Editing Improvised explosive device (section)

=== Syria ===
[[File:ISIL IEDs.jpg|thumb|right|Captured IEDs from a cache left behind by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]], Syria, 26 January 2019]]
During the [[Syrian Civil War]], militant insurgents were using IEDs to attack buses, cars, trucks, tanks and military convoys.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83P4pNkl7C4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328010754/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83P4pNkl7C4|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 March 2015|title=YouTube|website=youtube.com}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221212011945/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/18/syrian-military-defectors-damascus-blasts Syrian security forces set off Damascus bombs blamed on al-Qaida – defectors] Guardian, 18 May 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.antiwar.com/2012/07/24/syrian-rebels-now-using-ieds-like-in-afghan-quagmire/|title=Like Afghan Counterparts, Syrian Rebels Now Using IEDs|date=25 July 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126083438/https://news.antiwar.com/2012/07/24/syrian-rebels-now-using-ieds-like-in-afghan-quagmire/|archive-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref> Additionally, the [[Syrian Air Force]] has used [[barrel bomb]]s to attack targets in cities and other areas. Such barrel bombs consist of barrels filled with high explosives, oil, and shrapnel, and are dropped from helicopters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26043061|title=US condemns Aleppo barrel bomb raids|work=BBC News|date=5 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-25466541|title=Barrel bombs a sign of brutal Syria war|first=Jonathan|last=Marcus|work=BBC News|date=20 December 2013}}</ref>

Along with mines and IEDs, [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] also used VBIEDs in Syria,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/isis-used-this-huge-crudely-modified-truck-to-attack-a-1726246835|title=ISIS Used This Huge Crudely Modified Truck To Attack A Key Syrian Air Base|first=Tyler|last=Rogoway|date=24 August 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506003317/https://jalopnik.com/isis-used-this-huge-crudely-modified-truck-to-attack-a-1726246835|archive-date=May 6, 2022 }}</ref> including during [[2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing]]. See also: [[Improvised artillery in the Syrian civil war]].