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• US spy drone destroyed over Yemen: Army spokesman IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- The Yemeni Army has announced new operations in support of the oppressed Palestinian people, saying that a US spy drone has been destroyed over the airspace of the Arab country.
• Ship catches fire after apparent rocket attack in Gulf of Aden IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says a ship has caught fire in the Gulf of Aden after being apparently hit by a projectile.
• Yemeni air defenses shoot down US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Sa'ada Province Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- Yemeni air defenses have shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemeni airspace, amid escalated tensions with the Israeli regime.

Defense Policy / Programs

• USARJ activates 765th TTB as only unit of its kind stationed overseas Army News 04 Aug 2024 -- The 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion cased its unit colors during a ceremony here Wednesday as it takes on a new role to support U.S. Army Japan watercraft and improve integration and interoperability with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in the Indo-Pacific region.
• Russia, US Managed to Avoid Escalation After Talk Between Defense Chiefs - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 04 Aug 2024 -- Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has delivered a signal to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and the sides have managed to avoid another escalation cycle, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Sunday.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy: This Is Reality, Reality in Our Skies - F-16s Are in Ukraine President of Ukraine 04 Aug 2024
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Greeting on the Day of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine President of Ukraine 04 Aug 2024
• Zelensky says Ukraine receives US-made F-16 fighter jets Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that his forces finally received F-16 fighter jets promised to the former Soviet republic by US-led Western countries.
• Ukraine Unveils Newly Arrived F-16s As Russian Shelling Intensifies In East RFE/RL 04 Aug 2024 -- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on August 4 welcomed the arrival of the long-awaited F-16 fighter jets he has said are crucial to the defense of his country against invading Russian forces.
• Ukraine Received First 10 of 79 F-16s Promised by West on July 31 - Reports Sputnik 04 Aug 2024 -- Ukraine has received the first 10 of the 79 F-16 fighter jets promised by Western countries on July 31, The Economist reported on Sunday.
• Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations Australia DOD 04 Aug 2024 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, will travel to the United States this week for the 34th Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) on 6 August in Annapolis, Maryland.
• PH, Germany eye conclusion of broader defense agreement Philippine News Agency 04 Aug 2024 -- The Philippines and Germany have committed to concluding a broader defense cooperation arrangement, according to their top defense officials.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with the G7 Foreign Ministers US Dept. of State 04 Aug 2024

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari- August 4, 2024 Israel Defense Forces 04 Aug 2024
• At least 10k Israeli soldiers killed, injured in Gaza war IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- Israeli media admitted that at least 10,000 Israeli soldiers have been killed or injured in the war against the Gaza Strip.
• Excerpt from PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the State Memorial Ceremony for Ze'ev Jabotinsky Israel - Prime Minister 04 Aug 2024
• PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Government Meeting Israel - Prime Minister 04 Aug 2024
• Aug 3: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 04 Aug 2024
• Tensions heighten in Middle East VOA 04 Aug 2024 -- Tensions heightened Sunday in the Middle East, with the U.S. moving warships to the region to defend Israel if Iran attacks, while several Western governments urgently told their citizens to leave Lebanon as Hezbollah launched a barrage of strikes targeting Israel.
• Gaza massacre: Israel bombs two more schools, killing 30 Palestinians Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- Israel's occupation forces have struck two school compounds in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 30 displaced Palestinians - eighty percent of whom are children - according to the territory's civil defense agency.
• Gaza resistance fighters launch rocket barrage toward occupied territories Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- Palestinian resistance fighters have fired a barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip towards targets in the occupied territories.
• Israeli strikes on refugee tents in Gaza's Al-Aqsa Hospital kill five people Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- Israel's violent airstrikes on the tents of displaced Palestinians in a hospital in the central part of the Gaza Strip killed several people and injured dozens of others.
• US CENTCOM chief in occupied Palestine over fear of Iran, Hezbollah retaliatory strikes Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- The commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has arrived in the occupied territories to help Israel prepare for Iran and Hezbollah's retaliatory strikes in response to the recent assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and the deadly strike on southern Beirut, US media says.
• US CENTCOM Chief Arrives in Middle East Amid Escalation - Reports Sputnik 04 Aug 2024 -- US Central Command chief Gen. Michael Kurilla arrived in the Middle East Saturday and is expected to visit the Gulf states, Jordan and Israel to mobilize a coalition to protect Israel amid preparations for a likely Iranian attack, the Axios news portal reported Saturday.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 04 Aug 2024
• Iran acting FM: Israel should receive decisive response for its brutality IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that Israel should receive a severe and decisive response to its assassination of Hamas Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh so that it realizes that brutality has a heavy price.
• Pezeshkian: Israel's assassination of Haniyeh 'a big mistake' that won't go unanswered IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the Israeli regime's assassination of Hamas political chief Esmail Haniyeh was a big mistake that will not go unanswered.
• IRGC official: Iran's response to assassination of Haniyeh will be surprising IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- A senior advisor in Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Hossein Taeb says the country's response to the assassination of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran will be new and surprising.
• US, Israel will regret Haniyeh assassination: Iran's parl. speaker IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Sunday that the Zionist regime and the United States will regret the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
• Israel's 'big mistake' of assassinating Hamas chief will not go unanswered: Iran president Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Israeli regime's assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was a "big mistake" that will not go unanswered.
• Iran urges 'more practical, effective support' for millions of Palestinians Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry says the Muslim world should support the rights of millions of war-ravaged Palestinian people in a "more effective and practical" way.
• Israel, US will regret Haniyeh assassination after Iran's crushing response: Qalibaf Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says Iran's "crushing and smart response" to Israel and the US will make them regret the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
• Iran Refuses to Temper Response to Assassination of Hamas Political Leader - Report Sputnik 04 Aug 2024 -- Iran has refused to moderate its response to the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and is planning to launch a retaliatory strike against Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
• G7 Foreign Ministers' statement on the situation in the Middle East UK FCDO 04 Aug 2024 -- The foreign ministers of G7 countries issued a joint statement on the situation in the middle east.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt Badr Abdelatty Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Aug 2024
• In Iran, Jordanian FM Says Not Carrying Message From Israel, But Pleads For Peace RFE/RL 04 Aug 2024 -- Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, who arrived in Tehran on August 4 on a rare visit to discuss rising tensions in the Middle East, said he was not carrying a message from Israel to Tehran, but he nevertheless pleaded for "peace, stability, and security" in the troubled region.
• 'Israeli policy of assassination cannot weaken Palestinian resistance front' Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has said the Israeli policy of assassination cannot weaken the Palestinian resistance front, denouncing the death of at least nine people, including a local commander of Hamas's military wing, in two separate Israeli airstrikes in the occupied West Bank.
• Hamas begins consultations to choose Haniyeh's successor Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- Hamas has initiated consultations to select a new leader of the Palestinian resistance group after the assassination of its Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh by the Israeli regime in Tehran.
• Hezbollah conducts fresh attack on Zionist regime's base to support Palestinians: Report IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has launched a new attack against Israeli bases in a bid to voice its continued support of the Palestinian cause, media outlets have reported.
• Hezbollah rockets rain down on Zionist targets in occupied territories IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has launched a massive retaliatory missile strike on the Zionist regime's targets in the north of occupied territories.
• Hezbollah responds to deadly Israeli attack with dozens of rockets Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement retaliates against a deadly Israeli attack that had earlier targeted the southern part of the country by firing dozens of rockets towards the northern side of the occupied Palestinian territories.
• Lebanon's Hezbollah Says It Fired 'Dozens' of Rockets at Northern Israeli Town Sputnik 04 Aug 2024 -- Hezbollah said it had fired dozens of rockets at the settlement of Beit Hillel in northern Israel Sunday.
• Ansarullah: Iran not sole party to avenge Haniyeh assassination IRNA 04 Aug 2024 -- Ali al-Qahoum, a top official of Yemen's ruling Houthi Ansarullah movement, has said that Iran will not be alone in its retaliatory response to the assassination of Hamas Political Chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Other Conflicts

