Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan will conduct a series of joint training exercises in August-September on the border with Afghanistan designed to counter illegal armed groups and attempts to destabilize the region.

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RUSSIA – ⚓ Russian Navy uses Typhoon-class SSBN for anti-submarine exercise.

Grisha III-class corvettes Onega and Naryan-Mar launched torpedo attack on a hypothetical enemy’s submarine (SSBN Dmitry Donskoi) in White Sea.

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Video of BTR-80 from the Northern Fleet's 61st Naval Infantry Brigade rehearsing in Kola Bay for the Navy Day parade with the Georgiy Pobedonosets Project 775 large landing ship.
https://tvzvezda.ru/news/2021715939-nTqKt.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aldZHLdWVJE

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"Facebook says Iran-based hackers used site to target U.S. military personnel"

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Facebook disrupts Iranian hackers who targeted US military personnel and defense contractors

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🔄 UPDATE – 🇾🇪 Yemen: Houthi-led rebels in Yemen are claiming to killed 350 and wounded 560 other "takfiris and mercenaries" in recent battles in the Al-Bayda area of Yemen, including 40 alleged attacks by Houthi drone aircraft and 9 ballistic missile strikes.

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🇲🇿 MOZAMBIQUE – ISIS has claimed responsibility for attacking the village of Mekombe (near the town of Palma) in northeastern Mozambique and "killing 4 Christian infidels"--and subsequently clashing with Mozambican army forces on the road linking Palma and Mocimboa da Praia.

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#Russian S-300 on the road to Donetsk.
Russia 🇷🇺 is going to shut down anything that flying on the area !!!

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🇺🇸⚡🇨🇺 Biden says Cuba is a "failed state" and calls communism a "failed system" as protests play out against the nation's repressive regime

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🔄 UPDATE – Israel: Elbit Systems Ltd videos show 3 new M346 Advanced & Operational Training aircraft (s/n 120, 136, 141) in the colors of the Air Force at an Israeli Air Base.

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🚨 BREAKING – Syrian diplomatic sources said that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will arrive in Damascus on Saturday as part of a visit to the region.

A memorandum of cooperation will be signed to launch economic projects between China and Syria as scheduled.

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🦅🇺🇸 F / A-18 Super Hornet fighter of the US Navy Blue Angels aerobatic team makes a "pushing" passage off the coast of Pensacola.

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🇷🇺The Sprut-SDM1 light amphibious tank for the Russian Airborne Forces has passed the next stage of state tests on the Black Sea coast.

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#AfghanTaliban - #Chakhansur district of Nimruz province recaptured by the Afghan forces. #Taliban expelled from the district center, for now. The white flag of Taliban was lowered and the national flag of Afghanistan was hoisted by the SOFs/ANAs.

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BREAKING – ⚓🇺🇸 US Navy USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) and USS Ross (DDG71) are conducting a southbound strait transit from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea following exercises and operations alongside with NATO Allies & partners!

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RUSSIA – ⚓ Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Project 636.3 Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarine Kolpino practiced breaching a notional enemy’s minefields in drills.

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#HellenicAirForce Lockheed C-130H Hercules take off from #Chios Island National Airport JKH/LGHI in east #Aegean Sea

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🇪🇬 EGYPT – Abuse and torture in Egyptian prisons fuels ISIL recruitment

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🇵🇰 PAKISTAN – The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for a clash with Pakistani army forces in the Zardalo area of Harnai in Pakistan's Balochistan Province.

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