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Current Operations

• Feb. 10 Summary of USCENTCOM Self-Defense Strikes in Yemen CENTCOM 11 Feb 2024 -- On Feb. 10, between the hours of 4-5 p.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully conducted self-defense strikes against two unmanned surface vessels (USV) and three mobile anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) north of Al Hudaydah, Yemen, that were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea.
• US Claims it Hit Houthi Sea Drones and Missiles North of Al-Hudaydah Port Sputnik 11 Feb 2024 -- The United States struck "five Houthi-linked targets" north of Al Hudaydah port in the Red Sea on February 10, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday.
• Two US Military Bases Under Fire in Eastern Syria - Sources Sputnik 11 Feb 2024 -- Two US military facilities sitting on natural oil and gas fields in eastern Syria came under fire on Saturday, local Syrian sources told Sputnik.
• U.S. Marines Deliver Emergency Relief to Mindanao USMC News Release 11 Feb 2024 -- At the request of the Government of the Philippines, U.S. Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force will support the U.S. Agency for International Development by providing foreign humanitarian assistance to the ongoing disaster relief mission in Mindanao, Republic of the Philippines, Feb. 12, 2024.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Statement From Walter Reed Military Medical Center Officials on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Health Status DoD 11 Feb 2024
• Statement From Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Health Status DoD 11 Feb 2024
• Statement From Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Health Status DoD 11 Feb 2024
• US Defense Secretary Austin Hospitalized, Duties Transferred to Deputy VOA 11 Feb 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was taken to the Walter Reed military hospital Sunday for treatment of "symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue," a Pentagon spokesperson said.
• SETAF-AF hosts first Africa FAO Forum to foster collaboration and address unique challenges Army News 11 Feb 2024 -- U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) hosts the first African Foreign Area Officer (FAO) Forum with 80 attendees at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Dec. 11th-14th 2023.
• USS Bataan, 26th MEU(SOC) Port in Larnaca, Cyprus US Navy 11 Feb 2024 -- The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) arrived in Larnaca, Republic of Cyprus, for a scheduled port visit, Feb. 11.
• Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet visits USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) US Navy 11 Feb 2024 -- Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, visited the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) at Naval Station Rota to meet with the crew and recognize their accomplishments, Feb. 9, 2024.
• U.S. Sixth Fleet Commander Visits Naval Station Rota US Navy 11 Feb 2024 -- Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, visited Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain and hosted a Commander Task Force (CTF) Commanders Conference onboard the base, Feb. 8-9, 2024.
• Sweeping US Foreign Aid Package Advances in Senate VOA 11 Feb 2024 -- The U.S. Senate passed a key procedural vote in favor of advancing a sweeping U.S. $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and putting the measure on track for passage in the Senate.
• European Leaders, White House Denounce Trump's Remarks On Russia, NATO RFE/RL 11 Feb 2024 -- The White House, European leaders, and NATO condemned remarks by former U.S. President Donald Trump, who said that if he is reelected the United States might not defend alliance members from a potential Russian invasion if they don't pay enough of their own defense and would in fact "encourage" the Russians to do "whatever the hell" they want.
• Western Leaders React to Trump's Threats About Not Defending NATO VOA 11 Feb 2024 -- Top western officials Sunday criticized former U.S. President and Republican front-runner Donald Trump over his comments that the United States might not protect NATO allies — whom he says are not spending enough on their defense — against a potential Russian invasion.
• Zelenskiy Steps Up Leadership 'Reboot' As Russian Drone Assaults Hit Kyiv, Kharkiv RFE/RL 11 Feb 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy continued moves to "reboot" the leadership of his government and military even as Russia's military launched another wave of drones across Ukraine overnight, including the capital, Kyiv.
• We are working to increase the effectiveness of our mobile firing groups and to provide even more regions of Ukraine with electronic warfare systems - address by the President President of Ukraine 11 Feb 2024
• J-10 fighter jets make one-stop direct return flight from Saudi Arabia with YU-20, sending Lunar New Year greetings Global Times 11 Feb 2024 -- After delivering flight performances at the World Defence Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seven J-10 fighter jets of the August 1st Aerobatics Team of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force flew directly back to China, accompanied and supported by the YU-20 aerial tanker, landing at an airport in western China on Saturday.
• Controllable Shells for Multiple Rocket Launcher Newly Developed in DPRK KCNA 12 Feb 2024 -- The Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK succeeded in developing new controllable shell and ballistic control system for multiple rocket launcher.

