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• Taliban Rockets Strike Kandahar Airport As Battles Rage For Afghan Cities RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Aug 2021 -- Residents of Afghanistan's second-largest city expressed fear of further Taliban advances on August 1 after at least three rockets struck and disabled Kandahar airport overnight.
• Iran tells citizens to leave Afghan cities amid heightened security risks Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- The Iranian embassy in Afghanistan has issued an urgent warning calling on citizens to immediately leave cities outside the capital Kabul amid deteriorating security situation in the country.
• Rockets hit Kandahar airport in Afghanistan, all flights suspended Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- The Taliban have fired rockets at a key airport in southern Afghanistan causing flight cancelations, and declaring that the attack was meant to thwart airstrikes by Afghan government forces on the militants' positions.
• At Least 20 Dead, 90 Injured Over Four Days of Fighting in Afghanistan's Herat, Reports Say Sputnik 01 Aug 2021 -- At least 20 people, including some civilians, have died and another 90 injured during the last four days of ongoing fighting with the Taliban* in the Afghan city of Herat, and its outskirts, the Tolo News TV channel reports.
• Pakistan Doesn't Have Capacity to Take More Afghan Refugees, Warns Security Adviser Sputnik 01 Aug 2021 -- The Pakistani government reportedly said that it has reached its limit and cannot accept more Afghan refugees. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi earlier in July expressed concern about miscreants trying to enter their country under the guise of being refugees.
• Taliban Rockets Hit Key Southern Airport Amid Fierce Afghan Fighting VOA 01 Aug 2021 -- Officials in southern Afghanistan confirmed Sunday that an overnight rocket attack by Taliban insurgents damaged the runway at Kandahar Airport, forcing suspension of all flights.
• US Military Targets Al-Shabab in Somalia With More Airstrikes VOA 01 Aug 2021 -- The United States military has confirmed that it carried out another airstrike against al-Shabab militants, its third in less than two weeks.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 1-174th Takes Part in Exercise Forager 21 Army News 01 Aug 2021 -- Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment took part in exercise Forager 21 starting July 10, 2021 on Guam and Tinian. Throughout their training, the 1-174th performed exercises on their Avenger Air Defense Systems and Sentinel Radars. They also coordinated with other units from around the United States as well as partners and allies. Forager 21 exercises their ability to conduct strategic deployment and Joint operational maneuver of forces into and across the Indo-Pacific theater.
• USS America Expeditionary Strike Group Concludes Participation in Talisman Sabre 21 US Navy 01 Aug 2021 -- USS America (LHA 6) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), after two weeks of large-scale multinational maritime operations and exercises, alongside partner nations and allies, concluded Talisman Sabre 21, July 31.
• Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 officially ends Australia DOD 01 Aug 2021 -- After three weeks of intensive training and complex manoeuvres across three states, around 17,000 military personnel from seven nations are ready to say goodbye.
• Xi's vision on military cooperation for world peace, common development PLA Daily 01 Aug 2021 -- China on Sunday marks the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), which has been not only guarding the security and well-being of the Chinese people, but also contributing to regional and global peace and security.
• China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-3 completes new monitoring missions PLA Daily 01 Aug 2021 -- China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-3 returned to its homeport in east China's Jiangsu Province Sunday after completing a new round of maritime monitoring missions.
• US clears sale of 18 military copters to Israeli regime amid demands for more Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- The US State Department has approved the potential sale of 18 Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters to the Israeli regime in a Foreign Military Sales deal worth about $3.4 billion amid reported demands from Tel Aviv for more American weaponry in case of a renewed US deal with Iran as pledged by the Biden administration.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Syria's Assad asks PM Arnous in presidential decree to form new cabinet Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has tasked Prime Minister Hussein Arnous with forming a new government, more than two months after a presidential election, which the 55-year-old leader won with 95.1% of the votes.
• Iraqi PMU forces launch operation to purge Diyala's rural areas from Daesh terrorists Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- Iraqi anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units – better known as Hashd al-Sha'abi – have launched an operation to clear Daesh remnants from villages and rural areas in the eastern province of Diyala near the border with Iran.
• Pakistani Militants Attack Police Guarding Polio Vaccine Teams RFE/RL Gandhara 01 Aug 2021 -- Militants in Pakistan targeted police officers providing security for polio vaccination teams in two separate attacks on August 1, killing one and wounding another officer in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, authorities said.
• Britain, Israel Accuse Iran Of Deadly Oil Tanker Attack; Tehran Denies Involvement RFE/RL 01 Aug 2021 -- Britain has joined Israel in accusing Iran of being behind an attack last week on an Israeli-managed oil tanker off the coast of Oman that killed two people, a Briton and a Romanian.
• US, Britain Blame Iran for Deadly Oil Tanker Attack VOA 01 Aug 2021 -- The United States and Britain on Sunday blamed Iran for a drone attack last week on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman that killed two people.
