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• Statement From Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Departing the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility DoD 22 Jun 2024 -- The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) departed the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility today and will remain briefly in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility before returning home after more than seven months deployed in support of U.S. regional deterrence and force protection efforts.
• June 22 U.S. Central Command Update CENTCOM 22 Jun 2024 -- In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed three Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed surface vessels (USV) in the Red Sea.
• Houthis, Iraqi Militia Say Attacked Israeli-Linked Ships in Haifa, Mediterranean Sea Sputnik 22 Jun 2024 -- Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, said that together with a Shia militant alliance known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq attacked five ships linked to Israel in the port of Haifa and the Mediterranean Sea.
• Yemen says USS Eisenhower hit by ballistic missiles IRNA 22 Jun 2024 -- Yemen's Army Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree has said that the country's armed forces have carried out a missile attack on US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea.
• Yemeni forces launch attacks on commercial vessel, US aircraft carrier Eisenhower Press TV 22 Jun 2024 -- The spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces says the country's naval units have carried out two separate operations against a commercial vessel and the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, and in response to the US and British airstrikes on Yemen.
• Yemeni army releases for 1st time footage of drone boat strike on sea target Press TV 22 Jun 2024 -- The Yemeni armed forces have for the first time released footage of a drone boat and its strike on a sea target amid Yemen's months-long maritime operations against Israeli shipping in support of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Defense Policy / Programs

• We Are Working to the Maximum to Give Ukraine the Capability to Fully Respond to Russian Terror - Address by the President President of Ukraine 22 Jun 2024
• Xi signals further military purges to eradicate corruption VOA 22 Jun 2024 -- Speaking at China's first military political work conference in a decade this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated the need for the military to eliminate corruption and strengthen its loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party. He also warned of "deep-seated issues" in the military's politics, ideology, work style and discipline.
• First group of Australian submarine workers depart for Pearl Harbor AUKUS training Australia DOD 22 Jun 2024 -- The Albanese Government continues to progress AUKUS with the first cohort of skilled submarine workers from ASC departing for Pearl Harbor in the United States for comprehensive sustainment training.
• SAMEER, MeitY AND MCTE, INDIAN ARMY FORGE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT India PIB 22 Jun 2024 -- In a landmark event today, Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), Indian Army and Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research (SAMEER), an autonomous R&D laboratory under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance collaboration in 'Next Generation Wireless Technologies for Indian Army'
• INS SUNAYNA AT PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS India PIB 22 Jun 2024 -- INS Sunayna on long range deployment to South West IOR, entered Port Louis, Mauritius on 20 Jun 24
• Romania to Launch Domestic Drone Production By Year-End Sputnik 22 Jun 2024 -- Romania plans to design an indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and open a center preparing drone operators this year, Economy Minister Radu Oprea said on Saturday.
• Yemeni army releases video of 'Toufan-1' UUV IRNA 22 Jun 2024 -- The Yemeni Army for the first time published video images of the "Toufan-1" unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV).

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• June 21: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 22 Jun 2024
• Israel's raids on refugee camps, houses kill over 100 in 24 hours in Gaza Press TV 22 Jun 2024 -- Israeli troops have carried out yet another massacre in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 101 people in refugee camps and residential areas over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry says.
• Iran: Israel will be the 'ultimate loser' in war with Hezbollah Press TV 22 Jun 2024 -- Iran has warned Israel about the consequences of waging an all-out war on Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance group.
• EU decries Israel's shelling that killed 22 near Gaza office of Red Cross Press TV 22 Jun 2024 -- EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has condemned Israel's deadly shelling near the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a designated "safe zone" in Gaza, calling for an investigation.
• Netanyahu lying about Gaza civilian deaths: Hamas ISNA 22 Jun 2024 -- Hamas affirmed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that the ratio of civilian to combatant deaths in Gaza is one-to-one is a lie and an erosion of global public opinion.
• Hamas: 'Priority is to stop Israel's criminal war' in Gaza Press TV 22 Jun 2024 -- The political bureau chief of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has said that the priority is stopping Israel's criminal war against the Palestinian people.
• Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah on potential 'knife edge of conflict' VOA 22 Jun 2024 -- Fears are growing of the Gaza conflict widening to engulf Israel and its northern foe, the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah militia, after both sides claimed this week to be ready to go to war following an intensification of their cross-border attacks.
• Lebanon's Islamic Group confirms martyrdom of its fighter in Zionist attack IRNA 22 Jun 2024 -- Lebanon's Political Party Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya (Islamic Group) has confirmed the martyrdom of one of its fighters in an Israeli attack, saying that "the crime" will not deter the group from defending Lebanon and the Palestinian people.
• Hezbollah targets Zionist military building in northern occupied lands IRNA 22 Jun 2024 -- Hezbollah of Lebanon has carried out an attack against a building in northern parts of the Palestinian Israeli-occupied territories in which a number of Zionist soldiers had gathered, local media reported.
• Hezbollah conducts 6 strikes against Israeli positions IRNA 22 Jun 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says its fighters carried out six attacks on military positions of the Israeli regime in northern occupied Palestine on Friday.
• Hezbollah pounds multiple Israeli targets after assassination of member Press TV 22 Jun 2024 -- Lebanese Hezbollah resistance fighters have conducted a series of strikes against Israeli sites in the northern part of the 1948 occupied territories in response to the brutal aggression against Gaza.
• Iraqi resistance vows to assist Hezbollah if Israel attacks Lebanon Press TV 22 Jun 2024 -- Fighters from Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have expressed their full solidarity with Hezbollah, stressing they will fight alongside their comrades in the Lebanese group in case the Tel Aviv regime decides to wage a new war on Lebanon.

