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Illustrative image Last night, artillery units of the Ukrainian Army delivered a massive strike on the town of Stahanov controlled by forces of the Lugansk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine. According to reports, at least 15 buidlings were damaged as a result of the strike. Pro-Kiev sources also reported that the Ukrainian Army shelled the town of Gorlovka controlled by forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). In turn, DPR forces reportedly shelled army positions of the Ukrainian Army near the settlement of Novoluganskoe. Accoridng to pro-Kiev sources, 4 civilians were injured in this area.

On December 19, Yemen’s Houthi forces launched a Burkan-2 ballistic missile at the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The pro-Houthi media claimed that the missile hit Al Yamama Royal Palace in Riyadh. The Saudi state-run media said that the missile was intercepted south of the capital. 38 m AFP news agency ✔ @AFP # BREAKING  Yemen rebels say fired missile at Riyadh palace AFP news agency ✔ @AFP # BREAKING  Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile over Riyadh: state media 12:11 - 19 Dec 2017   4 4 Replies     64 64 Retweets     17 17 likes Twitter Ads information and privacy Meanwhile, local sources reported a balst in the capital. Manal H. AlJeffrey @taioba525 Happening now in  # Riyadh   11:56 - 19 Dec 2017  ·  Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   11 11 Replies     74 74 Retweets     42 42 likes Twitter Ads information and privacy The photos below allgedly shows the inter

A screenshot from the video On December 17, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Special Mission Forces (SMF) discovered and destroyed a tunnel under the jail in Adra district northeast of the Western Ghouta region, according to the SAA media department. The SAA said that the tunnel was dug by “terrorist groups” that planned to use it to attack positions of the SAA around the Adra jail from the back. The tunnel was 300-meter long and it was discovered 8-meter under the ground, according to the SAA. After discovering the tunnel, the SAA killed several militants who were inside it and removed several IEDs and mines planted by the militants inside the tunnel before blowing it up. Since 2012, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other militant groups have started digging tunnels all over Eastern Ghouta to use it in defensive and offensive operations against the SAA. Since then, hundreds of tunnels have been discovered and destroyed by the SAA. However, the FSA and other Islamist mi

Illustrative image On December 17, forces loyal to Saudi-backed Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi claimed that over 1,175 fighters of the Houthis were killed by the Saudi-led coalition last week. Most of the Houthi fighters were killed during the clashes in the northern province of Saada, the western al-Hudaydah province and in the Yemeni capital Sana’a according to pro-Hadi forces. Moreover, pro-Hadi forces claimed that it has captured over 80 Houthi fighters during the ongoing clashes in the districts of Usaylan and Beihan in the province of Shabwah. From its sides, the Houthis announced that they killed 79 fighters of pro-Hadi forces, including an officer Colonel Fayzal Ali Al-Harty in the district of Beihan. Meanwhile in western Yemen, the Houthis continued holding their positions on the Red Sea coast successfully. The Houthis announced that their fighters destroyed two armored vehicles of the Saudi-led coalition in the coastal district of Yakhtul of Taiz province

RT reports: The Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked his US counterpart Donald Trump for help in preventing a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg. Data provided by the CIA enabled Russian security services to find and detain terrorists The Russian leader expressed his gratitude in a telephone call, adding that the Russian security services would also always share information with their US colleagues, were they to obtain data on any planned attacks on US soil. Putin also asked Trump to convey his compliments to the CIA director, Mike Pompeo, as well as to the operatives that gathered the information about the terrorists. He said that the data provided by the US was enough to track down and detain the members of the extremist cell. The White House later said in a statement: “President Trump appreciated the call and told President Putin that he and the entire United States intelligence community were pleased to have helped save so many lives.” The White House also confirme

A new report issued by Santa Monica, California-based nonprofit global policy think tank RAND Corp. suggested that despite their differences, Russia, China, and the United States should band together to get rid of an impending security threat – the  emergence of hypersonic missiles  across the three powerful nations. Hypersonic missiles, which include both hypersonic cruise missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles, are a new breed of danger, for they both have the ability to fly at speeds faster than 5,000 kilometers per hour, which is more than five times faster than traditional cruise missiles. The diffusion of hypersonic technology is getting a head start in Europe, Australia, India, and Japan, with many countries starting to take interest in such technology. Proliferation could traverse multiple borders if hypersonic technology is made available on world markets, marking less than enough time to prevent proliferation. “Hypersonic missile proliferation would increase the chan

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have received four AeroVolga LA-8 8-seat amphibious aircraft,  according to the Irainan news agency FARS . The IRGC will use the received LA-8 aircraft for patrol, reconnaissance and rescue operations.