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
The Disabled Suicide Bombers of The Islamic State
al-Qaeda / Aleppo / Ammonium nitrate / Anbar province / Car bombs / Caucasus / Deir ez-Zor / Drones / Hajin / Handicapped fighters / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Media / Mosul / Ninawa / paraplegic / Raqqah / SUV / SVBIED / Syria / VBIED / wheelchair

The Disabled Suicide Bombers of The Islamic State

The Islamic State's propaganda is multifaceted and made up of different narratives. A lot has been written about how the Islamic State (hereafter IS) employs these narratives in their propaganda output, and how the group's media is carefully crafted in order to promote their overall narratives. These different narratives are…

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November 25, 2019
From Hajin to Baghouz – Islamic State SVBIED Design & Use
Ammonium nitrate / Baghouz / bulldozer / Camouflaged SVBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Deir ez-Zor / Front-end loader / frontal exterior IEDs / Hajin / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Mosul / Raqqah / SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) / SUV / SVBIED / Syria / Tal Afar / tent city / VBIED

From Hajin to Baghouz – Islamic State SVBIED Design & Use

In April 2019 I wrote the most comprehensive report of the Islamic State's (hereafter IS) design and use of Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices, or SVBIEDs, since the proclamation of the caliphate in 2014. The report, titled "Car Bombs as Weapons of War" and published by the Middle East Institute,…

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August 3, 2019
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
Last Resort – When Main Battle Tanks are Used as SVBIEDs
al-Qaeda / Aleppo / Car bombs / Deir ez-Zor / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) / HMMWV (Humvee) / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Main Battle Tank (MBT) / Mosul / Ninawa / Raqqah / SVBIED / Syria / T-55 / T-62 / T-72 / Tanks / VBIED

Last Resort – When Main Battle Tanks are Used as SVBIEDs

The Islamic State's (IS) extensive acquisition of military armoured vehicles from government forces in both Syria and Iraq has been a well-documented phenomenon. Especially during their initial massive expansion in the 2013-14 period, but also sporadically over the years. These seized main battle tanks (MBTs) and armoured personnel carriers (APCs)…

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March 18, 2019
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