• Israel's accusation of Iran's involvement in ship attack 'childish', influenced by Zionist lobby: Foreign Ministry Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry says recent accusations leveled against Tehran by Israel and the United States about attacking an Israeli-owned merchant ship in the Sea of Oman are "childish" and influenced by the Zionist lobby in the United States.
• Attack on Mercer Street Vessel US Dept. of State 01 Aug 2021 -- "We join our partners and allies in our strong condemnation of the attack against the Mercer Street, a commercial ship that was peacefully transiting through the north Arabian Sea in international waters."
• Israeli PM Bennett: We Have Evidence That Iran is Behind Attack on Oil Tanker Mercer Street Sputnik 01 Aug 2021 -- The Liberian-flagged vessel came under attack on 30 July, when it was sailing northeast of the Omani island of Masirah. Two people – a British national and a Romanian citizen – were killed. Israel immediately put the blame on Iran, a claim the Islamic Republic has vehemently denied.
• Sword of al-Quds not our last battle against Israel: Islamic Jihad Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- The Palestinian resistance movement of Islamic Jihad issues the Israeli regime a strong warning amid its continued harassment of Palestinians in the holy occupied city of al-Quds' Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
• UN says Israel closure of Gaza crossings impedes reconstruction of blockaded enclave Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- The United Nations says lack of raw materials in the besieged Gaza Strip due to Israel's closure of crossings with the impoverished enclave has hampered reconstruction process, which is in need of funds.
• Haniyeh re-elected as chief of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas for 4 more years Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected as head of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, following an internal election by party members in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• 15 Niger troops killed in ambush, subsequent blast Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- Suspected terrorists ambush soldiers near Niger's border with Burkina Faso, killing 15 of them and wounding seven others.
• ESTABLISHMENT OF HOTLINE BETWEEN INDIAN ARMY AND PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) IN NORTH SIKKIM India PIB 01 Aug 2021 -- A hotline was established between Indian Army in Kongra La, North Sikkim and PLA at Khamba Dzong in Tibetan Autonomous Region to further the spirit of trust and cordial relations along the borders. The event coincided with the PLA Day on 01 Aug 2021.
• UN's Tough New Bosnian Overseer Takes Up Post From Outgoing Inzko RFE/RL 01 Aug 2021 -- Christian Schmidt of Germany takes over as the United Nations' top official in Bosnia-Herzegovina on August 1 amid recent pressure inside and outside the country over the fate and direction of the post of the UN's high representative.

News Reports

• In Time-Tested Spoiler Tactic, Russian Opposition Candidates Face Rivals With The Same Names RFE/RL 01 Aug 2021 -- Boris Vishnevsky is a known figure in St. Petersburg. An opposition politician who heads the liberal Yabloko party's committee in the local legislature, he is also a man known locally as a defender of the city's cultural heritage and as a columnist in the independent newspaper Novaya gazeta.
• Commissioner's office of Chinese foreign ministry urges foreign politicians to stop interfering in Hong Kong's judicial proceedings Global Times 01 Aug 2021 -- The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday firmly opposed the irresponsible remarks made by some politicians of the European External Action Service about the verdict of Hong Kong's High Court on the first case of violations of the national security law in Hong Kong.
• HKSAR gov't deeply regrets irresponsible remarks by US, EU officials Global Times 01 Aug 2021 -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Saturday expressed deep regret as some officials of the U.S. State Department and the European Union (EU)'s office on foreign affairs and security policy made irresponsible remarks on the conviction and sentencing by the High Court of the HKSAR against an offender under the national security law in Hong Kong.
• DPRK Makes All-out Efforts to Avert Drought Damage to Crops KCNA 01 Aug 2021 -- The DPRK concentrates its forces and means on preventing the drought damage to crops.
• Rouhani says his gov't tried to lessen effects of US sanctions IRNA 01 Aug 2021 -- Iran's outgoing President Hassan Rouhani stressed the fact that his government has made efforts for reducing the effects of US sanctions.
• Iranians Fear Turning Into Another 'North Korea' If Draconian Internet Censorship Bill Passes RFE/RL 01 Aug 2021 -- Iranians are warning of public anger and drawing parallels with the world's most oppressive regimes as legislation makes its way through the country's parliament that could intensify online censorship and further restrict Internet access.
• Myanmar Junta Chief Takes on 'Caretaker' Government PM Role, Raising Constitutional Questions Radio Free Asia 01 Aug 2021 -- Myanmar's junta chief Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday declared himself prime minister in a newly formed "caretaker government" and extended military rule through 2023, state media reported on Sunday, six months after he led a coup that ousted the civilian government.
• Myanmar's junta chief extends coup with promise of 2023 election Press TV 01 Aug 2021 -- Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing has promised to hold elections in two years' time, extending the state of emergency that was imposed after the civilian government was overthrown in a military coup six months ago.
• Myanmar Announces Interim Government With State Council Chief at Helm, Reports Say Sputnik 01 Aug 2021 -- The State Administrative Council in Myanmar, consisting of the military that took power in winter, has announced an interim government, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.