SYRIA – Today the Baath Party Secretary (Government Party) of Um Mayatheen was shot dead by insurgents in the town located in the E. Daraa countryside.

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YEMEN – Marib: Uncharacteristically active movement of cars and vehicles in the city’s streets, and citizens say they saw, before sunset, “military crews and vehicles on their way out of the city.

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Iran's new catamaran 'stealth' missile boats -- New Warship At IRGC's Expanded Shipyard On The Strait Of Hormuz

Iran has been expanding the little-known Qeshm Madkandaloo Shipbuilding Cooperative Co yard. The site, on Qeshm Island in the strait of Hormuz is constructing one of the three new catamaran missile corvettes for the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps). 

The type was first revealed in Naval News on March 23, 2021. Since then 3 of the ships have been located and confirmed in commercial satellite imagery.

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🇺🇸 U.S. General CQ Brown, Jr., 22nd Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force published on Twitter:

— "Impossible ends with you."

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Israeli Navy accelerates preparation of new Sa'ar 6 warships for active duty, fits vessels with top-notch MF-STAR radar; system can track numerous targets, counter wide range of threats including low-altitude anti-ship missiles & UAVs.

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The Iranian military showed the work of its Shahed UAV-129 reconnaissance UAV, which the IRGC is actively using in Syria.

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BREAKING – Saudi-led Arab Coalition intercepts, destroys two booby-trapped boats of the Houthi militia in Salif

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Turkish warship 'warns Greek research vessel' to 'stop entering territorial waters'

The Nautical Geo survey ship was confronted by the Orucreis frigate as it attempted to enter Turkey’s continental shelf, NTV said.

The Turkish ship issued a radio message warning it would intervene if the survey vessel continued its course.

🤷‍♂️ Maritime tracking services showed the Maltese-flagged Nautical Geo docked Wednesday at Heraklion port on the Greek island of Crete.

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CHINA – The J-10C will participate in the Zhuhai 2021 exhibition show for the first time. An aircraft landed at Zhuhai Airport last night.

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CHINA – A Jian-10C fighter from 131 air brigades of the Nanning Air Force Base of the PLA Southern Command arrived at the Airshow China-2021 aerospace exhibition in the city of Zhuhai.

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CHINA – In Zhuhai, before the start of the exhibition, an exposition of the PLA military equipment is being built (from left to right): the Hongqi-22 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), the Hongqi-9B air defense system, military transport aircraft Yun-20, Yun-9, unmanned aircraft "Wuzhen-7" (Xianglong, Soar dragon), radar YLC-8B.

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SYRIA – Russian Aerospace Forces conducted 6 airstrikes on targets of militants in the area of ​​the village of Benin in the south of Idlib.

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OCCUPIED UKRAINE – The Russian Defense Ministry publishes footage of live firing of the Bastion coastal missile systems at sea targets in the Black Sea.

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🇺🇸⚡️Cockpit footage of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds in their signature diamond formation during the 2021 airshow.

CLEIELAND, OH, USA, 09/22/2021

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CHINA – For the first time at the static exposition of Airshow China - 2021, a new strategic reconnaissance UAV WZ-7 "Soaring Dragon II" with a closed wing was seen developed by the Chinese aircraft building corporation Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation / GAIC.

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TURKEY – The TAI CEO Temel Kotil has revealed that the long awaited prototype of the TF-X/MMU is to be rolling out of the factory line within 18 months.

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