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Date of Event: Jan 4, 2026

Source: https://en.prothomalo.com/international/americas/nskj9fs3l2

Venezuela’s military is unlikely to be able to match US aggression. But President Maduro has other options, say experts.
Venezuela on Tuesday announced what it called a major nationwide military deployment in response to the presence of growing United States naval forces off its coast.

On Thursday, the US also unveiled an operation, called Southern Spear, which it said was intended to target “narco-terrorists” in the Western Hemisphere.

The escalation has raised alarm in Caracas...

 

Date of Event: Oct 10, 2025

Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Afghanistan-Pakistan-Conflict-2025

On October 9, 2025, following an attack a day earlier in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province by the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP; sometimes called Pakistani Taliban) on Pakistani soldiers, Pakistan carried out an air strike in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, that targeted Noor Wali Mehsud, the leader of the TTP. Days later, Afghanistan carried out retaliatory operations that killed at least 23 Pakistani soldiers and left at least 9 Afghan soldiers...

 

Date of Event: Sep 13, 2025

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/13/pakistani-raids-near-afghan-border-kill-12-soldiers-35-fighters

Military confirms deadly operations in Bajaur and South Waziristan amid rising attacks by the Pakistan Taliban.
Pakistani security forces have raided three hideouts of the Pakistan Taliban armed group near the Afghan border in recent days, triggering fierce clashes that killed at least 19 soldiers and 45 fighters, says the military.

The military on Saturday said 22 fighters were killed in Bajaur, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Thirteen more were killed in a...

 

Date of Event: Sep 9, 2025

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_airstrike_on_Hamas_leadership_in_Qatar

@Lulldapull tag sharma here he blocked me.

On 9 September 2025, during the Gaza war, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted airstrikes targeting the leadership of Hamasin Qatar, as it met to discuss an active ceasefire proposal presented by the United States. The attack, in the Leqtaifiya district of Qatar's capital Doha, was Israel's first known attack on the country.

 

Date of Event: Jul 24, 2025

Source: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/thailand-cambodia-border-dispute-07-24-25-intl-hnk

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• Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodian military targets along their long-disputed border, escalating tensions between the Southeast Asian neighbors. Cambodia said it would “respond decisively.” Hours earlier, military clashes in multiple areas along the border killed civilians in...

 

Date of Event: Jul 17, 2025

Source: https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1945467152422596955

This thread is for the current Israel-Syria war for the Golan Height expansion.



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Date of Event: Jun 13, 2025

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_war

The “Twelve‑Day War” between Iran and Israel—also referred to as the Iran–Israel War of June 2025—began on June 13, 2025 when Israel launched surprise airstrikes against key military and nuclear facilities in Iran. The conflict lasted until June 24, 2025, when a ceasefire was brokered through the efforts of the United States and Qatar 

Timeline at a Glance​

• Start: June 13, 2025 — Israel initiated Operation Rising Lion with airstrikes targeting...

 

Date of Event: Apr 25, 2025

Source: https://x.com/clashreport/status/1915362963373928788

 

Source: https://www.newagebd.net/post/Middle%20East/241057/iran-warns-of-consequences-of-israeli-attacks-on-lebanon

Iran warns of 'consequences' of Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Agence France-Presse . Tehran 28 July, 2024, 13:56

Israeli security forces gather near a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on July 27, 2024. | AFP photo
Iran on Sunday warned Israel that any new military 'adventures' in Lebanon could lead to 'unforeseen consequences'.

Israel blamed Tehran-backed Hezbollah for a deadly rocket strike in the...​

 

Source: https://www.defencepk.net/post/breaking-iran-attacks-pakistan-balochistan-with-missiles-12818129

On 16 January 2024, Iran carried out a series of missile and drone strikes within Pakistan's Balochistan province, claiming that it had targeted the Iranian Baloch militant group Jaish ul-Adl. The incident occurred one day after Iran carried out a similar series of aerial and drone strikes within Iraq and Syria, claiming that it had targeted the regional headquarters of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and several strongholds of terrorist groups in...

 

Date of Event: Oct 19, 2023

Source: https://aje.io/h9cala

Houthi rebels have claimed another attack on a United States naval vessel, calling it “retaliation” for US strikes on Yemen.

A Houthi spokesperson said on Monday that fighters had launched 18 missiles and a drone at the “aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships”. The US military said it had continued targeting the group overnight.


It was the second strike on the US navy claimed by the Iran-aligned group over the last 24 hours, amid a sudden surge in hostilities...

