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• US-occupied military base in Syria's Hasakah targeted in kamikaze drone attack Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- An illegal military facility housing US occupation forces in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah has come under a drone attack from nearby areas.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Navy OKs $220Mln Boost to Lockheed For Launch Pads in Missile Program - Pentagon Sputnik 10 Aug 2024 -- The US Navy has approved a $220 million contract extension to Lockheed Martin Space to continue its work to support missile and launching platform production for the Conventional Prompt Strike program, the Department of Defense announced in a press release.
• USS Blue Ridge Arrives in Koror, Palau US Navy 10 Aug 2024 -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Koror, Palau for a routine port visit, Aug. 10.
• U.S. Navy and Italian Navy Conduct First Indo-Pacific Multi-Large Deck Event US Navy 10 Aug 2024 -- The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and the Cavour Carrier Strike Group concluded the first-ever bilateral Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) held in the Indo-Pacific by the U.S. Navy and Italian Navy, Aug. 9.
• Northern Fleet ship detachment undergoes drills on ensuring safety of Russia's economic activity in Barents Sea Russia MoD 10 Aug 2024 -- The Northern Fleet ship detachment underwent drills on ensuring security of objects of economic activity of the Russian Federation and addressing crisis situations in case of their occurrence in the Barents Sea waters.
• Tehran refrains from arming Moscow until Ukraine war over: Iran's UN mission IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations says Iran refrains from transferring any weapons, including missiles, to Russia until the Ukraine war is over.
• Navy conducts firing of Standard Missile 6 as part of Government push to provide ADF with enhanced capabilities Australia DOD 10 Aug 2024 -- HMAS Sydney has conducted a successful firing of a Standard Missile 6, representing a step-change in the lethality, air and missile defence, and long-range strike capability of Navy's surface combatant fleet.
• INDIAN AIR FORCE TEAM RETURNS AFTER SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISE UDARA SHAKTI 2024 AT MALAYSIA India PIB 10 Aug 2024 -- After successful participation in Exercise Udara Shakti 2024 at Malaysia, the Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent returned to India, on 10 Aug 24
• Pakistan rejects Israeli media claim of secret Tehran-Islamabad military cooperation IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has dismissed a recent report by the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post that alleged a secret military cooperation between Iran and her country, calling the allegation unfounded.
• On-the-Record Press Gaggle by White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby The White House 10 Aug 2024

