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Car bombs, cinema, cinematic depictions, Damascus Time, film, IS (Islamic State), Media, mock SVBIED, Mosul, movie, palmyra, SEAL Team, SVBIED, Syria, Tanks, Uncategorized, up-armoured SVBIED, VBIED · February 17, 2021

Cinematic Depictions of Up-Armoured SVBIEDs: A Review

Following the rise of the Islamic State (IS), directors around the world have sought to capture this multi-faceted phenomenon on the big screen. Movies and TV shows have covered IS in different ways, with stories ranging from the qualms of IS foreign fighters to the grinding counter-IS fight …

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Anbar province, Car bombs, Fallujah, HMMWV (Humvee), Iraq, IS (Islamic State), Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWA, ISWAP, Jaish Khalid Bin al-Walid (JKBW), Liwa Shuhada al-Yarmouk (LSY), Mosul, Ninawa, SVBIED, Syria, Transplanted armour, Uncategorized, VBIED, Wilayat Hawran · January 18, 2021

Transplanted Armour: The Franken-SVBIEDs of the Islamic State

In the process of capturing a piece of territory that at its height was larger than the UK, the Islamic State (IS) was able to capture large quantities of armoured vehicles from its opponents. While many of these vehicles (primarily those of Soviet origin) were reinserted into their stated combat …

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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 …

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2S1 Gvozdika, Abu Jandal al-Masri, Airbase, al-Qaeda, Aleppo, Ammonium nitrate, Azaz, BMP-1 SVBIED, Car bombs, Egypt, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Iraq, IS (Islamic State), ISI (Islamic State of Iraq), Islamic State in Libya, Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (JMA), Liwa al-Fatah, Liwa Asifat al-Shamal, Menagh, Menagh Airbase, Northern Storm Brigade, SVBIED, Syria, Tell Rifaat, VBIED · September 21, 2020

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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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 …

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Recent ten posts

  • An Explosive Renewal of the Islamic State in Libya? (Guest Post)
  • Conspiracy? – VBIED Detonates Inside Colombian Army Base in Cúcuta
  • The SVBIEDs Of The 2016 Aleppo Offensives – Part 1 – One Step Behind
  • Triumph & Symbolism – What Happens To Captured Car Bombs
  • The Last Victory – The SVBIEDs Of The 2015 Idlib Offensive
  • Cinematic Depictions of Up-Armoured SVBIEDs: A Review
  • Transplanted Armour: The Franken-SVBIEDs of the Islamic State
  • Shifting Gears: HTS’s Evolving Use of SVBIEDs During the Idlib Offensive of 2019-2020 (Middle East Institute)
  • The Unique SVBIEDs Used in The 2013 Capture Of Menagh Airbase
  • Factories Of Destruction – How Up-Armored SVBIEDs Are Manufactured

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