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• U.S. Forces, Allies Conduct Joint Strikes in Yemen CENTCOM 24 Feb 2024 -- On Feb. 24, at approximately 11:45 p.m. (Sanaa Yemen time), U.S. Central Command forces alongside UK Armed Forces, and with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted strikes against 18 Houthi targets in Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled areas of Yemen.
• Feb. 24 Red Sea Update CENTCOM 24 Feb 2024 -- On Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. (Sanaa time), USS Mason (DDG 87) shot down one Anti- Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) launched into the Gulf of Aden from Iranian-backed Houthi controlled areas of Yemen.
• Joint Statement From Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States on Additional Strikes Against the Houthis in Yemen DoD 24 Feb 2024 -- "In response to the Houthis' continued attacks against commercial and naval vessels transiting the Red Sea and surrounding waterways, today the militaries of the United States and United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted an additional round of strikes against several targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen."
• Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen DoD 24 Feb 2024 -- "Today, the militaries of the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted strikes against military targets in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. "
• Yemen stages hail of strikes against US oil tanker, warships in support of Gaza Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- Yemen's Armed Forces have announced staging a raft of missile and drone strikes against a US oil tanker and a number of American warships in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are enduring a genocidal Washington-backed Israeli war.
• Fresh US-British airstrikes target positions in Yemen's western Hudaydah province Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- The United States and the United Kingdom have launched a string of airstrikes against targets in Yemen's strategic western province of Hudaydah in response to continued attacks by Yemeni Armed Forces against Israeli-affiliated commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
• US & Allies Conduct Strikes Against 18 Houthi Targets in Yemen - Pentagon Sputnik 24 Feb 2024 -- The United States and its allies carried out strikes against Yemen's Houthi movement, hitting 18 military targets of the movement, the US Defense Department said on Sunday.
• Joint Statement from Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States on Additional Strikes Against the Houthis in Yemen UK MOD 24 Feb 2024 -- In response to the Houthis' continued attacks against commercial and naval vessels transiting the Red Sea and surrounding waterways, today the militaries of the United States and United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted an additional round of strikes against several targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
• Statement on Air Strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen UK MOD 24 Feb 2024 -- Four Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s, supported by two Voyager tankers, again participated in a deliberate coalition strike on Saturday 24 February against Houthi military facilities in Yemen which had been conducting missile and drone attacks on commercial shipping and coalition naval forces in the Bab al Mandab, southern Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 'There's consensus on withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq' IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- Iraq's National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji has said that there is a consensus among political factions that foreign forces should leave the Arab country.
• Russian Defence Minister inspects Russian Tsentr Group of Forces in special military operation zone Russia MoD 24 Feb 2024 -- During a visit to the special military operation zone, Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu was briefed by the Tsentr Group of Forces' commander and staff officers on the current situation, enemy actions, and Russian troops' performance in the Group's area of responsibility.
• Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35S fighter jet escorts fighter-bombers Russia MoD 24 Feb 2024 -- The Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35s multi-purpose thrust vector fighter crew completed the combat task of escorting bombers in the Kupyansk direction of the special military operation.
• Special Delivery: Sukhoi Design Bureau Teases Super-Heavy Cargo Drone Sputnik 24 Feb 2024 -- In addition to playing a prominent, if not essential role in modern warfare, unmanned aerial, sea and ground-based vehicles are seen as an important new way to deliver cargoes across long distances, including to otherwise impassible locations.
• Regular Units for Use of Drones Created in Russian Armed Forces Sputnik 24 Feb 2024 -- Regular units for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been created in the Russian Armed Forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
• Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Challenges U.S. Buzz On Possible Nuclear Space Weapon RFE/RL 24 Feb 2024 -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says the United States has not shown any evidence for accusations that Moscow wants to put nuclear weapons in space, following U.S. media reports and official hints of concern at emerging Russian capabilities in space-based weapons.
