28 January 2023 Military News

Turkish-Swedish talks on NATO bid suspended over row with Ankara Press TV 28 Jan 2023 -- Sweden has canceled talks with Turkey on Stockholm's bid for membership of NATO, of which Turkey is an old member, amid an escalation of tensions between the two countries.

No Evidence Russia Turning to Taliban for Arms, White House Says VOA 28 Jan 2023 -- Russia may be turning to more countries to resupply its military fighting in Ukraine, but the White House says it has no evidence to support published reports claiming that Moscow has asked the Afghan Taliban for help.

Former Bulgarian PM Shares Details of Secret Deliveries of Bulgarian Ammo to Ukraine VOA 28 Jan 2023 -- A secret supply of Bulgarian-made ammunition made its way to Ukraine as early as last April and continues to arrive today.

Poland Recruits Record Number Of Soldiers Following Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine RFE/RL 28 Jan 2023 -- Poland's armed forces have recruited the largest number of soldiers since it ended conscription in 2008 as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sparked greater interest in defending the homeland.

Iranian Navy 86th flotilla sailing in Latin America's western waters: Commander Press TV 28 Jan 2023 -- Second-in-Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Rear Admiral Hamzeh Ali Kaviani, says the country's 86th flotilla of warships is now sailing along the western shores of Latin America, and is going to berth at Brazil's southeastern port city of Rio de Janeiro within the next few days.
Flotilla of Iran Army Navy arrives in Latin America waters ISNA 28 Jan 2023 -- Deputy Commander of the Iranian Army Navy Admiral Hamzeh Ali Kaviani announced that Iran Army Navy flotilla arrived in the west of Latin America.

Taliban Ban Afghan Girls From University Entrance Exam VOA 28 Jan 2023 -- Afghanistan's Islamist Taliban have indefinitely barred girls from taking private university entrance exams, tightening their ban on women's education in the country.

Statement on Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons report on Assad regime's chemical weapons attack on Douma in 2018 Canada 28 Jan 2023 -- The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the release of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) report on the chemical weapons attack on Douma, Syria, in April 2018:
Syria: Statement by the High Representative on the 3rd report of the OPCW investigation and identification team European External Action Service (EEAS) 28 Jan 2023 -- The European Union welcomes Friday's release of the third report of the Investigation and Identification Team to the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and to the Secretary General of the United Nations. The report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that on 7 April 2018 in the Syrian town Douma, the Syrian Arab Air Force used chlorine during a military attack, killing 43 persons and affecting dozens more.
Asia Fact Check Lab: Did the U.S. steal oil from Syria as China claims? Radio Free Asia 28 Jan 2023 -- Over the past few months, China has repeatedly accused the U.S. of "illegally stealing" oil from Syria in an act of "banditry."

Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 28 Jan 2023
Readout of Vice President Harris's Call with President Herzog of Israel The White House 28 Jan 2023
Israel/Palestine: Statement by the High Representative on the events in Jenin European External Action Service (EEAS) 28 Jan 2023 -- On Thursday in Jenin, at least nine Palestinians were killed and more than 20 were injured during an operation by the Israeli Defence Forces. This brings the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank to 30 since the start of this year. Last year, more than 150 people were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, including 30 children, the highest number since the end of the second intifada in 2005.
Israel: Statement by the High Representative on the terror attacks in Jerusalem European External Action Service (EEAS) 28 Jan 2023 -- The European Union is horrified by yesterday's appalling terror attack in a Jerusalem synagogue, that killed at least seven people and left many injured, as they attended Shabbat service, and by this morning's attack in East Jerusalem, which left two victims injured, one seriously. The EU strongly condemns these acts of insane violence and hate.

Russian Cash Transfers To Caucasus, Central Asia Surged In 2022 Amid Ukraine Invasion RFE/RL 28 Jan 2023 -- Residents of Russia sent money to accounts in Central Asian and the Caucasus at the greatest rate in more than a decade as hundreds of thousands of people fled the country following its invasion of Ukraine, the RBC news agency reported.

President Raisi: Iran-Azerbaijan ties based on inseparable bonds IRNA 28 Jan 2023 -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi told his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev in a telephone conversation that friendly relations between the two countries are based on inseparable historical and cultural bonds.
Azerbaijan Embassy incidence not terrorist, organized attack: Iranian FM ISNA 28 Jan 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stressed that the armed incident in Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran was not a terrorist and organized attack.
President Raeisi: Iran, Azerbaijan will not allow ill-wishers to affect bilateral relations Press TV 28 Jan 2023 -- Iran's president says Tehran and Baku have inseparable historical relations and will not allow those relations to be affected by the two countries' ill-wishers.
Russia becomes largest foreign investor in Iran Press TV 28 Jan 2023 -- Russia has become the largest foreign investor in Iran, according to an Iranian deputy finance minister who says the country has attracted a significant amount of foreign investment in the past 15 months despite US sanctions that ban countries and entities from engaging in business activity in Iran.

UN Rights Chief Condemns Wholesale Repression of Human Rights in Myanmar VOA 28 Jan 2023 -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is condemning the increasing brutality and wholesale repression of Myanmar's military leaders to maintain their iron grip on power.

Italy Signs $8 Billion Gas Deal With Libya As It Seeks To Cut Russian Dependence RFE/RL 28 Jan 2023 -- Italy's state-run energy company ENI has signed an $8 billion deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation to develop two Libyan offshore gas fields as European nations seek to cut their dependence on Russian energy.

'All sides need to think about the future they want for Venezuela', says UN human rights chief UN News 28 Jan 2023 -- There is a general recognition across Venezuela's political and social spectrum of the need for reform, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Saturday, wrapping up a trip to the country during which, among others, he heard complaints of arbitrary detention and torture.

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