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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

19 May 2026 | Issue 382 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Cambodia: Japan funds $11M new mine clearance initiative

 

India: Army trains RBI security managers in counter IED, disaster response operations


Nigeria: 4 Soldiers Injured in IED explosion Along Damboa–Maiduguri Route

 

Albania: Undersea Explosives pose risk for resort construction


Germany: 30,000 evacuated after WWII bomb found in Pforzheim

 

Israel: Jerusalem resident arrested for possessing explosives

 

Nigeria: Six ISWAP Bomb Makers Killed in Borno IED Explosion

 

Türkiye: Drone hits Black Sea coastal city of Samsun

 

UN Calls for Urgent Action as Afghanistan’s Land is Heavily Contaminated by Explosives

 

Nigeria: Troops Foil Terror Attack, Recover Arms in Borno


Spain: Authorities arrest islamic convert in Tarifa, Cadiz

 

India: Uttar Pradesh resident among 2 held in Jalandhar BSF HQ blast case

 

Syria: International donors continue to support recovery efforts with emphasis on mine clearance

Spain: An 80 kg mine from the Napoleonic era halts work on the Roses waterfront

 

EOD is an essential U.S. Army enabler for LSCO and homeland defense

 

EU-funded equipment handed to Lebanon to tackle hidden explosive threats

 

India: Device with low-grade explosives found inside private hospital in Pune


Libya: Chief of General Staff and UN Official review mine clearance plans

 

Myanmar: Two Civilians Injured in separate IED Explosions

 

Pennsylvania: Man Admits Detonating an Explosive Device Under Former Supervisor’s Vehicle

 

Alabama: Explosive device found and detonated at Mobile water reservoir

 

Iraq: Controlled blast rocks area near Baghdad Airport

 

Mexico: CIA escalates secret war on cartels

 

Pakistan: Ten killed in blast in Lakki Marwat district market

 

Missouri: Man Charged with Manufacturing Explosives

 

Philippines: PNP units neutralize unexploded ordnance

UK: Man arrested in Manchester for making explosive device

 

Germany: Incirlik Airmen elevate tactical skills through European EOD exercise

 

Nepal: Two decades since peace accord, wartime IEDs still haunt villagers

 

Members of Hungarian Defence Forces attend training at CBRN Centre

 

Maine: Several improvised explosive devices found at Trenton home after domestic violence call



Nigeria: NAF Special Forces, Police EOD Team Boost Counter-IED Warfare Capabilities In Bauchi

 

India: Security forces neutralise IED, seize massive arms cache

 

Russian Sappers Deploy Electromagnetic Guns for Mine Clearance in Donbass

 

Syria: Suspected IED blast injures 4 in Damascus

 

Pakistan: 15 police personnel killed in Bannu suicide attack

 

Northern Ireland: Reward offered for information about Dunmurry car bomb

 

Nigeria: Army recovers IEDs from IPOB hideout in Enugu

 

UK: Controlled explosion near County Durham beach after unexploded ordnance found

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