BREAKING – Syria: Additional units of the Turkish army have been transferred to the Syrian province of Idlib amid reports of a possible military operation against Kurdish paramilitaries.

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SYRIA – A Russian Orlan-10 reconnaissance UAV has been shot down in northern Aleppo today.

Note: such incidents happened often in the same region. Possibly shot down by Turkish-backed militants.

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URGENT – Russia: Russian President Putin called an attempt with unsuitable means of attempts by a number of countries to limit the sovereignty of the Russian Federation in the Arctic.

He added if the Europeans restrict Russia in the Arctic - the situation will turn out like in a fairy tale with a wolf, "Abominations, abominations, a wolf's tail."

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Kyrgyzstan will receive Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone UAVs in the near future.

This was stated by the head of the State Committee for National Security Kamchybek Tashiev.

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BREAKING – Tensions on the Israeli-Gaza border reported.

IDF launching flares over Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza.

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Reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed SR-71 in the crosshair...

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RUSSIA – "The Adopted NATO strategy towards the Russian Federation shows the correctness of Moscow's decisions to end the official dialogue."

"NATO is leading the way to turn the Black Sea into an arena of confrontation, this is a very dangerous path - Kremlin spokesperson Peskov

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🇺🇸⚓ U.S. Navy USS Carl Vinson and her escorts as seen from the deck of 🇬🇧⚓ HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Philippine Sea.

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China's survey ship Haiyang Dizhi 10 leaves Indonesian waters again. Looks like it is going to take a break during the ASEAN summit.

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SYRIA – Combat patrol by a pair of Mi-25 helicopters of the Syrian Air Force.

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⚓ A lone minesweeper MSC-689 Aoshima of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces and a joint detachment of PLA and Russian Navy ships in the Sangar Strait (Tsugaru) separating the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido. October 18, 2021.

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🇺🇸⚓ U.S. Navy video showing the USS Charleston (LCS 18) rotating in the US 7th Fleet area of ​​operations.

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🇬🇧⚓ UK Navy chief Tony Radakin arrives in India on three-day visit Radakin met Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh 

Radakin will also embark on aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth , flagship of the UK's Carrier Strike Group 21 , which is at the Mumbai coast currently for joint exercises with the Indian Navy.

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⚓ INDIAN NAVY – New aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on sea trials. October 24, 2021.

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An-225 Mriya's take off from the Tianjin Binhai International Airport in northeastern China. October 25, 2021.

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Pakistani and Turkish Air Force exercises ACES Meet 2021-2 have begun in Pakistan. Representatives of Uzbekistan and Great Britain invited as observers.

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