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• Yemen shoots down American MQ-9 drone IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- Yemen's armed forces say they have shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the central province of Al Bayda.

Defense Policy / Programs

• INDIAN NAVAL SHIP TUSHIL AT CASABLANCA, MOROCCO India PIB 28 Dec 2024 -- As part of strengthening the bilateral relations and naval cooperation between India and Morocco, INS Tushil arrived at Casablanca, Morocco on 27 Dec 24
• INDIAN ARMY CONTINGENT DEPARTS FOR INDIA- NEPAL JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE SURYA KIRAN India PIB 28 Dec 2024 -- The Indian Army contingent comprising 334 personnel departed for Nepal today to participate in 18th edition of Battalion Level Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan US Dept. of State 28 Dec 2024

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• Dec. 27: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 28 Dec 2024
• Palestinians in Gaza fire missiles at Israeli-occupied territories IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- Palestinian resistance groups in war-ravaged Gaza have fired missiles at Israeli-occupied territories, including the city of Al-Quds, in an attack that Israeli media have described as surprising.
• Hamas official: Israeli regime refusing complete ceasefire in Gaza IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- Osama Hamdan, a senior official of the Palestinian Hamas Resistance Movement, has said that the Israeli regime is still refusing to accept a complete ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and withdraw from the blockaded territory.
• Last hospital in northern Gaza out of service following raid UN News 28 Dec 2024 -- The last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan Hospital, is now out of service, putting the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Friday.
• Kamal Adwan Hospital out of service following a raid yesterday and repeated attacks since October WHO 28 Dec 2024
• IRGC chief cmdr. hails Yemenis' support for Palestine, says they will emerge victorious IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- Chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami has praised the Yemeni people's resistance and their support for Palestine, saying that they will eventually emerge victorious.
• Iran urges swift action by UN to halt Israel's raids on Gaza medical centers Press TV 28 Dec 2024 -- Iranian Health Minister Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi says the United Nations should swiftly take serious action to put an end to the Israeli regime's repeated raids on medical centers and staff in the Gaza Strip.
• Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre: Statement on the situation in Gaza Government of Norway 28 Dec 2024
• Resistance fighters clash with PA forces in occupied West Bank IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- News sources have reported fierce clashes between Palestinian resistance fighters and the Palestinian Authority (PA) forces in the Jenin camp in the north of the occupied West Bank.
• Yemen targets Israel's Nevatim airbase with ballistic missile IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced a missile strike on the Israeli regime's Nevatim airbase in southern occupied territories, using a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile.
• Yemeni forces strike Israeli airbase in occupied lands with hypersonic ballistic missile Press TV 28 Dec 2024 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out a missile strike against a strategic Israeli military position in the northern part of the Negev Desert in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
• IRGC chief: Yemenis will ultimately emerge victorious Press TV 28 Dec 2024 -- The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has praised the Yemeni nation for courageously and valorously defending the Palestinian nation amid the bloody Israeli onslaught in Gaza, stating that the people will ultimately emerge triumphant.
• Sirens blare in Israeli-occupied lands as Yemen launches fresh missile attack Press TV 28 Dec 2024 -- A ballistic missile launched from Yemen has triggered sirens in dozens of towns and cities in the al-Quds area as well as the southern Negev.

Other Conflicts

• 'Not the new normal' - 2024 'one of the worst years in UNICEF's history' for children in conflict UNICEF 28 Dec 2024 -- The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to a review by UNICEF of the latest available data and prevailing global trends.
• Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service: US, UK special forces directing attacks on bases in Syria Press TV 28 Dec 2024 -- Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) says US and British special services are plotting a series of terrorist attacks on Russian military bases in Syria, following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad's government by militant groups earlier this month.
• Assad's fall opens new dynamics in Middle East, regional analysts say VOA 28 Dec 2024 -- The overthrow of Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime has opened the door to new dynamics in the Middle East, regional analysts say, with Turkey likely gaining superiority, Iran reeling and, with that, Iraq gaining more freedom from Iranian pressure.
• Health needs in Syria worsen amid winter conditions UN News 27 Dec 2024 -- Health challenges in northwest Syria have escalated due to harsh winter conditions, exacerbating the vulnerability of displaced populations, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)-led Health Cluster reported on Friday.
• Afghan Taliban Says Its Forces Struck Targets In Pakistan As Cross-Border Clashes Erupt RFE/RL 28 Dec 2024 -- Afghanistan's Taliban-led government said Taliban forces targeted what it claimed were "centers and hideouts for malicious elements" it said were involved in a recent attack in Afghanistan, as an upsurge of cross-border fighting continues.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question on escalating tension on Pakistan-Afghanistan border Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Dec 2024
• South Africa reroutes Mozambique trade, travel to Eswatini border amid violence VOA 28 Dec 2024 -- As Mozambique grapples with a political crisis following a disputed national election and violent protests, the situation at its southern border with South Africa is increasingly volatile, affecting trade and travel.
• Statement by Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office Luise Amtsberg on the situation in the Sudan Germany Federal Foreign Office 28 Dec 2024

