Uzbek opposition fighter fighting against Assad regime and its allies in western Aleppo, Syria:

"Russia, Iran & Assad regime: We will avenge the Muslims you raped and bombed."

Another one: Admiral Miao Hua, a key figure in China’s military and close ally of President Xi Jinping, has been suspended and is under investigation for “serious violations of discipline,” often linked to corruption.

Serving since 2017 as the CMC Political Work Department director, Miao oversaw party ideology and personnel in the military.

NEW: Armenia appears to be gearing up for a new conflict with Azerbaijan.

Videos on social media show Armenian military columns moving toward the border in numbers exceeding routine rotations.

Growing revanchist sentiment, fueled by PM Nikol Pashinyan’s refusal to remove territorial claims on Azerbaijan from the constitution, is evident both in opposition and within his government.

Armenia is rapidly rearming, suggesting preparations for another war, potentially motivated by Pashinyan’s declining popularity after six years of unfulfilled promises and military defeats in Karabakh.

BIG: Brigadier General Qiyamurs Hashemi, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, was killed in an attack by Syrian opposition forces on western Aleppo.

A UNIFIL patrol driving through the village of Shehabiyeh in south Lebanon a day after the ceasefire went into effect.

#BREAKING Syrian opposition forces capture Khan al-Asal, a strategic city very close to the entrance of Aleppo.

Syrian opposition forces stepping on images of Bashar Assad and Putin at an Iranian militia post.

#BREAKING Syrian opposition forces captured Az-Zerbah district, effectively cutting the Aleppo-Damascus M5 road.

This highway connects major cities including Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo.

Here's the latest situation in Syria as opposition forces cut the vital Aleppo-Damascus M5 highway.

BIG: For the first time in five years, western neighborhoods of Aleppo are within the fire range of Syrian opposition fighters.

Russia, if Kyiv acquires nuclear weapons, will use all means of destruction at its disposal, Putin says.

“Russia will not allow nuclear weapons to appear in Ukraine.”

BREAKING: Syrian opposition forces completely captured Mansoura town on the western outskirts of Aleppo city centre.

NEW: Syrian rebel fighters capture several FPV drones from Assad regime forces in the western countryside of Aleppo.

Spoils of war: Syrian rebel forces captured a large number of military equipment from Assad regime forces in the west of Aleppo.

— 122mm self-propelled howitzer 2S1 Gvozdika
— 122mm D-30 howitzer
— Grad MLRS rockets

Malfunctioning weapon (likely RPG) kills Russian soldier.

It appears that Syrian rebels fighters killed a Russian soldier/mercenary responsible for Assad regime’s FPV drone unit in western Aleppo.

Assad regime deploys Grad MLRS, Akatsiya howitzers, T-55/72 tanks, and BMP-1/2 vehicles to defend Aleppo’s city center after the rapid advance of Syrian rebel fighters.

A group of Syrian regime soldiers attempting to retreat from western Aleppo front fell into an ambush, with all members killed.