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• US air base in north Iraq comes under drone attack IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has conducted a drone attack on a US base in Erbil Province in the country's northern region of Kurdistan.
• US military base in Syria comes under missile attack IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- Some news sources have reported a missile strike on the United States military base in eastern Syria.
• US strike near Syria-Iraq border kills fighters; resistance hits bases Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- At least five people have been killed and several others killed after a site in Syria's eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr near the Iraqi border, where resistance fighters are based, came under a strike by US military aircraft.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Netherlands Minister of Defence Kajsa Ollongren DoD 30 Dec 2023
• US military may get into direct conflict with Russia: Biden Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- US President Joe Biden has issued a warning, saying American military forces may enter into a direct conflict with Russia if Ukraine loses the war.
• Kh-22: Russia's Unstoppable Cruise Missile Sputnik 30 Dec 2023 -- Russia launched its largest-ever drone and missile barrage against Ukraine since the start of the conflict on Friday, with the MoD reporting the targeting of energy facilities, ammunition depots, airfields, ports, fuel terminals and regional military headquarters. Among the weapons used were Kh-22 cruise missiles. Here's what is known about them.
• UK shipping hundreds of air-defense missiles to Ukraine, says British minister Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- The United Kingdom is shipping around 200 air-defense missiles to Ukraine, a British minister says, as Russia launched a wave of missile strikes against targets in the ex-Soviet republic.
• Biden admin. again bypasses Congress to supply weapons to Israel Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- US President Joe Biden's administration has for a second time in less than a month bypassed Congress in order to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel despite growing international outrage over Washington's support for the Tel Aviv regime's genocidal war on Gaza.
• US Approves Emergency Sale of Weapons to Israel, Bypassing Congress VOA 30 Dec 2023 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has approved an emergency weapons sale to Israel, the second one in a month, as Israel continues its war against Hamas in Gaza under growing international criticism.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps DoD 30 Dec 2023

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• 24h Recap: December 30th, 2023, 09:00 Israel Defense Forces 30 Dec 2023
• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari December 30th, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 30 Dec 2023
• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 30 Dec 2023 -- "The war is continuing. We are fighting on all fronts. We have major successes but we have also paid a painful price. Achieving victory requires more time. Just as the Chief of Staff said this week: 'The war will continue for many more months.'"
• Netanyahu Aims for Israeli Control on Gaza VOA 30 Dec 2023 -- The border zone between the Gaza Strip and Egypt should be under Israel's control to ensure the demilitarization of the area, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a news conference Saturday.
• Netanyahu Says Israeli Operation in Gaza Strip Will Last for Many More Months Sputnik 30 Dec 2023 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that the military operation in the Gaza Strip will last for many more months, as well as warned Lebanon's Hezbollah movement against expanding the scale of its attacks on Israel.
• Dec. 29: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 30 Dec 2023
• 100 Palestinians killed in central Gaza as Israel intensifies ground offensive Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- At least 100 Palestinians have been killed and 158 others wounded in Israeli strikes in the central part of the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, as the occupying regime intensifies its ground offensive in the besieged territory.
• Tel Aviv's raids on Gaza leaves 100 martyrs over last 24 hours IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- The Israeli regime's attacks on the Gaza Strip left 100 martyrs and 158 wounded over the last 24 hours, Palestinian media reported.
• Diseases threaten survival of Palestinians amid Israel's siege of Gaza: UN Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- Residents of the besieged Gaza Strip, who have so far survived Israel's 12 weeks of constant bombardment of their homeland, are now facing the growing threat of infectious diseases, the United Nations warns.
• South Africa files genocide case against Zionist regime at ICJ IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- South Africa has filed a genocide case against the Zionist regime at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the occupying entity's relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
• Senior Taliban official condemns Israel's inhuman war on Gaza IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- Afghan acting Minister of Refugees Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani has termed Zionist regime attacks on Gaza as an inhuman act, adding that the attack is carried out against all human standards.
• Hamas praises South Africa for filing genocide case against Israel at ICJ Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has lauded South Africa for filing a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over crimes of genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after nearly three months of relentless air and ground strikes.
• Hamas refutes Israeli claims about 'discussion of prisoner exchange' Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- Hamas refutes the Israeli regime's claims of taking place of "discussion of prisoner exchange" between the Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movement and Tel Aviv.
• Hezbollah attacks Zionist military base in northern occupied Palestine IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- The forces of Lebanon's Islamic Resistance, Hezbollah, has attacked the Zionists' military base in northern occupied Palestine, news sources reported.
• Lebanon ready for possible war with Israeli regime: Minister IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- A Lebanese official has said that Lebanon is prepared for any possible military conflict with the Israeli regime amid intensified Israeli attacks on border regions.
• Hezbollah to Israeli regime: Targeting civilians 'a red line that cannot be crossed' IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- Hezbollah has warned that any attack by the Zionist regime on Lebanese civilians will be met with a crushing and quick response.
• Hezbollah rejects French daily claims on Oct. 7 Al-Aqsa Storm Operation Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has categorically dismissed claims by a French daily newspaper that the group was already informed of the large-scale surprise attack by members of Hamas and other Gaza-based resistance fighters against Israel in early October.
• Official: Yemen continues to defend Palestine despite US threats IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- A Senior member of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement, Ali al-Qahhoum, has said that Yemen will continue to defend Palestine regardless of American threats.
• Official: Yemeni armed forces eager to confront US IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- Member of the Political Council of Ansarullah Movement Mohammed al-Bukhaiti has said that the Yemeni armed forces are willing to stand against the US.
• Yemeni armed forces 'eager' to confront US in Red Sea: Ansarallah Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- A senior official of Yemen's Ansarallah resistance movement says the country's armed forces are "eager" to engage in a confrontation with the United States in case of escalating tensions in the strategic Red Sea.

