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• U.S. Coalition Reacts to Distress Call CENTCOM 26 Nov 2023 -- On Nov. 26, the USS MASON (DDG 87), with allied ships from our coalition counter-piracy task force (TF 151), and associated aircraft responded to a distress call from the M/V CENTRAL PARK, a commercial vessel, that they were under attack by an unknown entity. Upon arrival, coalition elements demanded release of the vessel. Subsequently, five armed individuals debarked the ship and attempted to flee via their small boat. The MASON pursued the attackers resulting in their eventual surrender. The crew of the M/V CENTRAL PARK is currently safe.
• Gaza ceasefire: Iraq's Kata'ib Hezbollah scales down attacks on US bases Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- A major Iraqi resistance group has announced it will scale down its attacks on US military bases in the Arab country until a ceasefire holds in Gaza between Palestinian resistance forces and the Israeli regime.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian Aerospace Forces launch Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Russia MoD 26 Nov 2023 -- On Saturday 25 November, at 11:58 p.m. from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Russian Defence Ministry (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk region, combat crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a medium-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry
• Pacific Fleet destroyer Admiral Panteleyev makes a business call at Kampong Saom port of Kindom of Cambodia Russia MoD 26 Nov 2023 -- Kampong Saom is Cambodia's main seaport, founded in the 1950s as the country's only deep-water port.
• General James L. Jones: West 'Too Cautious About Giving Ukraine Weapons That Could Strike Into Russia' RFE/RL 26 Nov 2023 -- James L. Jones is a retired four-star Marine Corps general and a former NATO supreme allied commander in Europe (2003-06) and onetime national-security adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama (2009-10). He is now a consultant and frequent commentator on security issues who has strongly advocated for military and other aid to help Ukraine defend itself against the Russian invasion.
• PLA conducts drills on border as conflicts continue in north Myanmar Global Times 26 Nov 2023 -- Live-fire drills and training exercises conducted by the Chinese military force along the Chinese side of the China-Myanmar border are defensive and aimed at safeguarding Chinese sovereignty, stability of border area and safety of personnel from impacts caused by the civil war in Myanmar, rather than an act to intervene in the internal affairs of the neighboring country, experts said on Sunday.
• German Troops Would 'Only Last Two Days in Battle' Due to Ukraine Military Supplies Sputnik 26 Nov 2023 -- Berlin has provided Ukraine with large amounts of munitions and military hardware, including main battle tanks and air defense systems, following the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict in February 2022.
• Joint CSTO Air Defense System De Facto Created - Shoigu Sputnik 26 Nov 2023 -- A joint air defense system of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has been de facto created, as Russia has bilateral agreements with each of member states, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Foreign Minister Shoukry of Egypt US Dept. of State 26 Nov 2023
• Background Press Call by National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard and Senior Administration Officials on Supply Chain Announcements The White House 26 Nov 2023

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Ukraine Conflict News

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari November 26th, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 26 Nov 2023
• COGAT Coordinates Entry of 200 Humanitarian Aid Trucks Into Gaza Israel Defense Forces 26 Nov 2023
• The Third Convoy of Released Hostages: From the Rafah Crossing, To Israeli Territory, to an IAF Base Israel Defense Forces 26 Nov 2023
• Daily Recap: War Against Hamas November 26th, 2023 - Day 51 Israel Defense Forces 26 Nov 2023
• PM Netanyahu in the Gaza Strip: "We are continuing until the end - until victory. Nothing will stop us. Am Yisrael Chai." Israel - Prime Minister 26 Nov 2023
• PM Netanyahu in the Gaza Strip: "We are continuing until the end - until victory. Nothing will stop us. Am Yisrael Chai." Israel - Prime Minister 26 Nov 2023
• Announcement from the Prime Minister's Office Israel - Prime Minister 26 Nov 2023
• Announcement from the Prime Minister's Office Israel - Prime Minister 26 Nov 2023
• Announcement from the Prime Minister's Office Israel - Prime Minister 26 Nov 2023
• Announcement from the Prime Minister's Office Israel - Prime Minister 26 Nov 2023
• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 26 Nov 2023
• Prime Minister's Office Statement Israel - Prime Minister 26 Nov 2023
• Hamas Releases 17 More Hostages, Including Israeli American Girl VOA 26 Nov 2023 -- Israel said Sunday that Hamas militants have released 17 more hostages held in Gaza, including a 4-year-old Israeli American girl who U.S. President Joe Biden said witnessed her parents being killed by Hamas during its attack on southern Israel seven weeks ago.
