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• Joint Statement from the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of National Defense of the Republic of Niger AFRICOM 08 Jun 2024 -- This significant transition began with the departure of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Air Base 101 in Niamey on June 7, 2024.
• US Begins Withdrawal of Troops From Niger - Joint Statement Sputnik 08 Jun 2024 -- The United States has begun withdrawing its troops from Niger with the departure of the first aircraft, the two countries' defense ministries said in a joint statement on Saturday.
• Humanitarian Aid Flow Resumes in Gaza CENTCOM 08 Jun 2024 -- Today at approximately 10:30 a.m. (Gaza time) U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) began delivery of humanitarian assistance ashore in Gaza. Today, a total of approximately 492 metric tons (~1.1 million pounds) of much needed humanitarian assistance was delivered to the people of Gaza. To date, USCENTCOM has assisted in the delivery of more than 1,573 metric tons (~3.5 million pounds) of humanitarian aid.
• CENTCOM Statement Regarding IDF Rescue Operations Today CENTCOM 08 Jun 2024 -- The humanitarian pier facility, including its equipment, personnel, and assets were not used in the operation to rescue hostages today in Gaza. An area south of the facility was used by the Israelis to safely return the hostages to Israel. Any such claim to the contrary is false. The temporary pier on the coast of Gaza was put in place for one purpose only, to help move additional, urgently needed lifesaving assistance into Gaza.

Defense Policy / Programs

• We Have Already Reached Agreements with Partners on Additional Air Defense Systems for Ukraine - Address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 08 Jun 2024
• Turkiye's First Foray Into Tank-Building: What We Know About the Altay MBT Sputnik 08 Jun 2024 -- Spending most of its modern history relying on Western main battle tank designs, Turkiye began to explore the production of a domestic heavy armored platform in the late 2000s, as part of a broader push to increase the self-sufficiency of its military-industrial complex.

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Israeli Army Says Rescued 4 Hostages Held in Gaza - IDF Sputnik 08 Jun 2024 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that it had rescued four hostages, including a Russian national, who were kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7 and held in Gaza by the Hamas movement since then.
• Israel rescues 4 hostages, kills 200 Palestinians in accompanying assault VOA 08 Jun 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will not give in to terror after Israeli troops rescued four hostages Saturday who had been held by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip after they were abducted during the October 7 Hamas terror attack on southern Israel.
• Remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following today's hostage rescue operation Israel - Prime Minister 08 Jun 2024
• June 7: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 08 Jun 2024
• Israel kills 210 Palestinians in Gaza refugee camp to retrieve four captives Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- Israeli military forces have carried out yet another massacre at a refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least 210 Palestinians before they retrieve four Israeli captives.
• Israeli war on Gaza: 15,517 children killed since Oct 7 IRNA 08 Jun 2024 -- The Information Office of the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip announced that since the beginning of the Israeli regime's genocidal war on Gaza over eight months ago, 15,517 Palestinian children have been martyred in the besieged territory.
• The Rescue of Four Hostages from Gaza US Dept. of State 08 Jun 2024 -- "We welcome the rescue of four hostages who after eight months of captivity have finally been reunited with their families in Israel."
• Statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Israeli Hostage Rescue Operation The White House 08 Jun 2024
• 'Nuseirat massacre result of int'l inaction on Gaza' IRNA 08 Jun 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the Israeli regime's massacre in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, blaming the carnage on inaction by world governments and responsible international bodies including the UN Security Council.
• Iran: Nuseirat massacre result of world bodies' inaction on Israeli crimes in Gaza Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani has denounced the Israeli regime's "heinous and shocking crime" at al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
• Muslim states must cut all ties with Israel, force it to end crimes: Iran interim FM Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- Iran's Interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says Muslim countries should sever all relations with Israel and take practical steps to force the regime to stop its crimes against the people of Palestine.
• D-8 nations agree there should be no more tolerance for Israeli regime: Iran IRNA 08 Jun 2024 -- Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that all member states of the Developing Eight (D-8) Organization for Economic Cooperation have agreed that there should be no more tolerance for the Israeli regime's crimes against the Palestinian people.
• D-8 ministers call for immediate, unconditional end to Israeli war on Gaza Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation has issued a key statement after a meeting in Turkey calling for an immediate end to the Israeli war on Gaza.
• Hamas: Some Israeli captives killed during regime's attack in Nuseirat IRNA 08 Jun 2024 -- The spokesman for Hamas's military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, has said that the Israeli regime's attack on Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp killed some of its captives.
• Hamas: Crimes in Gaza's Nuseirat shows US-Israel complicity IRNA 08 Jun 2024 -- Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas has condemned the heinous crime committed by the Israeli army in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, stating that the crime reveals US-Israeli complicity.
• Israeli captives killed during Nuseirat air raids: Al-Qassam Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, says a number of Zionist captives have been killed during the Israeli military's air raids on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
• Hamas: US complicit in Israel's massacre in Nuseirat refugee camp Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned Washington's complicity in Israel's horrific massacre of innocent people at Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday.
• Israel delusional to think it can impose truce on Hamas: Haniyeh Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas' political leader Ismail Haniyeh says Israel's increasing use of force against the people of Gaza will not cause the resistance to accept a ceasefire deal that does not meet the demands of the Palestinians.
• Islamic Jihad: Nuseirat carnage won't change resistance's stance IRNA 08 Jun 2024 -- Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad says that the Israeli regime's massacre in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp will not make the resistance front change its stance.
• Hizballah hits Zionist army base IRNA 08 Jun 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah announced today (Saturday) that it targeted a military base of the Zionist regime in the north of occupied Palestine.
• Hezbollah targets Zionist army in northern occupied Palestine IRNA 08 Jun 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah announced that it conducted a drone attack on artillery units of the Zionist regime in northern occupied Palestine.
• Hezbollah deploys new missile in latest anti-Israeli operation Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- Hezbollah has deployed a new missile in its latest anti-Israeli operation in support of the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war, and in retaliation for the Israeli regime's aggression against Lebanon's southern areas.
• Hezbollah launches drone strike against Israeli artillery position in Shebaa Farms Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- Fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement have launched a retaliatory drone strike against an Israeli artillery position in the occupied Shebaa Farms in response to the regime's ongoing war on Gaza.
• Islamic Resistance in Iraq strikes 'vital' Israeli target with drones IRNA 08 Jun 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has launched another drone operation against a "vital" Israeli target over the regime's genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza.
• Iraqi Resistance launches drone attack on 'vital' Israeli target in occupied lands Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- Fighters from Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have carried out yet another operation against strategic Israeli positions in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Other Conflicts

