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• Feb. 9 Summary of USCENTCOM Self-Defense Strikes in Yemen CENTCOM 10 Feb 2024 -- On Feb. 9, between the hours of 3 a.m. - 9:40 p.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted self-defense strikes against two mobile unmanned surface vessels (USV), four mobile anti-ship cruise missiles, and one mobile land attack cruise missile (LACM) that were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea.
• US, UK conduct airstrikes on Yemen's Al-Hudaydah, Sa'ada IRNA 10 Feb 2024 -- Aircraft of the United States and Britain carried out new round of air raids on two Yemeni governorates of Al-Hudaydah and Sa'ada.
• Islamic Resistance in Iraq calls on 'brothers in jihad' to help expel US troops Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror groups, has called on "our brothers in jihad to join the ranks of the resistance" and help drive out US troops from the Arab country.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia Inadvertently Shoots Down $2 Bln US Army Scout Copter Program Sputnik 10 Feb 2024 -- The American military's record of throwing money away on lavish boondoggle projects is the stuff of legends, something that can only be expected from a country known for spending more on defense than the next dozen or so countries combined.
• Russian Minister of Defence General of Army Sergei Shoigu inspects implementation of state defence order for UAV production in Udmurtia Russia MoD 10 Feb 2024 -- Sergei Shoigu inspected the production lines of UAV samples supplied to the Russian Armed Forces under the state defence order at JSC Kalashnikov Concern.
• Russian Defense Minister Shoigu Inspects Production of Drones Sputnik 10 Feb 2024 -- Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has inspected the implementation of the state defense order for the production of reconnaissance and attack drones by defense industry enterprises in the Russian Republic of Udmurtia, the Defense Ministry reported.
• Two Tu-95ms strategic missile carriers of Russian Aerospace Forces perform scheduled flight over neutral waters of Bering Sea Russia MoD 10 Feb 2024 -- Two Tu-95ms strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces' Long-Range Aviation carried out a scheduled flight in airspace above the neutral waters of the Bering Sea, near the western coast of Alaska.
• Two Russian Tu-95MS Missile Carriers Fly Near Alaska - MoD Sputnik 10 Feb 2024 -- Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers conducted a planned flight over neutral waters of the Bering Sea near Alaska, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Dismissed Amid Military Reshuffle RFE/RL 10 Feb 2024 -- Ukraine's First Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Pavlyuk has been dismissed from his post, the government announced on February 10, the latest of major personnel changes at the top of Ukraine's army after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the military needed a "reset."
• Combat commanders, brigades' real-life experience must be implemented for the Armed Forces' success - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 10 Feb 2024
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed Ukraine's defense needs, preparation of bilateral document on security commitments with Emmanuel Macron President of Ukraine 10 Feb 2024
• Ukraine Aid Bill Inches Forward in US Senate to Uncertain Fate VOA 10 Feb 2024 -- The U.S. Senate is working through the weekend on a $95.3 billion military aid package, of which about $60 billion would go to support Ukraine's defensive war against Russia.
• US and German leaders pressure US Congress for Ukraine aid Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Joe Biden urged US lawmakers to approve a long-delayed military aid package for Ukraine, warning that Kiev could defend itself against Russia without it.
• Biden Claims Congress' Failure to Approve New Ukraine Aid 'Close to Criminal Neglect' Sputnik 10 Feb 2024 -- US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the US Congress' failure to approve new funding for Ukraine security assistance is close to criminal neglect.
• Hungary Will Never Take Part in Arms Deliveries to Ukraine, Says Hungarian FM Szijjarto Sputnik 10 Feb 2024 -- Hungary has never participated and will never participate in arms deliveries to Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict with Russia, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told RIA Novosti.
• Iran's Alborz destroyer returns home after Red Sea deployment IRNA 10 Feb 2024 -- Iran's Alborz destroyer has returned to Iranian waters following a 91-day deployment to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, being replaced by the Alvand frigate that entered the Red Sea on Saturday.
• Iran's Navy welcomes home 94th flotilla after Red Sea mission Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- The Iranian Navy's 94th flotilla of warships has entered the territorial waters after a long mission in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.
• The Federal Chancellor meets US President Biden - "Ukrainians can continue to count on our support" Germany - Federal Government 10 Feb 2024 -- Federal Chancellor Scholz and US President Biden agree that Ukraine must continue to be supported in its defensive struggle against Russia. In addition to the war in Ukraine, the talks at the White House focused on another hotbed of crisis.