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• 24h Operational Update: IDF Operations Continue in Gaza, Terrorist Infrastructure Including a Weapons Storage Facility Eliminated Israel Defense Forces 11 Feb 2024
• Israel transfers largest military division from Gaza to Lebanese border amid tensions Press TV 11 Feb 2024 -- Israel's military chief has reportedly transferred the largest military division from the Gaza Strip to the border with Lebanon, as tensions continue to escalate with the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah in the border area.
• Netanyahu Promises Palestinians in Rafah 'Safe Passage' Before Ground Offensive VOA 11 Feb 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promising "safe passage" for tens of thousands of Palestinians out of Gaza's southernmost town of Rafah ahead of a planned Israeli ground offensive against Hamas militants; It is not clear, however, where the displaced Palestinians will go.
• PM Netanyahu: "The achievements of the IDF are very impressive. We are on the way to victory. It is within reach. It is a difficult battle, but one we are winning." Israel - Prime Minister 11 Feb 2024 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the ministers of the Government of Israel, today, visited base of the IDF Yahalom Unit where they received a security briefing on the war from IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi and additional commanders.
• Feb. 10: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 11 Feb 2024
• Israel Conducts Airstrikes on Rafah VOA 11 Feb 2024 -- The Israeli military said it conducted a "series of strikes" early Monday on Rafah, in southern Gaza, that have now "concluded."
• Israeli bombing of home east of Rafah kills 25 people: Report Press TV 11 Feb 2024 -- Twenty-five people have been reportedly killed and dozens more injured after the Israeli military bombed a home in the southern Gaza Strip.
• Two captives killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza: Hamas Press TV 11 Feb 2024 -- The military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip over the past 96 hours have killed two Israeli captives and seriously injured eight others.
• Suffering of Palestinians in Gaza unimaginable: UN IRNA 11 Feb 2024 -- UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. Martin Griffiths has sounded the alarm over humanitarian catastrophe in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where over 1.3 million Palestinians, including those displaced from the northern strip are trapped amid relentless Israeli strikes and a looming ground invasion.
• UN experts: Israeli killings in West Bank hospital may be war crimes Press TV 11 Feb 2024 -- A group of United Nations special rapporteurs say the assassination of three young Palestinians inside a West Bank hospital by a unit of undercover Israeli special forces may amount to grave violations of international human rights law and humanitarian law.
• UNRWA to Face Budget Deficit From March - Head Sputnik 11 Feb 2024 -- Earlier, the United States, Finland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, along with other countries suspended funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
• Biden Warns Netanyahu Against Launching Rafah Operation Without Credible Plan Sputnik 11 Feb 2024 -- Rafah, a city located in the southern Gaza Strip, is considered to be one of the last safe zones for Palestinians fleeing the war with well over half of Gaza's population now living there in refuge.
• Readout of President Biden's Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel The White House 11 Feb 2024
• Iran FM says Gaza turned into graveyard for Zionists IRNA 11 Feb 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trapped in the quagmire of Gaza, which has turned into a graveyard for Zionists.
• Raeisi reaffirms Iran's support for Palestine ISNA 11 Feb 2024 -- President Ebrahim Raeisi has reaffirmed Iran's unwavering support for the Palestinian people, saying Palestine remains the number one issue of the Muslim world as the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini said famously.
• Gaza turned into graveyard of Zionists: Iran FM Press TV 11 Feb 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the besieged Gaza Strip has turned into a graveyard for Israeli regime soldiers more than four months into the war.
• UK Foreign Secretary Concerned About Possible Israeli Attack on Gaza's Rafah Sputnik 11 Feb 2024 -- UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Saturday that he is concerned over Israel's planned ground operation in the southern Gazan city of Rafah.
• Iran, Syria share 'practical approach' in supporting Palestinians Press TV 11 Feb 2024 -- Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran and Syria share a "practical approach" in supporting the Palestinians in the months-long Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
• 'Blatant violation of international law': Israel's planned invasion of Rafah sparks fury Press TV 11 Feb 2024 -- The Israeli regime's planned invasion of the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah has drawn widespread condemnations from international organizations around the world as well as political figures in the West.
• Hamas warns Israeli ground invasion of Rafah will blow up captive talks Press TV 11 Feb 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has warned that any Israeli ground invasion of Gaza's border city of Rafah, which shelters hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinian civilians, will "blow up" the captive exchange negotiations.

Other Conflicts

• China Coast Guard expels Philippine vessel for intruding into S.China Sea waters Global Times 11 Feb 2024 -- The China Coast Guard (CCG) announced on Sunday that it had expelled a Philippine Coast Guard vessel that illegally intruded into waters adjacent to Huangyan Island in the South China Sea multiple times from February 2 to 9, noting that China's responses were professional and reiterating its firm resolve to safeguard China's national sovereignty.
• Israeli Warplanes Strike Airport on Damascus Outskirts - Russian Military Sputnik 11 Feb 2024 -- Two Israeli fighter jets launched airstrikes at Al-Dimas airport near the Syrian capital of Damascus, a senior Russian military officer told a news briefing on Saturday.

News Reports

• Orban's Advisor Says Hungary Trying to Convince EU to Return to Diplomacy With Russia Sputnik 11 Feb 2024 -- Balazs Orban, the Hungarian Political Director of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said on Saturday that Hungary is trying to persuade member states of the European Union to return to the diplomatic dialogue with Moscow.
• Record 6 Chinese balloons in 24 hours detected flying across Taiwan CNA 11 Feb 2024 -- A record six Chinese balloons flew across Taiwan between 6 a.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Feb. 11, 2024 ROC MND 11 Feb 2024
• IRGC commander warns US to keep distance from Iran IRNA 11 Feb 2024 -- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Cops (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh has warned the United States against moving its military assets close to Iran.
• Two Basij forces martyred in southeastern Iran IRNA 11 Feb 2024 -- The public relations of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, has announced that two members of Basij (voluntary forces) have been martyred on the Zahedan-Bam railway route.
• Iran celebrates 45th anniversary of Islamic Revolution ISNA 11 Feb 2024 -- Millions of Iranians poured into the streets across the country to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution spearheaded by the late charismatic leader Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini.
• President Raeisi reaffirms Islamic Revolution's 45-year support for Palestine Press TV 11 Feb 2024 -- President Ebrahim Raeisi has reaffirmed Iran's unwavering support for the Palestinian people, saying Palestine remains the number one issue of the Muslim world as the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini said famously.
• Allies of Ex-Pakistani PM Khan Lead in Final Election Count VOA 11 Feb 2024 -- Pakistan's much-awaited election vote count concluded Sunday, with jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's allies winning the most National Assembly seats but not enough to form a simple majority.