❗️Initial Reports of Airstrikes in Kirkuk, Iraq.

— 🇮🇷 NEW: One of the biggest hints that a large response, or at least some kind of response, is coming, is that Iranian media are not downplaying the massacre

Since yesterday, the largest newspapers and media across the country have emphasized on the Supreme Leader's words: 'Harsh Retaliation'. It's on front pages and headlines all across the country.

This morning, a huge mural was revealed on Tehran's largest square, Valiasr, with Ayatollah Khamenei's words: 'Harsh Retaliation'.

In the past, Iranian media used to downplay certain events, not covering them a lot & a lack of murals, comments by officials etc. would usually be indicative of no public response coming up.

@Middle_East_Spectator

⚡️ISIS spokesman's statement: Every Jew should be killed without distinction and regardless of where he is from, whether Israel or around the world.
This is a religious war, not a national war.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 In the past two weeks, the United States and Israel assassinated:

1. 🇮🇷 General Seyyed Razi Mousavi, IRGC Quds Force Commander of the Syria - Lebanon region. (Killed in Damascus)

2. 🇵🇸 Saleh Al-Arouri, Hamas' third in command, deputy Chairman of Hamas' Politburo and one of the founding commanders of the Al-Qassam brigades. (Killed in Beirut)

3. 🇵🇸 Abu Aamer, Hamas' commander responsible for Al-Qassam's operations in southern Lebanon. (Killed in Beirut)

4. 🇮🇶 Mushtaq Taleb Al-Saeedi, known as 'Abu Taqwa', the most senior field commander of the Harakat Al-Nujaba militia in Iraq, playing an instrumental part in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. (Killed in Baghdad)

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇷🏴 NEW: The black flag of mourning was raised at the golden dome of Imam Reza's holy shrine

@Middle_East_Spectator

— 🇮🇶 Qais Al-Khazali, leader of the Iraqi Shiite militia 'Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haqq':

'In a blatant violation of pure blood, a transgression against the security and sovereignty of Iraq, and an unacceptable act of terrorism, the occupying American forces targeted the Deputy Commander of Baghdad Belt Operations, the martyr Abu Taqwa Al-Saeedi, and his companion, the martyr Abu Sajjad, one of the leaders of the 12th Brigade in the Hashd al-Shaabi, and wounded a number of soldiers with a drone strike.

It targeted the headquarters of the Hashd al-Shaabi in the heart of the capital, Baghdad. The American forces that committed this terrorist crime bear full responsibility for violating Iraqi sovereignty and attacking our Mujahideen brothers in the Hashd al-Shaabi.

While we affirm that statements and condemnations are no longer useful in light of the repeated crimes and violations, we call on the Iraqi government to take decisive steps to end the presence of the so-called international coalition in Iraq, remove all occupying foreign forces as quickly as possible, and cut off the pretexts and excuses that allow the Americans to prolong their presence on our land and in our skies. We also stress the necessity of holding these forces legally accountable for their crimes and violations.

@Middle_East_Spectator

JUST IN - US, France call to ‘avoid escalation in Lebanon and Iran’: US State Dept

READ: https://insiderpaper.com/us-france-call-to-avoid-escalation-in-lebanon-and-iran-us-state-dept/

Follow @InsiderPaper for more news

🇹🇼🇨🇳 Taiwan says will publish analysis of China's alleged election interference post vote

Taiwan's foreign minister says it is documenting its experiences with China's alleged attempts to interfere in elections next week and will publish its analysis soon after the vote.

Taiwan's government has pointed to military and economic pressure as well as Chinese-subsidised trips to China for local Taiwanese officials, as evidence of Beijing's alleged interference.

"Taiwan is taking measures to counter China's interference and is documenting its experiences. Analysis will be published soon after the elections in consultation with international experts," Foreign Minister Joseph Wu wrote in the latest issue of The Economist, without giving details.

#Taiwan #China

@asianomics

🪖Defense Update From Myanmar😳

Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army soldiers seen driving a Brazilian-made EE-9 armored vehicle seized from the Myanmar military in Shan State. It is understood that the Myanmar Army owns 150 EE-9s, all of which were second-hand equipment purchased from Israel in 2005

🚨Philippines & American warships poking china in the South China Sea

Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office chief Xerxes Trinidad said "The Philippines and the United States began a two-day  joint patrol in the South China Sea . The two-day bilateral operation will include joint patrols and maneuver exercises"

🪖 Defense update from Myanmar 🚁 💥

Over the Waingmaw area of Kachin State in northern #Myanmar, a military government helicopter was Reportedly shot down by rebels group. The specific model of the helicopter is still unclear.

🇨🇳🪖 Defense update from China:

In a video published by PLA, soldiers can be seen practicing firing using a computerised "simulated shooting system" operated by Eastern Theatre Command.

How accurate will these firing drills be useful on the actual battlefield?

#Propaganda