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• SECNAV Names Navy's Newest Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG 146) After MoH Recipient, Former U.S. Navy Seal, U.S. Senator and Nebraska Governor Robert Kerrey US Navy Press Release 04 Jan 2025 -- Today, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro named the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer, the future USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146).
• Ukraine Can Expect Further U.S. Aid Offers Before Biden Leaves Office, White House Says RFE/RL 04 Jan 2025 -- Ukraine can expect more announcements in coming days about additional U.S. security assistance, a White House spokesman said as President Joe Biden's term in office winds down.
• IRGC stages military drill in western Iran IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- The Ground Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has started the main stage of the military exercise named "Payambar-e Azam (The Great Prophet) 19" in the western province of Kermanshah.
• Iran's defense ministry commits to building 2.8 MW of solar, wind plants IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- Iran's Deputy Defense Minister for Industrial Research Affairs Afshin Naderi Sharif has announced that the ministry will cooperate with the Energy Ministry of Energy to build power plants to produce 2.8 MW of solar and wind energy across the country.
• IRGC deploying 'new weaponry' during underway Ground Force drills Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- The Ground Forces of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) deploy "new weaponry and equipment" during the forces' underway military maneuvers in the country's western areas.
• IRGC Ground Force launches massive military drills in western Iran Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force has launched a large-scale and specialized drill in Iran's western province of Kermanshah, as part of attempts to raise its combat preparedness and get further ready to confront potential security threats against the country.
• Outgoing US administration plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- The outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden reportedly plans to propose to the Israeli regime an $8 billion arms deal as part of Washington's unflinching support to the occupying entity's genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Lulu Garcia-Navarro of NYT's "The Interview" Podcast US Dept. of State 04 Jan 2025
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdelatty US Dept. of State 04 Jan 2025

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Israeli lawmakers call on military to destroy food, water and power sources in Gaza Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- Eight members of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) have called upon the regime's minister of military affairs Israel Katz to instruct the occupation army to destroy all water, food and energy sources in the Gaza Strip "to achieve the war goals."
• 891 Israeli soldiers killed since during Gaza conflict, military confirms IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli military has acknowledged the death of 891 soldiers since the onset of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023.
• Jan. 3: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 04 Jan 2025
• Al-Qassam Brigades destroys four Israeli Merkava tanks IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- The Ezzoddin al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas Resistance Movement, says it has destroyed four Israeli Merkava tanks in its latest operations against the regime in Gaza.
• Another key hospital taken out of service by Israel in north Gaza Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- Gaza health officials say one more key hospital on the northern edge of Gaza has been taken out of service by Israeli forces.
• Israel kills nearly 60 Palestinians across Gaza in 24 hours, many still uncounted for Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- Israeli forces have massacred about 60 more Palestinians, including several children, over the past 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, official figures show.
• Qassam Brigades targets five Israeli battle tanks in northern Gaza Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- The military wing of the Hamas resistance movement says it targeted five Israeli battle tanks in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, as dozens of more people were killed in Israeli bombardments in the besieged territory.
• Zionist regime continuously violates ceasefire in southern Lebanon IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli occupation forces have consistently breached the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon by conducting daily incursions and attacks in the southern regions, according to the Lebanese media outlets.
• Israeli regime may not withdraw from south Lebanon, reports show IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- Israeli media reports suggest the Tel Aviv regime may not withdraw from Lebanese territory under a 60-day ceasefire period, raising concerns about escalating tensions in the region.
• Israeli army bombards southern Lebanon, breaks truce once more IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli army has bombarded the cities of Bani Haiyyan and Markaba in southern Lebanon, the National News Agency (NNA) of the Arab country says.
• UNRWA urges reversal of Israel's 'unprecedented' aid ban to millions of Palestinians Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned of an impending Israeli ban on the delivery of essential services to millions of Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and al-Quds.
• UNSC members express concern over Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- Members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) have expressed concern about Israeli attacks on health centers and hospitals in the Gaza Strip, as they held their first meeting of 2025.

