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#France 🇫🇷: Criminal Gang Members reportedly shot and killed a person and later burned the body in the city #Nîmes. The gunman was seemingly armed with a 9x19mm Beretta 92X (or similar) pistol. Criminal groups' activities in the region are rising at an alarming rate.

#France 🇫🇷: Two gunmen affiliated with a criminal gang reportedly raided a house and abused two people with weapons. The gunmen are seemingly armed with a historic 9x19mm MP 40 submachine gun and a 5.56x45mm #NATO M4 "Commando" pattern carbine.

#Palestine / #Israel 🇵🇸🇮🇱: "Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades" carried out mortar attacks on #IDF Troops in Khan Yunis, #Gaza. Fighters used an #Iran-made 🇮🇷 60mm DIO HM-14 mortar with #Israeli-made 🇮🇱 "Mark 2" and "M61 HE" High-explosive mortar bombs.

#Syria 🇸🇾: Internal Units of the "Syrian Democratic Forces" (#SDF) held a military parade in #Hasakah. Groups use numerous #USA-supplied 🇺🇸 Lenco BearCat Armoured Vehicles, M2HB heavy machine gun, DShKM heavy machine guns and #Bulgaria-made 🇧🇬 Arsenal MG-1M machine guns.

#Syria 🇸🇾: Pro-Government Tribal militias reportedly gathering in Umm Al-Zaytoun in #Suweida (#Sweida) after the clashes with #Druze Factions. The militias are carrying a notable AKS-74U carbine with 45-round extended mag and #Bulgaria-made 🇧🇬 PG-7V Anti-Tank rocket in…

#Sudan 🇸🇩: "Sudanese Armed Forces" (#SAF) carried out a drone strike on "Rapid Support Forces" (#RSF) members. SAF seemingly used an air-dropped Improvised Explosive Device (IED) —which seems to be rather ineffective.

#Mali 🇲🇱: Malian Army (#FAMa) and #Russian Africa Corps killed a leader of "Islamic State in #Sahel" (#ISIS) in #Chimam, #Menaka Region. The militant was seemingly armed with a 7.62x39mm AK-103-2 assault rifle (originally smuggled from #Libya 🇱🇾).

#Syria 🇸🇾: #Druze Militias seized an FPV Kamikaze Drone used by Interim Government Forces (#HTS) in #Sweida (#Suwayda). The drone was seemingly shot down during the clashes and was armed with a #China-made 🇨🇳 HEI (High-explosive Incendiary) RPG warhead.

#Syria 🇸🇾: A foreign member of "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" (from #Tajikistan 🇹🇯) released a new video from #Sweida (#Suwayda) earlier today. The Tajik #HTS member is seemingly armed with an AK-74M assault rifle with #Turkey-made 🇹🇷 DLG Tactical AK handguards.

#Syria 🇸🇾: Tribal militias are gathering in the vicinity of #Suweida (#Sweida) to attack #Druze villages despite the ceasefire. The militias are seemingly armed with at least one 7.62x39mm AK-103(-2) assault rifle and several common AKM / Type 56 assault rifles.

#France 🇫🇷: An illegal arms dealer showing a rare weapon that is currently available on the French black market. A quite historic Zastava M53 "Šarac" (Yugoslav MG42) general-purpose machine gun is on sale —the price was not specified.

#Syria 🇸🇾: Druze Factions released a new video after regain control of the #Sweida (#Suwayda) from "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" (#HTS) and "Tribal Forces". One of the Druze fighters is carrying a quite rare #Russia-made 🇷🇺 AK-104 carbine (originated from Syrian Army stocks).

#Palestine / #Israel 🇵🇸🇮🇱: "Al-Quds Brigades" ambushed an #IDF Armored Carrier in Khan Yunis, #Gaza. Fighters seemingly detonated a Remote-controlled "Barq" Improvised Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) to target the vehicle.

#Syria 🇸🇾: "People's Defense Units" (#YPG - #YAT) held a military celebration in Al-#Hasakah. Fighters of the group are seemingly carrying numerous #USA-supplied 🇺🇸 M16A2 / M16A4 rifles and M4A1 carbines —fitted with Pulsar Apex/Trail thermal scopes and Trijicon ACOG scopes.

#Sudan 🇸🇩: A new video of a military convoy of the Sudanese Armed Forces (#SAF) gathering on the frontline. SAF fighters operating heavily armed Chopped Flat-Top Battle Truck —with ZU-23-2 autocannon and #Serbia-made 🇷🇸 Zastava M93 "Black Arrow" anti-materiel sniper rifle.

#Syria 🇸🇾: A #Chechen member of the "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" (#HTS) in the vicinity of #Suweida (#Sweida). The HTS fighter is seemingly carrying a Yugo Zastava M84 machine gun with "Improvised Motorcycle Foregrip".

#Palestine / #Israel 🇵🇸🇮🇱: "Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine" (#DFLP) and "Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades" attacked #IDF Troops in #Jabalia, #Gaza. Groups used double #Iran-made 🇮🇷 60mm DIO HM-12/13 Commando Mortars with M61 HE High-Explosive mortar bombs.

#Myanmar (#Burma) 🇲🇲: "Anti-Junta Fighters" ambushed several Junta ships on Chindwin River. Rebels used Carl Gustaf M2 (MA-84) recoilless weapon, #China-made 🇨🇳 Type 69-1 and RPG-7 Launchers with PG-7V Anti-Tank rockets and #USA-made 🇺🇸 .50 Cal M2HB heavy machine gun.

#Pakistan 🇵🇰: "Baloch Liberation Army" (#BLA) assassinated Major Pakistani Army Officer Officer in #Quetta, #Balochistan. A BLA unit riding a motorcycle planted a Sticky (Magnetic) Explosive Device on his car as they passed by —possibly detonated by In-built Short-Delay Timer.

#Syria 🇸🇾: Small groups of Tribal Forces, who refused to withdraw, carried out attacks in #Sweida (#Suwayda). Some of the Tribal militias seemingly used an RPG-7 with a possible #Iran-made 🇮🇷 PG-7-AT "Nader" RPG projectile and AKM(S) assault rifles.