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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

19 March 2026 | Issue 376 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Thailand: Over 300 Landmines Found In Surin Border Clearance Operations

 

University Of Nebraska’s NSRI: $500 Million Contract Awarded To Accelerate Warfighter-Ready Solutions

 

Nigeria: IEDs now disguised as everyday items

 

Myanmar: Civilians Injured in IED Explosions Planted by PDF Terrorists in Salin, Pwintphyu and Madaya Townships

 

Indiana: Man brought explosives to church with plan of targeting parishioner

 

Germany: Unexploded bomb found in Stuttgart


India: Five insurgents arrested, arms and IEDs recovered along Myanmar border

 

Nigeria: 23 killed, 108 wounded in suspected suicide bombings in Maiduguri

 

India: Ukrainian, US nationals accused of ‘conspiring to carry out terror activities’ using ‘drones from Europe”

 

New York: Bomb Squad Called to Waterloo Residence After Suspected Explosives Found

 

Nigeria: DSS tells court how Ansaru suspects received weapons, IEDs training in Libyan camp

Cyprus: Bomb explodes under woman’s car in Limassol


Netherlands: Explosion near Amsterdam WTC linked to emerging group Ashab al-Yamin

 

Pakistan Carries Out Fresh Heavy Airstrikes on Kabul

 

Israel: MDA warns of chemical exposure risk, ‘two-phase poisoning process’ from Iranian missile fuel

 

India: Security forces recover 4 IEDs during anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker

 

Pakistan: Police constable injured in attack on checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan

 

Israel: Former fire chief warns of dangers of Iranian cluster bombs, how to stay safe

 

New York: Detective carries on dad’s NYPD Bomb Squad legacy at Gracie Mansion attack

 

Netherlands: Explosion outside Jewish school in Amsterdam – “targeted attack”

 

Pakistan: Seven policemen killed in IED attack in Lakki Marwat


New York: Class teaching first responders how to defuse IEDs

Hormuz Strait tensions: How navies detect and clear marine mines

 

Michigan synagogue and Virginia university attacks

 

Nigeria: Army reopens Imo road shut for three years, destroys explosives factory

 

UK: RAF Lossiemouth bomb scare ends after ‘controlled explosion’

 

Azerbaijan: Landmine blast kills civilian in Khojavand

 

UK: Pitsea man charged after small device discovered in warrant

 

FBI opens first Ecuador office in fight against drug trafficking


Texas: Cypress bomb threat suspect found with explosive material arrested

 

Kuwait: National Guard safely destroys drone warhead found in fuel tank

 

Vietnam destroys 27 unexploded bombs in operation backed by Norway

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