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22 December 2025 23:23

🇺🇸⚡️ — The U.S. Navy has confirmed to The War Zone that the armament package for the first “flight” of its newly announced frigate class will not include a built-in Vertical Launch System (VLS).

➡️ The frigates, unveiled last Friday by Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, will be based on the U.S. Coast Guard’s Legend-Class National Security Cutter and built by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

➡️ Instead of VLS cells, the initial configuration will feature an armament suite similar to that found on the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships, specifically the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship and Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship.

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22 December 2025 23:07

🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence.

📎 Christiaan Triebert

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22 December 2025 20:43

🇸🇾🇸🇾⚡️ — Syria's Defense Ministry:

The Army General Command issued orders to cease targeting SDF firing positions after neutralizing several and containing the clashes away from civilians.

Today, the Syrian Arab Army fulfilled its responsibilities to protect the population, responding only to sources of fire without attempting to change control lines.

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22 December 2025 20:00

📢 🇸🇾 Tribes of the Al‑Bakkara tribe and other Bedouins tribes from the Aleppo countryside have declared general mobilization to fight the Kurds in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo.

📌 Calls for jihad have been made from the pulpits of some mosques in popular neighborhoods across the Aleppo countryside.

📎 Syria Justice Archive

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22 December 2025 19:37

📢 🇸🇾 Arab tribes call for general mobilization against the SDF.

📎 Cagatay Cebe

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22 December 2025 19:31

—❗️🇸🇾/🇸🇾 Additional SDF reinforcements

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22 December 2025 19:08

—❗️🇸🇾/🇸🇾 WATCH: Syrian government forces launching MLRS at Kurdish SDF positions somewhere near Aleppo

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22 December 2025 19:03

🇨🇾🇬🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Today we [Greece-Cyprus-Israel] agreed to deepen our defense cooperation as the [Turkish] threats we face are real," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

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22 December 2025 18:59

🇮🇱 🇬🇷 🇨🇾 In move to deter Turkey, Israel explores creation of rapid-response force with Greece, Cyprus

🇹🇷 The initiative is part of a broader effort to deter Turkey’s military and strategic activities in the eastern Mediterranean.

Senior officials from Israel, Greece, and Cyprus are discussing the possibility of establishing a rapid-response force composed of units from the armed forces of the three countries, three people familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post.

It is intended to strengthen strategic military cooperation among the three countries amid rising regional tensions. The force would not be a permanent standing unit but one that could be deployed quickly in times of crisis on land, at sea, or in the air.

🇸🇾 Ankara is seeking to turn Syria into a Turkish satellite state, including the deployment of air-defense systems aimed at aircraft and missiles in Syrian territory.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-880714

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22 December 2025 18:44

📢 🇸🇾 Director of Media at the Aleppo Governorate:

The Syrian state’s decision to preserve the unity of Syrian territory is irreversible. Restricting weapons to the hands of the state is a demand of the entire Syrian people.

There are forces within the SDF that reject the idea of a unified Syria. We are witnessing displacement in the city of Aleppo due to indiscriminate SDF attacks targeting civilians.

Source: Al Jazeera

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22 December 2025 18:30

📢 🇹🇷 🇸🇾 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said after talks in Damascus that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) did not appear to have any intention to advance a process for the group to integrate into Syria's state structures.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shibani, Fidan said it was important for the group to stop being an obstacle to Syria's unity, adding coordination between the SDF and Israel was posing an obstacle to implementing the integration agreement.

📎 Guy Elster

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22 December 2025 18:18

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Scenes from the clashes between Syrian forces and the SDF in Aleppo's Ashrafiyah neighborhood.

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22 December 2025 18:18

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — A Syrian military convoy is moving from the Mare' countryside, Aleppo Governorate, towards the city of Aleppo to assist Syrian forces against the SDF.

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22 December 2025 17:27

📢 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 China Says US Seizure of Ships ‘Serious Violation’ of International Law

China’s foreign ministry on Monday said the United States’ seizure of another country’s ships was a serious violation of international law, after the U.S. intercepted a China-bound oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast.

Venezuela has the right to develop relations with other countries, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a daily press briefing, adding that China opposes all “unilateral and illegal” sanctions.

On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a second oil tanker in international waters off the Venezuelan coast, days after President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

The tanker, Centuries, loaded in Venezuela under the false name “Crag” and was carrying some 1.8 million barrels of Venezuelan Merey crude oil bound for China, documents showed.

The crude was bought by Satau Tijana Oil Trading, one of many intermediaries involved in Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA’s sales to Chinese independent refiners, the documents showed.

A White House spokesperson said the “falsely flagged vessel” carried sanctioned oil and was part of Venezuela’s shadow fleet.

The Venezuelan government called the tanker interception a “serious act of international piracy.”

China is the biggest buyer of Venezuelan crude, which accounts for roughly 4% of its imports.

https://gcaptain.com/china-says-us-seizure-of-ships-serious-violation-of-international-law/

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21 December 2025 22:17

🇺🇸 🇵🇦 🇨🇳 "Because the Centuries is not under U.S. sanctions, a U.S. official told The Washington Post, the Coast Guard relied on a maritime law called “right of visit,” which allows a warship to board and inspect a vessel it suspects is engaging in illicit activity. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details that were not yet public.

The U.S. got permission from the government of Panama to board the vessel, the official said."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/20/venezuela-boats-coast-guard/

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22 December 2025 23:09

Today Joel Davis has another shot at bail.

Normally I’d be fairly certain a Magistrate would grant his bail but there’s obviously a layer of politics in Joel’s case which makes the whole thing difficult to predict.

Magistrates are appointed by the state and few of them are satisfied with remaining Magistrates.

