US News
- A new bill proposes cutting civilian Pentagon jobs by 100,000. [Link]
- Facebook will begin limiting the amount of political content in some user’s feeds. [Link]
Great Power
- Ukraine announces at NATO HQ it would build two new navy bases on the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. [Link]
- The US announces a task force to review China policy. The task force is led by China-hawk Ely Ratner. [Link]
Israel
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Biden believes Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. [Link]
- Mossad reports to Jewish Chronical how it carried out the assassination of an Iranian scientist. [Link]
Middle East
- Iran’s foreign minister says that time is running out to revive the JCPOA and Iran will soon take further steps away from the deal the US broke. [Link]
- The Biden administration position on Turkish ownership of the S-400 air defense system will remain unchanged. The Trump administration expelled Turkey from the F-35 program and sanctioned the country for buying the Russian system. [Link]
Saudi Arabia
- Saudi released a female activist after torturing her in prison for three years. [Link]
- Blinken and the Saudi foreign minister held a phone call about ending the Yemen war and bolstering the Saudi defense. [Link]
- The US Envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, will travel to Saudi to push for an end to the war. [Link]
- The Houthi carried out a drone attack on a Saudi airport. [Link]
