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• Washington Says It Warned, Not Asked, Iran Against Attacks On U.S. Troops RFE/RL 06 Apr 2024 -- The United States has warned Iran against attacking its troops and bases in the Middle East as Tehran plans its response to a suspected Israeli strike that killed seven military men on April 1.

Defense Policy / Programs

• CENTCOM briefs Abbey Gate Gold Star Families and survivors CENTCOM 06 Apr 2024 -- As announced by U.S. Central Command in September 2023, the Commander of U.S. Central Command, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, directed U.S. Army Central to examine through supplemental interviews new information made available via public testimony and public statements surrounding the Aug. 26, 2021, terrorist attack at Abbey Gate outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
• USS Carney (DDG 64) enters the Mediterranean Sea US Navy Press Release 06 Apr 2024 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), transited the Suez Canal and entered the Mediterranean Sea, April 6, 2024.
• CNO visits Navy Closure Task Force - Red Hill US Navy Press Release 06 Apr 2024 -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti visited Navy Closure Task Force - Red Hill (NCTF-RH), April 4, to reinforce the Navy's commitment to the safe and expeditious closure of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF).
• Exclusive: Russian company supplies military with microchips despite denials VOA 06 Apr 2024 -- Russian microchip company AO PKK Milandr continued to provide microchips to the Russian armed forces at least several months after Russia invaded Ukraine, despite public denials by company director Alexey Novoselov of any connection with Russia's military.
• Taiwan's Army to purchase 25,000 upgraded rifles: Source CNA 06 Apr 2024 -- The Republic of China (Taiwan) Army is expected to purchase 25,000 upgraded assault rifles next year, according to a military source close to the matter.
• Zelenskiy Says More Soldiers, Equipment Needed To Disrupt Russian Offensive RFE/RL 06 Apr 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine should prepare "significant personnel," including reserves, to disrupt Russia's latest offensive operations in the war.
• China, US militaries hold a new round of maritime military safety consultation in Hawaii, engage in candid and constructive exchange Global Times 06 Apr 2024 -- The Chinese and American militaries held two-day working-level talks in Hawaii, which China's Ministry of National Defense (MOD) described on Saturday as candid and constructive. This marks the first time in two years that China and the US have held a meeting under the military maritime consultative mechanism, signaling the restart of the China-US military maritime security dialogue.
• Nearly £17 million of drugs seized by Royal Navy in the Caribbean Sea UK MOD 06 Apr 2024 -- HMS Trent recently seized drugs after making two interceptions while on patrol

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, April 6, 2024 Israel Defense Forces 06 Apr 2024
• Planning the post-war reconstruction and recovery of Gaza UN News 06 Apr 2024 -- The destruction wrought across the Gaza Strip by Israel in the six months since the massacre of Israeli and other citizens by Hamas on 7 October 2023 makes for grim reading - over 33,000 people killed and, according to the World Bank, over one million Palestinians are without homes, close to 90 per cent of health facilities have been damaged or wrecked and schools have been destroyed or turned into shelters for the newly homeless.
• Gaza: 'Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end' says WHO UN News 06 Apr 2024 -- With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has now become "totally inadequate" following six months of brutal fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday.
• Six months on, the war in Gaza is a betrayal of humanity UNOCHA 06 Apr 2024 -- Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
• Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, 6 April 2024 UNOCHA 06 Apr 2024 -- Over the past six months, the people of Gaza have endured unfathomable suffering. More than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed and another 75,000 injured. Nearly 2 million people have been forced to flee their homes, many of them multiple times. Half of all people in Gaza are at risk of imminent famine, and child malnutrition has reached levels never before seen in Gaza.
• Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports WHO 06 Apr 2024
• UK to boost aid support for Gaza by sea UK FCDO 06 Apr 2024 -- UK Government announces new package of military and civilian support to set up a maritime aid corridor to Gaza
• Six months since the brutal attacks by Hamas on October 7: article by the Foreign Secretary UK FCDO 06 Apr 2024 -- Marking the six months since the attacks of October 7, Foreign Secretary David Cameron writes an article in The Sunday Times.
• PM statement on six-month anniversary of the October 7th attacks Gov.UK 06 Apr 2024
• Iraqi Resistance attacks Haifa oil refineries, Golan military target ISNA 06 Apr 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announces a series of operations its fighters carried out against Israeli targets in occupied territories.