Other Conflicts

• Deadly bomb targets convoy carrying Pakistan security forces VOA 04 Jan 2025 -- Police in southwestern Pakistan said Saturday that at least four people were killed and dozens more were injured when a bomb explosion targeted both civilian and security forces vehicles.
• Cameroon says Nigerian militant attack killed government troops VOA 04 Jan 2025 -- Villagers in southern Cameroon say armed men crossed the border from Nigeria and killed at least seven government troops and displaced civilians from about 15 villages. Civilians say they believe the attackers are members of a militant group.

News Reports

• Russian Gas Shutoff Pumps Up Pressure On Moldova's Pro-Western Government RFE/RL 04 Jan 2025 -- When Russian natural gas stopped flowing westward across Ukraine on January 1, it was the end of an era.
• Chinese premier chairs State Council executive meeting People's Daily 04 Jan 2025 -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday presided over a State Council executive meeting focused on the study and promotion of urban renewal work.
• China's central bank vows to use multiple monetary policy tools, cut RRR, interest rates at appropriate time Global Times 04 Jan 2025 -- China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBC), held its 2025 work conference from Friday to Saturday, highlighting commitments to implement the moderately loose monetary policy and foster a conducive monetary and financial environment for stable economic growth.
• Foreign freighter being investigated for suspected damaging of undersea cable CNA 04 Jan 2025 -- A Cameroon-registered freighter is being investigated for possibly damaging an undersea cable in waters off the northeastern coast of Taiwan, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said Saturday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 04 Jan 2025
• Khamenei Says Iran Will Not Bow To US Pressure Over Uranium Enrichment RFE/RL 04 Jan 2025 -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected a US proposal on Iran's nuclear program that demands giving up uranium enrichment, saying it is a crucial part of the country's nuclear program.
• Iran seizes fuel bags carrying over 1mln liters of trafficking fuel IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- Iranian border guards have seized plastic fuel bags from smugglers carrying over one million liters of fuel in the southern waters of the country.
• Iran private sector operates 1st oil dock in South Pars IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- The first oil dock built by the Iranian private sector has become operational in Kangan located in the southern province of Bushehr.
• Iran's cenbank refutes claims of reduced reserves, import issues IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has dismissed claims about a reduction in foreign currency reserves and the inability to support imports until the end of the Iranian calendar year on March 20.
• Iran plans to launch two new satellites by late spring IRNA 04 Jan 2025 -- Iran plans to launch two new satellites into orbit following postponements caused by delays in their foreign launch vehicle.
• OPERATIONAL DEMONSTRATION BY INDIAN NAVY'S EASTERN NAVAL COMMAND India PIB 04 Jan 2025 -- The Indian Navy successfully concluded a breath-taking Operational Demonstration (Op Demo) at the iconic Ramakrishna Beach, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on 04 Jan 25
• Iraqi territory won't be launch pad for aggression on neighbors, says President Rashid Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid says Baghdad is committed to preventing the Arab nation's territory from being used as a launch pad for strikes and acts of military aggression against neighboring countries.
• "We will free our country from the scourge of terror as soon as possible" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 04 Jan 2025 -- Speaking at AK Party's 8th Ordinary Provincial Congress in Samsun, President Erdoğan said: "We will free our country from the scourge of terror, inflicted upon our nation by imperialists, as soon as possible. We are determined on this issue, and have locked on to our target."
• Amid Russia Pain, Central Asian Migrants Find New Destinations, Fresh Problems RFE/RL 04 Jan 2025 -- Unable to find work at home, millions of Central Asians have left to find employment in Russia over the years.
• Xi congratulates Mikheil Kavelashvili on assuming Georgian presidency People's Daily 04 Jan 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently congratulated Mikheil Kavelashvili on his assuming office as the Georgian president.
• Chile's president makes historic voyage to South Pole amid Antarctica sovereignty claim Press TV 04 Jan 2025 -- President Gabriel Boric has become the first Chilean president to make a trip to the South Pole in order to reaffirm his country's "claim to sovereignty" over parts of Antarctica, as the international race over the region's ownership intensifies.