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• Defeat ISIS Mission in Iraq and Syria for January through March 2024 CENTCOM 05 Apr 2024 -- United States Central Command, along with our Defeat ISIS partners, Iraqi Security Forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces, conducted 94 Defeat ISIS Missions resulting in 18 ISIS operatives killed and 63 detained from January through March. In Iraq, 66 partnered operations resulted in 11 ISIS operatives killed and 36 ISIS operatives detained. In Syria, 28 partnered operations resulted in 7 ISIS operatives killed and 27 ISIS operatives detained.

Defense Policy / Programs

• JOINT STATEMENT: Australia - Japan - Philippines - United States Maritime Cooperative Activity DoD 05 Apr 2024 -- Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States uphold the right to freedom of navigation and overflight, and respect for maritime rights under international law, reflected in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
• New Jersey, Delaware, Idaho Guard Conduct Interagency Training Army News 05 Apr 2024 -- The New Jersey, Delaware and Idaho National Guard participated in interagency chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives training with the FBI and state and local law enforcement March 25-28.
• USEUCOM commander visits Slovakia, Slovenia to recognize 20 years of NATO unity EUCOM 05 Apr 2024 -- Gen. Cavoli praised the two nations' military modernization efforts and investments in the capabilities required to deter aggression and defend NATO territory.
• USAF senior leaders visit Mariana Islands on ACE trip US Air Force 05 Apr 2024 -- Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi continued their week-long tour of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility visiting Saipan, Tinian, and Guam April 4.
• U.S. 4th Fleet Announces Southern Seas 2024 Deployment US Navy 05 Apr 2024 -- The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations over the next few months as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet's Southern Seas 2024 deployment.
• USS Arleigh Burke Arrives in Larnaca, Cyprus US Navy 05 Apr 2024 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) arrived in Larnaca, Cyprus for a regularly scheduled port visit Apr. 4, 2024.
• First East Coast-Assigned Navy CMV-22B Osprey Arrives to Norfolk US Navy 05 Apr 2024 -- The first East Coast-assigned Navy tiltrotor vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) CMV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40, arrived to Naval Station Norfolk on April 5.
• CNO visits PACFLT, Stresses Importance of Indo-Pacific Region US Navy Press Release 05 Apr 2024 -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti visited Hawaii to preside over the U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) Change of Command, and stress the importance of the Indo-Pacific region to U.S. national security, April 3-4.
• Readout of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti's Meeting with Flag Officer- in-Command, Philippine Navy Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci US Navy Press Release 05 Apr 2024
• New Jersey, Delaware, Idaho Guard Conduct Interagency Training Army News 05 Apr 2024 -- The New Jersey, Delaware and Idaho National Guard participated in interagency chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives training with the FBI and state and local law enforcement March 25-28.
• Baltic Fleet's surface action group conduct artillery live-fire drills Russia MoD 05 Apr 2024 -- The Baltic Fleet's naval attack groups, consisting of small missile ships Serpukhov and Naro-Fominsk, missile ships Chuvashya, Dimitrovgrad, and Morshansk have performed combat training missions in the Baltic Sea in accordance with the combat training plan.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Ukrainian Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov DoD 05 Apr 2024
• Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs discusses EU security commitments to Ukraine Finnish Government 05 Apr 2024 -- In its meeting on Friday 5 April, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs discussed the proposal on EU security commitments to Ukraine.
• Latvian Minister Says Proposed NATO Fund For Ukraine Would Show Unity Within Alliance RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- Latvia's foreign minister says a proposal to create a 100 billion euro ($107 billion), five-year fund for Ukraine would improve coordination among NATO members on providing military aid and send a signal to Moscow that those in the alliance are providing the aid together.
• U.S., Chinese Military Officials Resume Talks on Operational Safety DoD News 05 Apr 2024 -- Military officials from the U.S. and China met this week for working-level talks focused on ensuring safe and professional air and naval interactions between their forces.
• Nations combine on mine warfare activity Australia DOD 05 Apr 2024 -- The Royal Australian Navy has laid sea mines for the first time in nearly 50 years during Exercise Dugong.
• US needs to share military secrets, Australian diplomat says Radio Free Asia 05 Apr 2024 -- The United States can no longer go it alone on defense technology innovation and the production of military hardware, with foes like China and Russia already "outpacing" U.S. capabilities in some key areas, an Australian diplomat said in Washington on Friday.
• CDS Gen Anil Chauhan underscores need for Military Leaders to adapt to changing character of War India PIB 05 Apr 2024 -- Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has highlighted the need for Military Leaders to adapt to the changing character of war and underscored the importance of inter services synergy
• New Norwegian Long Term Plan on Defence: "A historic plan" Government of Norway 05 Apr 2024 -- The Norwegian Government is proposing to parliament a historic increase in defence spending with 600 billion kroner over the next 12 years, from this year to 2036 (approx. 60 billion USD). It is a historic boost for the Armed Forces. All services of the Norwegian Armed Forces will be strengthened, with more personnel and new capabilities.
• Parliamentary Secretary Reinis Brusbārdis underlines the special importance of the Baltic-Nordic cooperation format for the security of the region Latvia MFA 05 Apr 2024 -- On 5 April 2024, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Reinis Brusbārdis, met with the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Maria Varteressian, who has arrived in Latvia for political consultations.

