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• 26 May Red Sea Update CENTCOM 26 May 2024 -- At approximately 10 a.m. (Sanaa time) on May 26, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) over the Red Sea, launched from an Iranian-backed Houthi controlled area of Yemen.
• US, Morocco conduct chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear response demonstration at African Lion 2024 Army News 26 May 2024 -- Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 53rd Ordnance Company (EOD), 3rd EOD Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) trained together on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) procedures during exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Agadir, Morocco, May 21, 2024.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Defying Moscow's warnings, NATO seek to build 'drone wall' along Russian border Press TV 26 May 2024 -- Six members of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) have called for a "drone wall" along their borders with Russia, despite Moscow's warnings against the hostile activities of the military bloc along its borders.
• Iran buying 15 night vision helicopters from Russia: IRCS IRNA 26 May 2024 -- Iran purchased 15 helicopters from Russia during the administration of late President Ebrahim Raisi, an official with the IRCS said Sunday.
• INDIAN NAVY'S READINESS FOR CYCLONE REMAL India PIB 26 May 2024 -- The Indian Navy has initiated preparatory actions, following existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), to mount a credible Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) response in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal
• Pakistan's armed forces will stand by Iran's: Army chief IRNA 26 May 2024 -- Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir has extended his condolences to the Iranian nation over the martyrdom of President Ebrahim Raisi, stressing that the armed forces of Pakistan and Iran will always stand by each other.
• Statement by the Prime Minister's Office Israel - Prime Minister 26 May 2024 -- "The Prime Minister has repeatedly warned against refusal to serve, and the permissive approach toward it."
• New Zealand Spends $113 Million to Use US Military Satellites - Reports Sputnik 26 May 2024 -- New Zealand has spent $113 million since 2012 to help build and use the US military's satellite network, with an annual operating fee of about $1 million, the RNZ broadcaster has reported, citing government documents.

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• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari-May 26, 2024 Israel Defense Forces 26 May 2024
• Statement by the PM's Office Israel - Prime Minister 26 May 2024 -- "While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly given the negotiating team a broad mandate for the release of our hostages, Sinwar continues to demand the end of the war, the withdrawal of the IDF from the Gaza Strip and leaving Hamas in place, so that it will be able to carry out the atrocities of October 7 again and again."
• May 25: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 26 May 2024
• Israeli airstrike kills dozens in Rafah, say Gaza medical officials VOA 26 May 2024 -- The Israeli military is reviewing an incident in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah after medical officials there said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 35 civilians Sunday.
• Israeli airstrikes kill dozens of displaced Gazans in Rafah Press TV 26 May 2024 -- The Israeli regime's warplanes have targeted the displaced people's tents northwest of the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, killing dozens of Palestinian civilians.
• Joint statement calls for Gaza's famine to be officially declared IRNA 26 May 2024 -- All relevant official authorities and competent UN and international institutions should officially declare famine in the Gaza Strip in light of the current rapid spread of famine and the rates of acute malnutrition and its expansion geographically and among all groups, especially among children, said 70 organizations in a joint statement on Saturday.
• UNFPA: Half of all people in Gaza at risk of imminent famine Press TV 26 May 2024 -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has issued a stern warning about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, saying half of the territory's inhabitants are at risk of "imminent famine."
• Palestine: Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the joint press conference with the Norwegian and Saudi Foreign Ministers European External Action Service (EEAS) 26 May 2024
• Palestine: Press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell before the Ministerial meeting hosted by Norway and Saudi Arabia in Brussels European External Action Service (EEAS) 26 May 2024
• Palestine: Press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell ahead of the Ministerial International Partners Meeting on Palestine in Brussels, with the Palestinian Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Norway European External Action Service (EEAS) 26 May 2024
• Foreign Minister Eide: Broad international agreement to strengthen Palestinian institutions and promote the two-state solution Government of Norway 26 May 2024 -- The critical situation in Palestine was the topic when Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide chaired two ministerial meetings on Palestine in Brussels today.
• Recognizing Palestinian state 'justice' for Palestinians: Spain Press TV 26 May 2024 -- Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has hailed Madrid's decision to formally recognize a Palestinian state, saying the move "is justice for the Palestinian people and the best guarantee of security for Israel."
• Israel committing genocide in Gaza: Spanish Def. Minister IRNA 26 May 2024 -- After months of silence, European countries have been gradually acknowledging Israeli crimes in Gaza, with the Spanish defense ministry describing that what is happening in Gaza as "genocide of the Palestinian people".
• Hamas strikes Tel Aviv with barrage of rockets amid Israel's offensive against Rafah Press TV 26 May 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has launched fresh rocket attacks against the occupied territories, amid the Israeli regime's military offensive in the southern city of Rafah in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Hamas announces killing, wounding, capturing Israeli forces in Jabalia ambush Press TV 26 May 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has announced killing, wounding, and capturing a number of Israeli forces, targeting them in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
• Dozens of Hezbollah rockets hit Zionist military positions IRNA 26 May 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has fired dozens of rockets at positions in northern Israeli-occupied territories, Arab and Israeli media outlets have reported.
• Hezbollah conducts fresh missile attacks on Zionist positions IRNA 26 May 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement has carried out fresh missile attacks on positions in northern Israeli-occupied territories.
• Hezbollah shells Israeli outpost after deadly strikes in southern Lebanon Press TV 26 May 2024 -- Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have conducted an operation against an Israeli military outpost in the 1948 occupied territories after the Tel Aviv regime launched two separate deadly strikes in southern Lebanon.
• Yemen's PM renews support for Axis of Resistance IRNA 26 May 2024 -- Yemeni Prime Minister Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour has said that Iran plays an important role in supporting the Palestinian nation and resistance, adding that Sana'a is proud to be a member of the Axis of Resistance.
• Sana'a govt. proud to be part of Axis of Resistance, Iran plays key role in supporting Palestine: Yemeni PM Press TV 26 May 2024 -- The Yemeni prime minister says the Sana'a-based National Salvation Government takes great pride in being part of the Axis of Resistance against the usurping Israeli regime, stressing that Iran plays a key role in providing unwavering support for Palestine and its oppressed nation.