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Israel evacuates 4 intelligence, security agencies in Tel Aviv: Report IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- The Zionist regime has evacuated four of its important intelligence and security bases in Tel Aviv, according to a Saudi channel.
• Precise, Intelligence-Based Operations Continue in Rafah Israel Defense Forces 10 Aug 2024
• 19 Terrorists Eliminated in a Mosque in Al-Taba'een School Compound Israel Defense Forces 10 Aug 2024
• The Chief of the General Staff Holds a Situational Assessment at the Northern Command Israel Defense Forces 10 Aug 2024
• Terrorist Who Participated in the October 7 Massacre Eliminated in Khan Yunis Israel Defense Forces 10 Aug 2024
• IDF Claims Islamic Jihad Commander May Have Been In Gaza School Bombed by Israel Sputnik 10 Aug 2024 -- A commander of one of the brigades of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement with a "high probability" was in the Al-Taba'een School in Gaza City, which was attacked by Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed on Saturday.
• Over 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on school in Gaza Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- More than 100 Palestinians have been killed following Israeli airstrikes on a school sheltering displaced people in the east of the Gaza Strip, as the occupying regime presses ahead with its months-long aggression on the besieged territory.
• Israeli airstrike kills over 100 Palestinians in Gaza school IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- More than 100 Palestinians were killed after the Israeli regime bombarded a school in Gaza.
• Israel facing surge in cyber attacks amid Gaza war IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Israeli media have reported a significant increase in cyber attacks targeting both public and private sectors of the regime since the start of the war in Gaza.
• At least 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City People's Daily 10 Aug 2024 -- At least 100 Palestinians were killed on Saturday by Israeli airstrikes at a school serving as shelters for displaced people in Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
• Israel targeted 13 shelter centers housing displaced Palestinians in August: Civil Defense Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- Gaza's civil defense agency says Israel has carried out airstrikes on 13 shelter centers housing displaced Palestinians in the besieged strip since the beginning of August, calling on the international community to immediately intervene to stop the occupying regime's massacre of civilians.
• At Least 100 Killed, Dozens Injured in Israeli Strike on Gaza City School - Reports Sputnik 10 Aug 2024 -- At least 100 people were killed and dozens others wounded in Israel's bombing of a school in Gaza City, Press TV reported on Telegram.
• Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike in S. Lebanon People's Daily 10 Aug 2024 -- A Hamas leader and his companion were killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on their car in southern Lebanon, said Lebanese military sources.
• 'Another day of horror': UN rights office condemns Israeli strikes at Gazan school UN News 10 Aug 2024 -- The UN Human Rights Office condemned on Saturday the increasing frequency of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) strikes on schools, where hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians have sought shelter, with the latest attacks killing dozens at a Gaza City school.
• UN rapporteur: Israel committing genocide in Gaza with US, European weapons IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- The UN special rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese has said that the Zionist regime uses US and European weapons to carry out "genocide" in Gaza.
• Statement from NSC Spokesperson Sean Savett on Israeli Strike in Gaza The White House 10 Aug 2024
• US to provide Israel with additional $3.5bn in military aid amid Gaza war Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- The administration of President Joe Biden has announced plans to send an additional $3.5bn to Israel to spend on US-made weapons and military equipment amid the occupying regime's months-long onslaught against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• 'Al-Tabin School massacre proves Israel is after genocide of Palestinians' IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has said that an Israeli airstrike on Gaza's al-Tabin School, which targeted displaced Palestinians and killed over 100 people, leaves no doubt about the regime's intention of genocide against the Palestinian people.
• Iran president urges world bodies to protect peace, prevent Israel's crimes against humanity Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says international organizations, especially the UN Security Council, must fulfill their responsibility of protecting regional and world peace and security and preventing crimes against humanity.
• Iran condemns 'heinous' Israeli bombing of displaced Gazans at school Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- Iran has condemned an Israeli bombing of a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip that left more than a hundred people dead and a lot more injured.
• Iran fully committed to avenging Haniyeh assassination: IRGC deputy chief IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Ali Fadavi says the orders of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution are clear and explicit regarding punishing the occupation and avenging the blood of the martyr Ismail Haniyeh.
• Preparations made for Iran's crushing response to Israeli aggression: Leader's aide Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- A political advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says groundwork has already been made for a "severe and crushing" response to Israel over its assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
• No: 165, 10 August 2024, Regarding Israel's Attack on a School Building in Gaza Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Aug 2024
• Condemnations pour in after Israel's Gaza school massacre IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Condemnations have been pouring in following an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City that left more than 100 Palestinians martyred and dozens more wounded.
• Global condemnations pour in over Israel's massacre in Gaza school Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- Condemnations have poured in from across the world following the Israeli regime's genocidal airstrikes on a school-turned-shelter housing displaced Palestinians in the east of Gaza City.
• Hamas rejects Israeli claim of operating from bombed Gaza school IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- A senior Hamas official has rejected allegations by Israeli officials that the Palestinian resistance group had set up a "command and control center" in a school in Gaza City, where more than 100 people were killed after it was bombed by Israeli forces.
• Hezbollah carries out fresh attacks on Israeli positions IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has conducted fresh attacks on Israeli positions, targeting several military bases of the regime in northern occupied Palestine.
• Hezbollah stages unprecedented strike on Israeli forces after Hamas cmdr. assassination Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has staged an unprecedented retaliatory strike on Israeli forces stationed in the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territories after an Israeli attack that assassinated a senior Hamas' commander in Lebanon.
• Hezbollah: Gaza school bombing shows Israel's talk of ceasefire is mere 'treachery and deceit' Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has roundly denounced the bloody Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, stressing that the attack highlights the Tel Aviv regime's insistence on a genocidal war on the coastal territory and its explicit policy of mass killings.

