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17 August 2026 | Issue 391 |  www.counteriedreport.com
 
LATEST NEWS

Nigeria: Troops arrest man with 180 explosive materials



India: Punjab Police foils terror plot, recovers 690 gram IED

 

Netherlands: Police arrest suspect in series of Assen home explosions

 

Bangladesh: Four madrasa students injured in crude bomb blast

 

EOD Soldier conquers Army Jungle Operations Course

 

ATF provides blast investigation training to Mexican authorities

 

Italy: Large explosion rips through munitions factory southeast of Rom

 

Afghanistan: 500-kilogram Russian bomb discovered and safely destroyed in Ghazni

 

Pakistan: 18 terrorists killed in Balochistan IED blast

 

Crimea: Five killed while defusing explosive device in Russian-controlled Sevastopol

Azerbaijan: Landmine blast injures one in Kalbajar district

 

Iraq: US expected to complete troop withdrawal by Sept. 30

 

Ukraine seeks NATO help as demining challenge mounts after Russian invasion

 

Sri Lanka: Only 20.8 sq km left for demining

 

Cyprus: Car damaged in suspected bomb attack in Paphos

 

Libya: Car bomb kills the head of military intelligence for eastern Libyan National Army

 

Syria: Two men killed in landmine explosion near al-Nasiriyah Airbase

 

Bulgaria: Explosion at military plant in village of Belitsa

 

Iraq: Three soldiers injured in roadside bomb explosion



Syria: Security forces arrest nine-member Daesh cell in Quneitra

Pakistan: Security forces destroyed explosives-laden vehicles in Balochistan

 

Indian-US Navy EOD exercise 2026 to commence at Southern Naval Command Kochi

 

Somalia: Security Forces arrest nine suspected Al-Shabaab members in Mogadishu ahead of planned attacks

 

Colombia: A car bomb explodes on the Pan-American Highway

 

Nigeria: Troops intercept terrorists’ collaborator, recover N5.3m in Zamfara

 

Kenya: Man injured after suspected IED explodes

 

Syria: Internal Security Forces neutralize two ISIS militants planting IED in Sayyidah Zaynab

 

Syria: 14 people injured in a minibus explosion in Jaramana town

 

Kenya: Six injured in suspected Al Shabaab IED attack

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