Other Conflicts

• DFA Statement on the New China Coast Guard Regulations Philippines DFA 26 May 2024 -- The Department of Foreign Affairs expresses serious concern on China's issuance of its "Regulations on Administrative Law Enforcement Procedures for Coast Guard Agencies." The regulation was approved and announced on 15 May 2024, and is supposed to take effect on 15 June 2024.
• Yemen: 113 detainees released with the support of the ICRC ICRC 26 May 2024 -- The unilateral release of 113 detainees took place in Sana'a today. The release was supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) following a request from the National Committee for Prisoners Affairs. The released detainees were among those regularly visited and assisted by the ICRC in Sana'a, visits that seek to ensure their humane treatment.
• Yemen's National Salvation Government releases 112 prisoners IRNA 26 May 2024 -- Yemen's National Salvation Government has announced the release of 112 prisoners from "the other side".
• Iran pledges support for Sudan's peace and stability IRNA 26 May 2024 -- Iran's Acting President Mohammad Mokhber has said the Islamic Republic will not withhold any assistance to promote peace, independence and stability in Sudan.
• Iran will spare no effort to help Sudan achieve independence, progress: Interim president Press TV 26 May 2024 -- Iran's Interim President Mohammad Mokhber says Tehran will spare no effort to help Sudan achieve independence, progress and peace.
• Statement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, on the death of an aid worker in Al Fasher, North Darfur State UNOCHA 26 May 2024
• Azerbaijan Promises Free Education, Laptops To Convince Students To Study In Nagorno-Karabakh RFE/RL 26 May 2024 -- Comfortable dorm rooms on a campus with manicured lawns and a view of the mountains. Sleek lecture halls in brand new buildings where some of the country's finest professors will teach. And it's all for free.