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• 24h Operational Update: Weapons Located, Terrorist Infrastructure Struck, and Terrorists Eliminated in Multiple Areas in Gaza Israel Defense Forces 10 Feb 2024
• Israel Discovers Hamas Tunnels Under UNRWA Gaza Headquarters VOA 10 Feb 2024 -- Israeli forces have discovered a tunnel network hundreds of meters long extending partly under UNRWA's Gaza headquarters, the military says, calling it new evidence of Hamas militants burrowing under the main relief agency for Palestinians.
• Feb. 9: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 10 Feb 2024
• Israel blocks food for 1.1mn Palestinians in besieged Gaza, UNRWA warns Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- The Israeli regime has been holding up food aid for over one million Palestinians starving in the besieged Gaza Strip, the main UN aid agency to Palestinians has warned.
• Israeli airstrike kills Hamas politburo chief's son in Gaza Strip: Reports Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- A son of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas resistance group, has reportedly been killed after Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Israel bombs Rafah after Netanyahu orders invasion of crowded town Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- Israel has launched heavy bombing of Rafah after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered troops to prepare for the invasion of the densely crowded town in the southern Gaza Strip.
• UNRWA Situation Report #75 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (All information from 6-7 February 2024, is valid as of 7 February 2024 at 22:30) UNRWA 10 Feb 2024
• Peace will return to West Asia if Israeli war on Gaza stops: Iran's foreign minister Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian of Iran says peace will be restored to West Asia if Israel stops its war in Gaza.
• Only an end to Gaza war will bring peace to region: Iran FM IRNA 10 Feb 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that the solution to restore peace in the West Asia region is to stop the Israeli regime's war on Gaza.
• Iran FM reaffirms support for Lebanon's stability IRNA 10 Feb 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that Iran attaches great importance to continuation of talks with Lebanon, highlighting the Islamic Republic's firm support for Lebanon's stability and security.
• Iran FM meets Nasrallah, resistance leaders in Beirut IRNA 10 Feb 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has met with Secretary-general of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah and some other resistance leaders in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
• Al-Aqsa Storm revived Palestine as main issue of Muslim world: Iran's FM Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Operation Al-Aqsa Storm by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and other Gaza-based groups against Israel revived the issue of Palestine as the Muslim world's "foremost and principal matter of concern."
• Iran's foreign minister: Gaza war will bring nothing for warmongers Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- Iran says war is not a solution to the Palestinian issue and it will have no outcome for the warmongers.
• Saudi Arabia warns of 'catastrophe' if Israel invades Rafah Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- Saudi Arabia has urged the UN Security Council to urgently convene a meeting to prevent the Israeli regime from causing "an imminent humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza's overcrowded border town of Rafah.
• Planned Israeli offensive in Rafah 'alarming': EU's foreign policy chief Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- The Israeli regime's plans for a military offensive on Rafah in the Gaza Strip are "alarming," the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borell has said.
• Erdogan urges unity in Islamic countries against Israel's offensive in Gaza People's Daily 10 Feb 2024 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Islamic countries to act in unity in response to the ongoing Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
• Israel's continued attacks on Gaza hospital constitute 'war crime': Hamas Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly condemned Israeli forces' siege of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza and the deployment of snipers around the health facility, stressing that targeting patients and medical staff in the only functioning medical complex in the besieged enclave constitutes a war crime.
• Hamas warns of Israel's imminent 'massacre' in hemmed-in Rafah Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas has warned of an imminent "massacre" by the Israeli regime forces in Rafah, as more than half of Gaza's population cramming into the border city brace for a full-blown invasion.
• Iraqi resistance strikes 'vital' Israeli target on Dead Sea coast Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance, an umbrella group of Iraqi anti-terror groups, strikes a "vital" Israeli target in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are enduring a genocidal war by the occupying regime.
• Hezbollah pounds several Israeli regime targets IRNA 10 Feb 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, on Friday carried out several military operations against Zionist regime targets.
• Hezbollah seizes Israeli drone 'in good condition,' strikes military outposts Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- Hezbollah resistance fighters have taken control of an Israeli drone after it violated the Lebanese airspace near the border with the occupied territories.
• Hezbollah head meets Iran's FM, says Resistance will emerge victorious Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says he is confident that the Palestinian nation and resistance factions will eventually emerge victorious and the Israeli regime will suffer a humiliating defeat in the Gaza Strip.

Other Conflicts

• Israeli attack targets western Damascus region People's Daily 10 Feb 2024 -- An Israeli missile attack targeted areas west of the Syrian capital of Damascus after midnight, witnesses and local media said early Saturday.
• Syria's air defense units repel Israeli missile strike near Damascus Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- Syrian air defense units have repelled an Israeli missile strike near capital Damascus, amid an upsurge in the Tel Aviv regime's acts of aggression against the Arab nation and its war on the Gaza Strip.

News Reports

• Greetings on Diplomatic Worker's Day President of Russia 10 Feb 2024 -- Vladimir Putin congratulated current staff and veterans of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on their professional holiday, Diplomatic Worker's Day.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video greetings on Diplomatic Worker's Day, Moscow, February 10, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Feb 2024
• Chinese Bank Cuts Ties to Russian Importers VOA 10 Feb 2024 -- A major Chinese bank for Russian importers, Chouzhou Commercial Bank, ceased operations with Russian and Belarusian companies, the Russian Vedomosti newspaper reported Wednesday.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video greetings on Diplomatic Worker's Day, Moscow, February 10, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Feb 2024
• New high set for Chinese balloon crossings of Strait median line CNA 10 Feb 2024 -- Eight Chinese balloons were detected crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Friday, the most in a single day to date, with two of them later flying over Taiwan, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Saturday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Feb. 10, 2024 ROC MND 10 Feb 2024
• Enlarged Plenary Meeting of Cabinet Committee of WPK Held KCNA 10 Feb 2024 -- An enlarged plenary meeting of the Cabinet Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) took place on Friday to thoroughly implement the Regional Development 20×10 Policy of the Party.
• Amirabdollahian says region moving towards political stability IRNA 10 Feb 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that the Israeli regime has reached none of its stated goals of the Gaza war despite mass killings in the Palestinian territory, adding that the West Asia region is moving toward political stability.
• Iran, Russia sign long-term grain supply agreement IRNA 10 Feb 2024 -- Iran and Russia have signed a long-term agreement for supply of grains from Russia to Iran.
• In Letter From Prison, Former Myanmar Leader Writes of Suffering VOA 10 Feb 2024 -- The day Kim Aris received a letter from his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi, marked a significant moment after almost three years of silence. Speaking on February 2 in an interview with VOA via Zoom from his home in England, Aung San Suu Kyi's youngest son expressed concern about his mother's health in prison.
• Pakistan's ex-PMs Sharif, Khan both claim victory in controversial election Press TV 10 Feb 2024 -- Pakistan's former prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan both claim victory in a national election marred by delayed results and deadly militant attacks.
• Khan's Party Says It's Ready To Form Pakistani Government; Party Leader Shot RFE/RL 10 Feb 2024 -- The party of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, which according to still incomplete results has won most mandates in the February 8 elections, said it was ready to form a government amid warnings by the nuclear-armed country's powerful military that politicians should put the people's interests above their own.
• General Elections 2024 Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Feb 2024 -- "We have taken note of statements from certain countries and organizations on the general elections held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024."
• Pakistan Elections Australia DFAT 10 Feb 2024 -- Australia notes the initial results of Pakistan's general elections held on 8 February 2024.
• "Achieving full independence in energy is our most important goal" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 10 Feb 2024 -- Speaking at a rally in Zonguldak, President Erdoğan said: "Achieving full independence in energy is our most important goal. We are implementing with determination and courage the moves that will ensure Türkiye's energy security."
• Moldova Pushes Back Against Russian Election Plans In Transdniester RFE/RL 10 Feb 2024 -- After weeks of quiet deliberation, Moldova's pro-European government has rejected a Russian request for polling stations in the separatist sliver of Moldovan territory between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border during voting next month to formalize Vladimir Putin's presidential reelection.
• Hungarian President Resigns Following Outrage Over Pardon Of Accomplice In Child Sex-Abuse Case RFE/RL 10 Feb 2024 -- Hungarian President Katalin Novak has resigned following public outrage over her pardon of a man convicted of being an accomplice to child sex abuse.