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Day: February 2, 2024
BREAKING:
Argentine President Javier Milei just managed to push through his package of reforms that will transform the country’s economic system.
300+ laws will be repealed or amended.
State-owned companies are sold off & massive deregulation introduced
The vote? 144 vs 109 pic.twitter.com/SuT87tRZ33
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) February 2, 2024
After months of warning, US President Joe Biden authorised airstrikes against the Houthi armed group occupying much of northern Yemen. Strikes hit Houthi missiles, drones, and radar stations. However, the Houthis are continuing their attacks. On 17 January 2024, the US military destroyed 14 Houthi missiles on the ground.
President Biden’s new strategy towards Yemen aims to weaken the Houthis, but it does not go so far as to seek to defeat it or direct confrontation with Iran, the group’s main ally, for fear of the dangers of prolonging the conflict. The Houthis say that their attacks on ships in the Red Sea aim to support the Palestinians. Nevertheless, their campaign has disrupted global trade and increased fears of rising inflation. The Houthis welcome the confrontation with the United States, saying it helps them gain popular support and burnish their image in the Middle East as part of what Iran calls the “axis of resistance.”
Key Judgement 1. It is likely that the Houthis will switch targeting from civilian to coalition vessels.
Key Judgement 2. It is likely that the crisis in the Red Sea will spread throughout the region.
Key Judgement 3. Houthi forces will likely shift their focus towards attacking the legitimate government in Yemen.
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SUBSCRIBER+REPORTING – The U.S. carried out a barrage of airstrikes against more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday, shortly after the bodies of three U.S. service members killed earlier this week in Jordon, were returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
The U.S. military said its strikes lasted 30 minutes and hit targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the militias they support–groups that have claimed responsibility for more than 150 attacks on U.S. forces since Israel’s invasion of Gaza last October. One of those groups, an umbrella organization known as the Islamic Resistance of Iraq, said it carried out the January 28 attack on the U.S. base known as Tower 22.
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