News Reports

• Eagle S tanker successfully transferred to Porvoo Police of Finland 28 Dec 2024 -- The police, in cooperation with the other authorities, have successfully transferred the Eagle S tanker to the Svartbeck inner anchorage near Porvoo.
• Germany Says Baltic Cable Damage A 'Wake-Up Call' As Report Describes 'Spy Ship' RFE/RL 28 Dec 2024 -- Germany's foreign minister described the suspected sabotage of a Baltic Sea power cable as a "wake-up call" for the West and urged the European Union to impose new sanctions targeting what is known as Russia's "shadow fleet."
• Putin Apologizes, Tells Azerbaijan Russian Air Defenses Were Activated When Jet Crashed RFE/RL 28 Dec 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized over the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane this week, the Kremlin said, amid growing evidence that the jet was hit by a Russian air-defense missile in the Chechnya region before it went down in Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board.
• Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 28 Dec 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the initiative of the Russian side.
• Telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President of Russia 28 Dec 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the Russian side's initiative.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Dec 2024
• Foreign Ministry Statement on measures in response to the European Union's 15th sanctions package against Russia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Dec 2024
• China's domestically developed 600kg thrust-class high-end turbofan engine for drones completes successful ignition Global Times 28 Dec 2024 -- Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) successfully ignited its independently developed 600-kilogram thrust-class high-end turbofan engine on Friday, according to a statement published by the company on its official WeChat account on Saturday.
• CPC leadership meeting stresses strengthening Party discipline People's Daily 28 Dec 2024 -- A meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership has stressed strengthening Party discipline and urged senior leaders to set an exemplary and leading role in observing Party rules.
• Top Chinese diplomat meets visiting Iranian FM in Beijing, emphasizes enhanced coordination and cooperation Global Times 28 Dec 2024 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday in Beijing, during which Wang said that enhancing coordination and cooperation between China and Iran not only benefits the peoples of both countries, but will also contribute to promoting regional and global peace, stability, and development, according to a statement released by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday.
• HSBC's refusal to appear at UK Parliament hearing on Hong Kong was a mistake Radio Free Asia 28 Dec 2024 -- The closing weeks of 2024 brought troubling news from Hong Kong, from the jailing of 45 democracy activists to a guilty verdict for seven people charged with "rioting" for trying to stop a violent thug attack.
• INTERVIEW/Taiwan countering Chinese pressure, 'united front' efforts: MAC head CNA 28 Dec 2024 -- In the seven months since President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) took office, China has not shown any signs of easing its pressure campaign against Taiwan that had already been ramped up during the tenure of Lai's predecessor Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 28 Dec 2024
• Iran, China insist Middle East 'not a battleground' for outsiders IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- The foreign ministers of Iran and China have stressed that the Middle East should not be a battleground to serve the interests of major powers and that the future of regional countries must be determined by their people.
• 'Iran, China determined to help boost global peace, security' IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei says that Tehran and Beijing are determined to help enhance peace and security at the international level.
• Iran, China foreign ministers: West Asia 'not a scene for destructive foreign interference' Press TV 28 Dec 2024 -- The foreign ministers of Iran and China say that West Asia should not be a scene for "destructive" interference by external powers to promote their geopolitical goals.
• 'Iran armed forces well-prepared to respond decisively to threats' IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran has said in a statement that its forces will spare no effort to powerfully defend the country and are fully prepared to give a decisive response to any threats and aggression by enemies.
• SCO plays important role in strengthening multilateralism: Iran FM Press TV 28 Dec 2024 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Iran has placed a premium on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), saying it can play a vital role in strengthening multilateralism and safeguarding the security and political interests of member states.
• Ringleader of MKO-linked group arrested in Iran's Ardebil: IRGC IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says its intelligence unit has arrested the ringleader of a terrorist group linked to the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO).
• More Pardons In Belarus As Lukashenka Prepares To Extend His Rule RFE/RL 28 Dec 2024 -- Authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka extended a wave of pardons ahead of a January presidential election in Belarus, ordering the release of 20 prisoners jailed on extremism charges his opponents and rights groups say were politically motivated.
• Iraqi PMU says it remains loyal to Islamic Republic of Iran IRNA 28 Dec 2024 -- The head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) - known as Hashd al-Shaabi - says the group remains faithful to their brothers in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
• Iraq's PMU voices loyalty to Iran for help in anti-terror fight Press TV 28 Dec 2024 -- Iraq's anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has praised the sacrifices of top resistance commanders in the Arab country's fight against the Daesh terrorist group, stressing that the group will remain faithful to Iran over the Islamic Republic's support and assistance.
• ISRO's year end mission to seek the rare feat of docking or merging or joining together two satellites in Space India PIB 28 Dec 2024 -- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences, MoS, PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh informed here today that (Indian Space Research Organisation) ISRO's year-end mission scheduled for 30th December is going to be a historic one as it will seek the rare feat of docking or merging or joining together two satellites in Space
• Showdown Looms In Georgia As President Calls Supporters To Tbilisi Streets RFE/RL 28 Dec 2024 -- On the eve of a potentially explosion day, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili called for supporters to gather at the presidential palace on December 29 as she joined a mass rally against the Georgian Dream-led government's moves to delay closer European Union integration.