Mobius report IS Bangladesh Instructional Video for Preparing an RCIED with an Anti-Disturbance Feature
April 3, 2022On October 14, 2021, a Bengali-language Telegram channel affiliated with the Islamic State shared an instructional video showing how to prepare two similar models of IEDs with RC initiation systems. The main method of initiation proposed in the video included...
Mobius report IED Workshops Raided by DNR Forces, Donetsk, Ukraine
April 3, 2022On March 4, 2022, Donetsk People’s Republic forces, in the framework of Operation Mariupol Caldron, recovered improvised drone bomblets, as well as various standard weapons, including mortar shells, at a “Bears” militia base specializing in UAV operations in the village...
Mobius report Islamic State Weapons in the Philippines – Progression
April 3, 2022On March 1, 2022, Philippines security forces raided an Islamic State compound in Maguing, in Lanao del Sur Province, in the Philippines. Large quantities of weapons were seized, including standard weapons and ammunition, as well as modified weapons based on...
Mobius report IS Plot Incorporating Three Simultaneous PBIED Attacks Thwarted, Beirut, Lebanon
April 3, 2022On February 23, 2022, the Lebanese Interior Ministry announced it had thwarted a complex suicide bombing attack by a Palestinian Islamic State cell from the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah religious centers in Beirut. According to...
Hydra Report
March 15, 2022As the eyes of the entire world are turned to the war in Ukraine, jihadi groups are also reacting to the situation from their relevant perspectives. The Afghan Taliban mainly focused on expressing its concern about Afghan citizens and students...
TGA0681 – First Documentation of Improvised AP Mines and Pressure Switches in Myanmar
March 14, 2022On February 19, 2022, Tatmadaw security forces clashed with People’s Defence Force militants and cleared the area between the villages of Thayetkan and Pe Kone, in Khin-U Township, in Sagaing Region. Among items recovered after the clash were five improvised...
TGA0680 – PDF Militants Modify RC Receivers for Extended Signaling Range, Myanmar
March 14, 2022PDF Militants Modify RC Receivers for Extended Signaling Range, MyanmarIn January and February 2022, security forces in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing Region came across two scenes of roadside IEDs placed by militants aligned with the local People’s Defense Force, both of...
TGA0679 – The Emergence of VOIEDs in Ivory Coast
March 14, 2022In the course of the passing year, there have been several attempts to attack Ivorian military and gendarmerie forces with underbelly IEDs of identical configurations, fitted with pressure plate initiation systems. In addition, on April 29, 2021, Ivorian security forces...
Mobius report 15/2022 – Turkish MIT IEDs, Syria
March 14, 2022On February 17, 2022, the Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces’ Manbij Military Council released documentation of two IEDs seized from a Syrian citizen, allegedly operated by agents of Turkey’s National Intelligence, and intended to undermine military forces and targets identified with...