To climb the legal ladder and become a more prestigious standard of Judge they often rule in favour of the state wherever politics is concerned, which is why the Magistrates level of court is generally an eye-rolling experience.

In my opinion the state has proved its point and has nothing to gain from keeping Joel in prison. They followed and publicly arrested a guy then held him in custody over a social media post. While in custody his first son was born and now it’s Christmas time.

The crime Joel has been accused of isn’t violent and has had no impact on the broader community. There’s been no notable damages and the politician Joel named in his post is probably sitting at home laughing at him.

Holding Joel any longer would be unnecessarily cruel, especially considering he’s probably going to be limited by various bail conditions.

Today the Magistrate hearing Joel’s bail application will be making a choice between unbiased justice and cruelty; between being an actual judge or just another system stooge.

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22 December 2025 20:49

In Kyiv, on December 21 a shootout occurred on Khreshchatyk Street opposite the Central Universal Store. Despite the curfew, several dozen immigrants engaged in a fight involving firearms. Gunshots were heard multiple times. According to local residents, the police were called several times, but the patrol crews that arrived did not stay long and disappeared for unknown reasons.

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22 December 2025 20:10

🇸🇾 Sham FM correspondent: The SDF is withdrawing its forces from joint checkpoints with the Internal Security Forces near the Shihan roundabout in the city.

📝 Woofers: "Asayish in Aleppo are likely withdrawing to fortified positions within Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods. Probably due to the STG bringing up armor."

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22 December 2025 19:51

🇹🇷 🇸🇾 🇮🇱 Kurdish-led SDF cooperating with Israel in Syria, Turkish FM Hakan Fidan claims

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are running operations "in coordination with Israel," Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday.

"The SDF is running some of its operations in coordination with Israel, (and this) is actually a major obstacle to ongoing negotiations with Damascus," he said.

The visit by Turkey's foreign and defense ministers and its intelligence chief comes amid efforts by Syrian, Kurdish and US officials to show some progress with the deal. But Ankara accuses the SDF of stalling ahead of a year-end deadline.

Turkey views the US-backed SDF, which controls swathes of northeastern Syria, as a terrorist organization and has warned of military action if the group does not honor the agreement.

Last week Fidan said Ankara hoped to avoid resorting to military action against the SDF but that its patience was running out.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-880986

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22 December 2025 19:31

—❗️🇸🇾/🇸🇾 Government forces are also sending additional armored units

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22 December 2025 19:14

—❗️🇸🇾/🇸🇾 NEW: The SDF is mobilizing additional reinforcements in Aleppo

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22 December 2025 19:04

🏹 🇸🇾 Footage show Syrian Government Forces indiscriminately launching MLRS artillery strikes on the Kurdish neighbourhoods in Aleppo

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22 December 2025 19:00

🇮🇱 🇬🇷 🇨🇾 The planned "Xenophon" Rapid Response Force is about to shift the balance of power in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

📎 Alexandros Itimoudis

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22 December 2025 18:55

🇨🇾🇬🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Against the backdrop of tensions with Turkey: Netanyahu with the leaders of Cyprus, Christodoulides, and Greece, Mitsotakis – Israel's new regional alliance," - Israel Hayom.

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22 December 2025 18:42

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Saudi Al Hadath shows footage of a Syrian tank firing at SDF positions in Aleppo City, northern Syria.

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22 December 2025 18:26

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Syrian Army and Public Security vehicles are continuously entering Aleppo city as government forces clash with the SDF.

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22 December 2025 18:18

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Syrian armored vehicles are en route to Aleppo City to assist government forces against the SDF.

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22 December 2025 17:57

🇺🇸 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland

President Trump, who has long said he wants to “get” the semiautonomous Danish territory, tapped Louisiana’s governor for the new position. Officials in Greenland and Denmark expressed outrage.

Mr. Trump announced on social media on Sunday that he was appointing Governor Jeff Landry of Louisiana, a political ally, to the position. Denmark’s foreign minister quickly criticized the move as “totally unacceptable” and said he would summon the American ambassador in Copenhagen for an explanation.

It appeared to be the first time the United States had appointed a special envoy to Greenland. That gives the territory — a gigantic frozen island inhabited by fewer than 60,000 people — something in common with the war in Ukraine, the conflicts in the Middle East, and a handful of other issues; Mr. Trump has tapped someone close to him to manage all of these as priorities.

Mr. Landry quickly made it clear that he understood what Mr. Trump wanted from him, writing on X: “It’s an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S.”

In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump wrote that “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security.”

“You cannot annex other countries,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark and Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen of Greenland said in a joint statement on Monday. “Not even by invoking international security. Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders, and the United States must not take over Greenland.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/world/europe/trump-special-envoy-greenland-denmark-landry.html

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21 December 2025 23:10

👮‍♂️ 🇮🇹 🚭 Italian police arrest 384, seize 1.5 tons of drugs in nationwide crackdown

Italian police said on Saturday they had arrested 384 people and seized 1.4 tonnes (1.54 tons) of drugs in a large-scale operation against drug trafficking.

In addition to the arrests, officers had put under investigation 655 individuals, including 39 minors, and confiscated 35 kilograms of cocaine and more than 40 firearms, police said in a statement.

The operation, concluded on Friday in several provinces, led to the temporary closure of five cannabis shops in three cities after 312 inspections.

During the checks, the police said they had seized 296 kilograms of cannabis products, which initial tests had shown to be illegal drugs.

Italy in June approved a security decree banning so-called “legal” cannabis and outlawing the trade of “cannabis light,” or hemp, which unlike marijuana has no psychoactive effects.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/20/europe/italian-police-arrests-drugs-intl

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21 December 2025 22:08

🇺🇸 JD Vance: “You don’t have to apologize for being White anymore.”

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