• Agreement on security cooperation between Ukraine And Canada President of Ukraine 24 Feb 2024
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Giorgia Meloni in Kyiv signed the Security Cooperation Agreement between Ukraine and Italy President of Ukraine 24 Feb 2024
• Agreement on security cooperation between Ukraine and Italy President of Ukraine 24 Feb 2024
• Only Ukraine's invitation to NATO will give Europe and the world real chances to return to true security - Andriy Yermak President of Ukraine 24 Feb 2024
• The President of Ukraine met with Sweden's Minister for Defence President of Ukraine 24 Feb 2024
• UK to boost Ukraine's artillery reserves with £245 million munitions package UK MOD 24 Feb 2024 -- The UK will spend £245 million throughout the next year to procure and invigorate supply chains to produce urgently needed artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
• Two Years in, Russia's War on Ukraine Continues to Pose Threat to Global Security DoD News 24 Feb 2024 -- Russia's invasion and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine is today not just an assault on Ukrainian freedom and liberty, but also a threat to global order, said U.S. officials.
• U.S. Senators Promise To Pressure House Speaker To Bring Aid Bill Up For Vote During Visit To Ukraine RFE/RL 24 Feb 2024 -- A U.S. Senate delegation visiting Ukraine led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promised to pressure the leader of the House of Representatives to bring a bill that includes military aid up for a vote.
• NATO Secretary General's statement on the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine NATO 24 Feb 2024
• Statement by the NATO-Ukraine Council marking two years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine NATO 24 Feb 2024
• NATO: Ukraine's membership only a question of when, not if Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine's accession to the military alliance is only a question of time, though NATO leaders are still seeking to overcome divisions on the second anniversary of the war with Russia.
• Rs three lakh crore annual defence production & Rs 50,000 crore exports expected by 2028-29: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh India PIB 24 Feb 2024 -- "The Government, headed by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, is focusing on long-term gains and not short-term outcomes to make India a developed nation by 2047," said Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at a Defence Summit organised by a private media organisationin New Delhi on February 24, 2024
• INDIAN NAVY'S MISSION DEPLOYED DESTROYER PROVIDES CRITICAL EOD & MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO MV IN DISTRESS India PIB 24 Feb 2024 -- Palau Flagged MV Islander caught fire after an attack likely by drone/ missile on 22 Feb 24
• Iran denies providing Russia with ballistic missiles IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has dismissed Western media reports alleging that the Islamic Republic had provided Russia with ballistic missiles to use in its ongoing war with Ukraine.
• "We will continue to work with determination in defense industry" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 24 Feb 2024 -- Addressing citizens in Sakarya, President Erdoğan said: "We will continue to work with determination in defense industry in line with our goals, for which we constantly raise the bar."
• Readout of Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker's Travel to the United Kingdom, 3rd U.S. - UK Strategic Policy Dialogue DoD 24 Feb 2024
• French Defense Chief Visits Armenia, Signs Defense Deals Amid Deepening Ties RFE/RL 24 Feb 2024 -- France will provide more weapons and other military assistance to Armenia to help the South Caucasus country defend its territory, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said during his first visit to Yerevan on February 23.

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• 24h Operational Update: IDF Troops Continue Activities in the Area of Zeitoun, an IDF Drone Identified a Terrorist Squad Preparing To Launch an Anti-Tank Missile at IDF Troops Israel Defense Forces 24 Feb 2024
• Israel announces plan for 3,300 settler units amid Gaza genocide Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- The cabinet of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to build more than 3,300 new settler units in the occupied West Bank amid the ongoing war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Feb. 23: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 24 Feb 2024
• UN experts urge countries to immediately halt arms exports to Israel Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- A group of UN experts have warned that any transfer of weapons or ammunition to Israel that would be used in ground and aerial assault against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip is likely to violate international humanitarian law, and must cease immediately.
• Iran proposes specialized OIC mechanism to document Israeli crimes IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Culture Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili has called for the establishment of a specialized mechanism at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to precisely document crimes committed by the Israeli regime against Palestinians.
• Supreme Leader condemns US for vetoing UN resolution over Gaza ceasefire IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned the US for vetoing a UN resolution demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip once again.
• IRGC chief commander: We believe in Gaza's victory Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- The chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Islamic Republic believes in the Palestinian resistance's victory in the face of the Israeli regime in the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal US-backed war by Tel Aviv.