• Hamas Hands Over Third Group of Hostages Amid Truce Deal With Israel VOA 26 Nov 2023 -- Hamas has handed over a third group of hostages amid a truce deal with Israel.
• Three Hungarian Citizens, One Russian Among Hostages Released By Hamas RFE/RL 26 Nov 2023 -- Three of the hostages released on November 26 by Hamas, which has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States and the EU, are Hungarian citizens, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook.
• 39 Palestinian prisoners released in 2nd prisoner swap IRNA 26 Nov 2023 -- The prison service of the Zionist regime announced early Sunday that 39 Palestinian prisoners have been released based on the terms of the second stage of the prisoner swap agreement with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
• 39 new Palestinian prisoners freed from Israeli prisons ISNA 26 Nov 2023 -- Al-Qassam Brigades and the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza have released 39 Palestinian female and underage male prisoners from Israeli occupation prisons -- the second batch of prisoners -- as part of the temporary truce agreement negotiated based on the conditions set by the Palestinian Resistance and the prisoner swap deal that also includes Israeli captives that were held by the Resistance in the Gaza Strip.
• Third phase of prisoner swap: Hamas releases 17 captives as Israel frees 39 Palestinians Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- Israel has released a third batch of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for over a dozen captives freed by the Hamas resistance movement as part of a swap deal, which followed a four-day truce in the regime's unrelenting war against the Gaza Strip.
• Palestinian killed in Israeli attack in Gaza despite truce deal Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- At least one Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli attack on a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire agreement between the regime and Gaza's ruling resistance group Hamas.
• Israel seeks forced displacement of more Gaza residents during temporary truce Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- The Israeli army has reiterated its demand that residents in the besieged Gaza Strip should only move to the south as Israel has temporarily paused weeks of its devastating bombing of the besieged Palestinian enclave.
• Hamas spokesman killed in Gaza IRNA 26 Nov 2023 -- The spokesman of the Palestinian Resistance Movement (Hamas), Mohammad Hamada, has been killed by the Zionist forces in northern Gaza.
• Health situation in Gaza 'extremely catastrophic': Palestinian official Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- A senior Palestinian official has described as "extremely catastrophic" the health situation in the Gaza Strip in general, stressing the need for providing the necessary health components.
• Israeli forces arrested 3,200 Palestinians since October 7 in West Bank Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- A Palestinian group says the Israeli forces have arrested more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of detainees to more than 3,000 since the outbreak of the weeks-long regime's genocidal war on Gaza.
• UNRWA Situation Report #39 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (All information is valid as of 25 November 2023 at 22:30 local time) UNRWA 26 Nov 2023
• Austin: US does not want Israeli escalation with Lebanon ISNA 26 Nov 2023 -- US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin held a phone call with Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant addressing the ongoing situation of Israeli captives in Gaza.
• Readout of President Biden's Call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel The White House 26 Nov 2023
• Iran: Resistance battle against Israel will alter 'balance of power in region' Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- The large-scale operation launched by the Palestinian resistance movements against Israel has propelled the Palestinian issue to the forefront of global concerns and will change "the balance of power in the region," the spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry says.
• Zionist regime gains no military achievement in Gaza: Cmdr IRNA 26 Nov 2023 -- The commander of the Iranian Army has commended the recent retaliatory operation by Hamas, noting that the bombardment of civilian centers has yielded no military achievements for the Zionist regime.
• Iran: Al-Aqsa Storm Palestinians' natural reaction to 75 years of Israeli occupation Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani has said that the large-scale anti-Israeli operation launched by the Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movements was a natural reaction by Palestinians in the face of continued Israeli occupation.
• Gaza war inflicts 'humiliating defeat' on Israel, exposes nature of regime's supporters: Iran Army chief Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- The chief commander of the Iranian Army says the weeks-long Israeli onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip inflicted a "humiliating defeat" on Tel Aviv and exposed the "true face" of the US and other supporters of the occupying regime.