Other Conflicts

• Any tactic infringing on China's rights and interests in its jurisdictional waters by the Philippines doomed to be futile: China Coast Guard Global Times 06 Apr 2024 -- China warns the Philippines that any tactic infringing on China's rights is doomed to be futile and the China Coast Guard (CCG) will continue to regularly enforce the law to safeguard rights and interests in China's jurisdictional waters, CCG said on Saturday, in response to Philippine vessels' illegal activities in the waters adjacent to China's Houteng Jiao (also commonly known as Houteng Reef) in the South China Sea.
• Gunmen Kill 3 Police In Separate Incidents In Northwestern Pakistan RFE/RL 06 Apr 2024 -- Three police officers were killed in two separate incidents in Pakistan's restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, police said on April 6.
• Pakistan Denounces the Provocative Remarks Made by the Indian Defence Minister Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Apr 2024 -- Pakistan denounces the provocative remarks made by the Indian Defence Minister during a recent televised interview, in response to a media revelation regarding India's clandestine operations within Pakistan.
• Arakan Army's gains enough to enable self-rule in Myanmar's Rakhine state Radio Free Asia 06 Apr 2024 -- The Arakan Army, or AA, is continuing their sweep across Rakhine, furthering the military gains of the ethnic Three Brotherhood Alliance, of which it is a member, in Shan state. While the capture of nine towns, with a tenth in southern Chin state, is another humiliating defeat for the Burmese military, it also sets the scene for a very messy political discussion moving forward.

News Reports

• 'Mushroom Websites' Spread A Deluge Of Disinformation In Bulgaria RFE/RL 06 Apr 2024 -- When Poland recently hosted NATO military exercises, disinformation operatives sprang to action in Bulgaria, especially fertile ground for Kremlin-friendly narratives.
• Another Tajik Arrested Over Moscow Concert Hall Attack; 11 Detained In All RFE/RL 06 Apr 2024 -- A Moscow court ordered the arrest of a Tajik man in connection with last month's terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall, bringing the total number of people detained in the investigation to 11.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on US statements regarding the space agenda Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Apr 2024
• China, US discuss key economic issues as Yellen visit continues Global Times 06 Apr 2024 -- Visiting US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen has reportedly arrived in Beijing on Saturday to continue meetings with senior Chinese officials, after having "candid, pragmatic and constructive" communication in the southern city of Guangzhou with Vice Premier He Lifeng, who is also China's lead person for China-US economic and trade affairs.
• Chinese FM meets Vietnamese counterpart, calling for accelerating consultations on COC in South China Sea, be vigilant against camp confrontation Global Times 06 Apr 2024 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Thursday, calling for the proper managing differences, accelerating maritime cooperation and consultations on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea to resolve conflict, and warning to be vigilant against engaging in camp confrontation and "small cliques" to undermine regional peace and stability.
• READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's Meeting with Premier Li Qiang of the People's Republic of China US Treasury 06 Apr 2024 -- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen today met with Premier Li Qiang of the People's Republic of China. The meeting was frank and productive and builds on progress made by President Biden and President Xi at the Woodside Summit last November to deepen bilateral discussions. The Secretary provided her views on the shared objective of a healthy economic relationship that provides a level playing field for workers and businesses in both the U.S. and China. The Secretary also raised issues of concern, including industrial overcapacity in China and the impact that could have on American workers and firms. She also emphasized the importance of working together on global challenges, including debt distress in low-income and emerging economies.
• Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen Ahead of Bilateral Meeting with Premier Li Qiang of the People's Republic of China US Treasury 06 Apr 2024
• Statement from Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on Announcement of New U.S.-China Initiatives Following Meeting with Vice Premier He Lifeng of the People's Republic of China US Treasury 06 Apr 2024 -- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen today released the following statement on the announcement of new initiatives following her meeting with Vice Premier He Lifeng of the People's Republic of China:
• READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's Bilateral Meetings with Vice Premier He Lifeng of the People's Republic of China in Guangzhou, China US Treasury 06 Apr 2024 -- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen met on April 5-6 with Vice Premier He Lifeng of the People's Republic of China in Guangzhou, China.  Secretary Yellen and Vice Premier He had frank and productive discussions on the U.S.-China bilateral economic relationship and a wide range of issues. Secretary Yellen noted areas of cooperation and directly raised issues of concern.
• US, China discuss economic issues on Yellen's China tour VOA 06 Apr 2024 -- The United States and China have agreed to hold talks and create two economic groups focused on a wide range of issues — including addressing American complaints about China's economic model, growth in domestic and global economies and efforts against money laundering — according to a statement released Saturday by the U.S. Treasury Department.
• Taiwan Relations Act at 45: Still a cornerstone of bilateral ties CNA 06 Apr 2024 -- Former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) asserted the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait during a meeting with China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Song Tao (宋濤) in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province on Monday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Apr. 6, 2024 ROC MND 06 Apr 2024
• Hungarian Opposition Rallies At Another Mass Demonstration In Budapest RFE/RL 06 Apr 2024 -- Tens of thousands of people turned took to the streets of Budapest on April 6 for the third mass demonstration in less than a month called by Peter Magyar, a rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing nationalist government.