Serbia’s Vucic:

There has never been less peace in the world than today.

Last year was the worst year since World War II in terms of wars. This year is gonna be worse, next year even worse.

Nobody cares about multilateralism anymore — everyone cares about national interest.

U.S. Southern Command seized the sanctioned tanker M/T Sagitta in the Caribbean.

Senator Thom Tillis:

Vladimir Putin is a murderer.

He is a liar on his best day.

You cannot trust him.

Every word Vladimir Putin says must be run through a truth filter.

NEW: The Pentagon will scale back the U.S. role in NATO Europe, cutting about 200 personnel, mainly from NATO advisory bodies.

The move follows troop withdrawals from Romania and aid cuts to the Baltics.

Source: Washington Post.

Greek Defence Minister Dendias with his Israeli counterpart Katz in Athens:

We will exchange expertise to counter unmanned platforms, especially drone swarms and unmanned underwater systems.

Terror group PKK/SDF built just immense amount of tunnels in Syria.

Syrian forces couldn't even reach the end of some of these tunnels.

Yet, none were used by the terrorists during Syrian Army's operation.

It was all for, nothing.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz with his Greek counterpart Dendias in Athens:

Anyone who dreams of turning the region backwards, imposing control through terrorism, or reestablishing autocracies at the expense of sovereign states, will encounter a determined alliance of free, powerful states with the ability to defend themselves.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz:

At the same time, I was equally determined not to allow factors that seek to destabilize the region to establish a presence through terrorism, aggression, or military interventions in Syria, Gaza, the Aegean, or any other region.

The State of Israel and Greece, as well as Cyprus, stand united in the face of real threats to the entire region.

📸 "No Kings" above the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Trump:

You don't threaten other NATO member states. You just don't do that. That is a red line.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever:

We must integrate our market and also be able to use it as a weapon. We must re-arm ourselves to be able to stand on our own two feet.

We must enter into alliances with countries that also still embrace the “rules-based world.” There are many of those.

And then we might stand a bit stronger, and people will hesitate a bit more before they dare to bully us. Because that is actually what is happening here.

NEW: Turkish President Erdogan held a phone call with Trump to discuss Türkiye–U.S. relations, as well as regional and global developments.

Erdogan emphasized the importance of Syria’s unity and territorial integrity, noting Türkiye’s close monitoring of developments there.

The leaders also addressed the fight against ISIS and the situation of ISIS detainees in Syria.

They further discussed efforts to establish peace in Gaza, with Erdogan reaffirming Türkiye’s readiness to work in coordination with the United States and thanking President Trump for the invitation to the Gaza Peace Board.

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Trump’s Air Force One turned back to Joint Base Andrews about an hour after takeoff for Switzerland due to a minor electrical issue, the White House said.

Cabin lights briefly went out, and the crew returned out of caution.

Trump later switched to an Air Force C-32 and continued to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Q: What is your response to Iran's leadership and their regime continuing to taunt and threaten you?

Trump: Anything ever happens, we're going to blow the—the whole country is going to get blown up.

I have very firm instructions. Anything happens, they're going to wipe them off the face of this earth.

Source: NewsNation

Trump on using The Insurrection Act:

I don't think we need it at this point. And hopefully we won't need it.

But I would not have any problem with invoking it if we needed it.

Source: NewsNation

Trump on Greenland:

It’s a very big piece of land. It’s really cold. Got a lot of ice on it.

So it’s not like we’re going to put a big real estate development there.

Source: NewsNation

Q: What is your response to Europe threatening some kind of trade retaliation?

Trump: Anything they do—we can do right back. And it’s going to ricochet back. But we are not looking to that.

Source: NewsNation

María Corina Machado:

Venezuela will be free. And once we liberate Venezuela, we will keep working and we will have a free Cuba and a free Nicaragua.

Trump is again weighing “decisive” military options against Iran after pulling back from strikes last week, as the U.S. sends more forces to the Middle East.

An aircraft carrier, fighter jets, and additional air and missile defenses—including THAAD and Patriot systems—are deploying, expanding Washington’s ability to strike Iran and defend against retaliation.

Source: WSJ

Netanyahu announced that he has accepted Trump’s invitation to join the “Board of Peace.”

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FULL SPEECH: Historic address of Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney at Davos, declaring the rules-based world order is breaking and U.S. dominance is fading.

Carney urges middle powers to reject “living within a lie”.

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