In June 2026, a member of an Islamic State chatroom on Rocket.Chat shared a link to a Hamas-affiliated Telegram channel containing manuals and infographics intended for manufacturing IEDs and HME. While most of the manuals are old and well-known, the...
Al-Naba frames the World Cup as a contest over the global Islamic community. The perceived threat is potent due to football’s appeal to young men, who constitute the primary audience and recruitment pool for the Islamic State. The article encourages...
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, leveraging its active presence in Afghanistan, maintains a sustained digital propaganda and recruitment campaign via its Nawa-i-Ghazwa-e-Hind magazine and various online platforms, explicitly targeting India and its Jammu and Kashmir region. This digital radicalization directly...
On June 25, 2026, the Kremlin-backed Africa Corps posted a video on its official Facebook page featuring a “Djonik” switch recovered in Mali. The Djonik is a widely used initiation system employed with Ukrainian UAV munitions. The markings on the...
Beginning in late 2025 and continuing through mid-2026, FPV racing drone-based loitering munitions equipped with a number of new warheads started appearing in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict arena. These warheads are designated KOBE-80, KB-80, KOBE-3M, and TB-80 (some are also designated...
Amid escalating geopolitical tensions surrounding the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are continuing their naval operations aimed at disrupting commercial shipping and targeting foreign vessels across key Middle Eastern maritime corridors. Recent months have...
In June 2026, a Ukrainian-language informational booklet titled Modern Explosives: Tactical and Technical Characteristics, Composition, and Applications was shared in a Telegram channel affiliated with a Ukrainian combat-focused community. The booklet provides information on nine explosive materials, including both Ukrainian-produced...
On May 20, 2026, Russian authorities reported the neutralization of a limpet mine attached to a gas carrier after it departed from the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, and arrived at the Russian port of Ust-Luga, in Leningrad Oblast, northwestern Russia....