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BREAKING – Lybia: Sounds of gunfire and explosions still echo in south Tripoli despite reports of agreement to end the fight - The Lybia Observer Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
URGENT – Lybia: The Deterrence Forces, and after their retreat in most areas of Tripoli, are now preparing to use cannons and launchers, by order of Abdul Raouf Kara, to protect their remaining positions.

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URGENT – Lybia: The Deterrence Forces, and after their retreat in most areas of Tripoli, are now preparing to use cannons and launchers, by order of Abdul Raouf Kara, to protect their remaining positions. Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
BREAKING – Lybia: Tripoli Tension Update - The Lybia Observer

Plumes of black smoke billow from the fighting zone in south Tripoli as the two warring groups started using heavy artillery.

UPDATE – Indiscriminate rockets fell on several residential areas of Tripoli
as tensions mount.

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Three U.S. aircraft carriers are currently operating in the Pacific:

- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway in the Philippine Sea, east of Taiwan
- USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is steaming west from San Diego
- USS Nimitz (CVN-68) spotted off the coast of Seattle

🔗 Ian Ellis

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NIGER – UMS. Dep Press Sec Singh speaks clear words: "Niger is a partner. And we don't wanna see that partnership go. We have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into bases there, trained with the military there. We really wanna see a peaceful resolution (..).“

🔗 Fabian

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MAP – Escalation of armed clashes in #Sudan, analysis of the situation from July 15 to August 4 Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
SUDAN – Dozens of bodies, both soldiers and civilians, are scattered in the streets of Sudan, particularly in the conflict zones of Khartoum, Bahari, and Omdurman as the civil war enters 5th month - Anadolu

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TAIWAN – 16 Chinese PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8)

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BREAKING – Niger Defense Ministry: 17 soldiers were killed in an attack near the border with Mali

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In the South China Sea, China is forcibly carrying out large-scale and rapid reclamation, developing military facilities such as artillery batteries, runways for takeoff and landing of fighter planes and bombers, and large ports that can accommodate surface combatants and promotes military bases.

Unilateral change of the status quo by force and its fait accompli are progressing, Japan's Ministry of Defense reported.

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A Chinese Twitter (X) Account claims that a Taiwanese naval ship chasing a Chinese naval ship:

Picture "1st and 2nd are Chinese Navy: Kangding-class frigates that monitor and track 052C destroyers."

"The third picture is a Taiwanese naval vessel chasing a Chinese navy type 054 frigate (ship name unknown), and the fourth picture is a Chinese navy destroyer: Changchun 150, a Taiwanese ship crew visually confirming it from the bridge."

📝 Possible to find a reason for a military intervention against the ROC.

🔗 Renkai Hayata

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BREAKING – The African Union rejects a military intervention in Niger after the Pentagon stressed good relationships
with Niger

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Since the start of the war, the United States has committed $66.2 billion to help Ukraine

➡️Military - 43.1 billion
➡️Financial - 20.5 billion
➡️Humanitarian - 2.6 billion

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Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu will visit military facilities in Belarus

It will also upgrade military cooperation with Belarus's military leadership.

This builds on Alexander Lukashenko's visit to Beijing and backing of China's Ukraine peace plan in March 2023.

🔗 Samuel Ramani

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The Baltic states and Poland are discussing possibilities for a complete closure of their borders with Belarus, Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaitė said on Wednesday - LRT

The final details of “a synchronous [...] regional decision” are expected to be worked out at talks in Warsaw on August 28, she added.

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SYRIA – SDF Press Spokesman Ferhad Şamî: "The SDF will not be involved in any military operation against Iran in Syria. Our duty is to focus on the fight against the terrorist organization ISIS and its cells active in the region"

🔗 Rojava Network

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UKRAINE– HIMARS missile strikes a Russian training base in the Kherson region ≈50 km from the front line.

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