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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

17 July 2025 | Issue 352 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Syria withdraws troops from Suwayda city to avoid ‘open war’ after powerful Israeli strikes on Damascus


South Korea: Unexploded shell found in a flower bed of a house in Gangneung, Gangwon-do


Pakistan: Gas pipeline to Punjab blown up in Lakki Marwat


European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend report 2025 (EU TE-SAT)


Kenya: 3 KDF soldiers killed, 7 injured in Lamu IED blast


California: Team Travis boosts readiness during Exercise


Iraq: Drone attack halts oil output at Sarsang field in Duhok



Las Vegas’ First Female Bomb Squad Commander Living the Dream


Ukraine: How Technology Is Transforming Humanitarian Demining


Afghanistan: The deadly threat to children as mine action faces funding shortfalls


EOD techs train with multinational troops at Exercise African Lion


Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters seize central Somali town, displacing thousands


Colombia: Bomb-sniffing dog loses leg in explosion, hailed as hero for saving dozens of lives

Syria: Fierce clashes in Suwayda leave 89 dead


Kenya: Two dead in Garissa after IED blast



Colombia: Bomb attack suspends pumping on Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline


India: Three injured as IED planted by Maoists explodes in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur


Iowa: Man allegedly hid pipe bombs on golf course, detonated one


Sudan reports 51 mine explosions, 23 deaths since war began


ISWAP’s emergence as epicentre of the Islamic State’s jihadism


Yemen: At least five children killed in blast in Taiz


U.S. Air Force: Specialized EOD fitness test will gauge critical task ability


Colombia: Military operation leads to the neutralization of improvised explosive devices


Safe Pro’s AI Selected as Finalist by UN World Food Programme for Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator


Yemen: 10 rescued, 3 killed and others ‘kidnapped’ after Houthis sink ship in second Red Sea attack in a week


Nigeria: Boko Haram IED attacks killed 121 civilians, soldiers and CJTF personnel in 16 months

UK: Man’s homemade explosives led to street evacuation


Pakistan: Bomb defused in Lakki Marwat


Canada to ‘align’ with U.S. airport screening rules as TSA drops shoes-off policy


Finland and Lithuania set to produce anti-personnel mines


Kenya: Seven police officers injured in Mandera IED attack


Northern Ireland: Explosive device seized by police in south Armagh


Pakistan: One dead, three children injured in KP’s Bannu after quadcopter attacks by militants


Latest Sea Breeze Exercise Focuses on Mines in the Black Sea


UN peacekeeping EOD international training program kicks off in China


Israel: 5 IDF soldiers killed, 14 wounded in IED attack in northern Gaza


Philippines: WW2 bombs, Japanese grenade found at Philippine General Hospital


Vietnam: Three cluster bombs safely detonated in Quang Tri province


Mexico: Criminal groups are using drone bombings to displace indigenous communities in Northwest

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FEATURED ARTICLES

“OLD?” C-IED FOR A “NEW?” ALLIED CONCEPT: THE C-IED APPROACH IN THE LIGHT OF NATO WARFARE DEVELOPMENT IMPERATIVES

By Lieutenant Colonel Jose M Rufas, Chief of Attack the Networks Branch, C-IED Centre of Excellence


UNDERSTANDING AND THREAT ALIGNMENT WITHIN A C-IED ENTERPRISE

By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy

 

IED CLASSIFICATION – BREAKING DOWN BOMB ATTACKS

By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy


A JOURNEY THROUGH PIECES OF SPICE PIES

WHAT COMPONENTS MAKE UP AN IED – TECHNICAL COMPONENT CLASSIFICATION

By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy

 

IMPROVING UNDERWATER CAPABILITIES: THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON IED DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION

By Murat Aydoğmuş, Lieutenant Commander (OF-3) TUR-N, Electronic Warfare Specialist, C-IED Centre of Excellence

PRESS RELEASES

Safe Pro’s Artificial Intelligence Selected as Finalist by UN World Food Programme for Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator from Among 579 Applicants Spanning 103 Countries


Safe Pro Demonstrates Next-Generation of Military Force Protection Powered by its Artificial Intelligence, Small Object Threat Detection Technology


Safe Pro’s AI Edge-Based Small Object Threat Detection Platform Demonstrates Effectiveness in Actual Minefield Operations for Military Force Protection and Humanitarian Applications


SmartRayVision Delivers 38 Advanced X-Ray Systems to Support Ukraine’s Security Efforts


Vidisco Announces US Patent Award


New ‘Bomb Robots’ boost Queensland Police Service safety response capability


Scanna Expands Portfolio with Acquisition of VisiConsult’s VCsecurity Business


SmartRayVision – New AI Image Processing


Vidisco reveals its unique portable digital X-Ray systems for the accurate detection of live ammunition in EOD, while maintaining the safety of forces in the field

AWS Publishes Case Study on Safe Pro AI’s SpotlightAI™; Company Included in Keynote at the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit

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