Mobius report 56/2022 – UAVs Weaponized with Heavy Payloads, Kayin State, Myanmar
August 6, 2022Since April 2022, and particularly during May, June and July, several armed militias operating in Kayin State, in southeastern Myanmar, have been documenting their use of drones modified to carry a heavy explosive payload consisting of one or more rounds...
Mobius report 55/2022 – ISKP Cell Arrested by the GDI, Afghanistan
August 6, 2022On July 24, 2022, the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan arrested a four-member terrorist cell of the Islamic State – Khurasan Province. The group confessed to involvement in past attacks and a large cache of...
Mobius report 54/2022 – PDF Instructional Video for the Preparation of Improvised Rocket Propellant, Myanmar
August 6, 2022On July 13, 2022, a unit that deals with the development of improvised weapons for the People’s Defense Force fighters, which operates mainly in Saw Township, in Magway Region, western Myanmar, published a video demonstrating a method for producing propellant...
Mobius report 53/2022 – Producing Weapons in Molten Metal Casts, Myanmar
August 6, 2022On July 20, 2022, independent Burmese media published a video showing a weapons workshop operated by the armed militia Anti-Fascist Underground Revolution Front active in Kayin State, in southeastern Myanmar. In the workshop, a number of items produced by the...
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...
