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
- Nepal: Two decades since peace accord, wartime IEDs still haunt villagers
May 11, 2026
Nearly two decades after the peace accord formally ended a protracted Maoist insurgency (1996-2006), explosives planted during the conflict are still being discovered in settlements, school compounds and farmlands across ...
- Nigeria: NAF Special Forces, Police EOD Team Boost Counter-IED Warfare Capabilities In Bauchi
May 11, 2026
To maintain operational dominance across increasingly complex security environments, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Regiment Training Centre Annex (RTCA), Bauchi, in collaboration with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit of ...
- India: Security forces neutralise IED, seize massive arms cache in Imphal East
May 10, 2026
Imphal: Plots by anti-social elements to trigger bloodshed in Manipur’s Imphal East district were foiled by alert security forces on Saturday, police reported on Sunday. Bomb experts from central security forces, ...
- Syria: Suspected IED blast injures four in Damascus neighborhood
May 10, 2026
Four people were injured on Sunday after an explosion believed to have been caused by an improvised explosive device planted aboard a public transportation bus in Damascus’ al-Wurood neighborhood, a ...
- Pakistan: 15 police personnel killed in Bannu suicide attack
May 10, 2026
BANNU: At least 15 police personnel were martyred on Saturday night after a suicide attack on the Fateh Khel police post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district. The terrorists launched their attack ...
- Northern Ireland: Reward offered for information about Dunmurry car bomb
May 9, 2026
Detectives carried out road stops in Dunmurry near Belfast on Saturday as Crimestoppers offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information about the car bomb attack on a police ...
- Nigeria: Army recovers IEDs from IPOB hideout in Enugu
May 8, 2026
Troops of Sector 1, Operation UDO KA, have destroyed a suspected ritual shrine and recovered improvised explosive devices during an operation against alleged members of the Indigenous People of Biafra ...
- Colombia: Explosive-Laden Drone of Unknown Origin Crashes Near Bogotá’s El Dorado Airport
May 8, 2026
A drone loaded with explosives and of unknown origin crashed without causing damage a few days ago near Bogotá’s El Dorado international airport and the adjoining Catam military base, the ...
- Ukraine: Two suspects in custody after vehicle targeted by IED explosion in Dnipro
May 8, 2026
On May 7, around 7:30 AM, a parked vehicle belonging to a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine exploded in the Soborny district of Dnipro. According to the investigation, two ...
- Lebanon: Three IDF soldiers wounded in two separate incidents in Lebanon
May 8, 2026
Two soldiers were moderately wounded, and an additional soldier was severely wounded in two separate incidents involving explosive drones launched by Hezbollah, the IDF confirmed on Friday. In the first incident, ...
- Nigeria: Troops recover, destroy four IEDs in Borno
May 8, 2026
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 202 Battalion, working alongside an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, have recovered and safely destroyed four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted along a roadside in ...
- Pakistan: Quadcopter attack in KP’s Bannu injures 8, including women
May 8, 2026
Islamabad – The Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province witnessed a serious security incident on Friday night, resulting in the injury of eight people, including women. A powerful explosion occurred ...
- Greece: Explosive-laden drone vessel discovered off Lefkada disarmed by specialists
May 8, 2026
The discovery of a drone vessel off Lefkada by fishermen yesterday is developing into a thriller, as it soon became clear that the unmanned craft carried special sensors, antennas, and ...
- Nigeria: A wave of coordinated attacks hit Borno, Zamfara and Plateau states
May 8, 2026
At least 11 persons have been confirmed dead following a wave of coordinated attacks involving terrorists and armed gunmen in Borno, Zamfara, and Plateau states, with several others injured in ...
- The UK renews £1.6M for Cambodia mine action
May 7, 2026
Thousands of Cambodian farming families will live and work more safely as the UK renews its commitment to mine action in Cambodia, now in its fourth decade of support with ...
- Michigan man sentenced to 20 years in prison after having been convicted of attempting to provide material support to ISIS and possessing a destructive device
May 7, 2026
DETROIT — A Michigan man was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison after having been convicted by a jury last year on two charges of attempting to provide ...
- Ukraine: Glass cobwebs in the fields, why fibre optics can be a problem for demining
May 6, 2026
A new anthropogenic landscape is forming along the front line, saturated with everything possible: debris, mines, unexploded ordnance, and toxic waste. Fiber optics from drones are also on this list. ...
