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• DOD's Mission to Defeat ISIS Remains Ongoing in Syria DoD News 09 Dec 2024 -- The Defense Department's mission to defeat ISIS remains ongoing in Syria, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Holds a Press Availability Aboard the USS George Washington (CVN 73) in Japan DoD 09 Dec 2024
• Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds an Off-Camera, On-The-Record Press Briefing DoD 09 Dec 2024
• Adversarial Convergence Raises Alarm, Warns Socom General at Reagan Defense Forum DoD News 09 Dec 2024 -- U.S. Army Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, highlighted the cooperation among adversarial nations and nonstate actors, and called for decisive action in the face of increasing complex global security threats at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California on Saturday.
• To Stay on Path, Defense Space Programs Need Domestic Software Developers DoD News 09 Dec 2024 -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, shortages of electronic components slowed down development of satellites headed to the Space Development Agency. But it's not only parts and subcomponents that affect the timeline of satellite delivery, said the agency's director.
• Army team acts as main integrator for logistics support in Africa Army News 09 Dec 2024 -- As the main integrator for the 405th Army Field Support Brigade and U.S. Army Sustainment Command South of the Alps, the Logistics Support Team-Africa is responsible for providing support to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa as well as joint forces across the continent.
• Logistics Support Team-Africa main integrator for LAR, LOGCAP support in Africa Army News 09 Dec 2024 -- As the main integrator for the 405th Army Field Support Brigade and U.S. Army Sustainment Command South of the Alps, Logistics Support Team-Africa is responsible for providing support to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa as well as joint forces across the continent.
• Austin Thanks Carrier Crew for Bringing Capability to Indo-Pacific Region DoD News 09 Dec 2024 -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III today, visited the USS George Washington, docked at Fleet Activities in Yokosuka, Japan, to thank sailors for their service and sacrifice in support of the U.S. military, the U.S.-Japan alliance and a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
• USS Arleigh Burke returns home after 4-month patrol US Navy 09 Dec 2024 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) returned home Dec. 7 after a four-month patrol, its fifth since shifting homeport to Rota.
• Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 111 US Navy 09 Dec 2024 -- The latest Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), LCAC 111 was delivered to the Navy from Textron Systems on Nov. 27.
• USS Iwo Jima certifies flight deck with Green Team integration US Navy 09 Dec 2024 -- USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) and more than 30 Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit recently marked a significant milestone by certifying the ship's flight deck for aviation operations during a critical week at sea, Dec. 2-6. This accomplishment is a key step in preparing for integration exercises slated for next year, underscoring the collaborative efforts between Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
• JMSDF Fleet Air Force, U.S. Navy's Task Force 70 sign memorandum to increase bilateral electronic attack capability US Navy 09 Dec 2024 -- Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Vice Adm. Koji Kaneshima, Commander, Fleet Air Force (CFAF), and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Greg Newkirk, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to increase bilateral operations between the forces' electronic attack squadrons Dec. 6, 2024.
• The legacy engine: FRCE delivers final Harrier engine to fleet US Navy 09 Dec 2024 -- Following the delivery of the depot's final AV-8B Harrier in September, Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) recently completed its last F402 engine maintenance event, delivering the finished product to the fleet Oct. 28.
• Innovation and critical infrastructure in focus as energy security experts meet at NATO Headquarters NATO 09 Dec 2024 -- Experts from Allied countries, think-tanks, academia and international organisations gathered at NATO Headquarters (on 9 December 2024), for the annual roundtable on energy security hosted by NATO.
• Bi-annual Familiarization Programme exemplifies NATO's ironclad commitment to working with Partners NATO 09 Dec 2024 -- From 5 to 13 December 2024, 30 representatives from 20 Partner nations visited NATO Headquarters and SHAPE for the NATO Partner Staff Officers' Familiarization Programme.
• Zelenskiy Floats Option Of Foreign Troops In Ukraine Until NATO Membership RFE/RL 09 Dec 2024 -- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would consider the temporary deployment of foreign military forces on Ukrainian soil until full NATO membership as a way of securing his country as part of peace settlement with Russia.
• Growing & skilling Australia's submariner workforce Australia DOD 09 Dec 2024 -- The Albanese Government continues to invest in attracting and training the next generation of Navy Submariners in the Australian Defence Force, with work starting on a new training facility at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia.
• ICG conducts second bilateral meeting with Philippine Coast Guard as part of the ongoing cooperation framework India PIB 09 Dec 2024 -- Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the second bilateral meeting with Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on December 09, 2024, at ICG HQs, New Delhi as part of the ongoing cooperation framework established under the MoU signed between the two Coast Guards
• INS Tushil, latest multi role stealth guided missile frigate, commissioned into Indian Navy in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in Russia India PIB 09 Dec 2024 -- INS Tushil (F 70), the latest multi-role stealth-guided missile frigate, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia on December 09, 2024
• DG DIA to visit Greece to further strengthen defence ties India PIB 09 Dec 2024 -- Director General, Defence Intelligence Agency (DG DIA) Lieutenant General DS Rana will pay an official visit to Greece from December 10-11, 2024
• Operation Resolution New Zealand Defence Force 09 Dec 2024
• Defence Minister visits snap exercise Okas and thanks participating reservists Estonia MoD 09 Dec 2024 -- Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur visited snap exercise Okas 24-2 today and thanked the participating reservists, who are also contributing to the wider NATO readiness in our region within the framework of exercise Pikne.
• Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on December 2–8, 2024 Lithuania MND 09 Dec 2024
• Readout of Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks' Meeting With UK Permanent Under Secretary for the Ministry of Defence David Williams at the U.S.-UK Defense Dialogue DoD 09 Dec 2024
• The war in Ukraine shows the necessary changes in the field of European security Poland - Ministry of National Defence 09 Dec 2024 -- On 9 December of this year, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz participated in a debate on the future of the Polish Armed Forces in the context of the lessons learned from the conflict in Ukraine.
• Bill banning chemical weapons gets Senate nod Philippine News Agency 09 Dec 2024 -- Senate Bill (SB) No. 2871 or the Chemical Weapons Prohibition Act was approved with 22 affirmative votes, zero negative and zero abstentions.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Foreign Minister Fidan US Dept. of State 09 Dec 2024
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Anti-Corruption Champions Award Ceremony US Dept. of State 09 Dec 2024
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation's 5th Anniversary Conference US Dept. of State 09 Dec 2024
• Imposing Accountability Measures for International Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Days US Dept. of State 09 Dec 2024 -- Today, on International Anti-Corruption Day and on the eve of Human Rights Day, the United States is announcing additional measures against those connected to corruption and human rights abuses.
• Treasury Marks International Human Rights Day and Designates Perpetrators and Supporters of Serious Human Rights Abuse US Treasury 09 Dec 2024 -- In recognition of International Human Rights Day (IHRD), the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is announcing new designations and highlighting other human rights-related sanctions actions taken over the last year. IHRD is observed annually on December 10 in commemoration of the United Nations' adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on that day in 1948.
• Remarks by APNSA Jake Sullivan at the DFC 5th Anniversary Conference The White House 09 Dec 2024
• Readout of President Biden's Call with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan The White House 09 Dec 2024

