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• March 23 Red Sea Update CENTCOM 23 Mar 2024 -- From 2:50 to 4:30 a.m. (Sanaa time) March 23, the Iranian-backed Houthis launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) into the Red Sea in the vicinity of M/V Huang Pu, a Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned, Chinese-operated oil tanker.

Defense Policy / Programs

• USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) arrives in Algiers, Algeria US Navy 23 Mar 2024 -- Military Sealift Command (MSC) Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) arrived in Algiers, Algeria for a regularly scheduled port visit, March 22, 2024.
• USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) arrives in Copenhagen, Denmark US Navy 23 Mar 2024 -- USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) a cutting-edge Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer assigned to Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E), docked in Copenhagen, Denmark for a scheduled port visit, March 22, 2024.
• IAEA Director General Statement in Relation to AUKUS Announcement IAEA 23 Mar 2024 -- On 15 September 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States informed the Director General about their decision to initiate a trilateral effort of 18 months to "identify the optimal pathway to support Australia's acquisition of a conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine for the Royal Australian Navy" in the context of the AUKUS partnership.
• INDIAN NAVY'S ONGOING MARITIME SECURITY OPERATIONS ('OP SANKALP') 14 DEC 23 TO 23 MAR 24 India PIB 23 Mar 2024 -- Indian Navy has responded to the manifestation of Israel - Hamas conflict in the maritime domain by re-orienting and significantly enhancing the scope of its ongoing maritime security operations since mid-Dec 23
• US Congress passed financing bill including 228 million USD in security aid for Baltic States Estonia MoD 23 Mar 2024 -- Yesterday the US Congress passed the government funding legislation, which also includes 228 mln USD in security aid for Baltic States. This year the US has also provided Estonia with 47,3 mln USD within the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programme.

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• Mar. 22: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 23 Mar 2024
• 32,142 Palestinians martyred in Gaza: Health Ministry IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- At least 32,142 Palestinians have been killed and 74,412 wounded in the Gaza Strip since October 7, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza.
• Over 100 Palestinians martyred in Israeli raids on Shifa Hospital IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- A Gaza government official has said that over 100 Palestinians have been martyred during recent Israeli attacks on Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip.
• Five wounded Palestinians die in Gaza's besieged al-Shifa hospital Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- At least five wounded Palestinians have died in Gaza's al-Shifa hospital which has been under Israel's siege for six consecutive days.
• 'Moral outrage': UN chief condemns Israel's blocking of aid into Gaza Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the blockade of relief trucks on Egypt's side of the border with the Gaza Strip, describing it as a "moral outrage."
• Secretary-General's press encounter at Rafah border crossing UN Secretary-General 23 Mar 2024
• At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN's Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire UN News 23 Mar 2024 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza that it is time for a ceasefire and for an "ironclad commitment by Israel" to allow unhindered aid deliveries into the besieged enclave as he began his annual Ramadan solidarity trip on Saturday with planned visits to Egypt and Jordan.
• UN Chief Calls Blocked Gaza Aid 'Moral Outrage' VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- During a visit to the Rafah crossing Saturday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said blocked aid to Gaza is a "moral outrage."
• UN chief: We don't have power to stop Gaza war IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the world body does not have the power to stop the Israeli regime's war on Gaza, calling on those "who have the power to stop it to do it".
• Israel's crimes in Gaza could keep ICJ busy for 50 years, UN rapporteur warns Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, has warned that Israel's crimes in the Gaza Strip in nearly six months could preoccupy the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the next 50 years.
• Biden admin. admits reputational damage to US, Israel over Gaza IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- A memo obtained by American media organization NPR shows that the administration of President Joe Biden is concerned about the Israeli regime's "major strategic error" in Gaza and its repercussions for Washington and Tel Aviv.
• Blinken reiterates U.S. opposition to Israeli invasion of Rafah People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a visit to Israel, reiterated Friday that the United States opposes a ground operation by the Israeli military in Rafah.
• U.S.draft setting preconditions for ceasefire in Gaza "unacceptable," says Chinese envoy People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- A Chinese envoy said Friday that by setting preconditions for a ceasefire in Gaza, a U.S. draft resolution essentially green-lights continued killing, which is "unacceptable."
• "International organizations and institutions are merely watching the Israeli administration's barbarity" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 23 Mar 2024 -- Speaking at an iftar event in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said: "Israel, which is an inhuman terror state, has been nefariously massacring our Gazan brothers and sisters for 168 days, ignoring whether they are children, women, elderly or civilians, and has been carrying out a genocide more brutal than the ones in the Second World War. And international organizations and institutions, the United Nations in particular, are merely watching this barbarity of the Israeli administration except simple reactions."
• Israel seizes about 2000 acres of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Israel has announced to seize hundreds of acres of more Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank to expand settlements. It is viewed as one of the regime's biggest land-grab schemes.
• Hezbollah strikes Israel's Ramim barracks IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says it has targeted positions of Israeli military forces in fresh retaliatory strikes.
• Hezbollah retaliates against Israeli atrocities in Gaza with drone, artillery strikes Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Hezbollah fighters have conducted several retaliatory strikes against Israeli positions, targeting various locations, including barracks and gathering sites in the 1948 occupied territories, in response to the ongoing war on Gaza.
• US-UK attacks on Yemen encourage Israel to continue Gaza crimes: Ansarullah IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- Airstrikes carried out by the US and the UK against Yemen encourage the Israeli regime to continue its atrocities against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a senior Yemeni official has said.
• Ansarullah vows to keep on targeting Israel after US, UK strikes Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has denounced US and British strikes on the country, saying they embolden Israel to continue its genocidal war in Gaza.

