BREAKING: Clashes reported between Syrian forces and the SDF near Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods in Aleppo, Syria.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

Social media is a sewer. And we got a lot of people eating right out of the sewer. And it’s no wonder that they’re sick.

Their minds are sick. They’re depraved and diseased with this idea that somehow Israel is the bad guy.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

Israel is the only real democracy in this entire part of the world. People elect their officials. They can criticize their officials.

There are freedoms that exist in Israel that do not exist anywhere else in the Middle East.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

What we’re dealing with is not an operating system problem. It’s a data problem.

We have not downloaded the proper data, the correct, the true data into the minds of younger people.

They’re taking at face value what some podcaster says, and the result is absolutely dangerous.

Sudan: Sudanese warplanes carried out airstrikes on UAE-backed RSF positions in the Borno area of South Kordofan.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

Many Americans say, “Oh, look what we do for Israel.” And I’m going to say, “Not that much really.”

$3.8 billion in the great scheme of things may seem like a whole lot of money, but in terms of the overall US federal budget, it is not much.

Every bit of that $3.8 billion is spent immediately on purchasing US-produced military and even technological equipment, so we get the money back immediately.

What we get in return is an R&D bonus that we could probably never even begin to pay for.

We’re talking about a return on investment that some have estimated to be as high as 1,200%.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

Iran presents a real threat to all of Europe. And if the Europeans don’t understand this, then they’re even dumber than I sometimes think they are. And that’s rather undiplomatic to say.

AES Joint Military Force (FU-AES)

- A new Sahel force built on regional sovereignty and joint command.

- Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger form a ≈5,000-troop structure under Niamey HQ.

- The force targets armed groups, unifies armies, and reduces external reliance.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

If you want to destroy Western civilization and move the world back to the seventh century and take us back to a place that, thank God, doesn’t exist anymore, then you cannot do that without taking the United States down.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

Ahmed al-Sharaa knows that his pathway for survival is peace with Israel.

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko:

The Flamingo missile is effective only when used in tandem with the Neptune.

When they fly together, the Neptune reaches the target.

When it flies alone, it doesn't hit anything.

Mali: Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) said it destroyed terrorist bases in Sikasso and Timbuktu in airstrikes on December 21.

BIG: Pakistan has struck a $4–4.6 billion arms deal with eastern Libya’s Libyan National Army, including JF-17 fighter jets and other air, land, and naval equipment.

The deal, spread over about 2.5 years, would be one of Pakistan’s largest-ever weapons exports.

Source: Reuters

A draft Pentagon report says China has likely loaded more than 100 ICBMs into new silo fields near Mongolia, marking a major acceleration of its nuclear buildup.

Beijing is assessed as not interested in arms control talks and is on track to exceed 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030.

Source: Reuters

Russia’s Urals crude has fallen to about $34 a barrel, far below Dated Brent near $61, as US sanctions deepen discounts on Russian oil.

Source: Bloomberg

Netanyahu met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as part of the Israel–Greece–Cyprus trilateral diplomatic summit.

Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir says Pakistan overcame fear, built its own tech, and proved it in a recent war with India; claiming Indian Rafales, Su-30s, MiG-29s, Mirage 2000s, and even S-400s were “taken out.”

“Rafale, Su-30, MiG-29, Mirage 2000… Alhamdulillah, S-400 all taken out.”

Once there were cavalry units, now Russia’s Army have cyclists too.

Syrian Army reinforcements deployed along the Idlib–Aleppo road following clashes with terror group SDF in Aleppo.

Heavy clashes continue in the city with SDF randomly targeting civilians by firing mortars.

NOW: Terror group SDF’s mortar strikes hit area around Al-Razi Hospital, Aleppo, Syria.

NOW: Syrian Army tanks targeting SDF terror group with tanks in Aleppo on live TV.