Defense Industry

• Contracts For Dec. 9, 2024

Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News
• 9 December 2024 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 09 Dec 2024

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• PM Netanyahu's Remarks at his Press Conference Israel - Prime Minister 09 Dec 2024
• Prime Minister's Office – Diaspora Affairs Ministry Joint Statement Israel - Prime Minister 09 Dec 2024
• Stability in the Middle East vital to delivery at home, Prime Minister says Gov.UK 09 Dec 2024 -- The stability of the Middle East is paramount to delivering a foundation of security at home, the Prime Minister has said during a visit to the Gulf today [9 December 2024].

Other Conflicts

• Human toll of senseless conflict 'is incalculable', says Türk UN News 09 Dec 2024 -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered his annual statement on Monday, urging global solidarity and decisive action in the face of mounting challenges to fundamental human rights.
• UN Security Council To Meet On Syria Amid Calls For Stability RFE/RL 09 Dec 2024 -- The UN Security Council is to convene for an emergency session on the situation in Syria on December 9 following the ouster of longtime President Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime and the fall of Damascus to Islamist-led rebels.
• UN Security Council to discuss Syria after Assad's ouster VOA 09 Dec 2024 -- The U.N. Security Council is set to hold closed-door talks Monday on the situation in Syria, following the lightning advance by rebels that ousted President Bashar al-Assad.
• The Syrian Militant Leader Who Toppled Assad RFE/RL 09 Dec 2024 -- Abu Muhammad al-Jolani was for years a relatively obscure militant leader in Syria. But the 42-year-old has shot to prominence after leading a stunning military offensive that toppled longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
• Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the impact of the situation in Syria on children UNICEF 09 Dec 2024
• US to stick with Kurdish allies in Syria VOA 09 Dec 2024 -- The fall of the Assad regime in Syria will not impact U.S. support, at least for now, for one of Washington's most steadfast allies in the fight against the Islamic State terror group, according to senior American officials.
• Fall Of Assad Unravels Iran's Decades-Old 'Axis Of Resistance' RFE/RL 09 Dec 2024 -- Iran spent decades building the so-called axis of resistance, its network of regional armed proxies, Tehran-backed militant groups, and allied state actors.
• Criminal Charges Unsealed Against Two Former High-Ranking Syrian Government Intelligence Officials for War Crimes against Americans and Other Civilians US Dept. of Justice 09 Dec 2024 -- An indictment was unsealed today in the Northern District of Illinois charging two high-ranking Syrian officials under former President Bashar al-Assad with war crimes. The indictment charges the former Syrian intelligence officials with engaging in a conspiracy to commit cruel and inhuman treatment of civilian detainees, including U.S. citizens, during the course of the Syrian civil war.
• Syria: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the fall of the Assad regime EC/CEU 09 Dec 2024
• With Assad In Russia, Syria's Former Rebels Seek Stability Out Of Chaos RFE/RL 09 Dec 2024 -- With ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad somewhere in Russia, the new de facto rulers in Damascus have begun efforts to stabilize the situation as a wary global community awaited developments with caution.
• "Our sensitivity on Syria has never been driven by self-interest" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 09 Dec 2024 -- Delivering remarks following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting, President Erdoğan said: "Anyone who knows the course of the incidents that have taken place in Syria over the past 13 years is the closest witness to the sincere struggle Türkiye has waged for a just peace. As I have been reiterating since the very beginning, our sensitivity on Syria has never been driven by self-interest."
• Syria: Foreign Secretary's statement UK FCDO 09 Dec 2024 -- The Foreign Secretary made a statement to the House of Commons on the situation in Syria on 9 December.
• Statement on Syria by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi UNHCR 09 Dec 2024 -- Syria is at a crossroads – between peace and war, stability and lawlessness, reconstruction or further ruin.
• Background Press Call on the Situation in Syria The White House 09 Dec 2024
• Afghanistan: UN experts reject 'totally unjustifiable' ban on medical training for women OHCHR 09 Dec 2024 -- UN experts* today expressed alarmed at the latest step reportedly taken by the Taliban to tighten the already draconian ban on education for women and girls in Afghanistan by barring female students from education at medical institutions.
• Security Council hears of ongoing imperative to end violence in eastern DR Congo UN News 09 Dec 2024 -- The UN Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) briefed the Security Council on Monday on recent developments, including political disagreements over constitutional reform and escalating insecurity in the east.
• Delegates in Security Council Urge Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo to Uphold Ceasefire Agreement, Voice Support for Ongoing Diplomatic Efforts UN Security Council 09 Dec 2024 -- The map of violence often aligns with that of natural resources, the Head of the Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo told the Security Council today, while a civil society representative stressed that the country is not asking for charity but for justice.
• Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Haiti UN Secretary-General 09 Dec 2024

