Mobius report 3/2023 – VBIED Attack Targeting LeT Founder, Lahore, Pakistan
February 4, 2023During December 2022, an investigation into the June 23, 2021, VBIED attack outside the home of Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and leader of Jama’at-ud-Da’wah in Johar, Lahore, Pakistan, was published. As a result of the explosion, three people were...
Mobius report 2/2023 – HME and Initiation System Manuals in Anti-Regime Telegram Channels, Iran
February 4, 2023On December 22, 2022, a video of an anti-tilt switch and a tutorial for assembling a similar item were published in an Iranian anti-regime Telegram channel, suggesting to use it with a TATP recipe published earlier. These instructional videos, along...
Mobius report 1/2023 – Improvised Weapons used by Chechen pro-Ukraine Forces
February 4, 2023Since 2014, two Chechen battalions have been operating in Ukraine on the side of the Ukrainian forces, namely, the Johar Dudayev Battalion and the Sheikh Mansur Battalion. Since the Russian invasion in February 2022, the battalions have fought against Russian...
Terrogence Hydra – Annual report 2022
January 22, 2023With AQ’s ideologue and emir, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, announced dead on August 2, 2022, and two successive IS emirs neutralized in Syria in less than one year, the two jihadi groups faced a major blow to their organizations in 2022,...
TGA0721 Islamic State’s Al-Saqri Foundation Presents Manual for 2-Way Radio RCIED Initiation System
January 2, 2023In early December 2022, the veteran Islamic State-aligned Al-Saqri Foundation for Military Sciences media unit published a new manual providing instructions for the assembly of an RC initiation system based on a Baofeng-brand two-way radio set. The demonstrated method involves...
TGA0720 – The Use of Trail Cameras on the Battlefield in Ukraine
January 2, 2023On November 1, 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine detained an alleged Russian military intelligence agent, who was preparing IED attacks on the Odesa railroad. The agent’s preparation process was thorough – he changed his appearance several times, possessed fake...
TGA0719 Attempted IED Attack Targeting Brasilia International Airport, Brazil
January 2, 2023On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2022, an IED was found on a tanker transporting aviation fuel to Brasília International Airport in Brazil. With a “Trojan Horse”-style attack TTP, the fuel tanker VBIED was intended to penetrate airport security and reach...
TGA0718 Pipe IED Instructions Emerge in Social Media Linked to Mahsa Amini Protests, Iran
January 2, 2023In mid-November 2022, Iranian social media channels on Telegram, YouTube and Twitter started disseminating instructions for the preparation of IEDs. This marks a progression since the start of the mass protests in September 2022, after the death of Mahsa Amini,...
Mobius report 96/2022 – Double IED Attack, Jerusalem, Israel
January 2, 2023On November 23, 2202, two IED attacks targeted two different bus stations in Jerusalem, Israel, about 30 minutes apart. At 07:05 AM, the first IED, planted next to a bus stop at the entrance to Jerusalem, initiated. Two people were...