Other Conflicts

• Manila blasts China's 'unprovoked aggression' in latest South China Sea incident Radio Free Asia 23 Mar 2024 -- China's coast guard on Saturday fired a water cannon at a Philippine supply boat in disputed waters in the South China Sea, causing "significant damages to the vessel" and injuring its crew, the Philippine coast guard said.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the Philippines' Resupply to Ren'ai Jiao PRC MofA 23 Mar 2024
• U.S. Support for the Philippines in the South China Sea US Dept. of State 23 Mar 2024 -- The United States stands with its ally the Philippines and condemns the dangerous actions by the People's Republic of China (PRC) against lawful Philippine maritime operations in the South China Sea on March 23.
• Philippines: Statement by the Spokesperson on provocative actions in the South China Sea European External Action Service (EEAS) 23 Mar 2024 -- The European Union is deeply concerned by the incidents which occurred in the South China Sea on 23 March.
• US-led resolution unbalanced, ambiguous, sets up preconditions for ceasefire: Chinese envoy Global Times 23 Mar 2024 -- The US draft sets up preconditions for a ceasefire, which is no different from giving a green light to continued killings, and thus unacceptable, according to China's United Nations envoy in comments made on Friday, after China voted against the US-led UN resolution on Gaza.
• China Coast Guard expells intruding Philippine vessels in S.China Sea; Manila urged to stop provocations Global Times 23 Mar 2024 -- The China Coast Guard (CCG) announced on Saturday that it had expelled three Philippine vessels which had illegally intruded into waters adjacent to Ren'ai Jiao (also known as Ren'ai Reef) in China's Nansha Islands, noting that the CCG remains on full alert to safeguard China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
• Ignoring Syrian Crisis Risks Destabilizing Region, Experts Say VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- More than 13 years after Syria erupted into civil war, the United Nations says the country has become a more dangerous place for civilians, noting that the oppressive government of President Bashir al-Assad that sparked the flames of conflict remains in power and continues to escalate hostilities on multiple fronts.
• Rebel groups kill officials recruiting for Myanmar's junta Radio Free Asia 23 Mar 2024 -- Rebel groups around Myanmar have killed at least six officials documenting draft-eligible residents this week, undermining the junta's efforts to roll out the country's military conscription law, sources said Friday.
• Specter of famine rises in Haiti as gang violence escalates Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- A significant portion of Haiti's population is facing food insecurity due to the escalation of gang violence throughout the country, leading to the risk of famine, international organizations say.
• Greece Slams Turkish President's 'Provocative Remarks' on Cyprus VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Cyprus should be a Turkish state.

