PAKISTAN – The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) has claimed responsibility for an IED attack targeting a Pakistani army vehicle in the Madakhel area of Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, allegedly killing 2.

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PAKISTAN – The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) claims to have thwarted an attempted raid by Pakistani Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel targeting a TTP base in Mir Ali Tehsil in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, allegedly killing 5.

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JUST IN – Negotiations of political advisers to the leaders of Russia, Germany and France on the "Normandy format" for resolving the situation in Donbas will be held on January 6 at the invitation of the Russian side.

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🇹🇷 Turkish Gendarmerie received T-129 ATAK attack helicopters

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Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: "Israel's biggest protector in the region is the United States and it is responsible for all Israel's crimes in Palestine and Lebanon... America created ISIS in Iraq, Syria, and across the region -- as was recognized by Trump."

Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah: "The terrorists are the ones who sent thousands of Saudi takfiris to Syria and Iraq. We have the honor to stand in the face of these murderers... The terrorists are the ones who hold thousands of Lebanese in the Gulf hostage."

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I think this is old footage but a nice video of Bastion-P coastal defense systems launching Oniks anti-ship missiles.
https://news.1rj.ru/str/ChDambiev/12633

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The Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone with an integrated satellite communication and control system

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The Arab coalition called the port of Hodeidah Yemen's main "gateway" for the delivery of Iranian ballistic missiles for the Ansar Allah militants.

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🚨#Kazachstan: Footages show Russian PMC Wagner distributing firearms to protestors in order to justify Russian interference in the region.

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CHINA – The first high-quality video of the Project 055 Lhasa destroyer (hull number 102) of the PLA Northern Fleet. The ship, built at the Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry Corporation, entered the PLA Navy on March 2, 2021.

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From February the new Royal Netherlands Air Force MQ-9s will be operating out of Curaçao 🇨🇼 before going to their new base in the Netherlands at a later date.

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The Parliament of Tajikistan approved the involvement of the country's Armed Forces in the framework of the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan.

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Hezbollah screws up: drone sent into Israel last year contained photos of Hezbollah drone operators; IDF was able to down the drone & extract the images, uncovering the identity of the operatives.

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Igor Konashenkov announced that the Almaty Airport was taken under control by CSTO forces with the aid of Kazakhstan security services. He also announced that VDV commander Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov will command CSTO forces in Kazakhstan. 74/
https://tvzvezda.ru/news/2022171038-HX9q8.html

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🇺🇸⚔🇺🇦 According to U.S. officials to NBC, U.S. & NATO alliance members are working together to arrange the delivery of Stinger shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine. A new U.S. package of military aid to Ukraine has also been prepared.

If Russia seizes more territory in Ukraine, the U.S. will lend support to Ukrainian resistance fighters and expand NATO military presence in Eastern Europe.

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Russia continues to strengthen its Black Sea Fleet:

Sredne-Nevsky built, ВМФ Project12700 ЧФ BSF 68th Coastal Defense Ship Brigade, 150th Tactical Group’s Aleksandrit-class mine countermeasures vessel Georgiy Kurbatov was towed thru Bosphorus for the first time towards BlackSea.

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URGENT – DEVELOPING: Kazakhstan National Security Committee says its former head Karim Massimov is detained on suspicion of treason.

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🇷🇺🇰🇿 The main forces of the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces are being transferred to Kazakhstan from airfields in the Moscow region (video 1), Ulyanovsk and Ivanovsk regions (2), according to the Russian Ministry of Defense

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🇺🇦 Interesting revelations from Ukrainian commandos on the front line in Donbas: Russia's Orlan-10 UAV has been upgraded to operate at an altitude of up to 6.5 km, making the drone invulnerable to the current Ukrainian EW in the zone.

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US Selected Albania as Special Operations Forces forward headquarters.

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