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• Yemeni army downs US MQ-9 drone IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces has declared the downing of a US MQ-9 drone in the skies over the Arab country.
• Yemeni air defenses intercept, shoot down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- Yemeni air defense units have successfully intercepted and shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone while it was conducting hostile activities in the airspace over the country's west-central province of Ma'rib.
• Houthis Say Shot Down US MQ-9 Drone Over Yemen Sputnik 01 Jan 2025 -- Yemeni movement Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, brought down a US military MQ-9 drone in northeastern Yemen, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Wednesday.
• Iran slams US, UK attacks on Yemen, warns of 'dangerous consequences' for region Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- A senior Iranian diplomat has condemned the latest round of airstrikes by US and British warplanes against a number of sites in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a, holding Washington and London directly responsible for any "dangerous" and "unpredictable" consequences of the regional situation.
• US strikes blatant violation of Yemen sovereignty: Houthi Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- A member of Yemen's Supreme Political Council has condemned US aggression against the country as a blatant violation of the sovereignty of an independent state.
• Yemen warns US aircraft carrier presence in Red Sea: Report IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- Yemen's Ansarullah has warned the United States about the continued presence of the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea, media outlets have reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• PLA Eastern Theater Command's New Year video sparks discussions on alleged China's sixth-gen fighter jets Global Times 01 Jan 2025 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Wednesday released a music video to celebrate the New Year, with a scene showing a ginkgo leaf and a bird triggering netizens' associations to the alleged debuts of China's sixth-generation fighter jets that have been circulating on social media recently.
• 'Ginkgo leaf' sparks discussions on alleged sixth-gen fighter jets as PLA Eastern Theater Command publishes music video, releasing multiple signals Global Times 01 Jan 2025 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command released a music video titled "Zhong Guo Ren (Chinese People in English)" on its official WeChat account in celebration of the New Year on Wednesday, showing the determination, will and ability of officers and soldiers in the theater to stay vigilant, remain ready to fight at any time and resolutely safeguard the reunification of the motherland.
• India and Pakistan exchange list of Nuclear Installations India MEA 01 Jan 2025 -- India and Pakistan today exchanged, through diplomatic channels, simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the list of Nuclear Installations and facilities, covered under the Agreement on the prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installation and Facilities between India and Pakistan.
• INDIAN NAVY SET TO COMMISSION THREE FRONTLINE FLEET ASSETS NILGIRI, SURAT AND VAGHSHEER India PIB 01 Jan 2025 -- 15 Jan 25 is set to become a landmark day in India's history as the Indian Navy prepares to commission three frontline combatants - Nilgiri, the lead ship of the Project 17A stealth frigate class; Surat, the fourth and final ship of the Project 15B stealth destroyer class; and Vaghsheer, the sixth and final submarine of the Scorpene-class project - together at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai
• Ministry of Defence declares 2025 as 'Year of Reforms' India PIB 01 Jan 2025 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting with all the Secretaries of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the eve of the New Year to review the progress on various schemes, projects, reforms and the way ahead
• Annual Exchange of Lists of Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jan 2025 -- Pakistan and India exchanged the lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities, today. The exchange took place pursuant to the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India. Signed on 31 December 1988, the Agreement, inter alia, provides that both countries shall inform each other of their nuclear installations and facilities, falling within its definition, on 1st January of each calendar year.
• Army Chief asserts enemies have not seen Iran's true power IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- Iran's Army Chief Commander has stated that enemies have not witnessed the true power of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
• US gives $22b in military aid to Zionist regime in past year IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- The United States has spent more than $22 billion to support the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, newly published data shows.
• US has provided over $22 billion to Israel's military since Oct. 2023: Report Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- The United States has provided the Israeli regime with more than $22 billion in military support since last October, when Tel Aviv launched its war of genocide on the Gaza Strip.
• AFP renews commitment to protect, defend PH in 2025 Philippine News Agency 01 Jan 2025 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reiterated its commitment to defending the country and the people in welcoming the New Year.
• Senegal to Expel Foreign Troops in 2025 Sputnik 01 Jan 2025 -- Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has confirmed that the country intends to get rid of foreign military presence as early as 2025.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Barrot US Dept. of State 01 Jan 2025