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• Speakers in Security Council Condemn Deadly Israeli Airstrikes on Aid Workers in Gaza, Urge Immediate Action to End Violations of International Humanitarian Law UN Security Council 05 Apr 2024 -- Following Israeli airstrikes on 1 April that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, a senior United Nations official briefing the Security Council urged immediate concerted action to investigate, prosecute and stop such violations of international humanitarian law and to give humanitarian staff unimpeded access to those in need, as delegates raised concern about the imminent famine in the occupied territory.
• Secretary-General's press encounter on Gaza UN Secretary-General 05 Apr 2024
• Israel must allow 'quantum leap' in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics UN News 05 Apr 2024 -- Israel must make meaningful changes in the way it is fighting in Gaza to avoid civilian casualties while also undergoing "a true paradigm shift" in lifesaving aid delivery, the UN chief said on Friday.
• Gaza: 'No protection' for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears UN News 05 Apr 2024 -- Aid officials called on the Security Council on Friday to step in to stop the carnage in Gaza as the war enters its sixth month amid a man-made famine, Israel's constant bombardment, targeted killings of aid workers and Palestinians civilians and "zero accountability" for the perpetrators.
• Gaza: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel UN News 05 Apr 2024 -- The UN's top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged "use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza", while also calling for an arms embargo on Israel.
• Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director, Coordination division, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on behalf of Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (5 April 2024 ) UNOCHA 05 Apr 2024
• Occupied Palestinian Territory/Israel: Vital need to ensure humanitarian aid and protect humanitarian workers OHCHR 05 Apr 2024
• Commission statement on Israeli commitments related to the opening of further humanitarian aid access points European Commission 05 Apr 2024 -- The European Commission takes note of Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement to open further humanitarian aid access points into Gaza, following his phone call with US President Biden, in particular the commitments to open the Ashdod port, as well as the Erez crossing to let aid flow directly into north Gaza, and to significantly boost deliveries from Jordan.
• Aid workers should never be targeted. More needs to be done to protect them in Gaza: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 05 Apr 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Gaza.
• Iran-Backed Militias Have Been Meeting In Southern Lebanon, Sources Say RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- Militias supported by Iran from across the Middle East, including groups from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestinian factions, have been holding secret strategy sessions in Hizballah's tunnels in southern Lebanon in recent weeks, according to information obtained by RFE/RL's Radio Farda.

Other Conflicts

• Chinese delegation in Myanmar in bid to end conflict in western Rakhine state Radio Free Asia 05 Apr 2024 -- A Chinese delegation has traveled to Myanmar in a bid to end the conflict between the junta and the Arakan Army in western Rakhine state, Beijing's envoy to the United Nations said Thursday, but observers suggest there will be no peace unless the military regime makes significant concessions.
• Ethnic army seizes city on Myanmar-China border Radio Free Asia 05 Apr 2024 -- An ethnic army captured a town near the Chinese border, less than a week after officials met in Myanmar's capital to discuss cooperation between the two countries, residents told Radio Free Asia on Friday.
• Complaints over Myanmar's manufacturing sector tripled in 2023, report finds Radio Free Asia 05 Apr 2024 -- Employees in Myanmar's manufacturing sector reported three times as many labor violations in 2023 than the year before, according to a labor advocacy group's report.
• Press Statement on Situation in Democratic Republic of Congo UN Security Council 05 Apr 2024 -- The members of the Security Council met on 27 March to discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They were briefed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita.
• Sudan: Aid lifeline reaches Darfur region in bid to avert 'hunger catastrophe' UN News 05 Apr 2024 -- Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan's Darfurs for the first time in months, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as humanitarians try to avert a "hunger catastrophe", after nearly a year of heavy fighting.
• First food aid in months reaches Darfur, yet limited humanitarian access is worsening Sudan's hunger catastrophe WFP 05 Apr 2024 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has managed to bring desperately needed food and nutrition supplies into Darfur, the first WFP assistance to reach the war-wracked region in months. Yet, the UN food agency warns that unless the people of Sudan receive a constant flow of aid via all possible humanitarian corridors - from neighbouring countries and across battle lines - the country's hunger catastrophe will only worsen.
• Kosovo Starts First Census In More Than A Decade; Serb Party Vows To Boycott RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- Kosovo officials have begun conducting the country's first census in over a decade, as the country's main Serbian political party vowed to boycott the count.