News Reports

• How Assad's Fall Threatens Russia's Military Influence In Syria -- And Across The Region RFE/RL 09 Dec 2024 -- Nine years ago, a caravan of hulking military cargo planes and aging naval ships began shuttling back and forth from Russian bases depositing a massive expeditionary military force to western Syria, cementing Russia's muscular presence in the Middle East and ultimately saving the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on December 9, 2024 PRC MofA 09 Dec 2024
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 09 Dec 2024
• Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink's Trilateral Meeting with Counterparts from the Republic of Korea and Japan Concerning Developments in the DPRK US Dept. of State 09 Dec 2024 -- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink met with Japan's Director General Namazu Hiroyuki and Republic of Korea (ROK) Vice Foreign Minister Cho Koo-rae on December 9 to discuss concerning developments in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
• Iran's further escalation of its nuclear programme: joint statement by France, Germany and the UK UK FCDO 09 Dec 2024 -- Joint statement by the spokespeople for the foreign ministries of France, Germany and the United Kingdom on the Iranian nuclear programme.
• Belarus Issues New Pardons, But Hundreds Of Political Prisoners Remain RFE/RL 09 Dec 2024 -- Belarus's authoritarian ruler, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, announced the pardon of 29 political prisoners, even as crackdowns on dissent intensify ahead of the January presidential election and while many hundreds of similar detainees remain behind bars.
• Foreign Secretary Statement: Situation in Georgia UK FCDO 09 Dec 2024 -- UK Foreign Secretary has announced the UK will reduce its support and engagement with the Georgian Government.
• PM meeting with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia: 9 December 2024 Gov.UK 09 Dec 2024
• PM meeting with the President of the United Arab Emirates: 9 December 2024 Gov.UK 09 Dec 2024
• Nauru-Australia Treaty Australia MFA 09 Dec 2024 -- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President of Nauru, His Excellency David Waiau Ranibok Adeang MP, today signed the Nauru-Australia Treaty in Canberra.
• Transcript of Media Statement by Foreign Secretary in Dhaka India MEA 09 Dec 2024
• Britain Restricts Contact With Georgia, Slams Crackdown On Journalists, Protesters RFE/RL 09 Dec 2024 -- Britain has said it is severely restricting its contacts with the Georgia government and blasted its "shocking" crackdown on journalists and pro-Western demonstrators, reflecting earlier moves by the United States and European Union.
• Bodyguard Of Moscow-Friendly Romanian Candidate Detained For 24 Hours RFE/RL 09 Dec 2024 -- A Romanian former mercenary and bodyguard of far-right pro-Russian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has been ordered to remain in custody for 24 hours after he and a group of armed associates were detained by police while heading toward Bucharest on December 8.
• Treasury Sanctions Global Gold Smuggling Network US Treasury 09 Dec 2024 -- Today, on International Anti-Corruption Day, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning 28 individuals and businesses involved in a global gold smuggling and money laundering network based in Zimbabwe, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world.
• World News in Brief: Haiti gang massacre, Taliban crackdown continues, Ukraine's civilian death toll rises UN News 09 Dec 2024 -- At least 184 people, including 127 elderly men and women, were killed in Haiti's Wharf Jérémie neighbourhood of Cité Soleil over the weekend, prompting strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres.