🇵🇱⚡Poland is sending 500 more additional troops to the border with Belarus in order to strengthen it against increasing migrant pressure that Warsaw says is orchestrated by Belarus and Russia to destabilise the European Union.

"We will defend Poland's border with full determination," Prime Minister Morawiecki stated after a meeting with the interior minister and the head of the Border Guards.

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Turkey faces gathering storm in Syria

Erdogan’s choices limited as Russian backed Syrian forces increase attacks, weigh final assault on Idlib

Syrian military forces already have intensified attacks on Idlib recently.

Three Turkish soldiers were killed Sept. 11 in a bomb attack in Idlib, the last stronghold of Turkish-backed and Islamist opposition in northwest Syria — and Turkey responded by hitting US-backed Kurdish groups in northeast Syria.

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NIGER – Image: ISIS has released an image allegedly depicting a Grad rocket attack targeting Nigerien army forces in the village of Tchoma Bangou in the Tillaberi region of Niger (near the border with neighboring Mali).

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ISIS has released graphic photos allegedly depicting an ambush by ISIS-affiliated militants targeting a Nigerian army convoy on the road linking the towns of Monguno and Gajiram in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State.

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BREAKING – Cameroonian separatists reportedly killed 15 soldiers in bomb attacks in Bamenda, the capital of the North West region.

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RUSSIA – The Ministry of Defense has decided to create, as part of the Coastal Forces of the Pacific Fleet, 1 new engineer regiment, which has already been trained.

It is planned in the future to similarly equip the fleets of the North, the Baltic and the Black Sea.

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IRAN – Siavash 6 - New 5.56 mm rifle developed by IRGC.

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RUSSIA – Airborne tactical exercises took place in 3 regions of the country: the Ivanovo, Kostroma & Yaroslavl. The maneuvers were carried out day & night, the soldiers used 1 drone to detect the "bandit formations" scattered on the ground.

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RUSSIA – Return of the hydrographic vessel of the Northern Fleet "Horizon" from the Arctic cruise

The Northern Fleet hydrographic vessel "Horizon" has returned from a one and a half month Arctic voyage, having successfully completed the tasks of studying little-explored areas of the Arctic region off the northern islands of the Franz Josef Land archipelago.

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Military analysts praise Taiwan-made cruise missile's potential capabilities

Military analysts have said the domestically produced Hsiung Feng IIE cruise missile would have the capability to change course mid-flight to avoid interception if paired with U.S. military-grade GPS systems, and it would also have a strike accuracy of 10 to 15 meters.

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TURKEY – New UAV Baykar AKINCI will be presented at Teknofest, where it will perform demonstration flights.

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SYRIA – Russian Aerospace Forces conducts airstrikes on Shaykh Bahr, Idlib.

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CHINA – A mock-up of the 5th-generation Chinese multi-role fighter Shenyang FC-31 and the Chengdu J-10CE fighter are on display at the Airshow China 2021 international aerospace show, which will open on September 28, 2021 in Zhuhai.

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🇮🇳⚓ Carrier-based fighter MiG-29K of the Indian Navy.

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2 Tu-160 strategic bombers of the Russian Air Force, escorted by Su-27 & Su-35S fighter jets, conducted a flight over the Baltic Sea today, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

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JUST IN – Turkey: The Office of the President of Turkey announces Erdogan's visit to Russia for talks with Putin scheduled for September 29, 2021.

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🔄 UPDATE – Cameroon: 3R rebels take over the town of Banga on the border with the Central African Republic

Barely 3 weeks after the rebels lost the corridor to the FACA and their allies, the 3R rebels reportedly recaptured Banga.

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🇩🇪 GERMANY – Submarine tensions between France and US is a 'wake-up call' for Europe - Minister.

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Russia flies pair of supersonic bombers over Baltic Sea, intercepted by alert NATO jet fighters on first day of high-level speeches at UN

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