BREAKING – Saudi defenses intercept and destroy a ballistic missile and a booby-trapped drone launched towards Khamis Mushait.

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Amid ongoing Syrian army military operation against militants in Idlib, nearly 130 Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries leave from Syria to Turkey.

Preparations for sending new batch to Libya.

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🇺🇸⚓ U.S. Navy Seawolf-class SSN, USS Connecticut struck an object while submerged in international waters of Western Pacific on 2nd Oct.

Submarine in a safe and stable conditions with no life-threatening injuries. Extent of damage bing assessed.

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IN ADDITION – The US Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent airborne reconnaissance aircraft made a very interesting flight today along the Libyan coast.

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BREAKING – Afghanistan: Explosion at Shiite mosque in Kunduz city kills at least 50 people.

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A U.S. Task Force Phoenix CH-47 Chinook helicopter from B Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), lifts off at a forward operating base in Syria.

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SYRIA – Another joint patrol of the Russian military police and Turkish troops took place in the security zone in northern Syria.

The column was again accompanied by Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters.

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Caricature of the Iranian Tasnim agency, close to the IRGC, on "Aliyev's attempts to play" big politics.

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🇺🇸⚓U.S. Navy Lewis B. Puller Class Expeditionary Mobile Base, USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) anchored at White Beach Naval Base, Okinawa, Japan.

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CHINA – The 81st & 82nd PLA armed groups participating in an emergency response artillery readiness exercise.

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YEMEN – ⚡ Houthis downed Saudi RQ-20 reconnaissance UAV in Jizan.

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Russia is ready to protect its ally Tajikistan in the event of incursions from neighboring Afghanistan, a senior diplomat said on Friday, amid Russian media reports of a Tajik militant group plotting a cross-border attack.

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RUSSIA – The Tactical Missiles Corporation is developing a new hypersonic air-to-surface missile designed to equip fifth-generation Su-57 fighters and replace supersonic X-31 missiles.

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UK – US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers, yesterday deployed by the Pentagon to the RAF Fairford.

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BREAKING – Reports that the country of Georgia has locked all land borders to the movement of Iranian vehicles.

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