Defence`s Feeds

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NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) has completed the second two-week long Joint Force Air Component Applied Targeting Course (JATC) in 2026. The course focuses on NATO targeting processes in crisis and conflict and is designed to strengthen the skills required to provide targeting support within a Joint Force Air Component (JFAC).

On Tuesday (29 September 2026), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius of Lithuania at NATO Headquarters. The Secretary General welcomed the Prime Minister on his first visit in that role and said they had discussed how to keep NATO strong and Lithuania safe. "NATO defends every inch of Allied territory, against any threat, from any direction," Mr. Rutte said. He highlighted how Italian jets deployed by NATO from Šiauliai airbase downed a drone that violated Lithuania's airspace on 15 September: "This is collective defence in action."

NATO is stepping up its work with Allies, industry and the research community to ensure that the Alliance is "quantum-ready".

On 24 September, the Saeima approved the participation of the National Armed Forces in international operations in the Strait of Hormuz. Latvia's involvement is part of international efforts to restore freedom of navigation and ensure the safe movement of commercial vessels along one of the world's most important maritime trade routes.

On Tuesday morning, September 29, the Ministry of National Defence was informed about the discovery of debris of an object, possibly a drone, that had fallen on arable land in Insula Mare a Brăilei, near the locality of Gropeni, Brăila County.

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A number of meetings are being held at the Baku Expo Center as part of the 6th Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition "ADEX" to discuss the development of military-technical cooperation with several Azerbaijan's leading defense industry companies, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.

The China-Laos joint support and training center opened at Ban Keun Airport in Vientiane Province in Laos on Tuesday, and the China-Laos friendship aviation academy officially began operations, China's Ministry of National Defense announced. An expert said the center could help Laos build a systematic talent training system for pilots, ground crew and flight personnel, reducing its reliance on overseas training.

The Norwegian Government has decided to allow exports of Norwegian defence materiel to the Republic of Moldova.

Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Angie Craig, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising the alarm on the State Department's reported plans to phase out U.S. support for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). The program was created in 1985 to better detect early signs of developing food security crises with evidence-based early warning information and analysis.

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"Overnight the IDF eliminated Izz al-Din Bik in Gaza, the commander of the northern strip brigade in the Hamas terrorist organization, who was involved in terrorist plots against our forces and worked to recruit operatives for the organization."

"I strongly condemn the violent riots last night in Samaria and the harm to the security forces who arrived at the scene to maintain law and order."

Israel has killed senior Hamas commander Izz al-Din al-Beik in northern Gaza, as Israeli media acknowledges that the regime's campaign of assassinations has failed to prevent the Palestinian resistance group from rebuilding its military and organizational structures.

Israeli forces have violated the US-backed Gaza ceasefire 5,147 times since it took effect on October 10, 2025, killing 1,421 Palestinians and wounding 4,983 others, according to figures released by the Gaza Government Media Office.

Israeli settlers have intensified devastating raids on Palestinians and their properties in the occupied West Bank amid growing support from the regime.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri says Lebanon reserves its sovereign right to take legal action against Israel over its relentless attacks on residential areas in southern Lebanon, urging continued international pressure to halt the military onslaught.

Minister Espen Barth Eide's statement at the ministerial meeting of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution: From International Consensus to Irreversible Reality.