08 December 2024 Military News |
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- Cyber Command Chief Discusses Challenges of Getting Intel to Users DoD News 08 Dec 2024 -- The United States has spent trillions of dollars on ensuring intelligence and the network that distributes that intelligence is the best on the planet, but more needs to be done, said Air Force Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director, National Security Agency and chief, Central Security Service, in a discussion at the Reagan Defense Forum yesterday.
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- Russia Says Syria's Assad Granted Asylum In Moscow RFE/RL 08 Dec 2024 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow, Russian state media reported, as rebels have taken control of the Syrian capital, Damascus, bringing to an end the brutal, half-century rule of the Assad family.
- Never again: UN Syria Commission urges incoming authorities to break the cycle of violence and usher in new rights-respecting era OHCHR 08 Dec 2024 -- Today marks a historic new beginning for the Syrian people who have suffered unspeakable violence and atrocities over the past 14 years. It is time to finally put Syrians' own aspirations first and place the country on a path toward a stable, prosperous and just future that guarantees the human rights and dignity its people have so long been denied, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said today after a coalition of forces seized Damascus and freed political prisoners from Sednaya and other detention facilities.
- Biden: Assad's Syrian collapse a 'fundamental act of justice' VOA 08 Dec 2024 -- U.S. President Joe Biden declared Sunday that the sudden demise of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad was a "fundamental act of justice," but that it was "a moment of uncertainty" for the Mideast.
- The Syrian People Finally Have a Reason for Hope US Dept. of State 08 Dec 2024 -- "After 14 years of conflict, the Syrian people finally have reason for hope."
- Remarks by APNSA Jake Sullivan at the 2024 Reagan National Defense Forum The White House 08 Dec 2024
- Syrians now have 'historic opportunity' to build a peaceful future, says Guterres UN News 08 Dec 2024 -- After 14 years of brutal war and the fall of the dictatorial regime, today the people of Syria can seize an historic opportunity to build a stable and peaceful future, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday.
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With Turkish Minister of National Defense Yasar Guler DoD 08 Dec 2024
- Fleeing Assad Arrives In Moscow, Russian State Media Reports RFE/RL 08 Dec 2024 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow, Russian state media reported, as rebels have taken control of the Syrian capital, Damascus, bringing to an end the brutal, half-century rule of the Assad family.
- Russian State media report Syria's Assad fled to Moscow VOA 08 Dec 2024 -- Russian news reports say that ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family arrived in Moscow Sunday, after a stunning rebel advance through Syria forced him flee.
- As Assad falls, fighting intensifying over northern Syria town VOA 08 Dec 2024 -- Hours after Syrian rebel forces announced the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, Turkish-backed armed groups launched an attack Sunday on a town in northern Syria under the control of U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led forces.
- Statement of the Secretary-General - on Syria UN Secretary-General 08 Dec 2024
- Syria: We will continue to respond wherever we can, says UN aid chief UN News 08 Dec 2024 -- As reports continued to emerge from Damascus where opposition forces declared victory on State television on Sunday, the UN's top humanitarian official insisted that aid teams will continue to provide emergency relief wherever possible.
- UN calls for unity in Syria as rebels topple Assad regime VOA 08 Dec 2024 -- The U.N. secretary-general called for calm and avoiding violence Sunday, in the aftermath of the sudden and stunning fall of Syria's Assad regime to rebel forces.
- Losing Syria Is A 'Huge Slap In The Face' For Russia RFE/RL 08 Dec 2024 -- When Vladimir Putin took the reins of power in a post-Soviet Russia in shambles a quarter-century ago, he immediately set about restoring Moscow's status as a global power.
- Foreign Ministry statement Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Dec 2024
- PM Netanyahu's Statement from the Golan Heights Israel - Prime Minister 08 Dec 2024 -- ""This is a historic day for the Middle East. The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers. This collapse is the direct result of our forceful action against Hezbollah and Iran, Assad's main supporters. It set off a chain reaction of all those who want to free themselves from this tyranny and its oppression."
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the Situation in Syria PRC MofA 08 Dec 2024
- Statement on the situation in Syria Spain MFA 08 Dec 2024
- PM statement on Syria Gov.UK 08 Dec 2024
- Statement on the situation in Syria Canada 08 Dec 2024
- Foreign Minister Baerbock on the situation in Syria Germany Federal Foreign Office 08 Dec 2024
- NTF-ELCAC told to continue fight vs. insurgency Philippine News Agency 08 Dec 2024 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has called on the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to remain steadfast in addressing insurgency while praising its significant contributions to the country's pursuit of lasting peace and development.
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- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 08 Dec 2024
- India not pursuing shared BRICS currency, analysts say VOA 08 Dec 2024 -- India is not pursuing the creation of a shared BRICS currency, an idea that has met with a strong verbal pushback from incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, but the South Asian giant is making efforts to promote trade in its local currency, according to analysts in New Delhi.
- Georgescu, Supporters Protest Outside Bucharest Polling Station After Runoff Scrapped RFE/RL 08 Dec 2024 -- Romania's far-right, pro-Russian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu and dozens of his supporters staged a protest at a shuttered polling station in Bucharest after an election runoff was scrapped by the country's Constitutional Court.
- Romanian Police Detain People 'Carrying Weapons' To Bucharest RFE/RL 08 Dec 2024 -- Police in Romania have detained several people as they headed toward Bucharest carrying guns, machetes, and knives to allegedly "disrupt public order and peace," authorities said on December 8.
- Chipmaker Nvidia teams up with Vietnam for AI amid US-China row Radio Free Asia 08 Dec 2024 -- The U.S. chipmaker Nvidia signed an agreement to establish an artificial intelligence research and development center in Vietnam, a few weeks after the U.S. announced a semiconductor export control package against China, one of the American firm's key markets.
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