In recent few months, there have been a number of motorcycle VBIED attacks in Colombia. Two of these events took place in the town of Jamundí, in Valle del Cauca Department, about three weeks apart, on May 20 and June...
The conflict in Ukraine has clearly demonstrated that unmanned systems are fundamentally changing the dynamics of warfare, both in the air and at sea. Within the naval domain, Ukraine’s maritime unmanned systems have distinguished themselves as significant players due to...
Throughout the war between Ukraine and Russia, the increasing development of a variety of weapons and systems by volunteer and combatant groups has been observed in the fields of armed UAVs and improvised loitering munitions, dedicated ammunition and various initiation...
This month’s In Focus analyzes the Islamic State in Al-Sham Province (Syria.) The group has maintained a relatively high pace of insurgency in comparison with 2023, while carrying out SVBIED attacks against their enemies. In addition, we examined the attack that killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani – a high-ranking member of...
In recent months, coverage of the war in Ukraine has revealed the growing use of unmanned systems – mainly UAVs, but also unmanned ground vehicles – for remote mine-laying in areas and roads used by the enemy, and to attack...
Since the start of the Iron Swords/Al-Aqsa Flood War on October 7, 2023, the use of sticky and other IEDs manually placed by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad has been documented. In the course of the war, and throughout...
In late March and late April 2024, the Al Jazeera news network published two videos documenting combat tactics used by Hamas – tunnel warfare and booby-trapping in particular. The news stories mentioned various methods employed by Hamas to booby-trap tunnels, and...
On May 11, 2024, the Security Service of Ukraine announced the arrest of a Russia-backed sabotage cell that allegedly planned a series of IED attacks in Kyiv on May 9 (Victory Day.)The attacks were planned to take place in public places,...
On April 26, 2024, between midnight and 1 AM, several explosions occurred at the Rungtiva (Rungthiwa) Biomass Power Plant, near Ban Plak Bo, in Saba Yoi District, in Songkhla Province.On the same night, another biomass power plant was attacked with...