News Reports

• Leading Kazakh Sinologist Jailed On Treason Charge Released On Parole RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- A leading Kazakh sinologist and former senior government adviser, Konstantin Syroyezhkin, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison on high-treason charges in 2019, has been released on parole five years early.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Apr 2024
• Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen Ahead of Bilateral Meeting with Vice Premier He Lifeng of the People's Republic of China US Treasury 05 Apr 2024
• Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at American Chamber of Commerce Event in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China US Treasury 05 Apr 2024
• READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's Meeting with Guangdong Governor Wang Weizhong of the People's Republic of China US Treasury 05 Apr 2024 -- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen today met with Guangdong Governor Wang Weizhong of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The two sides discussed the industrial outlook for the economically-important province of Guangdong. Secretary Yellen also noted Guangdong's history as a center of market-oriented economic reforms in China. Secretary Yellen discussed her approach to the U.S.-China economic relationship and underscored her agreement with Vice Premier He Lifeng that the United States and China are not seeking to decouple their economies and that the U.S. and China welcome the objective of a healthy economic relationship that benefits both countries. She also expressed growing international concerns about overcapacity in certain Chinese industries.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Apr. 5, 2024 ROC MND 05 Apr 2024
• First Quarterly Economic Plan Fulfilled in Key Industrial Sector of DPRK KCNA 05 Apr 2024 -- The first quarterly national economic plans for attaining 12 major goals for the new year in the key industrial sector have been fulfilled in the DPRK.
• Press Statement of Vice Foreign Minister of DPRK KCNA 05 Apr 2024 -- Kim Son Gyong, vice-minister for International Organizations of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, released the following press statement on April 5:
• Iran Renews Vow of Vengeance at Annual Anti-Israel Rallies RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- Iran on April 5 renewed its pledge to avenge the deaths of seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Syria.
• Armenia: Press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell before the Joint EU-US-Armenia High-level meeting in support of Armenia's resilience European External Action Service (EEAS) 05 Apr 2024/li>
• Joint EU-US-Armenia High Level Meeting in Support of Armenia's resilience European Commission 05 Apr 2024 -- President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, EU High Representative/Vice-President, Josep Borrell, Secretary of State of the United States of America, Antony Blinken, USAID Administrator Samantha Power, and Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, met today, April 5, 2024 in Brussels to reaffirm support for Armenia's sovereignty, democracy, territorial integrity, and socio-economic resilience.
• EU, Washington Pledge Funds As Armenia Turns Away From Moscow RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- The European Union and the United States have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to Armenia as Yerevan looks westward amid failing relations with its traditional ally, Russia.
• Foreign Ministry statement in connection with the high-level Armenia-US-EU format meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Apr 2024
• Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs Sends Chill Through Kyrgyz Civil Society RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed a controversial law allowing officials to register organizations as "foreign representatives," ending a decade-long campaign to pass a law echoing Russian legislation on "foreign agents."
• Orban Receives Award From EU-Sanctioned Bosnian Serb Separatist Leader RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- Viktor Orban received a state award from Milorad Dodik, the Western-sanctioned Bosnian Serb separatist leader, as the Hungarian prime minister continued a controversial trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
• Orban Visits Bosnia Ahead Of Hungary's EU Presidency In Second Half Of 2024 RFE/RL 05 Apr 2024 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on April 4 discussed bilateral cooperation in a number of areas with top officials of Bosnia-Herzegovina as Hungary prepares to take its turn as president of the European Union later this year.
• World News in Brief: Security Council condemns DR Congo attacks, cholera testing breakthrough, 'my health, my right' campaign UN News 05 Apr 2024 -- The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the latest rise in attacks by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's restive east, which has undermined security and exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation.