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Days are getting darker, night will soon be at its darkest.
The fire fades.
But darkness turns to light, and the smoldering embers will become a blazing flame once more.
Wolvenrad members came together for the last time this year to celebrate another year of Germanic Brothership.
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The fire fades.
But darkness turns to light, and the smoldering embers will become a blazing flame once more.
Wolvenrad members came together for the last time this year to celebrate another year of Germanic Brothership.
Versterk onze rangen, meld je vandaag nog aan!
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🇲🇾 ❌️ 🇮🇱 Malaysia has banned Israeli ships from docking in their ports and passing through their waters.
🔶️ "This sanction is a response to Israel’s actions that disregard the basic humanitarian principles and violate international law through the ongoing massacre and continuous cruelty against the Palestinian people.”
✒️ Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
📎 MintPress News
🔶️ "This sanction is a response to Israel’s actions that disregard the basic humanitarian principles and violate international law through the ongoing massacre and continuous cruelty against the Palestinian people.”
✒️ Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
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— 🇮🇱 Ben-Gvir: 'Now is the time for decisions' (regarding war against Hezbollah) - Twitter
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— 🇺🇸/🇾🇪 NEW: Today, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff will present several options to President Biden for military action against the Houthis in Yemen - Informed Sources
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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇸 NEW: Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian met with Hamas' political chief Ismael Haniyeh in Doha
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— 🇨🇳/🇹🇼/🇺🇸 BREAKING: Chinese President Xi Jinping recently informed Biden that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China, but the timing has not yet been decided, according to U.S. Officials - NBC
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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇾🇪 Leader of Ansarullah, Abdul Malik Badr Al-Deen Al-Houthi: 'Since the very beginning we have been wishing for a direct war against the U.S. and Israel, this is a beloved thing for us and we have been dreaming of it, to fight them directly instead of fighting their mercenaries'
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🇾🇪🇺🇸⚡Seyyed Badruldeen: If the US attacks our country, we will target American battleships with our missiles.
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🇾🇪🇺🇸⚡Seyyed Badruldeen: If the Americans want to fight our people, they will face a harsher situation than what they faced in Afghanistan and Vietnam.
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🚢 🇬🇷 🇾🇪 Greek Ship Owners Advised To Avoid Red Sea
⬛️ Greek ship-owners control about 20% of the world’s commercial vessels in terms of carrying capacity.
🔶️ The attacks have started to take a toll on global trade and prompted the United States to launch a multinational operation (Operation Prosperity Guardian) to safeguard commerce in the Red Sea.
🔶️ Greece is in talks with European Union and U.S. officials and stands ready to participate in any international initiative for maritime security, government officials said on Wednesday, citing Greek Shipping Minister Christos Stylianides.
https://gcaptain.com/greek-ship-owners-red-sea-attacks/
⬛️ Greek ship-owners control about 20% of the world’s commercial vessels in terms of carrying capacity.
🔶️ The attacks have started to take a toll on global trade and prompted the United States to launch a multinational operation (Operation Prosperity Guardian) to safeguard commerce in the Red Sea.
🔶️ Greece is in talks with European Union and U.S. officials and stands ready to participate in any international initiative for maritime security, government officials said on Wednesday, citing Greek Shipping Minister Christos Stylianides.
https://gcaptain.com/greek-ship-owners-red-sea-attacks/
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Greek Ship Owners Advised To Avoid Red Sea
Greece has issued a critical advisory for commercial vessels operating in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, urging avoidance of Yemeni waters and heightened vigilance due to Houthi militant attacks. The situation, impacting 20% of the world's carrying capacity…
🇪🇺 'Historic day': EU strikes major deal to reform migration policy after three years of bitter debates. Member states and the European Parliament reached a preliminary deal on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum.
Negotiations focused on a vast and complex array of open questions that required compromises on both sides, such as detention periods, racial profiling, unaccompanied minors, search-and-rescue operations and border surveillance.
The Council, led by the Spanish presidency, defended a rigid position to give member states the widest margin of manoeuvre to handle migration, including by extending a proposed fast-tracked asylum procedure to as many claimants as possible, while the Parliament insisted on stricter provisions to respect fundamental rights. The European Commission also took part, providing assistance and guidance.
