IRAQ – Among several points Kata'ib Hezbollah leader Abu Ali al-Askari congratulated the 'Iraqi resistance' for attacking Ayn al-Assad base today.

Two contributors are reportedly injured and one died after a heart attack.

10 Iranian-made rockets were fired on the airbase which hosts U.S. and Norwegian serviceman of the International Coalition.

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🇺🇸 Pentagon press secretary on potential U.S. military response to rocket attack in Iraq today: If a response is warranted U.S. "won't shy away," but Kirby adds, "We just aren't there yet."

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US trying to determine who is responsible for the latest rocket attack on a military base in Iraq, POTUS tells reporters.

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U.S. Secretary of State Blinken on attack in Iraq yesterday:

"I think the President’s been very clear that we will take appropriate action in a place and at the time of our choosing."

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Very unusual statement because he normally has to say; 'the decision of THE PRESIDENT'

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🚨 BREAKING – Russia: Internal FSB intelligence officers have detained a Russian citizen who was preparing a terrorist attack at an energy facility in the Kaliningrad region

During the investigation, an improvised explosive device was found on him.

According to the intelligence service, he also recruited residents of the region to participate in terrorist activities.

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🔄 UPDATE – Russia: The FSB published a video of the arrest in the Kaliningrad region of a suspect in the preparation of a terrorist attack out of "hatred of the authorities" - and a comment from the detainee himself: "I am a suicide bomber."

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🔄 UPDATE – Russia: The Russian MoD announced that a Su-27 fighter, presumably from the Baltic Fleet's 689th Fighter Aviation Regiment, intercepted and shadowed two US B-1B strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea yesterday.

#Russia

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🇸🇴 UN-paid mercenaries from Ethiopia and Djibouti @amisomsomalia pretend like they are in control of Beletweyne, Somalia

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🇪🇹 Eyewitnesses recount massacres and other war crimes committed by the Ethiopian dictatorship against the people of Tigray

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#Iraq: A video of a suicide car bomb exploding during a military patrol.

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JUST IN – Bangladesh Armed Forces, bought from Turkey TRG-300 Kaplan rocket system

INFO: The TRG-300 Kaplan (also known as TRG-300 Tiger Missile) is a Turkish multiple launch rocket system manufactured by the ROKETSAN corporation.

The system has four 300 mm rocket launcher tubes and its rockets can hit a maximum range of 120 km.

The TRG-300 Kasirga MBRL is based on Chinese WS-1B (Wei Shi; Guardian), with some modifications on the design with launcher very similar to the WS-1B’s launcher.

#Bangladesh #Turkey

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Cope North 21 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇦🇺
Watch as U.S. forces work with their Japanese and Australian counterparts during humanitarian assistance training. #KnowYourMil

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RUSSIA – The first stage of the Aviadarts 2021 competition for air training of flight crews has started in the aviation units of the Southern Military District.

More than 100 crews of operational tactical, military transport and army aviation of formations and military units of the Southern Military District take part in the competition.

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URGENT UPDATE – Pentagon calls rocket attack vs al Asad Airbase in #Iraq "a troubling development"

Says US "won't shy away" from military response if warranted

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BREAKING – New US envoy to UN accuses Russia of seeking to 'block' efforts to hold Syria govt accountable for chemical weapons use.

#USA #Syria #Russia

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The Pentagon wants planes, ships, and ground units to share real-time threat data to better defend against incoming attacks.

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#USA

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Tensions continue to simmer over Chinese island-building in the South China Sea

The Pentagon’s long-standing opposition to Chinese phony island-building, or “land reclamation,” in the South China Sea is based upon the definition of “island” as it is explained in the U.N. 

China has for many years now been building new island-like structures, adding airstrips, and placing weapons in and around highly disputed areas of the South China Sea. 

As of several years ago, China had already reclaimed over thousands of acres of the area throughout the region, a phony island-building process caught on video by U.S. Navy Poseidon spy planes years ago. 

#USA #SouthChinaSea #China

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IRAQ – Hezbollah affiliated Saraya Awliya’a al-Damm has published a statement saying they will cease military action in all its forms during the Pope's visit in the Middle East country.

Additionally, they praise the recent rocket attack against the Ayn al-Assad base.

#Iraq

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