• Ayatollah Khamenei slams US for 'brazenly vetoing' Gaza truce resolution Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has denounced the US for "brazenly vetoing" a UN Security Council resolution to stop the ongoing Israeli genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• South Africa urges global testimony at ICJ against Israeli genocide IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- South Africa has called on countries around the world to testify in a case it has filed against Israel's genocide in Gaza before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
• South Africa urges countries to testify at ICJ against Israel Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- South Africa has called on all countries to testify in a case it has filed against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in order to punish the occupying regime for its crimes against the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Lula: What Israel is doing is genocide, not war IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- Brazilian President Lula da Silva has doubled down on his condemnation of the Zionist regime's atrocities against the people of Gaza, reiterating that what the occupying entity is doing is genocide.
• Brazil's outspoken Lula stands ground, asserts Israel committing genocide in Gaza Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- Brazil's president repeats his recent assertion that the Israeli regime is committing genocide in Gaza, braving the repercussions that have come to affect his country's ties with the Israeli regime and its main ally, the US.
• China to send 3rd aid shipment to Gaza, urges world to act Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- The China International Development Cooperation Agency has voiced deep concern over the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, calling on the international community to ensure safe delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory.
• Iraq says West Asia won't be stable without resolution of Palestine issue Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid says the resolution of the long-standing conflict generated by Israel in Palestine is the prime factor for the stabilization of the situation in West Asia.
• Palestinians dying of hunger as world watches in silence: Gaza official Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- The world is watching in silence as the Palestinians are dying of hunger in light of Israel's savage campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip, says the civil defense spokesperson in Gaza.
• Hamas warns of further escalation if Israel restricts Al-Aqsa Mosque entry Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned of a new escalation if the Israeli regime goes ahead with a plan to restrict Muslims praying in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.
• US aircraft aiding Israeli war of genocide: Hamas Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- A senior official with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the United States carries out reconnaissance missions over the Gaza Strip to help out the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war against the territory.
• New Hezbollah missile attacks hit Israeli-occupied territories IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has conducted new missile attacks on the northern Israeli-occupied territories, in its latest operation in support of the Palestinian people in war-ravaged Gaza.
• Hezbollah conducts new strikes against Israeli military sites Press TV 24 Feb 2024 -- Fighters from Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah have conducted strikes against Israeli military positions, demonstrating their solidarity with the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Israeli army incapable of attacking Lebanon: Israeli channel IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- The Zionist regime's army is not capable of attacking Lebanon contrary to what it claims, an Israeli channel reported.
• Thousands of Hamas fighters in northern Gaza, most tunnels intact: NYT ISNA 24 Feb 2024 -- The New York Times says at least 5,000 Hamas fighters are still in the northern Gaza Strip, above and below ground, and that the Resistance movement remains active there.

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• Ambassador of Russia in Canada Oleg V. Stepanov about Malorossiya and a little about the future, February 22, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24 Feb 2024
• U.S. Sanctions Russia's Largest Shipper As It Says Oil Price Cap Enforcement Bearing Fruit RFE/RL 24 Feb 2024 -- The United States said on February 23 that it is targeting Russia's largest state-owned shipping company and fleet operator for sanctions, saying at the same time that a price cap on Russian sea-borne oil imposed in December 2022 is serving its "twin goals" of limiting Kremlin profits from the sale of oil while promoting stable energy markets.
• Daughter Of Assassinated Kremlin Foe Nemtsov Says Putin Fears 'Dead Navalny No Less Than Living Navalny' RFE/RL 24 Feb 2024 -- The exiled daughter of assassinated Kremlin political foe Boris Nemtsov has called the treatment of the body of recently deceased opposition leader Aleksei Navalny by Russian officials "absolutely terrifying, surreal" and a "monstrous, inhumane story" that demonstrates just how deeply President Vladimir Putin fears Navalny's legacy of dissent.
• China launches new communication technology experiment satellite People's Daily 24 Feb 2024 -- China successfully sent a communication technology experiment satellite into space from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the southern island province of Hainan on Friday.
• China slams US 'economic coercion' against Chinese entities over Russia-Ukraine conflict Global Times 24 Feb 2024 -- The Chinese Embassy in the US has harshly criticized Washington's latest trade restrictions against Chinese entities over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, saying the move is typical economic coercion, unilateralism and bullying, Russian news agency TASS reported on Saturday.
