BIG: Türkiye is preparing for a worst-case scenario in Iran and is considering establishing a buffer zone on the Iranian side of the border to prevent a new wave of refugees.

Officials briefed lawmakers that Ankara wants to prevent migrants from crossing into Türkiye and has already reinforced the border with walls, ditches, towers, drones, and surveillance systems.

Turkish officials also said recent protests in Iran left about 4,000 dead and 20,000 wounded after unrest driven by inflation and currency collapse.

Source: MEE

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Zelensky:

When we speak of 50,000 Russian losses per month, this is the optimal level.

It is undoubtedly a difficult goal, but it is the level at which Russia will begin to question what it is doing and why it is fighting.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

Trump spoke to Prime Minister Carney; Carney very aggressively walked back some of the unfortunate remarks he made at Davos.

Zelensky:

Ukraine expects to join the EU in 2027.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

I am not sure what Carney was thinking; Canada depends on the U.S.

There is much more north-south trade than there could ever be east-west trade.

He talks about middle countries doing their own thing. I am old enough to remember when French President Mitterrand tried that and it failed back in the 80s, and it will fail now.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

Carney should do what is best for the Canadian people rather than trying to push his own globalist agenda.

Turkish President Erdogan:

When we look around us, we can all see that from north to south our surroundings are practically on fire.

Turkish President Erdogan:

As Syria achieves stability and security, all neighboring countries—starting with us—will directly feel its positive effects.

Trade will accelerate, investments will increase, and tourism will develop. In the residential areas that were reduced to rubble by the former regime’s barrel bombs, a major reconstruction campaign will begin.

As the effects of the oppression that cost the lives of one million Syrians are erased, and as Syria heals its wounds and rises to its feet again, very different winds will begin to blow across our region.

Turkish President Erdogan:

Millions of Syrian refugees have returned to their homeland, including 600,000 from our country.

Turkish President Erdogan on Syria:

Resources that should be spent on the welfare of the Syrian people will no longer be used to dig tunnels underground, but instead to build schools, hospitals, bakeries, factories, and roads above ground.

Turkish President Erdogan on Syria:

There can be no state within a state and no separate armed force within the state.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We are meeting the humanitarian aid requests coming from our Kurdish brothers living beyond our border in close cooperation with the Syrian government.

Kenyan Opposition Leader Alleges Assassination Attempt by President

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The CIA is reportedly working to set up a permanent US presence inside Venezuela as part of the Trump administration’s plans following Maduro’s capture.

Early planning focuses on establishing a CIA annex before reopening the US embassy, so intelligence officers can handle security, build local contacts, and liaise with Venezuelan counterparts during the volatile transition.

Source: CNN

Germany is seeking new partners due to deteriorating relations with the United States and ongoing pressure from customs tariffs.

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Turkish Chief of the General Staff General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu spoke by phone with CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

If you reject basic spiritual premises because you would rather live in a secular world that denies the very existence of God, then your first target is naturally going to be Jews.

Christians have to understand that the next target is going to be them.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

The root of Jew hatred is not political, it is not economic, it is spiritual.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

He (Tucker Carlson) said, “Everybody knows that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent.”

He said this in front of 1,200 people. How many of those people actually knew that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent?

I would say no one. It has never been proven documented that Epstein was a Mossad agent.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

Do you like your cell phone? If you don't like Israel, get rid of your cell phone.

You would not have it without Israel.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

Trump does not see things horizontally; he sees them vertically.

If a thing may work but it lands a little left of center, he may still go there.