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Navies of China and Russia conducts joint patrol in the Sea of Japan and Northern Pacific, off of the coast of Alaska.

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IRAQ โ€“ 9 dead including 5 Turkish soldiers and 4 PKK fighters during the fighting between the Turkish army and the PKK in the Northern part of the country.

๐Ÿ“ The Turkish army is intensifying its operations in the area.

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SYRIA โ€“ The SDF, with an aircraft of the US-led International Coalition, carried out a security operation in the village of Al-Muwaileh, north of Deir Ezzor, against a smuggler, linked to the ISIS, which leads to the death of the criminal.

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POLAND โ€“ The Polish Navy fired up a RBS-15 Mk3 missile from a Orkan class ship.

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Refurbished Venezuelan army AMX-VCI being tested, the vehicles are being given to GNB units.

๐Ÿ”— CNW

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LEBANON โ€“ Amidst chaos and uncertainty, Hezbollah fighters showcase unparalleled street combat tactics, reminiscent of elite military training.

๐Ÿ”— IntelSky

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Poland is planning to acquire a network of tethered surveillance aerostats from the US to bolster its air defense capabilities. A map produced by the Polish Ministry of National Defense was uploaded yesterday that shows proposed locations and sensor ranges for the network.

Tethered aerostats such as those produced by Lockheed have been used extensively by the United States in the Middle East, and are currently deployed across Eastern Syria to detect hostile rockets, drones, missiles, and ground-based threats.

The request for the project seemingly called "ASRR Barbara" by the Polish military include multi-sensor layered coverage of the Eastern & Northern Polish borders and would be capable of detecting and identifying threats such as the recent helicopter incursion from Belarus.

๐Ÿ”— IntelWalrus

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CHAD โ€“ Heavy deployment of the army reported in the capital of N'djamena.

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URGENT โ€“ The US Embassy in Ethiopia: We are concerned about the violence in Amhara and Oromo and the civilian casualties.

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NIGER COUP โ€“ The African Union says it firmly supports all ECOWAS decisions concerning Niger and calls on the international community to save the life of President Mohamed Bazoum.

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BREAKING โ€“ The British Ministry of Defense announces that it will train 900 Ukrainian soldiers from the Navy to carry out raids on the coast and operations on land and sea.

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NIGER COUP โ€“ The African Union says it firmly supports all ECOWAS decisions concerning Niger and calls on the international community to save the life of President Mohamed Bazoum. Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
France will consider any request for military support from ECOWAS

France has 1,500 soldiers in Niamey, engaged in the fight against jihadists under Nigerien command, while the United States has a force of a thousand men.

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The Chinese Maritime Safety Administration announced that from tomorrow (8/12) to the 14th, a live-fire exercise will be conducted in the waters of Zhejiang, and the scope and location have been announced.

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Niger - Regional monitoring map (11 August 2023).

๐Ÿšฉ More details about the ECOWAS standby force are emerging. RFI reports it will be constituted of 25.000 troops, with most coming from ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria.

๐Ÿ”น๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire announced it will commit up to 1100 troops.

๐Ÿ”น RFI reports that ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau would also participate to the force.

๐Ÿ”น ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The AU, France, and the US all announced backing the ECOWAS decisions.

๐Ÿ”น ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso suspended Radio Omega, a popular radio, after it aired the interview of a pro-Bazoum supporter.

๐Ÿ”น The security around Bazoumโ€™s residence was reportedly heightened on Aug 9, with 70 guards now stationed in the vicinity.

๐Ÿ”— Jules Duhamel

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Turkish drone targeted a vehicle belongs to the PKK in Penjwen, Sulemaniyah, northern Iraq. The airstrike resulted 3 casualties.

๐Ÿ”— Tammuz Intel

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China highly concerned after Japanese Navy guided missile destroyer visits India's Port Blair near Malacca strait.

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