 

Date of Event: Oct 8, 2023

Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/star-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/tensions-lebanon-israel-border-civilians-being-evacuated-3629431

Tensions on Lebanon-Israel border: Civilians being evacuated

 

Date of Event: Oct 7, 2023

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-downplays-settler-violence-in-west-bank

Israel’s war on Gaza live: 11,500 children killed in enclave so far​

By Federica Marsi
Published On 2 Feb 20242 Feb 2024

• UNICEF says about 17,000 children in Gaza are unaccompanied or have been separated from their families during the conflict.
• More than one million displaced Palestinians fear a new Israeli military onslaught after the Israeli defence minister pledged to attack Rafah, an area once described as a “safe zone”.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry says 112...

 

Date of Event: Dec 9, 2022

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Yangtse_clash

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The Yangtse clash of 9 December 2022 occurred at night between the troops of the Indian Army and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) along their mutually contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Yangtse region of Tawang in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Violent clashes ensued after the two armies confronted each other with nail-studded...

 

Date of Event: Feb 24, 2022

Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/us-house-passes-95b-ukraine-israel-aid-package-3591601

Discuss the ongoing war between Russia & Ukraine.

Below are the archived versions of both part 1 and part 2 of the PDF Russia-Ukraine war threads:

Part 1: Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

Part 2: Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments PART 2

 

Date of Event: May 5, 2020

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–2021_China–India_skirmishes

@Jiangnan @Krishna with Flute @Sharma Ji

You can post your videos of Chinese/Indian captured soldiers here.

2020 only.

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Date of Event: Jul 19, 2019

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Israeli_airstrikes_in_Iraq#:~:text=The%202019%20Israeli%20airstrikes%20in,as%20well%20as%20IRGC%20operatives.

The 2019 Israeli airstrikes in Iraq began as unidentified drone or aircraft bombings of the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) bases in Iraq starting on 19 July 2019. The strikes targeted Iranian proxy groups, based in Iraq, as well as IRGC operatives.

Several Iraqi, Iranian and Israeli officials have blamed Israel for the attacks.

On 19 July 2019 unidentified drones bombed a base belonging to the Iranian-backed...

 

Source: https://www.PKDefense.com

 

Date of Event: Oct 7, 2001

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)

The war in Afghanistan was a prolonged armed conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United States–led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11 attacks carried out by al-Qaeda. The Taliban and its allies were expelled from major population centers by US-led forces supporting the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, thus toppling the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Civil_War_(1996%E2%80%932001)

The Islamic State of Afghanistan government remained the recognized government of Afghanistan of most of the international community, the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan however received recognition from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.

The defense minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, created the United Front (Northern Alliance) in opposition to the Taliban. The United...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War

A coalition of forces opposing Iraq's aggression was formed, consisting of forces from 42 countries: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the United...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Civil_War_(1989%E2%80%931992)

The 1989–1992 Afghan Civil War, also known as the First Afghan Civil War, took place between the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the Soviet-Afghan War on 15 February 1989 until 27 April 1992, ending the day after the proclamation of the Peshawar Accords proclaiming a new interim Afghan government which was supposed to start serving on 28 April 1992.

Mujahideen groups, some of them more or less united as part of the "Afghan...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Hill_3234#:~:text=The%20Battle%20for%20Hill%203234,were%20supported%20by%20several%20Pakistani

The Battle for Hill 3234 (Russian: Бой у высоты 3234, romanized: Boy u vysoty 3234) was a successful defensive battle fought by the 9th Company of the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment, Soviet Airborne Troops, in Afghanistan against a force of some 250 Mujahideen rebels who were supported by several Pakistani mercenaries in early January 1988. Two of the soldiers killed, Vyacheslav Aleksandrov and...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siachen_conflict

The Siachen conflict, sometimes referred to as the Siachen Glacier conflict or the Siachen War, was a military conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed 1,000-square-mile (2,600 km2) Siachen Glacier region in Kashmir. The conflict was started in 1984 by India's capture of the Siachen Glacier as part of Operation Meghdoot, and continued with Operation Rajiv in 1987. India took control of the 70-kilometre-long (43 mi) Siachen...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War

The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between the DRA, the Soviet Union and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign fighters. While the mujahideen were backed by various countries and organizations, the majority of their support came from...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s_operation_in_Balochistan

The Fourth Balochistan Conflict was a five-year military conflict in Balochistan, the largest province of Pakistan, between the Pakistan Army and Baloch separatists and tribesmen that lasted from 1973 to 1977. The conflict began in 1973 shortly after then-Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto dismissed the elected provincial government of Balochistan on the pretext that arms had been discovered in the Iraqi Embassy...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1971

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, also known as the third India-Pakistan war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. The war began with Pakistan's Operation Chengiz Khan, consisting of preemptive aerial strikes on eight Indian air stations. The strikes led to...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War

The Bangladesh Liberation War also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. The war began when the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan—under the orders of...

