Hydra Report – Recent IS Developments in Al-Sham
February 22, 2022The passing month has been hectic for the Islamic State Al-Sham (Syria) Province, highlighted by its most profound attack in recent years and the elimination of IS leader Abdullah Qardash. On January 20, 2022, the group carried out a complex...
Mobius report 9/2022 – IED Attacks Mar Chinese New Year Celebrations, Yala, Thailand
February 16, 2022On the night of January 28, 2022, on the eve of the Chinese New Year celebrations, at least 20 small IEDs were emplaced throughout the city of Yala in southern Thailand. Most of them initiated. The next day, between the...
TGA0677 – Remote-Controlled Rifle used in Targeted Assassination, Dnipro, Ukraine
February 6, 2022On December 8, 2021, at 9:10 AM, firefighters were called to the scene of a fire in a parked car near building 25, on Dmitra Yavornytskoho Avenue – the main street of the city of Dnipro, Ukraine. Before the fire...
Al-Shabaab Attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia
February 2, 2022The year 2022 was met in Mogadishu, Somalia, with five IED attacks against various targets in early January 2022. At the start of the month, an SVBIED initiated as it approached a police checkpoint. About 10 days later, an SVBIED...
TGA0676 – TACN HME Production Tutorial Shared on Radical Telegram Channel
February 2, 2022In late 2021, a Russian-language Telegram channel posted a video tutorial and instructions for the synthesis of tetraamminecopper nitrate from copper wire, ammonia solution and ammonium nitrate – readily available precursors, which through a relatively simple procedure, lead to the...
TGA0675 – Booby-Trapped Smartphone Box Incorporating a Micro Switch, Ras al-Ayn, Syria
February 2, 2022On December 1, 2021, a smartphone box placed on a sidewalk on the Al-Hasakah road, in Ras al-Ayn, was found by security forces. Although it appeared innocent at first, it actually concealed an IED. The item was a victim-operated IED...
TGA0674 – IS Affiliates in Thailand Claim Roadside IED Attack for the First Time
February 1, 2022On January 7, 2022, a Thai Ranger vehicle was targeted by a roadside IED in southern Thailand’s Pattani Province. The blast left a large crater in the soil adjacent to the road, but did not inflict casualties or significant damage. Responsibility...
Mobius report 7/2022 – VBIED Attack Amid Renewed Lethal Clashes between the ELN and FARC Dissidents, Colombia
February 1, 2022On January 19, 2022, at 10:35 PM, a VBIED was initiated outside the Colombian Institute of Agriculture and a complex of social leaders and human rights headquarters in Saravena, Arauca, leaving one person dead and 20 injured. The blast affected...
Mobius report 6/2022 – Armed Drones in Myanmar
February 1, 2022On January 2, 2022, a coalition of three armed groups operating in Sagaing Region, in northwestern Myanmar, released a video showing attacks against positions and convoys of Myanmar Army vehicles, carried out using a drone modified to release an explosive...
