⚠️ URGENT – Oman says it is close to advancing the political process in Yemen, adding that the Iran-backed Houthis have not rejected Omani mediation efforts so far, the country’s foreign minister stated.

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BREAKING – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan says the Kingdom has advocated for the release of documents related to the September 11 attacks, adding that the revealed documents would show that there was no involvement of Saudi Arabia in any way.

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🇮🇶⚡ IRAQ – The Master of Martyrs Battalions, or Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada' (KSS) group, denies it has reached any ceasefire agreement with the Iraqi government regarding operations against US forces, according to a Rudaw TV report.

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RUSSIA – The celebration of the Tanker's Day brought together 30 modern combat vehicles and more than 20 tanks and historic vehicles in the Chelyabinsk region.

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JUST IN – Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday said Minsk planned to buy $1 billion worth of Russian arms.

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🇺🇦 UKRAINE – “Biden said he thinks Ukraine should be in NATO, but it’s not his decision alone” - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on CNN.

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🇺🇸 X-47V Combat drone Northrop Grumman:

✅ It is capable of being in the air for up to 50 hours

✅ Carrying 2 tons of weapons in 2 compartments and refueling in the air

✅ Cruising speed Mach 0.9+

✅ Range 3,890+ km

✅ 2 internal bays for weapons (2000 kg)

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⚔ CHINA/PLA – In the designated area from multifunctional modular structures, the deployment of residential premises for 20 people, modern field kitchen, where four cooks use smart double boards and other hot-food cooking equipment for 100 people in 30 minutes.

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SYRIA – Russian Aerospace Forces launched airstrikes on the outskirts of the villages of Kansafra and Al-Fatira in the south of Idlib, as well as on a militant site near the city of Darat Izzy in the west of Aleppo.

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Israel admits to Iran’s drone power, says ‘deadly’ UAVs can cross thousands of kilometers.

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RUSSIAN ⚔ ZAPAD-2021 EXERCISES

Russian/Belarusian engineers stopped a counterattack with armored vehicles with a 400-meter-long fire shaft in an anti-tank trench with flammable liquid. Engineers later used UR-77 MICLIC and UR-83P APOBS to create a lane for counterattacking forces.

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RUSSIAN ⚔ ZAPAD-2021 EXERCISES

4 Su-34 bombers conducted SEAD, Tu-22M3 bombers struck the enemy army corps' CP, Su-30SM fighters protected the bombers, Su-25 and Yak-130 struck an armored column, and Ka-52 and Mi-24 helicopters covered defending forces.

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RUSSIAN ⚔ ZAPAD-2021 EXERCISES

Another video from the Obuz-Lesnovsky training area showing the joint forces conducting a maneuver defense and retaking a settlement captured by an illegal armed group. Plenty of armor, artillery/MLRS (including TOS-1A MLRS), VDV BMD-4M, Tu-22M3, and Ka-52/Mi-24 helicopters.

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BREAKING – North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months, underscoring how it continues to expand its military capabilities."

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URGENT – 🇵🇭 Philippines: 2 Filipino soldiers were killed in an ambush by the Islamic State East Asia Province (ISEAP) in Bagindan (Basilan).

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Former US admiral says China 'their own worst enemy' as tensions rise in South China Sea

"The PRC, its own bad behaviour, that demonstrates to others just how bad it is. And so, you know, they are their own worst enemy."

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BREAKING – Nigeria: Gunmen killed 12 members of the Nigerian security forces before stealing weapons and burning buildings in a weekend attack on a military base in Zamfara state.

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🇺🇦⚡ UKRAINE – A photo of burning Kamaz truck belonging to Ukraine's 503rd Naval Infantry, which was hit with ATGM by separatists yesterday, resulting in 1 killed and 3 wounded on Ukrainian side, according to reports.

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🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA – Practical shooting of the Israeli tactical missile system Rafael Spike-NLOS which is in service with the South Korean marines.

South Korea had purchased 67 sets of the Spike-NLOS complex under a 2011 contract. The complex has a firing range of up to 26 km.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine to buy 24 more Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs (4 complexes, each with 6 drone units) from Turkey, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny declared.

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