 

Date of Event: Nov 27, 1967

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Wadiah_War

The Royal Saudi Air Force also conducted a series of aerial bombardments on Yemeni positions. On one instance, English Electric Lightnings flown by Saudi and Pakistani pilots from Khamis Airbase launched devastating rocket attacks on Yemeni supply lines. These attacks continued over the course of two days, initially being directed at PRSY Army forces in the region, and later specifically at the PRSY leadership, whilst also attacking PRSY logistics.

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War

The Pakistan Air-Force participated in the 1967 and 1973 Arab–Israeli wars, Pakistani pilots flying Jordanian and Syrian planes downed some Israeli planes, whereas in the 1982 battle for Beirut between Israel and the PLO, fifty Pakistani volunteers serving in the PLO were taken prisoner by Israel.

Yom Kippur War - Wikipedia

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Siege of Beirut - Wikipedia

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Six-Day War - Wikipedia

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1965

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, also known as the second India–Pakistan war, was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule. The seventeen-week war caused thousands of casualties on both sides and witnessed the largest...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_conflict#Third_conflict_1963.E2.80.9369

The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency or revolt by Baloch separatist insurgents and various Islamist militant groups against the governments of Pakistan and Iran in the Balochistan region, which covers the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and Balochistan of southern Afghanistan. Rich in natural resources, this is the largest, least populated and least developed...

 

Source: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/congo-decolonization

The Congo, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1960–1965​

The decolonization of Sub-Saharan Africa from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s resulted in several proxy Cold War confrontations between the United States and the Soviet Union over the dozens of newly independent, non-aligned nations. The first such confrontation occurred in the former Belgian Congo, which gained its independence on June 30, 1960.

Pakistan has served in 46 United Nations peacekeeping missions in 29...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajaur_Campaign

The Bajaur Campaign was an armed conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan that began in September 1960 and ended in September 1961. It primarily took place in and around Bajaur District in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Hostilities broke out after Afghan prime minister Mohammad Daoud Khan, who was a vocal opponent of the Durand Line, sent in the Royal Afghan Army to occupy strategic regions in what is now Khyber...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_conflict#Second_conflict_1958.E2.80.9359

In Pakistan's Balochistan province, insurgencies by Baloch nationalists have been fought in 1948, 1958–59, 1962–63 and 1973–1977, with an ongoing low-level insurgency beginning in 2003.

 

Source: https://historypak.com/korean-war/#:~:text=Pakistan%20joined%20the%20United%20Nations,dictated%20by%20her%20own%20interests.

Pakistan joined the United Nations in 1947 and voted for the general assembly resolution authorizing the UN operation for the defense of South Korea. United Nations called upon members to contribute to the UN action. Pakistan decided against sending a military assistance, as dictated by her own interests.

Korean War - Wikipedia

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_conflict#First_conflict_1948

The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency or revolt by Baloch separatist insurgents and various Islamist militant groups against the governments of Pakistan and Iran in the Balochistan region, which covers the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and Balochistan of southern Afghanistan. Rich in natural resources, this is the largest, least populated and least developed...

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_war_of_1947%E2%80%931948

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four Indo-Pakistani wars between the two newly independent nations. Pakistan precipitated the war a few weeks after its independence by launching tribal lashkar (militias) from Waziristan, in an effort to capture...

 

History & Operations of Wars in Pakistan​

Chumik Operation

Introduction

The Siachen dispute was added to the roster of major issues in Indo-Pakistan relations for the first time in April 1984. During the month, Indian Army airlifted mountain trained forces into position over-looking key passes in the Baltoro Range , a spur of the Karakoram Mountains , flanking the Siachen Glacier's southern rim, setting in motion a spectacular high-altitude military struggle with Pakistan that...

 

Date of Event: Sep 1, 1939

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

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World War II - Wikipedia

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World War II<a href="World War II - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>b<span>]</span></a> or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with...