Burkina Faso, the landlocked west African nation, reported yet another news of multiple killings with at least 41 people dying in an armed rebel attack.

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🇸🇾🇷🇺🇹🇷 Despite a ceasefire agreement with Turkey, #Russia has resumed airstrikes against #Turkey-backed jihadists in Idlib, #Syria.

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Ukraine launches production of Bayraktar drones - Yermak

The production of armed drones Bayraktar TB2 has been launched in Ukraine, according to Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office.

In an interview with the Focus magazine on Friday, December 24, Yermak said the Ukrainian government is expanding cooperation with Turkey, which sent the first batch of Bayraktar TB2 drones to Ukraine in July this year.

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Mali's military-dominated government launches four-day national forum on returning the country to civilian rule following the country's August 2020 coup

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Russian military forces have staged a military exercise to practice repelling airstrikes by adversaries amid Moscow’s worsening standoff with the West.

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#BREAKING: Major explosions and fire at Latakia port in Syria. Reports of Israeli cruise missiles hitting the area. Picture via @maarouf_lilian

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Clashes between the Syrian National Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces south of Jarabulus in the Aleppo Governorate of Syria tonight.

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SYRIA – Kurdish YPG/PKK have arrested three Iranian engineers on the road between Al-Hasakah and Al-Qamishli.

This caused tension and triggered a security alert among the Shiite militias supported by Iran and present in the Raqqa countryside.

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The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) has claimed responsibility for a Dec. 26 sniper attack that killed a Pakistani army soldier in Datta Khel in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency.

The group also complained about "difficulties in communication between representatives of [the official Pakistani Taliban media wing] Umar Media and the mujahideen on the frontline."

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The Syrian Defense Ministry is reporting that the Israeli military has launched a new airstrike early Tuesday targeting a container area at the port of Latakia, Syria, allegedly causing "significant mateiral damage."

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Passage of the F/A-18 Super Hornet of the US Navy at low altitude in difficult terrain.

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🇱🇹🇩🇪 Germany is going to build a new barracks in Lithuania as part of an operation to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.

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RUSSIA – TASS source claims that S-550 mobile missile defense system had completed state trials, and first brigade entered battle duty.

"totally new, strategic, can hit spacecraft, ICBM RVs, hypersonic targets to several tens of thousands km (!) altitude".

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🇳🇱 The Netherlands has declared initial operating capability (IOC) for its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratified an agreement between the Russian Federation and Tajikistan on the creation of the United Regional Air Defense System.

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SYRIA – A Russian A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft were spotted.

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BREAKING – Israel on Thursday signed a long-awaited agreement to purchase a dozen heavy transport helicopters and two additional refueling planes from the US, in a weapons deal worth over $3 billion, the Defense Ministry said.

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UPDATE – The Israeli Defense Ministry has signed contracts for the purchase of 12 CH-53K helicopters and two KS-46A Pegasus tankers from the U.S. for the amount of $ 3.1 billion.

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