• Iran: US will pay heavy price for Israeli crimes; foreign forces must leave region Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- The Iranian defense minister has warned that the United States and Israel will pay dearly for all the crimes that they are committing in the region.
• Zionist regime compelled to accept truce: Hezbollah IRNA 26 Nov 2023 -- The deputy chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah has announced that the Israeli regime was compelled to agree on the truce in Gaza.
• Hezbollah: Hamas' Al-Aqsa Storm 'marvelous'; Israel forced to accept ceasefire Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- A high-ranking official with the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has called the Hamas' Al-Aqsa Storm a "marvelous operation", saying its effects will be known soon.
• Islamic Jihad warns Israel of any attempts to violate Gaza truce Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement has warned Israel against any attempts to violate the terms of the four-day truce that has taken effect in the Gaza Strip after seven weeks of unrelenting bombardment.
• Israelis raided Jenin, surrounded hospital, targeted ambulances ISNA 26 Nov 2023 -- The director of the Jenin Governmental Hospital confirmed that after the occupation forces stormed the city of Jenin, they surrounded the hospital and closed off all of its entrances, demanding all Palestinian citizens exit the hospital.
• Israeli forces gun down 4 Palestinian youths during violent raid in Jenin Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- Israeli forces have gunned down four Palestinian youths, including a teenager, during a violent raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
• Israeli oil tanker seized off Yemen, third in a week Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- An Israeli tanker has been seized off the coast of the Yemeni port city of Aden, the third such incident in a week after Yemen's Armed Forces and the popular Ansarullah resistance movement warned of targeting any of the occupying regime's ships crossing the Arab country's territorial waters.

Other Conflicts

• PLA vigilant against continuous provocations by US, Australian, Philippine forces Global Times 26 Nov 2023 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is at high vigilance amid continuous provocations by foreign forces from the sea, displaying its high level of readiness, capabilities and determination in safeguarding China's national sovereignty, security and maritime rights, experts said on Sunday.
• Israel strike puts Damascus airport out of service: Syria Press TV 26 Nov 2023 -- Israel has carried out airstrikes on Syria's Damascus International Airport, putting the facility out of service.
• One Killed, 21 Injured In Suicide Attack On Market In Pakistan RFE/RL 26 Nov 2023 -- One person was killed and 21 others were injured, including Pakistani soldiers, in a suicide attack on November 26 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwestern Pakistan, authorities said.
• Suicide Bombing Hits Military Convoy in NW Pakistan VOA 26 Nov 2023 -- A suicide bomber struck a Pakistani military convoy in a volatile northwestern region Sunday, wounding at least 11 soldiers.
• N Korea restores armed guard posts along border with the South Radio Free Asia 26 Nov 2023 -- North Korea is reestablishing its Guard Posts (GPs) equipped with weapons along its border with South Korea - a move seen as part of Pyongyang's ongoing pressure campaign against Seoul and potentially sets the stage for future provocative activities at the frontline between the two states.
• Russia Only 'Guarantor of Peace' in Karabakh Despite Efforts to Drive it Out- Kremlin Sputnik 26 Nov 2023 -- Western politicians are trying to push Russia out of the Karabakh region, but no one can guarantee the same peace and stability that Moscow provides, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.

News Reports

• DHS/CISA and UK NCSC Release Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development DHS 26 Nov 2023 -- Taking a significant step forward in addressing the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today jointly released Guidelines for Secure AI System Development to help developers of any systems that use AI make informed cybersecurity decisions at every stage of the development process.
• S Korea, Japan, China fail to set summit date, condemn N Korea Radio Free Asia 26 Nov 2023 -- South Korea, Japan, and China have not only failed to agree on a date for a landmark trilateral summit of their leaders, but also in jointly condemning North Korea's latest satellite launch that violated United Nations Security Council resolutions, exposing the widening gaps in reinvigorating that three-party cooperation.
• Trilateral foreign ministers' meeting between China, Japan and SK injects stability to region Global Times 26 Nov 2023 -- China is willing to make efforts with both South Korea and Japan to promote the resumption of trilateral cooperation, Chinese top diplomat said at the trilateral foreign ministers' meeting between China, Japan and South Korea which was held in the South Korean city of Bushan on Sunday.
