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• Several US forces suffered injuries in attack on Syria base: Report Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- An unknown US official has revealed that several American and coalition forces were wounded in a drone attack on their base in Syria on Friday, the third major attack against the US occupation troops in recent days.
• 'American troops injured in Friday's drone strike in Syria' IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- A US official has acknowledged that several American and coalition troops were injured in Friday's drone strike in Syria, the second major attack in recent days against US forces amid soaring tensions in West Asia over the Israeli mayhem in Gaza.

Defense Policy / Programs

• PH-US air forces hold joint exercise 'Iron Blade' Philippine News Agency 11 Aug 2024 -- The Philippine Air Force (PAF) and the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) held a bilateral integration exercise involving fighter and airlift assets in Pampanga and Cebu over the weekend.

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• The IDF Drops Flyers in the Aljalaa Area in Northern Khan Yunis Israel Defense Forces 11 Aug 2024
• Israeli officers say regime 'far from victory' in Gaza IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Dozens of Israeli reserve officers have sent a letter to their Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, saying that the regime is still far from victory in Gaza more than ten months into the war there.
• Notorious Israeli minister calls for permanent occupation of Gaza Strip Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Notorious Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the permanent occupation of the Gaza Strip, saying Israel must stop all humanitarian aid to the besieged territory.
• August 10: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 11 Aug 2024
• 75,000 Gazans displaced as Israeli army pushes into Khan Yunis again Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Tens of thousands of people in Gaza have fled the northern neighborhoods of Khan Yunis after Israel issued fresh evacuation orders ahead of a new offensive against the southern city.
• Iran president: US double standards embolden Israel to commit more crimes IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that double standards implemented by the US and some other Western countries have emboldened the Israeli regime to commit crimes in Gaza and regional countries, which has endangered peace and security in West Asia and beyond.
• Iran: Israel unable to compensate strategic defeats ongoing since Oct. 7 IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that the Zionist regime will not be able to compensate the strategic defeats it has been suffering since the Al Aqsa Storm Operation on October 7, despite pressing ahead with its massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.
• US double standards embolden Israel to commit heinous crimes, endanger peace: Iran president Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says double standard policies of the United States and some European countries have further emboldened the Israeli regime to commit more heinous crimes in Gaza and across the region.
• Gaza school carnage proves Israel 'stain on humanity': Iran parliament speaker Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says Israel's recent massacre at a Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians shows once again that the regime is "a stain of shame on humanity."
• Iran seeks to prevent realization of Israel 'dream' of regional war: Acting FM Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says the country is seeking to prevent realization of the Israeli regime's "dream" of triggering an all-out regional war.
• IRGC vows timely response to Israel's assassination of Haniyeh IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was a blatant violation of the United Nations Charter, warning that the Israeli regime will receive a response to this "foolish act" at the appropriate time.
• Israel to get Iran's response to Haniyeh's assassination in due time: IRGC Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has denounced as "a clear violation" of the UN Charter the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, warning the Israeli regime that it will receive the response to its "foolish" terrorist act in due time.
• Iran says will 'decisively' make Israel pay for acts of aggression Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's interim Foreign Minister says the Islamic Republic will "legitimately" and "decisively" make Israel pay for its crimes, including the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
• 'Iran's deterrence power prevents enemy aggression' IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Deputy Chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari has said that the deterrence power of the Islamic Republic is such that no enemy could ever encroach upon its territory.
• EU Top Diplomat Calls for Sanctions Against Israeli National Security Minister Sputnik 11 Aug 2024 -- EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has called on the European Union to consider sanctions against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for his calls to cut fuel and aid supplies to civilians in the Gaza Strip.
• Israel's killing of displaced civilians in Gaza 'unacceptable': Germany IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- The Israeli regime's killing of displaced civilians in Gaza has drawn widespread international condemnation, even from some of its closest allies, including Germany.
• Australia denounces Israel's al-Tabin School massacre in Gaza IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Australia has joined an international chorus of condemnation of Israel for its attack on a Gaza City school that left more than 100 Palestinians dead and many more injured.
• No justification for Israeli massacres in Gaza: EU's Borrell IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has condemned Israel's brutal attack on a school in Gaza, which killed dozens of people.
• Pakistan Condemns the Israeli Attack on Al-Tabeen School Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Aug 2024 -- Pakistan condemns in the strongest possible terms the Israeli attack on Al-Tabeen School in eastern Gaza on Saturday, which led to the death of over 100 civilians, injuring many more.
• Indonesia, Malaysia urge UN to forge consensus against Israel after latest massacre in Gaza Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Indonesia and Malaysia have urged the United Nations to reach a general agreement against Israel after its latest massacre in the Gaza Strip.
• Israel killed nearly 500 medics since start of war on Gaza: Health Ministry Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- The Palestine Ministry of Health says nearly 500 medical workers have been killed and hundreds more sustained injuries in the Gaza Strip ever since the Israeli military launched its devastating war against the coastal sliver in early October last year.
• Osama Hamdan: US must stop supporting Israel to end regime's aggression Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- A senior leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Palestinian resistance movement says the war will not "end as the Israeli enemy has envisioned."
• Palestine calls for placing Israeli settlers on terror lists amid surge in violence Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Palestine has called on the international community to place the Israeli extremist settlers on their terror lists and to immediately intervene to stop the crimes perpetrated by them against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
• Hamas rejects Israel's claims of airstrike on Gaza's al-Tabin School IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement (Hamas) has rejected the Israeli regime's claims on its recent airstrike on the Al-Tabin School in the Daraj neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.
• Hamas rejects Israeli claim of having command center in bombed Gaza school Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- The Palestinian Hamas resistance group has dismissed the Israeli military's allegations that it had set up a "command and control center" at a school compound housing displaced Palestinian families in Gaza City, where more than 100 people were killed and dozens wounded in a dawn strike.
• Palestinian resistance groups hit Israeli positions in Rafah IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Palestinian resistance groups have targeted the Zionist regime's positions in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza.
• Zionist bases hit in Hezbollah combined attacks IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says it has launched a series of drone, rocket and missile attacks on Zionist bases in the northern parts of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
• Hezbollah carries out new attacks against Zionist targets IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says it has conducted five strikes against Zionist bases in northern parts of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
• Hezbollah Says Attacked 10 Israeli Army Positions in Past 24 Hours Sputnik 11 Aug 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah carried out 10 combat operations against the Israeli army in the past 24 hours, including a massive missile attack on positions in settlements in the Upper Galilee, the Shiite movement said on Sunday.

