Air France, British Airways, Lufthansa, KLM, and several other international airlines have begun to cancel flights tonight and over the weekend to and from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, citing the “security situation” in the Middle East.
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The Dutch flagship airline KLM has announced that it will be suspending all flights to and from the Middle East until further notice, citing the “geopolitical situation” in the region and following discussions with officials in The Hague. KLM has directed international flights to avoid the airspace over Iraq, Iran, Israel, and several Gulf Nations, while all flights have been canceled to Tel Aviv, Dubai, Dammam, and Riyadh.
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According to Jennifer Griffin with Fox News, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and her Carrier Strike Group have not yet arrived in the U.S. Central Command Area-of-Responsibility in the Indian Ocean, and are still several days if not a week away from from arriving in the Gulf of Oman, within safe striking distance of Iran.
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U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has announced that, at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, military forces under Joint Task Force-Southern Spear (JTF-SS) carried out a strike earlier today, January 23, against an apparent narco-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO). According to SOUTHCOM, intelligence indicated that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route and participating in cartel operations, with two male narco-terrorists killed in the strike, while a third survived and is currently being searched for by the U.S. Coast Guard.
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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has responded to this week’s “appalling” statement by President Donald J. Trump during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in which he stated that NATO Forces had stayed “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan. “We’ve never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them,” Trump said regarding NATO, despite the United States being the only member of the alliance to ever invoke Article 5 after the attacks on 9/11.
In his response to the statement by President Trump, Starmer stated today during an interview: “Let me start by paying tribute to the 457 of our armed services who lost their lives in Afghanistan. I will never forget their courage, their bravery and the sacrifice that they made for their country. There are many also who were injured, some with life-changing injuries. And so I consider President Trump's remarks to be insulting and frankly appalling. And I'm not surprised they've caused such hurt to the loved ones of those who were killed or injured and in fact across the country… If I had misspoken in that way or said those words, I would certainly apologize.”
In his response to the statement by President Trump, Starmer stated today during an interview: “Let me start by paying tribute to the 457 of our armed services who lost their lives in Afghanistan. I will never forget their courage, their bravery and the sacrifice that they made for their country. There are many also who were injured, some with life-changing injuries. And so I consider President Trump's remarks to be insulting and frankly appalling. And I'm not surprised they've caused such hurt to the loved ones of those who were killed or injured and in fact across the country… If I had misspoken in that way or said those words, I would certainly apologize.”
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The U.S. Department of Defense has published its 2026 National Defense Strategy, featuring four key lines of effort under the Department’s Strategic Approach:
1. Defend the U.S. Homeland
2. Deter China in the Indo-Pacific Through Strength, Not Confrontation
3. Increase Burden-Sharing with U.S. Allies and Partners
4. Supercharge the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
1. Defend the U.S. Homeland
2. Deter China in the Indo-Pacific Through Strength, Not Confrontation
3. Increase Burden-Sharing with U.S. Allies and Partners
4. Supercharge the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
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Under the U.S. Department of Defense’s 2026 National Defense Strategy, Russia “will remain a persistent but manageable threat to NATO’s eastern members for the foreseeable future… The Department will ensure that U.S. forces are prepared to defend against Russian threats to the U.S. Homeland. The Department will also continue to play a vital role in NATO itself, even as we calibrate U.S. force posture and activities in the European theater to better account for the Russian threat to American interests as well as our allies’ own capabilities. Moscow is in no position to make a bid for European hegemony. European NATO dwarfs Russia in economic scale, population, and, thus, latent military power… Although we are and will remain engaged in Europe, we must—and will—prioritize defending the U.S. Homeland and deterring China. Fortunately, our NATO allies are substantially more powerful than Russia—it is not even close. Germany’s economy alone dwarfs that of Russia. At the same time, under President Trump’s leadership, NATO allies have committed to raise defense spending to the new global standard of 5% of GDP in total, with 3.5% of GDP invested in hard military capabilities. Our NATO allies are therefore strongly positioned to take primary responsibility for Europe’s conventional defense, with critical but more limited U.S. support. This includes taking the lead in supporting Ukraine’s defense.”
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Four KC-135R/T “Stratotanker” Aerial-Refueling Tankers with U.S. Air Force have departed Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and are currently heading west across Saudi Arabia, likely returning to the United States, suggesting that the arrival this week of additional KC-135s at Al Udeid was part of a regular rotation and not a buildup related to Iran.
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The 2026 National Defense Strategy states that although Iran has “suffered severe setbacks over recent months,” including as a result of Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER, it appears intent on reconstituting its conventional military forces and potentially continuing its development of nuclear weapons, while refusing to engage in meaningful negotiations with the United States.
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The Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), Adm. Brad Cooper, has arrived in Israel for several meetings this weekend with senior Israeli defense and military officials regarding ongoing tensions in the region, with a source stating that while Iran may be discussed during the meetings, Cooper’s visit is not centered around Iran.
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The Chinese Ministry of National Defense announces that an investigation has been launched into Gen. Zhang Youxia, the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Gen. Liu Zhenli, the Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission and previous Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, who are both accused and suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law,” by the Party Central Committee.
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