• Yazidis seek justice on 10th anniversary of Islamic State genocide VOA 04 Aug 2024 -- Advocates for justice for Iraq's Yazidi community say much more needs to be done 10 years on to address the brutal genocide it experienced at the hands of Islamic State militants on August 3, 2014, and its aftermath.
• Mali Severs Diplomatic Relations With Ukraine - Reports Sputnik 04 Aug 2024 -- The African country of Mali has severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine, Agence France-Presse reported.

News Reports

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on mass riots in the United Kingdom Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Aug 2024
• Chinese national security authority warns online office tools, AI tech of risking leaking confidential info Global Times 04 Aug 2024 -- China's Ministry of State Security warned those working with confidential information against using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to write confidential materials and chat groups to discuss classified content, saying that numerous cases of data leaks were caused by the use of online office programs in recent years.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 04 Aug 2024
• Press Statement of External Policy Office of DPRK Foreign Ministry KCNA 04 Aug 2024 -- The External Policy Office of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, released the following press statement "We will respond to hostile forces' any option with stronger counteraction" on Saturday:
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Message of Sympathy from Russian President KCNA 04 Aug 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, received a message of sympathy from Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, over the recent serious damage caused by flood and heavy rainfall in some parts of the DPRK.
• Work for Stabilizing Flood Victims' Living Intensified in DPRK KCNA 04 Aug 2024 -- The work for stabilizing the inhabitants in flood-hit areas is being intensified in Sinuiju City of North Phyongan Province, the DPRK.
• Working People's Organizations Render Assistance to Flood Victims in DPRK KCNA 04 Aug 2024 -- The working people's organizations of the DPRK have turned out in the work to stabilize the life of the inhabitants in the special-level disaster emergency areas.
• Statement by Minister Joly on results of presidential election in Venezuela Canada 04 Aug 2024
• Venezuela's Maduro taunts opposition candidate González amid pro-government rallies Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- President Nicolas Maduro has scoffed at opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country to show support for Maduro's re-election.
• To Lam elected as Vietnam's top leader Radio Free Asia 04 Aug 2024 -- Vietnamese President To Lam has been elected general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country's most powerful position.
• Shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop: UN rights chief UN News 04 Aug 2024 -- The UN's top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the violence in Bangladesh, which claimed scores of lives, including those of police officers, over the weekend.
• 93 killed as Bangladesh protesters demand PM Hasina resign Press TV 04 Aug 2024 -- At least 93 people have been killed, including 14 police officers, and more than a thousand others injured in violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police in Bangladesh, in one of the deadliest days since demonstrations began about three weeks ago.