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Current Operations

• U.S. Forces Conduct Strike Targeting ISIS-Somalia AFRICOM 01 Feb 2025 -- In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted airstrikes against ISIS-Somalia on Feb. 1, 2025.
• Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Statement on U.S. Africa Command Strikes in Somalia DoD 01 Feb 2025
• US strikes stronghold of Islamic State affiliate in Somalia VOA 01 Feb 2025 -- U.S. warplanes took aim at the Islamic State affiliate in Somalia, hitting what officials described as high-ranking operatives in the terror group's mountainous stronghold.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Readout of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's Calls With Mexico's Secretary of National Defense and Secretary of the Navy DoD 01 Feb 2025
• DRDO successfully conducts successive flight-trials of Very Short-Range Air Defence System off the Odisha coast India PIB 01 Feb 2025 -- Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted three successive flight-trials of Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) from Chandipur off the coast of Odisha
• A record over Rs 6.81 lakh crore allocated in Union Budget 2025-26 for MoD, an increase of 9.53% from current Financial Year India PIB 01 Feb 2025 -- In pursuance of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi-led Government's vision of 'Viksit Bharat @ 2047' with technologically-advanced and 'Aatmanirbhar' Armed Forces, Union Budget of India has made a provision of Rs 6,81,210
• Atmanirbhar Bharat in Defence India PIB 01 Feb 2025 -- India's defence sector has undergone a remarkable transformation since 2014, evolving from a largely import-dependent military force to one increasingly focused on self-reliance and indigenous production
• Atmanirbhar Bharat in Defence India PIB 01 Feb 2025 -- Launching ceremony of 9th ACTCM Barge, LSAM 23 (Yard 133) was held on 31 Jan 25 at M/s Suryadipta Projects Pvt Ltd, Thane. Chief Guest for the launching Ceremony was Cmde R Anand, AGM (COM)/ ND (Mbi).
• IRGC unveils new 'underground missile city' in south Iran IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a new underground base housing cruise missiles designed to target destroyers in the strategic southern waters.
• IRGC Navy unveils underground base housing anti-destroyer cruise missiles Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has unveiled a new subterranean base in the coastal areas of southern Iran, housing cruise missiles at the ready to target hostile destroyers in the strategic waters.
• Prime Minister's Office Announcement Israel - Prime Minister 01 Feb 2025
• Rubio arrives in Central America, pursuing 'America First' diplomacy, countering China VOA 01 Feb 2025 -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed Saturday in Panama, as he embarks on his first official trip as the nation's top diplomat on Saturday, with planned visits to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic from Saturday to Thursday.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 01 Feb 2025
• Prime Minister's Office announcement Israel - Prime Minister 01 Feb 2025
• The Government of Israel embraces the returnee Keith Siegel Israel - Prime Minister 01 Feb 2025
• The Government of Israel embraces the two returnees Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon Israel - Prime Minister 01 Feb 2025
• IDF Chief of the General Staff During a Situational Assessment Israel Defense Forces 01 Feb 2025
• Hamas frees 3 hostages in latest ceasefire exchange with Israel VOA 01 Feb 2025 -- Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages Saturday, the latest in a series of exchanges agreed to in a deal aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group.
• Israel admits it failed to assassinate Hamas commander Haitham al-Hawajri Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- The Israeli military has acknowledged that it has failed to assassinate Haitham al-Hawajri, the commander of the al-Shati brigade of Hamas' armed wing, adding that the evidence used to announce his killing "was not accurate."
• 4th phase of prisoner swap kicks off in Gaza IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, have handed over two other Israeli captives, named Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas, in the fourth phase of the prisoners exchange Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip.
• Israel releases 183 Palestinians in 4th swap with Hamas IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Israeli authorities have released 183 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire deal for Gaza.
