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• Two Rockets Target Coalition Forces CENTCOM 04 Jan 2023 -- Two rockets targeted coalition forces at Mission Support Site Conoco, northeast Syria, today at approximately 9am local time in Syria (1 am Eastern Standard Time).
• Military base housing US troops in eastern Syria comes under rocket attack Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- A military base housing US occupation forces in eastern Syria's Dayr al-Zawr province came under a heavy rocket attack on Wednesday, as Washington continues to plunder natural resources from energy-rich regions of the war-ravaged country.

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• Multi-Capable Airmen lead the way for 443rd AES CENTCOM 04 Jan 2023 -- A team of Multi-Capable Airmen at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, have stepped out of their traditional responsibilities to become vital force multipliers for joint and coalition partners across the installation.
• AETC completes inaugural Force Development Environment Assessment focused on year 2030 US Air Force 04 Jan 2023 -- The Air Education and Training Command's Arnold Group recently completed a holistic assessment of the future operational environment through the lens of the force development mission that provides conclusions that are operationally relevant and meaningful to Airmen.
• USS Newport News (SSN 750) Returns Home, Earns Coveted Battle 'E' Award US Navy 04 Jan 2023 -- The new year is only three days old, but it's already been a good 2023 for the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Newport News (SSN 750).
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 04 Jan 2023
• Frigate Admiral Gorshkov started combat duty President of Russia 04 Jan 2023 -- Prior to the ship's departure for a long-distance naval mission, the President listened to reports by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander of the Admiral of the Soviet Navy Gorshkov frigate Igor Krokhmal.
• Russia sends 'unrivaled' hypersonic missile ship to train in Atlantic, Indian Oceans Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the launch of a warship armed with new hypersonic cruise missiles on Wednesday that is set to embark on a training mission to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean.
• War in Ukraine: Military support for Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 04 Jan 2023 -- Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.
• Entretien téléphonique avec M. Volodymyr Zelensky, Président de la République d'Ukraine. Élysée - President of France 04 Jan 2023
• Decision on Sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine Not Made Yet - White House Sputnik 04 Jan 2023 -- The United States has not yet decided whether it will send Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine in future assistance packages, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Wednesday.
• PLA kicks off annual training for 2023 amid security challenges; new weapons, integrated combat capacity stressed Global Times 04 Jan 2023 -- After a busy year of intensive exercises in 2022, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has kicked off annual training in 2023 with highlights in combat forces of new qualities and integrated combat capacity, which experts said are vital capacities for the PLA to win warfare in the future, facing the security challenges represented by military provocations by Western countries led by the US, the Taiwan question, and potential instability in the southwestern border.
• China enacts revised regulations for PLA civilian personnel management PLA Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- A set of revised regulations regarding the management of civilian personnel of China's People's Liberation Army has come into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, after being approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission.
• 9th Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan (Juba) completes first long patrol mission PLA Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- Recently, the 9th Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan (Juba) completed its first long-range patrol assigned by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) since deployed to the mission area.
• Taiwan rules out missile info leak despite equipment repairs in China CNA 04 Jan 2023 -- The Taiwan military's top research body denied on Wednesday any data breach after local media reported that equipment used to calibrate the unit's domestically-developed supersonic missile system was recently found to have been repaired in China.
• 4 detained in espionage case involving retired Air Force captain CNA 04 Jan 2023 -- A retired Air Force captain and three active military officers in the Air Force and Navy were detained in Kaohsiung on Wednesday on suspicion of spying for communist China, while three other active officers in the military were released on bail.
• South Korea Considers Scrapping Landmark Military Pact With North Sputnik 04 Jan 2023 -- Seoul slapped North Korea with an "enemy" label in a defense white paper in December. Relations between the Koreas worsened in the spring after the new South Korean government announced a hardline course, and finished out the year at their lowest point in decades amid back-and-forth airspace violations involving drones.
• South Korea threatens to end military pact with Pyongyang after alleged airspace violations Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol has threatened to pull out of a non-hostility pact signed between Seoul and Pyongyang after North Korean drones purportedly violated the South's airspace.
• 116 Abrams M1A1 tanks will go to the equipment of the Polish Armed Forces Poland - Ministry of National Defence 04 Jan 2023 -- We strengthen the Polish military, the Polish Armed Forces, and the "iron fist" of the Polish Army in order to effectively deter the aggressor. One of the elements of the strengthening process is providing the Polish Army with the proper equipment - it is the best factor in our entire deterrence policy. Abrams tanks are such equipment - said Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.
• Department Press Briefing - January 4, 2023 US Dept. of State 04 Jan 2023
• Remarks by President Biden Before Air Force One Departure The White House 04 Jan 2023

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• 4 January 2023 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 04 Jan 2023
• US Warns of Costs if Taliban Do Not Reverse Bans on Women VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- The United States has been assessing the impact of the Afghan Taliban's ban on the employment of women by nongovernmental organizations while pondering policy options that may be unveiled soon.
• Taliban Spokesperson Says Court Due to Rule on Media Licenses VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- The Taliban have said that a court on Thursday is expected to issue a ruling on whether licenses should be revoked for several media outlets.
• US, China continue to trade accusations over 'buzzing' incident Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2023 -- The U.S. military has dismissed China's accusation that a U.S. spy plane "engaged in dangerous maneuvers against a Chinese Navy fighter jet" over the South China Sea on Dec. 21, maintaining that it was the Chinese fighter that caused the two aircraft to nearly collide.
• China: Will work with Philippines on 'friendly' handling of maritime issues Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2023 -- Beijing said it would work with Manila to resolve maritime issues amicably as Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday amid bilateral tensions over the South China Sea.
• Group Threatens Terror Attacks on Pakistan Political Leaders VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- A banned alliance of militant groups waging terrorism in Pakistan threatened Wednesday that it would unleash attacks on the country's political leadership for declaring war on the outfit to allegedly "appease" the United States.
• Syria: Rights experts call for renewal of cross-border aid resolution UN News 04 Jan 2023 -- A UN Security Council Resolution that ensures millions of people in northwest Syria receive lifesaving aid through cross-border deliveries from Türkiye, must be extended, a group of independent human rights experts said on Wednesday.
• Pakistan Rejects the Remarks Made by the Indian Minister of External Affairs Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Jan 2023 -- Responding to media queries regarding a series of recent statements made by the Indian Minister of External Affairs targeting Pakistan, the Spokesperson said:
• Twin Suicide Bombing in Central Somalia Kills 15 VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- Somali authorities say two bombings targeting officials Wednesday have killed at least 15 people in the town of Mahas in central Hiran region, about 300 kilometers north of the capital, Mogadishu.
• Death toll in Somalia twin car bombings claimed by Al-Shabaab rises to 35 Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- Death toll in twin car bombings in central Somalia claimed by the Al-Shabab terrorist group has risen to 35, including eight members of a single family, reports cited a senior police officer as saying on Wednesday.
• At Least 20 Killed, Several Others Injured in Twin Car Bomb Attacks in Central Somalia Sputnik 04 Jan 2023 -- At least 20 people were killed in two simultaneous suicide car bomb attacks in the Hiran region of central Somalia, Somali publication Garowe Online reported on Wednesday. Tens of others have also been injured.
• U.S., EU Officials To Visit Serbia To Discuss Possible Solutions To Tensions Over Kosovo RFE/RL 04 Jan 2023 -- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has announced that a U.S. State Department official will visit Belgrade next week amid continued tensions over Kosovo and pressure on Serbia to introduce sanctions against Russia.
• Gunmen Kill Five in Rare Attack Near Mali's Capital VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- Mali's security ministry says armed men attacked a civil defense post in a rare attack near the capital Monday, killing five people

News Reports

• Arrests in January 6 US Capitol Attack Top 950 VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- Almost two years after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the sprawling federal investigation into the riot continues at an "unprecedented speed and scale," with more than 950 people arrested, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday.
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Second Anniversary of the January 6 Attack on the Capitol US Dept. of Justice 04 Jan 2023 -- Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, will mark 24 months since the attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming the presidential election results.
• Taiwan expands sanctions against Russia, Belarus CNA 04 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on Wednesday announced the expansion of its sanctions against Russia and its ally Belarus, effective immediately, in a bid to prevent the two countries from using Taiwan-made high-tech items for military purposes in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
• Ruslan Khasbulatov, Whose 1993 Showdown With Yeltsin Led To Deadly Parliament Shelling, Dies Aged 80 RFE/RL 04 Jan 2023 -- Ruslan Khasbulatov, a Russian politician whose dramatic standoff with then-President Boris Yeltsin in 1993 led to the deadly shelling of the parliament building in Moscow, an event that transformed post-Soviet Russia's political trajectory, has died at the age of 80, according to Russian state television.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on January 4, 2023 PRC MofA 04 Jan 2023
• President Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. PRC MofA 04 Jan 2023 -- On the afternoon of 4 January, President Xi Jinping held talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. at the Great Hall of the People during the latter's state visit to China.
• China-Philippines ties enter 'new golden age,' cooperation to be greatly enhanced Global Times 04 Jan 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met visiting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Beijing on Wednesday, with both sides expressing great hope, confidence and determination to further develop bilateral relations to a higher level. Chinese experts said the successful visit proves there is little room for outside forces like the US to meddle in the South China Sea situation and interrupt the two countries' efforts to promote common development.
• China, Philippines cement ties in new year PLA Daily 04 Jan 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. at the Great Hall of the People during the latter's state visit to China on Wednesday.
• China's recent wave of protests could see a resurgence in the coming year: analysts Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2023 -- The recent wave of 'white paper' movement and the New Year's protests over a nationwide ban on fireworks could be the beginning of a broader political resistance to authoritarian rule under Chinese President Xi Jinping, exiled political activists said in recent interviews.
