An Explosive Renewal of the Islamic State in Libya? (Guest Post)
Baghdad / Barqah province / captured car bomb / captured SVBIED / Captured VBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Iraq / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State in Libya / Islamic State West Africa Province / ISWAP / Libya / Libyan Dawn / Libyan National Army (LNA) / Mosul / parked VBIED / SVBIED / Tarabulus province / VBIED

An Explosive Renewal of the Islamic State in Libya? (Guest Post)

This is the first guest post on my website, written by the knowledgeable Calibre Obscura. As this topic revolves around IS' use of SVBIEDs in Libya, my previous in-depth article on the topic is a good primer. Late in the day on June 6th 2021, a local police facility on…

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September 17, 2021
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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