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...
Mobius report 17/2022 – IS Plot Incorporating Three Simultaneous PBIED Attacks Thwarted, Beirut, Lebanon
March 10, 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...
Mobius report 16/2022 – Improvised Shoulder-Fired Launchers, Myanmar
March 10, 2022Beginning in December 2021, and especially during January and February 2022, as part of the improvised weapons production efforts of the many armed groups affiliated with the People’s Defense Force throughout Myanmar, particularly in Sagaing Region, in the northwest of...
Mobius report 14/2022 – TANCOL Weapons and Infrastructure Destroyed in FANB Operation in Venezuela
March 10, 2022On January 16, 2022, the Venezuelan Army launched Operation Bolivarian Shield 22, aimed at rooting out Colombian militant groups operating in Apure, Venezuela, bordering Colombia, following an incursion by the ELN into the town of La Gabarra, in Guasdualito, Apure...
Mobius report 13/2022 – Second IED Targeting Bomb Technicians in Colombia and Thailand
March 10, 2022On December 14, 2021, two Colombian bomb technicians were killed while handling an IED at Camilo Daza International Airport in Cucuta, in Norte de Santander department, Colombia. The IED, which was concealed in a suitcase, was discovered during a search...