Other Conflicts

• PH condemns China provocation of PAF aircraft in Bajo de Masinloc Philippine News Agency 11 Aug 2024 -- The Philippines has denounced China's "unjustified, illegal and reckless" actions in an air incident in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea on Aug. 8.
• China warns off illegally intruding Philippine aircraft in professional, legitimate manner: PLA Southern Theater Command Global Times 11 Aug 2024 -- China had warned off a Philippine aircraft in a professional manner and in accordance with the law, after the Philippine aircraft illegally entered the airspace over China's Huangyan Dao in the South China Sea, the Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) said on Saturday.
• US commits to freeing Americans held by Taliban in Afghanistan VOA 11 Aug 2024 -- The United States has promised to make every effort to secure the release of three Americans whom it says are being held "unjustly" by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan.
• Bomb blast in Kabul's Shiite neighborhood kills 1, injures 11 VOA 11 Aug 2024 -- Taliban authorities in Afghanistan reported Sunday that a bomb blast struck a minibus in Kabul, killing at least one person and wounding 11 others.
• Blast In Kabul's Hazara Area Kills At Least 1, Injures 11 RFE/RL 11 Aug 2024 -- An explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killed one person and injured 11 others, Taliban police spokesman Khalid Zadran told RFE/RL on August 11, an attack apparently targeting the country's minority Hazara community.
• Libyan Army Boosting Border Contingent Amid Instability in Mali, Niger, Chad - Spokesman Sputnik 11 Aug 2024 -- The Libyan National Army (LNA) of eastern Libya has significantly boosted forces on the country's borders with Mali, Niger and Chad amid growing instability in these countries, the LNA official spokesman, Ahmed al-Mismari, told Sputnik.
• 'Protect civilians' amid clashes in famine-stricken El Fasher, Sudan: UN chief UN News 11 Aug 2024 -- Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep alarm at the evolving situation in El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, where fierce fighting in the famine-stricken area has been reported, his deputy spokesperson said late Sunday.

