🇷🇺⚡️- Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen State, was hospitalized in Moscow on December 24th.

His condition at this moment is unknown. Although, there have been reports that he required resuscitation and barely survived. - Yahoo News.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "All the cities where the rioters were causing chaos have been cleared by our personnel and forces, and the safety of the people in the cities has been restored. The unrest that the Zionist regime wanted to create has been successfully foiled." – Colonel Ebrahimi, Commander of the Special Forces Unit (NOPO).

🇮🇷⚡️- What we know about the Iranian riots:

Earlier today, the riots were likely the most brutal since the start of the protests. NOPO was deployed in place of the regular anti-riot police force after standard police units were unable to contain and shut down the riots. NOPO is known for its harsh tactics, and its commander is under U.S. sanctions for involvement in violent crackdowns. Multiple rioters were shot or arrested; many of those killed were reportedly attempting to seize weapons from government and police buildings.

The Special Units are divided into four battalions: Imam Ali, Musa ibn Ja‘far, Imam Khomeini, and Imam Hussein, consisting of around 300,000 armed personnel. In addition, there are two Special Units: NOPO (the special operations unit) and the regular anti-riot police, with about 60,000 personnel.

The protests and riots escalated to Code 2, which is why NOPO was deployed to confront them. Had NOPO failed to contain the riots, the situation could have escalated to Code 3, potentially leading to the deployment of IRGC forces onto the streets of Iran.

As of today, NOPO has successfully repelled and shut down the majority of the riots. While small pockets of clashes remain, most riots have been suppressed, with many individuals shot or arrested.

There is significant misinformation circulating from both sides about what is actually happening. Iran is not, at least for now, on the verge of collapse; the 2022 riots were larger in scale, and NOPO appears to have effectively contained tonight’s riots.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah has been warned by Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar that this is their last chance to disarm before an Israeli attack. - Israeli media.

🇸🇴🇦🇪⚡- Multiple Saudi media are reporting Somalia is preparing to expel the UAE Ambassador to Mogadishu, thus severing ties with the Emirati state.

🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Saudi Arabia has recalled its Consul in Abu Dhabi, Abdullah bin Mansour, as well as several Saudi businessmen from the Gulf state, as relations continue to deteriorate.

🇸🇩⚡- Sudanese drone strike kills Hamid Ali Abubakar, a senior advisor to Hamdan Dagalo, the Head of the Rapid Support Forces, RSF

Hamid Ali Abubakar served as Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Awakening Council, RAC, an elite brigade loyal to the RSF. Abubakar's RAC were one of the units responsible for capturing al-Fashir in the Darfur region, and committing massacres against civilians.

🇵🇸🇶🇦🇮🇱⚡️- A month before October 7, the Israeli government asked Qatar to increase funding to Hamas. This policy was intended to keep Hamas separate from the Palestinian Authority. - Ynet.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: President Trump says if Iran continues to shoot and kill protesters, the United States will directly intervene and rescue them.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Red alerts on the Lebanese-Israeli border.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Reports of explosions in Baram, Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Explosion at the hand of Israeli interceptors that went off targeting a suspicious aerial target, an investigation is underway.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- The red alert was a false alarm, the interceptors still went off and exploded in the air intercepting nothing.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- The President has directly threatened to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran, emboldening the protesters and rioters.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Saudi-backed Homeland Shield Forces, HSF, have launched 'Operation Camps Handover', aimed at recapturing the eastern Yemeni region back from the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, STC.

The HSF have advised STC to withdraw and prefers for a peaceful transfer of all military bases in the region.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Southern Transitional Council controlled Aden has refused to allow a Saudi delegation land at Aden International Airport.

🇪🇺⚡️- EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, is planning a seminar for early February.

The seminar is supposedly dedicated to internal relations among EU nations, amid escalating tensions in recent months.

There are currently no notable details or individuals in the seminar plans.

-PoliticoEU

🇮🇷⚡️- Clashes erupted at the funeral of Basij soldier Amirhossam Khodayarifard, who was killed during riots. NOPO and secret police security forces began shooting at rioters at the funeral.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "With the stance of Israeli officials and Trump, the background of the incident became clear. We consider the protesting businessman's positions to be separate from the destructive elements, and Trump should know that American interference in this internal issue is tantamount to the disruption of the entire region and the destruction of American interests.

The American people should know that Trump started the adventure. Be careful of your soldiers," - Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- BREAKING: Saudi airstrikes against al-Khashaea, Hadhramaut region, UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council controlled Yemen.

Saudi-backed Homeland Shield Forces have been advancing towards the strategic town since early morning.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- “The people of Iran know the American ‘rescue’ experience well from Iraq and Afghanistan to Gaza. Any interfering hand that approaches Iran’s security under any pretext will be cut off before it even arrives, with a deterrent response. Iran’s national security is a red line not a subject for adventurous tweets.” - Ali Shamkhani, former Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and senior national security official.