TGA0770 – Iranian Cruise Missile Appears in Iraq
February 5, 2024On January 3, 2024, Iraqi police forces recovered a cruise missile following a failed launch attempt from a truck-mounted launcher, targeting a US military base. The missile, which likely belonged to the Shia Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq, bears great...
Mobius 5/2024 – Workshops for the Production of Improvised Weapons Raided in La Huacana, Mexico
February 5, 2024Between January 13 and 17, 2024, in a coordinated operation, the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense, National Guard and Civil Guard raided eight warehouses dedicated to the production of improvised weapons, armor for vehicles, narcotics and Mexican Army uniforms. Most...
Mobius 4/2024 – Hezbollah AT Missile Attacks in Direct Fire Formation Targeting Israel
February 5, 2024Concurrent with the war in Gaza, which began after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Hezbollah has initiated attacks against Israel, and the fighting has since persisted at a low intensity along Israel’s northern border. The majority of...
Mobius 3/2024 – Standard Ammunition for Russian Weaponized UAVs
February 5, 2024Between October and December 2023, an official manual for an armed UAV ammunition model named OFSP-0.8 was published in the chat of a Russian Telegram channel, followed by its appearance in a Ukrainian military-related channel. The OFSP ammunition family for...
Mobius 2/2024 – Islamic State Twin Suicide Bombings, Kerman, Iran
February 1, 2024On January 3, 2023, in the afternoon hours, during the memorial ceremony dedicated to the late General Qasem Soleimani, two explosions occurred, twenty minutes apart, near Kerman’s Martyrs Cemetery in Kerman, Iran. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack,...
Annual Hydra report – 2023
January 21, 2024Overall in 2023, attacks claimed by global jihadi terrorist groups continued to decrease. Both Al-Qaeda (AQ) and the Islamic State (IS) continued to suffer from leadership crisis. Since Ayman al-Zawahiri’s elimination in 2022, AQ has yet to confirm his death or announce his...
Mobius 1/2024 – “Hidden Bomb” Video Tutorial Elaborates on IED Assembly
January 21, 2024On December 29, 2023, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a 45-minute video titled “The Hidden Bomb – What America & The West Do Not Expect: Open-Source Jihad to Restore Palestine.” This video serves as a supplement to AQAP’s...
Mobius 96/2023 – UJ-26 Beaver Long-Range Loitering Munition, Ukraine
January 18, 2024On December 19, 2023, the remains of a downed loitering munition reportedly fitted with a 20 kilograms main explosive charge and additional plastic explosives was found on the seashore close to the Lyubimovka suburb of Sevastopol, in Crimea. Images of...
Mobius 95/2023 – Houthi Anti-Ship Missile Threat, Yemen
January 18, 2024Since the surprise deadly attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent outbreak of war between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis in Yemen have been attacking ships sailing under...