• Israel releases 183 Palestinian prisoners as Hamas condemns 'torture, abuse' Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- Two Palestinian prisoners' rights groups say Israel has released 183 Palestinian detainees in exchange for three Israeli captives as part of the fourth prisoner swap under the ceasefire agreement between the occupying regime and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
• Hamas hands three Israeli captives to Red Cross in fourth swap Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- Hamas has handed over three more Israeli captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officials in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners to be released later.
• Prisoner swap shows Israel has failed to annihilate al-Qassam Brigades: Hamas official IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Senior Hamas member Sami Abu Zuhri has said the latest prisoner swap with Israel shows that the regime has failed to achieve its goal of annihilating Hamas' military wing, the Ezzoddin al-Qassam Brigades.
• Liberation of all of Palestine within reach: Hamas official Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- Khalil al-Hayya, deputy head of the Hamas resistance movement's Political Bureau, has said that the defeat of the occupation is now possible, and the liberation of all of Palestine is within reach.
• Release of Keith Siegel and Hostages in Gaza US Dept. of State 01 Feb 2025
• US 'pressuring' Lebanese leadership to isolate Hezbollah, allies: Report Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- The US has been hindering efforts aimed at the formation of a new government in Lebanon by "pressuring" the country's top echelons to restrict the influence of the popular resistance movement Hezbollah and its allies in the upcoming cabinet, according to a report.
• Russia condemns Israel's ban on UNRWA IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Russia has said the Israeli Knesset's ban on the activities of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) violates international legal norms and must be condemned.
• Russia says UNRWA mission must continue in Palestinian territories Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- Russia says Israel's legislation banning the main UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from operating in the occupied territories will have serious humanitarian consequences for the Palestinians.
• Trump's call for Palestinians' relocation will threaten regional peace, Arab nations warns Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- Major Arab nations have expressed their opposition to US President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and the occupied West Bank to neighboring Egypt and Jordan under any circumstances.
• Major Arab countries reject U.S. president's relocation scheme for Gaza IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Major Arab countries have rejected a scheme by U.S. President Donald Trump to relocate the Palestinian inhabitants of the Gaza Strip from the Palestinian territory.
• Nine countries form 'Hague group' as Belize joins Gaza genocide case against Israel Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- The Central American country of Belize has filed a declaration to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a new member of the "Hague Group" of countries defending Palestinian rights.
• Belize requests ICJ to join South Africa case against Israel over Gaza genocide IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Belize, a country in central America, has requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to allow it to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel over the regime's war on Gaza, the ICJ has announced.
• Arab Six-Party Meeting in Cairo Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire Agreement, Exchange of Hostages, Detainees SPA 01 Feb 2025 -- The Arab Six-Party Consultative Meeting in Cairo today welcomed the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the exchange of hostages and detainees, underscoring the importance of maintaining the ceasefire, ensuring humanitarian support reaches all parts of the Gaza Strip, and removing all obstacles to the entry of humanitarian and recovery aid.
• Minister of Foreign Affairs Participates in the Arab Six-Party Consultative Meeting SPA 01 Feb 2025 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah participated today in the Arab Six-Party Consultative Meeting, hosted by the Arab Republic of Egypt in Cairo.