Other Conflicts

• ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Statement on Maintaining and Promoting Stability in the Maritime Sphere in Southeast Asia ASEAN 30 Dec 2023
• China Planning to Regularly Patrol Waters Off Disputed Senkaku Islands in 2024 - Reports Sputnik 30 Dec 2023 -- China's coast guard is planning to deploy its vessels near a group of islands in the East China Sea to which both Beijing and Tokyo lay claim, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China and the Senkaku Islands in Japan, on a permanent basis next year, conducting inspections of Japanese fishing boats, if necessary.
• Kabul-Tehran ties stride towards progress IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- The acting foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling government Mawlawi Amir Muttaqi has described Kabul-Tehran ties as those moving towards development.
• Pakistan Military Reports Killing 5 'Terrorists' Near Afghan Border VOA 30 Dec 2023 -- Pakistan's military said Saturday its forces had raided a "terrorist" hideout in a volatile region bordering Afghanistan and killed five militants in the ensuing shootout.
• Israel strikes outskirts of Syria's Aleppo; material damage reported Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- Israeli warplanes have conducted another strike on the Syrian territory amid heightened tensions in the region as the regime keeps up its genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Ethnic armies' 'Operation 1027' put Myanmar junta on defensive in 2023 Radio Free Asia 30 Dec 2023 -- Myanmar's ethnic armed organizations and other resistance groups made significant gains against the country's military dictatorship in 2023.
• Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik Counters U.S. Warning With Vow To Resist Boosting Multiethnic Institutions RFE/RL 30 Dec 2023 -- The separatist-minded leader of the mostly ethnic Serb part of Bosnia-Herzegovina has repeated his threat to rip the country apart and wreak new havoc on the Balkans if the international community further strengthens multiethnic institutions.

