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Jean-Philippe Arles / Reuters Based on  BMPD’s article As stated by Fabrice Gliszczynski in an article titled “ A380: Airbus rêve de commandes salvatrices en Chine ”, the head of Airbus China Eric Chen speculated that China would need 60 A380 planes in the next five to seven years. Since the beginning of this project 17 years ago only five planes of this type were sold to China. Although A380 sales are stagnating for quite a few years now, Airbus still plans selling their “Super Jumbo” to the Chinese market. That was the big plan since the start of the project in the year 2000, and said plan has been failing rapidly. A total of five A380 planes were bought by China Southern. Twelve years ago. That’s it. China didn’t order anymore of these planes, and the plan was not exactly the great success Airbus had been envisioning. Quite the opposite — it may actually kill the project. A measly 319 planes had been ordered, and two thirds of them are already delivered. Though Eric Chen

AFP 2017/ Ashraf Shazly On September 27, Sundanese Army Rapid Support Forces commander, General Mohamad Hamdan Dalqu, revealed in an interview with the Sudanese newspaper al-Jareeda that 412 service members of the Sundanese Army including 14 officers have been killed in Yemen by the Houthis since March 26, 2015. Gen. Dalqu also announced that the Sundanese Army Rapid Support Forces participated in battles against the Houthis on 40 different fronts in Yemen. Moreover, Gen. Dalqu claimed that the Sudanese forces helped the Saudi-led collation to capture many areas in Yemen. The Sudanese Army is the third largest force in the Saudi-led collation in Yemen after the Saudi Army and the UAE Army. However, unlike what Gen. Dalqu claimed the achievement of the Sudanese Army in Yemen is very limited. The Sudanese Army Rapid Support Forces are mainly deployed around the Houthis-held Yemeni capital Sana’a. So far, the Houthis have repelled dozens of attacks of the Sudanese Army and pro

Nimr Jamal On September 27, a Palestinian gunman attacked a security gate at the Israeli settlement of Har Adar northwest of Jerusalem city. The gunman (37-year-old Nimr Jamal) opened fire on the security gate after approaching it and killed two security guards Youssef Othman and Or Arish (both 25-years-old) before killing Sergeant Solomon Gavria (20-year-old) of the Israeli border police. After that Jamal was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers. According to the Israel authorities, Jamal had a work permit in the settlement, and he used to enter it throw the same gate on regular bases. Jamal was armed with a 9mm pistol that was stolen from an Israeli Army camp back in 2003. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem that the Israeli authorities will demolish the house of Jamal’s family. Moreover, the Israeli authorities will suspend the work permits for Jamal’s family members according to Netanyahu. “While we are still invest

Click to see the full-size map On September 27, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Republican Guard ambushed a group of Faylaq al-Rahman fighters in Ayn Tarma area east of the Syrian capital Damascus, according to pro-government sources. 7 fighters of Faylaq al-Rahman were killed and several others were injured in the ambush. The SAA also targeted shelled positions of Faylaq al-Rahman and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Ayen Tarma area and Jobar district east of Damascus city with Syrian-made Volcano and Golan heavy rockets. From its side, Faylaq al-Rahman announced that its fighters ambushed a group of Syrian soldiers from the SAA 4th Division in Ayn Tarma. Moreover, Faylaq al-Rahman announced that its fighters destroyed a T-72 tank of the 4th Division. Click to see the full-size image Another tank, a Shilka vehicle and a bulldozer of the SAA were damaged by Faylaq al-Rahman fighters. Meanwhile, Jaysh al-Islam claimed that it repelled an attack of the SAA on its position

4 BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:40 P.M.) – The Russian Ministry of Defense just released several satellite images of the U.S. military and their allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) freely traveling in the Islamic State (ISIS) held areas of the Deir Ezzor Governorate. “Without resistance from ISIS militants the SDF troops are moving along the left bank of the Euphrates river towards the town of Deir Ezzor,” the statement from the Ministry of Defense read. “There are not even signs of organization of a battle outpost,” the Russian Ministry of Defense added. The images below show U.S. armored vehicles and equipment in this ISIS-held part of Deir Ezzor between the dates of September 8-12. The Syrian and Russian military commands have accused the US and their allies of land grabbing in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, while not actually fighting the Islamic State forces. Most recently, the SDF took control of the Taybeh Gas Plant along the eastern ba

Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov © Sergey Krasnoukhov / Sputnik Deputy head of the Defense Committee in the upper house of Russia’s parliament, Frants Klintsevich,  told the Russian state-run media outlet RIA  on Tuesday that  the death of Lieutenant General Valery Asapov  in Syria became possible because of a treachery. “There is precise data that it was a treachery… [We] are searching for traitors and they will be found soon,” RIA quoted Klintsevich as saying. Earlier this week, Lieutenant General Asapov died in Syria as a result of ISIS shelling near Deir Ezzor city.  The general was at a command outpost assisting Syran commanders in the liberation of Deir Ezzor  when the incident took place. RIA also quoted a Syrian security source that allegedly confirmed that information from the investigation file confirms the version about the treachery.

FILE IMAGE Israeli warplanes have reportedly bombed Hezbollah units in Syria’s Quneitra province. The incident allegedly took place in the area of the 90th Brigade Base near Quneitra city. No reports about casualties are available now. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have not officially announced the strikes.  Follow HalabToday حلب اليوم   ✔ @HalabTodayTV عاجل | مصادر موالية للنظام: طائرات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تشن غارات على اللواء 90 في محيط مدينة القنيطرة 12:02 - 26 Sep 2017   Replies     5 5 Retweets     16 16 likes Twitter Ads information and privacy On September 22,  the Israeli Air Force struck positions of Hezbollah near Damascus International Airport  at the Syrian capital.

The Philippine Military announced on Monday that the battle for Marawi will be over in October. According to the statement, clashes with ISIS will be over within few days, but a full-scale rehabilitation will start in October. Click to see the full-size map