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
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Spain: An 80 kg mine from the Napoleonic era halts work on the Roses waterfront
May 14, 2026
Works on the beach’s seafront brought to light on Monday, around five in the afternoon, a rusted metallic object that forced the stoppage of work and the cordoning off of ...
- EOD is an essential U.S. Army enabler for LSCO and homeland defense
May 14, 2026
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – The 20th Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosives (CBRNE) Command hosted an Explosive Ordnance Disposal capabilities exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 6, to showcase the critical ...
- EU-funded equipment handed to Lebanon to tackle hidden explosive threats
May 14, 2026
Explosive ordnance disposal equipment funded by the European Union has been handed over to the Lebanon Mine Action Center at a ceremony in Kfarchima, east of Beirut. The event took place ...
- India: Device with low-grade explosives found inside private hospital in Pune
May 14, 2026
A device containing low-grade explosives was found on the premises of a private hospital in Pune city’s Hadapsar area on Wednesday (May 13, 2026). A team of the Bomb Detection and ...
- Libya: Chief of General Staff and UN Official review mine clearance plans
May 13, 2026
Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Army, Salah Al-Din Al-Namroush, met with Fatima Zreig, Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service in Libya, to discuss plans for ...
- Explosive device found, detonated at Mobile water reservoir
May 13, 2026
The Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team retrieved and detonated an improvised explosive device found underwater at the Converse Reservoir dam, the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System ...
- Myanmar: Two Civilians Injured in separate IED Explosions in Magway and Mandalay Regions
May 13, 2026
On 11 May 2026 at 12:15 PM, a report stated that a man with shrapnel injuries was admitted to Salin Township Public Hospital in Magway Region. The victim was identified ...
- Pennsylvania: Man Admits Detonating an Explosive Device Under Former Supervisor’s Vehicle
May 13, 2026
A Pennsylvania man admitted to denotating an explosive device under a vehicle that was parked at his former supervisor’s residence, announced U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer. Michael Patrick Takacs, Jr., 44, of ...
- Alabama: Explosive device found and detonated at Mobile water reservoir
May 13, 2026
The Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team retrieved and detonated an improvised explosive device found underwater at the Converse Reservoir dam, the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System ...
- Iraq: Controlled blast rocks area near Baghdad Airport
May 13, 2026
Iraqi security forces carried out a controlled explosion of war remnants near Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday, a police source told Shafaq News. The materials included rockets, ammunition, and other unexploded ...
- Mexico: CIA escalates secret war on cartels
May 13, 2026
Earlier this spring, a mysterious explosion blew up a car carrying an alleged cartel operative in broad daylight on one of Mexico’s busiest highways just outside of its capital city. Francisco ...
- Pakistan: Ten killed in blast in Lakki Marwat district market
May 12, 2026
A massive explosion at a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan killed 10 people and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, police and rescue officials said, the latest incident in the region ...
- Missouri: Man Charged with Manufacturing Explosives
May 12, 2026
United States Attorney R. Matthew Price today announced the filing of a criminal complaint against Jordan Derrick, 40. The complaint charges Derrick with one count of engaging in the business ...
- Philippines: PNP units neutralize unexploded ordnance
May 12, 2026
Philippine National Police (PNP) explosive ordnance and K9 units successfully recovered and disposed of a cache of unexploded ordnance and hazardous materials in the provinces of Rizal and Tarlac. In Rizal, ...
