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Good morning...hope you are feeling better now. I think you need a ME day. Listen to your body and do the things you want to do even if its sitting in a swing and bird watching or reading a book.

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NEWS from a Syrian site...

Drexl Spivey ‏ Clashes on Al Safa plain via @C_Military3

NIKK... Al-Safa hills, is a hilly region which lies in southern Syria, north-east of Jabal Al-Arab .

Clashes on Al Safa plain via @C_Military3 pic.twitter.com/UrEN6bWl86— Drexl Spivey (@RisboLensky) August 30, 2018

Russian Market ‏

TURKISH CENTRAL BANK DEPUTY KILIMCI RESIGNS
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Capt(N)

Good morning, guys!

Russia to hold Mediterranean drills involving 25 #warships and 30 aircraft including the strategic Tu-160 missile-carrying #bombers, the Tu-142MK and Il-38 anti-submarine warfare planes...PER TASS NEWS

....MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. Russia will hold drills in the Mediterranean Sea on September 1-8 with the involvement of 25 warships and 30 aircraft, the Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser Russian Northern Fleet’s naval group holds drills in Mediterranean

"In accordance with the training plan of the Russian Armed Forces, large-scale drills of the grouping of forces (troops) of the Russian Navy and the Aerospace Force will be conducted on September 1-8, 2018 in the Mediterranean Sea under the direction of Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Korolyov," the ministry said.

The Mediterranean drills will involve warships of the Northern, Baltic and Black Sea Fleets and the Caspian Flotilla and the aircraft of long-range, military transport and naval aviation, the ministry said.

During the drills in the Mediterranean Sea, there are plans "to deploy a grouping of over 25 warships and support vessels led by the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov," the ministry said.

"In the international airspace, training tasks will be practiced by about 30 aircraft, including the strategic Tu-160 missile-carrying bombers, the Tu-142MK and Il-38 anti-submarine warfare planes, Su-33 fighter jets and Su-30SM aircraft of naval aviation," the ministry said.

In accordance with the plan of the drills in the Mediterranean Sea," the grouping will practice a set of tasks of air defense, anti-submarine and anti-sabotage warfare and also mine counter-measures support," the ministry noted.

For the purpose of ensuring the safety of shipping and flights, the areas covered by the drills will be declared dangerous for navigation and flights in advance, in accordance with international legislation, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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Roy Lanek

[70 delivery vehicles deployed to ME] "2x 28 Tomahawks" [DDs]… more via sub, 24x JASSMs x stand-off B-1b w/ JASSM being precision-guided on site via F-22/F-35

Almasdarnews....... BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – It will take the US and its allies just 24 hours to ready its missile-strike group for an attack against Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The statement comes amid warnings of a possible false-flag chemical attack.

The coalition strike group has around 70 delivery vehicles deployed to the Middle East, the ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters at her news briefing on Thursday.

The arsenal includes nearly 380 cruise missiles, and US Navy missile destroyers ‘Karni’ and ‘Ross’ deployed to the region, each carrying 28 Tomahawk cruise missiles.
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C_Military3...5 .hrs ago....Translated.... #الدفاع_الروسية تعلن عن مناورات واسعة للقوات البحرية والجوية في البحر الأبيض المتوسط مطلع شهر أيلول القادم. #الإعلام_الحربي_المركزي....Russian Defense announces large maneuvers for the Mediterranean and air forces in the Mediterrean Sea early next September.