On August 3, 2022, the Myaung Women Warriors – an armed group affiliated with the People’s Defense Force that operates in Myaung Township, in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Myanmar – released footage of their operatives preparing IEDs. The IEDs...
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, improvised multiple rocket launchers mounted on pickups and large trucks have appeared on the front lines, in the vicinity of Kharkiv, Kherson, Kryvyi Rih, Mykolaiv and Donetsk. The Ukrainians’ use of...
This month’s In Focus examines the recent terror attacks in India in late September and during October, in two different areas of the country. On the night of September 28, 2022, and the following morning, September 29, 2022, two IED...
On October 22, 2022, the Chechen jihadist Lamanho Telegram channel started a discussion related to the production and use of ricin, based on a known (old) video by Kurt Saxon. The Lamanho author provides his analysis, highlighting the pros and...
Over the past year, militants in Myanmar have been gradually increasing their experimentation and use of various attack TTPs to target military transportation and supply vessels on the country’s maritime routes, primarily the Irrawaddy and Chindwin rivers that flow adjacent...
On September 21, 2022, the Iran-aligned Ansar Allah Movement (the Houthis) unveiled, for the first time, during a military parade in Sanaa, two types of bottom naval mines, designated “Masjur.” According to the Houthis’ claims, the bottom mines are based...
On September 26, 2022, two female militants of the armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party carried out an attack on a police compound south of Mersin city, which, according to CCTV footage, incorporated several explosions and an armed clash...
On October 8, 2022, at around 6 AM, a powerful explosion occurred on the Crimean road-and-rail Bridge, on the section leading from the Taman Peninsula, in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, to Kerch, in Russia-occupied Crimea. The explosion ignited seven fuel tanks...
On October 18, 2022, Myanmar security forces successfully neutralized a VBIED that had been parked in a commercial area in the center of Myawaddy town, in Kayin State, in eastern Myanmar. A large explosive payload had been placed in the...