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• June 9 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrop into Gaza CENTCOM 09 Jun 2024 -- U.S. Central Command conducted a humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on June 9, 2024, to provide essential relief to civilians in Gaza affected by the ongoing conflict.
• June 9 U.S. Central Command Update CENTCOM 09 Jun 2024 -- In the past 24 hours, Iranian-backed Houthis launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) from Houthi controlled areas of Yemen into the Gulf of Aden. One ASBM struck M/V Tavvishi, a Liberian-flagged, Swiss owned and operated container ship. M/V Tavvishi reported damage but has continued underway. The second ASBM was successfully destroyed by a coalition ship. There were no injuries reported by U.S., coalition, or merchant vessels.
• Yemen hits British warship destroyer, 2 Israeli-linked ships IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- The Yemeni armed forces have announced that its forces targeted a British destroyer, as well as two Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea.
• British sources report new maritime incident off Yemen coast IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has reported yet another maritime-related incident in the Red sea without giving any further details.
• Two ships targeted in Red Sea with drones, ballistic missiles: Yemeni Army ISNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree announced on Friday that Yemeni forces carried out two joint operations in the Red Sea "against two ships belonging to companies that violated the ban on entry to the ports of occupied Palestine."
• Yemeni naval forces strike British destroyer, two commercial vessels Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Yemeni naval forces have carried out two separate operations against a British destroyer and two commercial vessels off the nation's coast, demonstrating solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

Defense Policy / Programs

• USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) Arrives in Limassol, Cyprus US Navy 09 Jun 2024 -- USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), the Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer, arrived in Limassol, Cyprus on June 9th , 2024, for a scheduled port visit. As part of its forward-deployed presence in the region, USS Paul Ignatius has been operating in the Mediterranean for several months, conducting various exercises and training operations with other naval vessels.
• Carrier Strike Group 5 joins USS Blue Ridge, allies to begin Exercise Valiant Shield 2024 US Navy 09 Jun 2024 -- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) of Carrier Strike Group 5 (CSG-5) joined with surface vessels and aircraft from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's (INDOPACOM) joint forces and Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to conduct a formation sailing and fly-over event as part of the first-ever multinational exercise Valiant Shield, June 7.
• We Are Preparing New Agreements for Ukraine with European Partners, in Particular with Germany - Address by the President President of Ukraine 09 Jun 2024
• Civilian defense chief ends decades-long 'formalities' in armed forces CNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Taiwan's new civilian Defense Minister Wellington Koo (顧立雄) has announced a decision to scrap a series of decades-old practices in the nation's armed forces viewed by many experts as mere "formalities."
• Many countries interested in Iranian drones: Commander IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Chief of the Iranian Army's Air Force Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi says many countries are interested in buying Iranian-made drones.
• Iran Air Force commander: Many countries eager to purchase Iranian drones Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi, says many foreign countries are eager to purchase and acquire the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which Iranian military experts have developed domestically.
• Remarks by President Biden in Press Gaggle The White House 09 Jun 2024

