Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS)

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, …

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 …

Ammonium nitrate, BMP-1 SVBIED, Car bombs, Covert VBIED, Drones, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), RC-VBIED, SVBIED, Syria, VBIED · October 30, 2020

Shifting Gears: HTS’s Evolving Use of SVBIEDs During the Idlib Offensive of 2019-2020 (Middle East Institute)

Two days ago I published my most extensive work of 2020 so far with the Middle East Institute, titled "Shifting Gears: HTS's Evolving Use of SVBIEDs During the Idlib Offensive of 2019-2020". This case study initially covers the group's use of SVBIEDs since the beginning of the Syrian civil war and …

al-Qaeda, Aleppo, Ammonium nitrate, Baghouz, Camouflaged SVBIED, Car bombs, Covert VBIED, Daraa, Deir ez-Zor, Fallujah, frontal exterior IEDs, Hajin, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Iraqi forces, IS (Islamic State), ISI (Islamic State of Iraq), Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), Libya, SUV, SVBIED, Syria, Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), Uncategorized · March 31, 2020

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 …

al-Qaeda, Aleppo, Car bombs, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), IS (Islamic State), Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), SVBIED, Syria, Uncategorized, VBIED · March 12, 2020

The Green Car Bombs Of Eastern Aleppo

BACKGROUND Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, a range of disparate opposition groups (including Jabhat al-Nusra – now Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS) have wrestled with loyalist forces over control of the immensely strategic city of Aleppo. Situated in the country's North as its most populous …

Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS)

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