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Israel Killed Hezbollah's Top Military Commander - Beirut

This photo taken on July 31, 2024 shows the ruined buildings after an Israeli airstrike on a position near the Shura Council of Hezbollah in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah said Wednesday that civil defense teams were still searching for Fouad Shokor, a senior military advisor to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in the rubble after he was attacked by an Israeli drone in southern Beirut a day earlier. Photo by Xinhua/Bilal Jawich/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Killed Hezbollah's Top Military Commander - Beirut

This photo taken on July 31, 2024 shows the ruined buildings after an Israeli airstrike on a position near the Shura Council of Hezbollah in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah said Wednesday that civil defense teams were still searching for Fouad Shokor, a senior military advisor to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in the rubble after he was attacked by an Israeli drone in southern Beirut a day earlier. Photo by Xinhua/Bilal Jawich/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Killed Hezbollah's Top Military Commander - Beirut

This photo taken on July 31, 2024 shows the ruined buildings after an Israeli airstrike on a position near the Shura Council of Hezbollah in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah said Wednesday that civil defense teams were still searching for Fouad Shokor, a senior military advisor to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in the rubble after he was attacked by an Israeli drone in southern Beirut a day earlier. Photo by Xinhua/Bilal Jawich/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE-HEZBOLLAH-SEARCH FOR VICTIM

(240731) -- BEIRUT, July 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 31, 2024 shows the ruined buildings after an Israeli airstrike on a position near the Shura Council of Hezbollah in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah said Wednesday that civil defense teams were still searching for Fouad Shokor, a senior military advisor to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in the rubble after he was attacked by an Israeli drone in southern Beirut a day earlier. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE-HEZBOLLAH-SEARCH FOR VICTIM

(240731) -- BEIRUT, July 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 31, 2024 shows the ruined buildings after an Israeli airstrike on a position near the Shura Council of Hezbollah in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah said Wednesday that civil defense teams were still searching for Fouad Shokor, a senior military advisor to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in the rubble after he was attacked by an Israeli drone in southern Beirut a day earlier. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE-HEZBOLLAH-SEARCH FOR VICTIM

(240731) -- BEIRUT, July 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 31, 2024 shows the ruined buildings after an Israeli airstrike on a position near the Shura Council of Hezbollah in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah said Wednesday that civil defense teams were still searching for Fouad Shokor, a senior military advisor to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in the rubble after he was attacked by an Israeli drone in southern Beirut a day earlier. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Bilal Jawich)

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Andrus Merilo

13.02.2024, Tapa. The Riigikogu National Defense Committee has unanimously supported the candidacy of Colonel Andrus Merilo for the position of commander of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF). Photo: Ain Liiva/Virumaa Teataja

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Andrus Merilo

13.02.2024, Tapa. The Riigikogu National Defense Committee has unanimously supported the candidacy of Colonel Andrus Merilo for the position of commander of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF). Photo: Ain Liiva/Virumaa Teataja

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Andrus Merilo

13.02.2024, Tapa. The Riigikogu National Defense Committee has unanimously supported the candidacy of Colonel Andrus Merilo for the position of commander of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF). Photo: Ain Liiva/Virumaa Teataja

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Andrus Merilo

13.02.2024, Tapa. The Riigikogu National Defense Committee has unanimously supported the candidacy of Colonel Andrus Merilo for the position of commander of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF). Photo: Ain Liiva/Virumaa Teataja

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated May 11, 2016 shows U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, move to their battle position in a M1 Abrams tank during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge in Grafenwoehr, Germany. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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SLOVENIA-GORNJA RADGONA-SOBRA INTERNATIONAL FAIR

(230921) -- GORNJA RADGONA (SLOVENIA), Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers demonstrate attacking a fortified position during the SOBRA international fair in Gornja Radgona, Slovenia, on Sept. 21, 2023. Slovenia will increase its defense budget, the country's Minister of Defense Marjan Sarec said at the biennial four-day SOBRA international fair focusing on the areas of defense, security, protection and rescue that opened on Thursday. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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SLOVENIA-GORNJA RADGONA-SOBRA INTERNATIONAL FAIR

(230921) -- GORNJA RADGONA (SLOVENIA), Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers demonstrate attacking a fortified position during the SOBRA international fair in Gornja Radgona, Slovenia, on Sept. 21, 2023. Slovenia will increase its defense budget, the country's Minister of Defense Marjan Sarec said at the biennial four-day SOBRA international fair focusing on the areas of defense, security, protection and rescue that opened on Thursday. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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SLOVENIA-GORNJA RADGONA-SOBRA INTERNATIONAL FAIR

(230921) -- GORNJA RADGONA (SLOVENIA), Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers demonstrate attacking a fortified position during the SOBRA international fair in Gornja Radgona, Slovenia, on Sept. 21, 2023. Slovenia will increase its defense budget, the country's Minister of Defense Marjan Sarec said at the biennial four-day SOBRA international fair focusing on the areas of defense, security, protection and rescue that opened on Thursday. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-NETANYAHU-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230411) -- TEL AVIV, April 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 10, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew on Monday his decision to dismiss the defense minister whom he had recently said to fire for outspoken criticism of a controversial judiciary overhaul plan. In a televised press conference, Netanyahu said that he decided to keep Yoav Gallant in his position, citing the escalating violence in the region. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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Ishiba to accept Abe's decision in Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press after talking with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014. Ishiba, a former defense minister, said he will accept Abe's final decision on what position he is given when Abe reshuffles his Cabinet and LDP executive lineup the following week.

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Ishiba to accept Abe's decision in Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press after talking with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014. Ishiba, a former defense minister, said he will accept Abe's final decision on what position he is given when Abe reshuffles his Cabinet and LDP executive lineup the following week.