The laws, known as the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, were first unveiled in September 2020 in an attempt to turn the page on decades of ad-hoc crisis management, which saw governments take unilateral and uncoordinated measures to cope with a steep rise in asylum seekers.
These go-it-alone policies severely undermined the EU's collective decision-making and left Brussels looking like an inconsequential bystander in what is arguably the most politically explosive issue on the agenda.
At its core, the New Pact is meant to establish predictable, clear-cut norms that bind all member states, regardless of their geographic location and economic weight. The ultimate goal is to find a balance between the responsibility of frontline nations, like Italy, Greece and Spain, which receive the bulk of asylum seekers, and the principle of solidarity that other countries should uphold.
"Migration is a European challenge that requires European solutions," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who had made the reform a top priority for her five-year term. The New Pact "means that Europeans will decide who comes to the EU and who can stay, not the smugglers. It means protecting those in need."
🔗 https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/12/20/eu-strikes-major-deal-to-reform-migration-policy-after-three-years-of-bitter-debates
Negotiations focused on a vast and complex array of open questions that required compromises on both sides, such as detention periods, racial profiling, unaccompanied minors, search-and-rescue operations and border surveillance.
The Council, led by the Spanish presidency, defended a rigid position to give member states the widest margin of manoeuvre to handle migration, including by extending a proposed fast-tracked asylum procedure to as many claimants as possible, while the Parliament insisted on stricter provisions to respect fundamental rights. The European Commission also took part, providing assistance and guidance.
The laws, known as the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, were first unveiled in September 2020 in an attempt to turn the page on decades of ad-hoc crisis management, which saw governments take unilateral and uncoordinated measures to cope with a steep rise in asylum seekers.
These go-it-alone policies severely undermined the EU's collective decision-making and left Brussels looking like an inconsequential bystander in what is arguably the most politically explosive issue on the agenda.
At its core, the New Pact is meant to establish predictable, clear-cut norms that bind all member states, regardless of their geographic location and economic weight. The ultimate goal is to find a balance between the responsibility of frontline nations, like Italy, Greece and Spain, which receive the bulk of asylum seekers, and the principle of solidarity that other countries should uphold.
"Migration is a European challenge that requires European solutions," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who had made the reform a top priority for her five-year term. The New Pact "means that Europeans will decide who comes to the EU and who can stay, not the smugglers. It means protecting those in need."
🔗 https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/12/20/eu-strikes-major-deal-to-reform-migration-policy-after-three-years-of-bitter-debates
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'Historic day': EU strikes major deal to reform migration policy
Member states and the European Parliament struck on Wednesday a major deal to reform the bloc's migration policy, capping off a three-year-long ambitious effort that at times seemed doomed to fail.
📢 🇪🇬 🇪🇹 Egypt says talks over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have failed -statement
🔶️ "Egypt reserves its right, in accordance with international charters and accords, to defend its water and national security in case of any harm," Egypt's ministry of water resources and irrigation said in a statement.
🔶️ Ethiopia, which argues that it is exercising its right to economic development, said in September it had completed its final phase of filling a reservoir for a massive hydroelectric power plant at the dam on the Blue Nile.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egypt-says-talks-over-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-have-failed-statement-2023-12-19/
https://archive.ph/XElvW
🔶️ "Egypt reserves its right, in accordance with international charters and accords, to defend its water and national security in case of any harm," Egypt's ministry of water resources and irrigation said in a statement.
🔶️ Ethiopia, which argues that it is exercising its right to economic development, said in September it had completed its final phase of filling a reservoir for a massive hydroelectric power plant at the dam on the Blue Nile.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egypt-says-talks-over-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-have-failed-statement-2023-12-19/
https://archive.ph/XElvW
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Egypt says talks over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have failed -statement
Egypt said the latest talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had failed but it would monitor the process of filling and operating the dam.
