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Iran had conducted war games in the Arabian Gulfโ€™s Abu Mussa island disputed with the UAE.

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Syrian President Assad: The Syrian Arab Army is the main target of the Israeli
attacks on Syria.

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TAIWAN โ€“ On August 9 , the 58th Artillery Command of the 10th Army of Taiwan conducted annual firing from positions in the Dajia River (Taichung City) and Qingshui areas. Self-propelled artillery mounts ะœ110ะ2 and ะœ109ะ2 were used. A total of 119 shots were fired.

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URGENT โ€“ Syria: The Turkish army targets Kurdish SDF in the Umm al-Kif area, west of Tal Tamr, and the villages of al-Asadiyya and Mushairfa in the northern countryside of Tal Tamr district, near the Syrian-Turkish border.

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Falcon 8X: The art and science of the aerodynamic ideal.

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BREAKING โ€“ North Korea: Kim Jong Un convenes an enlarged Central Military Commission meeting to discuss โ€œmore powerful striking meansโ€ against adversaries on the Korean Peninsula, announces next military parade for September - NK NEWS

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TAIWAN โ€“ 33 Chinese PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today.

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SYRIA โ€“ Extensive destruction and damage of electricity towers due to Turkish bombing of the northern countryside of Ain Issa, in the Raqqa region.

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Future USS John L. Canley (ESB-6) Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base leaving Pearl Harbor - August 9, 2023

๐Ÿ”— WarshipCam

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Warships of the Russian Navy and the PLA Navy repelled an air raid of a conditional enemy during a joint patrol in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Deck helicopters of the two countries took off and landed on each other's warships.

๐Ÿ”— Massimo Frantarelli

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RUSSIA โ€“ Finland's and, in the long term, Sweden's NATO membership is a serious destabilizing factor. After the accession of Helsinki, Russia's land border with NATO almost doubled. - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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BREAKING โ€“ Niger's military council announced the appointment of a new government with 21 ministers through the country's official television.

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JAPAN โ€“ From August 4th to 10th, Japan's Air Self-Defense Force conducted a joint training with Italian Air Force fighters and others at Komatsu Air Base.

๐Ÿ”— JASDF PAO

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Forgotten War's:

๐Ÿ”นYemen
๐Ÿ”นSudan
๐Ÿ”นLybia
๐Ÿ”นEritrea
๐Ÿ”นMali/Niger
๐Ÿ”นSyria/Iraq
๐Ÿ”นSomalia
๐Ÿ”นCongo
๐Ÿ”นMyanmar

Admin will do more focus on the events there.

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NIGER โ€“ 5 national guard soldiers were killed and four others injured on Wednesday during a terrorist attack in Bourkou-Bourkou, in the Tillabรฉry region, announced by the high command of the National Guard

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YEMEN โ€“ The commander of the security belt forces, Abdul Latif Al-Sayed, was killed in an explosion targeting his vehicle in Abyan Governorate, in southern Yemen.

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LYBIA โ€“ The Turkish-backed GNA 52nd Infantry Brigade begins securing the, Az Zawiya Oil Refining Company.

Note: The country is devided in two sides of interest: Tripoli (western Lybia is under control of pro-Western GNA forces. Benghazi (eastern Lybia) is under control of pro-Russian forces.

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URGENT โ€“ President of the ECOWAS Group: We will work to find a solution to the crisis in Niger to ensure the security of the entire continent

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RUSSIA โ€“ 2 Tu-160 strategic long-range missile carriers of the Russian Air Force completed a scheduled flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean, lasting about 8 hours.

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Military spending, 2022.

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China: $291 billion
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India: $66 billion
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia: $61 billion
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK: $55 billion
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France: $51 billion
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan: $48 billion
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany: $46 billion
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy: $33 billion
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil: $20 billion

Total: $671 billion

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States: $877 billion

๐Ÿ”— Spectator Index

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