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Israeli general resigns after regime's war cabinet member steps down Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- The commander of the Israeli military's Gaza Division has resigned his post over failure to prevent a historic operation by the Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance groups early last October.
• Israel war minister Gantz to resign Cabinet post VOA 09 Jun 2024 -- Israeli war minister Benny Gantz announced Sunday he is quitting Netanyahu's coalition government over differences on a transparent postwar strategy for Gaza.
• Israel: Netanyahu's key rival Benny Gantz quits war cabinet Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has resigned from Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet, delivering a blow to the prime minister who has been celebrating a Pyrrhic Victory in the rare rescue of four Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip.
• Israel reviewing measures to cut ties with UN Secretary-General: Report Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- After UN blacklisted Israel as an entity that violates children's rights in conflict zones, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported that the regime is reviewing measures to respond to the UN, including cutting ties with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
• Government Approves Proposal to Name Yesterday's Operation to Rescue the Hostages in the Gaza Strip "Operation Arnon" Israel - Prime Minister 09 Jun 2024
• PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Government Meeting Israel - Prime Minister 09 Jun 2024
• Statement by PM Benjamin Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 09 Jun 2024
• Parents Of Dual Russian-Israeli Former Hostage Travel To Israel RFE/RL 09 Jun 2024 -- The parents of a dual Russian-Israeli citizen who had been taken hostage at the start of the Gaza war and who was rescued in an operation by Israeli forces on June 8 flew to Israel on June 9 to be reunited with their son.
• June 8: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 09 Jun 2024
• Israel continues to bomb Gaza day after Nuseirat camp massacre Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- The death toll from Israeli strikes on a densely-populated refugee camp in central Gaza has risen to 274, with hundreds of more civilians injured in the attack.
• Israel infiltrated Nuseirat camp using humanitarian aid trucks, furniture lorries: Report Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- The Israeli occupation forces resorted to various ploys, including the use of humanitarian aid trucks and furniture moving lorries, to infiltrate into the Nuseirat refugee camp and perpetrate their heinous carnage in the central part of the besieged Gaza Strip, according to reports.
• Israeli military used US 'aid pier' as part of Nuseirat massacre op.: Report Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- The Israeli military used a US-built pier, which has been purportedly installed to transfer aid to the Gaza Strip, to facilitate an earlier massacre against a refugee camp located in the central part of the coastal sliver, a report says.
• Gaza: Deaths and devastation during hostage rescue operation show 'seismic trauma' of ongoing war UN News 09 Jun 2024 -- The scenes of devastation witnessed in the aftermath of Israel's military operation to release hostages from the Nuseirat refugee camp proves that each day the war continues "it only grows more horrific" the UN's top humanitarian official said on Sunday.
• UN chief puts Israel on list of "global offenders against children" ISNA 09 Jun 2024 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Israel's military to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023, according to Israeli outgoing UN ambassador Gilad Erdan.
• US government 'biggest loser' of war on Gaza: Iran IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has described the United States as the "biggest loser" in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
• 'Iran has been loudest voice against Israeli crimes in Gaza' IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran's Acting Foreign Minister, in an opinion published by the Turkish Milliyet newspaper says that the Islamic Republic has been one of the loudest voices against the Zionist regime's crimes against the oppressed people of Palestine in the last eight months and tried to stop the attacks and genocide as soon as possible.
• Iran: US, Israel must be held accountable for genocide in Gaza Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran says the United States and Israel lost their war on the besieged Gaza Strip and must be held accountable for genocide against the people of Palestine.
• Iran among 'loudest voices' against Israeli crimes in Gaza: Interim FM Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- The interim foreign minister says Iran is one of the countries that have raised "the loudest voices" against Israel's genocidal war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
• Gaza bloodbath must end immediately: Top EU diplomat IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell has condemned one more Israeli massacre of more than 200 Palestinians in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp.
• No: 108, 9 June 2024, Regarding Israel's Attack on Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Jun 2024
• US citizen among 3 captives killed in Nuseirat massacre: Hamas IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, says three Israeli captives, including a US citizen, were killed during the Israeli air raids on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
• Israel killed some captives during Nuseirat operation: Abu Obeida ISNA 09 Jun 2024 -- The military spokesperson of the Hamas Resistance movement, Abu Obeida, affirmed on Saturday that the Israeli occupation's massacre in the Nuseirat refugee camp was a "complex war crime that harmed its captives first."
• Three captives, including US citizen, killed in Israel's raid on Gaza camp: Hamas Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says three captives were killed, including a US citizen, in a recent Israeli military offensive on a camp in Gaza, which also killed more than 270 Palestinian civilians.
• Hamas rules out interim truce without Israel's withdrawal from Gaza Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- A senior official of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says any ceasefire deal with Israel must be permanent and force the regime out of Gaza, where it has killed at least 37,000 people since the start of an aggression more than eight months ago.
• Hezbollah continues attacks on positions of Zionist regime army IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah movement announced on Sunday further attacks on targets of the Zionist regime in the occupied Golan and some other targets in the occupied Palestine.
• Israeli war with Lebanon to be final war: Hezbollah official ISNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Nawaf al-Moussawi, the head of Hezbollah's Resources and Borders department talks about officials in the Israeli occupation government threatening Lebanon with war and warns them.
• Israel's Nuseirat massacre 'terrible defeat' for regime: Hezbollah deputy chief Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Hezbollah's deputy chief says the Israeli massacre at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza where hundreds of Palestinians were killed and wounded is a "terrible defeat" for the regime.
• 'Resistance groups in complete harmony; any ceasefire hinges on cessation of Gaza war' IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- The spokesperson for the Palestinian Resistance Committees has emphasized that all resistance groups have given full authority to the Hamas movement regarding negotiations to achieve a ceasefire, and the main condition for any agreement would be a complete cessation of war against Gaza and the full withdrawal of occupiers.
• Al-Nujaba warns Israel, US of any foolish acts in Iraq IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- The head of Iraq's Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba has warned that any foolish act by the Israeli regime would be met with a harsh response against both Israel and the US.

Other Conflicts

• Beijing says US provoking arms race by moving forces into South China Sea Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has warned that the United States is posing the biggest military threat in the South China Sea as its weapons' deployment there is turning the region into "the whirlpool of an arms race."
• Taliban's Name-Changing Campaign In Afghanistan An 'Ultimate Act Of Victory' RFE/RL 09 Jun 2024 -- One of the Taliban's first acts after seizing power in 2021 was to rename the country the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
• Roadside bomb in northwestern Pakistan kills 7 soldiers VOA 09 Jun 2024 -- Pakistani authorities said Sunday that a bomb blast targeted a military convoy in a militancy-hit northwestern region, killing at least seven soldiers.
• Latvia strongly condemns holding of the so-called parliamentary elections in the South Ossetia region of Georgia under the occupation of the Russian Federation Latvia MFA 09 Jun 2024 -- Latvia strongly condemns holding of the so-called parliamentary elections on 9 June in the South Ossetia region of Georgia that is under the occupation of the Russian Federation.

News Reports

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin television programme, St Petersburg, June 9, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Jun 2024
• China, Pakistan issue joint statement, vowing to build CPEC into 'exemplary project of Belt and Road cooperation' Global Times 09 Jun 2024 -- As Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's visit to China concluded on Saturday, China and Pakistan have issued a joint statement, stressing the authority of the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 not to be disputed or challenged, while vowing to build together the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into an exemplary project of high-quality building of Belt and Road cooperation.
• Biden, Macron take aim at China amid growing fissures over Middle East conflict: experts Global Times 09 Jun 2024 -- US President Joe Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron took aim at China during Biden's visit to France, as Biden called for "free navigation" in the Indo-Pacific while Macron called for "coordinated" action against so-called "overcapacity" in China. Chinese observers said the US aims to bring its allies into the Indo-Pacific region to support its own strategy and to expand its presence, while sound China-EU economic and trade cooperation would be impacted if the EU imposes tariffs on Chinese goods.
• Hong Kong exiles in UK and Canada lack access to billions of their savings Radio Free Asia 09 Jun 2024 -- In April 2023, Hong Kong Watch found that Hong Kongers were being denied access to up to £2.2 billion (US$2.8 billion) of their hard-earned Mandatory Provident Fund retirement savings. Fast forward one year, and the number has only increased to over £3 billion (US$3.8 billion).
• China Airlines ex-employee implicated in diabolo instructor spy case CNA 09 Jun 2024 -- An ongoing espionage case involving a diabolo instructor recently implicated an ex-China Airlines (CAL) employee in leaking the details of presidential trip itineraries among other sensitive information, a prosecutor said Sunday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 09 Jun 2024
• Sister of North Korean leader warns South on border broadcasts Radio Free Asia 09 Jun 2024 -- The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned South Korea of danger after it resumed cross-border propaganda broadcasts, the latest response in a series of tit-for-tat measures that has increased tension along their border.
• Iran Approves Parliament Head, Five Others As Presidential Candidates RFE/RL 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran's powerful Guardians Council approved the country's conservative parliament speaker and five other candidates to run in a June 28 election called after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash last month.
• Iran's Constitutional Council wraps up vetting presidential hopefuls Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran's Constitutional Council, a 12-member election supervisory body, says it had finalized the list of qualified presidential candidates and delivered it to the Interior Ministry.
• Iran releases final list of six approved candidates for June 28 presidential election Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran's Interior Ministry has released the final list of six approved candidates for the 14th presidential election, which is set to take place on June 28.
• Iran announces list of approved candidates for June 28 elections IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran's Election Headquarters has announced the final list of presidential candidates approved by the Guardian Council.
• Profile: Alireza Zakani, Tehran Mayor and Former Lawmaker Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Six candidates were approved by the Constitutional Council, a 12-member election supervisory body, on Saturday to run in Iran's upcoming presidential election slated for June 28.