• US hampering Afghanistan progress through its assets seizure: Iran's interim FM Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- Iran's interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has deplored the seizure of Afghanistan's national assets, arguing that Washington is hampering the progress of the country and exacerbating humanitarian situation despite having withdrawn its military forces in August 2021.
• Arakan Army treatment of Rohingya minority poses challenge to Myanmar opposition Radio Free Asia 08 Jun 2024 -- Evidence of Arakan Army culpability in mass arson attacks on Rohingya homes in western Myanmar's Buthidaung township - where satellite imagery has confirmed that more than 400 homes were burnt to the ground - poses a serious challenge to the anti-junta opposition.

News Reports

• French-american roadmap. Élysée - President of France 08 Jun 2024 -- Following the ceremonies of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron hosted the President of the United States Joseph R. Biden Jr. in Paris for a State visit, highlighting the deep historic ties and the shared values between France and the United States. Reflecting on their historical relationship and recalling the price for peace and freedom paid by past generations in both countries, the Presidents reaffirm their commitment to a Europe, whole, free, and at peace.
• Remarks by President Biden and President Macron of France at State Dinner | Paris, France The White House 08 Jun 2024
• Remarks by President Biden and President Macron of France in Joint Press Statements | Paris, France The White House 08 Jun 2024
• Chinese premier chairs State Council executive meeting People's Daily 08 Jun 2024 -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday presided over a State Council executive meeting to study policies on promoting the high-quality development of venture capital and hear a report on the current situation of the property market and the consideration on related work in the next step.
• China hopes U.S. will do something concrete for Africa's development: spokesperson People's Daily 08 Jun 2024 -- China hopes the United States will contribute real money to and do something concrete for the development and revitalization of Africa, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
• Joint Statement between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of China Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Jun 2024 -- 1. At the invitation of H.E. Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, H.E. Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan paid an official visit to China from June 4 to June 8, 2024.
• Xi meets Pakistani PM People's Daily 08 Jun 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing on Friday.
• Kinmen government urges restraint amid China drone incident CNA 08 Jun 2024 -- Kinmen County government on Saturday urged the Chinese authorities to stop its citizens from flying civilian drones and dropping flyers or other unidentified objects across the Taiwan-controlled islands.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 08 Jun 2024
• IRGC intelligence forces nab counter-revolutionary agent in northwestern Iran Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) intelligence forces have arrested an individual in Iran's northwestern province of Ardabil on charges of directing a disinformation campaign against the Islamic establishment, and manipulation of the public opinion.
• Iran's judiciary alleges activist has ties to Israeli spy agency VOA 08 Jun 2024 -- Following the arrest of Hossein Shanbehzadeh, a literary editor, activist and former political prisoner, the prosecutor accused him of having "ties with high-ranking Mossad officers."
• Modi's alliance officially elects him to be Indian PM for third term Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- India's Narendra Modi has been elected formally by members of his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to serve as prime minister for a rare and remarkable third consecutive term.
• Israeli minister may exit from Netanyahu's coalition Press TV 08 Jun 2024 -- Israel's war cabinet minister Benny Gantz may declare his departure from the Benjamin Netanyahu regime during a press conference, according to reports.
• Hungarians To Vote In Test Of Orban, Fidesz's Grip On Power RFE/RL 08 Jun 2024 -- Hungarians go to the polls on June 9 for European Parliament and municipal elections in a test of the strength of authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his right-wing populist Fidesz party's nearly 15-year grip on power in the face of one of the strongest challenges in many years.
• Sixth Parliamentary Vote In 3 Years Could Return Borisov To Power In Bulgaria RFE/RL 08 Jun 2024 -- For the sixth time in three years, Bulgarians will vote on June 9 in parliamentary elections as the poverty- and corruption-stricken Balkan nation seeks to end the long stretch of political instability and, perhaps, close the door on hopes for major reforms.
• Serbian, Srpska Leaders Urge Unity, But Avoid Mention Of Separation From Bosnia RFE/RL 08 Jun 2024 -- The leaders of Serbia and Republika Srpska - the Serbian entity within Bosnia-Herzegovina - called for the unity of ethnic Serbs throughout the region during a rally in Belgrade on June 8, an action certain to anger Western leaders who have condemned any suggestions by entity officials to separate from Bosnia.