🇷🇺⚡️- Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially declared his candidacy for President of Russia. Elections are set to happen in March 2024.

#Syria 🇸🇾: A new photo posted by "Turkistan Islamic Party" and "Ajnad al-Kavkaz" in #Idlib (#Uyghur and #Chechen militants affiliated with #HTS).

The militants are armed with Bullpup RPK-74 LMG, an AK-104 pattern carbine, customized FN FAL rifle and AK-74 assault rifles.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1733125837556158568

🇭🇺🇩🇪🇩🇰🪖— Hungary is researching with Rheinmetall and Denmark the Skyranger, a new anti-drone weapon-system. Operational deployment is expected in 2025.

🇺🇸 — Heavy ISR over Baghdad past few hours. The rockets that targeted the Green Zone were launched by the IRGC affiliated militant group Asshab AlKahaf who were intending to target the US Embassy with Grad 107mm rockets, most of which fell short on the river side, hence why the US Embassy C-RAM did not activate.

🇮🇶 — The US embassy to Baghdad on Friday said that it was targeted with two salvos of rockets, and called on the Iraqi government to protect diplomatic missions.

Major General Yahya Rasool, the Spokesperson for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, confirmed that the PM directed the Iraqi Security Forces to pursue the perpetrators of the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, describing this act as a “terrorist” act.

🇮🇷 — Iranian proxy group Ashab Al Kahaf, who claimed Friday’s attack against the US Embassy in Baghdad, responded to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani's condemnation of the attack by publishing a picture of a silenced pistol pointing to Sudani’s head, commenting, “SHUT UP YOU AMERICAN SODOMIST”.

🇸🇾 — Large-Scale Rocket Attack reported against the U.S. Military’s Kharab al-Jir Airbase near the City of Hasakah in Northeastern Syria, with at least 10 Explosions heard from the Base.

🇮🇷 — In the last 24 hours:
3 attacks on Ain Alasad.
1 attack on Harir Base in Erbil.
1 attack on the US Embassy.
4 attacks on US forces in eastern Syria.

Expecting US retaliation in the upcoming 48 hours.

🇫🇷⚖️ Six French teens handed suspended or brief jail terms for role in 2020 beheading of teacher

The heaviest sentence was given to an adolescent who was formally given a 6-month prison sentence, although he should be able to serve this at home while under electronic surveillance.

The girl who was found guilty of making false accusations and slanderous comments was given an 18-month suspended sentence and put on probation measures for two years.

🔗 https://www.france24.com/en/france/20231208-six-french-teens-handed-suspended-or-brief-jail-terms-for-role-in-2020-beheading-of-teacher

🇻🇪 Maduro signed six presidential decrees established for the re-introsuction of the Esequibo territory

https://acortar.link/SjWwwM

🇻🇪🇸🇷Venezuelan embassy in Suriname

In compliance with the instructions of our President Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan People, we proceeded to place in our Embassy in Suriname the new map of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela that includes Guyana Esequiba.