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• USS O'Kane Returns Home from Deployment US Navy 06 Feb 2022 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O'Kane(DDG 77) returned home to Naval Base San Diego, completing an eight-month independent deployment to the U.S.5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation, Feb. 6.
• Report: UK Sends Special Force to Train Ukrainians Sabotage Tactics Amid Fears of 'Russian Invasion' Sputnik 06 Feb 2022 -- The United Kingdom has sent more than 100 special forces advisers to Kiev to train and aid the Ukrainian military as tensions rise over Ukraine, the British newspaper Mirror reported on Sunday, citing a military source.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with French Foreign Minister Le Drian US Dept. of State 06 Feb 2022
• Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s Call with President Emmanuel Macron of France The White House 06 Feb 2022
• Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s Call with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of Israel The White House 06 Feb 2022

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• China, Pakistan Renew Call to Unfreeze Afghan Cash Reserves VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday held wide-ranging bilateral talks with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in which they stressed the urgency of providing enhanced international aid to Afghanistan to help it avert a looming humanitarian crisis.
• US general rushes to UAE to help it face up to Yemen counterstrikes Press TV 06 Feb 2022 -- The US general in charge of American forces in the West Asia region has arrived in the United Arab Emirates after a string of Yemeni counterstrikes that caught Abu Dhabi off-guard.
• Iraqi resistance group warns Turkey to withdraw troops 'before it's too late' Press TV 06 Feb 2022 -- The Iraqi anti-terror Kata'ib Hezbollah group, which is part of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha'abi, has denounced the recent Turkish military strikes on the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, calling on the Ankara government to withdraw its forces from the Arab country before it gets "too late."
• Pakistan Says Says At Least Three Soldiers Killed In Attack RFE/RL Gandhara 06 Feb 2022 -- At least three Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a militant attack in Kurram district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, an official told RFE/RL on February 6.
• Five Pakistani Troops Killed in Gunfire from Across Afghan Border VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- Pakistan's military said Sunday five of its troops were killed when militants from across the Afghan border opened fire on them.
• Macron Flies to Moscow Claiming His Diplomacy Will End Ukraine Crisis VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- French President Emmanuel Macron Sunday downplayed the likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying in a newspaper interview that the massing of Russian forces on Ukrainian borders is likely part of a wider Kremlin strategy to secure Western concessions rather than a prelude to a full-scale offensive.
• Russia calls US assessment of possible Ukraine invasion 'madness and scaremongering' Press TV 06 Feb 2022 -- Russia has called a US intelligence assessment of a possible invasion of Ukraine "madness and scaremongering," as the Biden administration sends troops to eastern Europe to increase NATO military buildup there.
• 'Madness Continues': Russia Slams US Media Reports About 'Invasion' of Ukraine 'Within Days' Sputnik 06 Feb 2022 -- Moscow has repeatedly rejected Western allegations about Russia's plans for "an invasion" of Ukraine as something that holds no water and that is being done to justify NATO's increasing expansion eastward.
• US: Russian Invasion of Ukraine 'Could Happen at Any Time' VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- The United States now believes a Russian invasion of Ukraine "could happen at any time," White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday, in what would be the biggest military operation in Europe since World War II.
• U.S. Official Warns Russian Could Invade 'Any Day,' As Ukraine Still Sees Talks More Likely RFE/RL 06 Feb 2022 -- White House national-security adviser Jake Sullivan has said Russia could invade Ukraine within days or weeks but also that Moscow could choose diplomacy to resolve tensions over Russia's military buildup near Ukraine.
• White House claims Russia could invade Ukraine within days Press TV 06 Feb 2022 -- US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has warned that Russia could invade Ukraine "any day now," escalating the rhetoric days after the White House said it was no longer describing a potential Russian attack as "imminent."
• US officials say Russia 70% ready for 'large-scale' invasion of Ukraine as troops move to Eastern Europe Press TV 06 Feb 2022 -- The United States has once again claimed that Russia is preparing for a "large-scale" invasion of Ukraine and has deployed about 70 percent of the military capability required to carry out such an attack in the coming weeks.
• Lukashenko: Belarus and Russia to Respond Together if Ukraine Starts War Against Donbass Sputnik 06 Feb 2022 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Sunday that his country would coordinate a joint response with Russia if Ukraine started a war against Donbass.
• Ukrainian Armoured Vehicles Deployed Near Line of Contact in Donbass, LPR Militia Says Sputnik 06 Feb 2022 -- Armoured vehicles of the Ukrainian security forces were detected on Sunday near the village of Muratovo controlled by Kiev near the line of contact in Donbass, the people's militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) told reporters.
• Deadly fighting erupts at fomer peace-keeping facilities in Sudan's Darfur Press TV 06 Feb 2022 -- Deadly clashes have erupted between military forces and an armed group at the facilities of a former international peace-keeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region.