Other Conflicts

• Chinese drones detected off Vietnam days before military drills with Philippines VOA 10 Aug 2024 -- Chinese drones were detected in Vietnam's airspace twice recently, a response, experts say, to the joining of forces between Vietnam and the Philippines.
• Philippines, China Trade Blame for 'Dangerous' Air Maneuvers Over South China Sea Sputnik 10 Aug 2024 -- The Philippine armed forces' chief of staff accused Chinese warplanes on Saturday of maneuvering dangerously when flying by a Philippine jet patrolling the South China Sea earlier this week.
• PH aircraft encounters 'provocative' China PLAAF over Scarborough Philippine News Agency 10 Aug 2024 -- Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. on Saturday condemned the "dangerous and provocative actions" of China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) which harassed a Filipino aircraft conducting maritime patrols over Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal).

News Reports

• Putin 'In The Dock': Freed Activist Pivovarov Says Russian Opposition, Ukrainians Share Goal RFE/RL 10 Aug 2024 -- During his entire imprisonment in Russia, Andrei Pivovarov yearned for one thing: freedom.
• July sees rise in COVID-19 cases in China; experts dismiss concerns saying no major strain on population, healthcare Global Times 10 Aug 2024 -- Chinese social media platforms have recently seen a rise in posts of COVID-19 reinfections, sparking concerns over a potential resurgence of the virus. Chinese experts suggested that although positive cases have increased in July compared to the previous month, the rise is within normal fluctuation ranges and will not place a significant strain on the country's healthcare system.
• China protests over Japan's recent detainment of Taiwan's fishing boats: FM spokesperson People's Daily 10 Aug 2024 -- China has lodged solemn representations with Japan, asking it to immediately correct the wrongdoing of detaining Taiwan's fishing vessels, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 10 Aug 2024
• Supreme Court upholds sentences for retired Army personnel in spying case CNA 10 Aug 2024 -- The Supreme Court has upheld lower court prison sentences for two retired members of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Army who were found guilty of attempting to collect military intelligence for China.
• Provincial Groups of Party Members Arrive at Sites of Recovery from Flood Damage KCNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Provincial regiments of Party members arrived at the sites for recovery from flood damage in Jagang and Ryanggang provinces one after another.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Clarifies in His Speech Stand of Party and Government on Repairing Flood Damage and Consoles Flood Victims KCNA 10 Aug 2024 -- The following is the full text of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un 's important speech before flood victims:
• North Korean leader revisits flooded area, plans to relocate 15,400 people to capital Press TV 10 Aug 2024 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has revisited flooded areas in the north of the country, declaring government plans to support those affected by recent heavy rainfall and floods from Tropical Storm Gaemi.
• Senior Officials of C.C., WPK Learn about Damage and Recovery Work in Flood-hit Areas of North Phyongan Province KCNA 10 Aug 2024 -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited again the flood-hit areas in North Phyongan Province, accompanied by secretaries and department directors of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. The secretaries and department directors of the WPK Central Committee learned about the damage and the preparations for recovery in Sinuiju City and Uiju County of the province on August 9.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Takes Important Measures for Rehabilitation in Flood-hit Areas KCNA 10 Aug 2024 -- The sacred leadership of the great father, who with warm love and ennobling spirit of making devoted service for the people as his natural character, continues the long journey of devoted service for their wellbeing while dedicating his tireless thinking and efforts to the sake of the people all the time, has touched the flood-stricken people again, redoubling their confidence in and optimism about the future.
• President Pezeshkian appoints new deputies IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed new deputies as he is working on forming his cabinet nearly two weeks after taking the oath of office.
• Eslami reinstated as Iran's atomic chief IRNA 10 Aug 2024 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has retained Mohammad Eslami as head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
• Transcript of Special Briefing by Secretary (East) on President's visit to Timor-Leste (August 10, 2024) India MEA 10 Aug 2024
• Protesters Opposed To Lithium Mining Hold Large Demonstration In Belgrade, Block Rail Traffic RFE/RL 10 Aug 2024 -- Tens of thousands of protesters opposed to lithium mining in Serbia packed the streets of Belgrade on August 10 and marched to two railway stations where some of them blocked train traffic.