News Reports

• Sinaloa cartel cofounder claims he was forced to come to US VOA 11 Aug 2024 -- Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, cofounder of the Sinaloa drug cartel, claims he was kidnapped and is sitting in a U.S. federal prison cell in Texas because he trusted Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of the "Los Chapitos," the sons of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, his cartel cofounder.
• Fiji's PM to start 10-day China visit to elevate ties Global Times 11 Aug 2024 -- Amid intensive and fruitful exchanges and cooperation between China and South Pacific island nations, Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is scheduled to visit China from Monday until August 21. Analysts said the visit shows that the two countries are actively seeking closer ties and opportunities for cooperation.
• Servicepersons Launch Recovery Campaign in Flood-hit Areas KCNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Servicepersons of the Korean People's Army (KPA) have arrived in the flood-hit areas of Jagang Province to conduct a recovery campaign.
• China supports Iran in defending sovereignty, security, national dignity: Wang Yi tells Iranian acting FM Global Times 11 Aug 2024 -- China supports Iran in defending its sovereignty, security and national dignity in accordance with the law, and supports the Iranian side in its efforts to maintain regional peace and stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday during a call with Iranian Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, adding that China is ready to maintain close communication with the Iranian side.
• China supports Iran in defending its security, sovereignty: Foreign minister Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Beijing supports Iran in defending its "sovereignty, security and national dignity" amid Tehran's promise to harshly punish Israel over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Hamas resistance movement.
• Pezeshkian presents list of proposed cabinet to Parliament IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian, has presented the names of his cabinet ministers to the Iranian Parliament (Majles).
• President Pezeshkian presents cabinet lineup to parliament for approval Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has submitted the list of his new cabinet members to the Parliament, less than two weeks after he was sworn in before the country's legislators.
• Iran rejects claims about hacking Trump's presidential campaign Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations has rejected claims about hacking the campaign of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying the Islamic Republic attaches no credit to such accusations.
• Iran rejects claims of involvement in Trump's campaign hacking IRNA 11 Aug 2024 -- Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations has roundly rejected allegations about Tehran's role in hacking the election campaign of former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump, saying the Islamic Republic has no purpose or motive to interfere in the American presidential election.
• Iranian-made plane undergoing type certification: Official Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Head of Iran's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says the domestically-designed Simorgh aircraft is undergoing various tests to receive a type certificate.
• Indian FM visits Maldives; 'China-Maldives cooperation not exclusive, doesn't affect India' Global Times 11 Aug 2024 -- After Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar assured that ties with the Maldives are a priority during his meeting with top Maldivian officials on Saturday, some Indian media said Jaishankar's visit has China in mind. Chinese experts said on Sunday that China does not seek exclusive engagement or cooperation from Maldives, while India perceives China as a threat to its supremacy in the region.
• Serbian Police Disperse Protesters Opposed To Lithium Mining RFE/RL 11 Aug 2024 -- Serbian police have removed protesters opposed to lithium mining from two railway stations in the capital, Belgrade, where they were blocking train traffic.
• Turkish, Ethiopian leaders speak ahead of crucial talks VOA 11 Aug 2024 -- Ahead of crucial talks with Somalia on Monday in Ankara, Ethiopia's prime minister said he is seeking sea access in a "mutually agreeable approach."
• Hasina blames US for regime change in Bangladesh Press TV 11 Aug 2024 -- Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has blamed the United States for her ouster from power.