TGA0824 – Booby-Trapped FPV Goggles Injure Russian Drone Operators in Tactical Sabotage
February 28, 2025Between February 4 and 7, 2025, a series of eight FPV goggles exploded while being powered up, leaving at least eight Russian soldiers blinded. The Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence committed this attack, as claimed by Ukrainian media, stating the...
Mobius report 14/2025 – Syrian Regime Weapons Seized in HTS Raids, Homs, Western Syria
February 27, 2025In January 2025, following the collapse of the Assad regime, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham forces—now integrated into the interim transitional government—conducted raids on multiple weapons depots in the Homs region, in western Syria. These depots had previously been utilized by Assad’s...
Mobius 13/2025 – The Use of Surveillance Cameras in IED Incidents in Ukraine
February 25, 2025In late January 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained Russian agents in Zhytomyr, in northwestern Ukraine. The agents were preparing to ambush a police patrol that was supposed to arrive in response to a fake...
Mobius 12/2025 – Russian Instructional Video on Modifying POM-2 Mines for Use with Armed UAVs
February 25, 2025In late January 2025, a Russian instructional video detailing the modification process of a POM-2 mine for release from a DJI Mavic series armed drone was posted on a Ukrainian combat-focused Telegram channel. The video provides a detailed demonstration of...
Mobius 11/2025 – Ukrainian Improvised Jet-Powered Loitering Munitions
February 20, 2025Over the past six months, a newly documented improvised Ukrainian loitering munition has been increasingly observed in use. Unlike conventional loitering munitions designed for striking strategic targets used by both Russia and Ukraine—such as the Geran-2 (Shahed-136) or the Lyuti—this...
TGA0823 – Islamic State Cells in Azerbaijan
February 17, 2025On February 3, 2025, the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs jointly announced the successful execution of a counterterrorism operation targeting Islamic State cells within the nation. The operation resulted in the...
Mobius report 10/2025 – Utilizing Drones for the Safe Defusal and Destruction of Explosive Devices
February 17, 2025On January 11, 2025, Russian forces documented their successful neutralization of a Ukrainian PTM-L1 mine using a drone. The method involved dragging a metal rod tied to a rope, which was attached to the drone, until the mine was triggered....
Mobius report 9/2025 – VBIED Attacks in Manbij, Syria
February 13, 2025Between December 2024, and February 2025, at least seven VBIED attacks were documented in the Manbij area, northeast of Aleppo Governorate, in northern Syria. Since the fall of the Assad regime, this region has been a point of contention between...
January 2025 Hydra report
February 13, 2025IS-Affiliated New Year’s Attack in New Orleans Who’s Who? American Phone Number link to Iraqi Islamic State Media Operative Foreign Fighters in the Ranks of the Islamic State in Somalia Who’s Who? Islamic State Adherents in Morocco Hezbollah Money Laundering...