News Reports

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to media questions of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin TV programme, May 26, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 May 2024
• Contacts Within Arctic Five Severed, Not at Russia's Initiative - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 26 May 2024 -- Contacts within the so-called Arctic Five, which discussed issues related to the Arctic, have been severed, Russian Foreign Ministry Legal Department head Maxim Musikhin told Sputnik.
• Austin's hope for post-medical treatment meeting with China highlights significance of China-US defense chiefs' talks Global Times 26 May 2024 -- Despite having undergone a medical procedure very recently, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is planning to meet bilaterally with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun during the Shangri-La Dialogue, a major regional annual defense and security forum that will take place in Singapore from May 31 to June 2.
• China-Japan-S.Korea trilateral summit meeting to boost cooperation Global Times 26 May 2024 -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Seoul on Sunday to attend the ninth Trilateral Summit Meeting among China, Japan and South Korea from Sunday to Monday. Li had a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the day of his arrival, with Chinese experts saying the three major economies in East Asia will make pragmatic efforts to make sure the economic development and integration of the region will not be affected by bloc confrontation and geopolitical crises.
• Equatorial Guinea president kicks off visit to China, expanding new cooperation fields Global Times 26 May 2024 -- As President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo kicked off his visit to China on Sunday, Chinese experts said his visit aims to consolidate cooperation in traditional fields and also expand bilateral collaboration to new fields so as to diversify the African country's economy and enhance its industrial capacity.
• Researchers grapple with the tightened data landscape in China Radio Free Asia 26 May 2024 -- Until two years ago, Peter Irwin, a Washington D.C.-based researcher, was able to access Chinese court data to track the number of Uyghurs being sentenced to prison. But amid the international outcry over Beijing's oppressive policies in Xinjiang, the local court stopped publishing such data.
• Statement Attributed to DoD Spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder DoD 25 May 2024 -- "The Department remains confident in current U.S. force posture and operations in the Indo-Pacific region with our allies and partners to safeguard peace, stability, and our national security."
• Biden, State Department express concern over Taiwan following PLA drills CNA 26 May 2024 -- United State President Joe Biden and the U.S. State Department on Saturday expressed concerns over Taiwan following the just-concluded Chinese drills around Taiwan in response to President Lai Ching-te's (賴清德) inauguration speech.
• U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan after China's military exercise CNA 26 May 2024 -- A group of bipartisan American lawmakers, led by Republican Michael McCaul, arrived in Taipei on Sunday for a visit, one day after China ended a military drill that encircled Taiwan in a show of anger over Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te's (賴清德) inauguration speech.
• KMT lawmaker calls for Lai to hold cross-party talks on controversial bills CNA 26 May 2024 -- A Kuomintang (KMT) lawmaker suggested Sunday that President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) convene a national affairs advisory meeting that would include opposition leaders, in a bid to help resolve the legislative and public controversy over a series of reform bills.
• Propaganda flyers allegedly from China found on Taiwan-controlled island CNA 26 May 2024 -- A package of pamphlets bearing propaganda slogans was found on one of Taiwan's islets, the Army said Sunday, speculating that it had been dropped there by Chinese troops.
• PLA drills shock 'Taiwan independence' secessionist forces Global Times 26 May 2024 -- The just-concluded large-scale joint exercise conducted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has shocked "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces, with a pilot of the island's air force reportedly admitting that "the air force will eventually collapse."
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan May 26, 2024 ROC MND 26 May 2024
• Pyongyang slams Washington, Seoul for sending spy planes, drones, boats to North Korea Press TV 26 May 2024 -- North Korea says the US and South Korea are deploying an increased number of planes, drones and boats to its territory for espionage, further escalating the already high tensions on the Korean peninsula.
• Press Statement by Vice-Minister of National Defence of DPRK KCNA 26 May 2024 -- Kim Kang Il, vice-minister of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, made public the following press statement "National sovereignty, security and interests will be protected with strong power for self-defence" on May 25:
• Iran kicks off process for early presidential elections IRNA 26 May 2024 -- Iran's Minister of Interior Ahmad Vahidi has officially declared the process of the country's early elections.
• Iran begins official process for snap presidential elections Press TV 26 May 2024 -- Iran has kicked off the process for early presidential elections in late June just a week after president Ebrahim Raeisi died in a tragic helicopter crash in northwest of the country.
• Iran's pro-resistance strategy won't change after Raeisi martyrdom: Interim president Press TV 26 May 2024 -- Interim President Mohammad Mokhber says there will be no shift in Iran's strategy in support of resistance groups, especially the Palestinian ones, after the martyrdom of President Ebrahim Raeisi.
• Relations with Iran will be restored soon, says Bahrain's vice parliament speaker Press TV 26 May 2024 -- The first deputy speaker of Bahrain's Council of Representatives says the Persian Gulf kingdom intends to take measures soon to revive diplomatic relations with neighboring Iran after more than eight years.
• Protest-Leading Armenian Archbishop Says He Will Challenge Pashinian For Premiership RFE/RL 26 May 2024 -- Bagrat Galstanian, an outspoken archbishop who has led anti-government protests in Armenia over a controversial border deal with Azerbaijan, on May 26 announced his intention to challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian for the premiership as he addressed tens of thousands of supporters who gathered in central Yerevan.
• Georgian President Presses Need For Closer EU, U.S. Ties In Independence Day Speech RFE/RL 26 May 2024 -- Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who has come out in support of anti-government protesters angered by a planned "foreign agent" law, pressed in an Independence Day speech the importance for closer ties to Europe and the United States for her South Caucasus nation.
• Orban Foresees Dire Consequences If EU Militarism Continues Unchecked Sputnik 26 May 2024 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday that he had never seen greater irresponsibility than Europe getting involved in the conflict in Ukraine without calculating what it would cost.