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A military airport of the Ukrainian military On October 29, 40 “unidentified persons” raided a military airport of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city of Odessa. The persons entered the territory of the military unit “A3571” and stole the property stationed there, the press service of the Ukrainian Air Force Command said. “Today, in Odessa, at about 8:45 am, unidentified persons, about 40 people in balaclavas attempted the raider capture of a part of the territory of the military facility, which belongs to the Defense Ministry of Ukraine. Unknown persons who position themselves as representatives of the Commerce and Entertainment CITI CENTER partially dismantled the fence of the military unit A3571, and took out military equipment in an unknown direction,” the statement reads. Meanwhile, the local police said that the representatives of the CITI CENTER entered the area thanks to a decision of legal authorities that allegedly allowed the company to build a parking ther...

On Sunday, an official of the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates told the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) that Raqqa city is still occupied. The Syrian official added that the US-led coalition claims of liberating Raqqa city from ISIS are “mere lies aiming to divert international public opinion from the crimes they committed in Raqqa province”. “More than 90% of Raqqa city has been leveled due to the deliberate and barbaric bombardment of the city and the towns near it by the [US] alliance, which also destroyed all services and infrastructures and forced tens of thousands of locals to leave the city and become refugees,” the official told SANA. The official added that  Syrian citizens who were forced to leave Raqqa city are now living on the roads and in camps due to the practices of “the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces [SDF]”. Moreover, the source accused the US-backed SDF of stealing the humanitarian aid meant to save the lives of Raqqa locals, and...

Click to see the full-size image On October 29, ISIS fighters attacked the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in the strategic Omar oil fields in the southeastern Deir Ezzor countryside, according to the ISIS-linked news agency Amaq. Six fighters of the SDF were killed during the attack, according to Amaq. Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image From its side, Kurdish sources said that the SDF repelled ISIS attack on Omar oil fields. The sources said that the SDF fighters killed 18 fighters of ISIS. Moreover, the SDF destroyed an armored vehicle, and two vehicles armed with 23mm guns of ISIS during the clashes in the oil fields. Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image Meanwhile, the US-led coalition announced that its warplanes destroyed a position, and a vehicle of ISIS near al-Bukamal city on October 26. US-led coalition warplanes also destroyed a VBIED fa...