Mobius report 52/2022 – IED with Kurdish Characteristics Used in an Attack in Ras al-Ayn, Syria
August 6, 2022On July 19, 2022, an IED initiated in the central market in Ras al-Ayn, in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. Three people were injured and minor damage was caused to stores in the area. There was also evidence of fragmentation damage. On...
Mobius report 51/2022 – Motorcycle VBIED Attacks Targeting Security Forces, Colombia
August 6, 2022On July 17, 2022, a motorcycle VBIED was initiated against a police patrol in the town of El Bardo, in Cauca department, in southwestern Colombia. The motorcycle VBIED was initiated as a police vehicle was driving past. A civilian on...
Mobius report 50/2022 – VBIED Attacks Targeting STC Military Commanders, Aden, Yemen
August 6, 2022On June 29, 2022, a VBIED parked on the side of the road in the Khur Maksar neighborhood of Aden, in southern Yemen, was initiated as a convoy escorting Major General Saleh al-Sayed, a senior military official from the Lahj...
Mobius report 49/2022 – IEDs Made in Pakistan Employed by Indian Terrorist Groups
August 6, 2022On July 3, 2022, two Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives from Tuksan, in Reasi District, in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, were arrested. In their possession, weapons were seized, including five small cylindrical IEDs with a hollow charge configuration. The two detainees were linked...
TGA0697 – Modified VOG-25 Grenades Seized from HTS Supporter, Chita, Russia
July 17, 2022On June 20, 2022, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation captured an alleged supporter of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham in Chita, Transbaikal, in the Russian Far East. The detainee is a Russian citizen, who reportedly planned to carry out...
TGA0696 – IED Attacks Targeting Pharmacies in Manipur, India
July 17, 2022As part of an escalation in the security situation in Manipur, a series of bombings targeting pharmacies have taken place in the city recently. On June 10, 2022, an IED fitted with a mobile phone-based RC initiation system, planted near...
TGA0695 – Islamic State Al-Saqri Foundation Presents a Mobile Phone-Based Initiation System
July 17, 2022On June 15, 2022, the Islamic State-affiliated Al-Saqri Foundation for Military Science published its first issue of its Remote Detonation Series in the Arabic language. The instructions are divided into two parts: the first part explains the known, familiar modification...
TGA0694 – Civilian Vehicles Fitted with Air-to-Surface Rocket Launchers, Ukraine
July 17, 2022After the initial progress of the invading Russian forces became mired in different fighting areas, they switched in the latest phase of the war to an offensive to cut off Ukrainian resistance in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Ukrainian forces...
Mobius report – Large IED Concealed in a Garbage Truck Initiated, Pattani, Thailand
July 17, 2022On June 20, 2022, at around 9:20 PM, a garbage truck containing an IED exploded between a Police service unit building and a gas station in Village No. 1, in the Khuan Subdistrict of Panare District, adjacent to Route 42,...