🇸🇩 🏴☠️ The RSF capture of Wad Madani changes the military geography of the conflict in Sudan, Sudan War Monitor points out, as the RSF can now move freely across Central Sudan. People in nearby states anticipate further attacks soon.
https://sudanwarmonitor.com/p/fall-of-wad-madani-fuels-criticism
📎 Gerrit Kurtz
https://sudanwarmonitor.com/p/fall-of-wad-madani-fuels-criticism
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🇸🇩 RSF rebels have captured an important city in Sudan
Situation as of December 20, 2023
🔻As we reported yesterday, in the province of El Gezira, rapid reaction forces engaged in intense battles in the area of two crossings near the Blue Nile River. After three days of assault, the RSF successfully captured the administrative center of the province - Wad Medani.
▪️ Wad Medani holds great significance for Sudan, serving as a crucial hub for transportation and trade. Most importantly, it is a crucial point along a railway connecting the capital with the south.
▪️ With the city now under RRF control, civilians are urgently fleeing from Wad Medani, and humanitarian organizations have also evacuated and moved southeast. This will likely lead to a collapse in the social sphere, further worsening the situation for ordinary people.
🔻Nevertheless, the RSF has no intention of stopping. Having gained a foothold on the western bank, the rebel detachments have secured control of the road bridge. In addition to their existing control over El-Khiyari to the south, this will enable them to organize supplies for their forces.
This development will contribute to a further increase in the RSF's offensive in other areas, such as Kadugli, where reconnaissance groups are operating more boldly. One of these sniper groups attacked government positions, resulting in several fatalities and a couple of injuries.
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Situation as of December 20, 2023
🔻As we reported yesterday, in the province of El Gezira, rapid reaction forces engaged in intense battles in the area of two crossings near the Blue Nile River. After three days of assault, the RSF successfully captured the administrative center of the province - Wad Medani.
▪️ Wad Medani holds great significance for Sudan, serving as a crucial hub for transportation and trade. Most importantly, it is a crucial point along a railway connecting the capital with the south.
▪️ With the city now under RRF control, civilians are urgently fleeing from Wad Medani, and humanitarian organizations have also evacuated and moved southeast. This will likely lead to a collapse in the social sphere, further worsening the situation for ordinary people.
🔻Nevertheless, the RSF has no intention of stopping. Having gained a foothold on the western bank, the rebel detachments have secured control of the road bridge. In addition to their existing control over El-Khiyari to the south, this will enable them to organize supplies for their forces.
This development will contribute to a further increase in the RSF's offensive in other areas, such as Kadugli, where reconnaissance groups are operating more boldly. One of these sniper groups attacked government positions, resulting in several fatalities and a couple of injuries.
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English version
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🇸🇩 🏴☠️ The fall of Wad Madani has sent shockwaves—political, social, & humanitarian—throughout Sudan, including calls for a coup to oust Sudan's ruling military junta. Last night, Ali Karti, leader of the Islamic Movement, issued a warning to the army leadership.
📎 Sudan War Monitor
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🗳 🇺🇸 California Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis calls on the Secretary Of State to begin exploring ways to remove Trump from the 2024 state ballot.
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📝 🇾🇪 🇺🇸 Why do I think the Houthis are such a force to be reckoned with? Why do I think there is actually a chance they could defeat a US led coalition? | Calvin Froedge
🔶️ The Houthis seized power in 2014 following a coup, and after taking the capital of Sana'a, moved southward to begin an offensive against government forces.
🔶️ In 2015, A Saudi-led coalition of Arab states—including the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain, Sudan, and Kuwait - with the material support of the US - joins the Yemeni government in fighting the Houthis.
⬛️ The coalition attacked by land, air, and sea.
🔶️ Despite an all out "scorched earth" war against the Houthis by virtually the entire Arab world and increased US arms sales to the Saudis, the Houthis remained undefeated and continued to gain ground against the Yemeni government.
🔶️ The Houthis would claim numerous victories over the coming years, not only against the Yemeni ground forces, but against coalition ground forces, coalition air forces, and even coalition naval forces.
⬛️ No matter how much they got hit with, the Houthis kept winning.
🔶️ In 2016 the Houthis even managed to completely destroy a coalition warship, the Emirati HSV-SWIFT 2.
