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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 · May 24, 2021

The SVBIEDs Of The 2016 Aleppo Offensives – Part 1 – One Step Behind

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, …

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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 …

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), Uncategorized, up-armoured SVBIED, VBIED · March 24, 2021

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 …

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The Unique SVBIEDs Used in The 2013 Capture Of Menagh Airbase

Background On August 5, 2013, two suicide bombers belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) detonated their vehicles inside Menagh Airbase in the Northern Aleppo countryside. By the next day, the remaining loyalist holdout located in and around the base command centre had been …

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Factories Of Destruction – How Up-Armored SVBIEDs Are Manufactured

INTRODUCTION Suicide car bombs, or Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (SVBIEDs), are used by a variety of different non-state actors across the world. At times against civilian targets in order to terrorise, and other times as a force-multiplying weapon on the battlefield. Given …

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