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The Yemen-Saudi Arabia Tension and Iran Aircraft Crisis refers to the political and military crisis in July 2026 between the internationally recognized government of Yemen and the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarullah Movement), led by Saudi Arabia. The crisis began when civilian aircraft belonging to Iran flew to Sanaa International Airport, which is under Houthi control. The situation escalated with military strikes on the airport, reciprocal missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks, declar

The Falklands War, known in Argentina as the Malvinas War (Guerra de las Malvinas) and in some sources as the South Atlantic War (Guerra del Atlántico Sur), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and associated territories in the South Atlantic.【1】 Following Argentina’s military operation on 2 April 1982 to seize control of the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom dispatched a task force comprising naval, air, and land units; the 7

1–2 July 2026 Kyiv Attack is a large-scale air strike conducted by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the night of 1–2 July 2026, targeting various regions of Ukraine, primarily its capital Kyiv, using missiles and armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The primary target of the attack was Kyiv; on the same night, attacks were also carried out against the regions of Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, Donetsk, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia. The attack has been described as the most c

On the night of 9 September 2025, unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to Türkiye violated Polish airspace. The wave of Russian UAV incursions began around 23:30 on Tuesday 9 September and continued until after dawn. Course of Events On the night of 9 September 2025, the Polish Air Force detected unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to Russia entering Polish airspace. This violation was assessed internationally as a development that heightened tensions in Europe. NATO immediately launched fighter je

2026 Moscow Oil Refinery Drone Attacks are two separate unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks carried out by Ukraine on the Moscow Oil Refinery (MNPZ) located in the Kapotnya district of Russia’s capital, Moscow, on 16 June 2026 and 18 June 2026. The refinery, operated by Gazprom Neft, is situated approximately 15 kilometers from the Kremlin and is among the key fuel production facilities in the Moscow region. The attack on 18 June 2026 was described by Russian media outlets as one of the most i