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• Israeli airstrikes kill 17 in northern, central Gaza VOA 01 Jan 2025 -- Israeli airstrikes in northern and central Gaza killed at least 17 Palestinians on Wednesday, according to Palestinian officials and local media reports.
• Dec. 31: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 01 Jan 2025
• Al-Qassam Brigades fire rockets at Zionist settlement IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, has announced that it has bombarded Netivot, southern occupied Palestine, with a barrage of rockets in response to the massacre of civilians by the Zionist regime.
• Hezbollah-Iran cooperation based on confronting common enemy: Sheikh Qassem IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naeem Qassem has stated that the collaboration between Lebanon's resistance and Iran is a response to shared challenges in the region.
• Hezbollah resistance movement has recuperated, revived its prowess: Sheikh Naim Qassem Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- The secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says the group has recuperated well following the assassination of its late leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut on September 27, emphasizing that his group has revived its military prowess as well.
• Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera broadcasts VOA 01 Jan 2025 -- The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday temporarily suspended Al Jazeera broadcasts across the Palestinian territories, according to media reports.

Other Conflicts

• Turkiye launches artillery attacks on different areas of northern Syria IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- The Turkish artillery shelled the areas of 'Ain Isa', 'Tal Tamr' and the city of 'Ain al-Arab' (Kobani) located in northern Syria.
• Abductions, extra-judicial killings surge in Syria under HTS rule: Report Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- A new report says violence has surged in Syria under the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rule, with approximately 400 kidnappings and extra-judicial killings since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's government in early December.
• Afghanistan's politicization of dams against Iran Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- A decade after the unilateral control and capture of water resources of Harirud through the Salma dam, Afghanistan's rulers have built a second barrier on the river, further disrupting the flow of water to Iran and Turkmenistan.
• Pakistani Shi'ite, Sunni Leaders Reach Peace Deal To End Regional Clashes RFE/RL 01 Jan 2025 -- Shi'ite and Sunni leaders in northwestern Pakistan on January 1 signed a peace agreement to end tensions and establish a permanent cease-fire after clashes believed to be linked to a tribal land dispute killed more than 100 people in the past 90 days.
• Pakistan secures peace deal in violence-torn district bordering Afghanistan VOA 01 Jan 2025 -- Authorities in northwestern Pakistan announced Wednesday that heavily armed rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim tribes in a conflict-prone district bordering Afghanistan have reached a peace deal following recent deadly clashes.
• China-backed election raises fears of 'negative peace' in Myanmar VOA 01 Jan 2025 -- As Myanmar's military government prepares for elections in 2025, attention turns to neighboring China, which, critics say, is pressuring Southeast Asian nations to treat the vote as a solution to Myanmar's ongoing political crisis.
• Reds soon to become an insignificant threat: NTF-ELCAC Philippine News Agency 01 Jan 2025 -- A ranking official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), will soon be an insignificant threat, as the country ushered in the New Year.

