Car Bombs as Weapons of War (Case study/Middle East Institute)
Aleppo / Ammonium nitrate / Anbar province / AQI (al-Qaeda in Iraq) / Camouflaged SVBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Front-end loader / Handicapped fighters / HMMWV (Humvee) / Homs / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / ISI (Islamic State of Iraq) / Main Battle Tank (MBT) / Mosul / Ninawa / Raqqah / RC-VBIED / Remote controlled / Salahuddin / SVBIED / Syria / VBIED

Car Bombs as Weapons of War (Case study/Middle East Institute)

I just published an in-depth case study with the Middle East Institute, where I examine how IS design/tactics and use of SVBIEDs has evolved and adapted since 2014. The full case study can be read here:

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April 11, 2019
Bouquet of Death: Why ISIS Fighters Bring Flowers to Suicide Bombings
al-Qaeda / Anbar province / AQI (al-Qaeda in Iraq) / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Deir ez-Zor / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / ISI (Islamic State of Iraq) / Ninawa / Salahuddin / SUV / SVBIED / Syria / Tal Afar / VBIED

Bouquet of Death: Why ISIS Fighters Bring Flowers to Suicide Bombings

Recently I wrote a short article for Popular Front that was just released, about why IS fighters sometimes mount flowers to their SVBIEDs. The article can be read here on the new Popular Front website.

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March 14, 2019
The SVBIEDs of the Islamic State in Libya – History & Analysis
Barqah province / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Deir ez-Zor / Drones / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State in Libya / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Libya / Libyan Dawn / Libyan National Army (LNA) / Mosul / Raqqah / Remote controlled / S-75 SAM / SUV / SVBIED / Syria / Tarabulus province / VBIED

The SVBIEDs of the Islamic State in Libya – History & Analysis

*Note*Before delving into the fascinating SVBIED designs constructed and used by the Islamic State contingent in Libya, I've decided to dedicate the first section of this article to the history behind the group's rise and decline in this north-African country. Historical knowledge surrounding this is imperative in order to be…

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February 5, 2019
Daesh in Daraa – The SVBIEDs of Jaish Khalid Bin al-Walid
Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Daraa / Handicapped fighters / Hayt / IS (Islamic State) / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Jaish Khalid Bin al-Walid (JKBW) / Liwa Shuhada al-Yarmouk (LSY) / SVBIED / Syria / VBIED / Video / Wilayat Hawran / Yarmouk Martyr's Brigade

Daesh in Daraa – The SVBIEDs of Jaish Khalid Bin al-Walid

History Jaish Khalid Bin al-Walid (The Khalid Bin al-Walid Army) was an IS-affiliated group that operated in the Yarmouk Basin in Syria's southwestern-most Daraa province since its formation in May, 2016 until they were militarily crushed in a Syrian loyalist offensive in late July, 2018. However, before they became known as…

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January 29, 2019
Islamic State of Iraq – A Snapshot of SVBIED Design & Use
al-Qaeda / AQI (al-Qaeda in Iraq) / Baghdad / Camouflaged SVBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / ISI (Islamic State of Iraq) / Mosul / Ninawa / Raqqah / SVBIED / VBIED

Islamic State of Iraq – A Snapshot of SVBIED Design & Use

The group we know today as the ‘Islamic State’ only became known as such after a series of successive transformations and name changes over the course of more than a decade. One of its predecessor groups was the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI). Proclaimed in mid-October 2006[1] after the death…

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January 11, 2019
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