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 report 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
- Pakistan: 10 security men injured as Kech DC survives IED blast in Turbat
October 28, 2025
Nine Levies officials and a pedestrian were injured in a roadside explosion that targeted the convoy of the Kech deputy commissioner in Turbat on Monday. In a separate incident, dozens of ...
- Somalia: Founding al-Shabaab member killed in Middle Jubba airstrike
October 27, 2025
A senior al-Shabaab commander and founding member of the militant group was killed in a Somali government airstrike in Middle Jubba, the Defence Ministry announced Monday. The ministry said the strike, ...
- Iraq: KRG’s Mine Action Completes Major Mine Clearance in Tanjaro, Slemani
October 27, 2025
On Monday, 27 October 2025, as part of its ongoing efforts, the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency (IKMAA) Slemani Office, through the Committee for the Handover of Cleared Minefields, officially ...
- Ukraine expects 14th aid package from Croatia soon, 15th by year end
October 27, 2025
Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal met in Kyiv with Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ivan Anušić, thanking him for providing 13 military aid packages worth over EUR 200 ...
- Tennessee: Chemical Safety Board to investigate deadly explosion at munitions facility
October 27, 2025
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board will investigate the explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems near Bucksnort that killed 16 people. “This is one of the deadliest industrial incidents in ...
- Autumn 2025 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print
October 27, 2025
We are pleased to announce that Autumn 2025 edition of the Counter-IED Report magazine is now available to read online and in print. Articles, in-depth analysis and insights from Assessed Mitigation ...
- Kenya: Special Police Squad Thwarts Al-Shabaab Bomb Attack
October 27, 2025
enya’s Elite Special Operations Group (SOG) officers have stopped eight Al-Shabaab terrorists who were attempting to plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Garissa County. In a statement issued by the Kenya ...
- Pakistan: 12 militants killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa operations, suicide vehicle destroyed
October 26, 2025
At least 12 militants were killed in a series of security operations in Bajaur, Hangu and North Waziristan districts between Friday night and Saturday, officials and local sources said. Separately, a ...
- Nigeria: Lagos police arrest Chinese national over Ikeja CCTV shop explosion
October 26, 2025
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Chinese national in connection with the recent improvised explosive device (IED) blast that rocked a CCTV camera shop on Kodesho Street, Ikeja. Sources ...
- Thailand, Cambodia to cease all hostilities at disputed border in ‘peace deal’ signing witnessed by Trump
October 26, 2025
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to cease all hostilities at the disputed border area and release captured soldiers, as part of what United States President Donald Trump hailed as a ...
- California: Modesto man charged for firearms and explosives found near Somerset Middle School
October 26, 2025
A man was arrested in Modesto on Oct. 20 by the Modesto Police Department for multiple charges, including two counts of possessing explosive devices near a pubic school. Investigators seized multiple ...
- Cambodia: Boy dies, father injured in bomb blast in Preah Vihear
October 26, 2025
A 10-year-old boy, Sern Sovann, died, and his father, seriously injured, when a cluster bomb exploded in Village 8, Sraem commune of Choam Ksan district in Preah Vihear province on ...
- Royal Air Force Counter-CBRN Specialists Strengthen NATO Capabilities
October 25, 2025
RAF aviators from a wide range of professions are leading the charge at NATO’s premier air-focused Counter-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (C-CBRN) training event, Exercise Toxic Trip. Hosted this year by ...
- Pakistan: Confronting Deadly Trifecta of Terrorist Groups
October 24, 2025
After more than two decades as a frontline state in the Global War on Terror, Pakistan continues to face a complex and adaptive threat landscape. Militant outfits affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban ...
- Idaho: Police recover explosives, drugs and 23 dogs from Caldwell residence
October 24, 2025
Caldwell Police served a search warrant yesterday at 500 block of E. Ithaca near N. 5th Avenue as part of an ongoing investigation into 67-year-old Randy Robinson. According to news release ...
- Nigeria: Police bomb disposal team remove IEDs in Borno
October 24, 2025
Operatives of the police in Borno have removed two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), planted by the insurgents along the Ngwaom–Mafa Road in the state. The spokesman of the command, ASP ...
- Pakistan: Senior police officer and two others killed in back-to-back blasts in Hangu
October 24, 2025
Three cops, including a superintendent of police (SP), were martyred as back-to-back blasts rocked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu on Friday, according to police. KP Inspector General of Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hameed shared ...