• Profile: Saeed Jalili, Ex-Nuclear Negotiator, Security Body Chief Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- By Press TV Website Staff
• Profile: Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Parliament Speaker Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- By Press TV Website Staff
• Factbox: Iran set to hold presidential vote on June 28 with 6 candidates in fray Press TV 09 Jun 2024
• Bahrain requests normalization with Iran through Russia ISNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Assistant to the Presidential Office for Political Affairs in Iran, Muhammad Jamshidi, has divulged that Bahrain sent a request to Russia to normalize its relations with Iran, after strained ties for over eight years.
• Operation True Promise revealed Israeli regime's fake deterrence: Iran acting FM IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that the country's Operation True Promise against Israel proved that the regime's deterrence is fake.
• Bagheri: Iran puts Zionists in their place in case of threats ISNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani on Saturday issued a resolute stance as he affirmed Iran's commitment to using its power to deter Israel in times of regional destabilization.
• Iran says will 'put Zionists in their place' if they destabilize region Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran's interim foreign minister says the Islamic Republic will not hesitate to employ its deterrence power in case Israel undermines regional security and stability.
• Iran unveils upgraded version of its Kowsar satellite IRNA 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran has unveiled an upgraded version of its homegrown satellite, Kowsar, in a ceremony attended by officials from knowledge-based and private companies.
• Iran unveils flight models of Kowsar, Hodhod satellites Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Iran has unveiled flight models of the homegrown Kowsar and Hodhod satellites.
• Macron Announces Dissolution of France's National Assembly, Holding of Snap Elections Sputnik 09 Jun 2024 -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced the dissolution of the French parliament's lower house, the National Assembly, and the holding of snap parliamentary elections.
• Modi sworn in; Confronts challenges as he heads coalition in third term VOA 09 Jun 2024 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a rare third term on Sunday at a glittering ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi. But he returns to office with a diminished mandate as head of a coalition government.
• Modi sworn in for third term as India's prime minister Press TV 09 Jun 2024 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken the Oath of Office for a third straight term.
• Narendra Modi Sworn In as India's Prime Minister Sputnik 09 Jun 2024 -- Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday as India's new prime minister for a third term after his coalition, the National Democratic Alliance, had won the country's parliamentary elections.
• Gunmen kill 2 members of Pakistan's Ahmadi minority VOA 09 Jun 2024 -- Police in central Pakistan said Saturday that unknown assailants had separately shot and killed two members of the minority Ahmadi community.
• Pakistan's Commitment to Regional Peace, Security and Prosperity Highlighted at ASEAN Regional Forum Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Jun 2024 -- Additional Foreign Secretary (Asia & Pacific), Ambassador Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, represented Pakistan at the Senior Officials Meeting preparatory to the Ministerial Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) held on 8 June 2024.
• Exit Polls Give Borisov's Center-Right GERB Big Lead In Bulgaria RFE/RL 09 Jun 2024 -- Former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's center-right GERB party appears to have won snap parliamentary elections, according to exit polls in Bulgaria's sixth such vote in the past three years, although it remains uncertain whether any party can cobble together a governing coalition.
• Hungarians Await Official Results Amid Signs Of Weakness For Orban, Fidesz RFE/RL 09 Jun 2024 -- Hungarians on June 10 are awaiting the results from the crucial European Parliament and municipal elections, as initial figures showed signs of weakness for authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his right-wing Fidesz party as part of a major challenge to their nearly 15-year grip on power.
• Hungarians Vote In Test Of Orban, Fidesz's Grip On Power RFE/RL 09 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.
• Plenty Left In The Dark After Giant Uzbek Solar Power Deals RFE/RL 09 Jun 2024 -- Uzbekistan's gaping power deficits and the government's desperate attempts to plug them are hardly a secret these days.
• Armenian Archbishop Calls For Nonstop Protests To Push Pashinian Out RFE/RL 09 Jun 2024 -- Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian has called on his supporters to stage nonstop street protests to force the ouster of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian's government over its territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.