In the passing month, there has been a step-up in the progression and use of more advanced weapons in the conflict between the Meiteis and the Kukis in India’s Manipur region. Two armed UAV attacks targeting Meitei residential areas were...
Since the inception of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, there have been increased reports of assassinations and attempted assassinations of Russian political and military officials. These operations remain mostly unclaimed and are a part of the covert war...
With the onset of summer and hot weather, both the Russian and the Ukrainian armies increased their use of improvised incendiary devices, primarily delivered from armed UAVs. The improvised incendiary bomblets used are mainly plastic bottles filled with different types...
Since the beginning of 2024, several appearances of Iranian Ghaem-5 glide bombs have been documented in Sudan. These join numerous incidents in which the Mohajer-6 UAV, which is also produced by and sourced from Iran, was documented amid the ongoing...
On September 8, 2024, Sudanese Armed Forces soldiers and their allies were targeted with an attack by a large swarm of small drones deployed as improvised loitering munitions in Al-Fashir, capital of North Darfur, Sudan. A large number of reconnaissance...
On the night of September 10, 2024, nine Russian regions were subjected to a large-scale attack by Ukrainian loitering munitions. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported 144 UAVs were intercepted – some of which crashed into apartment buildings in Ramenskoye,...
In mid-August 2024, Lebanese Hezbollah documented their firing of a number of improvised rocket-assisted munitions with 122 mm rockets at towns and villages in the north of Israel. In the past, mainly attacks with “Burkan” short-range IRAMs with 330 mm...
Between August 25 and 26, 2024, the Baloch Liberation Army conducted “Operation Herof,” which consisted of 44 different attacks carried out in the span of 20 hours. This carefully coordinated operation incorporated several tactics, employed simultaneously, which enabled the BLA...
This month’s In Focus analyzes Al-Qaeda leader Saif al-Adel, who continues to outline strategic directives through a series of recent publications disseminated by the group’s official Al-Sahab media agency. Al-Adel proposes various tactics aimed at confronting the group’s adversaries, particularly...