A child soldier of the UWSA

The UWSA retains large scale conscription even of children, despite not having been involved in full scale conflict since 1996

One of the reasons UWSA retains this constant state of near mobilization is because the army is used in its massive opium plantations from which they gain large sums of cash to keep up their state

Additionally the Wa State wants to be seen as the major player in Shan State, even more influential than the central government, and thus requires military force to back up their influence

—🇮🇱🇺🇸🇹🇷🇸🇦🇵🇰🇪🇬 Israel has reportedly asked Washington for freedom to conduct military operations in Syria targeting Turkish positions or Turkish-backed forces, according to Israel’s Channel 13.

📌 The request was reportedly rejected, with US President Donald Trump personally intervening to block the proposed operation.

📌 Israeli officials have reportedly been monitoring what they describe as an increased Turkish effort to expand and strengthen its presence in Syria in recent weeks.

The reported dispute comes amid closer security ties between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The three countries have signed a collective defence agreement under which an attack on one member would be treated as an attack on all three.

📌 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has also said Egypt could join the alliance “in the next stage”.

🌍 | @duckdiaries

FINAL CALL for this Stop Zelensky event 2pm TODAY in central London

Be there if you can

🇨🇩⚡️- The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is "out of control" according to local health officials as the worst projections are becoming reality.

WHO officials estimate at least one death occurs every 30 minutes because of the virus in the DRC.

If the DRC don't start pushing people with ebola into Rwanda they don't deserve the Kivu region

⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 Photo of the family the IDF killed this morning in the town of Ansar outside the so called ‘security zone’ in southern Lebanon.

@wfwitness

🇺🇦During a successful operation in enemy-held territory, SOF (Special Operations Forces) rescued a young deer from certain death.

The animal was evacuated from the combat zone. Ziggers were captured.

There will be peace in the Imperium of Man before there is peace in the middle east

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All of it looks tolerable enough considering their job minus the mystery goo on the bottom right, it might be sentient

An ISIL VBIED chases an Iraqi Security Forces HMMWV out in the open in the Diyala Governorate in 2017 like its life depended on it

This has gotten so bad that the highest-ranking medical officer in the USS Abraham Lincoln has requested that the ship return to dock after multiple sailors have attempted to jump overboard, due to a lack of hot water, deteriorating conditions on the ship, and rationed food.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/15/uss-abraham-lincoln-sailors-mental-health