Other Conflicts

• PLA Southern Theater Command, CCG hold patrols around Huangyan Dao Global Times 01 Feb 2025 -- On Friday, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command conducted combat readiness patrols with naval and air forces in the territorial waters and airspace around China's Huangyan Dao and its adjacent areas, the PLA Southern Theater Command announced on Saturday.
• Gunmen kill 10 people in Shia-populated Syria village IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Gunmen have shot and killed at least 10 people in a Shia-populated village in Syria's central province of Hama.
• Militants execute nearly dozen civilians in Syria's Shia-populated village Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- Militants have shot and killed nearly a dozen civilians at a Shia-populated village in Syria's central province of Hama, amid ongoing raids and summary executions by gunmen affiliated with the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) administration.
• Taliban decry US claims about frozen Afghan assets VOA 01 Feb 2025 -- Taliban officials denounced Saturday claims that the United States could regain custody of Afghanistan's frozen central bank funds, warning that any such action would be "unacceptable."
• 18 Pakistani soldiers killed as 'terrorists' attack Balochistan town IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Eighteen Pakistani soldiers and twelve terrorists were killed during overnight clashes in Kalat, Balochistan, according to a press release from the military's media affairs wing.
• Police say 18 soldiers killed in ambush in southwestern Pakistan Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- Pakistan's police say 18 soldiers were killed and three others seriously wounded in an attack in the southwestern Balochistan province.
• Pakistan Says 18 Paramilitary Soldiers Killed In Fighting Overnight RFE/RL 01 Feb 2025 -- Pakistani military and police authorities say 18 paramilitary troops and two dozen militants were killed overnight in fighting in the restive Balochistan Province in the country's southwest.
• Insurgent attack kills 18 soldiers in southwestern Pakistan VOA 01 Feb 2025 -- Authorities in Pakistan said Saturday that at least 18 soldiers were killed in an overnight insurgent attack in southwestern Balochistan province, marking one of the deadliest days for security forces in recent months.
• Southern African leaders seek meeting with East African leaders over DRC crisis VOA 01 Feb 2025 -- Leaders from the Southern African Development Community met Friday in Zimbabwe to discuss the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the government and M23 rebels. The 16-nation bloc, which includes DRC, resolved to meet with its East African counterpart — the East Africa Community — about the matter.
• UN decries sexual violence as weapon of war in DRC VOA 01 Feb 2025 -- As fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed troops escalate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights warns that the warring parties increasingly are using rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war.
• Both sides of Congo civil war commit executions, rapes: UN Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- The UN has accused both sides of the Congo civil war of mass executions and rapes, as Rwandan-backed rebels move deeper into the country's east which is rich in minerals such as diamonds, gold, copper and coltan used in mobile phones.

News Reports

• Canada announces $155B tariff package in response to unjustified U.S. tariffs Canada 01 Feb 2025 -- Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that the Government of Canada is moving forward with 25 per cent tariffs on $155 billion worth of goods in response to the unjustified and unreasonable tariffs imposed by the United States (U.S.) on Canadian goods.
• IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER The White House 01 Feb 2025
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Tariffs on Imports from Canada, Mexico and China The White House 01 Feb 2025
• Trump places tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China VOA 01 Feb 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday that places 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China starting Tuesday, the White House said.
• US will bear cost if imposing 10% tariffs on Chinese goods, as tariffs fuel inflation: experts Global Times 01 Feb 2025 -- US President Donald Trump is set to impose tariffs of 25 percent on Mexico and Canada, and 10 percent on China starting Saturday, says the White House, according to CNN. Experts view this as an escalation of US protectionism, warning that new tariffs will push up inflation in the US.
• Chinese commercial reusable rocket firms target new heights in new year People's Daily 01 Feb 2025 -- Building on the remarkable progress achieved in recent years, China's commercial reusable rocket developers are poised to reach new heights over the next 12 months.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 01 Feb 2025
• Iran's top military commander issues message to congratulate Islamic Revolution Guard's Day IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- The chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, issued a message on Saturday, emphasizing that the late Imam Khomeini designated the birth anniversary of the third Shia Imam (Imam Hossein) as the Islamic Revolution Guard's Day to pay tribute to those who are in the frontline of safeguarding the Islamic Revolution and the national security of Iran.
• Iran to unveil 3 new satellites on Sunday IRNA 01 Feb 2025 -- Iran will officially unveil three new satellites on February 2 during a ceremony to mark National Space Technology Day.
• Iran to unveil 3 indigenous remote-sensing, communications satellites Press TV 01 Feb 2025 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran plans to unveil three domestically-developed remote-sensing and communications satellites, as the country has achieved remarkable progress in the space industry over the past few years.
• Doorstop - Melbourne Prime Minister of Australia 01 Feb 2025
• Vietnam's To Lam consolidates power through personnel changes at 10th Plenum Radio Free Asia 01 Feb 2025 -- Exactly one year ahead of the Communist Party of Vietnam's 14th Party Congress, the Central Committee convened its 10th Plenum, where General Secretary To Lam further solidified his lock on the party.
• Kyrgyzstan Bans Islamic Niqab As Critics Warn It Could Alienate Some Women RFE/RL 01 Feb 2025 -- Kyrgyzstan has become the latest country in Muslim-majority Central Asia to ban the Islamic niqab, a long garment that covers the body, hair, and face, except the eyes.