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January 21, 2024 | View in browser
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US personnel evaluated for traumatic brain injuries after Iran-backed rocket attack
An unspecified number of U.S. personnel are being evaluated for traumatic brain injuries, U.S. Central Command said, after a coalition of Iranian-backed militants launched a missile attack Saturday on Al-Asad air base in western Iraq.
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Military ends rescue search for Navy SEALs lost in maritime raid on ship with Iranian weapons
The 10-day search to rescue two Navy SEALs lost in the Arabian Sea during a mission to board a ship and confiscate Iranian-made weapons has been ended and the sailors are now considered deceased, the U.S. military said.
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As Houthis vow to fight on, US prepares for indefinite campaign
The Biden administration is crafting plans for a sustained military campaign targeting the Houthis in Yemen after 10 days of strikes failed to halt the group’s attacks on maritime commerce.
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Ron DeSantis ends his struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire and endorses Donald Trump
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign on Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary while endorsing Donald Trump.
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Strike kills Hezbollah fighter, civilian in Lebanon, amid apparent Israeli shift to targeted killings
An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing a Hezbollah member in one car and a woman in the other and wounding several other people, Lebanese state media and health officials reported.
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How the internet is erasing the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre
Denial of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel is spreading. The untrue narrative seeded on social media from TikTok to Reddit is bleeding into the real world.
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Libya says production has resumed at its largest oilfield after more than 2-week hiatus
Libya’s state-owned oil company resumed production at the country’s largest oilfield Sunday, ending a more than two-week hiatus after protesters blocked the facility over fuel shortages.
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North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit at an ‘early date’
North Korea said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit the North at an unspecified “early date” as the countries continue to align in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States.
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What we now know about the fatal Port Newark fire
Witnesses called to testify in a series of public hearings over the past two weeks by the U.S. Coast Guard in conjunction with the National Transportation Safety Board into the fire that killed two veteran firefighters offered new insights into the problems firefighters faced.
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Legendary Navy cross country coach Al Cantello dies at 92
Al Cantello was a Marine veteran who spent 55 years at the Naval Academy, 50 as the coach of Navy’s men’s cross country team. He died Wednesday at 92 after a brief illness.
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Arizona Army National Guard’s 856th Military Police Company deploys
More than 150 service members of the 856th Military Police Company from the Arizona Army National Guard rallied together with their families on Bushmaster Field in Phoenix, Ariz., for a send-off ceremony Sunday.
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