Preliminary information: The Israeli aggression targeted points located in the towns of Deir Attia and Qara (Ara) in the western countryside of Qalamoun.

This is in the same area Hezbullah fought ISIS and Al-Qaeda in 2017.

Acting Director General of Civil Aviation Fadi Al-Hassan:

The control towers in Syria and Cyprus asked the two planes to change their course due to the Israeli attack. They then returned back to course and landed normally at Beirut Airport.

— Admin wonders what American "State Media" means by it.

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🇪🇸🇦🇪🇦🇫Un A-400M del Ejercito del Aire Español acaba de despegar de Dubái, EAU, con destino a Kabul para seguir con la evacuación de ciudadanos afganos.

🇬🇧A Spanish Air Force A-400M has just taken off from Dubai, UAE, bound for Kabul to continue the evacuation of Afghan citizens.

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🚨 Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to visit Kabul on Sunday to facilitate negotiations between the Taliban and high-ranking Hazara & Tajik leaders, including those from Panjshir, who flew to Pakistan when Kabul was taken. 🇵🇰🇦🇫🏳

There are fears that spoilers intend to ignite another civil war.

He will become the first ever foreign official to visit Taliban’s controlled Afghanistan.

🇯🇵🇺🇸 Japan Times | Japan's LDP plans security talks with Taiwan's ruling party | 18-08-21
— "Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is planning to hold online talks on security issues with Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party within this month at the earliest, sources said Wednesday.

The planned talks are being regarded as the ruling party version of a “two-plus-two” security dialogue between governments, the sources said.

The talks will be held at the request of the Japanese side and joined by LDP Foreign Affairs Division Director Masahisa Sato and National Defense Division Director Taku Otsuka, according to the sources.

Participants from the Taiwan side have not been decided.

In the first such attempt for the LDP, both sides are expected to discuss ways to promote exchanges between Japan and Taiwan, in addition to security issues."

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/08/18/national/ldp-taiwan-party-talks/

🇹🇷 Turkish State Media, TRT World on twitter:

#BREAKING:
— Suicide bombing targets vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in southwest Pakistan, kills two children – government official

https://twitter.com/TRTWorldNow/status/1428746117055926289

Putin on Afghanistan during press conference with Merkel:

▪️ The Taliban is in control of almost all of Afghanistan, this is the reality we are dealing with

▪️We are working from the assumption that the Taliban came to power not to let the country to disintegrate

▪️We know this country very well, it was counterproductive to impose outside values on it

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Putin responds to RT's question asking for his assessment of the outcome of the Afghanistan campaign.

▪️“It’s not in our interests to dwell upon the past, and talk about this as a failure. We’ve always been interested in a stable situation in Afghanistan.”

▪️“It is finally dawning on western politicians that you cannot impose on others your standards or political behaviour, because other people have their own specific cultural, religious and political traditions.”

▪️“You have to respect your partners, you have to be patient whether you want something, whether you like it or not. You must give these people the right to define their future.”

▪️“Whether you want democratization or not, you have to give them the right; you need to respect each other’s rights in the international arena.”

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🇹🇼 Taiwan News | Chinese H-6 bomber intrudes into Taiwan’s ADIZ | 20-08-21
— "A Chinese bomber entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday afternoon (Aug. 20), marking the seventh intrusion this month.

A People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Xian H-6 strategic bomber flew into the southwestern corner of Taiwan’s ADIZ from the south, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND). In response, Taiwan sent aircraft, broadcast radio warnings, and deployed air defense missile systems to track the PLAAF bomber.

Chinese planes have been spotted in Taiwan’s identification zone so far this month on Aug. 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, and 19. While last month all the planes sent into the zone were slow-flying Y-8 turboprops, this month has seen a mix of spotter planes and warplanes.

On Aug. 12, three Y-8s consisting of different variants, along with four Shenyang J-16 fighter jets were tracked in Taiwan’s ADIZ. Meanwhile, on Aug. 17, two Y-8s and a KJ-500 airborne early warning and control planes were seen in the zone along with six J-16 fighter planes and two H-6 bombers."

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4273477

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇦🇫 The miraculous transformation of non-brothers into Russians.

"We told the Taliban that we were Russians — and it worked: the Ukrainian mercenaries stuck in Afghanistan said that they would have to turn to Russia for help so that they would not be shot by Taliban militants"