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The article is provided by  Islamic World News  exclusively for  SouthFront The al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades has revealed its new missile, the Imad earthquake (Zelzal Imad). The al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades is a military wing of the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees. The group operates in the Gaza Strip The missile is named Zelzal Emad to commemorate the former chief-commander of the al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, Imad Hammad. The technical characteristics and operational range of the missile has not yet been announced.

File photo: Iraqi troops. Source: presstv.ir The Iraqi government is  going to take control of the borders of its Kurdistan Region “in coordination” with Iran and Turkey, the Iraqi Defence Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The ministray said that the implementation of central government decisions to take over control of all the border posts and airports was “going as planned in coordination with the relevant authorities and neighboring countries, and there is no delay in the procedures.” No details on the excat way how the military was planing to achieve its goal were provided. Meanwhile, the Iraqi media reported that an Iraqi military delegation visited the Kurdistan Region’s border from the Iranian side. Earlier this month, Turkey and Iraq held joint military drills on the Turkish side of  the Kurdistan border. The Iraqi government also imposed  a flights ban on the airspace over the Kurdistan Region  after the local government rejecte...

North Korea has again been observed moving several missiles from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang, according to a report late on Friday by South Korea’s Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)  rising speculation that the North is preparing to take more provocative actions.  The last time a similar report emerged was  at the start of September , which was followed just days later by a ballistic missile launch which flew over Japan. Officials did not say where the missiles were being moved, nor the make:  according to Reuters , the missiles could be either intermediate range Hwasong-12 or intercontinental ballistic Hwasong-14 missiles, according to the report, though the missile facility at Sanum-dong has been dedicated to the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles. As previously reported, South Korean official have speculated that the North could launch another nuclear or missile test to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of its com...

FILE IMAGE: aa.com.tr On Saturday, Deputy Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri announced that Iran and Iraq will hold joint military drills along their border with Iraq’s Kurdistan Region in the coming days. “The joint maneuver, [dubbed] Eqtedar (Strength), will be held by Iran’s Armed Forces and units of the Iraqi army along the two countries’ joint borders,” Brig. Gen. Massoud Jazayeri said after a high-level meeting of Iranian commanders. According to Brig. Gen. Jazayeri, high-ranking commanders of the Iranian Armed Forces attended the meeting that was headed by Chairman of the Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Baqeri. Brig. Gen. Jazayeri said that the aim of the meeting was to discuss the Iraqi government’s official request to help it to impose its control on the Iraqi-Iranian border. “In line with the declared policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran to help safeguard Iraq’s solidarity and territorial integrity and follo...