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Research & analysis of SVBIED design/tactics

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 …

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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, Uncategorized, VBIED, wheelchair · November 25, 2019

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. …

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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 · October 1, 2019

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 …

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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, Uncategorized, VBIED · August 3, 2019

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 …

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al-Qaeda, Aleppo, Ammonium nitrate, Camouflaged SVBIED, Car bombs, Deir ez-Zor, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), IS (Islamic State), Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), SUV, SVBIED, Syria, Uncategorized, VBIED · June 23, 2019

The Mysterious Case Of The “Eastern Ghouta” Car Bomb

On February 27, 2018, a small youtube channel posted a video titled "Terrorists' bomb-car in Damascus". The video showed an up-armoured SVBIED, but the description of the video went on to claim that the Syrian Arab Army had captured a Faylaq al-Rahman car bomb in Damascus, more specifically in the …

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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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