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• Yemeni armed forces launch drone, missile attacks on intruding vessels in Red Sea IRNA 13 Jul 2024 -- Spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces General Yahya Saree announced on Friday night drone and missile attacks have been launched against a ship in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
• Yemeni forces threaten to expand anti-Israeli operations Press TV 13 Jul 2024 -- Yemen's Armed Forces have threatened to expand their operations against the Israeli regime and its supporters, reacting to the regime's earlier horrendous massacre of Palestinians in southern Gaza Strip.
• Yemeni armed forces target Israel-linked ship in Red Sea Press TV 13 Jul 2024 -- Yemen's armed forces have targeted another ship in the Red Sea in retaliation for the Israeli massacres in the Gaza Strip.

Defense Policy / Programs

• New York National Guard enters State Partnership Program with Sweden EUCOM 13 Jul 2024 -- The partnership is part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program which pairs state National Guard's with the militaries of countries around the world in bilateral training and exchange partnerships.
• US Left Eating Russia's Dust as Struggling Sentinel ICBM Program Cannot Catch Up to Yars and Sarmat Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- As the development costs of new US intercontinental ballistic missile LGM-35A Sentinel soar into the stratosphere with the deadline being pushed further and further away, it appears that the United States finds itself severely outclassed by Russia as far as this type of armaments is concerned.
• Biden Comments on Zelensky's Request to Use US Weapons to Strike Deep Into Russia Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- At a press conference following the Washington-hosted NATO summit, US President Joe Biden responded to Volodymyr Zelensky's requests to allow Kiev to use American weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.
• Northrop Grumman to Become 1st US Company to Produce Ammunition in Ukraine - Reports Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- US defense contractor Northrop Grumman has reached a deal with Ukraine's Ukroboronservice to jointly produce ammunition in Ukraine, becoming the first US company to start production in the country, the Breaking Defense magazine reported, citing a company spokesperson.
• Australia Announces Largest Single $169Mln Military Package for Ukraine Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- Australia has announced its largest single military assistance package to Ukraine worth almost 250 million Australian dollars ($169.2 million), the Australian Defense Ministry said, adding that it includes air defense missiles, ammunition and anti-tank weapons.
• Canada bolsters Arctic defense in face of Russian, Chinese aggression VOA 13 Jul 2024 -- Canada says it is going shopping for 12 conventionally powered submarines capable of operating under the Arctic ice to enhance maritime security in a region that is fast gaining strategic significance in the face of climate change.
• Taiwan hopeful of receiving all 66 F-16V jets by end of 2026: MND CNA 13 Jul 2024 -- Previous technical difficulties related to Taiwan's order for 66 F-16V fighter jets have been overcome and the government is hopeful it will take delivery of all of the planes by the end of 2026, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) has said.
• President Lai inspects Keelung naval base CNA 13 Jul 2024 -- President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Saturday inspected the Weihai Naval Base in the Port of Keelung, home to Taiwan military's 131st Fleet and its indigenously built Tuo Chiang-class corvettes.
• Belarus Sends Special Forces to Kazakhstan for Joint Military Exercises Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- Belarusian servicepeople are heading to Kazakhstan to take part in joint drills, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Lukashenko Says Ukraine Pulled Back Troops From Border With Belarus Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday that there was no more tension on the border with Ukraine and ordered Belarusian forces to retreat to places of their permanent deployment.
• 'When Will We Come Home?': A Belarusian Volunteer's Notes From The Front Lines In Ukraine RFE/RL 13 Jul 2024 -- Officially, Belarus under strongman leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka is Russia's most important ally in its war against Ukraine, providing important logistical support for the invasion as well as joining in Moscow's saber-rattling against NATO.
• Armenia Freezing CSTO Payment Will Not Increase Contributions - Russian Envoy Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- Armenia's decision to freeze its payment to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will not lead to a revision of the contribution scale, member countries will not have to pay more, Viktor Vasilyev, Russia's permanent representative to the CSTO, told Sputnik.
• Russia warns Armenia against joint drills with US IRNA 13 Jul 2024 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson described joint exercises between Armenia and the United States as a factor in line with undermining security cooperation between Moscow and Yerevan.

