🇬🇧🇦🇪 Middle East Monitor | Morocco, Algeria engage in major arms deals in light of Western Sahara issue | 6-03-21
— "A report issued by The Africa Report has shed light on the major arms race between Morocco and Algeria, after former US President Donald Trump recognised Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara.

According to the report, the Algerian and Moroccan armies (ranked second and fifth in Africa, respectively) are allocating massive funds to acquire the latest military equipment. Rabat prefers US and French weapons, while Algeria is focusing on Russian-made arms.

Last January, Morocco acquired the US-made Patriot air defence system, a medium-range surface-to-air missile system designed to neutralise air threats.

Morocco believes that purchasing more weapons will narrow a significant gap, placing it in a better position vis-à-vis the Algerian army, which is equipped with the Russian S-300 missile system."

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210306-morocco-algeria-engage-in-major-arms-deals-in-light-of-western-sahara-issue/
https://archive.is/dMbc6

🇷🇺🇩🇪 Southfront (@southfronteng) | Turkish Forces Evacuate Three Posts in Western Aleppo, Militants talk about 'Redeploymen' | 10-03-21
— "The Turkish Armed Forces have evacuated three posts in the militant-held part of the western Aleppo countryside, Syrian pro-government and opposition sources reported on March 10.

The posts in question were located in the towns of Batabo, Kafr Nasih and between the villages of Zardana and Ibbin. The three small posts were established last year to help the militants fend off a large-scale attack by the Syrian Arab Army and its allies.

A leader in the National Front for Liberation, Turkey’s main proxy in Greater Idlib, told Enab Baladi that the three posts were evacuated as a part of a plan to redeploy Turkish troops in the region. According to the leader, smaller posts will be merged with larger bases."

https://southfront.org/turkish-forces-evacuate-three-posts-in-western-aleppo-militants-talk-about-redeployment/

⚡🇺🇦-In order to protect the civilian population, our defenders were forced to return fire to suppress the enemy's firepower. As a result, the mortar crew was destroyed
36th Marine Brigade - DPR Army Statement

🇺🇦 UNIAN | Escalation in Donbas: Ukraine records 21 ceasefire violations on March 9 | 10-03-21
— "The Command of Ukraine's Armed Forces has reported 21 violations of the latest ceasefire agreement committed by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Tuesday, March 9.

"In the past day, March 9, as many as 21 ceasefire violations were recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) zone," the press center of the Ukrainian JFO Command said on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on March 10, 2021.

Occupation troops used proscribed 120mm and 82mm mortars, grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns, and automatic rifles, firing at Ukrainian positions near the town of Krasnohorivka, and the villages of Pisky, Novozvanivka, Zolote-4, and Opytne."

https://www.unian.info/war/escalation-in-donbas-ukraine-records-21-ceasefire-violations-on-march-9-11347309.html

🐍 Zerohedge | 7 European Nations Halt AstraZeneca Jabs On Reports Of "Serious" Blood Clots | 11-03-21
— "More countries have followed Denmark by suspending approval of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine. Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, and Italy have now opted to halt use of the vaccine, creating more problems for Europe's sluggish vaccine rollout.

The halts follow incidents involving blood clots in patients who recently received the vaccine. Two incidents were reported in Austria, although Vienna is allowing the vaccine to continue to be used, at least for now. Serious cases of blood clotshave been reported in Denmark and other countries as well.

Writer and skeptic Alex Berenson noted in a tweet that the AZ jab isn't the only COVID shot suspected of causing harmful side effects in a small number of patients."

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/astrazeneca-slides-denmark-suspends-vaccinations-blood-clot-fears

🇷🇺🇩🇪 Ruptly | Argentina: Drone footage shows aftermath of forest fire in El Bolson | 28-01-21
— "Drone footage filmed in Cuesta del Ternero on Thursday showed the extent of the damage caused by a forest fire in El Bolson, in the province of Rio Negro.

According to local reports, the fire consumed more than 10,000 hectares in the Patagonian forest and spread to the neighbouring province of Chubut.

According to preliminary investigations, the cause of the fire is believed to be linked to human activity."

https://youtu.be/9aRKHyuEfW4

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires Times | Forest fires in Patagonia leave 7 injured, 15 missing | 11-03-21
— "At least seven people were injured and 15 more missing on Wednesday as forest fires ripped through Patagonia, official sources said.

Some 200 people had to be evacuated and around 100 homes were damaged by fire in an area of forests and lakes popular with tourists close to the Andes mountain range. Locations affected by the flames include Lago Puelo, El Bolsón, El Maitén, Epuyén, Futaleufú and El Hoyo.

"I'm going to file a criminal complaint because it was an intentional fire," said Environment Minister Juan Cabandié at a press conference.

President Alberto Fernández wrote on Twitter that the national government had "sent two helicopters, three fire hydrant planes, 12 fire engines, support vehicles and 62" firefighters to tackle the blaze."

https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/forest-fires-in-patagonia-leave-7-injured-15-missing.phtml

🇺🇸🌐 The Hill | Democratic senators urge Biden to take executive action on ghost guns | 9-03-21
— "Four Democratic senators on Tuesday urged President Biden to take executive action curbing the use of so-called "ghost guns" as the administration contemplates its next steps on reforming firearm laws.

The lawmakers, led by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), asked Biden in a letter obtained by The Hill to consider executive action while Congress works on legislation to ban ghost guns, which are untraceable firearms that are usually ordered online and assembled at home.

"We write to ask that you take executive action to keep unserialized and untraceable firearms known as 'ghost guns' off our streets," the senators wrote.

"Specifically, we request that you immediately direct the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to regulate these firearms under the Gun Control Act and ensure that they are subject to a background check," the senators added. "Additionally, the ATF should collect data on when ghost guns are used in crimes and publicly release that information.""

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/542356-democratic-senators-urge-biden-to-take-executive-action-on-ghost-guns

🇺🇸🦅 Fox News | Biden backs House gun background check bills that would tighten restrictions | 8-03-21
— "The Biden administration said Monday it "looks forward" to working with Congress to strengthen the federal gun background check system and to implement "commonsense" steps to reduce gun violence, urging the House to pass two measures that would "close existing loopholes" in the system.

"Gun violence is a public health crisis," the Office of Management and Budget said in a statement of administration policy on Monday.

"Every day, gun violence—community violence, domestic violence, suicides, and mass shootings—takes American lives and forever alters many more," OMB continued. "Last year, we saw record levels of homicides in cities throughout our country, violence that disproportionately impacts Black and Latino communities.""

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-gun-background-check-bills

🇺🇸🔫 US National Rifle Association (NRA) on twitter:

"The US House of Reps just PASSED MORE Biden-pushed gun control.
— PASSED banning private transfers
— PASSED giving govt bureaucrats power to indefinitely delay gun sales

We said it during the election and we’ll say it again:
— Biden wants to DISMANTLE the 2nd Amendment."

NEW - OVH, one of Europe's largest data center complexes, in France destroyed by fire, 3.6 million websites taken offline, no data is likely to be recoverable. @disclosetv @disclosetv_chat

— No posts as we use to do for funny reasons (Admin is preparing some 'interesting' projects and this takes time)

Probably, after next week the pace will return to normal (I think)