News Reports

• AU Members Condemn Coup Surge in Africa VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- African leaders meeting in Ethiopia have condemned recent coups in the region. An African Union official says the organization has suspended four nations for unconstitutional changes of power.
• Argentina to Join China's Belt and Road Initiative and Receive Over $23Bln in Funding Sputnik 06 Feb 2022 -- Argentina will join the Chinese Belt and Road trade initiative and receive funding worth $23.7 billion for various projects from Beijing, the Argentine presidency said on Sunday.
• Chinese irrigation tunnel project in Xinjiang hits snag: too much water Radio Free Asia 06 Feb 2022 -- A secretive 500-kilometer-long irrigation project China is building to divert snowmelt from the Altay Mountains to desert areas in its restive Xinjiang region has developed a too-much-of-a-good-thing problem. Workers keep tapping into gushing flows of groundwater that have slowed construction to a crawl.
• Macao Measures Seen as Attempt to Head Off Hong Kong-Like Crisis VOA 06 Feb 2022 -- Planned election and national security measures in Macao, including revision of its national security law, are aimed at preventing any political crisis like that in nearby Hong Kong from taking root in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, experts say.
• China's Xi Pushes Effort To Strengthen Ties With Pakistan RFE/RL Gandhara 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged closer cooperation with Pakistan in a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
• Chinese premier stresses practical cooperation with Pakistan People's Daily 06 Feb 2022 -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday expressed willingness to strengthen all-dimensional practical cooperation with Pakistan.
• No precondition; Iran not after interim or restricted agreement: FM IRNA 06 Feb 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that the country received no text or proposal as preconditions from US .
• Political decisions in US requirements for balance of commitments to reach good agreement: Shamkhani ISNA 06 Feb 2022 -- Iran's secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani stressed that political decisions in Washington are requirements for balance of commitments to reach a good agreement.
• Iran urges U.S. to show "good faith in practice" in Vienna talks People's Daily 06 Feb 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Saturday that Iran has made it clear to the American side, through its intermediaries, that they must show their "good faith in action" in the Vienna nuclear negotiations.
• Iran FM: US has yet to offer 'serious initiative' amid Vienna talks Press TV 06 Feb 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the United States has not yet put forward a "serious initiative" regarding the talks in Vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
• Regional problems can be resolved if transregional powers stop their intervention: Iran President ISNA 06 Feb 2022 -- Referring to Iraq's privileged position within the policy of maximising relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and its neighbours, Iranian President said, "We hope that the process of forming political structures in Iraq will proceed through national solidarity and unity to lead to stability and increasing progress of the Iraqi nation".
• Nuclear Power At Full Throttle Underscores Fragility Of Ukraine's Energy Sector Amid Russian Squeeze RFE/RL 06 Feb 2022 -- Since January 30, all 15 of Ukraine's nuclear reactors have been putting out electricity, marking the longest such stretch of full utilization in the history of a country scarred by the Chernobyl disaster on the Soviet era.
• Iraqi court suspends former foreign minister Zebari's nomination for presidency Press TV 06 Feb 2022 -- The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq says it has temporarily suspended prominent Kurdish politician Hoshyar Zebari's presidential bid, just one day ahead of parliament's election of a new president.
• Peru's Prime Minister Reportedly Resigns Days After Assuming Post Sputnik 06 Feb 2022 -- Peruvian Prime Minister Hector Valer Pinto has submitted a request for resignation to President Pedro Castillo days after assuming office, amid allegations of domestic violence, media outlets have reported.