March, 2024

• 3 March

  Iran Update, March 2, 2024

  Key Takeaways: Northern Gaza Strip: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued to operate in the northern and central Gaza Strip on March 2. Hamas targeted Israeli forces in Zaytoun with rocket-propelled grenades and explosively-formedSouthern Gaza Strip: The IDF 89th Commando Brigade (98th Division) continued to conduct clearing operations in western …

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• 3 March

  After U.S. Strikes, Iran’s Proxies Scale Back Attacks on American Bases

  

  Tehran, wary of igniting open warfare with Washington, has told militia groups it backs to curtail assaults on targets such as military installations, Iranian and American officials say. Iran has made a concerted effort to rein in militias in Iraq and Syria after the United States retaliated with a series …

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• 3 March

  Maintaining the best thing the US built in Iraq: Continued support to the Iraqi Counterterrorism Service

  

  For the past several years, US interests have drifted away from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to focus on national security issues in the Pacific and — now — Europe. Unfortunately, the security situation in the Middle East and events like Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, strikes by Iranian-linked groups …

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• 3 March

  IntelBrief: Somalia-Türkiye Defense Deal and the Regional Implications for East Africa

  

  Somalia and Türkiye recently agreed to a ten-year defense deal that will see Ankara helping Mogadishu with security cooperation and building the capacity of its naval forces. While both Somalia and Türkiye have said that their agreement was long in the works and unrelated to the January deal between Ethiopia …

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• 3 March

  The Red Sea Crisis Continues with No Resolution in Sight

  

  The Houthi movement of Yemen has continued attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea despite U.S.-led “dynamic” strikes on Houthi weaponry being readied for launch. The current U.S. and allied approach assumes that the Houthi arsenal can be degraded to the point where the attacks stop. The lack of clear …

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• 3 March

  Tell The Truth About Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity – OpEd

  

  Western news bias in favor of Israel is more and more apparent as media outlets go out of their way to obscure the perpetrators of genocide. Israeli forces killed more than a hundred Palestinians and wounded more than 700 on February 29, 2024 during a distribution of food aid in …

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• 3 March

  Iranian Military Advisor Killed In Israeli Strike In Syria

  

  An Iranian military advisor of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed in an Israeli attack in Syria’s Baniyas. The Iranian advisor, Colonel Reza Zare’e, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Syria’s western port city of Baniyas. Citing eyewitnesses, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights reported that three …

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• 3 March

  Turkish Media Reveal Identities Of Alleged Spies For China

  

  An alleged spy for China living in Istanbul evaded detection by Turkish authorities for years, Sadiq Memeteziz’s undercover work taking him to Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Syria and Xinjiang in China’s far-west, Turkish media reports said, citing official documents. Memeteziz, or Shadeke Maimaitiaizazi in Chinese, was one of six …

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• 3 March

  Hamas In Lebanon – OpEd

  

  Hamas seems intent on building up a fighting force inside Lebanon. Early last December news emerged of a large-scale recruitment drive by Hamas in and around the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Dubbed “The Al-Aqsa Flood” – in line with the name given to the October 7 massacre – the …

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• 3 March

  Coinciding with Promotion of Hundreds of Officers: Bashar Refers 7,000 Soldiers to Retirement

  

  Bashar al-Assad issued an administrative order to retire about 7,000 volunteers, according to Shaam Network. The Ministry of Defense in the Assad regime’s government announced on Tuesday, January 2nd, the retirement of approximately seven thousand volunteers from Assad’s militias. Additionally, the Ministries of Defense and Interior unveiled the 2024 promotion …

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