The SVBIEDs Of The 2016 Aleppo Offensives – Part 1
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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
Shifting Gears: HTS’s Evolving Use of SVBIEDs During the Idlib Offensive of 2019-2020 (Middle East Institute)
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

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…

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October 30, 2020
The Myth of the Remote-Controlled Car Bomb
al-Qaeda / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Iraq / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State in Libya / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Libya / Mosul / Ninawa / RC-VBIED / Remote controlled / SVBIED / Syria / VBIED

The Myth of the Remote-Controlled Car Bomb

Two weeks ago, I published an in-depth report with European Eye on Radicalization, in which I examined the who's and what's of Remote-Controlled Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (RC-VBIED) use. In the report, I compare and contrast the use of such devices by a variety of non-state actors in Syria, including…

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October 1, 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
SVBIEDs & The Offensive Role of Heavy Construction Equipment
al-Qaeda / Aleppo / Anbar province / Barqah province / bulldozer / Car bombs / Deir ez-Zor / Drones / Front-end loader / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State in Libya / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Libya / Mosul / Raqqah / RC-VBIED / Remote controlled / Salahuddin / SVBIED / Syria / Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) / VBIED

SVBIEDs & The Offensive Role of Heavy Construction Equipment

In historical and contemporary wars alike, the establishment of qualitative defensive fortifications has been one of the, if not the most important aspect of preparing for the possibility of an armed attack by an opposing force. These defensive fortifications typically take the shape of trenches and earth berms either surrounding…

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February 13, 2019
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