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• US base in Syria hit by rocket attack: Report IRNA 24 Dec 2023 -- A military base run by the US forces in Syria has come under rocket attacks, shows a report, amid a campaign by resistance forces in the Western Asia region to pressure the US to end its support for the Israeli regime's aggression on Palestine.
• Two US bases 'targeted with rocket shells' in northeastern Syria: Report Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- Two US bases belonging to the American occupation forces in Syria have reportedly come under attack in the country's northeastern province of Hasakah.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Ukraine Awaits Delivery Of First F-16 Jets In Coming Days As Kyiv Seeks To Counter Russian Air Superiority RFE/RL 23 Dec 2023 -- Ukraine will likely receive it first shipment of advanced F-16s in the next few days, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call as Kyiv seeks to disrupt Russia's air superiority over Ukrainian skies amid continued battles on December 23 in the east and south of the country.
• Estonia Ready to Extradite Draft-Age Ukrainian Men - Interior Minister Sputnik 23 Dec 2023 -- Since February 2022, Ukraine has been under martial law, and at the same time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on general mobilization, according to which men aged 18 to 60 are not allowed to leave the country.
• Ukrainian Defense Ministry Official Arrested In Alleged Arms Procurement Fraud Case RFE/RL 23 Dec 2023 -- Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) and the Defense Ministry said on December 22 they had uncovered a scheme that involved the embezzlement of the equivalent of nearly $40 million and arrested the head of one of the main departments of the Defense Ministry under suspicion of involvement in the scheme.
• INDIAN NAVY'S MISSION DEPLOYED PLATFORMS RESPOND TO A MARITIME INCIDENT IN THE ARABIAN SEA India PIB 24 Dec 2023 -- Indian Navy's mission deployed platforms respond swiftly to a maritime incident in Arabian Sea involving a missile/ drone attack on MT Chem Pluto
• CURTAIN RAISER India PIB 24 Dec 2023 -- The Indian Navy is all set to commission its latest Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer Imphal at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on 26 December 2023 in the presence of the Hon'ble Raksha Mantri, Shri Rajnath Singh as the Chief Guest
• Iran adds strategic cruise missiles to its navy fleet IRNA 24 Dec 2023 -- Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (NEDAJA) has added two homemade cruise missiles to its fleet amid efforts to boost the combat capabilities of the force in countering threats.
• Iran Navy takes delivery of new homegrown cruise missiles, choppers Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy has taken delivery of a range of domestically-designed and manufactured military equipment, including strategic cruise missile systems and helicopters furnished with electronic warfare systems.
• Iran's Navy Gets New Cruise Missiles, Advanced Choppers as Regional Tensions Surge Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- Fresh off successes in normalizing ties with Saudi Arabia and joining the BRICS bloc, Tehran has sought to avoid becoming ensnared in a direct conflict with the US and Israel over Gaza. But the escalation of tensions in the Red Sea between Yemen's Houthis and a new US 'coalition of the willing' may provide neocons with a new excuse to target Iran.
• Navy still searching for submariners lost at sea for over 72 hours CNA 24 Dec 2023 -- Taiwan's Navy said Saturday that it is still searching for three submariners more than 72 hours after a large wave swept them off overboard during a training mission.
• US, Japan announce record defense budgets targeting China, unsettling analysts amid deteriorating security environment Global Times 24 Dec 2023 -- After the US and Japan on Friday announced record defense budgets for 2024, with media reporting both have China in mind, experts warned on Sunday that under a deteriorating global security situation, the US is giving tacit permission to Japan to break away from its self-defense-only principle to help maintain the US' global hegemony amid dangerous rises in Japan's right-wing militaristic moves.
• Major setback for US-led naval coalition as France, Spain and Italy leave Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- In a major setback to a US-led maritime task force in the Red Sea to protect passage of Israeli-owned and Israel-bound merchant vessels, France, Spain, and Italy have officially withdrawn their participation from the alliance.
• UK to Deploy Royal Navy Warship to Ex-Colony Amid Guyana-Venezuela Dispute Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro met in mid-December under the aegis of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Caribbean Community to defuse tensions around the disputed region of Essequibo. The two agreed to "continue dialogue to resolve the dispute over the Essequibo territory."
• Remarks by President Biden Before Marine One Departure The White House 24 Dec 2023

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• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari December 24th, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 24 Dec 2023
• Christmas Message from PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 24 Dec 2023 -- "Well, we don't have peace on Earth, not in our part anyway, and we certainly don't see good will to all men. We're facing monsters, monsters who murdered children in front of their parents and parents in front of their children, who raped and beheaded women, who burned babies alive, who took babies hostages."
• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 24 Dec 2023
• PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Government Meeting Israel - Prime Minister 24 Dec 2023
• Israeli military bans reporting on 8 subjects amid war on Gaza: Leaked docs Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- Leaked documents revealed that the Israeli military has officially banned media from reporting on eight subjects in Israel, including captives held in Gaza, amid the war on the besieged territory.
• Israel to end ground raid, focus on airstrikes in 'third phase' of war: Report Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- The Israeli military is reportedly planning to end its ground invasion in the Gaza Strip and shift its focus to continued aerial assaults as part of a new phase in its genocidal war on the besieged Palestinian territory.
