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• CENTCOM Status Update on Missing Navy SEALs CENTCOM 21 Jan 2024 -- We regret to announce that after a 10-day exhaustive search, our two missing U.S. Navy SEALs have not been located and their status has been changed to deceased. The search and rescue operation for the two Navy SEALs reported missing during the boarding of an illicit dhow carrying Iranian advanced conventional weapons Jan. 11 concluded and we are now conducting recovery operations.
• White House Taking Iran-Backed Attacks on Its Iraq-Based Forces 'Extremely Seriously' VOA 21 Jan 2024 -- The United States is taking "extremely seriously" a weekend attack by Iran-backed militants on a base that hosts U.S. forces in Iraq, the White House said Sunday.
• U.S. Blames Iranian-Backed Militants For Attack On American Base In Iraq RFE/RL 21 Jan 2024 -- As heightened tensions in the Middle East raise the risk of a broader regional conflict, the United States has blamed Iranian-backed militants for an attack on a U.S. military base in Iraq, Israel has been accused of killing members of an Iranian-backed extremist group in Lebanon, and Tehran has accused Israel of killing members of the Iranian military in Syria in an incident Tehran says will not go unanswered.
• Iraqi fighters hit US positions in Syria's east and northeast IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) has launched a new round of attacks on US military positions in Syria.
• US soldiers suffer brain injuries in attack on Iraqi base IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- US Central Command, CENTCOM, reported on Saturday brain injuries among its troops in a missile attack on the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq by a resistance group amid growing anti-American sentiment in the region over Washington's support for Israel's crimes against Palestinians.
• US personnel evaluated for 'traumatic brain injuries' after Iraq's airbase attack: CENTCOM Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said "a number of American personnel were undergoing evaluation for traumatic brain injuries" after massive missile strike by Iraqi anti-terror groups on Ain al-Asad airbase.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Readout of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Meeting With "Five Eyes" Defense Policy Senior Officials DoD 21 Jan 2024
• NATO's Steadfast Defender Drills Raise Risks of Inadvertent Escalation - Moscow Sputnik 21 Jan 2024 -- NATO's upcoming military exercise, Steadfast Defender 2024, raises the risk of unintended military confrontation and undermines security in Europe, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Sputnik on Sunday.
• Scale of Steadfast Defender Drills Marks Return of NATO to Cold War-Era Patterns - Moscow Sputnik 21 Jan 2024 -- The scale of NATO exercises Steadfast Defender-2024 marks the final and irrevocable return of the alliance to the Cold War schemes to oppose Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Sputnik.
• Slovak Prime Minister Says Bratislava Will Block Ukraine's Attempts to Join NATO Sputnik 21 Jan 2024 -- Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday that he would hold a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Denys Shmyhal, in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod on January 24, during which he would inform Shmyhal that Slovakia would block Ukraine's membership in NATO.
• China's new Type 054B frigate holds voyage test: reports Global Times 21 Jan 2024 -- China's next generation frigate, the Type 054B, launched only five months ago, reportedly started trials recently, indicating smooth progress, experts said on Sunday.
• Increasing US close-in drone recons on China 'add complexity in military interactions' Global Times 21 Jan 2024 -- Experts on Sunday said that while the Chinese military is prepared to counter the US' close-in drone reconnaissance attempts on China, the country is ready to establish a set of rules with the international community governing maritime and aerial interactions with drones, after a think tank report suggested that the US is increasing deployment of drones in such missions that will lead to more complexities in the two militaries' maritime and aerial interactions, as well as crisis management and control.
• Alborz destroyer deployment to Red Sea not linked with regional situation: Navy chief IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani says the deployment of the Alborz destroyer to the Red Sea has nothing to do with the regional situation.
• Top Iraqi general.: Baghdad 'determined' to end presence of US-led coalition forces Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- The spokesman for Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC), Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, says the Baghdad government is determined to end the presence of foreign troops from the US-led military coalition purportedly formed to fight the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group.
• Navy Missile System used to destroy Red Sea drones to be upgraded UK MOD 21 Jan 2024 -- Cutting-edge Royal Navy missiles - recently used to shoot down multiple hostile drones in the Red Sea - will receive significant enhancements through an upgrade programme supporting hundreds of UK jobs.