• Taipei blasts Moscow over support of Beijing's Taiwan claim CNA 04 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has condemned Russia for echoing China's "false" claim that Taiwan is part of its territory after a top Russian diplomat said Tuesday that cross-Taiwan Strait relations are China's "internal affairs."
• Visit a show of support for Taiwan, ex-NATO chief says CNA 04 Jan 2023 -- Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday his ongoing visit to Taiwan was a show of "strong support" for the country's self-determination, freedom, and democracy.
• Two Iranian Teens Reportedly Sentenced To Death Over Protests RFE/RL 04 Jan 2023 -- Iran has reportedly sentenced two teenagers to death for "corruption on Earth" and "waging war against God" among other charges often used by the judiciary to help the government quell nationwide unrest sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody.
• Iranian Activist Neda Naji Sentenced To Prison And Flogging For Attending Protest RFE/RL 04 Jan 2023 -- An Islamic revolutionary court in Tehran has sentenced civil and labor activist Neda Naji to a prison term and flogging for attending a protest in support of Mahsa Amini, who died while in police custody in September.
• Leader slams West's fake support for women's rights as 'absolute brazenness' Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed the West's bogus advocacy of women's rights, stressing that fake gestures come despite the fact that women there are subjected to different forms of abuse.
• Not only has the West oppressed women, they've also been hypocritical in their actions: Supreme Leader ISNA 04 Jan 2023 -- The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says not only have the Western countries oppressed women, but they have also been hypocritical in the way they criticize Islam over women's rights.
• Iran summons French envoy over 'insulting' Charlie Hebdo cartoons Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- Iran's foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned the French ambassador in Tehran to protest the insulting act by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in publishing caricatures of the country's top religious authority.
• Iran FM censures Charlie Hebdo over 'insulting' act, warns of 'decisive' response Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has strongly condemned the "insulting" act by the controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo in publishing caricatures of the country's top religious authority, warning of a "decisive" response.
• Iran reserves right to respond to Israeli military adventurism: UN ambassador Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- Iran's ambassador to the United Nations says the country considers it to be its "legitimate right" to respond to any potential act of military adventurism by the Israeli regime.
• Myanmar junta honors anti-Muslim monk dubbed 'face of Buddhist terror' Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- The military junta in Myanmar has honored an ultranationalist anti-Muslim Buddhist monk dubbed the 'Face of Buddhist terror" with a prestigious national award, and also announced the decision to free thousands of prisoners under amnesty.
• Myanmar's junta pardons more than 7,000 prisoners Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2023 -- Myanmar's military rulers ordered the release of 7,012 inmates, including some political prisoners, in an Independence Day amnesty Wednesday.
• Myanmar Junta Releases 7,012 Inmates From Prison VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- Freedom is bittersweet for Htin Lin Oo, a former official in the government of Aung San Suu Kyi and one of the 7,012 prisoners released by Myanmar's ruling junta Wednesday to mark the 75th anniversary the nation's independence from Britain.
• Is an Assad-Erdogan Reconciliation Likely Before Turkey's Elections? VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- The first high-level talks between Turkey and Syria in over a decade held in Moscow last week reflect the common interests of the two nations in limiting the autonomy of Syrian Kurds, experts say.
• PM speech on building a better future: 4 January 2023 Gov.UK 04 Jan 2023 -- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech setting out his priorities for 2023.
• Former Bolivian Minister of Government Sentenced for Bribery Conspiracy US Dept. of Justice 04 Jan 2023 -- The former Bolivian Minister of Government was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to launder bribes he received in exchange for corruptly helping a U.S. company win a lucrative contract from the Bolivian government.
• As Laos' new leader takes office, government focuses on tackling surging inflation Radio Free Asia 04 Jan 2023 -- Laos' new Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone began his term promising to "raise the spirit of the revolution to the highest level," and top economic officials aim to rein in surging inflation and spur growth amid hopes of a recovery in tourism and loosening travel restrictions, particularly from China.
• Montenegrin Parties Fail To Agree On New Government Led By Lekic RFE/RL 04 Jan 2023 -- Representatives from a group of parties led by the pro-Russian Democratic Front in Montenegro have failed to reach an agreement to form a government led by Prime Minister-designate Miodrag Lekic.
• Rallies Demanding Release Of Former Georgian President Saakashvili Held In Many Countries RFE/RL 04 Jan 2023 -- Demonstrators in several European Union capitals and other nations around the world have held rallies in front of Georgian diplomatic missions to demand the immediate release of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili from prison due to the deteriorating state of his health.
• Tanzania's President Revokes 6-Year Ban on Political Rallies Sputnik 04 Jan 2023 -- The ban was initially imposed in 2016 during the first term of former Tanzanian President John Magufuli. Critics claimed that the ban did not apply to all political parties, but only targeted the opposition, allowing the ruling party to rally freely while rival gatherings were violently broken up by security forces.
• Spanish Court Investigates Equatorial Guinea Leader's Son for Kidnapping VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- A son of Equatorial Guinea's long-ruling president is under investigation in connection with kidnapping and torture allegations that observers say will damage the president's attempts to improve his international reputation.