The Strategic Logic of SVBIEDs – Part 1 – Mirroring the Conventional 
Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Iraq / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) / Libya / Mosul / Nigeria / SVBIED / Syria / Taliban

The Strategic Logic of SVBIEDs – Part 1 – Mirroring the Conventional 

Note: This article was written in the latter half of 2021, and has NOT been factually updated since then. I am publishing it in its original state, without edits. The use of suicide car bombs, or Suicide Vehicle-Borne IEDs (SVBIEDs) by non-state actors has evolved substantially over the past decade. The SVBIED,…

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January 26, 2025
Conspiracy? – VBIED Detonates Inside Colombian Army Base in Cúcuta
Car bombs / Colombia / Covert VBIED / Cucuta / ELN (Ejército de Liberación National) / FARC / parked VBIED / SVBIED / VBIED

Conspiracy? – VBIED Detonates Inside Colombian Army Base in Cúcuta

In the afternoon of June 15, 2021, a car bomb detonated inside the premises of the Colombian army's 30th Brigade headquarters, located on the Southeastern outskirts of Cúcuta, a Northern city close to the country's border with Venezuela. The blast, which injured dozens – including two US soldiers – is hotly…

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June 16, 2021
The SVBIEDs Of The 2016 Aleppo Offensives – Part 1
Aleppo / BMP-1 SVBIED / captured car bomb / captured SVBIED / Captured VBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Daraa / Drones / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) / HMMWV (Humvee) / Homs / Idlib / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS) / Jaish al-Fatah / Jund al-Aqsa / Main Battle Tank (MBT) / paraplegic / Raqqah / RC-VBIED / Remote controlled / SVBIED / Syria / Tanks / Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) / Uncategorized / up-armoured SVBIED / VBIED

The SVBIEDs Of The 2016 Aleppo Offensives – Part 1

First of all, I would like to thank a number of people who assisted me with information, translations, geolocations, and footage for this article. These people include, among others; E_Of_Justice, John Marquee, Suheil al-Ghazi, Samir, Qalaat Al Mudiq, Danspiun, Jakub Janovsky, and Riseuprebel. This is the first of a two part series…

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May 24, 2021
Triumph & Symbolism – What Happens To Captured Car Bombs
Aleppo / Camouflaged SVBIED / captured car bomb / captured SVBIED / Captured VBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / IS (Islamic State) / ISI (Islamic State of Iraq) / Mosul / SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) / SVBIED / Syria / up-armoured SVBIED / VBIED

Triumph & Symbolism – What Happens To Captured Car Bombs

Ever since the conflicts in Syria and Iraq progressed toward semi-conventional fighting in 2013-2014, up-armoured suicide car bombs, or Suicide Vehicle-Borne IEDs (SVBIEDs) have been a recurring feature of the battlefields. Lacking air superiority, non-state actors in both countries have resorted to using these weapons as a form of "poor…

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April 26, 2021
The Last Victory – The SVBIEDs of the 2015 Idlib Offensive
Aleppo / BMP-1 SVBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) / Idlib / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS) / Jaish al-Fatah / Jisr al-Shughour / Jund al-Aqsa / Qormid / SVBIED / Syria / Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) / up-armoured SVBIED / VBIED

The Last Victory – The SVBIEDs of the 2015 Idlib Offensive

This article covers the 2015 Idlib offensive extensively, with some background. If you're interested in a broader view of how Jabhat al-Nusra's (now Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS) use of SVBIEDs has changed over time as part of different phases up until the 2019-2020 Greater Idlib offensive, read my case study for…

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March 24, 2021
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