News Reports

• FBI investigating deadly New Orleans truck attack as 'act of terrorism' VOA 01 Jan 2025 -- A driver crashed a pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New Year's early Wednesday in New Orleans and opened fire, killing 15 people and injuring more than 35 others.
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on New Orleans Attack US Dept. of Justice 01 Jan 2025 -- The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland following the attack in New Orleans:
• FBI Statement on the Attack in New Orleans FBI 01 Jan 2025 -- Today, at approximately 3:15 a.m. CST, an individual drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others.
• Statement from President Joe Biden The White House 01 Jan 2025
• WHO calls on China to release all data on COVID-19 origins Radio Free Asia 01 Jan 2025 -- The World Health Organization has called on China to fully release crucial data surrounding the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan in 2020, although the call was dismissed by Beijing.
• End Of Russian Gas Transit A Defeat For Moscow, Zelenskiy Says RFE/RL 01 Jan 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on January 1 that the end of natural gas supplies to Europe via a major pipeline traversing Ukraine is a major defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• After A Plane Crash, Putin's Partial Apology Speaks Volumes RFE/RL 01 Jan 2025 -- When Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart over the crash of a passenger jet that was damaged in the sky above Chechnya, it was an extremely rare if not unprecedented occurrence in his 25 years in power.
• Russia Halts Gas Flow Through Ukraine as Deal Expires - Gazprom Sputnik 01 Jan 2025 -- Russia's Gazprom has no technical and legal ability to supply gas for transit through Ukraine due to the expiration of the agreement with Ukrainian national oil and gas company Naftogaz, the Russian energy giant said on Wednesday, adding that the gas supply stopped at 8 a. m. Moscow time (5:00 GMT).
• Russian gas supplies through Ukraine end VOA 01 Jan 2025 -- Russian gas exports crossing through Ukraine were halted Wednesday with the expiration of a transit agreement.
• China In Eurasia Briefing: The Stories To Watch In 2025 RFE/RL 01 Jan 2025
• Full text of President Lai's 2025 New Year Day's address CNA 01 Jan 2025 -- President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) delivered his 2025 New Year's Day address Wednesday, his first since assuming the presidency on May 20.
• Lai proposes talks with Beijing to ease tourism restrictions CNA 01 Jan 2025 -- President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has called China the "real barrier" to cross-strait exchanges and urged Beijing to hold talks with Taipei to ease tourism restrictions.
• Taiwan's president says Beijing remains the obstacle for resuming cross-strait exchanges VOA 01 Jan 2025 -- Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te reiterated his administration's willingness to welcome equal and dignified exchanges with China but said Beijing remains the obstacle for both sides to resume regular exchanges.
• No one can separate Taiwan from China: President Xi in New Year message Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- China's President Xi Jinping has once again underscored the reunification of Beijing with Taiwan, saying no one can separate the two as they are one family.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 01 Jan 2025
• Retired major gets 12 years for passing secrets to China CNA 01 Jan 2025 -- Retired Army Major Lee Hai-peng (李海鵬) has been sentenced to 12 years in jail by the Taiwan High Court for selling secrets to China, a much stiffer sentence than he received from the same court in the same case earlier last year.
• Iran to hold nuclear deal revival talks with European trio on Jan. 13: Official Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- A senior Iranian diplomat says the Islamic Republic is about to resume its talks with the European trio of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (E3) later this month on the revival of a deal on Tehran's nuclear program.
• Iran, E3 to hold fresh round of talks on January 13: Deputy FM IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi has announced that a new round of talks between Iran and three European countries—Britain, France, and Germany—known as the Troika or E3—is scheduled for January 13, 2025.
• US imposes sanctions on Iran, Russia under new pretexts IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- The United States imposed new sanctions on some entities in Iran, Russia under the pretext of interfering in 2024 elections.
• Iran's oil exports rebounded sharply in second half of December: Data firm Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- Iran ramped up its oil exports in the second half of December after a slump reported earlier in the month, according to an announcement by a major international tanker tracking service.
• No one would negotiate with Iran if not for its missiles: Araghchi Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has emphasized the significant leverage that Iran's missile capabilities provide in diplomacy with the West, saying without this power, no country would be willing to negotiate with the Islamic Republic over its nuclear energy program.
• Ex-war minister Yoav Gallant resigns from Israeli Knesset Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- Former Israeli minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant has announced his resignation from Knesset (the Israeli regime's parliament) less than two months after being fired by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the army's top brass.
• Israel's Shin Bet claims spying for Iran up 400% in 2024 Press TV 01 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli regime's so-called internal spy service has alleged that cases of espionage for Iran that were identified by the apparatus witnessed a "400 percent increase" in 2024 compared to the previous year.
• Exchange of list of prisoners between India and Pakistan India MEA 01 Jan 2025 -- India and Pakistan today exchanged, through diplomatic channels, simultaneously in New Delhi and Islamabad, the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in each other's custody.
• Exchange of Lists of Prisoners between Pakistan and India Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jan 2025 -- Today, Pakistan and India exchanged, through diplomatic channels, the lists of prisoners in each other's custody.
• Romanians, Bulgarians Celebrate Visa-Free Travel Across EU RFE/RL 01 Jan 2025 -- Bulgarians and Romanians celebrated the lifting of European Union visa restrictions, as the two EU members gained full entry into the bloc's Schengen Zone.
• Hungary Loses Out On $1 Billion In EU Funding RFE/RL 01 Jan 2025 -- Hungary has been officially denied some $1 billion dollars in European Union funding that the bloc had frozen because of corruption allegations.
• Tigray leader says region losing gold without benefit VOA 01 Jan 2025 -- Ethiopia's prime minister recently touted the country's mining resources and said the industry could achieve a historic milestone by generating up to $2 billion in gold revenue this year. He made the comment while inaugurating a gold exploration and mining factory in the Gambella Region.