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• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 13 Jul 2024 -- "The State of Israel, via the IDF and the ISA, attacked a target in Gaza today in order to eliminate Muhammad Deif and his deputy Rafa'a Salameh. While there is no absolute certainty yet that they were eliminated, I would like to assure you that one way or another, we will reach the entire Hamas leadership."
• Israeli Newspaper Says Country is 'Collapsing' as 46,000 Businesses Shutter Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- Israel's GDP fell by nearly 20% from October to December 2023, though it rebounded with a 14% gain the next quarter, that was less than economists expected.
• July 12: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 13 Jul 2024
• Israel strikes at 2 Hamas leaders in Gaza; Palestinians say at least 90 killed VOA 13 Jul 2024 -- Israel launched a large airstrike Saturday on the southern Gaza Strip that it said targeted the commander of Hamas' military wing, Mohammed Deif. Hamas said at least 90 Palestinians were killed and more than 300 wounded, while senior Hamas official Khalil al-Haya told Al-Jazeera that Deif had not been killed.
• Gaza: Guterres 'shocked and saddened' by deadly strikes on Al Mawasi, as WHO and partners aid medical response UN News 13 Jul 2024 -- The UN health agency and partners are helping treat many of those injured during Saturday's deadly airstrikes by Israeli forces on Gaza's Al Mawasi area which have reportedly left at least 90 dead and around 300 injured, according to figures from the war-torn enclave's health ministry.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 13 Jul 2024
• Iran slams recent Israeli brutal atrocities in Khan Younis IRNA 13 Jul 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the recent Israeli brutal crimes in Khan Yunis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Palestinian civilians.
• No: 134, 13 July 2024, Regarding Israel's Continued Targeting of Civilians in Gaza Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Jul 2024
• Palestinian Resistance factions slam Khan Younis massacre IRNA 13 Jul 2024 -- Representatives of the Palestinian Resistance faction have strongly condemned the recent massacre by the Israeli army in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, describing it as a sign of the regime's bitter defeat and deadlock on the battlefield.
• Hamas Denies Israel Killed Military Chiefs in Khan Younis Strike Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- Israel's Army Radio said that the Israeli air force mounted a strike on Al Mawasi area near Khan Yunis, targeting chief of Hamas's military wing Mohammed Deif and commander of one of Hamas' units Rafia Salam.
• Hamas urges independent Palestinian govt. in post-war Gaza Press TV 13 Jul 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says that a new and independent government of non-partisan figures should run the post-war Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
• Lebanon FM warns of 'devastating' regional war if Israel escalates tensions Press TV 13 Jul 2024 -- Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has warned against the fallout of a full-blown Israeli war on his country, as tensions continue to escalate between the Hezbollah resistance movement and the Tel Aviv regime.
• Hezbollah strikes in solidarity with Palestinians, meant to protect Lebanon: Official Press TV 13 Jul 2024 -- A senior Hezbollah official says the retaliatory operations by his comrades against Israeli military positions in the occupied territories are in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza and meant to deter the regime from any aggression against Lebanon.
• Official: Hezbollah produces untraceable drones IRNA 13 Jul 2024 -- Nawaf Al-Mousavi, the person in charge of resources and borders in the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, said in a statement on Friday night that the movement has produced drones that cannot be traced and shot down.

