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PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 19 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Unidentified aircraft targets IRGC and Hezbollah military camp in Iraq An unmanned aircraft dropped explosives on a base belonging to Iran-linked Shiite paramilitary groups in northern Iraq on Friday, killing at least one person, Arab News…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 19 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: US says it destroys Iranian drone “threatening” navy warship US President Donald Trump said on 18 June the US Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) destroyed an Iranian drone earlier that day that was threatening the…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 18 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Turkish official says F-35 price may rise following Ankara’s removal from program The price tag for the F-35 fighter jet may rise following Washington’s decision to remove Ankara from the F-35 program, head of Turkey’s Defense Industry…

Syrian rebels say Moscow deploys ground forces in Idlib campaign Russia has sent special forces in recent days to fight alongside Syrian army troops struggling to make gains in a more than two-month assault in northwestern Syria to seize the last opposition bastion, senior rebel commanders said, MEMO reports. They said although Russian…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 17 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: UN peacekeeper, 6 civilians killed in Sudan/South Sudan border area Unknown gunmen killed a U.N. peacekeeper and six civilians in the disputed region of Abyei on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, the regional governor said on…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 17 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russia’s Black Sea Fleet confirms missile corvette’s passage into Mediterranean Sea The missile corvette Uglich of the Caspian Flotilla has passed through the Black Sea straits and joined the Russian Navy’s Mediterranean permanent…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 16 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Al Jazeera: Bahrain recruited Al-Qaeda terrorist to assassinate dissidents Senior members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group were recruited by Bahrain in a secret plot to assassinate heads of opposition groups, prominent dissidents and…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 16 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: U.S., Russia to discuss nuclear arms limits in Geneva on Wednesday - officials Representatives from the United States and Russia are set to meet in Geneva on Wednesday to explore the concept of a new accord limiting nuclear arms that could…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 15 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Landmine kills 11 pilgrims in southern Afghanistan At least 11 pilgrims including seven children were killed and on Monday when their vehicle set off a landmine in southern Afghanistan, Reuters reported. The blast happened in the Khakrez…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 15 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: At least 22 civilians killed in government air attacks in Syria Air attacks by Syrian and Russian military aircraft have killed at least eight people in the northern region of Idlib in the last weekend (Friday and Saturday), while 11 people…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 12 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: TV: IAEA finds traces of radioactive material at Iran site flagged by Netanyahu Inspectors from the UN’s nuclear agency have found traces of radioactive material at a building in Tehran that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu identified last…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 11 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Britain and U.S. will regret detaining Iran's oil tanker - Revolutionary Guards deputy commander Britain and the United States will regret detaining an Iranian oil tanker, a deputy commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said on…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 11 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Iranian boats 'harass' British tanker in the Gulf - U.S. officials Five boats believed to belong to Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached a British oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday and asked it to stop in Iranian waters close by, but…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 10 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Pakistan says India-made anti-tank mine found in Nullah Dek An India-made anti-tank mine was recovered from Nullah Dek near Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan's Punjab province, India Today reported. According to District Civil Defence…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 10 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Israel warns Iran it is within range of Israeli air strikes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned Iran on Tuesday that it is within range of Israeli air strikes, citing what he described as Iranian threats to destroy Israel, MEMO…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 09 in last 12 hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russia concerned by US pulling neutral European states into NATO drills Russia is hoping that the United States engaging neutral European countries in NATO military exercises, playing out a scenario of an attack on a NATO member, will not lead…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 09 in last eight hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Seven civilians killed in air strike in northern Afghanistan - Government Seven members of a family were killed in an air strike in the northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan, Reuters reported, according the Afghan ministry of defence said…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 09 in last 12 hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Yemen’s Houthis manufacture new ballistic missiles, drones Yemen’s Houthi group has announced that it has locally produced ballistic missiles and drones to use in attacks against Saudi targets, MEMO reported. Mahdi Al-Mashat, head of the…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your briefly report on July 08 in last 12 hours from BulgarianMilitary.com Iran Raises Uranium Enrichment Level in Breach of Nuclear Deal Iran said Sunday it would further scale back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, raising its uranium enrichment level beyond agreed levels to produce fuel for…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your briefly report on July 05 in last eight hours from BulgarianMilitary.com No breakthrough with Russia on INF treaty dispute - NATO's Stoltenberg NATO and Russia did not make significant progress on saving the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in talks at the alliance headquarters on Friday, Reuters…