• China says recent respiratory infections are caused by known epidemic pathogens People's Daily 25 Nov 2023 -- The recent respiratory infectious diseases reported by monitoring systems and hospitals across China were caused by known epidemic pathogens, the National Health Commission (NHC) said Friday.
• China takes action to combat rise of acute respiratory infections People's Daily 25 Nov 2023 -- China is taking measures to address the recent increase in acute respiratory infections caused by different respiratory pathogens as the country enters the winter season.
• Cameron's first interview on UK-China ties 'carefully strikes balance' Global Times 26 Nov 2023 -- In his first public interview to address UK-China relations, the UK's newly appointed Foreign Secretary David Cameron emphasized the need to engage with China while expressing support for the UK government's "realistic and hard-headed" China policy.
• MOFA says Taiwan will not give in to China pressure over Greek case CNA 26 Nov 2023 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Sunday that Taiwan will not cave in to Chinese pressure and will continue to conduct exchanges with foreign countries, after a recent foreign media report indicted that Greece has warned its officials not to attend events organized by Taiwan to avoid angering Beijing.
• KMT's Hou-Jaw ticket calls election a choice between war and peace CNA 26 Nov 2023 -- The newly formed opposition Kuomintang (KMT) presidential ticket on Saturday reiterated the party's long-held warning to voters that voting for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) candidates or for the KMT in next year's presidential race is a choice between war or peace.
• War with China never an option: Taiwan's ruling party VP candidate CNA 26 Nov 2023 -- Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice presidential candidate Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said on Saturday that war with China will never be an option, as she sought to highlight the need to maintain stability across the Taiwan Strait.
• Rumor on mass Indian worker influx China's 'cognitive warfare': Source CNA 26 Nov 2023 -- A recent rumor claiming that the Taiwanese government is to introduce as many as 100,000 migrant workers from India is part of China's cognitive warfare, a national security source said Saturday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Nov. 26, 2023 ROC MND 26 Nov 2023
• Press Statement of Vice-Minister for Int'l Organizations of DPRK Foreign Ministry KCNA 27 Nov 2023 -- Kim Son Gyong, vice-minister for International Organizations of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), issued the following press statement on Monday:
• N Korea claims new satellite took photos of White House, Pentagon Radio Free Asia 27 Nov 2023 -- North Korea has intensified its pressure campaign towards the United States, claiming that its illegal satellite, which breached a United Nations Security Council resolution, successfully captured images of significant U.S. locations, including the White House.
• North Korea Launches Satellite to Keep Up With US Military Moves - UN Envoy Sputnik 27 Nov 2023 -- North Korea launched its reconnaissance satellite in order to get a clear picture of the US military maneuvers in the region and prepare accordingly, the country's Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song said on Monday.
• The UK urges the DPRK to cease missile launches and take steps towards peace: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 27 Nov 2023 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on North Korea.
• DPR Korea: Military satellites, 'serious risk' to civil aviation and shipping UN News 27 Nov 2023 -- The recent launch of a reconnaissance satellite by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), presents a 'serious risk' to international civil aviation and shipping, the Security Council heard on Monday.
• US: North Korea Trying to Advance Nuclear Program With Satellite Launch VOA 27 Nov 2023 -- The United States accused North Korea on Monday of using the prohibited launch of a military spy satellite to try to advance its nuclear weapons program, a charge Pyongyang denied.
• Newspapers on Significance of Regional People's Assembly Deputy Elections KCNA 26 Nov 2023 -- Leading newspapers of the DPRK dedicate editorials to the day of the elections of deputies to the regional people's assemblies on Sunday.
• Election of Deputies to Regional People's Assemblies Begins in DPRK KCNA 26 Nov 2023 -- The election of deputies to the provincial (municipal), city (district) and county people's assemblies is taking place in the DPRK. The election serves as an important occasion for making stronger the popular character of the country in which the people strongly support their power by themselves.
• Asia's communist regimes are breaking their intergenerational social contracts Radio Free Asia 26 Nov 2023 -- A few years after embracing a market economy - with Deng Xioping's reforms in the early 1980s, the Vietnamese Communist Party's Doi Moi and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party's New Economic Policy in 1986 - the three communist party-states set about trying to normalize how power is distributed within their institutions and between the generations.