• Israeli Airstrikes Focus on Northern Gaza Strip VOA 24 Dec 2023 -- Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, was the focus of Israeli strikes overnight and fighting early Sunday, with Israel saying it has achieved almost complete operational control of northern Gaza.
• Dec. 23: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 24 Dec 2023
• Death Toll From Israeli Strike on Refugee Camp in Gaza Rises to 70 - Gaza Health Ministry Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip has reached 70, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said on Sunday.
• Israeli strikes kill UN official, and 70 of his extended family members in Gaza Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- A United Nations official has been killed along with more than 70 members of his extended family in an Israeli airstrike near Gaza City, as the world body condemned a series of mass massacres and successive crimes committed by the Israeli crimes in the besieged territory.
• UNRWA Situation Report #56 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (All information from December 21- 23 December is valid as of 23 December 2023 at 22:30) UNRWA 24 Dec 2023
• WHO chief decries 'decimation' of Gaza health system Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said the health system in Gaza is being destroyed as Israel intensifies its aerial and artillery strikes on the besieged Palestinian territory.
• Biden Dissuades Netanyahu From Striking Hezbollah in October to Prevent War - Reports Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- US President Joe Biden convinced in October Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to carry out a preventive strike against Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing US officials.
• US seeking dignified exit from Gaza war: Iran FM IRNA 24 Dec 2023 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that the Israeli regime and its main supporter, the US, have reached a deadlock over the Gaza war, with Washington seeking a dignified exit from the war.
• Iran, Russia criticize West for inaction against Zionist crimes in Gaza IRNA 24 Dec 2023 -- Senior Iranian and Russian foreign ministry officials have criticized the West for inaction in the face of the Zionist aggressions in Gaza Strip.
• Iran dismisses claims of involvement in targeting Israeli interests in region Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry has vehemently rejected claims about the country's involvement in targeting the Israeli interests in the region.
• Iran Denies Involvement in Red Sea Attacks, Says Houthis Have Their 'Own Tools' Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- Amid a flurry of drone and missile strikes by Yemeni armed forces loyal to the Ansar Allah movement (dubbed the Houthis in the West) on cargo ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, the Pentagon claimed on Saturday that an unmanned aircraft vehicle allegedly fired from Iran had struck a tanker off India's coast.: the mark does not exist in the description file
• US still making no real efforts for cease-fire; 'spillover effect of Gaza crisis to be seen in more regions' Global Times 24 Dec 2023 -- US President Joe Biden has not asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a cease-fire in Gaza, even though the crisis has spilled over to more and more regions as attacks targeting ships related to Israel have occurred not only in the Red Sea but also in the Indian Ocean.
• Al-Qassam Brigades: 48 Israeli soldiers killed in 4 days IRNA 24 Dec 2023 -- The spokesman of Al-Qassam Brigades, the military branch of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced on Sunday night that the forces of this group have killed 48 Zionist soldiers and wounded dozens more over past 4 days.
• 'Hamas causing more Zionist casualties with improved fighting methods' IRNA 24 Dec 2023 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has increased the number of casualties of the Zionist regime's army by improving its fighting methods, according to a report by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
• Hamas calls Biden a 'partner in crime' to Netanyahu's massacre of Palestinians Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- US President Joe Biden is a partner in crime to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's massacre of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, says a top Hamas official.
• Hamas urges international probe into Israel's summary executions in Gaza Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called for an international investigation into summary executions carried out by Israeli forces during the regime's ongoing genocidal war against the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Islamic Jihad delegation arrives in Egypt for ceasefire talks: Report Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- A delegation of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement has reportedly arrived in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials on the re-implementation of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and termination of Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the besieged territory.
• Hezbollah attacks Israeli command center as Israeli casualties mount ISNA 24 Dec 2023 -- An Israeli soldier was killed, and another was severely injured in the Israeli settlement of "Shtula" in northern occupied Palestine due to a barrage of missiles launched by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah, the Israeli occupation forces admitted on Friday.
• Israel has no deterrent against Hamas, Hezbollah: Official Press TV 24 Dec 2023 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has an underground tunnel system and could launch a larger attack on the occupied Palestinian territories than the one Hamas launched on October 7, an Israeli official said.
• No attack will remain unanswered, Yemeni official says IRNA 24 Dec 2023 -- If the US and Israeli regime decide to act foolishly and attack Yemen, his country will surprisingly respond, Secretary of the Supreme Political Council in Sana'a Yasser Al-Houri has said.
• Yemen: We monitoring Israeli movements around world ISNA 24 Dec 2023 -- During his inspection visit to the Fifth Military Region, where he met with the commanders of axes, brigades, and military units, al-Atefi emphasized, "Our eyes are closely monitoring and tracking the entity's movements worldwide."
• Houthis Attack 2 Oil Tankers in Red Sea - CENTCOM Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- Houthi rebels carried out new drone attacks against two commercial shipping vessels, Norwegian-flagged and Indian-flagged oil tankers, transiting the southern Red Sea, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday, adding that no casualties were reported.
