Mobius report 92/2022 – VBIED Attack Targets Police Residential Complex, Narathiwat, Thailand
January 2, 2023On November 22, 2022, at around 12:45 PM, a VBIED initiated outside a police residential complex on Suriya Pradit Street, in Narathiwat Province, in southern Thailand. The complex is located opposite the Narasikhalai High School. Thai media reported that in...
Mobius report 91/2022 – PBIED Attack with Two Pressure Cookers, Astana Police Station, Bandung, Indonesia
January 2, 2023On December 7, 2022, a suicide bomber initiated a PBIED at the entrance to the Astana Anyar Police Station in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The attack occurred while the police officers were gathered for their morning briefing, killing one of...
Mobius report 90/2022 – Man-Portable Counter-UAS in Combat Zones
January 2, 2023Man-Portable Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (counter-UAS) were first introduced in the previous decade, mainly as countermeasures used by close security details, and for the protection of major events and strategic infrastructure. However, evidence has shown that with the growing threat of...
Mobius report 89/2022 – Double SVBIED Attack Targets Somali Ministry, Mogadishu
January 2, 2023On October 29, 2022, two SVBIEDs were used to attack the Somali Ministry of Culture and Higher Education in Mogadishu, resulting in hundreds of casualties and injuries. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the staggered, double attack and celebrated the destruction of...
Terrogence Hydra report – November 2022
December 17, 2022As FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 nears its final stages, this month’s In Focus item analyzes the various responses to the football tournament and its host, Qatar, by the two major jihadi groups – Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. AQ...
TGA0717 – VBIED Attack Targets pro-Russia Media Center, Melitopol, Ukraine
December 2, 2022On the morning of October 25, 2022, a VBIED was initiated next to the office of a pro-Russia media company in Melitopol, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. According to pro-Ukraine reports, the location is also where the office of the acting...
TGA0716 – Militants Introduce Weaponized Fixed-Wing UAVs, Myanmar
December 2, 2022Between October 21 and November 8, 2022, three dedicated UAV units affiliated with the Lion Battalion Commando, operating under the auspices of the Kawthoolei Army, documented their testing and operational use of UAVs weaponized for combat in southeastern Myanmar’s Kayin...
TGA0715 – Iran’s Meraj-521 Tube-Launched Loitering Munition
December 2, 2022On October 17, 2022, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps revealed for the first time its tube-launched loitering munition, the Meraj-521, which can be rapidly deployed by a single person or a small squad. This loitering munition is comparable with other...
TGA0714 – Houthis Threaten Oil Tankers with Loitering Munitions, Southern Yemen
December 2, 2022On November 9, 2022, a Houthi loitering munition initiated next to an oil tanker attempting to dock at the port of Qena, in Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate. The attack, which resulted in two injuries and minor damage to the tanker, was...