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Japan's MSDF destroyer in N.Y. for Fleet Week

NEW YORK, United States - The Shirane, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, sails into position alongside the pier at Brooklyn port in New York on May 23, 2012. The Japanese vessel made port to participate in the annual Fleet Week, the weeklong event that kicked off the same day in the year marking the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812 fought between Britain and the United States.

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(3) Japanese advance ground troops enter Iraq

KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER - A member of an advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops takes his position at the U.S. base near the Kuwait-Iraq border before heading for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Jan. 19.

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Koizumi confirms missile policy with Tanaka, Nakatani

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani (R) emerge from their talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on June 8. They confirmed that Japan's basic position of ''understanding'' U.S. missile defense plans remains unchanged, government officials said later.

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Chinese defense minister reiterates China's resolute position on Taiwan question

STORY: Chinese defense minister reiterates China's resolute position on Taiwan question DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Singapore CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU QIAN, Spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE LEI, Former deputy head of the Academy of Military Sciences STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU QIAN, Spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense "Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe pointed out that the new round of arms sales to Taiwan announced by the U.S. side recently severely violated the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-U.S. joint communiques, undermined China's national sovereignty and security interests and caused severe damage to China-U.S. relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns the arms sales. Wei stressed that if anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) will

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U.S. plans to use NATO for its own purposes: Turkish analyst

STORY: U.S. plans to use NATO for its own purposes: Turkish analyst DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:28 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of NATO holding meetings 2. various of streets of America 3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish):TURKER ERTURK, Security analyst and retired admiral STORYLINE: A leading Turkish security analyst has said that the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is expected to go through self-assessment in the upcoming period given the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. During a recent Xinhua interview, Turker Erturk, also a retired admiral, said that this re-evaluation process will be related to the fact that the U.S. has used and will use this alliance for its own interests, and it sees itself in a superior position to other member countries. Erturk said NATO was a defense alliance established against the threat of the Soviet Union. SOUNDBITE (Turkish):TURKER ERTURK, Security analyst and retired admiral "But the Soviet Union collapsed, and t

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Algerian Army Chief Wants President Declared Unfit To Lead

FILES - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Deputy Minister for National Defense and Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (ANP), Ahmed Gaid Salah attend an event in Algiers, Algeria, 27 June 2012 (issued 26 March 2019). Official Algerian media reports state Salah on 26 March called for the implementation of Article 102 of the Constitution to end the current political crisis in the county, which allows the Constitutional Council to declare the position of president vacant if the leader is unfit to rule. Protests continue in Algeria despite Algeria's president announcement on 11 March that he will not run for a fifth Presidential term and postponement of presidential elections previously scheduled for 18 April 2019 until further notice. Photo by Kadri Mohamed/Imagespic/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Algerian Army Chief Wants President Declared Unfit To Lead

FILES - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Deputy Minister for National Defense and Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (ANP), Ahmed Gaid Salah attend an event in Algiers, Algeria, 27 June 2012 (issued 26 March 2019). Official Algerian media reports state Salah on 26 March called for the implementation of Article 102 of the Constitution to end the current political crisis in the county, which allows the Constitutional Council to declare the position of president vacant if the leader is unfit to rule. Protests continue in Algeria despite Algeria's president announcement on 11 March that he will not run for a fifth Presidential term and postponement of presidential elections previously scheduled for 18 April 2019 until further notice. Photo by Kadri Mohamed/Imagespic/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(3) Japanese advance ground troops enter Iraq

KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER - A member of an advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops takes his position at the U.S. base near the Kuwait-Iraq border before heading for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Jan. 19. (Kyodo)

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China - Shanghai - Second Sino-Japanese War 1937

China - Shanghai - Sino-Japanese incident 1937 (The Battle of Shanghai) - The Chinese position near a bridge over the creek on the Woosung Road in East Shanghai. The Battle of Shanghai was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Republic of China (ROC) and the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) of the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the entire war. As pictured on this card, Chinese soldiers had to rely primarily on small-caliber weapons in their defense of the city, against the overwhelming onslaught from air, naval, and ground forces of the Japanese. Date: 1937

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Japanese troops join U.S.-Australia military drill for 1st time

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member (foreground) takes his position alongside U.S. Marines during a drill at Fog Bay, northern Australia, on July 11, 2015. It was the first time for Japan to participate in a joint military drill by the United States and Australia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's MSDF destroyer in N.Y. for Fleet Week

NEW YORK, United States - The Shirane, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, sails into position alongside the pier at Brooklyn port in New York on May 23, 2012. The Japanese vessel made port to participate in the annual Fleet Week, the weeklong event that kicked off the same day in the year marking the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812 fought between Britain and the United States. (Kyodo)

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Ishiba to accept Abe's decision in Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press after talking with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014. Ishiba, a former defense minister, said he will accept Abe's final decision on what position he is given when Abe reshuffles his Cabinet and LDP executive lineup the following week. (Kyodo)

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Top defense bureaucrat likely sought troop data coverup: sources

Tetsuro Kuroe, vice minister of the Defense Ministry, leaves the ministry building in Tokyo on July 19, 2017. Kuroe, the ministry's top bureaucrat, decided to conceal the existence at the Ground Self-Defense Force of controversial logs detailing the daily activities of Japanese peacekeepers in South Sudan to maintain the ministry's position that the records had been discarded, government sources said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan vs Australia in WBC

Sho Nakata of Japan acknowledges the crowd before taking a defense position, after hitting a solo homer to turn the game around in the seventh inning of a World Baseball Classic Pool B match against Australia at Tokyo Dome on March 8, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koizumi confirms missile policy with Tanaka, Nakatani

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani (R) emerge from their talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on June 8. They confirmed that Japan's basic position of ''understanding'' U.S. missile defense plans remains unchanged, government officials said later.