News Reports

• New Year greetings to foreign heads of state and government President of Russia 30 Dec 2023 -- Vladimir Putin sent Christmas and New Year 2024 greetings to foreign heads of state and government.
• Press release on Russia's main foreign policy results in 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Dec 2023
• Russia Open to Dialogue With West on Exchange of Frozen Assets - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 30 Dec 2023 -- Moscow will act symmetrically if the West confiscates the Russian assets it has frozen, the director of the Department of Economic Cooperation at the Russian Foreign Ministry, Dmitry Birichevsky, told Sputnik, adding that the amount of Western funds frozen in Russia that could be affected by retaliatory measures is significant.
• Russian Teenager Sentenced To Four Years In Prison On Treason Charges RFE/RL 30 Dec 2023 -- A Russian teenager has been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of treason, the latest victim of the Kremlin's sweeping crackdown on citizens opposed to its invasion of Ukraine.
• Xi calls on Chinese diplomats to establish 'diplomatic iron army' Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on Chinese ambassadors to establish a "diplomatic iron army" that remains steadfastly loyal to the Communist Party, reflecting China's growing assertiveness in its foreign policy.
• Presidential hopefuls in full attack mode in TV debate CNA 30 Dec 2023 -- Taiwan's three president hopefuls spent most of Saturday's televised debate attacking each other and defending themselves over personal issues, while devoting some time to relations with China and virtually ignoring domestic issues.
• Presidential candidates voice disapproval of foreign electoral interference CNA 30 Dec 2023 -- All three of Taiwan's presidential candidates voiced disapproval of foreign electoral interference during Saturday's televised debate, with Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) agreeing on heavier penalties for those leaking military secrets.
• DPP, KMT candidates reject independence, pro-China labels at debate CNA 30 Dec 2023 -- Taiwan's three presidential candidates pledged to uphold the status quo during a debate on Saturday, which saw the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and his Kuomintang (KMT) rival Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) address their respective independence and pro-China labels.
• Lai's true face of destroyer of cross-Straits peace is once again exposed: mainland spokesperson Global Times 30 Dec 2023 -- Chinese mainland has firm action in opposing the separatist agenda of "Taiwan independence," resolute ability in crushing secessionists' behavior and safeguarding national sovereignty, and unshakable will in solving the Taiwan question and achieve national reunification, said Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, in response to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate's confrontational remarks in a debate on Saturday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Dec. 30, 2023 ROC MND 30 Dec 2023
• Man detained on suspicion of colluding with China in 2022 elections CNA 30 Dec 2023 -- A man has been detained for allegedly financing a pro-unification New Taipei City Council candidate in Taiwan's local elections held late last year on the instructions of Beijing, the New Taipei District Prosecutors Office said Saturday.
• Newspapers Laud Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's Army-Building Exploits KCNA 30 Dec 2023 -- Leading newspapers of the DPRK Saturday dedicate articles to the 12th anniversary of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un 's assumption of the supreme commandership of the armed forces of the DPRK.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from Russian Party Leader KCNA 30 Dec 2023 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, received a message of greeting from G. Zhuganov, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, on Dec. 28.
• Fourth-day Sitting of 9th Plenum of 8th WPK Central Committee Held KCNA 30 Dec 2023 -- The 9th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) continues its work.
• Iran releases names of executed Mossad-linked saboteurs IRNA 30 Dec 2023 -- Iran has identified the names of four members of a sabotage team, who acted against Iran's security under Mossad direction, and were executed on Friday morning.
• Four Iranians Tehran Accused Of Spying For Israel Executed RFE/RL 30 Dec 2023 -- Four Iranians - three men and one woman - have been executed after being accused of spying for Israel, the Mizan news agency said.
• Pakistan election body rejects Imran Khan's nomination for 2024 vote Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- Pakistan's election body has rejected former prime minister Imran Khan's nomination to contest national elections due in February.
• 'Private' Meeting With Putin, Public Appearances Stir Talk Of Nazarbaev Comeback RFE/RL 30 Dec 2023 -- Friends who are old faces and friends in high places: Kazakhstan's former leader Nursultan Nazarbaev has proven in recent months that he still has both.
• Bulgaria and Romania to join Schengen area starting with air and sea borders: Commission welcomes landmark Council decision European Commission 30 Dec 2023 -- The Commission welcomes today's unanimous decision by the Council to welcome Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen area, starting with lifting controls at air and sea borders as of March 2024.
• Argentina's president refuses BRICS membership Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- Argentina's new far-right populist president Javier Milei has rejected an invitation from the BRICS group of developing economies to join the bloc in a dramatic shift in the country's foreign and economic policies.
• Arrival of British warship in Guyana waters escalates tensions with Venezuela Press TV 30 Dec 2023 -- A persisting territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region has escalated as a British warship provocatively just arrived in Guyana waters.
• Hungary Is Spending A Fortune To Entice Its Young People Back Home, But Many Remain Unconvinced RFE/RL 30 Dec 2023 -- Before Christmas, the capital's Ferihegy airport is packed with Hungarians arriving home for the holidays. Families eagerly wait for their loved ones in the brightly lit arrivals hall, with a modest cafe, a tobacco shop, and colorful billboards advertising "Family-friendly Hungary" in multiple languages.
• In Belgrade, Thousands Protest Elections After Serbian Watchdog Rejects Opposition Appeal RFE/RL 30 Dec 2023 -- Thousands of demonstrators gathered in central Belgrade on December 30 to call for opening voter lists and other anti-fraud efforts amid ongoing unrest over this month's national, regional, and municipal elections claimed by President Aleksandar Vucic's ruling party.