News Reports

• Address to citizens of Russia President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on condolences and expressions of support received from abroad following the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Mar 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Shoukry Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Mar 2024
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the Severe Terrorist Attack in Russia PRC MofA 23 Mar 2024
• Hungarian PM Expresses Condolences to Russians After Deadly Terrorist Attack Sputnik 23 Mar 2024 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has expressed condolences to Russians after a deadly terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall in the Moscow Region.
• Eleven People Including Four Terrorists Directly Involved in Attack Detained - FSB Head to Putin Sputnik 23 Mar 2024 -- Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) chief Alexander Bortnikov has informed Russian President Vladimir Putin of the detention of 11 people in connection with the terrorist attack in the concert venue near Moscow, including all four who were directly involved in the killings, the Kremlin said in a statement.
• Ukraine Becomes Den of Terrorism in Europe With Help of West - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 23 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine has been turning into a center for the spread of terrorism in Europe for the past 10 years with the help of the West, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.
• Detained Terrorists Had Contacts on Ukrainian Side - FSB Sputnik 23 Mar 2024 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) published a statement on the Moscow concert hall terror attack investigation.
• Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna's comment on yesterday's attack in Moscow Estonia MFA 23 Mar 2024 -- Yesterday's attack on a concert hall in Moscow clearly showed that the Putin regime is focused on conquering neighboring countries and organizing hybrid operations instead of caring for the well-being and safety of its own people.
• Xi extends condolences to Putin after deadly Moscow terror attack Global Times 23 Mar 2024 -- At least 133 people have been killed in a terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue in the city of Krasnogorsk in the Moscow Region as of press time on Saturday. This is the first large-scale terrorist attack targeting civilians within Russia since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and came within a week after Vladimir Putin won a reelection victory.
• Xi extends condolences to Putin over deadly Moscow concert hall terror attack People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday extended condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the serious terrorist attack that caused heavy casualties at a concert hall in Moscow Oblast.
• Raeisi tells Putin Iran stands with Russia after terrorist attack in Moscow Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has called for serious action by the international community to punish the "masterminds and perpetrators" of a terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall.
• Iran strongly condemns Moscow terror attack IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned a deadly terror attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed over 40 people and wounded at least 140 others.
• World reacts to Russia terror attack IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- Reactions and condemnations have been pouring in following a terrorist attack in Russia where dozens of people were killed after gunmen began firing at people at the Crocus City Hall near the capital Moscow.
• UN Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attack in Russia People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist attack at a concert hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, the Russian Federation.
• US shared intel on possible terror attack was general: Russian source IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- A Russian intelligence source has said that the country's intelligence services received information from the United States about a planned terrorist attack, but the information was general without specifying.
• Russia terrorist attack death toll rises to 133 IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- The number of people killed in a shooting attack on a concert hall near the Russian capital Moscow has risen to 133, investigators have announced, while health officials said over 150 others had been wounded, including children.
• FSB Director reported to President about detention of terrorists who participated in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Fire, shooting claim over 90 lives in Moscow terrorist attack People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- The fire at a concert hall in Moscow's suburbs has been largely extinguished, with some areas still smoldering, Governor of Moscow Oblast Andrey Vorobyev said on Saturday.
• Putin vows punishment as death toll soars to 133 in Moscow terrorist attack Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to track down and punish those behind the "bloody and barbaric" terrorist attack in a concert hall outside Moscow as the death toll has soared to 133, according to Russian authorities.
• Russia Says 4 Foreign Suspects Detained As Death Toll From Concert Attack Reaches 133 RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- Rescuers pulled more bodies from the rubble of a Moscow-area concert venue on March 23 as the toll from a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) militant group reached 133 and security officials said four suspected gunmen had been detained in connection with Russia's worst terrorist violence in nearly two decades.