Other Conflicts

• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the US Signing into Law the "Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act" PRC MofA 13 Jul 2024
• China strongly condemns US' Xizang-related bill; act may signal Washington's intention to increasingly play 'Xizang card' to suppress China: experts Global Times 13 Jul 2024 -- China on Saturday lodged solemn representations with the US after President Joe Biden signed a Xizang-related bill into law on Friday local time, with multiple government authorities in China issuing statements firmly condemning the US.
• Biden signs bill urging China to resume talks over Tibet Radio Free Asia 13 Jul 2024 -- President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law a bill that urges China to resume talks with the Dalai Lama or his representatives to arrive at a "negotiated agreement on Tibet" as he reiterated that the measure did not represent a change in U.S. policy.
• "We are determined not to allow any structure along the Iraq and Syria line that would pose a threat to our country" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 13 Jul 2024 -- Speaking at the National Defense University's Graduation Ceremony, President Erdoğan said: "We will complete the missing links of the security belt along our southern border in Syria on the basis of Syria's territorial integrity. We are determined not to allow any structure along the Iraq and Syria line that would pose a threat to our country."
• Russia Seeking To Exploit Ethnic Tensions In Western Balkans, U.S. Warns RFE/RL 13 Jul 2024 -- Moscow is seeking to exploit ethnic tensions in the Western Balkans to provoke "instability and hinder the region's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions," the U.S. State Department has said.
• DR Congo faces catastrophic health, humanitarian crisis VOA 13 Jul 2024 -- The World Health Organization warns that millions of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing a health and humanitarian crisis because of escalating conflict and violence, mainly in the eastern part of the country in recent months.
• Eight dead as Somalia forces foil militant jailbreak attempt VOA 13 Jul 2024 -- Somali security forces foiled an attempted jailbreak Saturday in Mogadishu's main central prison after militant inmates, using pistols and hand grenades, attacked prison guards, two security sources told VOA Somali Service.

News Reports

• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on Shooting at Former President Donald J. Trump's Rally US Dept. of Justice 13 Jul 2024
• Russian Businessman Charged With Bribing Defense Officials Dies In Jail RFE/RL 13 Jul 2024 -- A Russian businessman charged with bribing senior Defense Ministry officials on behalf of suppliers has died in pretrial detention, according to a member of the country's human rights council.
• Competition between NATO, China intensifies following Washington summit VOA 13 Jul 2024 -- NATO and China's efforts to deepen cooperation with like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific and Europe are viewed by some analysts as part of the growing competition between major powers, especially between the United States and China.
• China blacklists six American firms IRNA 13 Jul 2024 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in a statement announced that Beijing has sanctioned six American companies active in the arms industry and several of their executives.
• Foreigners still visiting China, but fewer want to live there Radio Free Asia 13 Jul 2024 -- Still a great place to visit, but no longer a land of opportunity for aspiring expatriates -- that seems to be the international verdict on China these days.
• China sees more foreign visitors, but far fewer than before COVID VOA 13 Jul 2024 -- China says the number of foreigners entering the country in the first half of 2024 leaped by more than 150%, a huge increase for the world's second-largest economy as it continues to recover from the COVID pandemic.
• Mainland's criminal punishment measures only target very few diehard 'Taiwan independence' separatists: Taiwan Affairs Office Global Times 13 Jul 2024 -- The criminal punishment measures that have been put forward by the Chinese mainland only target the very few diehard "Taiwan independence" separatists. However, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities attempt to smear the judicial documents, incite cross-Straits antagonism, and obstruct cross-Straits exchanges, severely infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of the vast majority of Taiwan compatriots, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, said in a statement on Friday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 13 Jul 2024
• Press Statement of Spokesman for DPRK Ministry of National Defence KCNA 13 Jul 2024 -- A spokesman for the DPRK Ministry of National Defence released the following press statement "Our army will guarantee the national security in every way with its powerful nuclear war deterrent readiness" on July 13:
• Press Statement of DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman KCNA 13 Jul 2024 -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following press statement under the title "We will deter the looming serious threat with tougher strategic counteraction" on Friday:
• North Korea denounces NATO summit's anti-Pyongyang declaration Press TV 13 Jul 2024 -- North Korea has denounced a declaration at a recent NATO summit that condemned Pyongyang's alleged weapons exports to Russia.
• Future of JCPOA hinges on West's moves: Russian official IRNA 13 Jul 2024 -- The future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) after Iran's 14th presidential election will depend on the West's actions, a Russian diplomat says.
• Iranian labor union condemns Sharifeh Mohammadi's death sentence VOA 13 Jul 2024 -- A labor union in Iran has denounced Sharifeh Mohammadi's death sentence from the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Rasht as a governmental tactic to instill fear in society to deter collective organizing efforts.