• Why the new security law is a 'sword of Damocles' over Hong Kong Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2024 -- More than 20 years after similar legislation was stalled following mass protests, the Hong Kong government has launched a public consultation on a rewritten draft of its planned Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, which will criminalize "treason," "insurrection," the theft of "state secrets," "sabotage" and "external interference," among other national security offenses.
• INTERVIEW: How the West has been misreading China for years Radio Free Asia 24 Feb 2024 -- Frank Dikötter, author of the "People's Trilogy" about China under of Mao Zedong, has been chair professor of humanities at the University of Hong Kong since 2006. He recently published "China After Mao," in which he argues that claims that the Chinese Communist Party has significantly changed direction in the post-Mao era are a misreading by those outside the country who "live in a fantasy world."
• U.S., EU express support for Taiwan's international participation CNA 24 Feb 2024 -- The United States and the European Union issued a joint statement Friday praising Taiwan for its vibrant democracy and expressing support for its meaningful participation in international organizations.
• Senior CPC official urges firm efforts to advance national reunification People's Daily 24 Feb 2024 -- Wang Huning, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has urged firm efforts to advance the cause of national reunification.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Feb. 24, 2024 ROC MND 24 Feb 2024
• Ground-breaking Ceremony for Third-stage 10 000 Flats Construction Project Held in Hwasong Area Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Attends Ground-breaking Ceremony KCNA 24 Feb 2024 -- A grandiose construction project has been launched once again, demonstrating the correct implementation of the construction of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang Municipality being powerfully accelerated by the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) as the most important task to turn Pyongyang, the capital city of the great DPRK, into an ideal city where the people's well-being and civilization of socialism are in full bloom and into the most beautiful city in the world where the might of a powerful country and its signal development are reflected.
• Iran's Russia envoy reveals new details of strategic bilateral deal IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has revealed new details about a long-term strategic partnership agreement planned to be signed by the two countries in the near future.
• Iranian and Pakistani FMs hold telephone conversation ISNA 24 Feb 2024 -- On Friday afternoon Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani had a telephone conversation.
• Imprisoned Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Urges Boycott, Sanctions, Condemnation Of Iran Elections RFE/RL 24 Feb 2024 -- Imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has urged a boycott alongside "national sanctions and global condemnation" of next month's legislative elections there, calling the moves "a political necessity and a moral duty."
• Iran Labor Protest Uptick Coincides With Annual Minimum Wage Deliberations VOA 24 Feb 2024 -- Iran is seeing an uptick in labor protests coinciding with annual deliberations on raising the minimum wage to keep up with higher living costs, yet there has been no violent government crackdown such as the one that crushed a women's rights movement one year ago.
• Land Corridor And Deterrence Against Israel: Where Syria Fits Into Iran's Middle East Strategy RFE/RL 24 Feb 2024 -- Iran is eager to build on its longstanding alliance with Syria, but Tehran's achievements in expanding its influence in the Arab country are threatening one of its primary objectives: staying out of the line of fire in its shadow wars in the Middle East.
• Pakistani Police Detain Dozens At Postelection Protest In Karachi RFE/RL 24 Feb 2024 -- Pakistani police on February 24 detained dozens of political workers in Karachi who staged protests outside the provincial assembly in the southern Sindh Province against alleged fraud in February's general elections.
• 'Iran gas project to help Pakistan save over $5b per annum' IRNA 24 Feb 2024 -- Pakistani media outlets have reported that a decision by this country's federal cabinet to start works on an 80-kilometer segment of the pipeline from Gwadar to the Iranian border would enable Pakistan to save more than $5 billion annually through buying gas from the neighboring state.
• Speech of the Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the UN General Assembly Germany Federal Foreign Office 24 Feb 2024
• Bulgarian Sanctioned By U.S., Britain For Corruption Elected To Leadership Role In Major Bulgarian Party RFE/RL 24 Feb 2024 -- A Bulgarian lawmaker who has been sanctioned by the United States and Britain for alleged corruption, has been elected a co-president of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms at the party's national convention in Sofia.
• Violence Mars Malawi's Main Opposition Party Rally VOA 24 Feb 2024 -- Supporters of Malawi's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party were hurt and their cars vandalized Saturday in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, when suspected armed supporters aligned with the governing Malawi Congress Party attacked their street parade.