• How Putin's Police State Leaves Russia Vulnerable To Terrorist Attacks RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- A week after the last Russian presidential election, in 2018, a fire at a crowded mall in Siberia killed more than 60 people, many of them children.
• In Russian Crises, Putin Often Vanishes From Public Eye RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- When Russia's nuclear submarine the Kursk sank above the Arctic Circle in August 2000 during President Vladimir Putin's first year in office, it took four days for the new Russian leader to make a public statement on a tragedy that killed 118 sailors.
• A Look Back At Major Terror Attacks Under Putin's Rule RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- Gunmen opened fire at a packed music venue in Moscow on March 22, killing at least 115 people and wounding many more, in the worst such attack in Russia in years.
• Ukrainian Denials Of Involvement Sharpen After Attack On Russian Concert RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other Ukrainian officials on March 23 furiously denied any role by their country in the devastating attack on a Moscow-area concert hall a day earlier that killed at least 133 people and was claimed by the militant group Islamic State (IS), in a message that was also being pushed by Western officials.
• Terrorist Attack in Moscow US Dept. of State 23 Mar 2024 -- "The United States strongly condemns yesterday's deadly terrorist attack in Moscow."
• Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the Terrorist Attack in Moscow The White House 23 Mar 2024
• UN condemns deadly attacks in Moscow UN News 22 Mar 2024 -- The UN chief condemned in the strongest possible terms Friday's deadly terrorist attack at a concert hall outside Moscow.
• A Look at IS-Khorasan — Group Believed to Be Behind Moscow Attack VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- The United States is assigning responsibility for Friday's attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people on the Islamic State terror group's Afghan affiliate, known as Islamic State-Khorasan, or IS-Khorasan.
• Telephone conversation with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• China's anti-graft chief urges eradication of breeding grounds for corruption People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- China's top anti-graft official Li Xi has urged efforts to eradicate the breeding grounds and conditions for corruption.
• Hong Kong's Article 23 legislation takes effect with primary enforcement target on absconders Global Times 23 Mar 2024 -- The primary enforcement target under the Article 23 legislation is absconders endangering the national security who fled overseas, a Hong Kong official said.
• HKSAR chief executive signs safeguarding national security ordinance People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), on Friday signed the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance passed by the HKSAR Legislative Council earlier this week.
• China's Renewables, Oil Consumption Fit Gulf States, Analysts Say VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- During China's annual national legislature this month, Premier Li Qiang announced plans to construct more solar and wind farms as well as hydropower projects.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Mar. 23, 2024 ROC MND 23 Mar 2024
• 1 Taiwanese returned to Kinmen, 1 still held by China CNA 23 Mar 2024 -- A Taiwanese man surnamed Wu (吳) and his fishing boat were handed over to the Kinmen coast guard by Chinese officials earlier on Saturday, while a second Taiwan national is still being held by China after the two were detained by the Chinese coast guard in Fujian Province's Weitou Bay on March 18.
• Talks Held between DPRK and Chinese Party Officials KCNA 23 Mar 2024 -- Kim Song Nam, alternate member of the Political Bureau and director of the International Department of the C.C., Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) who is heading the WPK delegation on a visit to China, had talks with Liu Jianchao, head of the International Liaison Department of the C.C., Communist Party of China (CPC), in Beijing on March 21.
• Transcript of Special Briefing by Foreign Secretary on Prime Minister's State Visit to Bhutan (March 22, 2024) India MEA 23 Mar 2024
• Historic Win Shatters Stereotypes, Empowers Women in Pakistani Politics VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- When Suriya Bibi was running for a seat earlier this year on the Khyber Pakhtunkwa provincial assembly, she faced numerous challenges beyond being a woman and hailing from a minority sect in Pakistan's remote district of Chitral.
• 25 Years After NATO's Intervention, Serbia, Kosovo and the War in Ukraine VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- Twenty-five years ago, NATO launched an air campaign to stop ethnic cleansing by Serbian forces against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, then a province of Serbia in the former Yugoslavia. It was the first humanitarian intervention of its kind, and it was spearheaded by the United States.
• Cholera Kills At Least 54 in Somalia; Humanitarians Call for Action VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- At least 54 people have lost their lives to cholera in Somalia in recent months. Nine of those deaths occurred within the past week, marking the highest weekly death toll this year, humanitarian group Save the Children said.