• Pentagon Says Vessel in Arabian Sea Attacked by Drone Fired From Iran - Reports Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- The Pentagon said the unmanned aerial vehicle that attacked a ship in the Arabian Sea off the coast of India on Saturday was launched from Iran, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported.

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• Iran, Afghanistan stressed expansion of cooperation in border security and economy areas: Official IRNA 24 Dec 2023 -- Special representative of the President of Iran in Afghanistan said that Tehran and Kabul officials met in Tehran on Sunday and emphasized on more cooperation in the field of border security.
• Kabul works to provide better conditions for returning its nationals IRNA 24 Dec 2023 -- Foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government Amir Khan Muttaqi has said that Kabul works to pave the way for returning its migrated nationals to their homeland as soon as possible by improving economic and livelihood conditions.
• Pakistan Condemns Custodial Killing of Three Kashmiri Civilians in IIOJK Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24 Dec 2023 -- Pakistan strongly condemns the barbaric custodial killing of three Kashmiri civilians in Baffliaz, Poonch district of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The slain civilians were tortured to death at a camp of the Indian occupation Army. A purported video clip of the Indian personnel stripping three men and sprinkling chilli powder on them is viral on social media.

News Reports

• General Assembly approves $3.59 billion UN budget for 2024 UN News 24 Dec 2023 -- The General Assembly has approved a $3.59 billion budget for the United Nations for 2024, including the establishment of a special account to finance the Organization's peacebuilding fund.
• First Angara-A5 Rocket Shipped to Vostochny Cosmodrome Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- The Angara-A5 is a rocket developed by Russia's Roscosmos space agency and is part of the Angara rocket family. The Angara-A5 has a payload capacity of up to 24 metric tons and can be launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
• Telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President of Russia 24 Dec 2023 -- During the telephone conversation, Vladimir Putin wished President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev a happy birthday.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov answers questions from the NTV Itogi Nedeli programme, December 24, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24 Dec 2023
• Russia Lambasts 'Unacceptable' US Claims to Arctic Shelf Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- Russia is taking all necessary measures to secure its national interests in the Arctic amid the Washington's "unacceptable" attempts to unilaterally extend its continental shelf claims, Grigory Karasin, head of the foreign affairs committee of Russia's upper house of parliament, told Sputnik on Sunday.
• Russian Gas Supplies to China Via Power of Siberia Hit New Record - Gazprom Sputnik 24 Dec 2023 -- Daily supplies of Russian gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline hit a new record on December 23, Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Sunday, adding that it had increased the deliveries to meet Beijing's updated request.
• Yearender: China-US interactions increase during a turbulent year of bilateral relations, help stabilize ties Global Times 24 Dec 2023 -- China-US relations have undergone a turbulent year in 2023, from the US hyping "balloon incident," to Washington's continuous attempt to crackdown on China on almost every front, while the summit meeting between the two heads of state in San Francisco in November brought temporary detente. Although the US still largely holds competition as the dominant theme of bilateral ties, interactions on people-to-people exchanges, climate issue, drug control and some other areas between the two countries have increased.
• Major anti-government group Civic Party to disband in March 2024 Global Times 24 Dec 2023 -- The Civic Party, a major anti-government political group in Hong Kong, will officially disband in March 2024 as the liquidation process of the party has reached the final stage. Some experts said that such pro-West and anti-China political groups took the wrong path from the beginning, misjudged the situation and pushed themselves into a dead end.
• Diehard Chairman Mao fans to mark his birthday with 'red songs' Radio Free Asia 24 Dec 2023 -- Changzhou Revolutionary Song Troupe leader Dai Cheng has been to the birthplace of Mao Zedong in Hunan province "countless times."
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Dec. 24, 2023 ROC MND 24 Dec 2023
• Naephyong Power Station No.3 Inaugurated in DPRK KCNA 24 Dec 2023 -- The Naephyong Power Station No.3 was inaugurated in Kangwon Province, the DPRK.
• Personages of Russia and Vietnam Visit DPRK Missions KCNA 24 Dec 2023 -- Personages of Russia and Vietnam visit the DPRK missions in their countries on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of demise of Chairman Kim Jong Il .
• Thousands Gather In Belgrade To Protest Serbian Election, Demand Annulment RFE/RL 24 Dec 2023 -- Several thousand people gathered for a seventh night in central Belgrade to protest what the opposition and many Western observers called fraud in the country's December 17 parliamentary and local elections, with some demonstrators attempting to enter the capital's assembly building late in the evening.
• Moldova Pro-West President Sandu To Seek Reelection, EU Referendum RFE/RL 24 Dec 2023 -- Maia Sandu, Moldova's pro-Western president, announced she will seek reelection next year and also called on parliament to organize a referendum on her small southeastern European nation's potential accession to the EU.
• Milei's Government Pays IMF Without Tapping China Currency Swap VOA 24 Dec 2023 -- On Thursday, Argentina's new government sent to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) its scheduled debt payment, thanks to a loan from the CAF - the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. In doing so, the government of Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, avoided tapping into a currency swap line Beijing was preparing to make available, with strings attached.