Other Conflicts

• PH always open to dialogue despite continuing WPS tension Philippine News Agency 22 Jun 2024 -- The Philippine government is giving space for a dialogue after the recent "misunderstanding" with the China Coast Guard near the Ayungin Shoal.
• Exclusive: Video footage shows Philippines secretly reinforcing illegally grounded vessel in Ren'ai Jiao Global Times 22 Jun 2024 -- The recent revelation that the Philippines secretly transferred materials to reinforce the dilapidated military vessel illegally grounded at Ren'ai Jiao underscores the root cause of the current tense situation in the South China Sea - the Philippines' ongoing provocations with US support. Analysts said that the law enforcement measures taken by the China Coast Guard to safeguard China's national interests are legitimate and justified.
• Peacekeepers in South Sudan sent to protect civilians from more communal violence: UN People's Daily 22 Jun 2024 -- UN peacekeepers in South Sudan have intensified patrols in Tonj East to protect civilians and restore community confidence after inter-communal clashes, a UN spokesman said on Friday.

News Reports

• What was Vietnam thinking, welcoming Putin? Radio Free Asia 22 Jun 2024 -- Why did Hanoi welcome Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, for a state visit this past week?
• China launches new astronomical satellite developed in cooperation with France People's Daily 22 Jun 2024 -- China on Saturday launched an astronomical satellite, the result of nearly 20 years of hard work between Chinese and French scientists, to capture gamma-ray bursts which flicker like fireworks in the farthest reaches of the universe.
• U.S.-Taiwan Working Group Meeting on International Organizations US Dept. of State 22 Jun 2024 -- On June 21, 2024, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) hosted consultations in Taipei with representatives from the U.S. Department of State and the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• 48 PLA aircraft, ships detected near Taiwan: Defense ministry CNA 22 Jun 2024 -- A total of 48 People Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and vessels were detected in the airspace and waters around Taiwan in the 24-hour period starting at 6 a.m. Friday, with some planes seen as close as 31 nautical miles from Taiwan's southernmost tip, the defense ministry said.
• Chinese rocket posed no threat passing over Taiwan: Defense ministry CNA 22 Jun 2024 -- A Chinese launch vehicle carrying a satellite flew over southern Taiwan Saturday afternoon, but it presented no threat to the country, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said.
• China urges U.S. to stop arming Taiwan in any form People's Daily 22 Jun 2024 -- A Chinese military spokesperson on Friday urged the United States to honor its commitment to not support "Taiwan independence" and stop arming Taiwan in any form.
• Taiwan politicians bash China's death penalty threats CNA 22 Jun 2024 -- Politicians from Taiwan's ruling and opposition parties on Saturday expressed concern over a set of new guidelines in China, which allow a death sentence against people deemed as "diehard" advocates of Taiwan independence.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 22 Jun 2024
• China issues judicial guidelines on criminal punishment on diehard 'Taiwan independence' forces Global Times 22 Jun 2024 -- Chinese authorities on Friday issued a set of guidelines on imposing criminal punishments on diehard "Taiwan independence" separatists for conducting or inciting secession, which allows death penalty and a trial in absentia in relevant cases and stipulates that those who are found to have colluded with any foreign or overseas institution, organization or individual in committing such crimes should be given a harsher punishment.
• Iran: Statement by the Spokesperson on the sentencing of Narges Mohammadi European External Action Service (EEAS) 22 Jun 2024 -- Iranian human rights defender and Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been recently sentenced to one additional year in prison.
• Iran's Space Agency plans to launch 2 satellites in July IRNA 22 Jun 2024 -- The head of Iran's Space Agency (ISA), Hassan Salarieh, has announced plans for two satellite launches in July.
• Iran to launch two major satellites in coming weeks: ISA chief Press TV 22 Jun 2024 -- Iranian Space Agency (ISA) chief says the country will carry out two major satellite launches in the coming weeks.
• Transcript of Special Briefing by Foreign Secretary on State Visit of Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India India MEA 22 Jun 2024
• Kazakhstan needs to overhaul labor, poverty statistics, experts say VOA 22 Jun 2024 -- Economic analysts in Kazakhstan say the government is using a formulation for setting the poverty line that fails to capture the number of people living below a humane standard of living. The result, they say, lowers the amount of assistance provided to the poor.