🇸🇾⚡- "We announce a complete curfew in Sheikh Maqsoud and al-Ashrafiyeh [SDF-controlled Aleppo] starting today," - Syrian Army.

🇮🇷⚡- "Our internal affairs are nobody's business but the Iranian people, and the government takes its responsibilities towards the protests," - Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇮🇷⚡- Casualties reported after live ammunition was used by security forces against protesters in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, western Iran.

🇸🇾⚡- Heavy SDF mobilization in the Dayr Hafr direction, northern Syria.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli Home Front Command has advised the Heads of Israeli settlements in the West Bank to "prepare for a rapid transition from routine to emergency."

🇸🇾⚡- Breakout of prisoners from al-Shaqif Prison in the SDF-controlled Aleppo area of northern Syria.

🇦🇺🇮🇷⚡️- Australia urges nationals to leave Iran and classifies the country into the "Do Not Travel" category, citing high risk of safety tied to riots along high risks of being detained by law enforcement.

🇮🇷⚡- Violent clashes in Shiraz, Fars Province, southern Iran, between 'protestors' and security forces.

🇮🇷⚡- Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran, right now.

🇮🇷⚡- 'Protestors' attack a Basij member in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, Iran.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇱⚡️- “Allies including France and Germany are working closely on a plan on how to respond should the United States act on its threat to take over Greenland, as Europe seeks to address U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions in the region.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the subject would be raised at a meeting with the foreign ministers of Germany and Poland later in the day.” - Reuters.

🇺🇸🇨🇺🇻🇪⚡- Cuba announces two days of mourning for the 32 Cubans killed in the US Operation Absolute Resolve, who were defending Nicolas Maduro.

🇮🇳🇮🇱⚡️- "Happy to speak with my friend, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and to convey to him and to the people of Israel my best wishes for the new year. We discussed ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership between India and Israel in the coming year.

We also exchanged views on the regional situation and reaffirmed our shared determination to combat terrorism with even greater resolve." - Indian PM Narendra Modi on X after an exchange with his israeli counterpart.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇻🇪⚡️- BREAKING: The United States is attempting to seize the Bella 1 tanker after two weeks of pursuit across the Atlantic for illegally carrying American oil.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- “Separately, the U.S. Coast Guard has also intercepted another Venezuela-linked tanker in Latin American waters, U.S. officials told Reuters, as the U.S. continues enforcing a maritime "blockade" of sanctioned vessels from Venezuela.”

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇻🇪⚡- US Special Forces have successfully boarded the Iranian shadow vessel Marinera (formerly Bella-1).

The tanker previously transported crude for the IRGC. The tanker flies the Russian flag, and is currently empty of cargo, but attempted to steal American oil from Venezuela before it was intercepted by the USCG.