US Endorsement Fails to Save Iraqi Currency Exchange Rate | Hopes for recovery fail to materialize, dinar continues to drop
US Endorsement Fails to Help Iraqi Currency Exchange Rate
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US Launches Another Airstrike in Somalia, Claims 5 al-Shabaab Killed
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced it launched an airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabaab on Wednesday, the second known US airstrike in the country this month. In a press release on Thursday, AFRICOM claimed the strike killed five al-Shabaab fighters and said it...
Ukraine Launches Joint Production of Artillery Shells With a NATO Country
Ukraine's state arms producer, Ukroboronprom, announced Wednesday it was launching joint artillery shell production with an unnamed NATO country, a step that reflects the alliance's deepening cooperation with Kyiv. Ukroboronprom said it began producing 120-mm mortar...
UN Experts: Iranians With Blood Disorder are Dying Due to US Sanctions
Sanctions have reduced their access to medication
Blinken Warns Attempting to Retake Crimea Is a ‘Red Line’ for Putin
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday warned that a Ukrainian attempt at retaking Crimea would be a "red line" for Russian President Vladimir Putin and risks a major response. POLITICO reported that Blinken made the comments during a Zoom call Wednesday with...
US Shoots Down Drone Near Occupied Gas Field in Syria
US Central Command has said that US forces shot down a drone on Tuesday that was flying near a US base in northeast Syria. CENTCOM claimed the drone was Iranian-made and said the incident took place at the Mission Support Site Conoco, a US base next to the Conoco gas...
Ukraine to Receive Fewer German-Made Leopard Tanks Than Promised
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday that Ukraine will not be receiving as many German-made Leopard 2 tanks as promised, at least in the near term. Ukraine was promised two full battalions by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which totals 62 tanks, but...
Reznikov Says Zelensky Wants Him to Remain Defense Minister
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Wednesday that President Volodymyr Zelensky asked him to stay in his post after rumors that he was going to be removed. Asked by Reuters if he expected to remain defense minister in the coming months, Reznikov said,...
China Says US Balloon Response Hurt Recent Diplomatic Progress
China said Wednesday that the US reaction to a Chinese balloon accidentally drifting into US airspace has set back diplomatic progress that was made since President Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali, Indonesia, back in November. "This is a clear...
US Training Ukrainians How to Use Less Ammunition as Supplies Dwindle
The US is trying to train Ukrainians to change the way they fight so they use fewer artillery munitions as NATO says its stockpiles are dwindling. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin detailed the efforts after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact group in Brussels...