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Israeli army says another soldier killed, 3 injured in war on Gaza Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- One Israeli soldier has been killed and three more injured during the regime's ongoing genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 21 Jan 2024
• Security Cabinet Approves that Israel will not Transfer Funds to Gaza Israel - Prime Minister 21 Jan 2024 -- The US and Norway respect the Security Cabinet decision, which directs that the transfer of funds to Gaza by the Palestinian Authority be halted.
• Netanyahu Rejects Hamas' Call to End Gaza War VOA 21 Jan 2024 -- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal Sunday by Hamas militants to end the war in Gaza that now is in its fourth month.
• Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Passes 25,000, Health Ministry Says VOA 21 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian death toll from the more than three months of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has passed the 25,000 mark, the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry said Sunday.
• Death Toll From Israeli Strikes on Gaza Strip Tops 25,000 Sputnik 21 Jan 2024 -- The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, when the Israel-Hamas conflict escalated, has increased to 25,105, while more than 62,600 others have been injured, the enclave's health ministry said on Sunday.
• Jan. 20: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 21 Jan 2024
• Jan. 19: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 21 Jan 2024
• Gaza death toll surpasses 25,000: Health Ministry IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- The Health Ministry in Gaza has said that the death toll from the Israeli regime's genocidal war against the Palestinians in the besieged territory has surpassed 25,000.
• Israel uses phosphorus bombs in attacks on northern Gaza: Report IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- The Israeli regime has reportedly used phosphorus bombs in its latest attacks on the northern Gaza Strip.
• Gaza deaths exceed 25,000 as Israel pushes offensive Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has announced that the death toll from Israel's aggression against the besieged coastal territory has surpassed 25,000, as the occupying regime's war rages on into a fourth month.
• UNRWA Situation Report #67 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (All information from 18-20 January 2024, is valid as of 20 January 2024 at 22:30) UNRWA 21 Jan 2024
• Gazans dying not only from bombs and bullets, but hunger, medical disaster: UN chief Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that acute shortages of food, water, as well as fuel, and medicine are putting people at risk of death in the Gaza Strip, urging an end to Israel's war on the besieged territories.
• Israel's war aims elusive as Hamas still resilient, musters enough munitions: US intel agencies Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- US intelligence agencies estimate that the death toll among Hamas fighters from Israel's ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip falls short of the regime's goal of eliminating the Palestinian resistance group.
• Israeli regime's terrorism aimed at diverting attention from Gaza: Raisi IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the main reason behind continued terrorist acts by the Israeli regime is its failure to reach objectives in the war in Gaza.
• Raisi: Islamic unity can stop Israeli war machine in Gaza IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the cooperation and unity of Islamic countries can stop the Israeli machine of crime and genocide in the Gaza Strip.
• Raeisi: Iran supports South Africa's ICJ case against Israel Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says Tehran supports South Africa's "smart and historic" move to file a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over crimes against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• China urges relevant parties to avoid adding fuel to Red Sea tension Global Times 21 Jan 2024 -- With global concerns rising over the prolonged Red Sea crisis, which not only causes a severe impact on shipping routes but also poses risks to the post-pandemic economic recovery, China has called for an end to attacks on civilian ships and urged the parties concerned to avoid adding fuel to the tensions in the Red Sea, as some Chinese experts noted that US military actions are exacerbating the Red Sea crisis.
• FM says Ireland may join South Africa in ICJ genocide case against Israel IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin has emphasized an immediate end to the barbaric crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Gaza, saying that his country may join a case by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the Israeli genocide.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's response to a media question on the decision by the Government of Germany to intervene as a third party in the case brought by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Jan 2024
• EU Mulls 'Consequences' for Netanyahu's Rejection of Palestinian Statehood - Reports Sputnik 21 Jan 2024 -- The EU foreign ministers gathering in Brussels on Monday will discuss "consequences" for Israel that are intended to persuade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to drop his opposition to Palestinian statehood, media reported.
• UK Defense Minister Calls Netanyahu's Rejection of Palestinian Sovereignty 'Disappointing' Sputnik 21 Jan 2024 -- UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said on Sunday he was disappointed to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rule out the two-state solution to the conflict in Gaza.
• Belgium to fully support South Africa's genocide case against Israel: Minister Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- A Belgian minister has pledged her country's backing for the case filed by South Africa with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking to halt Israel's genocidal campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Hamas: Operation al-Aqsa Storm 'necessary step', normal response to Israeli conspiracies against Palestinians Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly defended as a necessary step its October 7, 2023 operation against the Israeli regime, which was followed by the regime's brutal onslaught against the Gaza Strip.
• Israel collapsing at all levels, committing gravest crimes against humanity: Hamas Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- A senior member of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the Israel is collapsing at all levels as the regime is committing the most egregious crimes against humanity.
• Iraqi resistance fighters attack Israeli target in Syria's Golan IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) has announced that it has launched an attack on a target controlled by the Israeli regime in Syria's Golan Heights.
• Israeli drone strike kills Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- The Israeli regime has assassinated a senior member of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah and injured several others in a drone strike on southern Lebanon.
• Hezbollah hits positions of Israeli regime in fresh attacks IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has launched a new round of attacks on targets controlled by Israel as the group keeps up pressure on the regime to end its genocidal war on Gaza.
• Zionists' phosphorous bombs target southern Lebanon IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- The army of the Zionist regime has used phosphorous munitions to attack southern Lebanon.
• Military base near Yemen's Hudaydah airport attacked: Report IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- A Yemeni military source reported Saturday night an attack on a base near al-Hudaydah airport in the west of the country.
• Yemen warns against any violation of its sovereignty, act of aggression Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has warned the United States and its allies against any violation of the country's sovereignty amid the Yemeni Army's anti-Israeli operations in the Red Sea.
• Israel will soon receive due response for its crimes: Yemen Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- Yemen's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that a swift response awaits the Israeli regime for its crimes in the region, a day after the regime killed five Iranian military advisors in Syria.

