regiment Royal Logistic Corps have been sharpening their warfighting skills during an intense urban operations exercise in Catterick Garrison. 521 EOD Squadron conducted a demanding series ...
- Germany: Flying object hits plane at Leipzig airport as drone discovered carrying explosive device
August 5, 2026
An unidentified flying object hit a a cargo plane at a German airport on Wednesday, as the discovery of a drone carrying an explosive device caused disruption and the suspension ...
