🇾🇪 ❌️ 🇺🇸 Yemeni Armed Forces:

"Our air defenses shot down an American MQ9 aircraft while it was carrying out hostile actions in the airspace of Yemeni waters as part of American military support for the Israeli entity."

🇺🇸 🌍 🇫🇷 On November 8, 2023, and for the second time in three days, a U.S. B-1 Lancer conducted a mission over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. U.S. F-16s and French Mirages escorted the bomber.

📎 CENTCOM

🚢 🌍 Tracking US/Allied Ships IVO Israel or Enroute

📎 Intelschizo

🇾🇪 ❌️ 🇺🇸 Yemeni air defenses shoot down an American MQ9 plane while it was carrying out hostile missions as part of military support for the Israeli enemy entity 11-8-2023 AD

🐼 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 For the first time in over 50 years, there will be no pandas in the United States after China ordered them all home—another chapter unfolding in the New Cold War.

📝 The Atlanta Zoo pandas will be leaving early next year.

👤 Lucas Tomlinson is the
Fox News correspondent for the Pentagon.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/world/panda-diplomacy-us-china/index.html

📎 Lucas Tomlinson

🇮🇶 ❌️ 🇺🇸 A statement issued by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq:

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful
(Permission is given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed, God is Able to grant them victory.)
Believe God Almighty

The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted the American occupation base, Harir, in northern Iraq, with two drones, hitting their targets directly.


(And victory is only from God. Indeed, God is Mighty, All-Wise)


Islamic resistance in Iraq
Thursday 24 Rabi’ al-Akhir 1445 AH

📢 🇺🇸 🇾🇪 U.S. Central Command has now Confirmed that a Air Force MQ-9A “Reaper” Surveillance Drone was Downed by the Houthis earlier today, while it was in International Airspace over the Red Sea off the Coast of Yemen; the Incident is currently under Investigation.

📎 OSINTdefender

🇺🇸 ❌️ 🇸🇾 "Following a series of attacks against U.S. persons in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces conducted an air strike against a facility in Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups. We will take all necessary measures to defend our people against those who are responsible for the attacks and will respond at a time and place of our choosing."

📎 CENTCOM

NOW - U.S. warplanes carried out multiple airstrikes against Iranian proxy forces in eastern Syria.

@disclosetv

🇺🇸 ❌️ 🇸🇾 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Statement on U.S. Military Strike in Eastern Syria:

🔶️ "Today, at President Biden's direction, U.S. military forces conducted a self-defense strike on a facility in eastern Syria used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups. This strike was conducted by two U.S. F-15s against a weapons storage facility. This precision self-defense strike is a response to a series of attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by IRGC-Quds Force affiliates. The President has no higher priority than the safety of U.S. personnel, and he directed today's action to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests.

⬛️ The United States is fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and our facilities. We urge against any escalation. U.S. personnel will continue to conduct counter-ISIS missions in Iraq and Syria."

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3584458/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-statement-on-us-military-strike-in-east/

⁉️ 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Lindsey Graham:
"I will not vote for one dime for any country, including Israel, until we secure our own border."

📎 Lindsey Graham

🇺🇸 🇧🇷 During Southern Vanguard 24 in Brazil, US Army Soldiers took part in a jungle survival course led by the Brazilian Army in preparation for a field training exercise in the Amazon.

📎 SOUTHCOM

🇻🇪🛢Asia's Battle for Venezuela's Oil: The Complex Fallout of U.S. Sanctions Easing

Despite the recent lifting of the U.S. oil embargo on Venezuelan oil, Asian countries, especially China and India, face a challenging scenario, warn S&P Global analysts.

The competition for Venezuelan oil is intensifying, raising concerns for these nations. With U.S. companies now allowed to explore and directly purchase oil from Venezuela's PDVSA, there's a risk of reduced oil shipments to China, impacting debt repayments, while U.S. oil imports surge.

Furthermore, Venezuelan barrels might compete with other Latin American and Canadian heavy oil grades. China's independent refineries consumed 360,000 b/d and 110,000 b/d of fuel oil from Venezuela in September, against the country's oil production of 770,000 b/d. Post-sanctions, experts fear China might face competition from the U.S., Europe, and India.

In the pre-sanctions period (2017-2019), India imported 300,000 b/s of Venezuelan oil, mainly through private refining companies like Reliance Industries and Nayara Energy.
India's future oil imports from Venezuela hinge on the country's energy security policies.

Refiners in Northeast and Southeast Asia worry that reduced imports from Venezuela could inflate spot prices for Middle East crude, highlighting the complexities of the situation.

#Venezuela #PDVSA #sanctions #oil #Asia #India
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