⬛️ The ship was targeted by a Houthi anti ship missile.
🔶️ By 2019, the coalition has fallen apart. The Houthis have assassinated many key figures in the Yemeni government. They landed a huge blow against the Saudis in the 2019 Abaqiq attack. UAE forces have completely withdrawn from Yemen.
⬛️ The coalition decides to let the Houthis win.
🔶️ On March 30, 2022, Saudi Arabia announces a cessation of all military operations in Yemen.
🔶️ The Houthis have won. Against all odds, against the whole Arab world, against the United States, from a small city in Northern Yemen, the Houthis have conquered the country.
🔶️ Fast forward to today, are the Houthis weaker than they were a decade ago? Far from it.
🔶️ The Houthis now enjoy mass popular support and have inherited vast Yemeni weapons arsenal as well as supplies from Iran.
⬛️ They enjoy a strong strategic position at a vital choke point.
🔶️ My reasoning for thinking the Houthis are a force to be reckoned with is simple - they have already proven it, over and over again, while vastly outnumbered against foes supplied and supported by the most powerful empire the earth has ever seen.
⬛️ The Houthis are the Fremen.
🔶️ The Houthis have proven that they cannot be starved. Years of blockade were ineffective.
🔶️ They have proven that they cannot be defeated with technology - they have downed countless modern European and US built aircraft.
🇾🇪 This enemy will fight to the last man.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1737234674852778084.html
🔶️ The Houthis seized power in 2014 following a coup, and after taking the capital of Sana'a, moved southward to begin an offensive against government forces.
🔶️ In 2015, A Saudi-led coalition of Arab states—including the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain, Sudan, and Kuwait - with the material support of the US - joins the Yemeni government in fighting the Houthis.
⬛️ The coalition attacked by land, air, and sea.
🔶️ Despite an all out "scorched earth" war against the Houthis by virtually the entire Arab world and increased US arms sales to the Saudis, the Houthis remained undefeated and continued to gain ground against the Yemeni government.
🔶️ The Houthis would claim numerous victories over the coming years, not only against the Yemeni ground forces, but against coalition ground forces, coalition air forces, and even coalition naval forces.
⬛️ No matter how much they got hit with, the Houthis kept winning.
🔶️ In 2016 the Houthis even managed to completely destroy a coalition warship, the Emirati HSV-SWIFT 2.
⬛️ The ship was targeted by a Houthi anti ship missile.
🔶️ By 2019, the coalition has fallen apart. The Houthis have assassinated many key figures in the Yemeni government. They landed a huge blow against the Saudis in the 2019 Abaqiq attack. UAE forces have completely withdrawn from Yemen.
⬛️ The coalition decides to let the Houthis win.
🔶️ On March 30, 2022, Saudi Arabia announces a cessation of all military operations in Yemen.
🔶️ The Houthis have won. Against all odds, against the whole Arab world, against the United States, from a small city in Northern Yemen, the Houthis have conquered the country.
🔶️ Fast forward to today, are the Houthis weaker than they were a decade ago? Far from it.
🔶️ The Houthis now enjoy mass popular support and have inherited vast Yemeni weapons arsenal as well as supplies from Iran.
⬛️ They enjoy a strong strategic position at a vital choke point.
🔶️ My reasoning for thinking the Houthis are a force to be reckoned with is simple - they have already proven it, over and over again, while vastly outnumbered against foes supplied and supported by the most powerful empire the earth has ever seen.
⬛️ The Houthis are the Fremen.
🔶️ The Houthis have proven that they cannot be starved. Years of blockade were ineffective.
🔶️ They have proven that they cannot be defeated with technology - they have downed countless modern European and US built aircraft.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1737234674852778084.html
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📢 🇸🇾 🇮🇱 Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad questions official narrative of the holocaust saying, “There is no evidence six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.”
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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Israel tells mediators time is running out for diplomatic solution with Hezbollah; Washington fears war in Lebanon will require U.S. to get involved - Kann
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🇺🇸⚡️- Maine is considering a removal of Trump from the 2024 ballot.