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Counter-IED Report Newsletter

14 January 2026 | Issue 369 |  www.counteriedreport.com

LATEST NEWS

Bangladesh: ‘Crude bomb’ explodes outside Jamaat candidate’s Khagrachhari house

 

Nigeria: Police recover explosives cachein Katsina

 

UNODC Organizes Expert Group Meeting in Bénin

 

Can Lebanon overcome the threat of landmines and UXO?

 

South Carolina: Researcher targets faster, smarter detection of explosive and other hazardous materials

 

U.S. DOJ: Former U.S. Navy SEAL Convicted of Transporting Explosives to Throw at Law Enforcement at California Protests

 

Pakistan: Six police officers killed in Tank, Lakki Marwat

 

A New Era for EOD: The Activation of the 360th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training Squadron

 

Japan Donates $11.3M to Support Cambodia’s Demining Efforts

 

Syria holds national workshop on mines and UXO

 

Iran says over 100 officers killed during protests

 

Ohio man charged with possessing explosives

 

Somali, U.S. forces destroy al-Shabab explosives factory in Middle Juba region

 

Finland’s withdrawal from Ottawa Convention to take effect

India: Army Trains Railway Police in Counter-IED Tactics

 

Ukraine: $70M in Taxpayer Money Stolen by Land Mine Company

 

Oregon: St.Helens man arrested, faces charges related to Sunset Beach explosive

 

India: Nationwide IED Data Platform Launched by NSG

  

Somalia’s fight against extremist militants shows signs of success on the streets of Mogadishu

 

Belgium supports Iraqi mine action sector


Bangladesh: Man dies in blast ‘while making’ crude bomb



UK: Man who blew up cash machine jailed for eight years

 

Cambodia: China Donates Tools to Support Demining Ops

 

Azerbaijan: Mine explosion injures deminer in Jabrayil district

 

Ukraine moves to digital planning of humanitarian demining

 

Israel: Defense Ministry clears old minefields as work expands on Jordan border security barrier

 

U.S. Navy’s new fitness test for SEALs and EOD techs

 

Pakistan: Ex-nazim injured in IED blast in Bannu

Heat-Based Decontamination Project Becomes Program of Record

 

UK: ‘Wartime bomb’ discovered in Birmingham New Street

 

Thailand: 120 artillery shells cleared from Buri Ram farmland

 

Nigeria: 9 soldiers killed in IED blast

 

Somalia: Roadside blast kills Puntland officer and soldiers

 

Pakistan: BLA terror bid foiled; 2,000kg explosives seized

 

Sri Lanka: Life in a land of landmines

 

Somalia: Seven killed in landmine blast targeting civilian bus

 

Afghanistan: UXO threatens lives in Maidan Wardak

 

Ukraine: Car explosion in Kyiv classified as terrorist attack


North Carolina: FBI Disrupts Alleged New Year’s Eve Attack

 

Pakistan sees 34 percent increase in terrorism in 2025

 

Palestine Seeks International Cooperation To Clear Gaza’s UXO

 

Texas man arrested, accused of funding, supplying bomb materials to ISIS

 

UN, US sign $2 billion humanitarian funding agreement for 17 crisis-hit countries

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