Other Conflicts

• Syria: Barbaric Israeli aggression on Damascus proves regime's criminal nature Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- Syria has strongly condemned the latest Israeli missile attack on a residential neighborhood in the capital Damascus concurrent with unrelenting ground and air strikes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing such acts of aggression attest to the criminal nature of the Tel Aviv regime.
• Iran President: Israel's assassination of IRGC advisors will not go unanswered ISNA 21 Jan 2024 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has strongly condemned the assassination of five Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) advisors in an Israeli missile strike in Syria, saying such "cowardly" acts will not go unanswered.
• Iran asserts military advisors to forcefully continue anti-terror mission in region Press TV 21 Jan 2024 -- The Foreign Minister says Iranian military advisors will continue their anti-terror mission in the region in defiance of Israel's "cowardly" assassination operations.

News Reports

• Secretary-General's remarks to the Third South Summit - G77 Plus China UN Secretary-General 21 Jan 2024
• Secretary-General's opening remarks at press encounter at Third South Summit - G77 plus China UN Secretary-General 21 Jan 2024
• After A Frosty Reception, Tbilisi's Wartime Russians Are Beginning To Leave RFE/RL 21 Jan 2024 -- The sudden arrival of tens of thousands of Russians in early 2022 shocked Georgians already stunned by the attack on Ukraine. Many Georgians see Russia as their enemy and oppressor, strongly identified with Ukrainians, and were outraged by their government's passive response to the Russian invasion. The presence of so many Russian newcomers - even ones who appeared to overwhelmingly oppose their government and the war - further heightened tensions.
• Chinese FM's trips to Africa, LatAm highlight Beijing's ties with Global South Global Times 21 Jan 2024 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's recent visits to Africa and Latin America, his first overseas trips in 2024, underscore China's growing emphasis on Global South countries. Chinese experts argue that closer coordination with these nations will help create a more balanced and sustainable global landscape, which is crucial in the face of increasing uncertainties and turmoil ahead.
• Taiwan says it cherishes relations with Tuvalu amid warning ties at risk CNA 21 Jan 2024 -- Taiwan cherishes its diplomatic ties with Tuvalu and is willing to continue to enhance relations with the Pacific ally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said in a statement Sunday.
• US' manipulating politics in Taiwan to face restraints, counteracts: expert Global Times 21 Jan 2024 -- The US' thinly-veiled policy of playing the so-called Taiwan card to support its geopolitical strategy of containing China is continuing after the regional election of Taiwan island with US lawmakers reportedly scheduling to go to the island.
• Lithuania sends 1st European delegation to visit Taiwan following Lai's victory CNA 21 Jan 2024 -- A Lithuanian parliamentarian group led by Matas Maldeikis, head of a Lithuanian-Taiwan friendship group, has arrived in the country for a six-day visit, making them the first European delegate to visit the country following the election of Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Jan. 13.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Jan. 21, 2024 ROC MND 21 Jan 2024
• Press Release on DPRK Foreign Minister's Visit to Russian Federation KCNA 21 Jan 2024 -- The DPRK Foreign Minister's assistant office on Jan. 20 made public the following press release as regards the results of her visit to the Russian Federation:
• Seoul doubts North Korea's underwater nuclear test Radio Free Asia 21 Jan 2024 -- North Korea has reiterated its dedication to enhancing its military prowess as South Korea has suggested that Pyongyang's claim about testing underwater nuclear weapons might be "exaggerated" and "fabricated."
• Iran receives first signals from Sorayya satellite: Minister IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- The minister of information and communications technology of Iran has announced that the Sorayya satellite, which was launched into orbit on Saturday, has been successful in accomplishing its mission and that it sent signals.
• Iranian, Chinese deputy FMs hold phone talk IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- Iranian and Chinese deputy foreign ministers have held a telephone conversation to discuss key developing issues in bilateral and international relations.
• Analysts: Assassination Plot Shows Extremes Iran Employs to Target Critics VOA 21 Jan 2024 -- A thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate two journalists working for a Persian TV network in London has renewed focus on the ways hostile governments try to target critics outside their jurisdiction.
• Five killed in insider attack in Iranian Army IRNA 21 Jan 2024 -- A conscript has killed five fellow soldiers in a military barrack in the southeastern Iranian province of Kerman.
• Amid Rising Tensions With Iran, Pakistani Police Say Member Of Iranian-Backed Militant Group Arrested In Karachi RFE/RL 21 Jan 2024 -- The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Pakistan's southwestern Sindh Province has said it has arrested a suspect in the 2019 attempted assassination attempt on a top Pakistani cleric, accusing the arrested man of being a "trained terrorist" who belongs to the Zainebiyoun Brigade, a militant group allegedly backed by Iran.
• Bhutan 'open for business' as voters choose former PM Tobgay to rebuild economy Radio Free Asia 21 Jan 2024 -- "Bhutan is open for business," wrote Prime Minister-elect Tshering Tobgay on X, after the people of the tiny Himalayan kingdom returned him to power in parliamentary elections this month.